An Act to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit travel or transportation in commerce in aid of racketeering enterprises.
PL 87-228 (S.1653), enacted 09/13/1961

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PUBLIC LAW 87-227-SEPT. 13, 1961 
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S T A T . 
September 13, 1961 
[H. R. 7154] 
Public Law 87-227 
AN ACT 
To authorize the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to regulate the 
keeping and running at large of dogs. 
D. C. dogs. 
Regulations. 
Tax. 
32 Stat. 547; 59 
Stat. 409. 
32 Stat. 547. 
P o l i c e regula-
tions. 
24 Stat. 368. 
Effective date. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatwes 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Com-
missioners of the District of Columbia are hereby authorized and 
empowered to make, modify, and enforce regulations in and for the 
District of Columbia to regulate the keeping and leashing of dogs 
and to regulate or prohibit the running at large of dogs, including 
penalties for violations of such regulations as provided in section 7 
of the Act of December 17, 1942 (56 Stat. 1056; sec. l-224a, D.C. 
Code, 1951 ed.). 
SEC. 2, The Act entitled "An Act to create a revenue in the District 
of Columbia by levying a tax upon all dogs therein, to make such dogs 
personal property, and for other purposes", approved June 19,1878, as 
amended, is amended as follows: 
(1) Section 3 of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 47-2003) is amended 
by striking out "without the tax tag issued by the collector aforesaid 
attached, and all female dogs in heat found running at large". 
(2) Section 4 of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 47-2004) is amended 
by striking out "That any dog wearing the tax tag hereinbefore 
provided for, except female dogs in heat, shall be permitted to run 
at large within the District of Columbia, and any" and inserting in 
lieu thereof "Any". 
SEC. 3. The paragraph numbered "Seventh" of the first section of 
the Act entitled "An Act to authorize the Commissioners of the 
District of Columbia to make police regulations for the government 
of said District", approved January 26,1887, as amended (D.C. Code, 
sec. 1-224), is amended by striking out "and running at large". 
SEC. 4. This Act shall become effective thirty days after the date 
of its approval. 
Approved September 13, 1961. 
September 13, 1961 
[S. 1653] 
Public Law S7-228 
AN ACT 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit travel or transportation in 
commerce in aid of raclieteering enterprises. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate wnd House of Representatives 
of the 
inai"T ^ed"'^e """' ^^^'^^^ Sttttcs of AmeHca in Congress assembled, That chapter 95 of 
62 Stat. 793.' 
title 18, United States Code, is amended (a) by adding the following 
new section at the end thereof : 
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§ 1952. Interstate and foreign travel or transportation in aid of 
racketeering enterprises 
"(a) Whoever travels in interstate or foreign commerce or uses any 
facility in interstate or foreign commerce, including the mail, with 
intent to— 
"(1) distribute the proceeds of any unlawful activity; or 
"(2) commit any crime of Adolence to further any unlawful 
activity; or 
"(3) otherwise promote, manage, establish, carry on, or facili-
tate the promotion, management, establishment, or carrying on, 
of any unlawful activity. 
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and thereafter performs or attempts to perform any of the acts speci-
fied m subparagraphs (1), (2), and (3), shall be fined not more than 
$10,C00 or imprisoned for not more than five years, or both. 
"(b) As used in this section 'unlawful activity' means (1) any 
business enterprise involving gambling, liquor on which the Federal 
excise tax has not been paid, narcotics, or prostitution offenses in 
violation of the laws of the State in which they are committed or of 
the United States, or (2) extortion or bribery in violation of the laws 
of the State in which committed or of the United States. 
" (c) Investigations of violations under this section involving liquor 
or narcotics shall be conducted under the supervision of the Secretary 
of the Treasury." 
and (b) by adding the following item to the analysis of the chapter: 
"Sec. 19.52. Interstate and foreign travel or transportation in aid of racketeering 
enterprises." 
Approved September 13, 1961. 
Public Law 87-229 
AN A C T 
September 14, 1961 
To give to the Walker River Paiute Tribe the reserved minerals underlying its 
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reservation. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That all lands set 
^a^^keV River 
aside and added to the Walker River Indian Reservation, Nevada, by Paiute xiibe/Nev' 
the Secretary of the Interior under the authority of section 2 of the 
Mineral rights. 
Act of June 22, 1936 (49 Stat. 1806), are hereby withdrawn from all 
forms of exploration, location, and entry under the public land mining 
laws and the minerals underlying such lands are hereby made a part 
of the reservation to be held in trust by the United States of America 
subject to valid existing rights, and such minerals shall be subject to 
lease for mining purposes pursuant to the provisions of the Act of 
May 11,1938 (52 Stat. 347; 25 U.S.C. 396a^g) as amended or supple- 
^o stat. 774. 
mented. 
Approved September 14, 1961. 
Public Law 87-230 
AN A C T 
September 14, 1961 
To amend the Seneca Leasing Act of August 14, 1950 (64 Stat. 442). 
I^s. 344] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 3 of the 
g^'^^^'^'-a N 
Act of August 14, 1950 (64 Stat. 442), be, and hereby is, amended to funds" disposuion" 
read as follows: "The money so received shall be available for disposal 
and expenditure by the council of the Seneca Nation in accordance with 
the constitution and laws of the nation. The council of the Seneca 
Nation shall keep complete and detailed records of all payments and 
disbursements from the funds under its control, and shall make such 
records available for inspection by members of the Seneca Nation at 
all reasonable times." 
SEC. 2. Section 5 of the Act of August 14, 1950 (64 Stat., 442), is 
amended by inserting after "to lease" the last time the verb appears 
the words "or grant easements or rights-of-way on". 
Approved September 14, 1961.