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An Act to amend section 576 of title 5, United States Code, pertaining to the Administrative Conference of the United States, to remove the statutory ceiling on appropriations
PL 91-164 (H.R.4244), enacted 12/24/1969

446 
PUBLIC LAW 91-163-DEC. 24, 1969 
[83 STAT. 
December 24,1969 
[H. J. Res. 10] 
Public Law 91-163 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
Authorizing the President to proclaim the second week of March, 1970, 
Volunteers of America Week. 
as 
Volunteers of 
America Week. 
Proclamation. 
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress ossemMed^ That the President is auth-
orized and requested to issue a proclamation designating the second 
week of March 1970 as Volunteers of America Week, and urging the 
people of the United States to express their gratitude for the untir-
ing and selfless work of the Volunteers of America, and to continue 
their support of its humanitarian activities. 
Approved December 24, 1969. 
Public Law 91-164 
December 24,1969 
A N 
A C T 
[H. R. 4244] 
r
j
-
Q raise the ceiling on appropriations of the Administrative Conference of the 
United States. 
Administrative 
Conference of 
the U.S. 
80 Stat. 391. 
Be it enacted ty the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 576 of 
title 5, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
"§576. Appropriations 
"There are authorized to be appropriated sums necessary, not in 
excess of $450,000 per annum, to carry out the purposes of this sub-
chapter." 
Approved December 24, 1969. 
December 26, 1969 
[S.59] 
U.S. Army 
installations. 
Jurisdiction, 
adjustment. 
Public Law 91-165 
AN ACT 
To authorize the Secretary of the Army to adjust the legislative jurisdiction 
exercised by the United States over lands within the Army National Guard 
Facility, Ethan Allen, and the United States Army ]SIateriel Command Firing 
Range, Underhill, Vermont. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That, notwithstand-
ing any other provisions of law, the Secretary of the Army may, at 
such times as he may deem desirable, relinquish to the State of Ver-
mont all, or such portion as he may deem desirable for relinquishment, 
of the jurisdiction heretofore acquired by the United States over any 
land within the Army National Guard Facility, Ethan Allen, and the 
United States Army Materiel Command Firing Kange, Chittenden 
County, Vermont, reserving to the United States such concurrent or 
partial jurisdiction as he may deem necessary, ReUnquishment of juris-
diction under authority of this Act may be made by filing with the 
Governor of the State of Vermont a notice of such relinquishment, 
which shall take effect upon acceptance thereof by the State of Ver-
mont in such manner as its laws may prescribe. 
Approved December 26, 1969.
Joint resolution authorizing the President to proclaim the second week of March, 1970, Volunteers of America Week
PL 91-163 (H.J.Res.10), enacted 12/24/1969

446 
PUBLIC LAW 91-163-DEC. 24, 1969 
[83 STAT. 
December 24,1969 
[H. J. Res. 10] 
Public Law 91-163 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
Authorizing the President to proclaim the second week of March, 1970, 
Volunteers of America Week. 
as 
Volunteers of 
America Week. 
Proclamation. 
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress ossemMed^ That the President is auth-
orized and requested to issue a proclamation designating the second 
week of March 1970 as Volunteers of America Week, and urging the 
people of the United States to express their gratitude for the untir-
ing and selfless work of the Volunteers of America, and to continue 
their support of its humanitarian activities. 
Approved December 24, 1969. 
Public Law 91-164 
December 24,1969 
A N 
A C T 
[H. R. 4244] 
r
j
-
Q raise the ceiling on appropriations of the Administrative Conference of the 
United States. 
Administrative 
Conference of 
the U.S. 
80 Stat. 391. 
Be it enacted ty the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 576 of 
title 5, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
"§576. Appropriations 
"There are authorized to be appropriated sums necessary, not in 
excess of $450,000 per annum, to carry out the purposes of this sub-
chapter." 
Approved December 24, 1969. 
December 26, 1969 
[S.59] 
U.S. Army 
installations. 
Jurisdiction, 
adjustment. 
Public Law 91-165 
AN ACT 
To authorize the Secretary of the Army to adjust the legislative jurisdiction 
exercised by the United States over lands within the Army National Guard 
Facility, Ethan Allen, and the United States Army ]SIateriel Command Firing 
Range, Underhill, Vermont. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That, notwithstand-
ing any other provisions of law, the Secretary of the Army may, at 
such times as he may deem desirable, relinquish to the State of Ver-
mont all, or such portion as he may deem desirable for relinquishment, 
of the jurisdiction heretofore acquired by the United States over any 
land within the Army National Guard Facility, Ethan Allen, and the 
United States Army Materiel Command Firing Kange, Chittenden 
County, Vermont, reserving to the United States such concurrent or 
partial jurisdiction as he may deem necessary, ReUnquishment of juris-
diction under authority of this Act may be made by filing with the 
Governor of the State of Vermont a notice of such relinquishment, 
which shall take effect upon acceptance thereof by the State of Ver-
mont in such manner as its laws may prescribe. 
Approved December 26, 1969.
An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Army to adjust the legislative jurisdiction exercised by the United States over lands within the Army National Guard Facility, Ethan Allen, and the United States Army Materiel Command Firing Range, Underhill, Vt.
PL 91-165 (S.59), enacted 12/24/1969

446 
PUBLIC LAW 91-163-DEC. 24, 1969 
[83 STAT. 
December 24,1969 
[H. J. Res. 10] 
Public Law 91-163 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
Authorizing the President to proclaim the second week of March, 1970, 
Volunteers of America Week. 
as 
Volunteers of 
America Week. 
Proclamation. 
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress ossemMed^ That the President is auth-
orized and requested to issue a proclamation designating the second 
week of March 1970 as Volunteers of America Week, and urging the 
people of the United States to express their gratitude for the untir-
ing and selfless work of the Volunteers of America, and to continue 
their support of its humanitarian activities. 
Approved December 24, 1969. 
Public Law 91-164 
December 24,1969 
A N 
A C T 
[H. R. 4244] 
r
j
-
Q raise the ceiling on appropriations of the Administrative Conference of the 
United States. 
Administrative 
Conference of 
the U.S. 
80 Stat. 391. 
Be it enacted ty the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 576 of 
title 5, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
"§576. Appropriations 
"There are authorized to be appropriated sums necessary, not in 
excess of $450,000 per annum, to carry out the purposes of this sub-
chapter." 
Approved December 24, 1969. 
December 26, 1969 
[S.59] 
U.S. Army 
installations. 
Jurisdiction, 
adjustment. 
Public Law 91-165 
AN ACT 
To authorize the Secretary of the Army to adjust the legislative jurisdiction 
exercised by the United States over lands within the Army National Guard 
Facility, Ethan Allen, and the United States Army ]SIateriel Command Firing 
Range, Underhill, Vermont. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That, notwithstand-
ing any other provisions of law, the Secretary of the Army may, at 
such times as he may deem desirable, relinquish to the State of Ver-
mont all, or such portion as he may deem desirable for relinquishment, 
of the jurisdiction heretofore acquired by the United States over any 
land within the Army National Guard Facility, Ethan Allen, and the 
United States Army Materiel Command Firing Kange, Chittenden 
County, Vermont, reserving to the United States such concurrent or 
partial jurisdiction as he may deem necessary, ReUnquishment of juris-
diction under authority of this Act may be made by filing with the 
Governor of the State of Vermont a notice of such relinquishment, 
which shall take effect upon acceptance thereof by the State of Ver-
mont in such manner as its laws may prescribe. 
Approved December 26, 1969.
An Act to change the limitation on the number of apprentices authorized to be employees of the Government Printing Office, and for other purposes
PL 91-167 (H.R.9366), enacted 12/26/1969

83 STAT. ] 
PUBLIC LAW 91-167-DEC. 26, 1969 
453 
INDEPENDENT AGENCY 
TAX COTJRT OF THE UNITED STATES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for "Salaries and expenses", $65,000. 
CHAPTER I X 
CLAIMS AND JUDGMENTS 
For payment of claims settled and determined by departments and 
agencies in accord with law and judgments rendered against the 
United States by the United States Court of Claims and United States 
district courts, as set forth in Senate Document Numbered 91-48, 
and in House Document Numbered 91-199, Ninety-first Congress, 
$25,021,852, together with such amounts as may be necessary to pay 
interest (as and when specified in such judgments or provided by 
law) and such additional sums due to increases in rates of exchange 
as may be necessary to pay claims in foreign currency: Provided^ 
That no judgment herein appropriated for shall be paid until it 
shall become final and conclusive against the United States by fail-
ure of the parties to appeal or otherwise: Provided 
further^ That 
unless otherwise specifically required by law or by the judgment, 
payment of interest wherever appropriated for herein shall not con-
tinue for more than thirty daj^s after the date of approval of the Act. 
CHAPTER X 
GENERAL 
PROVISIONS 
SEC. 1001. During the current fiscal year, restrictions contained 
within appropriations, or provisions affecting appropriations or other 
funds, limiting the amounts which may be expended for expenses of 
travel, or for purposes involving expenses of travel, or amounts which 
may be transferred between appropriations or authorizations avail-
able for or involving expenses of travel, are hereby increased to the 
extent necessary to meet increased per diem costs authorized by Public 
Law 91-114, approved November 10, 1969. 
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SEC, 1002. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall n^l^^^l^^" 
remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless 
expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 1003. Section 102 of the Act of November 14,1969 (Public Law rfa°uon""'"9 7o^^'°" 
91-117), as amended, is further amended by striking "the sine die ^"^^Antl^^p^. \.9z, 
adjournment of the first session of the Ninety-first Congress" and 292. 
inserting in lieu thereof, "January 30,1970". 
Approved December 26, 1969. 
Public Law 91-167 
A N A C T 
December 26, 1969 
To change the limitation on.the number of apprentices authorized to be employees 
[H. R. 9366] 
of the Government Printing Office, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act of 
^^° apprentices. 
October 22, 1968 (ch. 3, sec. 305, 82 Stat. 1240) (44 U.S.C. 305), is 
'""'" 
amended by deleting in the second sentence the words "nor more than 
two hundred apprentices at one time" and substituting therefor the 
words "nor more than four hundred apprentices at one time". 
Approved December 26, 1969. 
Limitation in-
An Act to authorize the appropriation of funds for Fort Donelson National Battlefield in the State of Tennessee, and for other purposes
PL 91-146 (H.R.13767), enacted 10/16/1969

671. 
83 STAT. ] 
PUBLIC LAW 91-146-DEC. 16, 1969 
359 
Service Act of 1946, as amended (22 U.S.C. 1136(9), 1136(11) and 
1157(a), respectively); and under regulations prescribed by the Comp- g/statf' ^^'^' 
troller General of the United States, rental of living quarters in for-
eign countries and travel benefits comparable with those which are 
now or hereafter maj' be granted single employees of the Agency for 
International Development, including single Foreign Service person-
nel assigned to A.I.D. projects, by the Administrator of the Agency 
for International Development^—or his designee—under the authority 
of Section 636(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (Public Law 
87-195, 22 U.S.C. 2396(b)), $63,000,000. 
75 Stat. 458, 
Short title. 
GENEKAL PKOVISIONS 
SEC. 102. No part of the funds appropriated in this Act shall be 
used for the mamtenance or care of private vehicles. 
SEC. 103. Whenever any office or position not specifically established 
by the Legislative Pay Act of 1929 is appropriated for herein or when- 
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ever the rate oi compensation or designation oi any position appropri-
ated for herein is different from that specifically established for such 
position by such Act, the rate of compensation and the designation of 
the position, or either, appropriated for or provided herein, shall be 
the ;permanent law with respect thereto: Provided, That the provisions 
herem for the various items of official expenses of Members, officers, 
and committees of the Senate and House, and clerk hire for Senators 
and Members shall be the permanent law with respect thereto: Pro-
vided further, That the provisions relating to positions and salaries 
thereof carried in House Resolutions 995 and 1211, Ninetieth Congress, 
and House Resolutions 357, 441, and 502, Ninety-first Congress, shall 
be the permanent law with respect thereto. 
This Act may be cited as the "Legislative Branch Appropriation 
Act, 1970". 
Approved December 12, 1969. 
Public Law 91-146 
AN A C T 
December 16, 1969 
To authorize the appropriation of funds for Fort Donelson National Battlefield 
[H. R. 13767] 
in the State of Tennessee, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress asserribled, That, notwith- 
Fort ooneison 
standing any^>ther provision of law, there are hereby authorized to be ^^IV'"^^ Battie-
appropriated such sums as .may be necessary to satisfy the final net 'judgmen"'funds. 
judgments rendered against the United States in civil actions num-
bered 3371 and 3397 in the United States District Court for the 
Middle District of Tennessee, Nashville Division, for the acquisition of 
lands for the Fort Donelson National Battlefield, totaling $12,721.25, 
plus interest as provided by law. 
Approved December 16, 1969.
Joint resolution making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1970, and for other purposes.
PL 91-141 (H.J.Res.1017), enacted 12/05/1969

292 
PUBLIC LAW 91-140-DEC. 5, 1969 
[83 STAT. 
Effective date. 
purpose of determining the total value of ec[uipment in use at any one 
time in the office of the Member or the Resident Commissioner under 
the regulations prescribed by the Committee on House Administration 
under the first section of this Act. 
SEC. 3. This Act shall become effective at the beginning of the first 
calendar month which commences on or after the date of enactment of 
this Act. 
Approved December 5, 1969. 
Public Law 91-140 
Decembers, 1969 
AN 
A C T 
[S.2056] 
rJ^^J amend title 11 of the District of Columbia Code to permit unmarried judges 
of the courts of the District of Columbia who liave no dependent children to 
terminate their payments for survivors annuity and to receive a refund of 
amounts paid for such annuity. 
provisions 
78 Stat. 1055. 
Be it enacted T)y the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
"^•'^- . 
United States of America in Congress assemhled^ That paragraph (4) 
judgrs^"^^ 
of subsection (b) of section 11-1701 of title 11 of the District of 
Survivor annuity Columbia Code IS amended by adding at the end thereof the follow-
ing: "Any judge who elected to bring himself within the purview 
of this subsection and who after making such election is unmarried 
and has no dependent child may elect— 
"(A) to terminate the deductions and withholdings from his 
salary under paragraph (2) of this subsection and any installment 
payments elected to be made under paragraph (3) of this subsec-
tion, and 
"(B) to have any amounts credited to his individual account 
under this subsection, to the date of his election under this sen-
tence, returned to him, together with interest at 4 per centum per 
annum to December 31,1947, and 3 per centum per annum there-
after compounded annually to December 31, 1956. 
Any election under the preceding sentence shall be made in writing 
and filed with the Commissioner in such manner and at such time as 
he shall prescribe." 
Approved December 5, 1969. 
December 5, 1969 
[ H . J . R e s . 1017] 
Public Law 91-141 
Making further continuing 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
appropriations for the fiscal year 1970, and for 
other purposes. 
Continuing 
appropriations, 
1970. 
Ante, 
p. 193. 
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled. That clause (c) of section 
102 of the joint resolution of November 14,1969 (Public Law 91-117), 
is hereby amended by striking out "December 6, 1969" and inserting 
in lieu thereof "the sine die adjournment of the first session of the 
Ninety-first Congress". 
Approved December 5, 1969.
An Act to amend title 11 of the District of Columbia Code to permit unmarried Judges of the courts of the District of Columbia who have no dependent children to terminate their payments for survivors annuity and to receive a refund of amounts paid for suc
PL 91-140 (S.2056), enacted 12/05/1969

292 
PUBLIC LAW 91-140-DEC. 5, 1969 
[83 STAT. 
Effective date. 
purpose of determining the total value of ec[uipment in use at any one 
time in the office of the Member or the Resident Commissioner under 
the regulations prescribed by the Committee on House Administration 
under the first section of this Act. 
SEC. 3. This Act shall become effective at the beginning of the first 
calendar month which commences on or after the date of enactment of 
this Act. 
Approved December 5, 1969. 
Public Law 91-140 
Decembers, 1969 
AN 
A C T 
[S.2056] 
rJ^^J amend title 11 of the District of Columbia Code to permit unmarried judges 
of the courts of the District of Columbia who liave no dependent children to 
terminate their payments for survivors annuity and to receive a refund of 
amounts paid for such annuity. 
provisions 
78 Stat. 1055. 
Be it enacted T)y the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
"^•'^- . 
United States of America in Congress assemhled^ That paragraph (4) 
judgrs^"^^ 
of subsection (b) of section 11-1701 of title 11 of the District of 
Survivor annuity Columbia Code IS amended by adding at the end thereof the follow-
ing: "Any judge who elected to bring himself within the purview 
of this subsection and who after making such election is unmarried 
and has no dependent child may elect— 
"(A) to terminate the deductions and withholdings from his 
salary under paragraph (2) of this subsection and any installment 
payments elected to be made under paragraph (3) of this subsec-
tion, and 
"(B) to have any amounts credited to his individual account 
under this subsection, to the date of his election under this sen-
tence, returned to him, together with interest at 4 per centum per 
annum to December 31,1947, and 3 per centum per annum there-
after compounded annually to December 31, 1956. 
Any election under the preceding sentence shall be made in writing 
and filed with the Commissioner in such manner and at such time as 
he shall prescribe." 
Approved December 5, 1969. 
December 5, 1969 
[ H . J . R e s . 1017] 
Public Law 91-141 
Making further continuing 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
appropriations for the fiscal year 1970, and for 
other purposes. 
Continuing 
appropriations, 
1970. 
Ante, 
p. 193. 
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled. That clause (c) of section 
102 of the joint resolution of November 14,1969 (Public Law 91-117), 
is hereby amended by striking out "December 6, 1969" and inserting 
in lieu thereof "the sine die adjournment of the first session of the 
Ninety-first Congress". 
Approved December 5, 1969.
An Act to authorize the disposal of certain real property in the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, Ga., under the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949
PL 91-150 (H.R.9163), enacted 12/22/1969

83 STAT. ] 
PUBLIC LAW 91-151-DEC. 23, 1969 
371 
Public Law 91-150 
A N A C T 
December 22, 1969 
To authorize the disposal of certain real property in the Chickamauga and Chat- 
[H. R. 9163] 
tanooga National Military Park, Georgia, under the Federal Property and 
Administrative Services Act of 1949. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That, notwithstand- and^chatunooga 
ing section 3(d) of the Federal Property and Administrative Services National Military 
Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 472(d)), the Secretary of the Interior may Park, Ga. 
designate as excess property subject to the retention by the Depart- dup^osa''L°^'"^*^' 
ment of the Interior of a reversionary interest in perpetuity with 
72 stat. 29. 
respect to any portion of such property not utilized for educational 
purposes under that Act, lot 94 in the ninth district and fourth section 
of Catoosa County, Georgia, the same consisting of one hundred and 
sixty acres, more or less, in the Chickamauga battlefield section of the 
Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park in the State of 
Georgia, and such lot shall be utilized or disposed of by the Adminis-
trator of General Services in accordance with the remaining provisions 
of such Act. 
Approved December 22, 1969. 
Public Law 91-151 
A N A C T 
December 23, 1969 
To lower interest rates and fight inflation; to help housing, small business, and 
[s.2577] 
eiuployment; to increase the availability of mortgage credit; and for other 
purposes. 
12 use 461 
Be it enacted hy the Snmte and House of Representatice'i 
of the 
United States of America In Congress assembled. 
interest rates 
and mortgage 
credit controls. 
TITLE I—AMENDMENTS TO EXISTING ACTS 
Extension 
SECTION 1. Section 7 of the Act of September 21, 1966 (Public Law 
89-587; 80 Stat. 823) is amended to read: 
82 stat. 856; 
"SEC. 7. Effective March 22, 1971: 
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"(1) So much of section 19(j) of the Federal Reserve Act (12 note. 
LT.S.C. 371(b)) as precedes the third sentence thereof is amended 
to read as it would without tlie amendment made by section 2(c) 
of this Act. 
"(2) The second and third sentences of section 18(g) of the 
Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1828(g)) are amended 
to read as they v/ould without the amendment made by section 3 
of this Act. 
"(3) The last three sentences of section 18(g) of the Federal