An Act to provide certain administrative authorities for the National Agency, and for other purposes
PL 86-36 (H.R.4599), enacted 05/29/1959

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PUBLIC LAW 86-36-MAY 29, 1959 
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SEC. 2. Each ftgreement entered into before the date of enactment of 
this Act by the Secretary of Commerce and a State highway depart-
ment under authority of section 110(a) of the Federal-Aid Highway 
Act of 1956, or section 108(a) of title 23 of the United States Code 
shall be deemed to provide for actual construction of a road on such 
rights-of-way within a period of seven years following the fiscal year 
in which such request was made. 
Approved May 29, 1959. 
70 Stat. 382. 
23 u s e 110. 
Public Law 86-36 
AN ACT 
To provide certain administrative authorities for the National Security Agency, 
and for other purposes. 
May 29, 195? 
[H. R. 4599] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and Houne of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled. That section 202 of 
the (Classification Act of 1949, as amended (5 U.S.C. 1082), is amended 
by changing the period at the end thereof to a semicolon and adding 
the following new paragraph: 
"(82) the National Security Agency.'' 
SEC. 2. The Secretary of Defense (or his designee for the purpose) 
is authorized to establish such positions, and to appoint thereto such 
officers and employees, in the National Security Agency, as may be 
necessary to carry out the functions of such agency. 
The rates of 
basic compensation for such positions shall be fixed by the Secretary 
of Defense (or his designee for the purpose) in relation to the rates 
of basic compensaton contained in the General Schedule of the Classi-
fication Act of 1949, as amended, for positions subject to such Act 
which have corresponding levels of duties and responsibilities. Except 
as provided in section 4 of this Act, no officer or employee of the 
National Security Agency shall be paid basic compensation at a rate 
in excess of the highest rate of basic compensation contained in such 
General Schedule. 
Not more than fifty such officers and employees 
shall be paid basic compensation at rates equal to rates of basic com-
pensation contained in grades 16,17, and 18 of such General Schedule. 
SEC. 3. Section 1581(a) of title 10, United States Code, as modified 
by section 12(a) of the Federal Employees Salary Increase Act of 
1958 (72 Stat. 213), is amended by striking out ", and not more than 
fifty civilian positions in the National Security Agency," and the 
words "'and the National Security Agency, respectively,". 
SEC. 4. The Secretary of Defense (or his designee for the pur-
pose) is authorized to establish in the National Security Agency not 
more than fifty civilian positions involving research and development 
functions, which require the services of specially qualified scientific 
or professional personnel, and fix the rates of basic compensation 
for such positions at rates not in excess of the maximum rate of com-
pensation authorized by section 1581(b) of title 10, United States 
Code, as amended by paragraph (34) (B) of the first section of the 
Act of September 2, 1958 (72 Stat. 1456; Public Law 85-861). 
SEC. 5. Officers and employees of the National Security Agency who 
are citizens or nationals of the United States may be granted addi-
tional compensation, in accordance with regulations which shall be 
prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, not in excess of additional 
compensation authorized by section 207 of the Independent Offices 
Appropriation Act, 1949, as amended (5 U.S.C. 118h), for employees 
whose rates of basic compensation are fixed by statute. 
National Securi-
ty Agency. 
C 1 a s s i fication 
Act, exemption. 
63 Stat. 954. 
P o s i t i (} ns and 
rates. 
5 u s e 1071 note. 
Super grades. 
70A Stat. 118. 
Professional and 
scientific p o s i-
tions. 
Research and de-
velopment p o s i-
tions. 
70A Stat. 118. 
Employment out-
fside Ti. 
62 Stat. 194. 
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PUBLIC LAW 86-37-MAY 29, 1959 
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R e p o r t ing 
quirements. 
49 Stat. 956. 
Sviper grades. 
72 Stat. 213A. 
Effective dote. 
SEC. 6. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, 
nothinji^ in this Act or any other law (including, but not limited to, 
the first section and section 2 of the Act of August 28, 1935 (5 U.S.C. 
654)) shall be construed to require the disclosure of the organization 
or any function of the National Security Agency, of any information 
with respect to the activities thereof, or of the names, titles, salaries, 
or number of the persons employed by such agency. 
(b) The reporting requirements of section 1582 of title 10, United 
States Code, shall apply to positions established in the National 
Security Agency in the manner provided by section 4 of this Act. 
SEC. 7. The total number of positions authorized by section 505(b) 
of the Classification Act of 1949, as amended (5 U.S.C. 1105(b)), 
to be placed in grades 16, 17, and 18 of the General Schedule of such 
Act at any time shall be deemed to have been reduced by the number 
of positions in such grades allocated to the National Security Agency 
immediately prior to the effective date of this section. 
SEC. 8. The foregoing provisions of this Act shall take effect on 
the first day of the first pay period which begins later than the thir-
tieth day following the date of enactment of this Act. 
Approved May 29, 1959. 
May 29, 1959 
[H.R. 147] 
Public Law 86-37 
AN ACT 
To suspend temporarily the tax on the processing of palm oil, palm-kernel oil, 
and fatty acids, salts, and combinations, or mixtures thereof. 
Palm 
o i l , 
etc. 
Tax suspension. 
68A Stat. 536. 
26 u s e 4511. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the tax im-
posed under section 4511(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 
shall not apply with respect to the first domestic processing of palm 
oil, palm-kernel oil, fatty acids derived therefrom, or salts thereof, 
or of any combination or mixture solely because such combination 
or mixture contains a substantial quantity of one or more of such oils, 
fatty acids, or salts, during the period beginning with the first day of 
Effective period. |^}^g f|j.g^ moutli wliich begnis more than 10 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act and ending with the close of June 30, 1960. 
Approved May 29, 1959. 
June 10, 1959 
[S. 1217] 
Public Law 86-38 
AN ACT 
To add certain public domain lands in Nevada to the Summit Lake Indian 
Reservation. 
Summit Lake In-
dian Reservation, 
Nev. 
Lands, addition. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the southeast 
quarter northeast quarter, northeast quarter southeast quarter section 
20, township 42 north, range 26 east. Mount Diablo meridian, Nevada, 
situated within the exterior boundaries of the Summit Lake Indian 
Reservation, Humboldt County, Nevada, containing 80 acres, are 
hereby withdrawn from the public domain, subject to any valid exist-
ing rights heretofore initiated under the public land laws, and added 
to and made a part of the Summit Lake Indian Reservation. 
Approved June 10, 1959.