An Act to provide a border highway along the U.S. bank-of the Rio Grande River in connection with the settlement of the Chamizal boundary dispute between the United States and Mexico
PL 89-795 (H.R.11555), enacted 11/08/1966

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PUBLIC LAW 89-795-NOV. 8, 1966 
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SEC. 1102. Clause (3) of section 401(b) of the Public Works and 
79 sta^ se^i. 
Economic Development Act of 1965 is amended to read as follows: 
" (3) no area shall be designated which does not have a popula-
tion of at least one thousand five hundred persons, except that this 
limitation shall not apply to any area designated under section 
401(a) (3); and". 
TITLE XII—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 1201. No part of the funds appropriated under this Act to 
Prohibition on 
carry out the provisions of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 sonHnciting^^'" 
shall be used to provide payments, assistance, or services, in any form, "ots. 
with respect to any individual who is convicted, in any Federal, State, 
or local court of competent jurisdiction, of inciting, promoting, or car-
rying on a riot, or any group activity resulting in material damage to 
groperty or injury to persons, found to be in violation of Federal, 
tate, or local laws designed to protect persons or property in the 
community concerned. 
Approved November 8, 1966. 
Public Law 89-795 
A N A C T 
November 8, 1966 
To provide a border highway along the United States bank of the Rio Grande , [H.R. 11555] 
River in connection with the settlement of the Chamizal boundary dispute 
between the United States and Mexico. 
El Paso, Tex. 
Border highway. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary 
of Transportation, hereinafter referred to as the Secretary, is author-
ized to (1) construct a border highway in the city of El Paso, Texas, 
between the approximate point of the beginnmg of the rectified 
boundary channel, two blocks west of Santa Fe Street in El Paso, 
thence along the international boundary to the International Bridge 
at Zaragosa Road—about twelve and a half miles east: 
Provided, 
That the design plans and specifications for this highway shall be 
developed to meet design and construction standards established by 
the Secretary; that the Secretary may work through the Texas State 
Highway Department in accomplishing any part of this project; that 
the planning, design, and constructicn scnedule, and works shall be 
subject to review by the United States Commissioner, International 
Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico, to assure 
coordination with the relocation of the river channel and relocation of 
related facilities, pursuant to the American-Mexican Chamizal Con- 
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vention Act of 1964 (78 Stat. 184) : And provided further, That the "°*^' 
Secretary may at his discretion request that the United States Com-
missioner, International Boundary and Water Commission, plan and 
perform such part of the engineermg and construction of the liighAvay 
as may be warranted to assure coordination and efficient construction, 
and the Secretary may transfer to the Secretary of State funds neces-
sary for such purpose; (2) acquire lands necessary for the border 
highway in accordance with the approved plans, through the United 
States Commissioner, International Boundary and Water Commis-
sion : Provided, That the provisions of the American-Mexican Chami-
zal Convention Act of 1964 (78 Stat. 184) for the acquisition of lands 
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U.S. interest, 
conveyance. 
Appropriation. 
for the purposes of that Act will also apply to the acquisition of 
adjoining lands required for the border highway, and the Secretary 
may transfer to the Secretary of State funds necessary for such 
purposes. 
SEC. 2. The Secretary is authorized to convey all right, title, and 
interest of the United States in and to the highway authorized to be 
constructed by this Act to the State of Texas or the city of El Paso, 
Texas, except that the Secretary shall not construct any highway 
under authority of this Act until such time as he shall have entered 
into an agreement with the State of Texas or the city of El Paso, 
Texas, wherein such State or city agrees to pay to the Secretary of the 
Treasury at such time as may be specified by the Secretary an amount 
equal to 50 per centum of the cost of constructing such highway, exclud-
ing all costs of axi^uiring lands or interests in lands as may be required 
for the construction of the highway authorized by this Act and all 
preliminary engineering costs, and the State of Texas or the city of 
El Paso, Texas, agrees to accept all right, title, and interest to the 
highway upon completion of construction and agrees to maintain such 
highway for such period and in accordance with such terms and con-
ditions as the Secretary determines necessary to protect the interests 
of the United States. Amounts paid by the State of Texas or the city 
of El Paso, Texas, under this section shall be available to the Secre-
tary, together with sums appropriated pursuant to section 3, for use 
in carrymgout the provisions of this Act. 
SEC. 3. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated from the 
general fund of the Treasury not to exceed $8,000,000, which shall be 
available for paying the Federal share of the costs of carrying out 
the provisions of this Act. 
Approved November 8, 1966. 
November 8, 1966 
[S. 688] 
Public Law 89-796 
AN ACT 
To amend title III of the Baukhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, as amended, to 
provide for additional means and measures for land conservation and land 
utilization, and for other purposes. 
Agriculture. 
Land conserva-
tion and utiliza-
tion, provision. 
50 Stat. 525; 
76 Stat. 607. 
7 u s e 1011. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
Umted States of America in Congress assemhled, That (a) section 31 
of title I I I of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, as amended 
(7 U.S.C. 1010), is amended by inserting "developing and protecting 
recreational 
facilitie-s," immediately after" "protecting fish and 
wildlife.". 
(b) Sect ion 32 (e) of title I I I of such Act is amended by— 
(1) inserting "and local nonprofit organizations" immediately 
after "public agencies" each place it occurs in the first sentence 
thereof; and 
(2) inserting "and to local nonprofit organizations" immedi-
ately after "local public agencies" in the second sentence thereof. 
Approved November 8, 1966.