An Act to promote the economic and social development of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and for other purposes
PL 88-487 (H.R.3198), enacted 08/22/1964

78 STAT. ] 
PUBLIC LAW 88-4e7-AUG. 22, 1964 
601 
in the District of Columbia; or (6) if by reason of an outstanding 
unrecorded transfer of title the name of the owner in fact cannot be 
ascertained beyond a reasonable doubt, then if served on the owner 
of record in a manner hereinbefore provided. Any notice to a corpo-
ration shall, for the purposes of this Act, be deemed to have been 
served on such corporation if served on the president, secretary, 
treasurer, general manager, or any principal officer of such corpora-
tion in the manner hereinbefore provided for the service of notices on 
natural persons holding property in their own right, and notices to 
a foreign corporation shall, for the purposes of this Act, be deemed 
to have been served if served personally on any agent of such corpo-
ration, or if left with any person of suitable age and discretion 
residing at the usual residence or employed at the usual place of 
business of such agent in the District of Columbia. 
"(b) In case such notice is served by any method other than per-
sonal service, a copy of such notice shall also be sent to the owner by 
ordinary mail." 
SEC. 7. Such Act, as amended, is amended by inserting a new sec-
tion immediately after section 7, as renumbered by this amendatory 
Act, reading as follows: 
"SEC. 8. Whenever the Commissioners find that any building or part unsafe btdid- °^ 
of a building, staging, or other structure, or anything attached to or ings, authority. 
connected with any building or other structure or excavation shall 
cause a building to be unsafe for human occupancy, they shall give 
jiotice of such fact to the owner or other person having an interest in 
such building, and to the occupant or occupants thereof. If within five 
days after such notice has been served upon such owner or other in-
terested person, such building or part thereof has not been made safe 
for human occupancy, the Commissioners may order the use of such 
l)uilding or part thereof discontinued until it has been made safe: 
Provided^ That if in the opinion of the Commissioners the unsafe con-
dition of the building or part thereof is such as to be imminently 
dangerous to the life or limb of any occupant, the Commissioners may 
order the immediate discontinuance of the use of such building or part 
thereof. Any person occupying, or permitting the occupancy of, such 
l)uilding or part thereof m violation of such order of the Commis-
sioners shall be fined not more than $300 or imprisoned for not more 
than thirty days." 
SEC. 8. Section 6 of such Act, as amended, is renumbered "SEC. 9." ^^ ^^^^' ^°^-
Approved August 22, 1964. 
Public Law 88-487 
AN ACT 
To promote the economic and social development of the Trust Territory of the 
[H. R. 3198] 
Pacific Islands, and for other purposes. 
Be H enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 1 of the 
'^"""^^ Territory 
Act of June 30,1954 (68 Stat. 330; 48 U.S.C. 1681), is hereby amended blinds'!"""' 
by inserting at the end thereof the following new subsection (b) and 
Assistance pro-
by designating the existing section as subsection (a) : 
grams. 
"(b) The head of any department, corporation, or other agency 
of the executive branch of the Government may, upon the request of 
the Secretary of the Interior, extend to the Trust Territory of the 
Pacific Islands, with or without reimbursement, scientific, technical, 
and other assistance under any program administered by such agency, 
or extend to the Trust Territory any Federal program administered by 
602 
PUBLIC LAW 88-4S8~AUG. 22, 1964 
[78 STAT. 
48 u s e 1681 
note. 
76 Stat. 64. 
Revolving fund, 
abolishment. 
such agency, if the assistance or progam will promote the welfare of 
the Trust Territory, notwithstanding any provision of law under 
which the Trust Territory may otherwise be ineligible for the assist-
ance or program: Provided^ That the Secretary of the Interior shall 
not request assistance pursuant to this subsection that involves, in the 
aggregate, an estimated nonreimbursable cost in any one fiscal year in 
excess of $150,000: Provided further. That the cost of any program 
extended to the Trust Territory under this subsection shall be reim-
bursable out of appropriations authorized and made for the govern-
ment of the Trust Territory pursuant to section 2 of this Act, as 
amended. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to finan-
cial assistance under a grant-in-aid program." 
SEC. 2. Subsection 303(1) of the Communications Act of 1934 (48. 
Stat. 1082), as amended (47 U.S.C. 303(1)), is hereby amended by 
inserting the words: ", or citizens of the Trust Territory of the Pacific 
Islands presenting valid identity certificates issued by the High Com-
missioner of such Territory," immediately following the words "citi-
zens or nationals of the United States". 
SEC. 3. The revolving fund authorized by the Department of the 
Interior and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1956 (69 Stat. 
141, 149), to be available during fiscal year 1956 for loans to locally 
owned private training companies in the Trust Territory of the Pacific 
Islands, which revolving fund has been continued by subsequent 
annual appropriation Acts, is hereby abolished, and the total assets 
of the revolving fund are contributed as a grant to the government of 
the Trust Territory for use as a development fund within the Trust 
Territory of the Pacific Islands. 
Approved August 22, 1964. 
Public Law 88-488 
August 22. 1964 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
[H.J. Res. 1160] Making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1965, and for other purposes. 
Continuing ap-
propriations, 1965, 
Ante, 
p. 223. 
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, That clause (c) of section 
102 of the joint resolution of June 29, 1964 (Public Law 88-325), is 
hereby amended by striking out "August 31, 1964" and inserting in 
liei} thereof "September 30,1964". 
Approved August 22, 1964. 
Public Law 88-489 
AN ACT 
August 26, 1964 
[^•^"'^^^ 
To amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and for other purposes. 
Private Owner-
ship of Special 
Nuclear Materials 
Act. 
68 Stat. 921. 
42 u s e 2012. 
42 u s e 2013. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of Amerioa in Congress assenibed, That subsection 2 b. 
of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, is deleted. 
SEC. 2. Subsection 2 h. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as 
amended, is deleted. 
SEC. 3. Subsection 3 c. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as 
amended, is amended to read as follows: 
"c. a program for Government control of the possession, use, 
and production of atjOmic energy and special nuclear material, 
whether owned by the Government or others, so directed as to 
make the maximum contribution to the common defense and secu-