An Act to authorize appropriations for procurement of vessels and aircraft and construction of shore and offshore establishments for the Coast Guard
PL 90-334 (H.R.15224), enacted 06/08/1968

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Public Law 90-332 
AN ACT 
June 7, 1968 
To amend Public Law 90-60 with respect to judgment funds of the 
[H. R. 14922] 
Ute Mountain Tribe. 
Ute Mountain 
Indian Tribe. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled. That the second 
sentence of the Act of August 1, 1967 (Public Law 90-60, 81 Stat, "judgmenrfunds. 
164), is amended as follows: 
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(a) After "Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reserva-
tion" insert a comma; 
(b) 
After "Ute Distribution Corporation" insert ", to the 
Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain Reservation,"; and 
(c) After "the Act of August 21, 1951 (65 Stat. 193), as 
amended," insert ''the Act of August 12, 1953 (67 Stat. 540),". 
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Approved June 7, 1968. 
Public Law 90-333 
AN ACT 
June 8, 1968 
To amend the Act of February 14,1931, relating to the acceptance of gifts for the 
[H. R. 14672] 
benefit of Indians. 
Be It enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act of 
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February 14,1931 (46 Stat. 1106; 25 U.S.C. 451), is amended to read vanceLm ^ ' 
as follows: "The Secretary of the Interior may accept donations of ceptance. 
funds or other property for the advancement of the Indian race, and 
he may use the donated property in accordance with the terms of the 
donation in furtherance of any program authorized by other provision 
of law for the benefit of Indians. An annual report shall be made to 
the Congress on donations received and allocations made from such 
donations. This report shall include administrative costs and other 
pertinent data." 
Approved June 8, 1968. 
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Report to 
Congress. 
Public Law 90-334 
AN ACT 
June 8, 1968 
To authorize appropriations for procurement of vessels and aircraft and 
[H. R. 15224] 
construction of sihore and offshore establishments for the Coast Guard. 
Be It enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That funds are coast Guard. 
hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 1969 for the use autho^zaaon"" 
of the Coast Guard as follows: 
Vessels 
For procurement, extension of service life, and increasing capa-
bility of vessels, $67,904,000. 
A. Procurement: 
(1) three high-endurance cutters; 
(2) one oceanographic cutter; 
(3) one coastal buoy tender; 
(4) one ferryboat; and 
(5) one river tender and barge. 
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None of the vessels authorized herein shall be procured from other 
than shipyards and facilities within the United States. 
B. Increasing capability: 
(1) install generators and air conditioning on five seagoing 
buoy tenders; 
(2) improve habitability on two coastal buoy tenders; 
(3) install air conditioning on one coastal buoy tender; and 
(4) install balloon tracking radar on two high endurance cut-
ters and modify balloon tracking radar installation on one high 
endurance cutter. 
C. Extension of service life: 
(1) improve icebreakers; and 
(2) increase fuel capacity and improve habitability on high 
endurance cutters. 
Aircraft 
For procurement of aircraft, $14,636,000. 
(1) nine medium-range helicopters. 
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, $47,660,000. 
(1) Depot, Greenville, Mississippi: Barracks, messing, and 
operations building; garage; mooring facilities; 
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(2) Moorings, Natchez, Mississippi: Mooring facilities; 
(3) Station, Siuslaw River, Florence, Oregon: Barracks, mess-
ing, operations, and administration building; 
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(4) Station, Hobucken, North Carolina: Barracks, messing, 
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operations, and administration building; convert existing build-
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ing to garage and storage building, improve facilities; 
(5) Moorings, Juneau, Alaska: Enlarge existing building to 
provide additional space for electronic spares shipping ana re-
ceiving area, office space, and other purposes; 
(6) Station, Point Allerton, Hull, Massachusetts: Barracks, 
messing, operations, and administration building; garage and 
workshop building; mooring facilities; helicopter pad; 
(7) Station, Grays Harbor, Westpoint, Washington: Barracks, 
messing, oi)erations, and administration building; 
(8) Station, Port Aransas, Texas: Repair and replace water-
front facilities; 
(9) Loran Station, Cape San Bias, Gulf County, Florida: 
Barracks building; convert existing building for messing and 
recreation spaces; enlarge loran building, garage and storage 
building; 
(10) Station, Bayfield, Wisconsin: Barracks, messing, and 
operations building, pier facilities; 
(11) Air Station, Mobile, Alabama: Barracks, BOQ and mess-
ing building; training, recreational, and exchange facilities, 
hangar space conversion; 
(12) Station, Cape Charles City, Virginia: Barracks, messing, 
and operations building; mooring facilities, helicopter pad; 
(13) Station, Annapolis, Maryland: Barracks, messing, and 
operations building; mooring facilities; 
(14) Western Long Island Sound Development: 
(i) Station, New Haven, Connecticut: Barracks, messing, 
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operations, and administraition building; mooring facilities; 
(ii) Station, EatonsNeck, New York: Recondition bar-
racks, operations, and administration building; improve 
waterfront facilities; and 
(iii) Station, Fort Totten, New York: Recondition bar-
racks, messing, administration, and work-storage facilities; 
(15) Base, Portsmouth, Virginia: Dredging, bulkheading, site 
development, utilities; 
(16) Station, San Francisco, California: Barracks building, 
administration 
building, 
subsistence 
building, 
waterfront 
fficilities; 
(17) Yard, Curtis Ba^, Maryland: Modify buildings as neces-
sary to provide for consolidation of metal trades; 
(18) Station, San Juan, Puerto Rico: Barracks and messing 
facilities, waterfront facilities renewal; 
(19) Base, Honolulu, Hawaii: Dock construction; 
(20) Base, Galveston, Texas: Sewage system; 
(21) Base, New York, Governors Island, New York: Sewage 
system; 
(22) Station, Portsmouth Harbor, Newcastle, New Hampshire: 
Mooring facilities; garage and workshop buildings; 
(23) Various locations: Aids to navigation projects including, 
where necessary, planning and acquisition of sites; 
(24) Arkansas River: Aids to navigation to complete marking 
of river; 
(25) Various locations: Automation of manned light stations; 
(26) Various locations: Replace lightships with very large 
buoys; 
(27) Reserve Training Center, Yorktown, Virginia: Galley/ 
mess building; 
(28) Reserve Training Center, Yorktown, Virginia: Advanced 
Engineman School classroom and laboratory building; 
(29) Training Center, Cape May, New Jersey: Gymnasium 
and recreation building; 
(30) Training Center, Alameda, California: Recruit barracks; 
(31) Training Center, Cape May, New Jersey: Medical-dental 
building; 
(32) Various locations: Public family quarters; 
(33) Various locations: Advance planning, construction, design, 
architectural services, and acquisition of sites in connection with 
projects not otherwise authorized by law; and 
(34) Various locations: Automatic fixed station oceanographic 
sensor systems and monitor buoys. 
SEC. 2. Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal 
year 1969 for payment to bridge owners for the cost of alteration of 
railroad and public highway bridges to permit free navigation of the 
navigable waters of the LTnited States in the amount of $5,800,000. 
SEC. 3. During fiscal years 1969 through and including 1970, the 
Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating is 
authorized to lease housing facilities at or near Coast Guard installa-
tions wherever located for assignment as public quarters to military 
personnel and their dependents, if any, without rental charge upon a 
determination by the Secretary, or his designee, that there is a lack 
of adequate housing facilities at or near such Coast Guard installations. 
Such liousing facilities may be leased on an individual or multiple unit 
bjisis. Expenditures for the rental of such housing facilities may not 
exceed the average authorized for the Department of Defense. 
Approved June 8, 1968.