An Act to provide public works and economic development programs and the planning coordination needed to assist in the development of the Appalachian region
PL 89-4 (S.3), enacted 03/09/1965

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PUBLIC LAW 89-4-MAR. 9, 1965 
Public Law 89-3 
AN ACT 
To eliminate the requirement that Federal Reserve banks maintain certain 
reserves in gold certiflcates against deposit liabilities. 
Be (t enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the first sen-
tence of the third paragraph of section 16 of the Federal Reserve Act, 
as amended (12 U.S.C. 413), is further amended by striking out "re-
serves in gold certificates of not less than 25 per centum against its 
deposits and". 
SEC. 2. The eighteenth paragraph of section 16 of the Federal Re-
serve Act, as amended (12 L^.S.C. 467), is further amended by sub-
stituting a period for the comma after the word "notes" and striking 
out the remainder of the paragraph. 
Approved March 3, 1965. 
March 3, 1965 
[H. R. 3818] 
Federal Reserve 
banks. 
Gold certifi-
cates. 
59 Stat. 237. 
48 Stat. 340. 
Public Law 89-4 
AN ACT 
To provide public works and economic development programs and the planning 
and coordination needed to assist in development of the Appalachian region. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may 
be cited as the "Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965". 
March 9, 1965 
[S. 3] 
velopment Act of 
1965. 
riNDINGS AND STATEMENT OF PURPOSE 
SEC. 2. The Congress hereby finds and declares that the Appalachian 
region of the United States, while abundant in natural resources and 
rich in potential, lags behind the rest of the Nation in its economic 
growth and that its people have not shared properly in the Nation's 
prosperity. The region's uneven past development, with its historical 
reliance on a few basic industries and a marginal agriculture, has 
failed to provide the economic base that is a vital prerequisite for 
vigorous, self-sustaining growth. The State and local governments 
and the people of the region understand their problems and have been 
working and will continue to work purposefully toward their solution. 
The Congress recognizes the comprehensive report of the President's 
Appalachian Regional Commission documentmg these findings and 
concludes that regionwide development is feasible, desirable, and 
urgently needed. It is, therefore, the purpose of this Act to assist the 
region in meeting its special problems, to promote its economic devel-
opment, and to establish a framework for joint Federal and State 
efforts toward providing the basic facilities essential to its growth and 
attacking its common problems and meeting its common needs on a 
coordinated and concerted regional basis. 
The public investments 
made in the region under this Act shall be concentrated in areas where 
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there is a significant potential for future growth, and where the ex-
pected, return on public dollars invested will be the greatest. 
The 
States will be responsible for recommending local and Stat© projects, 
within their borders, which will receive assistance under this Act. 
As 
the region obtains the needed physical and transportation facilities 
and develops its human resources, the Congress expects that the region 
will generate a diversified industry, and that the region will then be 
able to support itself, through the workings of a strengthened free 
enterprise economy. 
TITLE I—THE APPALACHIAN REGIONAL COMMISSION 
MEMBEKSHIP AND VOTING 
SEC. 101. (a) There is hereby established an Appalachian Regional 
Commission (hereinafter referred to as the "Commission") which 
shall be composed of one Federal member, hereinafter referred to as 
the "Federal Cochairman", appointed by the President by and with 
tlie advice and consent of the Senate, and one member from each 
participating State in the Appalachian region. The Federal Co-
chairman shall be one of the two Cochairmen of the Commission. 
Each State member may be the Governor, or his designee, or such 
other person as may be provided by the law of the State which he 
represents. The State members of the Commission shall elect a Co-
chairman of the Commission from among their number. 
(b) Except as provided in section 105, decisions by the Commission 
shall reijuire the affirmative vote of the Federal Cochairman and of 
a majority of the State members (exclusive of members representing 
States delinquent under section 105). In matters coming before the 
Commission, the Federal Cochairman shall, to the extent practicable, 
consult with the Federal departments and agencies having an interest 
in the subject matter. 
(c) Each State member shall have an alternate, appointed by the 
Governor or as otherwise may be provided by the law of the State 
which he represents. The President, by and with the advice and 
consent of the Senate, shall appoint an alternate for the Federal Co-
chairman. 
An alternate shall vote in the event of the absence, death, 
disability, removal, or resignation of the State or Federal representa-
tive for which he is an alternate. 
(d) The Federal Cochairman shall be compensated by the Federal 
Government at level IV of the Federal Executive Salary Schedule 
of the Federal Executive Salary Act of 1964. His alternate shall 
be compensated by the Federal Government at not to exceed the maxi-
mum scheduled rate for grade GS-18 of the Classification Act of 
rufc*im' 
1949, as amended, and when not actively serving as an alternate for 
the Federal Cochairman shall perform such functions and duties as 
are delegated to him by the Federal Cochairman. 
Each State mem-
ber and his alternate shall be compensated by the State which they 
represent at the rate established by the law of such State. 
78 Stat. 417, 
5 use 2211. 
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FUNCTIONS OF THE COMMISSION 
SEC. 102. In carrying out the purposes of this Act, the Commission 
shall— 
(1) develop, on a continuing basis, comprehensive and co-
ordinated plans and programs and establish priorities thereunder, 
giving due consideration to other Federal, State, and local 
planning in the region; 
(2) conduct and sponsor investigations, research, and studies, 
including an inventory and analysis of the resources of the region, 
and, in cooperation with Federal, State, and local agencies, 
sponsor demonstration projects designed to foster regional 
productivity and growth; 
(3) review and study, in cooperation with the agency involved. 
Federal, State, and local public and private programs and, where 
appropriate, recommend modifications or additions which will 
increase their effectiveness in the region; 
(4) formulate and recommend, where appropriate, interstate 
compacts and other forms of interstate cooperation, and work 
with State and local agencies in developing appropriate model 
legislation; 
(6) encourage the formation of local development districts; 
(6) encourage private investment in industrial, commercial, 
and recreational projects; 
(7) serve as a focal point and coordinating unit for Appa-
lachian programs; 
(8) pl'ovide a forum for consideration of problems of the 
region and proposed solutions and establish and utilize, as appro-
priate, citizens and special advisory councils and public confer-
ences; and 
(9) advise the Secretary of Commerce on applications for 
grants for administrative expenses to local development districts. 
RECOMENDATIONS 
SEC. 103. The Commission may, from time to time, make recom-
mendations to the President and to the State Governors and appropri-
ate local officials with respect to— 
(1) the expenditure of funds by Federal, State, and local de-
partments and agencies in the region in the fields of natural 
resources, agriculture, education, training, health and welfare, 
and other fields related to the purposes of this Act; and 
(2) such additional Federal, State, and local legislation or 
administrative actions as the Commission deems necessary to 
further the purposes of this Act. 
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LIAISOK BETWEEN FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND T H E COMMISSION 
SEC. 104. The President shall provide effective and continuing 
liaison between the Federal Government and the Commission and a 
coordinated review within the Federal Government of the plans and 
recommendations submitted by the Commission pursuant to sections 
102 and 103. 
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES OF T H E COMMISSION 
SEC. 105. (a) For the period ending on June 30 of the second full 
Federal fiscal year following the date of enactment of this Act, the 
administrative expenses of the Commission shall be paid by the Fed-
eral Government. Thereafter, such expenses shall be paid equally 
by the Federal Government and the States in the region. The share 
to be paid by each State shall be determined by the Commission. The 
Federal Cochairman shall not participate or vote in such determi-
nation. No assistance authorized by this Act shall be furnished to 
any State or to any political subdivision or any resident of any State, 
nor shall the State member of the Commission participate or vote in 
any determination by the Commission while such State is delinquent 
in payment of its share of such expenses. 
(b) Not to exceed $2,200,000 of the funds authorized in section 401 
of this Act shall be available to carry out this section. 
ADMINISTRATIVE POWERS OF COMMISSION 
SEC. 106. To carry out its duties under this Act, the Commission is 
authorized to— 
(1) adopt, amend, and repeal bylaws, rules, and regulations 
governing the conduct of its business and the performance of its 
functions. 
(2) appoint and fix the compensation of an executive director 
and such other personnel as may be necessary to enable the Com-
mission to carry out its functions, except that such compensation 
shall not exceed the salary of the alternate to the Federal Cochair-
man on the Commission as provided in section 101. No member, 
alternate, officer, or employee of the Commission, other than the 
Federal Cochairman on the Commission, his staff, and his alter-
nate and Federal employees detailed to the Commission under 
paragraph (3) shall be deemed a Federal employee for any 
purpose. 
(3) request the head of any Federal department or agency 
(who is hereby so authorized) to detail to temporary duty with 
the Commission such personnel within his administrative juris-
diction as the Commission may need for carr^in^ out its functions, 
each such detail to be without loss of seniority, pay, or other 
employee status. 
(4) arrange for the services of personnel from any State or 
local government or any subdivision or agency thereof, or any 
intergovernmental agency. 
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(5) make arrangements, including contracts, with any partici-
pating State government for inclusion in a suitable retirement 
and employee benefit system of such of its personnel as may not 
be eligible for, or continue in, another governmental retirement 
or employee benefit system, or otherwise provide for such coverage 
of its personnel. The Civil Service Commission of the United 
States IS authorized to contract with the Commission for continued 
coverage of Commission employees, w^ho at date of Commission 
employment are Federal employees, in the retirement program 
and other employee benefit programs of the Federal Government. 
(6) accept, use, and dispose of gifts or donations of services or 
property, real, personal, or mixed, tangible or intangible. 
(7) enter into and perform such contracts, leases, cooperative 
agreements, or other transactions as may be necessary in carrying 
out its functions and on such terms as it may deem appropriate, 
with any department, agency, or instrumentality of the IJnited 
States or with any State, or any political subdivision, agency, or 
instrumentality thereof, or with any person, firm, association, or 
corporation. 
(8) maintain a temporary office in the District of Columbia 
and establish a permanent office at such a central and appropriate 
location as it may select and field offices at such other places as it 
may deem appropriate. 
(9) take such other actions and incur such other expenses as 
may be necessary or appropriate. 
INFORMATION 
SEC. 107. In order to obtain information needed to carry out its 
duties, the Commission shall— 
(1) hold such hearings, sit and act at such times and places, 
take such testimony, receive such evidence, and print or otherwise 
reproduce and distribute so much of its proceedings and reports 
thereon as it may deem advisable, a Cochairman of the Commis-
sion, or any member of the Commission designated by the Com-
mission for the purpose, being hereby authorized to administer 
oaths when it is determined by the Commission that testimony 
shall be taken or evidence received under oath; 
(2) arrange for the head of any Federal, State, or local depart-
ment or agency (who is hereby so authorized to the extent not 
otherwise prohibited by law) to furnish to the Commission such 
information as may be available to or procurable by such depart-
ment or agency; and 
(3) keep accurate and complete records of its doings and 
transactions which shall be made available for public inspection, 
and for the purpose of audit and examination by the Comptroller 
General or his duly authorized representatives. 
PERSONAL FINANCIAL 
INTERESTS 
SEC. 108. (a) Except as permitted by subsection (b) hereof, no 
State member or alternate and no officer or employee of the Com-
mission shall participate personally and substantially as member, 
alternate, officer, or employee, through decision, approval, disap-
proval, recommendation, the rendering of advice, investigation, or 
otherwise, in any proceeding, application, request for a ruling or 
other determination, contract, claim, controversy, or other particular 
matter in which, to his knowledge, he, his spouse, minor child, partner, 
organization (other than a State or political subdivision thereof) in 
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which he is serving as officer, director, trustee, partner, or employee, 
or any person or organization with whom he is serving as officer, 
director, trustee, partner, or employee, or any person or organization 
with whom he is negotiating or has any arrangement concerning 
prospective employment, has a financial interest. Any person who 
shall violate the provisions of this subsection shall be fined not more 
than $10,000, or imprisoned not more than two years, or both. 
(b) Subsection (a) hereof shall not apply if the State member, 
alternate, officer, or employee first advises the Commission of the na-
ture and circumstances of the proceeding, application, request for 
a ruling or other determination, contract, claim, controversy, or other 
particular matter and makes full disclosure of the financial interest 
and receives in advance a written determination made by the Com-
mission that the interest is not so substantial as to be deemed likely 
to affect the integrity of the services which the Commission may ex-
pect from such State member, alternate, officer, or employee. 
(c) No State member or alternate shall receive any salary, or any 
contribution to or supplementation of salary for his services on the 
Commission from any source other than his State. No person detailed 
to serve the Commission under authority of paragraph (4) of sec-
tion 106 shall receive any salary or any contribution to or supple-
mentation of salary for his services on the Commission from any 
source other than the State, local, or intergovernmental department 
or agency from which he was detailed or from the Commission. Any 
person who shall violate the provisions of this subsection shall be fined 
not more than $5,000, or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. 
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(^) Notwithstanding any other subsection of this section, the 
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Federal Cochairman and his alternate on the Commission and any 
Federal officers or employees detailed to duty with it pursuant to 
paragraph (3) of section 106 shall not be subject to any such subsection 
but shall remain subject to sections 202 through 209 of title 18, United 
States Code. 
(e) The Commission may, in its discretion, declare void and re-
scind any contract, loan, or grant of or by the Commission in relation 
to which it finds that there has been a violation of subsection (a) or 
(c) of this section, or any of the provisions of sections 202 through 
209, title 18, United States Code. 
TITLE II—SPECIAL APPALACHIAN PROGRAMS 
PART A—NEW PROGRAMS 
APPALACHIAN DEVELOPMENT H I G H W A Y 
SYSTEM 
SEC. 201. (a) The Secretary of Commerce (hereafter in this section 
referred to as the "Secretary") is authorized to assist in the construc-
tion of an Appalachian development highway system serving the 
Appalachian region (the length of which shall not exceed two thou-
sand three hundred and fifty miles. In addition thereto, there are 
authorized to be constructed not in excess of one thousand miles of 
local access roads, that will serve specific recreational, residential, 
commercial, industrial, or other like facilities or will facilitate a 
school consolidation program). The system, in conjunction with the 
Interstate System and other Federal-aid highways in the region will 
provide a highway system which will ppen up an area or areas with a 
developmental potential where commerce and communication have 
been inhibited by lack of adequate access. The provisions of title 
72 Stat. 885. 
23, United States Code, that are applicable to Federal-aid primary 
highways, and which the Secretary determines are not inconsistent 
76 Stat. 1121. 
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with this Act, shall apply to the Appalachian development highway 
system, and the local access roads. 
(b) As soon as feasible, the Commission shall submit to the Secre-
tary its recommendations with respect to (1) the general corridor 
location and termini of the development highways, (2) the designa-
tion of local access roads to be constructed, (3) priorities for construc-
tion of the local access roads and of the major segments of the develop-
ment highways, and (4) other criteria for the program authorized by 
this section. Before any State member participates in or votes on 
such recommendations, he shall have obtained the recommendations of 
the State highway department of the State which he represents. 
(c) The Secretary shall have authority to approve in whole or in 
part such recommendations or to require modifications or revisions 
thereof. In no event shall the Secretary approve any recommenda-
tions for any construction which would require for its completion the 
expenditure of Federal funds (other than funds available under title 
23, L^nited States Code) in excess of the appropriation authorizations 
in subsection (g). On its completion each development highway not 
already on the Federal-aid primary system shall be added to such 
system and shall be required to be maintained by the State. 
(d) In the construction of highways and roads authorized under 
this section, the States may give special preference to the use of mineral 
resource materials indigenous to the Appalachian region. 
(e) For the purposes of research and development in the use of 
coal and coal products in highway construction and maintenance, the 
Secretary is authorized to require each participating State, to the 
maximum extent possible, to use coal derivatives in the construction of 
not to exceed 10 per centum of the roads authorized under this Act. 
(f) Federal assistance to any construction project under this section 
shall not exceed 50 per centum of the costs of such project, unless the 
Secretary determines, pursuant to the recommendation of the Com-
mission, that assistance in excess of such percentage is required in 
furtherance of the purposes of this Act, but in no event shall such 
Federal assistance exceed 70 per centum of such costs. 
(g) To carry out this section, there is hereby authorized to be 
appropriated $840,000,000. 
Submission of 
recommendations. 
Approval au-
thority. 
72 Stat. 885. 
Use of coal de-
rivatives. 
Federal assist-
ance, limitation. 
Appropri ation. 
DEMONSTRATION HEALTH FACILITIES 
SEC, 202, (a) In order to demonstrate the value of adequate health 
and medical facilities to the economic development of the region, the 
Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare is authorized to make 
grants for the construction, equipment, and operation of multicounty 
demonstration health facilities, including hospitals, regional health 
diagnostic and treatment centers, and other facilities necessary to 
health. 
Grants for such construction (including initial equipment) 
shall be made in accordance with the applicable provisions of title 
VI of the Public Health Service Act (42 U,S,C. 291-291z) and the 
Mental Retardation Facilities and Community Mental Health Centers 
Construction Act of 1963 (77 Stat, 282), without regard to any pro-
visions therein relating to apj^ropriation authorization ceiling or to 
allotments among the States. Grants under this section shall be made 
solely out of funds specifically appropriated for the purpose of carry-
ing out this Act and shall not be taken into account in the computa-
tion of the allotments among the States made pursuant to any other 
provision of law. 
(b) No grant under this section for construction (including initial 
equipment) shall exceed 80 per centum of the cost of the project. 
Not to exceed $41,000,000 of the funds authorized in section 401 shall 
be available for construction grants under this section. 
78 Stat, 447, 
42 use 2661 
note. 
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Operating 
grants, limitation. 
(c) Grants under this section for operation (including equipment 
other than initial equipment) of a project may be made up to 100 per 
centum of the costs thereof for the two-year period beginning on the 
first day such project is in operation as a health facility. 
For the 
next three years of operations such grants shall not exceed 50 per cen-
tum of such costs. No grants for operation of a project shall be made 
after five years following the commencement of such operations. 
Not 
to exceed $28,000,000 of the funds authorized in section 401 of this Act 
shall be available for operating grants under this section. 
Conservation 
agreements. 
Modification or 
termination of 
agreements. 
Allotment his-
tories, preserva-
tion. 
LAND STABILIZATION, CONSERVATION, AND EROSION CONTROL 
SEC. 203. (a) In order to provide for the control and prevention of 
erosion and sediment damages in the Appalachian region and to pro-
mote the conservation and development of tlie soil and water resources 
of the region, the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to enter into 
agreements of not more than ten years w4th landowners, operators, and 
occupiers, individually or collectively, in the Appalachian region 
determined by him to have control for the period of the agreement of 
the lands described therein, providing for land stabilization, erosion 
and sediment control, and reclamation through changes in land use, 
and conservation treatment including the establishment of practices 
and measures for the conservation and development of soil, water, 
w'oodland, wildlife, and recreation resources. 
(b) The landowner, operator, or occupier shall furnish to the 
Secretary of Agriculture a conservation and development plan setting 
forth the appropriate and safe land uses and conservation treatment 
mutually agreed by the Secretary and the landowner operator, or 
occupier to be needed on the lands for which the plan was prepared. 
(c) Such plan shall be incorporated in an agreement under which 
the landowner, operator, or occupier shall agree with the Secretary 
of Agriculture to carry out the land uses and conservation treatment 
provided for in such plan on the lands described in the agreement in 
accordance with the terms and conditions thereof. 
(d) In return for such agreement by the landowner, operator, or 
occupier the Secretary of Agriculture shall be authorized to furnish 
financial and other assistance to such landowner, operator, or occupier 
in such amounts and subject to such conditions as the Secretary deter-
mines are appropriate and in the public interest for the carrying out 
of the land uses and conservation treatment set forth in the agreement: 
Provided^ That grants hereunder shall not exceed 80 per centum of the 
cost of carrying out such land uses and conservation treatment on fifty 
acres of land occupied by such owner, operator, or occupier. 
(e) The Secretary of Agriculture may terminate any agreement 
with a landowner, operator, or occupier by mutual agreement if the 
Secretary detemiines that such termination would be in the public 
niterest, and may agree to such modification of agreements previously 
entered into hereunder as he deems desirable to carry out the purposes 
of this section or to facilitate the practical administration of the 
program authorized herein. 
(f) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of 
Agriculture, to the extent he deems it desirable to carry out the pur-
poses of this section, may provide in any agreement hereunder for (1) 
preservation for a period not to exceed the period covered by the agree-
ment and an equal period thereafter of the cropland, crop acreage, and 
allotment history applicable to land covered by the agreement for the 
purpose of any Federal program under which such history is used as a 
basis for an allotment or other limitation on the production of such 
crop; or (2) surrender of any such history and allotments. 
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(g) The Secretary of Agriculture shall be authorized to issue such 
rules and regulations as he determines are necessary to cany out the 
provisions of this section. 
(h) In carrying out the provisions of this section, the Secretary 
of Agriculture shall utilize the services of the Soil Conservation 
Service, and the State and local committees provided for in section 
8(b) of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act (16 U.S.C. 
590(b)), and is authorized to utilize the facilities, services, and au-
thorities of the Commodity Credit Corporation. 
The Corporation 
shall not make any expenditures to carry out the provisions of this 
subsection unless funds specifically appropriated for such purpose 
have been transferred to it. 
(i) Not to exceed $17,000,000 of the funds authorized in section 
401 of this Act shall be available to carry out this section. 
52 Stat. 31. 
16 u s e S90h. 
Limitation. 
TIMBER DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS 
SEC. 204. (a) In order that the region shall more fully benefit from 
the timber stands that are one of its prime assets, the Secretary of 
Agriculture is authorized to— 
(1) provide technical assistance in the organization and op-
eration, under State laAV, of private timber development organi-
zations having as their objective the carrying out of timber 
development programs to improve timber productivity and 
quality, and increase returns to landowners through establish-
ment of private nonj^rofit corporations, which on a self-support-
ing basis may provide (A) continuity of management, good cut-
ting practices, and marketing services, (B) physical consolidation 
of small holdings or administrative consolidation for efficient 
management under long-term agreement, (C) management of 
forest lands, donated to the timber development organizations 
for demonstrating good forest management, on a profitable and 
taxpaying basis, and (D) establishment pf a permanent fund 
for perpetuation of the work of the corporations to be composed 
of donations, real or personal, for educational purposes. 
(2) provide not more than one-half of the initial capital re-
quirements of such timber development organizations through 
loans under the applicable provisions of the Consolidated Farm-
ers Home Administration Act of 1961 (7 U.S.C. 1926 et seq.). 
Such loans shall not be used for the construction or acquisition 
of facilities for manufacturing, processing, or marketing forest 
products, or for physical consolidation of small timber holdings 
authorized by (1) (B) above except for the establishment of 
demonstration units. 
(b) Xot to exceed $5,000,000 of the funds authorized in section 
401 of this Act shall be available to carry out this section. 
75 Stat, 307. 
Limitation, 
M I N I N G 
AREA 
RESTORATION 
SEC. 205. (a) In order to further the economic development of the 
region by rehabilitating areas presently damaged by deleterious min-
ing practices, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to— 
(1) make financial contributions to States in the region to seal 
and fill voids in abandoned coal mines, and to reclaim and re-
habilitate existing strip and surface mine areas, in accordance 
with provisions of the Act of July 15,1955 (30 U.S.C. 571 et seq.), 
to the extent applicable, without regard to section 2(b) thereof 
(30 U.S.C. 572(b)) or to any provisions therein limiting assist-
ance to anthracite coal formation, or to the Commonwealth of 
Pennsylvania. 
Grants under this paragraph shall be made 
69 Stat. 352. 
76 Stat. 934. 
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68 Stat. 1009. 
50 Stat. 917. 
64 Stat. 430. 
Federal share 
of costs. 
Strip and sur-
face mining areas, 
study and survey. 
Report to Presi-
dent for trans-
mittal to Con-
gress. 
wholly out of funds specifically appropriated for the purposes 
of carrying out this Act. 
(2) plan and execute projects for extinguishing underground 
and outcrop mine fires in the region in accordance with the pro-
visions of the Act of August 31, 1954 (30 U.S.C. 551 et seq.), 
without regard to any provisions therein relating to annual ap-
propriation authorization ceilings. Grants under this paragraph 
shall be made solely out of funds specifically appropriated for the 
purpose of carrying out this Act. 
(3) expand and accelerate fish and wildlife restoration projects 
in the region in accordance with the provisions of the Act of 
September 2, 1937 (16 U.S.C. 669 et seq.), and the Act of 
August 9, 1950 (16 U.S.C. 777 et seq.), without regard to any 
provisions therein relating to apportionments among the States 
and to limitations on the availability of funds. 
The expenses of 
projects under this paragraph shall be paid solely out of funds 
specifically appropriated for the purpose of carrying out this Act, 
and shall not be taken into account in the computation of the 
apportionments among the States pursuant to any other pro-
visions of law. 
(b) For the fiscal years 1966 and 1967, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the Federal share of mining area restoration proj-
ects carried out under subsection (a) of this section and conducted 
on lands other than federally owned lands shall not exceed 75 per 
centum of the total cost thereof. 
(c) The Congress hereby declares its intent to provide for a study 
of a comprehensive, long-range program for the purpose of reclaiming 
and rehabilitating strip and surface mining areas in the United States. 
To this general end, the Secretary of the Interior shall, in full coop-
eration with the Secretary of Agriculture, the Tennessee Valley 
Authority, and other appropriate Federal, State, and local depart-
ments and agencies, and with the Commission, make a survey and 
study of strip and surface mining operations and their effects in the 
United States. The Secretary of the Interior shall submit to the 
President his recommendations for a long-ran^e comprehensive pro-
gram for reclamation and rehabilitation of strip and surface mining 
areas in the United States and for the policies under which the pro-
gram should be conducted, and the President shall submit these to 
the Congress, together with his recommendations, not later than July 1, 
1987. By July 1, 1966, the Secretary shall make an interim report 
to the Commission summarizing his findings to that date on those 
aspects of strip and surface mining operations in the region that are 
most urgently in need of attention. 
Such study and recommendations 
shall include, but not be limited to, a consideration of the following 
matters— 
(1) the nature and extent of strip and surface mining opera-
tions in the United States and the conditions resulting therefrom; 
(2) the ownership of the real property involved in strip and 
surface mining operations; 
(3) the effectiveness of past action by States or local units of 
government to remedy the adverse effects of strip and surface 
mining operation by financial or regulatory measures, and require-
ments for appropriate State legislation, including adequate en-
forcement thereof, to provide for proper reclamation and rehabili-
tation of areas which may be strip and surface mined in the 
future; 
(4) the public interest in and public benefits which may result 
from reclamation, rehabilitation, and appropriate development 
and use of areas subjected to strip and surface mining operations, 
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including (A) economic development growth, (B) public recrea-
tion, (C) public health and safety, (D) water pollution, stream 
sedimentation, erosion control, and flood control, (E) highway 
programs, (F) fish and wdldlife protection and restoration, (G) 
scenic values, and (H) forestry and agriculture; 
(5) the appropriate roles of Federal, Stat«, and private inter-
ests in the reclamation and rehabilitation of strip and surface 
mining areas and the relative costs to be borne by each, including 
specific consideration of (A) the extent, if any, to which strip and 
surface mine operators are unable to bear the cost of remedial 
action within the limits imposed by the economics of such mining 
activity, and (B) the extent to which the prospective value of 
lands and otlier natural resources, after remedial work has been 
completed, would be inadequate to justify the landowners doing 
the remedial work at their expense; and 
(6) the objectives and the total overall costs of a program for 
accomplishing the reclamation and rehabilitation of existing strip 
and surface mining areas in the United States, giving adequate 
consideration to (A) the economic benefits in relation to costs, 
(B) the prevention of future devastation of reclaimed and re-
habilitated areas, (C) the avoidance of unwarranted financial gain 
to private owners of improved property, and (D) the types of aid 
required to accomplish such reclamation and rehabilitation. 
(d) Not to exceed $36,500,000 of the funds authorized in section 401 
of this Act shall be available to carry out this section. No moneys 
authorized by this Act shall be expended for the purposes of reclaim-
ing, improving, grading, seeding, or reforestation of strip-mined 
areas (except on lands owned by Federal, State, or local bodies of 
govermnent) until authorized by law after completion of the study 
and i-eport to the President as provided in subsection (c) of this 
section. 
WATER RESOURCE SURVEY 
SEC. 206. (a) The Secretary of the Army is hereby authorized and 
directed to prepare a comprehensive plan for the development and 
efficient utilization of the w^ater and related resources of the Appala-
chian region, giving special attention to the need for an increase in the 
production of economic goods and services within the region as a 
means of expanding economic opportunities and thus enhancing the 
welfare of its people, w^hich plan shall constitute an integral and 
harmonious component of the regional economic development program 
authorized by this Act. 
(b) This plan may recommend measures for the control of floods, 
the regulation of the rivers to enhance their value as sources of water 
supply for industrial and municipal development, the generation of 
hydroelectric power, the prevention of water pollution by drainage 
from mines, the development and enhancement of the recreational 
potentials of the region, the improvement of the rivers for navigation 
where this would further industrial development at less cost than 
would the improvement of other modes of transportation, the conser-
vation and efficient utilization of the land resource, and such other 
measures as may be found necessary to achieve the objectives of this 
section. 
(c) To insure that the plan prepared by the Secretary pf the Army 
shall constitute a harmonious component of the regional program, he 
shall consult with the Commission and the following: the Secretary 
of Agriculture, the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of Health, 
Education, and Welfare, the Secretary of the Interior, the Tennessee 
Valley Authority, and the Federal Power Commission. 
Limitation. 
Flood control, 
etc. 
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[79 STAT. 
(d) The plan prepared pursuant to this section shall be submitted 
to the Commission. 
The Commission shall submit the plan to the 
President with a statement of its views, and the President shall submit 
the plan to the Congress with his recommendations not later than 
December 31,1968. 
th'^rlt'*'^^*^* ^"" 
^®) "^^^ Federal agencies referred to in subsection (c) of this sec-
tion are hereby authorized to assist the Secretary of the Army in the 
preparation of the plan authorized by this section, and the Secretary 
of the Army is authorized to enter into and perform such contracts, 
leases, cooperative agreements, or other transactions as may be neces-
sary to the preparation of this plan and on such terms as he may deem 
appropriate, with any department, agency, or instrumentality of the 
United States or with any State, or any political subdivision, agency, 
or instrumentality thereof, or with any person, firm, association, or 
corporation. 
(f) The plan to be prepared by the Secretary of the Army pur-
suant to this section shall also be coordinated with all comprehensive 
river basin plans heretofore or hereafter developed by United States 
study commissions, interagency comniittees, or similar planning 
bodies, for those river systems draining the Appalachian region. 
(g) Not to exceed $5,000,000 of the funds authorized in section 401 
of this Act shall be available to carry out this section. 
PART B—SUPPLEMENTATIONS AND MODIFICATIONS or EXISTING 
PROGRAMS 
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION EACILITIES 
SEC. 211. (a) In order to provide basic facilities to give the people 
of the region the training and education they need to obtain employ-
ment, the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare is authorized 
to make grants for construction of the school facilities needed for the 
provision of vocational education in areas of the region in which such 
education is not now adequately available. 
Such grants shall be made 
in accordance with the provisions of the Vocational Education Act of 
20 use 35 note. 
^QQ^ ^77 g|-j^^^ 403), witliout regard to any provisions therein relating 
to appropriation authorization ceilings or to allotments among the 
States. Grants under this section shall be made solely out of funds 
specifically appropriated for the purpose of carrying out this Act, and 
shall not oe taken into account in the computation of the allotments 
among the States made pursuant to any other provision of law. 
(b) Not to exceed $16,000,000 of the funds authorized in section 
401 of this Act shall be available to carry out this section. 
SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 
SEC. 212. (a) In order to provide facilities to assist in the prevention 
of pollution of the region's streams and to protect the health and 
welfare of its citizens, the Secretary of Health, Education, and Wel-
fare is authorized to make grants for the construction of sewage treat-
ment works in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Water 
^g7o^stau^498; 
Pollution Coutrol Act (33 U.S.C. 466 et seq.), without regard to any 
provisions therein relating to appropriation authorization ceilings or 
to allotments among the States. Grants under this section shall be 
made solely out of funds specifically appropriated for the purpose of 
carrying out this Act, and shall not be taken into account in the compu-
tation of the allotments among the States pursuant to any other provi-
sion of law. 
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17 
(b) Not to exceed $6,000,000 of the funds authorized in section 401 
of this Act shall be available to carry out this section. 
AMENDMENTS TO HOUSING ACT OF 1 9 5 4 
SEC. 213. (a) Section 701(a) of the Housing Act of 1954 (40 U.S.C. 
461(a)) is amended by striking the word "and" at the end of para- 78^stat%q2^793 
graph (7), by substituting for the period at the end of paragraph (8) 
the phrase "; and", and by adding a new paragraph (9) to read as 
follows: 
"(9) the Appalachian Kegional Commission, established by the 
Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965, for comprehen-
sive planning for the Appalachian region as defined by section 
403 of such Act." 
(b) Section 701 (b) of the Housing Act of 1954 (40 U.S.C. 461 (b)), 
is amended by adding before the period at the end of the first sentence 
the following: ", to States participating in planning for Appalachian 
regional programs, for expenses incurred in the course of such plan-
ning, or to the Appalachian Regional Commission". 
SUPPLEMENTS TO FEDERAL GRANT-IN-AID PROGRAMS 
SEC. 214. (a) In order to enable the people, States, and local com-
munities of the region, including local development districts, to take 
maximum advantage of Federal grant-in-aid programs (as herein-
after defined) for which they are eligible but for which, because of 
their economic situation, they cannot supply the required matching 
share, the Secretary of Commerce is authorized, pursuant to specific 
recommendations of the Commission approved by him and after 
consultation with the appropriate Federal officials, to allocate funds 
appropriated to carry out this section to the heads of the departments, 
agencies, and instrumentalities of the Federal Government respon-
sible for the administration of such Federal grant-in-aid programs. 
Funds so allocated shall be used for the sole purpose of increasing the 
Federal contribution to projects under such programs above the fixed 
maximum portion of the cost of such project otherwise authorized 
by the applicable law. 
Funds shall be so allocated for Federal 
grant-in-aid programs for which funds are available under the Act 
authorizing such programs. 
Such allocations shall be available with-
out regard to any appropriation authorization ceilings in such Act. 
(b) The Federal portion of such costs shall not be increased in 
excess of the percentages established by regulations promulgated by 
the Secretary of Commerce, and such regulations shall in no event 
authorize the Federal portion of such costs to exceed 80 per centum 
tliereof. 
(c) The term "Federal grant-in-aid programs" as used in this . '^^^'^^'•^\^'"°"*; 
section means those Federal grant-in-aid programs authorized by this ^""^^ programs. 
Act for the construction or equipment of facilities, and all other 
Federal grant-in-aid programs authorized on or before the effective 
date of this Act by Acts other than this Act for the acquisition of land 
and the construction or equipment of facilities, including but not 
limited to grant-in-aid programs authorized by the following Acts: 
Federal Water Pollution Control Act; Watershed Protection and jg^usc^iooi""'^' 
Flood Prevention Act; title VI of the Public Health Service Act; note; 42 use 291; 
Vocational Education Act of 1963; Library Services Act; Federal 20 use 35 note. 
Airport Act; part IV of title I I I of the Communications Act of iiornlte;^4'7usc 
1934; Higher Education Facilities Act of 1963; Land and Water 390-397; 20 use 
Conservation Fund Act of 1965; National Defense Education Act of 4°o«-4*n;Je;;"^^ 
1958. 
The term shall not include (A) the program for the construe- 20 use 401 note. 
tion of the development highway system authorized by section 201 
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[79 STAT. 
of this Act or any other program relating to highway or road con-
struction, or (B) any other program for which loans or otlier Federal 
financial assistance, except a grant-in-aid program, is authorized by 
this or any other Act. 
(d) Not to exceed $90,000,000 of tlie funds authorized in section 
•401 of this Act shall be available to carry out this section. 
PART C—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT 
SEC. 221. No State and no political subdivision of such State shall 
be eligible to receive benefits under this Act unless the aggregate 
expenditures of State funds, exclusive of Federal funds, for the bene-
fit of the area within the State located in the region are maintained 
at a level which does n^ot fall below the average level of such expendi-
tures for its last two full fiscal years preceding the date of enactment 
of this Act. In computing the average level of expenditure for its 
last two fiscal years, a State's past expenditure for participation in 
the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways shall not 
be included. The Commission shall recommend to the President 
or such Federal officer or officers as the President may designate, a 
lesser requirement when it finds that a substantial population decrease 
in that portion of a State which lies within the region would not jus-
tify a State expenditure equal to the average level of the last two 
years or when it finds that a State's average level of expenditure, 
within an individual program, has been disproportionate to the pres-
ent need for that portion of the State which lies within the region. 
CONSENT OF STATES 
SEC. 222. Nothing contained in this Act shall be interpreted as 
requiring any State to engage in or accept any program under this Act 
without its consent. 
PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION 
SEC. 223. A program and projects authorized under any section of 
this title shall not be implemented until (1) the Commission has con-
sulted with the appropriate official or officials concerned with such 
program and projects as may be designated by the Governor or Gover-
nors of the State or States involved and has obtained the recommenda-
tions of such official or officials with respect to such program and 
projects and (2) plans with respect to such program and projects 
have been recommended by the Commission and have been submitted 
to and approved or modified by the President or such Federal officer 
or officers as the President may designate. 
PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT CRITERIA 
SEC. 224. (a) In developing recommendations on the programs and 
projects to be given assistance under this Act, and in establishing 
within those recommendations a priority ranking of the requests for 
assistance presented to the Commission, the Commission shall follow 
procedures that will insure consideration of the following factors: 
(1) the relationship of the project or class of projects to overall 
regional development including its location in an area determined 
by the State have a significant potential for growth; 
(2) the population and area to be served by the project or 
class of projects including the relative per capita income and the 
unemployment rates in the area; 
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(3) the relative financial resources available to the State or 
political subdivisions or instrumentalities thereof which seek to 
undertake the project; 
(4) the importance of the project or class of projects in rela-
tion to other projects or classes of projects which may be in com-
petition for the same funds; 
(5) the prospects that the project for which assistance is sought 
will improve, on a continuing rather than a temporary basis, 
the opportunities for employment, the average level of income, or 
the economic and social development of the area served by the 
project. 
(b) No financial assistance shall be authorized under this Act to 
be used (1) in relocating any establishment or establishments from 
one area to another; (2) to finance the cost of industrial plants, com-
mercial facilities, machinery, working capital, or other industrial 
facilities or to enable plant subcontractors to undertake work thereto-
fore performed in another area by other subcontractors or contractors; 
(3) to finance the cost of facilities for the generation, transmission, 
or distribution of electric energy; or (4) to finance the cost of facilities 
for the production, transmission, or distribution of gas (natural, 
manufactured, or mixed). 
TITLE III—ADMINISTRATION 
LOCAL DEVELOPMENT 
DISTRICTS 
CERTIFICATION 
SEC. 301. For the purposes of this Act, a "local development dis-
trict" shall be an entity certified to the Commission either by the 
Governor of the State or States in which such entity is located, or 
by the State officer designated by the appropriate State law to make 
such certification, as having a charter or authority that includes the 
economic development of counties or parts of counties or other politi-
cal subdivisions within the region. 
No entity shall be certified as a 
local development district for the purposes of this Act unless it is one 
of the following: 
(1) a nonprofit incorporated body organized or chartered un-
der the law of the State m which it is located; 
(2) a nonprofit agency or instrumentality of a State or local 
government; 
(3) a nonprofit agency or instrumentality created through an 
interstate compact; or 
(4) a nonprofit association or combination of such bodies, 
agencies, and instrumentalities. 
GRANTS FOR ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES OF LOCAL DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS 
AND FOR RESEARCH AND DEMONSTR.\TI0N PROJECTS 
SEC. 302. (a) The Secretary of Commerce is authorized— 
(1) either directly or through arrangements with the Commis-
sion, to make grants for administrative expenses to local develop-
ment districts. The amount of any such grant shall not exceed 
75 per centum of such expenses in any one fiscal year. 
No grants 
for administrative expenses shall be made to a local development 
district for a period in excess of three years beginning on the date 
the initial grant is made to such development district. 
The local 
contributions for administrative expenses may be in cash or in 
kind, fairly evaluated, including but not limited to space, equip-
ment, and services; and 
(2) either directly or through arrangements with appropriate 
public or private organizations (including the Commission), to 
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[79 STAT. 
Records, 
maintenance and 
availability. 
Research and 
development 
activities. 
provide funds for investigation, research, studies, and demonstra-
tion projects, but not for construction purposes, which will further 
the purposes of this Act. 
(b) Recipients of Federal assistance under the provisions of this 
section shall, in accordance with regulations to be promulgated by the 
Secretary of Commerce, maintain accurate and complete records of 
transactions and activities financed with Federal funds and report 
thereon to the Secretary of Commerce. 
The records of the recipient 
shall be available for audit with respect to such grants by the Secre-
tary of Commerce and the Comptroller General, or their duly author-
ized representatives. 
(c) Not to exceed $5,500,000 of the funds authorized in section 401 
of this Act shall be available to carry out this section. 
(d) No part of any appropriated funds may be expended pursuant 
to authorization given by this Act involving any scientific or tech-
nological research or development activity unless such expenditure 
is conditioned upon provisions effective to insure that all information, 
copyrights, uses, processes, patents, and other developments resulting 
from that activity will be made freely available to the general public. 
Nothing contained in this subsection shall deprive the owner of any 
background patent relating to any such activity, without his consent, 
of any ri^ht which that owner may have under that patent. 
When-
ever any information, copyright, use, process, patent or development 
resulting from any such research or development activity conducted 
in whole or in part wdth appropriated funds expended under authori-
zation of this Act is withheld or disposed of by any person, orga-
nization, or agency in contravention of the provisions of this sub-
section, the Attorney General shall institute, upon his own motion 
or upon request made by any person having knowledge of pertinent 
facts, an action for the enforcement of the provisions of this sub-
section in the district court of the United States for any judicial dis-
trict in w^iich any defejidant resides, is found, or has a place of busi-
ness. 
Such court shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine such 
action, and to enter therein such orders and decrees as it shall deter-
mine to be required to carry into effect fully the provisions of this 
subsection. 
Process of the district court for any judicial district in 
any action instituted under this subsection may be served in any 
other judicial district of the United States by the United States 
marshal thereof. Whenever it appears to the court in which any such 
action is pending that other parties should be brought before the 
court in such action, the court may cause such other parties to be 
summoned from any judicial district of the L^nited States. 
PROJECT APPROVAL 
SEC. 303. An application for a grant or for any other assistance for 
a program or project under this Act shall be made only by a State, a 
political subdivision of a State, or a local development district. Each 
such application shall be made through the State member of the Com-
mission representing such applicant, and such State member shall 
evaluate such application for approval. Only applications for pro-
grams-and projects which are approved by a State member as meeting 
the i-equirements for assistance under the Act shall be approved for 
assistance by the Commission. 
ANNUAL REPORT 
SEC. 304. Not later than six months after the close of each fiscal 
year, the Commission shall prepare and submit to the Governor of 
each State in the resrion and to the President, for transmittal to the 
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Congress, a report on the activities carried out under this Act during 
such year. 
TITLE 
IV—APPROPRIATIONS 
AND 
MISCELLANEOUS 
PROVISIONS 
AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS 
SEC. JrOl. In addition to the appropriations authorized in section 201 
for the Appalachian development highway system, there is hereby 
authorized to be appropriated for the period ending June 30, 1967, to 
be available until expended, not to exceed $252,400,000 to carry out 
this Act. 
APPLICABLE LABOR STANDARDS 
SEC. 402. All laborers and mechanics employed by contractors or 
subcontractors in the construction, alteration, or repair, including 
painting and decorating, of projects, buildings, and works which are 
nnancially assisted through the Federal funds authorized under this 
Act, shall be paid wages at rates not less than those prevailing on 
similar construction in the locality as determined by the Secretary of 
Labor in accordance with the Davis-Bacon Act, as amended (40 U.S.C. 
276a—276ar-5). The Secretary of Labor shall have with respect to 
"^gtat^*' ^°^^' 
such labor standards, the authority and functions set forth in Re- 
^ ' 
^' 
organization Plan Numbered 14 of 1950 (15 F.R. 3176, 64 Stat. 1267, 
5 U.S.C. 133—133Z-15), and section 2 of the Act of June 13,1934, as 
^ use usz-is 
note. 
amended (48 Stat. 948, as amended; 40 U.S.C. 276 (c)). 
63 stat. los. 
DEFINITION OF APPALACHIAN REGION 
SEC. 403. As used in this Act, the term "Appalachian region" or 
"the region" means that area of the eastern United States consisting 
of the following counties (including any political subdivision located 
within such area) : 
In Alabama, the counties of Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Chambers, 
Alabama. 
Cherokee, Chilton, Clay, Cleburne, Colbert, Coosa, Cullman, De 
Kalb, Elmore, Etowah, Fayette, Franklin, Jackson, Jefferson, 
Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison, Marion, Marshall, 
Morgan, Randolph, Saint Clair, Shelby, Talladega, Talla-
poosa, Tuscaloosa, Walker, and Winston; 
In Georgia, the counties of Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Carroll, '^^°''^^^-
Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee, Dade, Dawson, Douglas, Fannin, 
Floyd, Forsyth, Franklin, Gilmer, Gordon, Gwinnett, Habersham, 
Hall, Haralson, Heard, Jackson, Lumpkin, Madison, Murray, 
Paulding, Pickens, Polk, Rabun, Stephens, Towns, Union, 
Walker, White, and Whitfield; 
In Kentucky, the counties of Adair, Bath, Bell, Boyd, Breathitt, 
Kentucky. 
Carter, Casey, Clark, Clay, Clinton, Cumberland, Elliott, Estill, 
Fleming, Floyd, Garrard, Green, Greenup, Harlan, Jackson, 
Johnson, Knott, Knox, Laurel, Lawrence, Lee, Leslie, Letcher, 
Lewis, Lincoln, McCreary, Madison, Magoffin, Martin, Menifee, 
Monroe, Montogomery, Morgan, Owsley, Perry, Pike, Powell, 
Pulaski, Rockcastle, Rowan, Russell, Wayne, Whitley, and Wolfe; 
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[79 STAT. 
Maryland. 
North Carolina. 
Ohio. 
Pennsylvania. 
South Carolina. 
Tennessee. 
Virginia. 
West Virginia. 
New York. 
Study. 
In Maryland, the counties of Allegany, Garrett, and Washing-
ton; 
In North Carolina, the counties of Alexander, Alleghany, 
Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Davie, 
Forsyth, Graham, Haywopd, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, 
Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Stokes, Surry, 
Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, Yadkin, and Yancey; 
In Ohio, the counties of Adams, Athens, Belmont, Brown, Car-
roll, Clermont, Coshocton, Gallia, Guernsey, Harrison, Highland, 
Hocking, Holmes, Jackson, Jefferson, Lawrence, Meigs, Monroe, 
Morgan, Muskingum, Noble, Perry, Pike, Ross, Scioto, Tuscara-
was, Vinton, and Washington; 
In Pennsylvania, the counties of Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, 
Bedford, Blair, Bradford, Butler, Cambria, Cameron, Carbon, 
Centre, Clarion, Clearfield, Clinton, Columbia, Crawford, Elk, 
Erie, Fayette, Forest, Fulton, Greene, Huntingdon, Indiana, 
Jefferson, Juniata, Lackawanna, Lawrence, Luzerne, Lycoming, 
McKean, Mercer, Miiflin, Monroe, Montour, Northumberland, 
Perry, Pike, Potter, Schuylkill, Snyder, Somerset, Sullivan, Sus-
quehanna, Tioga, Union, Venango, Warren, Washington, Wayne, 
Westmoreland, and Wyoming; 
In South Carolina, the counties of Anderson, Cherokee, Green-
ville, Oconee, Pickens, and Spartanburg; 
In Tennessee, the counties of Anderson, Bledsoe, Blount, Brad-
ley, Campbell, Carter, Claiborne, Clay, Cocke, Coffee, Cumber-
land, De Kalb, Fentress, Franklin, Grainger, Greene, Grundy, 
Hamblen, Hamilton, Hancock, Hawkins, Jackson, Jefferson, 
Johnson, Knox, Loudon, McMinn, Macon, Marion, Meigs, Mon-
roe, Morgan, Overton, Pickett, Polk, Putnam, Rhea, Roane, Scott, 
Sequatchie, Sevier, Smith, Sullivan, Unicoi, Union, Van Buren, 
Warren, Washington, and White; 
In Virginia, the counties of Alleghany, Bath, Bland, Botetourt, 
Buchanan, Carroll, Craig, Dickenson, Floyd, Giles, Grayson, 
Highland, Lee, Pulaski, Russell, Scott, Smyth, Tazewell, Wash-
ington, Wise, and Wythe; 
All the counties of West Virginia: 
Provided^ That the Commission is hereby authorized and directed to 
study and consider, in consultation with the Governor of the State of 
New York or an appropriate official or officials designated by him, the 
inclusion of such counties of the State of New York as are contiguous 
to the Appalachian region as defined in this section and counties con-
tiguous thereto in the Appalachian region for the purposes of this 
Act; and if the Commission shall decide after such consultation, that 
these counties share the social and economic characteristics of the 
region, and that the inclusion of these counties would further the 
purposes of this Act as set forth in section 2, then the Commission 
is authorized and directed to invite the State of New York to partici-
pate in the Commission on an appropriate basis: Provided 
further^ 
That the Commission may extend the invitation to the State of New 
York for inclusion of such of the described counties the inclusion of 
which would further the purposes of the Act: And provided 
further^ 
That if such invitation is duly accepted by the State of New York, 
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those counties shall be included in "the region" or "the Appalachian 
region" for the purposes of this Act. 
SEVERABILITY 
SEC. 404. If any provision of this Act, or the applicai)ility thereof 
to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the remainder of this 
Act, and the application of such provision to other persons or circum-
stances, shall not be affected thereby. 
TERMINATION 
SEC. 405. This Act shall cease to be in effect on July 1,1971. 
Approved March 9, 1965. 
Public Law 89-5 
AN ACT 
March 12, 1965 
To promote public knowledge of progress and achievement in astronautics 
[S. 3oi] 
and related sciences through the designation of a special day in honor of 
Doctor Robert Hutchings Goddard, the father of modern rockets, missiles, and 
astronautics. 
Dr. Robert H. 
Goddard day. 
Be It enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Congress 
hereby finds that rapid advances and developments in the fields of 
astronautics and related sciences are having an increasing impact on 
the daily lives of the people, the national security, and long-range 
human progress. It is therefore desirable and appropriate that steps 
be taken to promote greater public knowledge of the progress and 
achievement being brought about in these fields, and for that purpose 
to provide for special recognition and honor to Doctor Robert Hutch-
ings Goddard, the father of modern rockets, missiles, and astronautics, 
and to designate and set aside a special day to honor his memory and 
his accomplishments. 
SEC. 2. (a) The Administrator of the National Aeronautics and 
Space Administration shall provide for appropriate ceremonies, 
meetings, and other activities on March 16,1965, said day to be known 
and celebrated as Goddard Day in honor of the epochal achievements 
in these fields by the late Doctor Robert Hutchings Goddard. 
(b) The President is authorized and requested to issue a proclama- 
presidential 
tion calling upon omcials of the Government and the public to partici-
pate in the ceremonies, meetings, and other activities held in observance 
of Goddard Day. 
Approved March 12, 1965. 
Public Law 89-6 
AN ACT 
March 24, 1965 
To amend the Inter-American Development Bank Act to authorize the United 
[H. R. 45] 
States to participate in an increase in the resources of the Fund for Special 
Operations of the I liter-American Development Bank. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America 
in Congress assembled, That the Inter-
American Development Bank Act (22 U.S.C. 283-283i) is amended ^ ^I^^S^*- ^^^' 
by adding at the end thereof the following new section: 
^ ' ' 
proclamation.