An Act to modify the retirement benefits of the judges of the District of Columbia Court of General Sessions, the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, and the Juvenile Court of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes
PL 88-644 (H.R.5871), enacted 10/13/1964

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Public Law 88-644 
A N A C T 
October 13, 1964 
To modify the retirement benefits of the judges of the District of Columbia Court 
[H. R. 5871] 
^ 
of General Sessions, the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, and the Juvenile 
Court of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes. 
District of C 
Be it enacted 
hy the Senate 
and House 
of Representatives 
of the 
United /States of ATnerica in Congress assetnbled, Thiit section 
11-1701 
of the District of Columbia Code is amended to read as follows: 
R^^ire^ment^Act 
"§ 11-1701. Retirement, 
resignation, and nonreappointment of °^7^st^at. 502. 
judges; recall 
"(a) (1) Any judge of the District of Columbia Court of General 
Sessions, any judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals 
(as established by this Act), or any judge of the Juvenile Court of 
the District of Columbia who is subject to this subsection shall here-
after be eligible to retire after having served as a judge of such court 
or courts for a period or periods aggregating ten years or more, 
whether continuously or not. Any judge who so retires shall receive 
annually in equal monthly installments, during the remainder of his 
life, a sum equal to such proportion of the salary received by such judge 
at the date of such retirement as the total of his aggregate years of 
service bears to the period of thirty years, the same to be paid in the 
same manner as the salary of such judge: Provided, That if any such 
judge shall retire after twenty or more years of service, other than for 
permanent disability, his retirement salary shall not commence until 
he shall have reached the age of fifty: Provided further, hoioever, That 
if any such judge shall retire after less than twenty years of service, 
other than for permanent disability, his retirement salary shall not 
commence until he shall have reached the age of sixty-two, except that 
such judge may elect to receive a reduced retirement salary beginning 
at the age of nfty-five or at the date of his retirement if subsequent 
to that age, the reduction in retirement salary in such case to be one-
half of 1 per centum for each month or fraction of a month the judge is 
under the age of sixty-two at the time of commencement of his reduced 
retirement salary. In no event shall the sum received by any judge 
saiary umita-
as retirement salary under this subsection be in excess of 80 per centum 
of the salary of such judge at the date of such retirement. In comput-
ing the years of service under this section, service in either the Police 
Court of the District of Columbia or the Municipal Court of the Dis-
trict of Columbia, or the Juvenile Court of the District of Columbia, 
the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, or the District of Columbia 
Court of General Sessions, as heretofore constituted, shall be included 
whether or not such service be continuous. The terms 'retire' and ti/'^ent'^l,^""' ""^ 
'retirement' as used in this section shall mean retirement, resignation, "^^"'^" ' 
or failure of reappointment upon the expiration of the term of office 
of an incumbent. 
"(2) Any judge subject to this subsection may hereafter retire after 
Disability. 
having served five years or more and having become permanently dis-
abled from performing his duties. Such ]udge may retire for dis-
ability by furnishing to the Commissioners of the District of Columbia 
a certificate of disability signed by a duly licensed physician and 
approved by the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service. A 
judge who retires for disability under this subsection shall receive 
annually in equal monthly installments, during the remainder of his 
life, a sum equal to such proportion of the salary received by such 
judge at the date of such retirement as the total of his aggregate years 
of service bears to the period of thirty years, the same to be paid in the 
Recall to serv-
tions 
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same manner as the salary of such jud^e, except that in no event shall 
the sum received by any judge as retirement salary hereunder be in 
excess of 80 per centum of the salary of such judge at the date of such 
retirement for disability. 
"(3) Any judge receiving retirement salary under the provisions of 
this subsection or under the provisions of this section as it existed 
immediately prior to its amendment by the District of Columbia 
Judges Eetirement Act of 1964 may be called upon by the chief judge 
of the District of Columbia Court of General Sessions, or the chief 
judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, or the chief judge 
of the Juvenile Court of the District of Columbia, to perform such 
judicial duties as may be requested of him in any of such courts, but 
in any event no such retired judge shall be required to render such 
service for a total of more than ninety days in any calendar year after 
such retirement. Any judge called upon pursuant to this subsection to 
perform judicial duties who, for any reason except illness or disability, 
fails to perform such duties so requested shall forfeit all right to 
retired pay under this section for the one-year period which begins 
on the first day on which he so fails to perform such duties. In case of 
illness or disability precluding the rendering of such service such judge 
shall be fully relieved of any such duty during such illness or disability. 
Salary deduc- 
«(4) From and after the first day of the first pay period which begins 
on or after the effective date of the District of Columbia Judges Retire-
ment Act of 1964, there shall be deducted and withheld from the basic 
salary of each judge subject to the provisions of this subsection an 
amount equal to 3 ^ per centum of such judge's basic salary. 
The 
amounts so deducted and withheld shall, in accordance with such pro-
cedures as may be p>rescribed by the Commissioners of the District of 
Columbia, be deposited in the District of Columbia Judicial Retire-
ment and Survivors Annuity Fund established pursuant to paragraph 
Post, p. 1061. 
(^i^^ Qf subsection (d) of this section. Each judge subject to the pro-
visions of this subsection shall be deemed to consent and agree to such 
deductions from basic salary and payment less such deductions shall be 
a full and complete discharge and acq[uittance of all claims and 
demands whatsoever for all regular service during the period covered 
' , by such payment, except the right to the benefits to which he shall be 
entitled under this subsection, notwithstanding any law, rule, or 
regulation affecting the individual's salary. 
Deposits. 
(5) Each judge subject to the provisions of this subsection shall 
deposit, with interest at 4 per centum per annum to December 31,1947, 
and 3 per centum per annum thereafter, compounded on December 
31 of each year, in the fund, a sum equal to 3^/^ per centum of his salary 
received for judicial service performed by him as a judge of any court 
referred to in paragraph (1) of subsection (a) prior to the date he 
became subject to the provisions of this subsection. Each judge may 
elect to make such deposits in installments during the continuance of 
his judicial service in such amounts as may be determined in each 
instance by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia. Notwith-
standing the failure of any such judge to make such deposits, credit 
shall be allowed for the service rendered but the retirement pay of such 
judge shall be reduced by 10 per centum of such deposit remaining 
unpaid, unless such judge shall elect to eliminate the service involved 
for purposes of retirement salary computation. 
Resignation or 
"(gj jf ^j^y judge who is subject to the provisions of this subsection 
resigns from his judicial office otherwise than under the provisions of 
this subsection, all amounts deducted from his salary under paragraph 
(4) and deposited by him under paragraph (5), together with interest 
at 4 per centum per annum to Deceml^r 31,1947, and 3 per centum per 
death, 
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annum thereafter, compounded on December 31 of each year, to the 
date of his relinquishment of office, shall be returned to him. In any 
case in which any such judge, who has not elected to bring himself 
within the purview of subsection (b) of this section, dies while in 
regular active service, all amounts so deducted from his salary and 
deposited by him under this subsection remaining in the fund at 
the time of his death, together with interest at 4 per centum per annum 
to December 31, 1947, and 3 per centum per annum thereafter, com-
E
ounded on December 31 of each year, to the date of his death, shall 
e paid, upon the establishment of a valid claim therefor, to the person 
or persons surviving him in the order of precedence provided for in 
paragraph (7) of subsection (b). Such payments shall,be a bar to 
recovery by any other person. 
"(7) All judges of the District of Columbia Court of General Ses- benLm"°b °^ 
sions, the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, and the Juvenile jucTges.^ ^ 
Court of the District of Columbia shall be subject to the provisions of 
this subsection, except that any such judge who is serving as such on 
the effective date of the District of Columbia Judges Retirement Act 
of 1964 shall be subject to this subsection (except paragraph (3) of 
this subsection) only if, within one year following such date, such 
judge files with the Commissioners of the District of Columbia a writ-
ten election to come within the purview of this subsection. Such elec-
tion once made shall be irrevocable. If no election is made within such 
one-year period, such judge shall have his right to retirement salary 
and the amount thereof determined as though the District of Columbia 
Judges Retirement Act of 1964 had not been enacted. 
"(b) (1) Any judge of any of the courts referred to in paragraph 
(1) of subsection (a), whether or not subject to the provisions of sub-
section (a) of this section, or any judge retired under the provisions 
of this section as it existed prior to the enactment of the District of 
Columbia Judges Retirement Act of 1964, may, by written election 
filed with the Commissioners of the District of Columbia within six 
months after the date on which he takes office, or is reappointed to 
office (or within six months after the ejffective date of the District of 
Columbia Judges Retirement Act of 1964), bring himself within the 
purview of this subsection. 
"(2) There shall be deducted and withheld from the salary of each 
judge electing to bring himself within the purview of this subsection a 
sum equal to 3 per centum of such judge's salary, including salary 
paid after retirement under the provisions of this section. 
The 
amounts so deducted and withheld from the salary of each such judge 
shall, in accordance with such procedure as may be prescribed by the 
Commissioners of the District of Columbia, be deposited in the fund. 
Every judge who elects to bring himself within the purview of this 
subsection shall be deemed thereby to consent and agree to the deduc-
tions from his salary as provided in this subsection, and payment less 
such deductions shall be a full and complete discharge and acquittance 
of all claims and demands whatsoever for all judicial services rendered 
by such judge during the period covered by such payment, except the 
right to the benefits to which he or his survivors shall be entitled under 
the provisions of this subsection. 
"(3) Each judge who has elected to bring himself within the pur-
view of this subsection shall deposit, with interest at 4 per centum per 
annum to December 31, 1947, and 3 per centum per annum thereafter, 
compounded on December 31 of each year, to the credit of the fund, a 
sum equal to 3 per centum of his salary received for service as a judge 
of any of the courts referred to in paragraph (1) of subsection (a), 
including salary received after retirement, and of his basic salary, pay, 
or compensation for services as a Senator, Representative, Delegate, 
or Resident Commissioner in Congress and for any other civilian serv-
fits. 
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ice within the purview of section 3 of the Civil Service Retirement Act 
70 Stat. 745. 
(5 u.S.C. 2253). Such interest shall not be required for any period 
during which the judge was separated from all such service and was 
not receiving retirement salary under this section. Each judge may 
elect to niake such deposits in installments during the continuance of 
his judicial service in such amounts as may be determined in each 
instance by the Commissioners. 
Notwithstanding the failure of a 
judge to make such deposit, credit shall be allowed for the service ren-
dered, but the annuity of the widow of such judge shall be reduced by 
an amount equal to 10 per centum of the amount of such deposit, com-
puted as of the date of the death of such judge, unless such widow 
shall elect to eliminate such service entirely from credit under para-
graph (13) of this subsection: Provided^ That no deposit shall be 
required from a judge for any service rendered prior to August 1,1920, 
or for any honorable service in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine 
Corps, or Coast Guard of the United States. 
"(4) If any judge who has elected to bring himself within the pur-
view of this subsection resigns from office otherwise than under the 
provisions of this section, the amount credited to his individual account 
under this subsection, together with interest at 4 per centum per 
annum to December 31,1947, and 3 per centum per annum, thereafter, 
compounded on December 31 of each year, to the date of his relinquish-
ment of office, shall be returned to him. 
Annuity bene- 
"^5^ jj^ ^.^gg ^jij jud^c who has electcd to bring himself within the 
purview of this subsection shall die while in regular active service or 
after having retired from such service under the provisions of this sec-
tion, after having rendered at least five years of civilian service com-
puted as prescribed in paragraph (13) of this subsection for the last 
five years of which the salary deductions provided for by paragraph 
(2) of this subsection or the deposits required by paragraph (3) of this 
subsection have actually been made— 
" (A) If such judge is survived by a widow but not by a depend-
ent child, there shall be paid to such widow an annuity beginning 
with the day of the death of the judge or following the widow's 
attainment of the age of fifty years, whichever is later, in an 
amount computed as provided m paragraph (12) of this sub-
section; or 
"(B) if such judge is survived by a widow and a dependent 
child or children, there shall be paid to such widow an immediate 
annuity in an amount computed as provided in paragraph (12) of 
this subsection and there shall also be paid to or on behalf of each 
such child an immediate annuity equal to one-half the amount 
of the annuity of such widow, but not to exceed $900 per year 
divided by the number of such children or $360 per year, which-
ever is lesser; or 
"(C) if such judge leaves no surviving widow or widower but 
leaves a surviving dependent child or children, there shall be paid 
to or on behalf of each such child an immediate annuity equal to 
the amount of the annuity to which such widow would have been 
entitled under paragraph (A) of this subsection had she survived, 
but not to exceed $480 per year. 
The annuity payable to a widow under this subsection shall be termi-
nable upon her death or remarriage. The annuity payable to a child 
under this subsection shall be terminable upon (i) his attaining the age 
of eighteen years, (ii) his marriage, or (iii) his death, whichever first 
occurs, except that if such child is incapable of self-support by reason 
of mental or physical disability his annuity shall be terminable only 
upon death, marriage, or recovery from such disability after attaining 
the age of eighteen years. In case of the death of a widow of a judge 
leaving a dependent child or children of the judge surviving her the 
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annuity of such child or children shall be recomputed and paid as 
provided in subparagraph (C) of this paragraph. 
In any case in 
which the annuity of a dependent child, under this subsection, is ter-
minated, the annuities of any remaining dependent child or children, 
based upon the service of the same judge, shall be recomputed and paid 
as though the child whose annuity was so terminated had not survived 
such judge. 
"(6) As used in this subsection— 
Definitions. 
"(A) The term 'widow' means a surviving wife of an individual 
who either (i) shall have been married to such individual for at 
least two years immediately preceding his death or (ii) is the 
mother of issue by such marriage, and who has not remarried. 
"(B) The term 'dependent child' means an unmarried child, 
including a dependent stepchild or an adopted child, who is under 
the age of eighteen years or who because of physical or mental 
disability is incapable of self-support. 
Questions of dependency and disability arising under this subsection 
Determination o
f 
shall be determined by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, dfrabuit"!^ ^"'^ 
The Commissioners may order or direct at any time such medical or 
other examinations as they shall deem necessary to determine the facts 
relative to the nature and degree of disability of any dependent child 
who is an annuitant or applicant for annuity under this subsection, 
and may suspend or deny any such annuity for failure to submit to 
any examination. 
"(7) In any case in which (A) a judge who has elected to bring 
himself within the purview of this subsection shall die ^i) while in 
regular active service after having rendered five years of civilian serv-
ice computed as prescribed in paragraph (13) of this subsection, or 
while receiving retirement salary under this section, but without a 
survivor or survivors entitled or who, upon attaining the age of fifty, 
will become entitled, to annuity benefits provided by paragraph (5) of 
this subsection, or (ii) while in regular active service but before having 
rendered five years of such civilian service or (B) the right of all 
persons entitled to an annuity under paragraph (5) of this subsection 
based on the service of such judge shall terminate before a valid claim 
therefor shall have been established, the total amount credited to an 
individual account of such judge under this section, with interest at 4 
per centum per annum to December 31, 1947, and 3 per centum per 
annum, thereafter, compounded on December 31 of each year, to the 
date of the death of such judge, shall be paid, upon the establishment 
of a valid claim therefor, to the person or persons surviving at the date 
title to the payment arises, in the following order of precedence, and 
such payment shall be a bar to recovery by any other person: 
"First, to the beneficiary or beneficiaries whom the judge may 
have designated by a writing received by the Commissioners of 
the District of Columbia prior to his death; 
"Second, if there be no such beneficiary, to the widow of such 
judge; 
"Third, if none of the above, to the child or children of such 
judge and the descendants of any deceased children by repre-
sentation ; 
"Fourth, if none of the above, to the parents of such judge or 
the survivor of them; 
"Fifth, if none of the above, to the duly appointed executor or 
administrator of the estate of such judge; 
"Sixth, if none of the above, to such other next of kin of such 
judge as may be determined by the Commissioners to be entitled 
under the laws of the domicile of such judge at the time of his 
death. 
Determination as to the widow or child of a judge for the purposes of 
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this subsection shall be made by the Commissioners without regard to 
the definition of these terms stated in paragraph (6) of this subsection. 
"(8) In any case in which the annuities of all persons entitled to 
annuity based upon the service of a judge shall terminate before the 
aggregate amount of annuity paid (together with any amounts 
received by the judge as retirement salary) equals the total amount 
credited to the individual account of such judge under this section, 
with interest at 4 per centum per annum to December 31, 1947, and 3 
per centum per annum thereafter, compounded on December 31 of each 
year, to the date of the death of such judge, the difference shall be paid, 
upon establishment of a valid claim therefor, in the order of precedence 
prescribed in paragraph (7) of this subsection. 
"(9) Any accrued annuity remaining unpaid upon the termination 
(other than by reason of death) of the annuity of any person based 
upon the service of a judge shall be paid to such person. Any accrued 
annuity remaining unpaid upon the death of any person receiving 
an annuity based upon the service of a judge shall be paid, upon 
establishment of a valid claim therefor, in the following order of 
precedence: 
"First, to the duly appointed executor or administrator of the 
estate of such person; 
"Second, if there is no such executor or administrator, payment 
may be made, after the expiration of thirty days from the date of 
the death of such person, to such individual or individuals as may 
appear in the judgment of the Commissioners to be legally entitled 
thereto, and such payments shall be a bar to recovery by any other 
individual. 
"(10) Where any payment under this subsection is to be made to a 
minor or to a person mentally incompetent or under other legal dis-
ability adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction, such payment 
may be made to the person who is constituted guardian or other fidu-
ciary by the law of the jurisdiction wherein the claimant resides or is 
otherwise legally vested with the care of the claimant or his estate. 
Where no guardian or other fiduciary of the person under legal disa-
bility has been appointed under the laws of the jurisdiction wherein 
the claimant resides, the Commissioners shall determine the person who 
is otherwise legally vested with the care of the claimant or his estate. 
"(11) Annuities granted under the terms of this subsection shall 
accrue monthly and shall be due and payable in monthly installments 
on the first business day of the month following the month or other 
period for which the annuity shall have accrued. 
" (12) The annuity of the widow of a judge who has elected to bring 
himself within the purview of this subsection shall be an amount equal 
to the sum of (A) 1% per centum of the average annual salary received 
by such judge for judicial service and any other prior allowable service 
during the last five years of such service prior to his death, or retire-
ment from office under this section, multiplied by the sum of his years 
of judicial service, his years of prior allowable service as a Senator, 
Representative, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner in Congress, his 
years of prior allowable service performed as a member of the Armed 
Forces of the United States, and his years, not exceeding fifteen, of 
prior allowable service performed as an employee described in section 
70^1*^^.^743. 
1(c) of the Civil Service Retirement Act and (B) three-fourths of 1 
per centum of such average annual salary multiplied by his years of 
any other prior allowable service, but such annuity shall not exceed 
37% per centum of such average annual salary and shall be further 
reduced in accordance with paragraph (3) of this subsection, if 
applicable. 
"(13) Subject to the provisions of paragraph (3) of this subsection, 
the years of service of a judge which are allowable as the basis for cal-
culating the amount of the annuity of his widow shall include his years 
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of service as a judge of one of the courts referred to in paragraph (1) 
of subsection (a) of this section (whether in regular active service or 
retired from such service under this section), his years of service as a 
Senator, Representative, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner in Con-
gress, his years of active service as a member of the Armed Forces of 
the United States not exceeding five years in the aggregate and not 
including any such service for which credit is allowed for the purposes 
of retirement or retired pay under any other provision of law, and his 
years of any other civilian service within the purview of section 3 of 
the Civil Service Retirement Act. 
7o stat. 745. 
"(14) Nothing contained in this subsection shall be construed to 
^ ^^^ ^^^^' 
prevent a widow eligible therefor from simultaneously receiving an 
annuity under this subsection and any annuity to which she would 
otherwise be entitled under any other law without regard to this sub-
section, but in computing such other annuity, service used in the com-
putation of her annuity under this subsection shall not be credited. 
"(c) Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to prevent 
a judge eligible therefor from simultaneously receiving his retire-
ment salary under this section and any annuity to which he would 
otherwise be entitled under any other law without regard to this sec-
tion, but in computing such annuity, service used in the computation of 
retirement salary under this section shall not be credited: Provided^ 
however, That nothing contained in this section shall be construed to 
prevent a judge of any court referred to in paragraph (1) of subsec-
tion (a) who is serving on the effective date of the District of Columbia 
, Judges Retirement Act of 1964, and who does not elect under para-
graph (7) of subsection (a) to come within the purview of such sub-
section, from electing to waive the provisions of this section regarding 
retirement salary and crediting service hereunder in computing any 
annuity to which he would otherwise be entitled under any other law 
without regard to this section; nor shall anything contained in this 
section (except paragraph (7) of subsection (a) of this section) or in 
any other law be construed to require any such judge eligible therefor 
to elect to waive either the provisions of this section regarding retire-
ment salary and annuities or the provisions of any other law relating to 
retirement salary or annuities prior to the date of his retirement. 
"(d) (1] There is hereby established in the Treasury of the United iu°bu"?udiciar 
States a fund to be known as the 'District of Columbia Judicial Re- R^^ire^ment^and 
titement and Survivors Annuity Fund', and such fund is hereby appro- survivors Annu-
priated for the payment of retirement salaries, annuities, refunds, and ilshm'tnt! ^^^^^ 
allowances as provided in this section. If, at any time, the balance in 
such fund is not sufficient to pay current obligations arising pursuant to 
the provisions of this section, there is authorized to be appropriated to 
such fund, out of any moneys in the Treasury of the United States 
to the credit of the District of Columbia not otherwise appropriated, 
such amounts as may be necessary to pay such current obligations. 
The Secretary of the Treasury shall prepare the estimates of the 
annual appropriations required to be made to such fund, and shall 
make actuarial valuations of such fund at intervals of five years, or 
more after if deemed necessary by the Secretary. 
"(2) The Secretary of the Treasury shall invest, from time to time, ^l^^^^^""^""^ °^ 
in interest-bearing securities of the United States or Federal farm 
loan bonds, any portions of such fund as in his judgment may not be 
immediately required for payments from the fund, and the income 
derived from such investments shall constitute a part of the fund. 
"(3) All amounts deposited by, or deducted and withheld from 
the salary of, any judge as provided under this section for credit to the 
fund shall, under such regulations as may be prescribed by the Com-
missioners of the District of Columbia, be credited to an individual 
account of such judge. 
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Short title. 
Effective c 
"(4) None of the moneys mentioned in this section shall be assign-
able, either in law or in equity, or be subject to execution, levy, attach-
ment, garnishment, or other legal process. 
"(5) Whenever used in this section, the term 'fund' shall mean the 
District of Columbia Judicial Retirement and Survivors Annuity 
Fund established under paragraph (1) of this subsection." 
SEC. 2. This Act may be cited as the "District of Columbia Judges 
Retirement Act of 1964." 
SEC. 3. This Act shall be effective on and after the first day of the 
first month following the date of its enactment. 
Approved October 13, 1964. 
October 13, 1964 
[H. R. 6218] 
Public Law 88-645 
AN ACT 
To amend the Act of June 29, 1960, to authorize additional extensions of time for 
final proof by certain entrymen under the desert land laws and to make such 
additional extensions available to the successors in interest of such entrymen. 
Desert land 
laws; time exten-
sion for final 
proof. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in (Congress assembled, That (a) the first 
section of the Act entitled "An Act to authorize an extension of time 
for final proof under the desert land laws under certain conditions", 
approved June 29,1960 (74 Stat. 257), is amended by striking out "one 
extension of not more than three years within which to make final 
proof" and inserting in lieu thereof "extensions aggregating not more 
than six years within which to make final proof". 
(b) Section 2 of such Act of June 29, 1960 (74 Stat. 257), is 
amended— 
(1) by striking out "The" at the beginning of the first sentence 
and inserting in lieu thereof "Except as otherwise provided in this 
section, the"; 
(2) by striking out "within one extension period of not more 
than three years and can be completed either during such exten-
sion period" and inserting in lieu thereof "within extension periods 
aggregating not more than six years and can be completed during 
such periods of extension"; and 
(3) by inserting immediately after the first sentence thereof 
the following new sentence: "The benefits of this Act shall be 
available also to successors in interest of the entrymen described 
in the first sentence of this section.". 
Approved October 13, 1964. 
Public Law 88-646 
October 13, 1964 
A N 
A C T 
rs. 2649] 
r£^ designate as the Graham Burke Pumping Plant the pumping plant being con-
structed in the State of Arkansas as part of the White River backwater unit 
of the Lower Mississippi River flood control project. 
Graham Burke 
Pumping Plant. 
Designation. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the pumping 
j)lant being constructed in the State of Arkansas as part of the White 
River backwater unit of the Lower Mississippi River flood control 
project shall hereafter be known as the Graham Burke Pumf)ing 
Plant, and any law, regulation, document, or record of the United 
States in which such pumping plant is designated or referred to shall 
be held to refer to such pumping plant under and by the name of the 
Graham Burke Pumping Plant. 
Approved October 13, 1964.