An Act to authorize appropriations for procurement of vessels and aircraft and construction of shore and offshore establishments for the Coast Guard
PL 91-261 (H.R.15694), enacted 05/21/1970

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PUBLIC LAW 91-261-MAY 21, 1970 
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Public Law 91-261 
AN ACT 
May 21, 1970 
To authorize appropriations for procurement of vessels and aircraft and con- 
[H. R. 15694] 
struction of shore and offshore establishments for the Coast Guard. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
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liereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 1971 for the use authorization. 
of the Coast Guard as follows: 
VESSELS 
For procurement-and increasing capability of vessels, $62,295,000. 
A. Procurement: 
(1) one replacement polar icebreaker. 
(2) design of vessels. 
None of the vessels authorized herein shall be procured from other 
than shipyards and facilities within the l.'nited States. 
B. Increasing capability: 
(1) increase fuel capacity and improve habitability on 
higli endurance cutters of the three hundred and twenty-seven 
foot class. 
(2) improve habitability on cutter Storis and selected 
buoy tenders. 
AIRCRAFT 
For procurement and extension of service life of 
aircraft, 
$12,865,000. 
A. Procurement: 
(1) six medium ran^e helicopters. 
B. Extension of service life: 
(1) replace center wing box beam on seven HC-130 
aircraft. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For establishment or development of installations and facilities by 
acquisition, construction, conversion, extension, or installation of 
permanent or temporary public works, including the preparation of 
sites and furnishing of appurtenances, utilities, and equipment for 
the following, $24,840,000: 
(1) San 
Francisco, 
California: 
complete 
radio 
station 
construction; 
(2) Washington and Oregon: relocate and improve communi-
cations facilities; 
(3) Portsmouth, Virginia: consolidate and improve facilities; 
(4) Neah Bay, Washington: improve station facilities; 
(5) Barnegat, New Jersey: improve station facilities: 
(6) Barbers Point, Hawaii: improve air station facilities; 
(7) Governor's Island, New York: improve base facilities; 
(8) Western Long Island, Connecticut and New York: improve 
station facilities; 
(9) Curtis Bay, Maryland: modernize and replace yard equip-
ment and utilities; 
(10) Various locations: transportable pollution control equip-
ment ; 
(11) Various locations: aids to navigation projects on selected 
waterways; 
(12) Various locations: automate light stations; 
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(IH) A'arious locations: modernize LOKAN (' eciuiprnent; 
(14) Various locations: modernize L()RAX-A ecjnipment: 
(IT)) Alaska: improve and rehabilitate selected loran stations; 
(IB) \'arions locations: public family (juarters; and 
(IT) Various locations: advance planning, survey, design, and 
architectural services; project administration costs; ac(iuire sites 
in connection with projects not otherwise authorized by law. 
Approved May 21, 1970. 
Public Law 91-262 
AN ACT 
May21, 1970 
[H. R. 10106] 
To amend title 3S, United States Code, to revise the definition of the term "child" 
to recognize an adoptnl cliild of a veteran as a dependent from tlie date of 
issuance of an interlocutory decree, to increase the rates of dependency and 
indenuiit.v compensation payable to dependent children of deceased veterans, 
and for other purposes. 
Veterans. 
Adopted 
Be it eiuicted by the Senate (iixl Hoii^e of RepreHentaticeH of the 
Lhiited Staten of America In. (Uyngi-e^^n aHuenihled. That subsection 
««c'hird.'"" 
101 (4) of title ^^8, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
72 Stat. 1106; 
end thereof the following sentence: 
3 Stat. 424. 
a^^ person with respect to whom an interlocutory decree of adoption 
has been issued by an ai)propriate adoption authority shall be recog-
nized thereafter as a legally adopted child, unless and until that decree 
is rescinded: Frorideil. That the child remains in the custody of the 
adopting parent or parents during the interlocutory period." 
80 Stat. 1159. 
SE,^,. 2. Sectioii 41;^ of title 88, United States Uode, is amended to 
read as follows: 
"§ 413. Dependency and indemnity compensation to children 
"Whenever there is no widow of a deceased veteran entitled to 
dependency and indemnity compensation, dej>endency and indemnity 
compensation shall be paid in equal shares to the children of the 
deceased veteran at the following monthly rates; 
"(1) One child, $88. 
"(2) Two children, $127. 
"(8) Three children, $164. 
'•'(4) More than three children, $164, plus $82 for each child in 
excess of three." 
SEC. 8. (a) Subsection (a) of section 414 of title 88, United States 
Uode, is amended by striking out "$29" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"$82". 
(b) Subsection (b) of section 414 of such title is amended by striking 
out "$80" and inserting in lieu thereof "$88". 
(c) Subsection (c) of section 414 of such title is amended by strik-
ing out "$41" and inserting in lieu thereof "$45". 
Effective date. 
c^j,^, 4 rpj^p amendments made by sections 2 and 8 of this Act shall 
become effective on the first day of the second calendar month follow-
ing the month in which this Act is enacted. 
Approved May 21, 1970.