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Joint resolution Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior during the calendar year 1962 to continue to deliver water to lauds in certain irrigation districts in the State of Washington
PL 87-169 (S.J.Res.76), enacted 08/30/1961

408 
PUBLIC LAW 87-169-AUG. 30, 1961 
[75 STAT. 
August 30, 1961 
[S. J. Res. 76] 
Public Law 87-169 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior during the calendar year 1962 to 
continue to deliver water to lauds in certain irrigation districts in the State 
of Washington. 
Ulterior Depart-
ment. 
Washington. 
D e l i v e r y 
of 
water. 
Resolved hy the Senate aiid House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of Arnerica in Congress assembled^ That pending completion 
of the amendatory rej)ayment contracts with the Quincy-Columbia 
Basin Irrigation District, the East Columbia Basin Irrigation Dis-
trict, and the South Columbia Basin Irrigation District, State of 
Washington, to the extent the Secretary of the Interior during the 
calendar year 1962 constructs necessary drainage facilities on the 
Columbia Basin project which are charged as a part of the cost of 
operation and maintenance as provided in the third sentence of 
article 7 of the existing repayment contracts with said districts, the 
Secretary is authorized to the extent of costs thereof to waive the 
provisions of articles 30(a) and 30(b) of said contracts and to deliver 
water during the calendar year 1962. 
Approved August 30, 1961. 
August 30, 1961 
[S. 650] 
Public Law 87-170 
AN ACT 
To amend the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act to permit certain 
new organizations to sponsor worl£s of improvement thereunder. 
Watershed 
Pro-
tection and Flood 
Prevention 
A c t , 
amendment. 
68 Stat. 666. 
16 u s e 1002. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assernbled^ That the last para-
graph of section 2 of the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention 
Act is amended by inserting immediately before the period at the end 
thereof the following: "; or any irrigation or reservoir company, 
water users' association, or similar organization having such author-
ity and not being operated for profit that may be approved by the 
Secretary". 
Approved August 30, 1961. 
August 30, 1961 
[S. 883] 
Public Law 87-171 
AN ACT 
To extend the application of the Federal Boating Act of 1958 to the Common-
wealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Guam. 
Federal B 
A c t 
of 1 
amendment. 
oating 
9 5 8, 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Federal 
Boating Act of 1958 (72 Stat. 1754; 46 U.S.C. 527-527h) is amended 
as follows: 
(1) Paragraph numbered (5) of section 2 is amended to read: 
"(5) The term 'State' means a State of the United States, the Com-
monwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam and the District 
of Columbia." 
(2) Sections 3(a), 8(c), and 13 are amended by striking out the 
words "its Territories" and substituting the words "the Common-
wealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam" in place thereof. 
Approved August 30, 1961.
An Act to amend the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act to permit certain new organizations to sponsor works of improvement thereunder.
PL 87-170 (S.650), enacted 08/30/1961

408 
PUBLIC LAW 87-169-AUG. 30, 1961 
[75 STAT. 
August 30, 1961 
[S. J. Res. 76] 
Public Law 87-169 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior during the calendar year 1962 to 
continue to deliver water to lauds in certain irrigation districts in the State 
of Washington. 
Ulterior Depart-
ment. 
Washington. 
D e l i v e r y 
of 
water. 
Resolved hy the Senate aiid House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of Arnerica in Congress assembled^ That pending completion 
of the amendatory rej)ayment contracts with the Quincy-Columbia 
Basin Irrigation District, the East Columbia Basin Irrigation Dis-
trict, and the South Columbia Basin Irrigation District, State of 
Washington, to the extent the Secretary of the Interior during the 
calendar year 1962 constructs necessary drainage facilities on the 
Columbia Basin project which are charged as a part of the cost of 
operation and maintenance as provided in the third sentence of 
article 7 of the existing repayment contracts with said districts, the 
Secretary is authorized to the extent of costs thereof to waive the 
provisions of articles 30(a) and 30(b) of said contracts and to deliver 
water during the calendar year 1962. 
Approved August 30, 1961. 
August 30, 1961 
[S. 650] 
Public Law 87-170 
AN ACT 
To amend the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act to permit certain 
new organizations to sponsor worl£s of improvement thereunder. 
Watershed 
Pro-
tection and Flood 
Prevention 
A c t , 
amendment. 
68 Stat. 666. 
16 u s e 1002. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assernbled^ That the last para-
graph of section 2 of the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention 
Act is amended by inserting immediately before the period at the end 
thereof the following: "; or any irrigation or reservoir company, 
water users' association, or similar organization having such author-
ity and not being operated for profit that may be approved by the 
Secretary". 
Approved August 30, 1961. 
August 30, 1961 
[S. 883] 
Public Law 87-171 
AN ACT 
To extend the application of the Federal Boating Act of 1958 to the Common-
wealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Guam. 
Federal B 
A c t 
of 1 
amendment. 
oating 
9 5 8, 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Federal 
Boating Act of 1958 (72 Stat. 1754; 46 U.S.C. 527-527h) is amended 
as follows: 
(1) Paragraph numbered (5) of section 2 is amended to read: 
"(5) The term 'State' means a State of the United States, the Com-
monwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam and the District 
of Columbia." 
(2) Sections 3(a), 8(c), and 13 are amended by striking out the 
words "its Territories" and substituting the words "the Common-
wealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam" in place thereof. 
Approved August 30, 1961.
An Act to revise section 4166 of the Revised Statutes (46 U.S.C. 35) to permit documentation of vessels sold or transferred abroad.
PL 87-157 (S.881), enacted 08/17/1961

392 
PUBLIC LAW 87-167-AUG. 17, 1961 
[76 ST A T . 
August 17, 1961 
[& 881] 
Public Law 87-157 
AN ACT 
To revise section 4166 of the Kevised Statutes (46 U.S.C. 35) 
documentation of vessels sold or transferred abroad. 
to permit 
Ve SB el 8. 
D o c u m entation 
on sale abroad. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 4166 
of the Revised Statutes (U.S.C, 1958 edition, title 46, sec. 35) is 
amended to read as follows: 
"A vessel of the United States which, while outside the limits of a 
customs collection district of the United States and not in any port 
designated as a port of documentation outside any such customs collec-
tion district, is sold or transferred in whole or in part to a citizen of 
the United States, may be documented anew as a vessel of the United 
States in such manner and upon such conditions as may be prescribed 
by the Secretary of the Treasury: Provided, That, if any vessel so sold 
or transferred is not redocumented while abroad, it shall nevertheless 
be entitled to all the privileges and benefits of a vessel of the United 
States up to and for the purpose of its first arrival thereafter within 
a customs collection district or within a desi^ated port of documenta-
tion outside any such customs collection district." 
Approved August 17, 1961. 
August 17, 1961 
[S. 1087] 
Public Law 87-158 
AN ACT 
To authorize and direct the transfer of certain Federal property to the 
government of American Samoa. 
American Samoa. 
Federal 
propel^ 
ty, transfer. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary 
of the Navy is hereby authorized and directed to transfer, without 
reimbursement or transfer of funds, to the government of American 
Samoa, within ninety days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
title to all property, real and personal, which is located in American 
Samoa on the date of enactment of this Act and which is owned by 
the United States and is within the administrative supervision of 
the Department of the Navy on such date: Provided, Thsit title to any 
personal property which was located in American Samoa on July 1, 
1951, and was made available to the government of American Samoa 
by the Department of the Navy^ but which has been consumed or dis-
posed of since such date, shall be deemed to have been transferred to 
the government of American Samoa on July 1, 1951. 
Approved August 17, 1961.
An Act to supplement and amend the act of June 30, 1948, relating to the Fort Hall Indian irrigation project, and to approve an order of the Secretary of the Interior issued under the act of June 22, 1936.
PL 87-154 (S.1294), enacted 08/17/1961

390 
PUBLIC LAW 87-153-AUG. 17, W61 
[75ST A T . 
Public Law 87-153 
August 17, 1961 
[S. 539] 
Scholarships un-
der Surplus Prop-
erty Act of 1944. 
60 Stat. 754. 
AN ACT 
To make nationals, American and foreign, eligible for certain scholarships under 
the Surplus Property Act of 1944, as amended. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 32(b) 
(2) of the Surplus Property Act of 1944 (58 Stat. 765,782) as amended 
(50 U.S.C. App., sec. 1641(b)(2)), is further amended by adding 
the words "or nationals" after the word "citizens" wherever it appears 
in such section. 
Approved August 17, 1961. 
August 17, 1961 
[S. 1294] 
Fort Hall Indian 
irrigation project, 
Idaho. 
25 
389e. u s e 
389-
Net 
area. 
i r r i g a b l e 
Public Law 87-154 
AN ACT 
To supplement and amend the Act of June 30, 1948, relating to the Fort Hall 
Indian irrigation project, and to approve an order of the Secretary of the 
Interior issued under the Act of June 22,1936. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the order of 
the Secretary of the Interior dated May 12, 1960, which provides for 
the elimination from the Fort Hall Indian irrigation project of four 
hundred sixty-eight and twenty one-hundredths acres and one hun-
dred twenty-nine and thirty-seven one-hundredths acres of land, and 
which provides for the cancellation of penalty charges against the 
eliminated land, which order was made pursuant to the Act of June 
22, 1936 (49 Stat. 1803), is hereby approved, and the lands when 
eliminated shall not thereafter be entitled to water from the project. 
SEC. 2. Section 4 of the Act of June 30, 1948 (62 Stat. 1167), is 
hereby amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 4. The net irrigable area of the Fort Hall Indian irrigation 
project is hereby established at forty-seven thousand sixty-four and 
sixty-three one-hundredths acres, more or less, and the Secretary of 
the Interior is authorized to redesignate the project within the limit 
of the acreage authorized by this Act. The noninclusion of the Fort 
Hall townsite within the net irrigable area of the project shall not 
prevent the obtaining of water r i ^ t s therefor in accordance with the 
Act of March 1, 1907 (34 Stat. 1015, 1025), as amended or supple-
mented." 
SEC. 3. Section 2 of the Act of June 30, 1948 (62 Stat. 1167), is 
amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 2. The duty of water on the Fort Hall Indian irrigation proj-
ect shall be three and five-tenths acre-feet per acre per annum if 
available, and available excess water may be furnished for use on 
project lands on terms, conditions, and rates prescribed by the 
Secretary." 
Approved August 17, 1961.
An Act to authorize and direct the transfer of certain Federal property to the government of American Samoa.
PL 87-158 (S.1087), enacted 08/17/1961

392 
PUBLIC LAW 87-167-AUG. 17, 1961 
[76 ST A T . 
August 17, 1961 
[& 881] 
Public Law 87-157 
AN ACT 
To revise section 4166 of the Kevised Statutes (46 U.S.C. 35) 
documentation of vessels sold or transferred abroad. 
to permit 
Ve SB el 8. 
D o c u m entation 
on sale abroad. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 4166 
of the Revised Statutes (U.S.C, 1958 edition, title 46, sec. 35) is 
amended to read as follows: 
"A vessel of the United States which, while outside the limits of a 
customs collection district of the United States and not in any port 
designated as a port of documentation outside any such customs collec-
tion district, is sold or transferred in whole or in part to a citizen of 
the United States, may be documented anew as a vessel of the United 
States in such manner and upon such conditions as may be prescribed 
by the Secretary of the Treasury: Provided, That, if any vessel so sold 
or transferred is not redocumented while abroad, it shall nevertheless 
be entitled to all the privileges and benefits of a vessel of the United 
States up to and for the purpose of its first arrival thereafter within 
a customs collection district or within a desi^ated port of documenta-
tion outside any such customs collection district." 
Approved August 17, 1961. 
August 17, 1961 
[S. 1087] 
Public Law 87-158 
AN ACT 
To authorize and direct the transfer of certain Federal property to the 
government of American Samoa. 
American Samoa. 
Federal 
propel^ 
ty, transfer. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary 
of the Navy is hereby authorized and directed to transfer, without 
reimbursement or transfer of funds, to the government of American 
Samoa, within ninety days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
title to all property, real and personal, which is located in American 
Samoa on the date of enactment of this Act and which is owned by 
the United States and is within the administrative supervision of 
the Department of the Navy on such date: Provided, Thsit title to any 
personal property which was located in American Samoa on July 1, 
1951, and was made available to the government of American Samoa 
by the Department of the Navy^ but which has been consumed or dis-
posed of since such date, shall be deemed to have been transferred to 
the government of American Samoa on July 1, 1951. 
Approved August 17, 1961.
An Act to make nationals, American and foreign, eligible for certain scholarships under the Surplus Property Act of 1944, as amended.
PL 87-153 (S.539), enacted 08/17/1961

390 
PUBLIC LAW 87-153-AUG. 17, W61 
[75ST A T . 
Public Law 87-153 
August 17, 1961 
[S. 539] 
Scholarships un-
der Surplus Prop-
erty Act of 1944. 
60 Stat. 754. 
AN ACT 
To make nationals, American and foreign, eligible for certain scholarships under 
the Surplus Property Act of 1944, as amended. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 32(b) 
(2) of the Surplus Property Act of 1944 (58 Stat. 765,782) as amended 
(50 U.S.C. App., sec. 1641(b)(2)), is further amended by adding 
the words "or nationals" after the word "citizens" wherever it appears 
in such section. 
Approved August 17, 1961. 
August 17, 1961 
[S. 1294] 
Fort Hall Indian 
irrigation project, 
Idaho. 
25 
389e. u s e 
389-
Net 
area. 
i r r i g a b l e 
Public Law 87-154 
AN ACT 
To supplement and amend the Act of June 30, 1948, relating to the Fort Hall 
Indian irrigation project, and to approve an order of the Secretary of the 
Interior issued under the Act of June 22,1936. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the order of 
the Secretary of the Interior dated May 12, 1960, which provides for 
the elimination from the Fort Hall Indian irrigation project of four 
hundred sixty-eight and twenty one-hundredths acres and one hun-
dred twenty-nine and thirty-seven one-hundredths acres of land, and 
which provides for the cancellation of penalty charges against the 
eliminated land, which order was made pursuant to the Act of June 
22, 1936 (49 Stat. 1803), is hereby approved, and the lands when 
eliminated shall not thereafter be entitled to water from the project. 
SEC. 2. Section 4 of the Act of June 30, 1948 (62 Stat. 1167), is 
hereby amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 4. The net irrigable area of the Fort Hall Indian irrigation 
project is hereby established at forty-seven thousand sixty-four and 
sixty-three one-hundredths acres, more or less, and the Secretary of 
the Interior is authorized to redesignate the project within the limit 
of the acreage authorized by this Act. The noninclusion of the Fort 
Hall townsite within the net irrigable area of the project shall not 
prevent the obtaining of water r i ^ t s therefor in accordance with the 
Act of March 1, 1907 (34 Stat. 1015, 1025), as amended or supple-
mented." 
SEC. 3. Section 2 of the Act of June 30, 1948 (62 Stat. 1167), is 
amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 2. The duty of water on the Fort Hall Indian irrigation proj-
ect shall be three and five-tenths acre-feet per acre per annum if 
available, and available excess water may be furnished for use on 
project lands on terms, conditions, and rates prescribed by the 
Secretary." 
Approved August 17, 1961.
An Act to amend the act of March 8, 1922, as amended, pertaining to isolated tracts, to extend its provisions to public sales
PL 87-147 (H.R.2925), enacted 08/17/1961

384 
PUBLIC LAW 87-147-AUG. 17, 1961 
[75 S T A T . 
west line of said section 32 to the point of beginning, containing 48 
acres, more or less. 
PARCEL D 
Beginning at a point 800.0 feet north and 660.0 feet east of the south-
west corner of section 32, township 4 north, range 75 west of the sixth 
principal meridian; thence east 1,962.18 feet; thence north 520.0 feet: 
thence west 1,962.18 feet; thence south 520.0 feet to the point oi 
beginning, containing 23.5 acres, more or less. 
COMBINED PARCELS A AND B 
Beginning at the corner common to sections 31 and 32, township 4 
north, range 75 west, and sections 5 and 6, township 3 north, range 75 
west, sixth principal meridian; thence south 88 degrees 55 minutes 
east, 660.0 feet along the south section line of said section 32; thence 
north 800.0 feet; thence west 660.0 feet, more or less, to a point on the 
section line common to said sections 31 and 32; thence continuing west 
1,000.0 feet; thence south 134.06 feet; thence west 329.75 feet; thence 
south 166.94 feet; thence west 1,078.6 feet; thence south 497.82 feet, 
more or less, to a point on the south section line of said section 31; 
thence south 89 degrees 24 minutes east^ 2,389.47 feet along the south 
section line of said section 31 to the point of beginning; the tract as 
described containing approximately 47 acres. 
Approved August 17, 1961. 
August 17, 1961 
[H. R. 2925] 
Public Law 87-147 
AN ACT 
To amend the Act of March 8, 1922, as amended, pertaining to isolated tracts, to 
extend its provisions to public sales. 
Alaska. 
P u b 1 i 
sale s. 
land 
42 Stat. 416. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of Atnerica in Congress assembled, That the Act of 
March 8, 1922 (42 Stat. 415; 48 U.S.C. 376, 377), as amended, is 
liereby further amended by adding a new section thereto reading as 
follows: 
"SEC. 3. The Secretary of the Interior may sell under the provisions 
of section 2455 of the Revised Statutes (43 U.S.C. 1171), as amended, 
lands in Alaska known to contain workable coal, oil, or gas deposits, 
or that may be valuable for the coal, oil, or gas contained therein, and 
which are otherwise subject to sale under said section 2455, as amended, 
upon the condition that the patent issued to the purchaser thereof 
shall contain the reservation required by section 2 of this Act." 
Approved August 17, 1961. 
Public Law 87-148 
August 17, 1961 
AN ACT 
[H. R. 5518] 
To revise the boundaries of the Fort Raleigh National Historic Site in. North 
Carolina, and for other purposes. 
Fort Raleigh Na-
tional 
H i s t o r i c 
Site, N. C. 
Boundaries. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That in order to 
preserve, as a part of the Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, lands 
historically associated with the attempt to establish an English colony 
on Roanoke Island, the boundaries of such site are hereby revised to 
include the following described lands:
An Act to amend sections 3253 and 8253 of title 10 United States Code
PL 87-143 (H.R.181), enacted 08/17/1961

364 
PUBLIC LAW 87-142-AUG. 17, 1961 
[76 ST A T , 
employees of the corporation or agency concerned: Provided^ That 
for purposes of this section employees shall be considered as engaged 
in personnel work if they spend halftime or more in personnel 
administration consisting of direction and administration of the 
personnel program; employment, placement, and separation; job 
evaluation and classification; employee relations and services; wage 
administration; and processing, recording, and reporting. 
FaUout shelters. 
SEO. 303. No part of any appropriation contamed in this Act, or 
of the funds available for expenditure by any corporation or agency 
included in this Act, shall be used for construction of fallout shelters 
in Government-owned or leased buildings except where specifically 
provided. 
Short title. 
This Act may be cited as the "Independent Offices Appropriation 
Act, 1962". 
Approved August 17, 1961. 
August 17, 1961 
[H. R. 7722] 
A r m y 
Medical 
Service officers. 
70A Stat. 206. 
Public Law 87-142 
AN ACT 
To amend section 3579, title 10, United States Code, to provide that commis-
sioned oflScers of the Medical Service Corps may exercise command outside 
the Army Medical Service when directed by proper authority. 
Bfi. it enacted hy the Seriate and House of Representati/ves of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 3579 of 
title 10, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking the word "A" at the beginning of subsection 
(a) and inserting the words "Except as provided in subsection 
(c), a" in place thereof; and 
(2) by adding the following new subsection at the end thereof: 
"(c) An officer of the Medical Service Corps may exercise command 
of troops that are not part of the Army Medical Service whenever 
authorized by the Secretary of the Army. 
The Secretary of the 
Army may delegate such authority to appropriate commanders as 
the interest of the Army may require." 
Approved August 17, 1961. 
August 17, 1961 
[H.R. 181] 
Armed Forces. 
A l i e n s , enlist-
ment. 
70A Stat. 178. 
8 u s e 
1101 et 
seq. 
70A Stat. 503. 
Public Law 87-143 
AN ACT 
To amend sections 3253 and 8253 of title 10, United States Code. 
Be it eruacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled^ That title 10, United 
States Code, is amended as follows: 
(1) Section 3253 (c) is amended to read as follows: 
"(c) In time of peace, no person may be accepted for original enlist-
ment in the Army unless he is a citizen of the United States or has 
been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence 
under the applicable provisions of chapter 12 of title 8." 
(2) Section 8253 (c) is amended to read as follows: 
" (c) In time of peace, no person majr be accepted for original enlist-
ment in the Air Force unless he is a citizen of the United States or has 
been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence 
under the applicable provisions of chapter 12 of title 8." 
Approved August 17, 1961.