An Act to authorize the Secretary of Defense to lend certain Army, Navy, and Air Force equipment and to provide transportation and other services to the Boy Scouts of America in connection with the World Jamboree of Boy Scouts to be held in the Philippines in 1959; and for other purposes
PL 86-21 (H.R.296), enacted 05/13/1959

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PUBLIC LAW 86-21-MAY 13, 1959 
[73 ST A T , 
Public Law 86-21 
May 13, 1959 
[H. R. 296] 
AN ACT 
Boy S c o u t s of 
America. 
World Jamboree. 
Equipment. 
Transportation. 
Bond. 
Passports. 
To authorize the Secretary of Defense to lend certain Army, Navy, and Air Force 
equipment and to provide transportation and other services to the Boy Scouts 
of America in connection with the World Jamboree of Boy Scouts to be held 
in the Philippines in 1959; and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) the Secre-
tary of Defense is hereby authorized,, under such regulations as he may 
prescribe, to lend to the National Council, Boy Scouts of America, for 
the use and accommodation of the approximately five hundred Scouts, 
Scouters, and officials who are to attend the World Jamboree, Boy 
Scouts, to be held in the Philippines in July and August 1959, such 
tents, cots, blankets, commissary equipment, flags, refrigerators, and 
other equipment and services as may be necessary or useful to the 
extent that items are in stock and available and their issue will not 
jeopardize the national defense program. 
(b) Such equipment is authorized to be delivered at such time prior 
to the holding of such jamboree, and to be returned at such time after 
the close of such jamboree, as may be agreed upon by the Secretary 
of Defense and the National Council, Boy Scouts oi America. 
No 
expense shall be incurred by the United States Government for the 
delivery, return, rehabilitation, or replacement of such equipment. 
(c) The Secretary of Defense, before delivering such property, 
shall take from the National Council, Boy Scouts of America, good 
and sufficient bond for the safe return of such property in good order 
and condition, and the whole without expense to the United States. 
SEC. 2. (a) The Secretary of Defense is hereby authorized, under 
such regulations as he may prescribe, to provide, without expense to 
the United States Government, transportation from the United States 
or military commands overseas, and return, on vessels of the military 
sea transportation service for (1) those Boy Scouts, Scouters and 
officials certified by the National Council, Boy Scouts of America, as 
representing the National Council, Boy Scouts of America, at the 
jamboree referred to in the first section of this Act, and (2) the 
equipment and property of such Boy Scouts, Scouters, and officials 
and the property loaned to the National Council, Boy Scouts of 
America, by the Secretary of Defense pursuant to this Act to the 
extent that such transportation will not interfere with the require-
ments of military operations. 
(b) Before furnishing any transportation under this section, the 
Secretary of Defense shall take from the National Council, Boy Scouts 
of America, a good and sufficient bond for the reimbursement to the 
United States by the National Council, Boy Scouts of America, of 
the actual costs of transportation furnished under this section. 
SEC. 3. Amounts paid to the United States to reimburse it for 
expenses incurred under the first section and for the actual costs of 
transportation furnished under section 2 shall be credited to the cur-
rent applicable appropriations or funds to which such expenses and 
costs were charged and shall be available for the same purposes as 
such appropriations or funds. 
SEC. 4. Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of State, no 
fee shall be collected for the application for a passport by or the 
issuance of a passport to, any Boy Scout, Scouter, or official who is 
certified by the National Council, Boy Scouts of America, as repre-
senting the National Council, Boy Scouts of America, at the jamboree 
referred to in the first section of this Act. 
Approved May 13, 1959.