An Act to amend the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended, so as to authorize the use of surplus personal property by State distribution agencies, and for other purposes.
PL 87-94 (S.796), enacted 07/20/1961

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mediately preceding the date of conversion. In any case in which no 
such rate exists in the grade of his position, his rate of basic compensa-
tion shall be fixed at the next regular salary rate which is not less than 
his combined basic pay and quarters and subsistence allowances, or 
value thereof when furnished m kind. For the purposes of determin-
ing eligibility for step increases following conversion, the basic com-
pensation as an administrative enroUee prior to conversion shall be 
considered as the total amount or value of basic pay, subsistence and 
quarters allowances. Any adjustment in compensation required by 
this subsection shall not be considered to be an equivalent increase in 
compensation for the purpose of a periodic step increase, nor an 
increase in grade or rate of basic compensation for the purpose of a 
longevity step increase. 
"(2) The rate of basic compensation authorized by this paragraph 
shall continue until the person is separated from his position or 
receives a higher rate of basic compensation by operation of law or 
regulation. 
"(3) Any person who, as a result of the action required under the 
first sentence of this subsection (f), becomes subject to the Annual 
and Sick Leave Act of 1951, as amended (5 U.S.C. 2061 and the fol-
lowing), shall be credited under that Act with all annual leave 
remaining to his credit as an administrative enrollee, at the rate of 
five-sevenths of a day of leave chargeable under the Act (5 U.S.C. 
2064) for each calendar day of leave remaining to the credit of the 
enrollee, without regard to the limitations on maximum leave accumu-
lation provided by the Act, and shall be credited with thirteen days of 
sick leave in addition to any leave recredit to which the employee may 
otherwise be entitled. 
" (4) Active service of any administrative enrollee performed prior 
to the date specified in the first sentence of this subsection (f) shall 
be considered creditable as civilian employment in the executive branch 
of the Federal Government for all purposes, except that in computing 
length of service for the purpose of title VII of the Classification Act 
of 1949, as amended, continuous service immediately preceding the 
date established under the first sentence of this subsection (f) shall 
be counted either (1) toward one step increase under section 701, or 
(2) toward one longevity step increase under section 703, as the case 
may be. 
" (5) Persons converted from their status as administrative enroUees 
to positions b^ or pursuant to this subsection (f) shall not be entitled, 
upon conversion or subsequent separation from such position, to pay-
ment of travel and transportation expenses which otherwise may be 
authorized under the joint travel regulations on separation from the 
United States Maritime Service; nor shall such persons upon conver-
sion to positions by or pursuant to this subsection be entitled to free 
medical, dental, surgical and hospital care under section 322(6) of the 
Public Health Service Act of 1944 (58 Stat. 696, 42 U.S.C. 249)." 
Approved July 20, 1961. 
Leave credit. 
65 Stat. 672. 
Service credit. 
63 Stat. 967. 
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July 20, 1961 
[S. 796] 
Public Law 87-94 
AN ACT 
To amend the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as 
amended, so as to authorize the use of surplus personal proi)erty by State dis-
tribution agencies, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 203 (n) us^e"^^stat"?.*'*''' 
of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as 
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amended, is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the follow- 
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ing: "In addition, under such cooperative agreements, and subject to 
such other conditions as may be imposed by the Secretary of Health, 
Education, and Welfare, or the Director, Office of Civil and Defense 
Mobilization, surplus property which the Administrator may approve 
for donation for use in any State for purposes of education, public 
health, or civil defense, or for research for any such purposes, pursu-
ant to subsection (j) (3) or (j)(4), may with the approval of the 
Administrator be made available to the State agency after a deter-
mination by the Secretary or the Director that such property is neces-
sary to, or would facilitate, the effective operation of the State agency 
in performing its functions in connection with such program. 
Upon 
a determination by the Secretary or the Director that such action is 
necessary to, or would facilitate, the effective use of such surplus prop-
erty made available under the terms of a cooperative agreement, title 
thereto may with the approval of the Administrator be vested in the 
State agency." 
Approved July 20, 1961. 
Public Law 87-95 
July 20, 1961 
AN ACT 
[H. R. 3385] 
rp(j amend the Tariff Act of 15)30 to provide for the free entry of electron micro-
scopes and certain other apparatus imported by, or on behalf of, certain 
institutions. 
Electron 
micro-
scopes 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Refresentatmes 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled., That section 201 of 
^^^sTat^e??*'^' ^^^^ Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (19 U.S.C, sec. 1201), is amended 
by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph: 
''PAR, 1825. Apparatus utilizing any radioactive substance in medi-
cal diagnosis or therapeutic treatment, including the radioactive ma-
terial itself when contained in the apparatus as an integral element of 
the apparatus, and electron microscopes, and parts or accessories of 
any of the foregoing, imported for its own use and not for sale by, 
or on behalf of, any nonprofit society, institution, or organization, 
whether public or private, incorporated or established for educational, 
scientific, or therapeutic purposes." 
Effective date. 
gj;c. 2. The amendment made by the first section of this Act shall 
apply with respect to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 
for consumption on or after the date of enactment of this Act and to 
articles covered by entries or withdrawals which have not been liqui-
dated, or the liquidation of which has not become final, on such date of 
enactment. 
Approved July 20, 1961. 
Public Law 87-96 
July 20,1961 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
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I'roviding for the apportionment to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts of its 
share of funds authorized for the National System of Interstate and Defense 
Highways for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1963. 
Whereas the Commonwealth of Massachusetts by Act of its Legisla-
ture, approved May 25, 1961, (Chapter 523, Massachusetts Acts of 
1961) has amended its laws relative to the gross weight load of 
certain motor vehicles operated on the highways of the Common-
wealth including routes on the Interstate System; and 
Whereas such amendment, the effect of which would increase the 
maximum load permitted to be carried on the axles of such vehicles