An Act to authorize the Secretary of Defense to lend certain Army, Navy, and Air Force equipment and to provide transportation and other services to the Boy Scouts of America in connection with the World Jamboree of Boy Scouts to be held in Greece in 1963, and f
PL 87-459 (H.R.9752), enacted 05/31/1962

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PUBLIC LAW 87-459-MAY 31, 1962 
[76 STAT. 
May 31, 1962 
[H. R. 9752] 
B o y 
Scouts of 
America. 
World Jamboree. 
Equipment. 
Bond. 
Transportation. 
Bond. 
Passports. 
Public Law 87-459 
AN ACT 
To authorize the Secretary of Defense to lend certain Army, Navy, and Air 
Force equipment and to provide transportation and other services to the Boy 
Scouts of America in connection with the World Jamboree of Boy Scouts to 
be held in Greece in 1963, and for other purposes. 
Be it efMcted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the-
Unite'd States of America in Congress assembled^ That (a) the Sec-
retary of Defense is hereby authorized, under such regulations as he 
may prescribe, to lend to the National Council, Boy Scouts of America, 
for the use and accommodation of the approximately five hundred 
Scouts, Scouters, and officials who are to attend the World Jamboree, 
Boy Scouts, to be held in Greece in July and August 1963, such tents, 
cots, blankets, commissary equipment, flags, refrigerators, and other 
equipment and services as may be necessary or useful to the extent that 
items are in stock and available and their issue will not jeopardize 
the national defense program. 
(b) Such equipment is authorized to be delivered at such time 
prior to the holding of such jamboree, and to be returned at such 
time after the close of such jamboree, as may be agreed upon by the 
Secretary of Defense and the National Council, Boy Scouts of 
America. No expense shall be incurred by the United States Govern-
ment for the delivery, return, rehabilitation, or replacement of such 
equipment. 
(c) The Secretary of Defense, before delivering such property, shall 
take from the National Council, Boy Scouts of America, good and 
sufficient bond for the safe return of such property in good order and 
condition, and the whole without expense to the United States. 
SEC. 2. (a) The Secretary of Defense is hereby authorized, under 
such regulations as he may prescribe, to provide, without expense to 
the United States Government, transportation from the United States 
or military commands overseas, and return, on vessels of the Military 
Sea Transportation Service for (1) those Boy Scouts, Scouters, and 
officials certified by the National Council, Boy Scouts of America, as 
representing the National Council, Boy Scouts of America, at the 
jamboree referred to in the first section of this Act, and (2) the equip-
ment and property of such Boy Scouts, Scouters, and officials and the 
property loaned to the National Council, Boy Scouts of America, by 
the Secretary of Defense pursuant to this Act to the extent that such 
transportation will not interfere with the requirements of military 
operations. 
(b) Before furnishing any transportation under this section, the 
Secretary of Defense shall take from the National Council, Boy Scouts 
of America, a good and sufficient bond for the reimbursement to the 
United States by the National Council, Boy Scouts of America, of 
the actual costs of transportation furnished under this section. 
SEC. 3. Amounts paid to the United States to reimburse it for ex-
penses incurred under the first section and for the actual cost of trans-
portation furnished under section 2 shall be credited to the current 
applicable appropriations or funds to which such expenses and costs 
were charged and shall be available for the same purposes as such 
appropriations or funds. 
SEC. 4. Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of State, no 
fee shall be collected for the application for a passport by or the issu-
ance of a passport to, any Boy Scout, Scouter, or official who is certi-
fied by the National Council, Boy Scouts of America, as 
representing 
the National Council, Boy Scouts of America, at the jamboree referred 
to in the first section of this Act. 
Approved May 31, 1962. 
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