An Act to authorize the conveyance of certain Federal land under the jurisdiction of the Naval Ordnance Test Station, China Lake, Calif., to the county of Kern, State of California
PL 88-500 (H.R.189), enacted 08/30/1964

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PUBLIC LAW 88-500-AUG. 30, 1964 
[78 STAT. 
60 Stat. 810. 
Report to Pres-
ident and Con-
gress. 
Vice Chairman. 
pare, for approval of the Council, estimates of the budgetary require-
ments of the Conference; (7) appoint employees, subject to the civil 
service and classification laws, define their duties and responsibilities, 
and direct and suj)ervise their activities; (8) rent office space in the 
District of Columbia; (9) provide necessary services for the Assembly, 
the Council, and the committees of the Conference; (10) organize and 
direct studies ordered by the Assembly or the Council, utilizing from 
time to time, as appropriate, experts and consultants who may be em-
ployed as authorized by section 15 of the Administrative Expenses Act 
of 1946, as amended (5 U.S.C. 55a), but at rates for individuals not 
to exceed $100 per diem; (11) upon request of the head of any agency, 
furnish assistance and advice on matters of administrative procedure; 
and (12) exercise such additional authority EIS may be delegated to him 
by the Council or the Assembly. 
The Chairman shall preside at 
meetings of the Council and at each plenary session of the Confer-
ence, to which he shall make a full report concerning the affairs of the 
Conference since the last preceding plenary session. The Chairman 
shall, on behalf of the Conference, transmit to the President and the 
Congress an annual report and such interim reports as he deems de-
sirable. 
(d) The President may designate a member of the Council as Vice 
Chairman, who shall serve as Chairman in the event of a vacancy in 
that office or in the absence or incapacity of the Chairman. 
APPROPRIATIONS 
SEC. 7. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums 
as may be necessary, not to exceed $250,000, to accomplish the purposes 
of this Act. 
Approved August 30, 1964. 
August 30, 1964 
[H. R. 189] 
Public Law 88-500 
AN ACT 
To authorize the conveyance of certain Federal land under the jurisdiction of 
the Naval Ordnance Test Station, China Lake, California, to the county of 
Kern, State of California. 
Kern County, 
Calif. 
Conveyance. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United Stages of America in Congress a^ssembled, That the Secretary 
of the Navy is hereby authorized to convey to the county of Kern, State 
of California, a parcel of land containing pne hundred five and one-
half acres, more or less, situated on the Naval Ordnance Test Station, 
China Lake, California, metes and boundary description of which is 
on file in the Navy Department. 
SEC. 2. Said property is to be conveyed to the county pf Kern at a 
price equal to 50 per centum of the fair market value as determined by 
the Secretary of the Navy. 
The conveyance shall provide that the 
p>roperty shall be used and maintained for park, recreational, educa-
tional, and other public purposes, and that in the event the property 
ceases to be used or maintained for such purposes it shall, in its then 
existing condition, at the option of the Secretary of the Navy, revert 
to the United States and to the control of the Department of the Navy. 
The conveyance may contain such additional terms, reservations, re-
strictions, and Qonditions as may be determined by the Secretary of 
the Navy to be necessary to safeguard the interests of the United 
States. 
Approved August 30, 1964.