An Act to amend the Sugar Act of 1948, as amended
PL 86-592 (H.R.12311), enacted 07/06/1960

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PUBLIC LAW 86-591-JULY 5, 1960 
[74 STAT. 
Public Law 86-591 
July 5. 1960 
AN ACT 
[H. R. 9541] 
To amend section 109(g) of the Federal Property and Administrative Services 
Act of 1949. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
a n d**Admfnfst?^ United States of ATneHca in Congress assembled. That section 109(g) 
oV'^i94T'am^end- ^^ ^^^ Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 
ment. ' ^'"*" 
(63 gtat. 377, as amended) is amended to read as follows: 
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"(g) Whenever any producer or vendor shall tender any article or 
commodity for sale or lease to the General Services Administration 
or to any procurement authority acting under the direction and con-
trol of the Administrator pursuant to this Act, the Administrator is 
authorized in his discretion, with the consent of such producer or 
vendor, to cause to be conducted, in such manner as the Administrator 
shall specify, such tests as he shall prescribe either to determine 
whether such article or commodity conforms to prescribed specifica-
tions and standards, or to aid in the development of contemplated 
specifications and standards. 
When the Administrator determines 
that the making of such tests will serve predominantly the interest of 
such producer or vendor, he shall charge such producer or vendor a 
fee which shall be fixed by the Administrator in such amount as will 
recover the cost of conducting such tests, including aU components of 
such cost, determined in accordance with accepted accounting prin-
ciples. When the Administrator determines that the making of such 
tests will not serve predominantly the interest of such producer or 
^-endor, he shall charge such producer or vendor such fee as he shall 
determine to be reasonable for the furnishing of such testing service. 
All such fees collected bv the Administrator may be deposited in the 
general supply fund to be used for any purpose authorized by sub-
section 109(a) of this Act." 
Approved July 5, 1960. 
Public Law 86-592 
^J^uly 6. ^1960 
AN ACT 
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To amend the Sugar Act of 1948, as amended. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
1948", ^amendment! United Sttttcs of Amevica in Congress assembled^ That section 412 
Stat. 22T.' ^^°' ^° ^^ ^^^^ Sugar Act of 1948 (relating to termination of the powers of 
7 use no I note, the Secretary under the Act) is amended (1) by striking out "De-
cember 31, 1960" and inserting in lieu thereof "March 31, 1961", (2) 
by inserting ", until March 31, 1961," after "power", and (3) by strik-
ing out "the crop year 1960 and previous crop years" and inserting 
in lieu thereof "any crop year beginning prior to March 31, 1961 . 
SEC. 2. Sections 4501(c) and 6412(d) (relating to the termination 
796^'72^statVi306' ^^^ rcfuud of taxes on sugar) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 
26 u s c'45oii are amended by striking out "June 30, 1961" in each place it appears 
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therein and inserting in lieu thereof "September 30, 1961". 
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SEC. 3. Section 408 of the Sugar Act of 1948, as amended (relating 
to suspension of quotas), is amended to designate such section as sub-
section "(a)"; and to add a new subsection "(b)" as follows: 
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"(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of title I I of this Act, for the 
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C 1111-1122. period ending March 31, 1961: 
"(1) The President shall determine notwithstanding any other 
provisions of title II, the quota for Cuba for the balance of calendar 
year 1960 and for the three-month period ending March 31, 1961, in 
such amount or amounts as he shall find from time to time to be in 
the national interest: Provided^ however^ That in no event shall such 
quota at any time exceed such amount as would be provided for Cuba 
under the terms of title I I in the absence of the amendments made 
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herein, and such determinations shall become effective immediately 
upon publication in the Federal Register of the President's^proclama-
tion thereof; 
"(2) For the purposes of meeting the requirements of consumers 
in the United States, the President is thereafter authorized to cause 
or permit to be brought or imported into or marketed in the United 
States, at such times and from such sources, including any country 
whose quota has been so reduced, and subject to such terms and condi-
tions as he deems appropriate under the prevailing circumstances, a 
quantity of sugar, not in excess of the sum of any reductions in quotas 
made pursuant to this subsection: Provided^ however^ That any part 
of such quantity equivalent to the proration of domestic deficits to the 
country whose quota has been reduced may be allocated to domestic 
areas and the remainder of such quantity (plus any part of such 
allocation that domestic areas are unable to fill) shall be apportioned 
in raw sugar as follows: 
"(i) There shall first be purchased from other foreign coun-
tries for which quotas or prorations thereof of not less than three 
thousand or more than ten thousand short tons, raw value, are 
provided in section 202(c), such quantities of raw sugar as are 
required to permit importation in such calendar year of a total of 
ten thousand short tons, raw value, from such country; 
"(ii) There shall next be purchased from the Republic of the 
Philippines 15 per centum of the remainder of such importation; 
"(iii) The balance, including any unfilled balances from allo-
cations already provided, shall be purchased from foreign coun-
tries having quotas under section 202(c), other than those 
provided for in the preceding subparagraph (i), in amounts pro-
rated according to the quotas established under section 202(c): 
Provided, That if additional amounts of sugar are required the 
President may authorize the purchase of such amounts from any 
foreign countries, without regard to allocation; 
" (3) If the President finds that raw sugar is not reasonably avail-
able, he may, as provided in (2) above, cause or permit to be imported 
such quantity oi sugar in the form of direct-consumption sugar as 
may be required." 
SEC. 4. Sections 101 (j), 203, 205(a), 209(a), 209(c), and 307 of the 
Sugar Act of 1948, as amended, are each amended by striking out the 
words "The Territory of" in each place where they appear therein. 
Approved July 6, 1960. 
Publication 
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7 u s e 1112. 
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1115, 1119, 
1113, 
1137. 
Public Law 86-593 
AN ACT 
To amend title 10, United States Code, with respect to certain medals. 
July 6, I960 
[H. R. i 
3291] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That chapter 857 
of title 10, United States Code, is amended as follows: 
(1) Section 8742 is amended— 
(a) by amending the catchline to read as follows: 
''§ 8742. Air Force cross: award"; and 
(b) by striking out the words "a distinguished-service cross" 
and inserting the words "an Air Force cross" in place thereof. 
(2) Section 8744 is amended— 
(a) by amending the catchline to read as follows: 
"§8744, Medal of honor; Air Force cross; distinguished-service 
medal: limitations on award"; and 
Air Force. 
Decorations and 
awards. 
70A Stat. 540.