An Act providing for the acquisition and preservation by the United States of certain items of evidence pertaining to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy
PL 89-318 (H.R.9545), enacted 11/02/1965

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PUBLIC LAW 89-318-NOV. 2, 1965 
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grant-in-aid in connection with any urban renewal project being 
undertaken with Federal assistance under title I of the Housing Act 
of 1949, as amended. 
63 stat. 4i4. 
SEC. 5. As used in this joint resolution, the terms "Agency", "lessee", 
"purchaser", "real property", "redevelopment", and "redevelopment 
company" shall have the respective meanings provided for such terms 
by section 3 of the Eedevelopment Act. 
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o stat. 791; 
Approved November 2, 1965. 
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1465. 
72 Stat. 1102, 
D.C. Code 5-702. 
Public Law 89-318 
AN A C T 
November 2, 1965 
Providing for the acquisition and preservation by tlie United States of certain 
[H. R. 9545] 
items of evidence pertaining to the asisassination of President John F. 
Kennedy. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled^ That it is hereby 
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declared that the national interest requires that the United States nat'ion!^^' ^*^^^^^" 
acquire all right, title, and interest, in and to, certain items of evi- preservation of 
dence, to be designated by the Attorney General pursuant to section 2 ^"'^'^^'^'^^• 
of this Act, which were considered by the President's Commission on 
the Assassination of President Kennedy (hereinafter referred to as 
"items"), and requires that those items be preserved by the United 
States. 
SEC. 2. (a) The Attorney General is authorized to determine, from At°oVne"'Genrr'lii^^ 
time to time, which items should, in conformity with the declaration 
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contained in the first section of this Act, be acquired and preserved 
by the United States. Each such determination shall be published in 
Publication in 
the Federal Register. 
Federal Register. 
(b) Whenever the Attorney General determines that an item should 
be acquired and preserved by the United States, all right, title, and 
interest in and to, that item shall be vested in the United States upon 
the publication of that determination in the Federal Register. 
(c) The authority conferred upon the Attorney General by sub- Authority, ex-
section (a) of this section to make determinations shall expire one P*'^*^"" 
year from the date of enactment of this Act, and the vesting provisions 
of subsection (b) of this section shall be valid only with respect to 
items described in determinations published in the Federal Register 
within that one-year period. 
SEC. 3. The United States Court of Claims or the United States jjjfi^^°<;f"' 
district court for the judicial district wherein the claimant resides 
shall have jurisdiction, without regard to the amount in controversy, 
to hear, determine, and render judgment upon any claim for just com-
pensation for any item or interest therem acquired by the United 
States pursuant to section 2 of this Act; and where such claim is filed 
in the district court the claimant may request a trial by jury: Provided^ 
That the claim is filed within one year from the date of publication 
in the Federal Register of the determination by the Attorney General 
with respect to such items. 
SEC. 4. All items acquired by the United States pursuant to section Preservation o
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2 of this Act shall be placed under the jurisdiction of the Adminis- ^'^"'^ ^^ ^^^' 
trator of General Services for preserv^ation under such rules and 
regulations as he may prescribe. 
SEC. 5. All items acquired by the United States pursuant to section 
u.s. property. 
2 of this Act shall be deemed to be personal property and records of sion."^"^ '''°''^' 
the United States for the purposes of laws relating to the custody, 
administration, and protection of personal property and records of 
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tlie United States, including, but not limited to, sections 2071 and 2112 
of title 18 of the United States Code. 
SEC. 6. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums as 
may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act. 
Approved November 2, 1965. 
November 2, 1965 
[H. R. 1781] 
Public Law 89-319 
AN ACT 
To amend section 113(a) of title 28, United States Code, to provide that Federal 
District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina shall be held at 
Clinton. 
U.S. Courts. 
Clinton, N.C. 
62 Stat. 88 6. 
Be it emi.eted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of Araerica, in Congress assemMed^ That section 113(a) 
of title 28, Tmited Slates (.'ode, is amended by striking out "Court for 
the Eastern District- shall 1)6 held at Elizabeth City, Fayetteville, New 
Bern, Raleigh. Washington. Wilmington, and Wilson." and inserting 
in lieu thereof "Court for the Eastern District shall be held at Clinton, 
Elizabeth City, Fayetteville, New Bern, Raleigh, Washington, Wil-
mington, and Wilson.''. 
Approved November 2, 1965. 
November 3, 1965 
[H. J. Res. 597] 
Public Law 89-320 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
Providing for the erei-tion of a memorial to the late D<)<-l<»r Herbert H. (ioddard, 
the father of rocketrv. 
Doctor Robert H. 
Goddard Memorial. 
Appropriation. 
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled^ That the National Aero-
nautics and Space Administration shall erect in the Commonwealth 
of Massachusetts an appropriate memorial to the late Doctor Robert H. 
Goddard, former professor of physics at (^lark Lnivei'sity in Worces-
ter, Massachusetts, and the father of rocketry. 
The memorial shall comprise a sculpture in bi'onze or other enduring 
metal and shall symbolize the scientist's role as the pioneer of the 
space age. It shall be located on the Clark University campus in 
Worcester, Massachusetts, on a site donated by the Clark trustees 
adjacent to the Robert Hutchings Goddard I^ibrary. The National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration shall request the advice and 
comment of the Commission of Fine Aits and consult with Clark 
University trustees with respect to the design and setting of the 
memorial. 
The memorial sliall gi\e appropriate recognition to the pioneering 
efforts of the late Doctoi' Goddard in liis country's achievements in 
rocketi-y and supersonic flight. 
SEC. 2. There are authorized to be ap[)ropriated such sums as may 
be necessary, not to ext-eed $150,()0(». to cjiiiy out tlie purposes of this 
joint resolution. 
Approved November 3, 1965, 10:15 p.m.