An Act to amend the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, to increase the Federal ship mortgage insurance available in the case of certain ocean-going tugs and barges.
PL 90-214 (S.2247), enacted 12/18/1967

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PUBLIC LAW 90-213-DEC. 18, 1967 
[81 STAT. 
December 18, 1967 
[H. R. 12121] 
Public Law 90-213 
AN ACT 
To amend the Act of September 19, 1964 (78 Stat. 983), establishing the Public 
Land Law Review Commission, and for other purposes. 
Review Commis 
sion. 
Extension, 
appropriation 
increase. 
78 Stat. 983. 
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43 use 1399. 
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Be it enacted l)y the Senate and House of Re'presentatives 
of the 
Pubiic^Land Law TJnited Stotes of America in Congress assembled, That the Act of 
September 19, 1964 (78 Stat. 983), establishing the Public Land Law 
Review Commission is amended— 
(1) by striking, in section 4(b), "December 31, 1968" and 
substituting therefor "June 30,1970". 
(2) by striking, in section 4(b) "June 30, 1969" and substitut-
ing therefor "December 31,1970". 
(3) by striking, in section 9(a), "$4,000,000" and substituting 
therefor "$7,390,000". 
(4) by substituting for the present text of the first sentence of 
section 8(a) the following: "The Commission or, on authoriza-
tion of the Commission, any committee of two or more members, 
at least one of whom shall be of each major political party, may, 
for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act, hold 
such hearings, take testimony or receive evidence under oath, and 
sit and act at such times and places as the Commission or such 
authorized committee may deem advisable. The member of the 
Commission presiding at any such hearing is authorized to ad-
minister the oath to witnesses." 
SEC. 2. Section 8 of the Act of September 19,1964 (78 Stat. 986), is 
amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 8. The authorizations and requirements of this Act shall expire 
six months after the final report of the Public Land Law Review Com-
mission has been submitted to Congress, except that any segregation 
prior to such time of any public lands from settlement, location, sale, 
selection, entry, lease, or other form of disposal under the public land 
laws shall continue for the period of time allowed by this Act." 
SEC. 3. Section 7 of the Act of September 19,1964 (78 Stat. 988), is 
amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 7. The authority granted by this Act shall expire six months 
after the final report of the Public Land Law Review Commission has 
been submitted to Congress, except that sales concerning which notice 
has been given in accordance with section 3 hereof prior to such time 
may be consummated and patents issued in connection therewith after 
such time." 
Approved December 18, 1967. 
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December 18, 1967 
[S. 2247] 
Public Law 90-214 
AN ACT 
To amend the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, to increase the Federal ship mortgage 
Insurance available in the case of certain oceangoing tugs and barges. 
Vessels. 
Large tugs and 
barges. 
49 Stat. 2000; 
66 Stat. 761. 
Be it enacted hy the Semite and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America, in Congress assembled. That the fourth 
sentence of section 509 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 (46 U.S.C. 
1159), is amended by inserting immediately before the words "the 
applicant" the following: "or in the case of an oceangoing tug of more 
than two thousand five hundred horsepower or oceangoing barge of 
more than two thousand five hundred gross tons,". 
Approved December 18, 1967.