An Act to amend the Organic Act of Guam for the purpose of permitting the government of Guam, with the consent of the legislature thereof, to be sued
PL 86-316 (H.R.4603), enacted 09/21/1959

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PUBLIC LAW 86-314-SEPT. 21, 1959 
[73 S T A T . 
the International Bridge Authority of Michigan, to construct, 
maintain, and operate a toll bridge or series of bridges, causeways, and 
approaches thereto, across the Saint Marys River, from a point in or 
near the city of Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan, to a point in the Prov-
ince of Ontario, Canada'', approved December 16,1940 (54 Stat. 1222; 
Public Law 889, Seventy-sixth Congress), is hereby revived and reen-
acted: Provided^ That this Act shall be null and void unless the actual 
construction of the bridge, or series of bridges, causeways, and 
approaches thereto, referred to in such Act of December 16, 1940, is 
commenced within three years, and completed within six years, from 
the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 2. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby 
expressly reserved. 
Approved September 21, 1959. 
Public Law 86-314 
AN ACT 
September 2 I, 1959 
[H. R. 3608] 
rp^j authorize the Secretary of the Navy to acquire certain land on the island of 
Guam.' 
Guam. 
Land ac qui s i-
tion. 
Appropriation. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Secretary 
of the Navy is authorized to acquire, by purchase or otherwise, fee 
title or permanent easements to any land situated on the island of 
Guam on which the Department of the Navy has constructed roads 
since July 21, 1944. 
SEC. 2. There are authorized to be appropriated such sums, not to 
exceed $2,000,000, as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of 
this Act. 
Approved September 21, 1959. 
September 21, 1959 
[H. R. 4002] 
Public Law 86-315 
AN ACT 
To authorize the use of Great Lakes vessels on the oceans. 
Great Lakes ves-
sels. 
64 Stat. 1078. 
50 use app. 1735 
note. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That, notwithstand-
ing the provisions of the Merchant Ship Sales Act of 1946, as amended 
(60 Stat. 41, 50 U.S.C. 1735, as amended by Public Law 856, Eighty-
first Congress), and contracts executed thereunder, vessels purchased 
from the United States for exclusive use on the Great I^kes, including 
the Saint Lawrence River and Gulf, and their connecting waterways, 
may be operated in any trades and in any manner permitted to other 
vessels documented under the laws of the United States. 
Approved September 21, 1959. 
Public Law 86-316 
September 21, 1959 
AN A C T 
[H- R- 4603]— rfijj amend the Organic Act of Guam for the purpose of permitting the govern-
ment of Guam, with the consent of the legislature thereof, to be sued. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
Organic Act of United Stutcs of America in Congress assembled, That the second 
Guam, amendment. ^^^^^^^^ ^^ scctlou 3 of the Organic Act of Guam (64 Stat. 384, 48 
73 STAT.] 
PUBLIC L
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U.S.C. 1421a), is amended to read as follows: "The government of 
(juam shall have the powers set forth in this Act, shall have power to 
sue by such name, and, with the consent of the legislature evidenced by 
enacted law, may be sued upon any contract entered into with respect 
to, or any tort committed incident to, the exercise by the government 
of Guam of any of its lawful powers." 
Approved September 21, 1959. 
Public Law 86-317 
AN AHT 
rLiy^KyX 
September 21, 1959 
To amend section 401b of the Act of July 14, 1952, to permit applications for 
[H. R. 4656] 
moving costs resulting from any public works project of a military depart-
ment to be filed either one year from the date of acquisition or one year 
following the date of vacating the property. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatmes of the 
United States of America in Congress asserribled^ That the first two ,oe^ts^'' works 
sentences of section 401b of the Act of July 14,1952, as amended (66 M
o
v
i
n
g costs. 
Stat. 606, 624; 69 Stat. 352), are amended to read as follows: "The 
Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of the Navy, and the Secretary 
of the Air Force are respectively authorized, to the extent administra-
tively determined by each to be fair and reasonable, under regulations 
approved by the Secretary of Defense, to reimburse the owners and 
tenants of land to be acquired for any public works project of the 
military department concerned for expenses and other losses and 
damages incurred by such owners and tenants, respectively, in the 
process and as a direct result of the moving of themselves and their 
families and possessions because of such acquisition of land, which 
reimbursement shall be in addition to, but not in duplication of, any 
E
ayments in respect of such acquisition as may otherwise be authorized 
y law: Provided, That the total of such reimbursement to the owners 
and tenants of any parcel of land shall in no event exceed 25 per 
centum of the fair value of such parcel of land as determined by the 
Secretary of the military department concerned. No payment in ,„^fP,^i^f^°2* ^
"
"
^ 
reimbursement shall be made unless application therefor, supported 
by an itemized statement of the expenses, losses, and damages so 
incurred, shall have been submitted to the Secretary of the military 
department concerned within one year following the date of such 
acquisition or within one year following the date that the property is 
vacated by the applicant, whichever date is later." 
SEC. 2. The amendment made by this Act shall take effect as of 
January 1,1959. 
Approved September 21, 1959. 
Public Law 86-318 
AN A C T 
September 21, 1959 
To quiet title and possession with respect to certain real property adjacent 
[H. R. 47H] 
to the Rocky Mountain Arsenal, Denver, Colorado. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the United ^l^^^ Mountain 
States hereby releases, relinquishes, remises, and quitclaims to the 
Denter, coio. 
person, persons, or body corporate or politic, who, under the laws of 
Quitclaim, 
the State of Colorado (including the laws of prescription and ad-
verse possession), are or would be except for any claim of right, title, 
reimbursement. 
Effective date.