An Act to amend the District of Columbia Redevelopment Act of 1945 to provide for the reimbursement of public utilities in the District of Columbia for certain costs resulting from urban renewal; to provide for reimbursement of public utilities in the District of Columbia for certain costs resulting from Federal-aid system programs; and to amend section 5 of the act approved June 11, 1878 (providing a permanent government of the District of Columbia), and for other purposes
PL 92-495 (H.R.13533), enacted 10/14/1972

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PUBLIC LAW 92-495-OCT. 14, 1972 
[86 STAT. 
October 14, 1972 
[H. R. 13533] 
Public Law 92-495 
AN ACT 
To amend the District of Columbia Redevelopment Act of 1945 to provide for 
the reimbursement of public utilities in the District of Columbia for certain 
costs resulting from urban renewal; to provide for reimbursement of 
public utilities in the District of Columbia for certain costs resulting from 
Federal-aid system programs; and to amend section 5 of the Act approved 
June 11,1878 (providing a permanent government of the District of Columbia), 
and for other purposes. 
District of 
Columbia Public 
Utilities Reim-
bursement Act of 
1972. 
60 Stat. 793; 
84 Stat. 587. 
Definitions. 
37 Stat. 975. 
60 Stat. 795; 
72 Stat. 1103. 
72 Stat. 885. 
23 u s e 101. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ 
SECTION 1. This Act may be cited as the "District of Columbia 
Public LTtilities Reimbursement Act of 1972". 
SEC. 2. Section 5 of the District of Columbia Eedevelopment Act of 
1945 (D.C. Code, sec. 5-704), is amended by adding at the end thereof 
the following new subsections: 
"(c) Notwithstanding any provisions of law to be contrary, when-
ever, as the result of urban redevelopment, any utility facilities are 
required to be relocated, adjusted, replaced, removed, or abandoned in 
order to meet the requirements of or to conform to a redevelopment 
plan, or any modification of such plan adopted pursuant to this Act, 
the utility owning such facilities, shall relocate, adjust, replace, remove, 
or abandon the same, as the case may be. The cost of relocation, adjust-
ment, replacement, or removal, and the cost of abandonment of such 
facilities shall be paid to the utility by the Agency as part of the cost 
of the redevelopment project. 
" (d) As used in this section— 
" (1) The term 'utility' means any gas plant, gas corporation, electric 
plant, electrical corporation, telephone corporation, telephone line, tele-
graph corporation, telegraph line, and pipeline company, whether pub-
licly or privately owned, as those terms are defined in paragraph 1 of 
section 8 of the Act of March 4, 1913 (relating to appropriation for 
expenses for the government of the District of Columbia) (D.C. Code, 
sees. 43-112—43-121). 
" (2) The term 'utility facility' means all real and personal property, 
buildings, and equipment owned or held by a utility in connection 
with the conduct of its lawful business. 
"(3) The term 'cost of relocation, adjustment, replacement, or 
removal' means the entire amount paid by such utility properly attri-
butable to such relocation, adjustment, replacement, or removal, as the 
case may be, less any increase in value on account of any betterment 
of the new utility facilities over the old utility facilities, and less any 
salvage value derived from the old utility facilities. 
" (4) The term 'cost of abandonment' means the actual cost to aban-
don any utility facilities which are not to be used, relocated, adjusted, 
replaced, removed, or salvaged, together with the original cost of 
such abandoned facilities, less depreciation." 
SEC. 3. Section 7 (h) of the District of Columbia Redevelopment Act 
of 1945 (D.C. Code, sec. 5-706 (h)) is amended by inserting immedi-
ately after the words "include in the cost payable by it" a comma and 
the phrase: "in addition to the costs provided for in section 5(c) 
hereof,". 
SEC. 4. (a) Notwithstanding any provisions of law to the contrary, 
whenever the Commissioner of the District of Columbia shall deter-
mine that the construction or modification of a project, on or a part of 
the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways within the 
District of Columbia under title 23 of the United States Code, neces-
sitates the relocation, adjustment, replacement, removal, or abandon-
ment of utility facilities, the utility owning such facilities shall 
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relocate, adjust, replace, remove, or abandon the same, as the case may 
be. The cost of relocation, adjustment, replacement, or removal, and 
the cost of abandonment of such facilities, shall be paid to the utility 
by the District of Columbia, as a part of the cost of such project, 
(b) As used in this section— 
(1) The term "utility" means any gas plant, gas corporation, elec-
tric plant, electrical corporation, telephone corporation, telephone line, 
telegraph corporation, telegraph line, and pipeline company, whether 
publicly or privately owned, as those terms are defined in paragraph 
1 of section 8 of the Act of March 4, 1913 (relating to appropriation 
for expenses for the government of the District of Columbia) (D.C. 
Code, sees. 43-112—43-121). 
(2) The term "utility facility" means all real and personal property, 
buildings, and equipment owned or held by a utility in connection with 
the conduct of its lawful business. 
(3) The term "cost of relocation, adjustment, replacement, or 
removal" means the entire amount paid by such utility properly 
attributable to such relocation, adjustment, replacement, or removal, 
as the case may be, less any increase in value on account of any better-
ment of the new utility facilities over the old utility facilities, and 
less any salvage value derived from the old utility facilities. 
(4) The term "cost of abandonment" means the actual cost to 
abandon any utility facilities which are not to be used, relocated, 
adjusted, replaced, removed, or salvaged, together with the original 
cost of such abandoned facilities, less depreciation. 
SEC. 5. Section 5 of the Act entitled "An Act providing for a per-
manent form of government for the District of Columbia", apj)roved 
June 11, 1878 (D.C. Code, sec. 7-605), is amended by inserting at 
the end thereof after the word "direct" a comma and the following 
phrase: "except as provided in sections 5(c) and 7(h) of the District 
of Columbia Redevelopment Act of 1945 and section 4 of the District 
of Columbia Public Utilities Reimbursement Act of 1972". 
Approved October 14, 1972. 
Definition. 
37 Stat. 975. 
'i 
20 Stat. 107. 
Ante, p. 812. 
Public Law 92-496 
AN ACT 
To extend the life of the Commission on Civil Rights, to expand tlie jurisdiction 
of the Commission to include discrimination because of sex, to authorize 
appropriations for the Commission, and for other purposes. 
October 14, 1972 
[H. R.12652] 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatwes 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled. That section 102(j) 
of the Civil Rights Act of 1957 (42 U.S.C. 1975a(j); 71 Stat. 635), as 
amended, is further amended by striking therefrom the first and second 
sentences and substituting therefor the following: "A witness attend-
ing any session of the Commission shall be paid the same fees and 
mileage that are paid witnesses in the courts of the United States." 
SEC. 2. Section 103(a) of the Civil Rights Act of 1957 (42 U.S.C. 
1975b(a); 71 Stat. 635), as amended, is further amended by striking 
therefrom "the sum of $100 per day for each day spent in the work of 
the Commission," and substituting therefor "a sum equivalent to the 
compensation paid at level IV of the Federal Executive Salary Sched-
ule, pursuant to section 5315 of title 5, United States Code, prorated on 
a daily basis for each day spent in the work of the Commission,". 
SEC. 3. Paragraph (1) or subsection (a) of section 104 of the Civil 
Rights Act of 1957 (42 tJ.S.C. 1975c(a); 71 Stat. 635), as amended, is 
further amended by inserting immediately after "religion," the follow-
ing: "sex," and paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) of subsection (a) of such 
Civil Rights 
Commission. 
Witness fees. 
78 Stat. 249. 
Compensation. 
84 Stat. 1356. 
83 Stat. 863. 
Sex discrimina-
tion.