An Act relating to the maintenance and travel expenses of judges
PL 86-138 (H.R.2909), enacted 08/07/1959

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which is determined or estimated by the Board to result from holding 
such facilities or selling electric energy generated thereby shall be 
reduced by the amount of any taxes or tax equivalents applicable to 
such fiscal year paid by the owners or others on account of said facil-
ities to said State and to local taxing jurisdictions therein. 
In con-
nection with the construction of a generating plant or other facilities 
under an agreement providing for lease or purchase of said facilities 
or any interest therein by or on behalf of the Corporation, or for the 
purchase of the output thereof, the Corporation mRj convey, in the 
name of the United States by deed, lease, or otherwise, any real prop-
erty in its possession or control, may perform necessary engineering 
and construction work and other services, and may enter into any 
necessary contractual arrangements. 
"(h) It is hereby declared to be the intent of this section to aid 
the Corporation in discharging its responsibility for the advancement 
of the national defense and the physical, social and economic develop-
ment of the area in which it conducts its operations by providing it 
with adequate authority and administrative flexibility to obtain the 
necessary funds with which to assure an ample supply of electric 
power for such purposes by issuance of bonds and as otherwise pro-
vided herein, and this section shall be construed to eflfectuate sucli 
intent." 
SEC. 2. Paragraph seventh of section 5136 of the Eevised Statutes 
(12 U.S.C. 24), as amended, is further amended by inserting after 
the words "obligations issued by the International Bank for Recon-
struction and Development which are at the time eligible for purchase 
by a national bank for its own account" the words ", nor to bonds, 
notes and other obligations issued by the Tennessee Valley Authority," 
and by substituting for the words "said bank" in the immediately 
following proviso the words "either of said organizations". 
SEC. 3. That section 5(m) of the Tennessee Valley Authority Act 
of 1933, as amended, is hereby amended by inserting after the word 
"Corporation" in the first line, the words "except ferrophosphorus". 
Approved August 6, 1%9. 
Lease and lease-
p u r c h a s e agree-
ments. 
D e c 1 aretion of 
intent. 
66 Stat. 334. 
16 u s e 831d. 
Public Law 86-138 
AN ACT 
Relating to the maintenance and travel expenses of judges. 
August 7, 1959 
[H. R. 2909] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and Houae of Representatives 
of the 
United /States of America in Congress assembled, That the first para-
graph of section 456 of title 28, United States (^ode, is amended to read 
as follows: 
"Each Justice or judge of the United States and each retired 
Justice or judge recalled or desi^iated and assigned to active duty, 
while attending court or transactmg official business at a place other 
than his official station, shall, upon his certificate, be paid by the 
Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts all 
necessary traveling expenses, and also a per diem allowance in lieu 
of actual expenses of subsistence (as defined in the Travel Expense 
Act of 1949, as amended, 63 Stat. 166; 5 U.S.C. 835) at the per diem 
rate provided for by the Travel Expense Act of 1949, as amended, 
or, in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Director of the 
Administrative Office of the United States Courts with the approval 
of the Judicial Conference of the United States, reimbursement for 
his actual expenses of subsistence not in excess of the maximum 
amount fixed by the Travel Expense Act of 1949, as amended." 
Approved August 7, 1959. 
Judges. 
Allowancos. 
67 Stat. 488. 
69 Stat. 393. 
5 u s e 836.