An Act to amend section 678 of the Bankruptcy Act (11 U.S.C. 1078) relating to the transmission of petitions, notices, orders, and other papers to the Secretary of the Treasury in chapter XIII proceedings
PL 86-631 (H.R.7726), enacted 07/12/1960

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PUBLIC LAW 86-631-JULY 12, 1960 
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housing for company grade officers at the United States Military 
Academy at a unit cost of not more than $20,300 per family unit. 
SEO. 110. No part of the funds contained in this Act shall be used 
to incur obligations for the planning, design, or construction of fa-
cilities for an Air Force Academy the total cost of which will be in 
excess of $139,797,000. 
SEC. 111. No part of the funds provided in this Act shall be used 
for purchase of land or land easements in excess of 100 per centum 
of the value as determined by the Corps of Engineers or the Bureau 
of Yards and Docks, except: (a) where there is a determination of 
value by a Federal court, (b^ purchases negotiated by the Attorney 
General or his designee, and (c) where the estimated value is less than 
$25,000. 
SEC. 112. None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be used 
to make payments under contracts for any project in a foreign country 
unless the Secretary of Defense or his designee, after consultation with 
the Secretary of the Treasury or his designee, certifies to the Congress 
that the use, by purchase from the Treasury, of currencies of such 
country acquired pursuant to law is not feasible for the purpose, 
stating the reason therefor. 
SEC. 113. This Act may be cited as the "Military Construction 
Appropriation Act, 1961". 
Approved July 12, 1960. 
July 12, 1960 
[H. R. 7726] 
Public Law 86-631 
AN ACT 
To amend section 678 of the Bankruptcy Act (11 U.S.C. 1078) relating to the 
transmission of petitions, notices, orders, and other papers to the Secretary 
of the Treasury in chapter XIII proceedings. 
Bankruptcy Act, 
amendment. 
52 Stat. 937. 
70 Stat. 955. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 678 of 
the Bankruptcy Act (11 U.S.C. 1078) is amended to read: 
"SEC. 678. The court shall, in every case instituted under any pro-
visions of this chapter, mail or cause to be mailed a copy of the notice 
of the first meeting of creditors to the district director of internal 
revenue for the district in which the court is located. Whenever the 
schedules of the debtor, or the list of creditors of the debtor, or any 
other papers filed in the case disclose a debt to the United States acting 
through any department, agency, or instrumentality thereof (except 
for any internal revenue obligation payable to the Secretary of the 
Treasury or his delegate), a notice of the first meeting shall be mailed 
as well to the head of such department, agency, or instrumentality." 
SEC. 2. Section 58e of the Bankruptcy Act, as amended (11 U.S.C. 
94(e)), is amended by changing the comma following the word 
"located" in the first sentence thereof to a period, deleting the balance 
of that sentence, and substituting for the deleted portion the following 
new sentence: "In cases involving a bankrupt where it clearly appears 
on the face of the petition that the bankrupt is or was engaged in the 
business of transporting persons or property, the court also shall mail, 
or cause to be mailed, a copy of such notice to the Comptroller General 
of the United States." 
Approved July 12, 1960.