An Act to extend the life of the Alaska International Rail and Highway Commission, and to make a change in the membership of such Commission.
PL 86-78 (S.498), enacted 07/06/1959

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PUBLIC LAW 86-79-JULY 8, 1959 
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Public Law 86-78 
AN ACT 
To extend the life of the Alaska International Rail and Highway Commission, 
and to make a change in the membership of such Commission. 
July 6, 1959 
[S. 498] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of Amsrica in Congress osseTnbled, That the Act entitled 
"An Act to establish an Alaska International Rail and Highway Com-
mission", approved August 1, 1956 (70 Stat. 888), as amended, is 
amended— 
(1) by striking out paragraphs (1) through (4) of subsection 
(a) of the first section and inserting in lieu thereof the following: 
"(1) six of the members of the Commission shall be Mem-
bers of the Congress of the United States, at least one of whom 
shall be a Member from the State of Alaska, and not more than 
four of whom shall be members of the same political party; and 
"(2) four of the members shall be selected from the executive 
branch of the Government, of whom, if practicable, one shall be 
from the Department of the Army, to be designated by the Sec-
retary of the Army, one from the Department of the Interior, one 
from the Department of State, and one from the Department of 
Commerce; and 
"(3) three of the members shall be selected from the general 
public, one of whom shall be a resident of Alaska and one of whom 
shall be a resident of the Pacific Northwest region of the United 
States."; and 
(2) by striking out section 7 and inserting in lieu thereof the 
following: 
"SEC. 7. The Commission shall report the results of its studies and 
submit its recommendations to the Congress from time to time, and 
shall make a final report and submit its final recommendations to the 
Congress at the earliest practicable time, but in no event later than 
June 1, 1961. The final report shall include estimates of the cost of 
construction of rail and highway facilities along the routes determined 
most feasible and beneficial by the Commission, together with esti-
mates of the economic benefits to the United States, Canada, and 
Alaska. 
The Commission shall cease to exist for all intents and pur-
poses, and all authority conferred by this Act shall and does terminate 
thirty days after the date of the submission of the final report or on 
June 30, 1961, whichever date occurs first." 
Approved July 6, 1959. 
Alaska 
Interna-
t i o n a l Rail 
a n d 
Highway Commis-
sion. 
49 u s e 338. 
Membership. 
48 u s e 338f. 
Reports 
gress. 
to eon-
Termination. 
Public Law 86-79 
AN ACT 
Making appropriations for the Executive Office of the President and sundry gen-
eral Government agencies for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1960, and for 
other puri)Oses. 
Jiily 8, 1959 
LH. R. 7176] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the following 
3ums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not other-
wise appropriated, for the Executive Office of the President and sun-
dry general Government agencies for the fiscal year ending June 30, 
1960, namely: 
General Govern-
ment Matte^rs Ap-
p r o.p r i a tion Act, 
1960.