An Act to provide for credit for service of sentence for time spent in custody for want of bail prior to the imposition of sentence by the sentencing court where the statute requires the imposition of a minimum mandatory sentence
PL 86-691 (S.2932), enacted 09/02/1960

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PUBLIC LAW 86-691-SEPT. 2, 1960 
[74 S T A T . 
25 u s e 70 a. 
SEC. 3. The Indian Claims Commission is directed to determine in 
accordance with the provisions of section 2 of the Act of August 13, 
1946 (60 Stat. 1050), the extent to which the value of the title conveyed 
by this Act should or should not be set off against any claim against 
the United States determined by the Commission. 
Approved September 2, 1960. 
September 2, 1960 
[S. 2932] 
Public Law 86-691 
AN ACT 
To provide for credit for service of sentence for time spent in custody for want 
of bail prior to the imposition of sentence by the sentencing court where the 
statute requires the imposition of a minimum mandatory sentence. 
Criminal proce-
dure. 
Amendment. 
Credit for time in 
custody. 
Effective date. 
Be it enacted hy the S'enate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemMed^ That (a) section 
3568 of title 18, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
"§3568. Effective date of sentence; credit for time in custody prior to the im-
position of sentence. 
"The sentence of imprisonment of any person convicted of an offense 
in a court of the United States shall commence to run from the date 
on which such person is received at the penitentiary, reformatory, or 
jail for service of said sentence: Provided^ That the Attorney General 
shall give any such person credit toward service of his sentence for 
any days spent in custody prior to the imposition of sentence by the 
sentencing court for want of bail set for the offense under which sen-
tence was imposed where the statute requires the imposition of a 
minimum mandatory sentence. 
"If any such jperson shall be committed to a jail or other place of 
detention to await transportation to the place at which his sentence is 
to be served, his sentence shall commence to run from the date on 
which he is received at such jail or other place of detention. 
"No sentence shall prescribe any other method of computing the 
term." 
(b) Item 3568 of the analysis of chapter 227, immediately preced-
ing section 3561 of title 18, United States Code, is amended to read 
as follows: 
'•M568. Effective date of sentence; credit for time in custody prior to imposition 
of sentence." 
SEC. 2. The amendments made by the first section of this Act shall 
be effective only with respect to persons sentenced to imprisonment 
on or after the thirtieth day after the date of enactment of this Act. 
Approved September 2, 1960. 
September 2, 1960 
[S. 3053] 
Public Law 86-692 
AN ACT 
For the relief of the State of Connecticut. 
state of Connect-
icut, relief. 
Be it emicted hy the Senate and. House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary 
of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money 
in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the State of Connecti-
cut, the sum of $10,000. The payment of such sum shall be in full 
satisfaction of all claims of the State of Connecticut against the 
United States for reimbursement of an amount paid by such State 
to certain persons as compensation for personal injuries and property 
losses which they sustained on September 24, 1957, when a wing fuel 
tank fell from a Connecticut Air National Guard F-94 jet aircraft 
while it was being operated by a United States Air Force Reserve 
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officer on active duty: Provided^ That no part of the amount appropri-
ated in this Act shall be paid or delivered to or received by any agent 
or attorney on account of services rendered in connection with this 
claim, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the contrary 
notwithstanding. 
Any person violating the provisions of this Act 
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof 
shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. 
Approved September 2, 1960. 
Public Law 86-693 
AN ACT 
September 2, I960 
To provide for the removal of the restriction on use with respect to certain 
[s. 30 70] 
lands in Morton County, North Dakota, conveyed to the State of North, 
Dakota on July 20, 1955. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled., That the Secretary 
of Agriculture is authorized and directed to convey, without consider-
ation and by quitclaim deed or other appropriate means, all reversion-
ary interest which the United States has m and to certain lands in 
Morton County, North Dakota, by reason of the provision of the 
deed of July 20, 1955, whereby the United States, in conveying such 
lands to the State of North Dakota, provided that, if such lands ceased 
to be used for public purposes, title thereto should immediately revert 
to and become revested in the United States. Such lands are more 
particularly described as follows: 
The southwest quarter of section 36 in township 139 north of range 
81 west of the fifth Principal meridian, and lots 3 and 4, also known 
as the north half of the northwest quarter of section 1 of township 138 
north of range 81 west of the fifth Principal meridian, containing 
240.2 acres, more or less, and together therewith all accretion land and 
all and singular the water rights and other rights, tenements, her-
editaments and appurtenances thereto belonging or in anywise 
appertaining. 
Approved September 2, 1960. 
Morton 
N. Dak. 
Land 
ance. 
C o unty, 
c o n v e y -
Public Law 86-694 
AN ACT 
To abolish the Arlington Memorial Amphitheater Commission. 
September 2, 1960 
[S. 3264] 
Be It enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled. That (a) the »ecre- , Arlington Memo-
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tary of Defense or his designee may send to Congress in January of commission. 
each year, his recommendations with respect to the memorials to be 
Abolishment. 
erected, and the remains of deceased members of the Armed Forces to 
be entombed, in the Arlington Memorial Amphitheater, Arlington 
National Cemetery, Virginia. 
(b) No memorial may be erected and no remains may be entombed 
in such amphitheater unless specifically authorized by Congress. 
(c) The character, design, or location of any memorial authorized 
by Congress is subject to tne approval of the Secretary of Defense or 
his designee. 
SEC. 2. The Act of March 4, 1921, chapter 169 (24 U.S.C. 291-295) 
is repealed. 
Approved September 2, 1960. 
Repeal. 
41 Stat. 1440.