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An Act to provide appropriate public recognition of the gallant action of the Steamship Meredith Victory in the December 1950 evacuation of Hungnam, Korea.
PL 86-398 (S.2185), enacted 03/31/1960

74 S T A T . ] 
PUBLIC LAW 86-398-MAR. 31, 1960 
11 
Public Law 86-397 
• ^ '^^'^ 
March 28, I960 
To provide flexibility in the performance of certain functions of the Coast and 
[s. .483] 
Geodetic Survey and of the Weather Bureau. 
Coast and Geo-
d e t i c Survey and 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 2 of tho 
Act of July 22,1947 (61 Stat. 400; 33 U.S.C. 873), is amended to read WeathVB^i^au; 
as follows: 
"The Secretary of Commerce is hereby authorized to pay extra com-
pensation to members of crews of vessels when assigned duties as 
instrument observer or recorder, and to employees of other Federal 
agencies while observing tides or currents, or tending seismographs 
or magnetographs, at such rates as may be specified from time to time 
by him." 
SEC. 2. Section 3 of the Act of June 2, 1948 (62 Stat. 286, as 
amended; 15 U.S.C. 327), is hereby revised to read as follows: 
"The Secretary of Commerce is hereby authorized to (a) appoint 
employees for the conduct of meteorological investigations in the 
Arctic region without regard to the civil service laws and fix their 
compensation without regard to the Classification Act of 1949, as 
amended (5 U.S.C. 1071 and the following), and titles II and I I I of 
63 stat. 954. 
the Federal Employees Pay Act of 1945, as amended (5 U.S.C. 911 
and the following), at base rates not to exceed the maximum sched- 
^^ ^^^^- '•^•'^^^ 
uled rate for GS-12, and (b) grant extra compensation to employees 
of other Government agencies for taking and transmitting meteoro-
logical observations.*' 
Approved March 28, 1960. 
Public Law 86-398 
AN ACT 
March 3
1
„ I960 
To provide appropriate public recognition of the gallant action of the Steamship 
[s. li&s^^ 
Meredith Victory in the December 1950 evacuation of Hungnam, Korea. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That, in recogni- 
ss 
Meredith 
tion of the gallant action of the Steamship Meredith Victory in saving ^'°'°''^* 
the lives of over fourteen thousand Korean civilians by ti-ansporting 
them in a single voyage from Hungnam to Pusan in December of 1950, 
the Secretary of Commerce shall issue a citation and award a plaque 
to the Steamship Meredith Victory, and shall award an appropriate 
citation ribbon bar to each person serving on board her at tnat time, 
and shall award a Merchant Marine Meritorious Service Medal to the 
master of the vessel at the time of the action, under the authority of 
sections la and 3 of the Act entitled "An Act to authorize medals and 
decorations for outstanding and meritorious conduct and service in 
the United States merchant marine, and for other purposes", approved 
July 24, 1956 (46 U.S.C. 249b), notwithstanding that such Act was 
l%^\f^i ^\'^g^ 
not then in effect. 
249b. 
Approved March 31, 1960.
An Act to provide flexibility in the performance of certain functions of the Coast and Geodetic Survey and of the Weather Bureau.
PL 86-397 (S.2483), enacted 03/28/1960

74 S T A T . ] 
PUBLIC LAW 86-398-MAR. 31, 1960 
11 
Public Law 86-397 
• ^ '^^'^ 
March 28, I960 
To provide flexibility in the performance of certain functions of the Coast and 
[s. .483] 
Geodetic Survey and of the Weather Bureau. 
Coast and Geo-
d e t i c Survey and 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 2 of tho 
Act of July 22,1947 (61 Stat. 400; 33 U.S.C. 873), is amended to read WeathVB^i^au; 
as follows: 
"The Secretary of Commerce is hereby authorized to pay extra com-
pensation to members of crews of vessels when assigned duties as 
instrument observer or recorder, and to employees of other Federal 
agencies while observing tides or currents, or tending seismographs 
or magnetographs, at such rates as may be specified from time to time 
by him." 
SEC. 2. Section 3 of the Act of June 2, 1948 (62 Stat. 286, as 
amended; 15 U.S.C. 327), is hereby revised to read as follows: 
"The Secretary of Commerce is hereby authorized to (a) appoint 
employees for the conduct of meteorological investigations in the 
Arctic region without regard to the civil service laws and fix their 
compensation without regard to the Classification Act of 1949, as 
amended (5 U.S.C. 1071 and the following), and titles II and I I I of 
63 stat. 954. 
the Federal Employees Pay Act of 1945, as amended (5 U.S.C. 911 
and the following), at base rates not to exceed the maximum sched- 
^^ ^^^^- '•^•'^^^ 
uled rate for GS-12, and (b) grant extra compensation to employees 
of other Government agencies for taking and transmitting meteoro-
logical observations.*' 
Approved March 28, 1960. 
Public Law 86-398 
AN ACT 
March 3
1
„ I960 
To provide appropriate public recognition of the gallant action of the Steamship 
[s. li&s^^ 
Meredith Victory in the December 1950 evacuation of Hungnam, Korea. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That, in recogni- 
ss 
Meredith 
tion of the gallant action of the Steamship Meredith Victory in saving ^'°'°''^* 
the lives of over fourteen thousand Korean civilians by ti-ansporting 
them in a single voyage from Hungnam to Pusan in December of 1950, 
the Secretary of Commerce shall issue a citation and award a plaque 
to the Steamship Meredith Victory, and shall award an appropriate 
citation ribbon bar to each person serving on board her at tnat time, 
and shall award a Merchant Marine Meritorious Service Medal to the 
master of the vessel at the time of the action, under the authority of 
sections la and 3 of the Act entitled "An Act to authorize medals and 
decorations for outstanding and meritorious conduct and service in 
the United States merchant marine, and for other purposes", approved 
July 24, 1956 (46 U.S.C. 249b), notwithstanding that such Act was 
l%^\f^i ^\'^g^ 
not then in effect. 
249b. 
Approved March 31, 1960.
An Act to amend the joint resolution providing for membership and participation by the United States in the Inter-American Childrens Institute, formerly known as the American International Institute for the Protection of Childhood, as amended.
PL 86-384 (S.2231), enacted 02/16/1960

Public Laws 
ENACTED DURING THE 
SECOND SESSION OF THE EIGHTY-SIXTH CONGRESS 
OF THE 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 
Begun and held at the City oj Washington on Wednesday, January 6,1960, and adjourned 
sine die on Thursday, September 1,1960. 
DWIGHT D . EISENHOWER, President; RICHARD 
M. NIXON, Vice President; SAM RAYBURN, Speaker oj the House oj Representatives. 
Public Law 86-384 
A N A C T 
February 16, 1960 
To amend the joint resolution providing foi* membership and participation by 
[S. 2231] 
the United States in the Inter-American Children's Institute, formerly known 
as the American International Institute for the Protection of Childhood, as 
amended. 
Int er-American 
Children's I n s t i -
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That Public Reso-
lution 31, approved May 3, 1928 (45 Stat. 487), as revised by section tute." 
1(a) of Public Law 806, approved September 21,1950 (64 Stat. 902), 
as amended by Public Law 816, approved July 27,1956 (70 Stat. 696), 
22 use 269b 
is hereby amended to read as follows: 
"That in order to meet the obligations of the United States as a 
member of the Inter-American Children's Institute, there is hereby 
authorized to be appropriated to the Department of State for the 
fiscal years 1961 and 1962 such sums not to exceed $50,000 per fiscal 
year, as may be necessary for the payment by the United States of its 
share of the expenses of the Institute, as apportioned in accordance 
with the statutes of the Institute." 
Approved February 16, 1960.
An Act to amend the act of July 17, 1952.
PL 86-371 (S.2282), enacted 09/23/1959

73 S T A T . ] 
PUBLIC LAW 8 6 - 3 7 1 - S E P T . 23, 1959 
653 
(1) by striking out "paragraph (32) of section 202 of such Act, 
as added by section 3 of this Act," and inserting in lieu thereof "par-
agraph (33) of section 202 of such Act, added by section 3 of this 
Act,"; and 
(2) by striking out "such paragraph (32)" and inserting in lieu 
thereof "such paragraph (33)". 
EFFECTIVE DATES 
SEC. 7. (a) This section, and sections 2, 4, and 5 of this Act, shall 
become effective on the date of enactment of this Act. 
(b) Sections 1, 3, and 6 of this Act shall become effective on the first 
day of the first pay period which begins after the date of enactment 
of this Act. 
Approved September 23, 1959. 
Public Law 86-371 
AN ACT 
To amend the Act of July 17, 1952. 
^s. 2282] 
September 23, 1959 
S t a t e 
i n c o m e 
taxes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ TTiat the Act en- 
Federal employ 
titled "An Act relating to withholding, for State income tax purposes, _ wuhhoiding o
f 
on the compensation of Federal employees", approved July 17, 1952 
(66 Stat. 765; 5 U.S.C. 84b-84c), is amended to read as follows: 
"That where— 
"(1) the law of any State or Territory provides for the collec-
tion of a tax by imposing upon employers generally the duty of 
withholding sums from the compensation of employees and mak-
ing returns of such sums to the authorities of such State or Terri-
tory, and 
"(2) such duty to withhold is imposed generally with respect 
to the compensation of employees who are residents of such State 
or Territory, 
then the Secretary of the Treasury, pursuant to regulations promul-
gated by the President, is authorized and directed to enter into an 
agreement with such State or Territory within one hundred and 
twenty days of the request for agreement from the proper officials of 
such State or Territory. 
Such agreement shall provide that the head 
of each department or agency of the United States shall comply with 
the requirements of such law in the case of employees of such agency 
or department who are subject to such tax and whose regular place 
of Federal employment is within the State or Territory with which 
such agreement is entered into. 
No such agreement shall apply with 
respect to compensation for service as a member of the Armed Forces 
of the United States. 
"SEC. 2. Nothing in this Act shall be deemed to consent to the 
application of any provision of law which has the effect of imposing 
more burdensome requirements upon the United States than it imposes 
upon other employers, or which has the effect of subjecting the United 
States or any of its officers or employees to any penalty or liability by 
reason of the provisions of this Act. 
However, no department or 
agency of the United States shall, after March 31, 1959, accept com-
pensation from ?i\\y State or Territory for services rendered in with-
holding State or Territorial income taxes from the salaries of 
employees of such department or agency." 
Approved September 23, 1959.
An Act to extend the duration of the Federal air pollution control law, and for other purposes
PL 86-365 (H.R.7476), enacted 09/22/1959

646 
PUBLIC LAW 86-a64^SEPT. 22, 1959 
[78 STAT. 
Public Law 86-364 
September 22, 1959 
A N A C T 
*^ 
' ^
*
* " 
To amend section 4544 of the Bevised Statutes of the United States to provide 
that, if the money and effects of a deceased seaman paid or delivered to a 
district court do not exceed in value the sum of $1,500, such court may pay and 
deliver such money and effects to certain persons other than the legal per-
sonal representative of the deceased seaman. 
Deceased 
men. 
Be it enacted hy the Seriate and House of Representatives 
of the 
*
" United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 4544 of 
"Effect.. 
the Revised Statutes of the United States (46 U.S.C. 627) is amended 
by striking out "$300" both places where it appears therein, and by 
inserting in each such place the following: $1,500. 
SEO. 2. Such section is further amended by inserting immediately 
after "the court may" a comma and the following: "after a period 
of not less than sixty days after such payment, remittance, or delivery 
has been made to the court,".. 
Approved September 22, 1959. 
Public Law 86-365 
September 22, 1959 
A N A C T 
[H. R. 7476] 
f
£
i
Q extend the duration of the Federal air pollution control law, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it eTuicted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
)fi&</***"*'°" United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 5 of 
69 stk. J22. 
the Act of July 14,1955 (42 U.S.C. 1857 (d)), is amended— 
42U8ci857d. 
^^^ by striking out " ( a ) " after "SEC. 5.", 
(2) by striking out "five fiscal years during the period begin-
ning July 1,1955, and ending June 30,1960" and inserting in lieu 
thereof "nine fiscal years during the period beginning July 1, 
1955, and ending June 30, 1964", 
(3) by inserting "for surveys and studies and" before "for 
research" in clauses (1) and (2) of such first sentence, and 
(4) by striking out "by the Surgeon General" in the last 
sentence. 
SEC. 2. Such Act is further amended by adding at the end thereof 
the following new section: 
"SEC. 8. It is hereby declared to be the intent of the Congress that 
any Federal department or agency having jurisdiction over any 
building, installation, or other property shall, to the extent prac-
ticable and consistent with the interests of the United States and 
within any available appropriations, cooperate with the Department 
of Health, Education, and Welfare, and with any interstate agency 
or any State or local government air pollution control agency in pre-
venting or controlling the pollution of the air in any area insofar as 
the discharge of any matter from or by such property may cause or 
contribute to pollution of the air in such area." 
Approved September 22, 1959. 
I n t e n t of Con-
kreae.
An Act to amend section 4544 of the Revised Statutes of the United States to provide that, if the money and effects of a deceased seaman paid or delivered to a district court do not exceed in value the sum of $1,500, such court may pay and deliver such money and effects to certain persons other than the legal personal representative of the deceased seaman
PL 86-364 (H.R.6067), enacted 09/22/1959

646 
PUBLIC LAW 86-a64^SEPT. 22, 1959 
[78 STAT. 
Public Law 86-364 
September 22, 1959 
A N A C T 
*^ 
' ^
*
* " 
To amend section 4544 of the Bevised Statutes of the United States to provide 
that, if the money and effects of a deceased seaman paid or delivered to a 
district court do not exceed in value the sum of $1,500, such court may pay and 
deliver such money and effects to certain persons other than the legal per-
sonal representative of the deceased seaman. 
Deceased 
men. 
Be it enacted hy the Seriate and House of Representatives 
of the 
*
" United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 4544 of 
"Effect.. 
the Revised Statutes of the United States (46 U.S.C. 627) is amended 
by striking out "$300" both places where it appears therein, and by 
inserting in each such place the following: $1,500. 
SEO. 2. Such section is further amended by inserting immediately 
after "the court may" a comma and the following: "after a period 
of not less than sixty days after such payment, remittance, or delivery 
has been made to the court,".. 
Approved September 22, 1959. 
Public Law 86-365 
September 22, 1959 
A N A C T 
[H. R. 7476] 
f
£
i
Q extend the duration of the Federal air pollution control law, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it eTuicted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
)fi&</***"*'°" United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 5 of 
69 stk. J22. 
the Act of July 14,1955 (42 U.S.C. 1857 (d)), is amended— 
42U8ci857d. 
^^^ by striking out " ( a ) " after "SEC. 5.", 
(2) by striking out "five fiscal years during the period begin-
ning July 1,1955, and ending June 30,1960" and inserting in lieu 
thereof "nine fiscal years during the period beginning July 1, 
1955, and ending June 30, 1964", 
(3) by inserting "for surveys and studies and" before "for 
research" in clauses (1) and (2) of such first sentence, and 
(4) by striking out "by the Surgeon General" in the last 
sentence. 
SEC. 2. Such Act is further amended by adding at the end thereof 
the following new section: 
"SEC. 8. It is hereby declared to be the intent of the Congress that 
any Federal department or agency having jurisdiction over any 
building, installation, or other property shall, to the extent prac-
ticable and consistent with the interests of the United States and 
within any available appropriations, cooperate with the Department 
of Health, Education, and Welfare, and with any interstate agency 
or any State or local government air pollution control agency in pre-
venting or controlling the pollution of the air in any area insofar as 
the discharge of any matter from or by such property may cause or 
contribute to pollution of the air in such area." 
Approved September 22, 1959. 
I n t e n t of Con-
kreae.
An Act for the relief of the city of Madeira Beach, Fla
PL 86-353 (H.R.2390), enacted 09/22/1959

78 S T A T . ] 
P U B U C LAW 8e-368-8EPT. 22, 1959 
827 
Whereas the United States Olympic Association is presently engaged 
in assuring maximum support for the teams representing the United 
States at Squaw Valley, California, and Rome, Italy; and 
Whereas a week set aside by this Nation for a rededication to the 
amateur ideal could accomplish great good in encouraging good 
will for these games: Therefore be it 
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of^ the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the 
United States is authorized and requested to issue a proclamation 
designating the period of October 17 to October 24,1959, as National 
Olympic Week and urging all citizens of our country to do all in 
their power to support the games of the X V I I Olympiad and the 
VIII Olympic winter games, to be held in 1960, and to insure that the 
United States will be fully and adequately represented in these games. 
Approved September 22, 1959. 
National 0 1 y m-
pic Week. 
Proclamation au-
thorization. 
Public Law 86-352 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
To change the designation of Child Health Day from May 1 to the first Monday 
in October of each year. 
September 22, 1959 
[H. J. Res. 317] 
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, That, effective January 1, 
1960, the Act of May 18,1928 (36 U.S.C. 143), is amended by striking 
out "May 1" and inserting in lieu thereof "the first Monday in 
October". 
Approved September 22, 1959. 
C h i l d H e a l t h 
Day. 
45 Stat. 617. 
Public Law 86-353 
AN ACT 
For the relief of the city of Madeira Beach, Florida. 
September 22. 1959 
[H. R. 2390] 
Be it emjtcted hy the Senate a/nd 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 city of Madeira 
Beach, Florida, the sum of $12,828.35. Payment of such sum shall be 
in full settlement of all claims of the city of Madeira Beach against 
the United States for payment by the United States to such city of 
the cost of construction by such city in the years 1956 and 1957 of 
concrete-groins for erosion control of five hundred feet of property 
along the Gulf of Mexico principally on riparian land adjacent to the 
beach house of the Veterans' Administration within the corporate 
limits of the city of Madeira Beach, Florida: Provided, That no part 
of the amount appropriated 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 22, 1959, 
Madeira 
Fla. 
Payment. 
Beach, 
Restriction.
An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Army to credit equipment installation costs against rental under lease to Union Township of La Porte County, Indiana
PL 86-350 (S.2655), enacted 09/22/1959

626 
PUBLIC LAW 86-360-SEPT. 22, 1969 
[73 STAT. 
district: Provided, That the terms of the initial incumbent of any 
office established pursuant to this sentence shall expire at the end 
of the fourth calendar year beginning with the calendar year current 
at the time of his appointment, except that the Board may provide 
for any such initial incumbent a shorter term expiring at the end 
of a calendar year." 
Approved September 22, 1959. 
Public Law 86-350 
Septeirf)er22, 1959 
A N A C T 
[s. 2655] 
rj,^ authorize the Secretary of the Army to credit equipment installation costs 
against rental under lease to T'nion Township of La Porte County, Indiana. 
Union Township 
of La Porte County, 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United Stages of America in Congress assemhled, That the Secretary 
ind. 
" of the Army is authorized and directed to credit against the rental 
required to be paid under any existing lease between Union Town-
ship of La Porte (^ounty, Indiana, and the United States all reason-
able costs incurred by the said I^nion Township for the installation of 
a new boiler and heating system in connection with the premises under 
lease to the said Union Township at the Kingsbury Ordnance Plant, 
Kingsford Heights, Indiana. 
Approved September 22, 1959. 
Public Law 86-351 
Septen4,er22. 1959 
J O I N T R E S O L U T I O N 
[H. J. Res. 310] ^^ authorize the designation of the period of October 17 to October 24, 1959, 
as National Olympic Week. 
Whereas the games of the X V I I Olympiad will be held in Eome, 
Italy, August 25 to September 11, 1960, with winter games to be 
held at Squaw Valley, California, February 18 to February 28, 
1960; and 
Whereas these games will afford an opportunity of bringing together 
young men and women representing more than seventy nations, of 
many races, creeds, and stations in life and possessing various habits 
and customs, all bound by the universal appeal of friendly athletic 
competition, governed by rules of sportsmanship and dedicated to 
the principle that the important thing is for each and every partici-
pant to do his very best to win in a manner that will reflect credit 
upon himself or herself, and the country represented; and 
Whereas the peoples of the world in these trying times require above 
all else occasions for friendship and understanding, and among the 
most telling things which influence people of other countries are the 
acts of individuals and not those of governments; and 
Whereas experiences afforded by the Olympic games make a unique 
contribution to common understanding and mutual respect among 
all peoples; and 
Whereas previous Olympic games have proved that competitors and 
spectators alike have been imbued with ideals of friendship, chiv-
alry, and comradeship and impressed with the fact that accom-
plishment is reward in itself; and