An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to make loans to certain producers of oysters, and for other purposes
PL 87-580 (H.R.7336), enacted 08/09/1962

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PUBLIC LAW 87-580-AUG. 9, 1962 
[76 STAT. 
Disposition of 
publications after 
five years. 
44 use 4. 
Repeal. 
ment publications authorized for distribution to depository libraries. 
Designation of regional depository libraries may be made by a Senator 
or the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico within the areas 
served by them, after approval by the head of the library authority 
of the State or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, as the case may be, 
who shall first ascertain from the head of the library to be so desig-
nated that the library will, in addition to fulfilling the requirements 
for depository libraries, retain at least one copy of all Government 
publications, either in printed or microfacsimile form (except those 
authorized to be discarded by the Superintendent of Documents) ; and 
within the region served will provide interlibrary loan, reference 
service, and assistance for depository libraries in the disposal of un-
wanted Government publications as herein provided. The agreement 
to function as a regional depository library shall be transmitted to the 
Superintendent of Documents by the Senator or the Resident Com-
missioner from Puerto Rico when designation is made. 
The libraries designated as regional depositories shall be authorized 
to permit depository libraries, within the areas served by them, to dis-
pose of Government publications which they have retained for at least 
five years after first offering them to other depository libraries within 
their area, then to other libraries, and then if not wanted to discard. 
SEC. 10. The Public Printer, with the approval of the Joint Com-
mittee on Printing, as provided for by section 2 of the Printing Act of 
1895 (ch. 23, sec. 2, 28 Stat. 601), as amended, shall adopt and employ 
such measures as he deems necessary for the economical and practical 
implementation of this Act. 
SEC. 11. The Act entitled "An Act to make the United States C^oast 
Guard Academy library a public depository for Government publica-
tions", approved August 5, 1939 (53 Stat. 1209; 44 U.S.C. 87a), is 
hereby repealed. 
Approved August 9, 1962. 
August 9,1962 
[H. R. 7336] 
Public Law 87-580 
AN ACT 
To promote the production of oysters by propagation of disease-resistant strains, 
and for otlier purposes. 
Oysters. 
Disease-resist-
ant strains, propa-
gation. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States.of America in Congress assembled^ The Secretary of the 
Interior is authorized with respect to those States where he finds that 
excessive mortality of oysters presents an immediate and substantial 
threat to the economic stability of the oyster industry in such area or 
region, to acquire oyster brood stock that he believes possesses resist-
ance to the causative agent of such excessive mortality. 
The Secretary 
may thereafter transfer such brood stock to the particular States in-
volved for planting in spawning sanctuaries and protection of such 
State or States. 
Distribution of the resultant seed oysters by the 
States shall be in accordance with plans and procedures that are mu-
tually acceptable to the Secretary and the cooperating States: Pro-
vided, That the purchase of oyster brood stock hereunder by the Secre-
tary shall be conditional upon the participating State or States, in each 
instance, paying one-third of the cost of such brood stock. 
The Secre-
tary of the Interior is authorized to cooperate with the States in any 
manner necessary to accomplish the purposes of this Act. 
Grants to States 
SEC. 2. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to jnake grants to 
the States referred to in the first section of this Act for the purpose of 
assisting such States in the financing of research and other activities 
for research, etc. 
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necessary in the development and propagation of disease-resistant 
strains of oysters. A grant under this section shall be made upon 
agreement by the State to use the proceeds thereof only for the pur-
poses specified in this section and to use an additional amount for such 
purposes from State or other non-Federal sources equal to at least 50 
per centum of the amount of such grant. 
SEC. 3. There is authorized to be appropriated such sum, not to ex-
ceed $100,000, as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this 
Act. 
Approved August 9, 1962. 
Appropriation. 
Public Law 87-581 
AN ACT 
To establish standards for hours of work and overtime pay of laborers and 
mechanics employed on work done under contract for, or with the financial 
aid of, the United States, for any territory, or for the District of Columbia, 
and for other purposes. 
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 "Work Hours Act of 1962" and title I may be cited as 
the "Contract Work Hours Standards Act". 
SEC. 2. As used in this Act, the term "this Act" means the Work 
Hours Act of 1962 except in title I, where it means the Contract Work 
Hours Standards Act. 
August 13, 1962 
[H. R.10786] 
Work Hours Act 
of 1962. 
TITLE I—CONTRACT WORK HOURS STANDARDS ACT 
SEC. 101. As used herein, the term "Secretary" means the Secretary 
"secretary". 
of Labor, United States Department of Labor. 
SEC. 102. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the wages 
Forty-hour w
( 
of every laborer and mechanic employed by any contractor or sub- provision. 
contractor in his performance of work on any contract of the character 
specified in section 103 shall be computed on the basis of a standard 
workday of eight hours and a standard workweek of forty hours, and 
work in excess of such standard workday or workweek shall be per-
mitted subject to the provisions of this section. For each workweek in 
which any such laborer or mechanic is so employed, such wages shall 
include compensation, at a rate not less than one and one-half times 
the basic rate of pay, for all hours worked in excess of eight hours in 
any calendar day or in excess of forty houi*s in the workweek, as the 
case may be. 
(b) The following provisions shall be a condition of every con-
tract of the character specified in section 103 and of any obligation of 
the United States, any territory, or the District of Columbia in con-
nection therewith: 
(1) No contractor or subcontractor contracting for any part of 
the contract work which may require or involve the employment of 
laborers or mechanics shall require or permit any laborer or mechanic, 
in any workweek in which he is employed on such work, to work in 
excess of eight hours in any calendar day or in excess of forty hours 
in such workweek except m accordance with the provisions of this 
Act; and 
(2) In the event of violation of the provisions of paragraph (1), the 
Liability o
f 
contractor and any subcontractor res|)onsible therefor shall be liable vuaition.* ^°' 
to such affected employee for his unpaid wages and shall, in addition, 
be liable to the United States (or, in the case of w^ork done under 
contract for the District of Columbia or a territory, to such District or 
to such territory) for liquidated damages as provided therein. 
Such