An Act to suspend for a temporary period the import duty on heptanoic acid, and for other purposes
PL 86-795 (H.R.12659), enacted 09/15/1960

74 STAT.3 
PUBLIC LAW 86-795-SEPT. 15, 1960 
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SEC. 5. The consent of Congress is granted upon the condition that, 
within three years from the date of this enactment, section 1(a) (4) 
of article X I I of the compact be amended as set forth below, and, 
in the event the compact is not so amended within such specified time, 
the suspension of the applicability of the laws of the United States, 
and the rules, regulations or orders promulgated thereunder shall 
terminate with respect to the transportation specified below and any 
carrier whose only transportation over a regular route within the 
Metropolitan District is such transportation shall not be deemed a 
carrier subject to the compact: 
"(4) transportation performed in the course of an operation 
over a regular route between a point in the Metropolitan District 
and a point outside the Metropolitan District, including trans-
portation between points on such regular route within the 
Metropolitan District, if authorized by certificate of public con-
venience and necessity or permit issued by the Intei*state Com-
merce Commission, as to interstate and foreign commerce, and 
any carrier whose only transportation within the Metropolitan 
District is within this exemption shall not be deemed to be a 
carrier subject to the compact." 
SEC. 6. Jurisdiction is hereby conferred (1) upon the United States co'Lrts* ^'^*'"°" °^ 
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and the United States Court 
of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, respectively, to 
review orders of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Commis-
sion as provided by section 17, article XII, title II, of the Washington 
metropolitan area transit regulation compact, and (2) upon the United 
States district courts to enforce the provisions of said title I I as 
provided in section 18, article X I I , title II, of said compact. 
SEC. 7. (a) The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby 
expressly reserved. 
(b) The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Commission shall 
submit to Congress copies of all periodic reports made by that Commis-
sion to the Governors, the Commissioners of the District of Columbia 
and/or the legislatures of the compacting States. 
(c) The Congress or any committee thereof shall have the right 
to require the disclosure and furnishing of such information by the 
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Commission as is deemed 
appropriate by the Congress or any of its committees. 
Further, 
Congress or any of its committees shall have access to all books, records 
and papers of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Commission 
as well as the right of inspection of any facility use, owned, leased, 
regulated or under the control of said Commission. 
Approved September 15, 1960. 
Public Law 86-795 
A N A C T 
September IS, I960 
To suspend for a temi>orary period the import duty on heptanoic acid, and for 
[H. R. 12659] 
other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That heptanoic acid, 
Heptanoiic acid, 
provided for in paragraph 1 of the Tariff Act of 1930, shall be ad- uon!"" ^'^"P^"" 
mitted free of duty if entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for 
'J| ^|*- f^o-
consumption, after the date of the enactment of this Act and before 
the expiration of the three-year period beginning on the day after 
such date. 
'• Reports to Con-
gress. 
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PUBLIC LAW 86-796-SEPT. 15, 1960 
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••W a t e r p r o o f 
cloth." 
19 u s e 1001. 
SEC. 2. In order to insure a correct interpretation of the provision 
"waterproof cloth" in paragraph 907, Tariff Act of 1930, it is hereby 
declared that it was and is the true intent and meaning of paragraph 
907 to limit the term "waterproof", when applied to cloth, "wholly or 
in chief value of cotton or other vegetable fiber, whether or not in part 
of India rubber", to cloths of a kind generally used in the manufacture 
of articles which are designed to afford protection against water to the 
extent expected in raincoats, protective sheeting, dress shields, um-
brellas, and similar articles. Even when cloth possesses water 
repelling characteristics, it is not classifiable as waterproof cloth with-
in the meaning of paragraph 907, Tariff Act of 1930, unless it is of a 
kind generally used in the manufacture of articles of the class specified 
in the preceding sentence. 
Approved September 15, 1960. 
September 15, 1960 
[H. J. Res, 723] 
Public Law 86-796 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
Extending an invitation to the Federation Aeronautique Internationale to hold 
the 1962 world sport parachuting championships at Orange, Massachusetts. 
P a r ac hu 
c h amp i o n s 
Orange, Mass 
Invitation. 
t i n g 
h i p , 
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress a^senwled, That, whereas the National 
Aeronautic Association nas invited the Federation Aeronautique 
Internationale to hold the biennial world sport parachuting cham-
pionship in the United States at Orange, Massachusetts, m 1962, 
the Government of the United States joins in the invitation of the 
National Aeronautic Association to the Federation Aeronautique In-
ternationale to hold the 1962 world sport parachuting championship 
in the United States at Orange, Massachusetts. 
SEC. 2. The Secretary of State is directed to transmit a copy of 
this joint resolution to the Federation Aeronautique Internationale. 
Approved September 15, 1960. 
Public Law 86-797 
September 15, 1960 
[H. R. 2565] 
Wildlife 
conser-
vation on military 
reservations. 
AN ACT 
To promote effectual planning, development, maintenance, and coordination of 
wildlife, fish, and game conservation and rehabilitation in military reserva-
tions. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress asse7rhbled, That the Secretary 
of Defense is hereby authorized to carry out a program of planning, 
development, maintenance and coordination of wildlife, fish and game 
conservation and rehabilitation in military reservations in accordance 
with a cooperative plan mutually agreed upon by the Secretary of 
Defense, the Secretary of Interior and the appropriate State agency 
designated by the State in which the reservation is located. 
Such 
cooperative plan may stipulate the issuance o-f special State hunting 
and fishing permits to individuals and require this payment of a 
nominal fee therefor, which fees shall be utilized for the protection, 
conservation and management of fish and wildlife, including habitat 
improvement and related activities in accordance with the cooperative 
plan: Provided, That the Commanding OflEicer of the reservation or 
persons designated by him are authorized to enforce such special 
hunting and fishing permits and to collect the fees therefor, acting 
as agent or agents for the State if the cooperative plan so provides.