An Act to aid in the development of a coordinated system of transportation for the National Capital region to create a temporary National Capital Transportation Agency; to authorize negotiation to create an interstate agency; and for other purposes
PL 86-669 (H.R.11135), enacted 07/14/1960

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Public Law 86-669 
AN ACT 
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To aid in the development of a coordinated system of transportation for the 
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National Capital region; to create a temporary National Capital Transporta-
tion Agency; to authorize negotiation to create an interstate agency; and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress 
assembled, 
TITLE I—SHORT TITLE, STATEMENT OF FINDINGS AND 
P O L I C Y ; A N D DEFINITIONS 
SHORT TITLE 
SEC. 101. This Act may be cited as the "National Capital Trans-
portation Act of 1960". 
STATEMENT OF FINDINGS AND POLICY 
SEC. 102. The Congress finds that an improved transportation sys-
tem for the National Capital region (1) is essential for the con-
tinued and effective performance of the functions of the Government 
of the United States, for the welfare of the District of Columbia, for 
the orderly growth and development of the National Capital region, 
and for the preservation of the beauty and dignity of the Nation's 
Capital; (2) requires the planning on a regional basis of a unified 
system of freeways, parkways, express transit service on exclusive 
rights-of-way, and other major transportation facilities; (3) requires 
cooperation among the Federal, State, and local governments of the 
region and public carriers in the development and administration of 
major transportation facilities; (4) requires financial participation by 
the Federal Government in the creation of certain major transporta-
tion facilities that are beyond the financial capacity or borrowing 
power of the public carriers, the District of Columbia, and the local 
governments of the region; and (5) requires coordination of trans-
portation facilities with other public facilities and with the use of land, 
public and private. The Congress therefore declares that it is the con-
tinuing poHcy and responsibility of the Federal Government, in co-
operation with the State and local governments of the National Capi-
tal region, and making full use of private enterprise whenever appro-
priate, to encourage and aid in the planning and development of a uni-
fied and coordinated transportation system for the National Capital 
region. 
DEFINITIONS 
SEC. 103. When used in this Act— 
(a) "National Capital region" means the District of Columbia, 
Montgomery and Prince Georges Counties in the State of Maryland, 
Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, and Prince William Counties and the 
cities of Alexandria and Falls Church in the Commonwealth of Vir-
ginia, and all other cities now or hereafter existing in Maryland or 
Virginia within the geographic area bounded by the outer boundaries 
of the combined area of said counties and cities. 
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(b) ''Government agency" and "government agencies'" mean the 
Government of the United States, District of Columbia, Common-
wealth of Virginia, State of Maryland, or any political subdivision, 
agency, or instrumentality thereof which is located within, or whose 
jurisdiction includes all or part of, the National Capital region; the 
term includes, but is not limited to, public authorities, towns, villages, 
cities, other municipalities, and counties. 
TITLE II—CREATION OF A NATIONAL CAPITAL 
TRANSPORTATION AGENCY 
NATIONAL CAPITAL TRANSPORTATION AGENCY 
SEC. 20L (a) There is hereby established the National Capital 
Transportation Agency (hereinafter referred to as the "Agency"). 
The Agency shall be subject to the direction and supervision of the 
President, or the head of such department or agency as he may desig-
nate. 
The Agency shall be headed by an Administrator who shall be 
appointed by the President, by and w^ith the advice and consent of the 
Senate, and who shall receive compensation at a rate equal to the maxi-
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^^^^ for grade 18 of the General Schedule of the Classification 
Act of 1949, as amended, plus $500 per annum. 
(b) To assist the Administrator in the execution of the functions 
vested in the Agency there shall be a Deputy Administrator who shall 
be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent 
of the Senate, and who shall receive compensation at a rate equal to 
the maximum rate for grade 18 of the General Schedule of the Classi-
fication Act of 1949, as amended. The Deputy Administrator shall 
perform such duties as the Administrator may from time to time 
designate and shall be Acting Administrator during the absence or 
disability of the Administrator. 
(c) N6 Administrator or Deputy Administrator shall, during his 
continuance in office, be engaged in any other business, but shall 
devote himself to the work of the Agency. 
No Administrator or 
Deputy Administrator or member of the Advisory Board (established 
in section 202) shall have financial interest in any corporation engaged 
in the business of providing public transportation nor in any cor-
poration engaged in the manufacture or selling of passenger trans-
portation equipment or facilities. 
ADVISORY BOARD 
SEC. 202. There is established an Advisory Board of the National 
Capital Transportation Agency. 
The Advisory Board shall be com-
posed of five members appointed by the President, by and with the 
advice and consent of the Senate, at least three of whom shall be 
residents of the National Capital region. 
The President shall desig-
nate one member as chairman. 
The Advisory Board shall meet at 
least once every ninety days. The Advisory Board shall advise the 
Administrator in respect of such matters as the general policies of 
the Agency; Agency policies in connection with acquisition, design, 
and construction of facilities; fees for the use of Agency facilities 
and property; planning and administration generally; and such other 
matters as may be referred to it by the Administrator or which the 
Advisory Board, in its discretion, may consider. 
Each member of 
the Advisory Board, when actually engaged in the performance of 
his duties, shall receive for his services compensation at a rate not 
in excess of the per diem equivalent of the maximum rate for grade 
18 of the General Schedule of the Classification Act of 1949, as 
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amended, together with travel expenses as authorized by section 5 of 
the Act of August 2, 1946, as amended (5 U.S.C. 73b-2), for persons 
employed intermittently as consultants or experts and receiving com-
pensation on a per diem when actually employed basis. 
ADVISORY AND COORDINATING COMMITTEES 
SEC. 203. (a) The Administrator is authorized to establish such 
advisory and coordinating committees composed of representatives of 
State and local governments. Federal agencies, other Government 
agencies, and such private organizations and persons as may be neces-
sary or helpful to obtain the maximum amount of cooperation and 
correlation of effort in order that a coordinated system of transpor-
tation be developed for the National Capital region. These advisory 
and coordinating committees shall consider problems referred to them 
by the Administrator and shall make recommendations to the Admin-
istrator concerning the activities of the Agency as they affect transit, 
traffic, and highway conditions, and other matters of mutual interest 
to the Agency and to the Government agencies, organizations, and 
persons represented on the advisory and coordinating committees. 
(b) The advisory and coordinating committees shall serve the 
Agency solely in an advisory capacity. 
Members of such committees 
shall serve thereon without additional compensation. Members w^ho 
are not representatives of an agency of the IJnited States may receive 
travel expenses as authorized by section 5 of the Act of August 2, 
1946, as amended (5 U.S.C. 73b-2), for persons serving without 
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compensation. 
PREPARATION 
AND 
APPROVAL OF TRANSIT DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM 
SEC. 204. The Agency— 
(a) Shall prepare, and may from time to time revise, a Transit De-
velopment Program. The Transit Development Program shall consist 
of a plan or plans indicating the general location of facilities in which 
the Agency will participate for Jhe transportation of persons within 
the National Capital region, a timetable for the provision of such fa-
cilities and comprehensive financial reports including costs, revenues, 
and benefits. 
The Transit Development Program may indicate (1) 
the routes of surface, subsurface, and elevated carriers, including bus 
and other motor vehicle carriers, rail carriers, waterborne carriers, air 
carriers, and other carriers, and (2) the location and extent of termi-
nals, stations, platforms, motor vehicle parking facilities for transit 
users, extra-wide median strips and other rights-of-way, docks, rails 
or tracks or other similar facilities, bridges, tunnels, buildings or 
structures, powerplants, repair shops, yards, garages, and other neces-
sary facilities relating to the transportation of persons. The Transit 
Development Program shall, to the extent practicable, conform to the 
general plan for the development of the National Capital region and 
to the comprehensive plan for the National Capital within the mean-
ing of sections 3, 4, and 5 of the National Capital Planning Act of 
1952 (66 Stat. 781), except as may be determined by the President. 
(b) Shall, in the preparation of the Transit Development Pro-
gram, give special consideration to: 
(1) Expanded use of existing facilities and services, including 
expanded use and development of existing railroad lines into the 
District of Columbia, and coordinated and efficient transit service 
across jurisdictional boundaries and between areas served by different 
companies: Provided^ That the Public Utilities Commission of the 
District of Columbia, before granting its approval to any further 
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conversion by the D.C. Transit System, Inc., of street railway opera-
tions to bus operations as provided in section 7 of the Act of Jufy 24, 
1956 (70 Stat. 598), shall consult with the Agency on the possible 
use of street railway facilities and equipment in the Transit Develop-
ment Program. The Commission may withhold its approval of such 
conversion and require the preservation of equipment and facilities 
already withdrawn from service if it finds that there is a substantial 
possibility that the Transit Development Program will provide for 
the continued use of street railway facilities and equipment. 
(2) Early development of a subway from Union Station capable of 
rapid dispersal of passengers from the railhead to the principal em-
ployment centers in the District of Columbia and its immediate 
environs, and capable of being extended to serve other parts of the 
region: Provided^ That no freeway, or new parkway more than two 
lanes in width, shall be built within the District of Columbia west of 
Twelfth Street, Northwest, and north of either the north or west legs 
of the proposed Inner Loop Freeway, the proposed Potomac ]^iver 
Expressway, or the proposed Palisades Parkway, before July 1,1965; 
and the Agency shall not later than January 10, 1965, submit to the 
President, for transmittal to Congress, its recommendation as to 
whether any such freeway or parkway should thereafter be built. 
(3] Acquisition and development of rights-of-waj^ and related 
facilities for providing express transit lines in conjunction with major 
highways and bridges. 
(c) Shall prepare proposals for implementing each part of the 
Transit Development Program, including preliminary engineering 
plans, descriptions of the character of services to be rendered, estimates 
of costs and revenues, arrangements for financing and organization, 
and other information setting forth the manner in which the program 
is to be carried out: Provided^ That no part of the Transit Develop-
ment Program shall be carried out by the Agency until a report con-
taining a full and complete description of that part of the program 
has been transmitted to the Congress, and the execution of that part 
of the program has been expressly authorized by legislation thereafter 
enacted by the Congress. 
(d) In order to facilitate the transition from a Federal agency to an 
interstate proprietary agency and to further coordination within the 
National Capital region, shall submit the Transit Development Pro-
gram and any revision thereof: (1) to the governing bodies of the 
District of Columbia, Montgomery and Prince Georges Counties in 
the State of Maryland, and Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, and Prince 
William Counties and the cities of Alexandria and Falls Church in 
the Commonwealth of Virginia, and the transit regulatory bodies hav-
ing jurisdiction in the National Capital region for review and com-
ment; (2) to such organizations of government agencies or officials 
concerned with the solution of the community development problems 
of the National Capital region on a unified metropolitan basis as are 
now in existence or as may be created by agreement, law, or compact 
for review and comment; (3) to the Commission of Fine Arts for 
review and comment; (4) to private companies transporting persons 
in the National Capital region and to unions representing the em-
ployees of such companies for review and comment; and (5) to the 
Governors of Maryland and Virginia or such government agencies as 
they may designate for approval of the location and extent of proposed 
Agency facilities and the timetable for the provision of such facilities 
within Maryland and Virginia, respectively; and except as provided 
in subsection (e) of this section, the Agency shall not acquire, con-
struct, or operate property, rights-of-way, or facilities indicated in the 
Transit Development Program or a revision thereof within the State 
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in which such property, rights-of-way, or facilities are located unless 
prior thereto the Governor of the State involved or such government 
agency as he may designate^ shall have approved the Transit Develop-
ment Program or the pertinent revision thereof. 
(e) Until the Transit Development Program has been approved by 
the Governor of Maryland or Virginia as provided in subsection (d) of 
this section, shall, when it proposes to acquire, construct, or operate 
property, rights-of-way, or facilities located in Virginia or Mary-
land, first submit plans and other information showing in detail the 
Eurposes for which such property, rights-of-way, or facilities are to 
e used to the Governor of the State in which the property, rights-of-
>vay, or facilities are to be located, or to such government agency as 
may be designated by the Governor. 
In implementing programs 
approved by the Congress in accordance with subsection (c) of this 
section, the Agency may acquire, construct, or operate such property, 
rights-of-way, or facilities, as the case may be, in the State upon 
approval of the Governor thereof, or of the designated government 
agency. 
(f) Shall conduct research, surveys, experimentation, evaluation, 
design and development, in cooperation with other Government 
agencies and private organizations when appropriate, on the needs 
of the region for transportation; on facilities, equipment, and services 
to meet those needs; on organization and financial arrangements for 
regional transportation; and on other matters relating to the move-
ment of persons in the region. The Agency's studies shall include a 
continuation of the work begun in the mass transportation survey con-
ducted by the National Capital Planning Commission and the Na-
tional Capital Regional Planning Council, pursuant to the Second 
Supplemental Appropriations Act of 1955 (69 Stat. 33), and shall 
include further studies as may be necessitated by changed conditions, 
the availability of new techniques, and the response of Government 
agencies and the public to the transportation plan adopted by the 
Commission and Council. 
The Agency's studies shall also include 
evaluations of the transportation system recommended in the trans-
portation plan, and of alternative facilities and kinds of services. 
(g) Shall submit to the President for transmittal to Congress, not 
later than November 1, 1962, recommendations for organization and 
financial arrangements for transportation in the National Capital 
region. The Agency shall consider the following organizational alter-
natives, among others: a Federal corporation, an organization estab-
lished by interstate compact, and continuation or modification of the 
organization established by this Act. In preparing its recommenda-
tions the Agency shall consult with the governments of the District 
of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia, the local governments of the 
National Capital region, and the Federal agencies having an interest 
in transportation in the National Capital region: Provided^ That any 
recommendations submitted by the Agency shall provide as far as 
possible for the payment of all costs by persons using or benefiting 
from regional transportation facilities and services, and shall provide 
for the equitable sharing of any remaining costs among the Federal, 
State, and local governments. 
FUNCTIONS, DUTIES, AND POWERS 
SEC. 205. (a) Subject to the provisions of this title, the Agency— 
(1) in order to implement those parts of the Transit Develop-
ment Program approved by statute in accordance with section 
204(c), and except as provided in the proviso of paragraph (2) 
of this subsection, may acquire (by purchase, lease, condemnation. 
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or otherwise) or construct transit facilities, property, and rights-
of-way for the transportation of persons within the National 
Capital region. Such facilities, property, and rights-of-way may 
include those enumerated under section 204(a) or any other neces-
sary transit facilities, property, or rights-of-way relating to trans-
portation of persons. The Agency may contribute funds for the 
acquisition of rights-of-w^ay for, and the construction of limited 
amounts of freeway, parkway, and other arterial highway facili-
ties, including construction incidental to the use and protection 
of such rights-of-way for transit facilities, to the government 
agencies having jurisdiction thereof if, in the opinion of the 
Agency, such contributions are necessary to the fulfillment of the 
objectives of this Act; 
(2) may operate all facilities acquired or constructed by it, or 
may enter into agreements with government agencies, private 
transit companies, railroads, or other persons for the operation 
of its facilities, the use of its operating rights, or the provision of 
transit services making use of other facilities and operating 
rights: Provided^ That the Agency shall not operate any transit 
facilities, or provide by agreement for the operation of transit 
facilities, until the Congress shall establish for the Agency a labor 
relations policy, defining labor's right to organize, to bargain 
collectively, to arbitrate disputes, and to safeguard job rights: 
Provided further^ That the Agency shall not acquire the facilities, 
property, or rights-of-way of private motorbus companies and 
persons; or operate buses or similar motor vehicles or make agree-
ments for the provision of motorbus services competitive with 
private transit companies; but may make agreements for the 
provision of service which is not competitive with services of 
private transit companies and persons; 
(3) shall encourage private transit companies to provide needed 
services in a manner consistent with the Transit Development 
Program; 
(4) may lesise space or property owned or acquired by the 
Agency, or may contract with persons for the purpose of con-
structing and operating facilities, which, in the opinion of the 
Agency, will encourage or facilitate the use of transit facilities 
of the Agency. 
Eentals or other fiscal arrangements in connec-
tion with such leases or contracts shall be adjusted so that undue 
competitive advantage is not given over other persons in the 
National Capital region: Provided^ That in the operation of such 
facilities, the lessee or franchise holder shall comply with all 
applicable Federal, State, and local building and zoning laws, 
ordinances, and regulations; 
(5) may enter into and perform contracts, leases, and agree-
ments, and other transactions with any government agency, pri-
vate transit company, railroad, or other persons; 
(6) may sell or lease advertising space or may contract with 
responsible persons for the sale or Tease of such space: Provided^ 
That the lessee or contractee shall comply with all applicable 
Federal, State, and local zoning and advertising laws, ordinances, 
and regulations; 
(7) shall cooperate with government agencies to facilitate 
coordination of location, design, and construction of freeways, 
parkways, and other arterial highway facilities with the Transit 
Development Program. 
The purpose of such coordination is to 
assure the comprehensive development of transportation facilities 
best suited to meet the objectives of this Act and to achieve maxi-
mum benefits from moneys available for such purposes. The re-
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sponsibility and authority for location, design, construction, and 
operation of freeways, parkways, and other arterial highway fa-
cilities shall remain with the government agencies having juris-
diction thereof, but all Federal agencies' plans for location and 
design of highway facilities shall be forwarded to the Agency, 
and all State and local agencies' plans for location and design of 
highway facilities may be requested by the Agency for its review 
and comment. 
The Agency shall cooperate with all planning^ 
agencies of the National Capital region and the appropriate gov-
ernment transportation regulatory agencies including the Wash-
ington Metropolitan Area Transit Commission in the development 
of transportation facilities and, wherever feasible and desirable, 
develop joint plans with such agencies; 
(8) may initiate proposals for regulating and coordinating the 
flow of traffic in the National Capital region so as to promote the 
optimum use of the highway network and other transportation 
facilities; 
(9) may make or participate in studies of all phases of trans-
portation into, within, and out of the National Capital region, 
including transit vehicle research and development and fiscal 
research studies. The Agency may publicize and make available 
the results of such studies and other information relating to 
transportation; 
(10) may appoint and fix the compensation of officers, at-
torneys, agents, and employees; may define their powers and 
duties; may require bonds for the faithful performance of their 
duties; may employ experts and consultants or organizations 
thereof to the same extent as is authorized for the departments by 
section 15 of the Act of August 2,1946 (60 Stat. 810), but at rates 
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not to exceed the usual rates for similar services; 
(11) may, subject to the standards and procedures of section 
505 of the Classification Act of 1949, as amended, place not to 
exceed five positions in grades 16, lY, or 18 of the General Sched-
ule established by such Act, Such positions shall be in addition 
to the number of positions authorized to be placed in such grades 
by such section 505; 
(12) may make such expenditures at the seat of government 
and elsewhere as may be necessary for the exercise and perform-
ance of the powers and duties vested in the Agency and as from 
time to time may be appropriated for by the Congress, including 
expenditures for (1) rent and personal services at the seat of 
government and elsewhere; (2) travel expenses; (3) office furni-
ture, equipment and supplies, lawbooks, newspapers, periodicals, 
and books of reference (including the exchange thereof); and 
(4) printing and binding; and 
(13) may, by agreement with the Board of Commissioners of 
the District of Columbia, designate such Board as the instru-
mentality through and by which facilities of the Agency in the 
District of Columbia are to be designed and constructed. 
(b) The Agency, its propert;^, income, and transactions are ex-
pressly exempted from taxation in any manner or form or from the 
imposition of any licenses or fees of any kind whatsoever by any State 
or political subdivision thereof and by the District of Columbia but 
such exemption shall not extend to contractors for, or lessees of, the 
Agency, or to any person, company or association which engages in 
any business activity pursuant to any franchise, grant or agreement 
of the Agency. 
(c) Every agency or instrumentality* of the Government of the 
United States and of the government of the District of Columbia may 
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enter into agreements with the Agency in respect of any matter for 
which such agreements are authorized pursuant to this Act. 
(d) The provisions of section 355 of the Eevised Statutes, as 
amended (40 U.S.C. 255), shall be applicable to property acquired by 
the Agency. Proceedings in behalf of the Agency for the condem-
nation of property in the District of Columbia shall be instituted and 
maintained under the Act of March 1, 1929 (45 Stat. 1415), as 
619 el seq ^^ ^^ amended; and of property elsewhere, under the Act of August 1,1888, 
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as amended (40 U.S.C. 257), the Act of February 26, 1931 (46 Stat. 
1421 and the following, 40 U.S.C. 258), or any other applicable Act. 
This subsection shall apply to both real and personal property: Pro-
vided, That no action in condemnation of any J)roperty shall be com-
menced in behalf of the Agency until a reasonable effort has been 
made to negotiate with the owner of the property. 
(e^ Subject to the provisions of section 204(c), such sums as shall be 
required to carry out the purposes of this title are authorized to be 
appropriated. 
TITLE III—AUTHOEIZATION FOE NEGOTIATION OF 
INTEESTATE COMPACT 
SEC. 301. (a) It is the intent of Congress to promote and encourage 
the solution of problems of a regional character in the National Capital 
region by means of an interstate compact entered into by the State of 
Maryland, the Commonwealth of Virginia and the Board of Commis-
sioners of the District of Columbia, with the consent of Congress. To 
further this policy, the consent of Congress is hereby given to the State 
of Maryland and the Commonwealth of Virginia and the Board of 
Commissioners of the District of Columbia to negotiate a compact for 
the establishment of an organization to serve as a means of consultation 
and cooperation among the Federal, State, and local governments in 
the National Capital region, to formulate plans and policies for the 
development of the region, and to perform governmental functions of 
a regional character, including but not limited to the provision of 
regional transportation facilities. No such compact shall be binding 
upon the parties thereto unless and until it has been approved by the 
Congress. 
(b) As promptly as practicable after the State of Maryland and the 
Commonwealth of Virginia have approved a compact for the estab-
lishment of an organization empowered to provide regional trans-
portation facilities, the President shall submit to the Congress such 
recommendations as may be necessary or desirable to transfer to such 
organization such real and personal property, personnel, records, other 
assets, and liabilities as are appropriate in order that such organiza-
tion may assume the functions and duties of the Agency. 
(c) The President shall appoint a person to participate in the com-
pact negotiations and to represent the United States generally. The 
Federal representative shall report to the President either directly or 
through such agency or official of the Government as the President 
may specify. 
(d) The Federal representative, if not otherwise employed by the 
United States, shall receive for his services, when actually engaged in 
the performance of his duties, compensation at a rate not in excess of 
the per diem equivalent of the maximum rate for grade 18 of the 
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together with travel expenses as authorized by section 5 of the Act of 
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August 2, 1946, as amended (6 U.S.C. 73b-2), for persons employed 
intermittently as consultants or experts and receiving compensation 
on a per diem when actually employed basis: Provided, That if the 
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Federal representative sliall.be an employee of the United States he 
shall serve without additional compensation. 
(e) The Federal representative shall be provided with office space, 
consulting, engineering, and stenographic service, and other necessary 
administrative services. 
(f) The compensation of the Federal representative shall be paid 
from the current appropriation for salaries in the White House Office. 
Travel and other expenses provided for in subsections (d) and (e) 
of this section shall be paid from any current appropriation or appro-
priations selected by the head of such agency or agencies as may be 
designated by the President to provide for such expenses. 
(g) The State and Federal representatives appointed to participate 
in the compact negotiations are authorized to request from the Agency 
any information they deem necessary to carry out their functions 
under this section; and the Agency is authorized to cooperate with 
the compact representatives and, to the extent permitted by law, to 
furnish such information upon request made by the compact 
lepresentatives. 
SEPARABILITY 
SEC. 302. If any part of this Act is declared unconstitutional, or the 
applicability thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, 
the applicability of such part to other persons and circumstances 
and the constitutionality or validity of every other part of the Act 
shall not be affected thereby. 
Approved July 14, 1960. 
Public Law 86-670 
AN ACT 
July 14, I960 
To amend sections 511 and 512 of title 38, United States Code, to permit Indian 
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war and Spanish-American War veterans to elect to receive pension at the 
rates applicable to veterans of World War 1. 
Veterans' p e n-
sions. 
I n d i a n 
a n d 
American 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assenibled^ That section 511 of 
title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof 
the following: 
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"(c) Any veteran eligible for pension under this section shall, if he 
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so elects, be paid pension at the rates prescribed by section 521 of this 
title, and under the conditions (other than the service requirements) 
applicable to pension paid under that section to veterans of World 
War I. If pension is paid pursuant to such an election, the election 
shall be irrevocable." 
SEO. 2. Section 512(a) of title 38, United States Code, is amended 
by adding at the end thereof the following: 
"(3) Any veteran eligible for pension under this subsection shall, if 
he so elects, be paid pension at the rates prescribed by section 521 of 
this title, and under the conditions (other than the service require-
ments) applicable to pension paid under that section to veterans of 
World War I. 
If pension is paid pursuant to such an election, the 
election shall be irrevocable." 
SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect on the first day of the second 
Effective date. 
calendar month which begins after the date of enactment of this Act. 
Approved July 14, 1960. 
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