An Act to amend section 9(d)(1) of the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 (53 Stat.1187; 43 U.S.C. 485), to make additional provision for irrigation blocks, and for other purposes
PL 87-613 (S.2179), enacted 08/28/1962

authorization. 
76 STATJ 
P U B L I C LAW 87-613-AUG. 28, 1962 
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Public Law 87-612 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
August 28, 1962 
Authorizing and requesting the President to designate April 21, 1963, as a day 
[S- J- Res-179] 
for observance of the courage displayed by the uprising in the Warsaw ghetto 
against the Nazis. 
Resolved h.y the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in (Congress assetnbled^ That the twenty-first day of Warsaw ghetto 
April 1963 is hereby marced in recognition of the astounding courage °^' 
displayed by the uprising in the Warsaw ghetto against the Nazis. 
Through such uprising, the men, women, and children who met death 
on that tragic day and those who perished in concentration camps and 
in the gas chambers, symbolize the indestructible spirit of liberty 
which throughout history has ultimately triumphed against the forces 
of tyranny. 
The President is authorized and requested to issue a proclamation 
proclamation 
inviting people of the United States to observe such day with appro-
priate ceremonieg and activities. 
Approved August 28, 1962. 
Public Law 87-613 
AN ACT 
August 28, 1962 
To amend section 9(d)(1) of the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 (53 Stat. 
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1187; 43 U.S.C. 485), to make additional provision for irrigation blocks, and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States 
of America 
in Congress assembled^ That after the 
Reclamation 
execution of a contract pursuant to the authority of section 9(d) (1) ^°^nd*f^t*°^ ^^^^' 
of the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 (53 Stat. 1187; 43 U.S.C. 
485), and prior to the commencement of the development period pro- 
53 stat. 1193. 
vided thereunder, the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized 
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to amend such contract to provide for irrigation blocks, or if such are 
already provided, to add to or modify such irrigation blocks, as he 
shall* deem desirable to carry out the purposes of that Act. 
SEC. 2. Section 9(d)(1) is amended by deleting the period at the end 
Development pe-
of the first sentence of said section and by adding the following: *
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": Provided further^ That when the Secretary, by contract or by notice 
given thereunder, shall have fixed a development period of less than 
ten years, and at any time thereafter but before commencement of the 
repayment period conditions arise which in the judgment of the 
Secretary would have justified the fixing of a longer period, he may 
amend such contract or notice to extend such development period to a 
date not to exceed ten years from its commencement, and in a case 
where no development period was provided, he may amend such 
contract within the same limits: Provided further^ That when the 
Secretary shall have deferred the payment of all or any part of any 
installments of construction charges under any repayment contract 
pursuant to the authority of the Act of September 21, 1959 (73 Stat. 
584), he may, at any time prior to the due date prescribed for the first 43 use 48Sb-i. 
installment not reduced by such deferment, and by agreement with 
the contracting organization, terminate the supplemental contract by 
which such deferment was effected, credit the construction payments 
made, a.nd exercise the authority granted in this section." 
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PUBLIC LAW 87-614-AUG. 29, 1962 
[76 STAT. 
SEC. 3. In any repayment contract which provides for payment of 
construction charges by single annual installments, the Secretary may 
by agreement with the contracting organization amend such contract 
to provide for the payment of such annual installments in two parts 
on such dates in the calendar year as may best enable the contracting 
organization to meet its payments. 
Approved August 28, 1962. 
August 29, 1962 
[H. R. 11523] 
Blind Govern-
ment employees. 
Readers. 
63 Stat. 954. 
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Conflict of in-
terest. 
62 Stat. 793. 
Definitions. 
68A Stat. 163. 
Public Law 87-614 
AN ACT 
To authorize the employment without compensation from the Government of 
readers for blind Government employees, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
Urtited States of America in Congress assembled^ That (a) the head 
of each department is authorized, in his discretion, to employ, with-
out regard to the civil service laws and the Classification Act of 1949, 
as amended, a reading assistant or assistants for any blind employee 
of such department, to serve without compensation from such 
department. 
(b) Each such reading assistant may be paid and receive compen-
sation for his services as reading assistant by and from such blind 
employee or any nonprofit organization, without regard to section 
1914 of title 18, United States Code. 
(c) For the purposes of this Act, the term— 
(1) "department" means— 
(A) each executive department of the Federal Govern-
ment; 
(B) each agency or independent establishment in the 
executive branch of such Government; 
(C) each corporation wholly owned or controlled by such 
Government; 
(D) the General Accounting Office; 
(E) the Library of Congress; and 
(F) the municipal government of the District of Colum-
bia; 
(2) "head of each department", with respect to the municipal 
government of the District of Columbia, means the Board of 
Commissioners of the District of Columbia; 
(3) "blind employee" means an employee of a department who 
establishes, to the satisfaction of the appropriate authority of the 
department concerned and in accordance with regulations of the 
head of such department, that he has an impairment of sight, 
either permanent or temporary, which is so severe or disabling 
that the employment of a reading assistant or assistants for such 
employee is necessary or desirable to enable such employee 
properly to perform his work; and 
(4) "nonprofit organization" means an organization determined 
by the Secretary of the Treasury to be an organization described 
in section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 which is 
exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of such Code. 
(d) This Act shall not be held or considered to prevent or limit in 
any way the assignment to a blind employee by a department of 
clerical or secretarial assistance, at the expense of such department 
and in accordance with laws and regulations currently applicable at 
the time, if such assistance normally is provided, or authorized to be 
provided, in such manner in accordance with currently applicable 
laws and regulations. 
Approved August 29, 1962.