An Act to provide a People's Counsel for the Public Service Commission in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.
PL 93-614 (H.R.17450), enacted 01/02/1975

88 STAT. ] 
PUBLIC LAW 93-614-JAN. 2, 1975 
1975 
Public Law 93-613 
AN ACT 
To establi!^h a working capital fund in tlie Department of Justice. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Represevitatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That chapter 31 
of title 28, United States Code, is amended by inserting the following 
new section at the end thereof: 
"§ 527. Establishment of working capital fund 
"There is hereby authorized to be established a working capital fund 
for the Department of Justice, which shall be available, without fiscal 
year limitation, for expenses and equipment necessary for mainte-
nance and operations of such administrative services as the Attorney 
General, with the approval of the Office of Management and Budget, 
determines may be performed more advantageously as central services. 
The capital of the fund shall consist of the amount of the fair and 
reasonable value of such inventories, equipment, and other assets and 
inventories on order pertaining to the services to be carried on by the 
fund as the Attorney General may transfer to the fund less related 
liabilities and unpaid obligations together with any appropriations 
made for the purpose of providing capital. The fund shall be reim-
bursed or credited with advance payments from applicable appropria-
tions and funds of the Department of Justice, other Federal agencies, 
and other sources authorized by law for supplies, materials, and 
services at rates which will recover the expenses of operations including 
accrual of annual leave and depreciation of plant and equipment of the 
fund. The fund shall also be credited with other receipts from sale or 
exchange of property or in payment for loss or damage to property 
held by the fund. There shall be transferred into the Treasury as 
miscellaneous receipts, as of the close of each fiscal year, any net 
income after making provisions for prior year losses, if any. 
(2) The section analysis of chapter 31 of title 28, United States 
Code, is amended by inserting the following item at the end thereof: 
"527. Establishment of working capital fund.". 
Approved January 2., 1975, 
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Public Law 93-614 
AN ACT 
To provide a People's Counsel for the Public Service Commission in the District 
of Columbia, 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) there is 
hereby established within the Public Service Commission of the Dis-
trict of Columbia, established by section 8 of the Act of March 4,1913, 
as amended (D.C. Code, sec. 43-201), an office to be known as the 
"Office of the People's Counsel". 
(b) There shall be at the head of such office the People's Counsel 
who shall be appointed by the Commissioner of the District of Colum-
bia, b}^ and with the advice and consent of the District of Columbia 
Council, and who shall serve for a term of three years. Appointments 
to the position of People's Counsel shall be made without regard to the 
provisions of title 5 of the United States Code, governing appoint-
ments in the competitive service. The People's Counsel shall be entitled 
January 2, 1975 
[H. R.17450] 
D.C. 
Office of the 
People's Counsel, 
establishment. 
D.C. Code 43-
205. 
Membership. 
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[88 STAT. 
to receive compensation at the maximum rate as may be established 
from time to time for GS-16 of the General Schedule under section 
5^usc 5332 
5332 of title 5 of the United States Code, No person shall be appointed 
to the position of People's Counsel unless that person is admitted to 
practice before the District of Columbia Court of Appeals. Before 
entering upon the duties of such office, the People's Counsel shall take 
and subscribe the same oaths as that required by the Commissioners of 
the Commission, including an oath or affirmation before the Clerk of 
the Superior Court of the District of Columbia that he is not percu-
niarily interested, voluntarily or involuntarily, directly or indirectly, 
in any public utility in the District of Columbia. 
Compensation. 
(^(,) The People's Counsel is authorized to employ and fix the com-
pensation of such employees, including attorneys, as are necessary to 
perform the functions vested in him by this Act, and prescribe their 
authority and duties. 
Duties. 
^^) rj^Yie People's Counsel— 
(1) shall represent and appeal for the people of the District 
of Columbia at hearings of the Commission and in judicial pro-
ceedings involving the interests of users of the products of or 
services furnished by public utilities under the jurisdiction of the 
Commission; 
(2) may represent and appear for petitioners appearing before 
the Commission for the purpose of complaining in matters of 
rates or services; 
(3) may investigate the services given by, the rates charged by, 
and the valuation of the properties of, the public utilities under 
the jurisdiction of the Commission; and 
(4) is authorized to develop means to otherwise assure that the 
interests of users of the products of or services furnished by public 
utilities under the jurisdiction of the Commission are adequately 
represented in the course of proceedings before the Commission, 
including public information dissemination, consultative services, 
and technical assistance. 
SEC. '2. Paragraph 42 of section 8 of the Act of March 4,1913 (mak-
injr appropriations for the government of the District of Columbia) 
(D.C. Code, sec. 43-412), is amended as follows: 
Expenses. 
(g^,) The first seuteucc of such paragraph 42 is amended to read as 
follows: "The expenses, including the expenses of the Office of the 
People's Counsel, of any investigation, valuation, revaluation, or 
proceeding of any nature by the Public Service Commission of or 
concerning any public utility operating in the District of Columbia, 
and all expenses of any litigation, including appeals, arising from any 
such investigation, valuation, revaluation, or proceeding, or from any 
order or action of the Commission, shall be borne by the public utility 
investigated, valued, revalued, or otherwise affected as a special 
franchise tax in addition to all other taxes imposed by law, and such 
expenses with interest at 6 per centum per annum may be charged to 
operating expenses and amortized over such period as the Commission 
shall deem proper and be allowed for in the rates to be charged by 
such utility.". 
(b) The second sentence of such paragraph 42 is amended by insert-
ing "; or certified by the People's Counsel with respect to his expenses" 
immediately before the period at the end of that sentence. 
(c) The third sentence of such paragraph 42 is amended by insert-
ing "and the People's Counsel, combined" immediately 
after 
"Commission". 
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PUBLIC LAW 93-616-JAN. 2, 1975 
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SEC. 3. For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, there is authorized 
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to be appropriated such sum, not to exceed $50,000, as may be neces- 205a.' 
sary to carry out the purposes of this Act. For the fiscal year ending 
June 30, 1976, and each fiscal year thereafter, there are authorized 
to be appropriated such sums, not to exceed $100,000 in any one fiscal 
year, as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act. 
Approved January 2, 1975. 
Public Law 93-615 
AN ACT 
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January 2, 1 975 
To aiiieiid the Act of May 13, 1954, relating to the Saint Lawrence Seaway 
[H. R. 17558] 
Development Corporation to provide for a seven-year term of office for the 
Administrator, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled^ That (a) subsections 
(a) and (b) of section 2 of the Act of May 13, 1954, referred to as menTc^o^oratrcm 
the Saint Lawrence Seaway Act (33 U.S.C. 982), are amended to 
Administrator, 
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term of office. 
read as loUows: 
Saint Lawrence 
Seaway Develop-
MANAGEMENT OF CORPORATION 
"SEC. 2. (a) The management of the corporation shall be vested in 
an Administrator who shall be appointed by the President, by and 
with the advice and consent of the Senate, for a term of seven years. 
Any Administrator appointed to fill a vacancy in that position prior 
to the expiration of the term for which his predecessor was appointed 
shall be appointed for the remainder of such term.". 
(b) Subsection (c) of section 2 of such Act of May 13, 1954, is 
relettered as subsection (b), including any references thereto. 
SEC. 2. The amendments made to section 2 of the Act of May 13, 
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1954, by the first section of this Act shall (1) take effect upon the first note. 
appointment of an Administrator of the Saint Lawrence Seaway 
Development Corporation which is made after the date of enactment 
of this Act, and (2) be applicable to such first appointment and to 
each subsequent appointment to such position. 
Approved January 2, 1975. 
Public Law 93-616 
AN A C T 
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107. 
January 2, 1975 
To designate a national laboratory as the "Holifleld National Laboratory". 
[H. R. I7628] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Oak Ridge . ^^^ ^''•'^^^ ^a.. 
National Laboratory at Oak Ridge, Tennessee, shall hereafter be Tenn. ^ °''^'°'^y' 
known and designated as the "Holifield National Laboratory". Any Name change, 
reference in any law, map, regulation, document, record, or other paper 
of the United States to the Oak Ridge National Laboratory shall be 
held to be reference to the Holifield National Laboratory. 
Approved January 2, 1975.