An Act to provide for the striking of medals in commemoration of the one hundredth anniversary of the purchase of Alaska by the United States from Russia
PL 89-393 (S.2719), enacted 04/14/1966

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PUBLIC LAW 89-394-APRIL 14, 1966 
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Public Law 89-393 
AN ACT 
April 14, 1966 
To provide for the striking of medals in commemoration of the one hundredth 
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anniversary of the purchase of Alaska by the United States from Russia. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
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United States of America in Congress assembled^ That in commemora- 
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tioii of the one hundredth anniversary of the purchase of Alaska by the sary medTiT.'^'^ 
United States from Russia (which anniversary will be celebrated in 
1967), the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to 
strike and furnish to the Alaska Centennial Commission not more 
than two hundred thousand medals with suitable emblems, devices, 
and inscriptions to be determined by the Alaska Centennial Commis-
sion subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury. The 
medals shall be made and delivered at such times as may be required 
by the Commission in quantities of not less than two thousand, but 
no medals shall be made after December 31,1967. The medals shall be 
considered to be national medals within the meaning of section 3551 
of the Revised Statutes. 
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SEC. 2. The Secretary of the Treasury shall cause such medals to 
be struck and furnished at not less than the estimated cost of manu-
facture; including labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, and over-
head expenses; and security satisfactory to the Director of the Mint 
shall be furnished to indemnify the United States for full payment 
of such costs. 
SEC. 3. The medals authorized to be issued pursuant to this Act shall 
be of such size or sizes and of such metals as shall be determined by 
the Secretary of the Treasury in consultation with such (Commission. 
Approved April 14, 1966. 
Public Law 89-394 
A N A C T 
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To authorize the disposal, without regard to the six-month waiting period, of 
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approximately one hundred twenty-six thousand three hundred long calcined 
tons of refractory grade bauxite from the national stockpile. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
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United States of America in Conqress assembled, That the Adminis- ^ Refractory grade 
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trator 01 General Services is hereby authorized to dispose 01, by nego- 
Disposal. 
tiation or otherwise, at the fair market value thereof, approximately 
one hundred twenty-six thousand three hundred long calcined tons of 
refractory grade bauxite now held in the national stockpile. Such dis-
position may be made without regard to the provisions of section 3 of 
the Strategic and Oitical Materials Stock Piling Act, relating to dis- 
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l^ositions on the basis of a revised determination pursuant to section '2 
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of said Act, to the effect that no such dispositions shall be made until 
Publication in 
Six months after publication in the Federal Register and transmission 
to the Congress and to the Armed Services Committees thereof of a 
notice of the proposed disposition, but in such disposition the Admin-
istrator of General Services shall comply with the provisions of such 
section 3, which require that the plan and the date of disposition shall 
be fixed with due regard to the protection of producers, processors, 
and consumers against avoidable disruption of their usual markets. 
Approved April 14, 1966. 
Federal Register.