An Act to amend section 216 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended, to authorize the Secretary of Commerce to accept gifts and bequests of personal property for the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy.
PL 87-208 (S.880), enacted 09/06/1961

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PUBLIC LAW 87-307--SEPT. 6, 1961 
[75 ST A T . 
September 6, 1961 
[H. R. 6244] 
Public Law 87-207 
AN ACT 
For the relief of certain members and former members of tlie uniformed services 
erroneously in receipt of family separation allowances. 
Uniformed serv-
ices. 
Family s e p a r -
atlon allowances. 
Refunds. 
Appropriations. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That members and 
former members of the uniformed services are relieved of all liability 
to refund to the United States the amounts, which were otherwise cor-
rect, erroneously received by them after February 28,1956, and before 
September 1,1956, as family separation allowances under former para-
graph 4304, Joint Travel Regulations of the uniformed services. 
Any 
mejnber or former member of a uniformed service who has at any 
time made repayment to the United States of any amount paid to him 
as a family separation allowance within that period is entitled to have 
refunded to him the amount repaid provided application is made 
within one year. 
SEC. 2. In the audit and settlement of the accounts of any certifying 
or disbursing officer of the United States full credit shall be given for 
the amount for which liability is relieved by this Act. 
SEC. 3. Appropriations available for the pav and allowances of 
members of the uniformed services are available for refunds imder this 
Act. 
Approved September 6, 1961. 
September 6, 1961 
[S. 880] 
Public Law 87-208 
AN ACT 
To amend section 216 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended, to author-
ize the Secretary of Commerce to accept gifts and bequests of personal property 
for the United States Merchant Marine Academy. 
U. S. Merchant 
Marine Academy. 
G i f t s a n d be-
quests of personal 
property. 
53 S t a t . 
1 1 8 2 ; 
Ante, p. 212. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 216 of 
the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended (46 U.S.C. 1126), is 
amended by inserting at the end thereof a new subsection (g) to read 
as follows: 
"(g)(1) The Secretary of Commerce may accept, hold, adminis-
ter, and spend gifts and bequests of personal property made on the 
condition that jt be used for the benefit of, or for use in connection 
with, the United States Merchant Marine Academy. 
Gifts and 
bequests of money and the proceeds from the sales of property received 
as gifts shall be deposited in the Treasury in the fund called 'United 
States Merchant Marine Academy general gift fund'. The Secretary 
may disburse funds deposited under this subsection for the benefit or 
use of the Merchant Marine Academy subject to the terms of the gift 
or bequest. If a gift is made for a specific purpose and that purpose is 
accomplished without exhausting the entire amount of the gift, then 
unless the donor has manifested a different intention, the Secretary 
may disburse the residue of the gift for a purpose that in the judgment 
of the Secretary, or his delegate, is as close as practical to the specific 
purpose for which the gift was made. 
"(2) For the purpose of Federal income, estate, and gift taxes, 
property that is accepted under this subsection is consider^ as a gift 
or bequest to or for the use of the United States. 
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"(3) Upon the request of the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary 
of the Treasury may invest, reinvest, or retain investments of money 
or securities comprising any part of the United States Merchant 
Marine Academy general gift fund in securities of the United States 
or in securities guaranteed as to principal and interest by the United 
States. The interest and benefits accruing from those securities shall 
be deposited to the credit of the United States Merchant Marine 
Academy general gift fund, and may be disbursed as provided in this 
subsection. 
Approved September 6, 1961. 
Public Law 87-209 
A N A C T 
September 6, 1961 
To provide for a national hog cholera eradication program. 
[s. 19O8] 
Be it enacted hy the Semxite and House of Representatives 
of the 
Vrdted States of America in Congress assembled^ That, in order to grtmint^*^"" ^^' 
safeguard the health of the swine herds of the Nation, to prevent the ^^i™g"choiera, 
spread of hog cholera, to decrease substantially the estimated 'J^^^*'"^*"" ^'°' 
$50,000,000 annual loss from hog cholera, to expand export markets for 
pork and pork products now restricted on account of hog cholera, and 
to otherwise protect the public interest, the Secretary of Agriculture 
is hereby directed (1) to initiate a national hog cholera eradication 
program in cooperation with the several States under the provisions 
of section 11 of the Act of May 29,1884, as amended (21 U.S.C. 114a), 
'« ^tat. 1032. 
and related legislation, and (2) to prohibit or restrict, pursuant to 
the authority vested in him under the provisions of section 2 of the 
Act of February 2, 1903, as amended (21 U.S.C. I l l ) , the interstate 
32 stat. 792. 
movement of virulent hog cholera virus or other hog cholera virus to 
the extent he determines necessary in order to effectuate such eradica-
tion program. 
SEC. 2. (a) The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized and directed 
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to establish an advisory committee composed of (1) eleven members 
selected from representatives of the swine and related industries, 
State and local government agencies, professional and scientific 
groups, and the general public, and (2) one member selected from 
the officers and employees of the Department of Agriculture who shall 
serve as chairman of the Committee. The Committee shall meet at 
the call of the Secretary. 
(b) It shall be the function of the Committee to advise the Secretary 
F xmct ion. 
with respect to the initiation of the national hog cholera eradication 
program referred to in the first section of this Act, and with respect 
to the development of plans and procedures for carrying out such 
program. 
(c) Committee members other than the chairman shall not be _^*?_«"«*» <
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deemed to be employees of the United States and shall not be entitled 
to compensation, but the Secretary is authorized to pay their travel 
and subsistence expenses (or per diem in lieu thereof) in connection 
with their attendance at meetings of the Committee. 
Approved SeptembCT 6, 1961. 
members.