An Act to amend the act incorporating the American Legion so as to redefine eligibility for membership therein
PL 89-550 (H.R.17419), enacted 09/01/1966

80 STAT. ] 
PUBLIC LAW 89-550-SEPT. 1, 1966 
Public Law 89-548 
AN ACT 
To amend the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands to provide for the 
reapportionment of the Legislature of the Virgin Islands. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 5(b) of 
the Kevised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands (48 U.S.C. 1571(b)), 
is amended to read as follows: 
"(b) The legislature shall be composed of fifteen members to be 
known as senators. The apportionment of the legislature shall be as 
provided by the laws of the Virgin Islands: Provided^ That such 
apportionment shall not deny to any person in the Virgin Islands the 
equal protection of the law: And provided further^ That every voter in 
any district election or at large election shall be permitted to vote for 
the whole number of persons to be elected in that district election or at 
large election as the case may be. Until the legislature shall provide 
otherwise, four members shall be elected at large, five shall be elected 
from the District of Saint Thomas, five from the District of Saint 
Croix, and one from the District of Saint John, as those Districts were 
constituted on July 22,1954." 
SEC. 2. This Act shall be effective with respect to the legislature to 
be elected at the regular general election in November 1966, and 
thereafter. 
Approved August 30, 1966. 
371 
August 30, 1966 
[H. R. 13277] 
Virgin Islands. 
Legislature, re-
apportionment. 
68 Stat. 498. 
Effective date. 
Public Law 89-549 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
Making continuing appropriations for the 
fiscal 
year 1967, and for other purposes. 
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, That clause (c) of section 
102 of the joint resolution of June 30, 1966 (Public Law 89-481), is 
hereby amended by striking out "August 31, 1966" and inserting in 
lieu thereof "September 30,1966". 
Approved August 31, 1966. 
August 31, 1966 
[H.J. Res. 1284] 
Continuing ap-
propriations, 
1967. 
Ante, p. 234. 
Public Law 89-550 
AN ACT 
September 1, 1966 
To amend the Act incorporating the American Legion so as to redefine eligibility 
[H. R. 17419] 
for membership therein. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 3 of 
the Act entitled "An Act To Incorporate the American Legion", 
approved September 16, 1919 (41 Stat. 285; 36 U.S.C. 43), is hereby 
amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 3. The purpose of this corporation shall be: To uphold and 
defend the Constitution of the United States of America; to promote 
peace and good will among the peoples of the United States and all 
American Legion. 
69 Stat. 379. 
Purpose. 
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Membership 
quirements. 
the nations of the earth; to preserve the memories and incidents of 
the two World Wars and the other great hostilities fought to uphold 
democracy; to cement the ties and comradeship bom of service; and 
to consecrate the efforts of its members to mutual helpfulness and 
service to their country." 
SEC. 2. That section 5 of said Act of September 16, 1919 (41 Stat. 
285* 36 U.S.C. 45), is hereby amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 5. No person shall be a member of this corporation unless he 
has served in the naval or military services of the United States at 
some time during any of the following periods: April 6, 1917, to 
November 11, 1918; December 7,1941, to September 2, 1945; June 25, 
1950, to July 27, 1953; August 5, 1964, to the date of cessation of 
hostilities as determined by the Government of the United States, all 
dates inclusive, or who, being a citizen of the United States at the 
time of entry therein, served in the military or naval service of any 
of the governments associated with the United States during said 
wars or hostilities: Provided^ hotoe'ver^ That such person shall have 
an honorable discharge or separation from such service or continues 
to serve honorably after any of the aforesaid terminal dates." 
Approved September 1, 1966, 1:22 p.m. 
Public Law 89-551 
September 1, 19 66 
[H. R. 8 760] 
AN ACT 
To amend the provisions of the Oil Pollution Act, 1961 (33 U.S.C. 1001-1015), to 
implement the provisions of the International Convention for the Prevention 
of the Pollution of the Sea by Oil, 1954, as amended, and for other purposes. 
Oil Pollution 
Act, 1961, amend-
ments. 
75 Stat. 402. 
12 UST 2989. 
Definitions. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the "Oil Pollu-
tion Act, 1961" approved August 30, 1961 (33 U.S.C. 1001-1015), is 
amended as follows: 
(1) Section 1 is amended by inserting after the title "International 
Convention for the Prevention of the Pollution of the Sea by Oil, 
1954" the phrase "as amended," and by changing the designation of 
the Act from "Oil Pollution Act, 1961" to "Oil Pollution Act, 1961, 
as amended . 
(2) Section 2 (33 U.S.C. 1001) is amended— 
(A) in subsection (a) by changing the semicolon to a comma 
at the end thereof and by adding "as amended;"; 
(B) in subsection (c) by changing the reference at the end 
thereof from "D. 158/53;" to "D. 86/59;"; 
(C) by amending subsection (e) to read as follows: 
"(e) The term 'oil' means crude oil, fuel oil, heavy diesel oil, and 
lubricating oil, and 'oily' shall be construed accordingly. 
An 'oily 
mixture' means a mixture with an oil content of one hundred parts or 
more in one million parts of mixture." 
(D) by amending subsection (i) to read as follows: 
"(i) The term 'ship', subject to the exceptions provided in para-
graph (1) of this subsection, means any seagoing vessel of any type 
whatsoever of American registry or nationality, including floating 
craft, whether self-propelled or towed by another vessel making a sea 
voyage; and 'tanker', as a type included within the term 'ship', means 
a ship in which the greater part of the cargo space is constructed or