Joint resolution to provide for the settlement of the labor dispute between certain carriersby railroad and certain of their employees
PL 90-54 (S.J.Res.81), enacted 07/17/1967

Railroad-labor 
negotiations. 
81 STAT.] 
PUBLIC LAW 90-54-JULY 17, 1967 
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Whereas the Congress finds that an emergency measure is essential 
to security and continuity of transportation services by such car-
riers: Therefore be it 
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, That there is hereby estab-
lished a Special Board for the purpose of assisting the parties in the 
completion of their collective bargaining and the resolution of the re-
maining issues in dispute. The Special Board shall consist of five p^esidirtiTfl* 
members to be named by the President. The National Mediation poinrment"orme^mI 
Board is authorized and directed (1) to compensate the members of ^^rs. 
the Board at a rate not in excess of $100 per each day together with 
necessary travel and subsistence expenses, and (2) to provide such 
services and facilities as may be necessary and appropriate in carry-
ing out the purposes of this resolution. For the purpose of any hear-
ing conducted by the Special Board, it shall have the authority confer-
red by the provisions of sections 9 and 10 (relating to the attendance 
and examination of witnesses and the production of books, papers, and 
documents) of the Federal Trade Commission Act of September 26, 
1914, as amended (15 U.S.C. 49, 50). 
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SEC. 2. The Special Board shall attempt by mediation to bring 
about a resolution of this dispute and thereby to complete the collec-
tive bargaining process. 
SEC. 3. If agreement has not been reached within thirty days after 
Hearings. 
the enactment of this resolution, the Special Board shall hold hearings 
on the proposal made by the Special Mediation Panel, in its report to 
the President of April 22, 1967, in implementation of the collective 
bargaining contemplated in the recommendation of Emergency Board 
Numbered 169, to determine whether the proposal (1) is in the public 
interest, (2) is a fair and equitable settlement within the limits of 
the collective bargaining and mediation efforts in this case, (3) pro-
tects the collective bargaining process, and (4) fulfills the purposes 
of the Railway Labor Act. At such hearings the parties shall be ac- 
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corded a full opportunity to present their positions concerning the 
proposal of the Special Mediation Panel. 
SEC. 4. The Special Board shall make its determination by vote of jna^orit'"'t"ot"°" ^^ 
of the majority of the members on or before the sixtieth day after within eo days. 
the enactment of this resolution, and shall incorporate the proposal of 
the Special Mediation Panel with such modifications, if any, as the 
Board finds to be necessary to (1) be in the public interest, (2) achieve 
a fair and equitable settlement within the limits of the collective bar-
gaining and mediation efforts in this case, (3) protect the collective 
bargaining process, and (4) fulfill the purposes of the Railway Labor 
Act. The determination shall be promptly transmitted by the Board ^j^^^^nd c° T'^^e^' 
to the President and to the Congress. 
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ongress. 
SEC. 5. (a) If agreement has not been reached by the parties upon 
Effective period 
the expiration of the period specified in section 6, the determination of ° ^ 
the Special Board shall take effect and shall continue in effect until 
the parties reach agreement or, if agreement is not reached, until such 
time, not to exceed two years from January 1,1967, as the Board shall 
determine to be appropriate. The Board's determination shall have 
the same effect (including the preclusion of resort to either strike or 
lockout) as though arrived at by agreement of the parties under the 
Railway Labor Act (45 U.S.C. 151 et seq.). 
(b) In the event of disagreement as to the meaning of any part 
or all of a determination by the Special Board, or as to the terms 
of the detailed agreements or arrangements necessary to give effect 
thereto, any party may within the effective period of the determination 
apply to the Board for clarification of its determination, whereupon 
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PUBLIC LAW 90-55-JULY 20, 1967 
[81 STAT. 
Ante, 
pp. 12,13. 
32 F. R. 1075. 
the Board shall reconvene and shall promptly issue a further deter-
mination with respect to the matters raised by any application for 
clarification. Such further determination may, in the discretion of the 
Board, be made with or without a further hearing. 
(c) The United States District Court for the District of Columbia 
shall have exclusive jurisdiction of all suits concerning the determina-
tion of the Special Board. 
SEC. 6. The provisions of the final paragraph of section 10 of the 
Railway Labor Act (45 U.S.C. 160), as heretofore extended by law, 
shall be hereby reinstated and extended until 12:01 o'clock ante-
meridian of the ninety-first day after enactment of this resolution 
with respect to the dispute referred to in Executive Order 11324, 
January 28,1967. 
Approved July 17, 1967, 9:30 p.m. 
Public Law 90-55 
July 20, 1967 
AN ACT 
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To extend the life of the ('oimuission on Political Activity of Government 
Personnel. 
Commission on 
Political Activ-
ity of Government 
Personnel. 
Extension. 
Be it eiKieted by the ISenote and House of RepreHentatlve^ of the 
United States 
of Ameriea 
in ('ongre>i.H oMHemhled. That the first 
sentence of section 7(b) of the Act entitled "An Act to create a bi-
]>artisan commission to study Federal laws limiting political activity 
by officers and employees of (xovernment", approved October 3, 1966 
(80 Stat. 868), is amended to read as follows: "The (Commission shall 
submit a comprehensive report of its activities and the results of its 
studies to the President and to the Congress (m or before December 
31, 1967, and upon the filing of the report, the Commission shall cease 
to exist.-' 
Approved July 20, 1967. 
July 26, 1967 
[H. R. 10918] 
Public Law 90-56 
AN ACT 
To authorize appropriations to the Atomic Energy Commission in accordance 
vpith section 261 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and for other 
purposes. 
Atomic Energy 
Commission. 
Appropriation 
authorization. 
77 Stat. 88. 
42 u s e 2017. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SEC. 101. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the 
Atomic Energy Commission in accordance with the provisions of 
section 261 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended: 
(a) For "Operating expenses", $2,164,843,000. 
(b) For "Plant and capital equipment", including construction, 
acquisition, or modification of facilities, including land acquisition; 
and acquisition and fabrication of capital equipment not related to 
construction, a sum of dollars equal to the total of the following: 
(1) 
SPECIAL NUCLEAR MATERIALS.— 
Project 68-1-a, hot laboratory, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 
$1,000,000. 
Project 68-1-b, replacement waste storage tanks, Richland, Wash-
ington, $2,500,000.