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A bill to name the post office and Federal building in Portland, Maine, the "Federick G.  Payne Building".
PL 95-522 (H.R.13481), enacted 10/27/1978

92 STAT. 1886 
PUBLIC LAW 95-522—OCT. 27, 1978 
Public Law 95-522 
95th Congress 
An Act 
Oct. 27, 1978 
[H.R. 13481] 
Frederick G. 
Payne 
Building, Maine. 
Designation. 
To name the post office and Federal building in Portland, Maine, the "Frederick 
G. Payne Building". 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the post office 
and Federal building located at 151 Forest Avenue, Portland, Maine, 
shall hereafter be known as the "Frederick G. Payne Building". Any 
reference in any law, map, regulation, document, record, or other paper 
of the United States to such building shall be held to be a reference 
to the "Frederick G. Payne Building". 
Approved October 27, 1978. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 
HOUSE REPORT No. 95-1471 (Comm. on Public Works and Transportation). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 124 (1978): 
Sept. 18, considered and passed House. 
Oct. 15, considered and passed Senate.
An Act to clarify the status of certain legislative and judicial officers under the provisions of title 5, United States Code, relating to annual and sick leave, and for other purposes.
PL 95-519 (S.1626), enacted 10/25/1978

PUBLIC LAW 95-519—OCT. 25, 1978 
92 STAT. 1819 
Public Law 95-519 
95th Congress 
An Act 
To clarify the status of certain legislative and judicial oflScers under the provi-
sions of title 5, United States Code, relating to annual and sick leave, 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 6301 (2) 
of title 5, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking out "or" at the end of clause (xi); 
(2) by striking out the period at the end of clause (xii) and 
inserting "; or" in lieu thereof; and 
" (3) by adding at the end thereof the following new clause: 
"(xiii) an officer in the legislative or judicial branch who is 
appointed by the President.". 
SEC. 2. Sections 5551(b), 6302(e), and 6306(b) of title 5, United 
States Code, are each amended by striking out "section 6301(2) (x)-
(xii)" each place it appears and inserting "section 6301(2) (x)-(xiii)" 
in lieu thereof. 
SEC. 3. Section 8339 (m) of title 5, United States Code, is amended 
by adding at the end thereof the following new sentence: "For the 
purpose of this subsection, in the case of any such employee who is 
excepted from subchapter I of chapter 63 of this title under section 
6301(2) (x)-(xiii) of this title, the days of unused sick leave to his 
credit include any unused sick leave standing to his credit when he was 
excepted from such subchapter.". 
SEC. 4. (a) The amendments made by the first section and section 2 
of this Act shall take eifect beginning on the first day of the first 
applicable pay period beginning on or after the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
(b) The amendment made by section 3 of this Act shall apply only 
with respect to employees who retire or die on or after the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
Approved October 25, 1978. 
Oct. 25, 1978 
[S. 1626] 
Federal 
employees. 
Certain 
legislative and 
judicial officers, 
leave status. 
Retirement, 
annuity 
computation. 
5 u s e 6301 et 
seq. 
Effective date. 
5 u s e 5551 note. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 
HOUSE REPORT No. 95-1496 (Comm. on Post Office and Civil Service). 
SENATE REPORT No. 95-403 (Comm. on Governmental Affairs). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: 
Vol. 123 (1977): Sept. 9, considered and passed Senate. 
Vol. 124 (1978): Sept. 18, considered and passed House, amended. 
Oct. 10, Senate concurred in House amendments.
An Act for the relief of Eastern Telephone Supply and Manufacturing, Incorporated, and other matters.
PL 95-516 (H.R.10161), enacted 10/25/1978

92 STAT. 1816 
PUBLIC LAW 95-516—OCT. 25, 1978 
Oct. 25, 1978 
[H.R. 10161] 
Eastern 
Telephone 
Supply and 
Manufacturing, 
Inc. 
Natural graphite, 
duty suspension. 
19 
use 1202 
app. 
19 
use 1202 
app. note. 
19 
use 1202 
app. note. 
19 
use 
1514. 
Public Law 95-516 
95th Congress 
An Act 
For the relief of Eastern Telephone Supply and Manufacturing, Incorporated, 
and other matters. 
Be it enacted l)y the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That notwithstand-
ing the time limitations in section 514 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 
U.S.C. 1514) or in any other provision of law, Eastern Telephone 
Supply and Manufacturing, Incorporated, of Newport, Rhode Island, 
may file, within sixty days after the date of enactment of this Act, a 
protest with the United States Customs Service concerning the over-
payment of customs duties on goods purchased from Bell of Canada 
that entered the United States through Buffalo, New York, and 
Champlain, New York, during the period from February 1974, to 
December 1974, inclusive. The United States Customs Service shall 
accept such protest as if it were filed in a timely fashion and shall 
review such protest in accordance with the otherwise applicable 
provisions of law. 
SEC. 2. SUSPENSION OF DUTY ON NATURAL GRAPHITE. 
(a) Item 909.01 of the Appendix to the Tariff Schedules of the 
United States (19 U.S.C. 1202) is amended by striking out "6/30/78" 
and inserting in lieu thereof "6/30/81". 
(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect 
to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption 
after June 30,1978. 
(c) Upon request therefor filed with the customs officer concerned 
on or before the ninetieth day after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the entry of any article— 
(1) which was made on or after June 30, 1978, and before the 
date of enactment of this Act, and 
(2) with respect to which there would have been no duty if the 
amendment made by subsection (a) of this section applied to 
such entry 
shall, notwithstanding the provisions of section 514 of the Tariff Act 
of 1930, or any other provisions of law, be liquidated or reliquidated 
as though such entry has been made on the date of enactment of this 
Act. 
Approved October 25, 1978. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 
HOUSE REPORT No. 95-1363 (Comm. on Ways and Means). 
SENATE REPORT No. 95-1114 (Comm. on Finance). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 124 (1978): 
Aug. 1, considered and passed House. 
Aug. 23, considered and passed Senate, amended. 
Oct. 10, House agreed to certain Senate amendments, disagreed to Senate 
amendment No. 2. 
Oct. 12, Senate receded from amendment No. 2.
An Act designating Gathright Lake on the Jackson River, Virginia, as Gathright Dam and Lake Moomaw.
PL 95-518 (H.R.12112), enacted 10/25/1978

92 STAT. 1818 
PUBLIC LAW 95-518—OCT. 25, 1978 
Oct. 25, 1978 
[H.R. 12112] 
Gathright Dam 
and Lake 
Moomaw, Va. 
Designation. 
33 u s e 701j. 
Public Law 95-518 
95th Congress 
An Act 
Designating Gathright Lake on the Jackson River, Virginia, as Gathright Dam 
and Lake Moomaw. 
Be it enacted fyy the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assemoled, That the Gathright 
Lake, Jackson River, Virginia project, authorized by the Flood Con-
trol Act of 1946, approved July 24,1946, shall hereafter be known and 
designated as Gathright Dam and Lake Moomaw, and any law, regu-
lation, map, document, or record of the United States in which such 
lake is designated or referred to as Gathright Lake or is referred to by 
any other name, shall be held and considered to refer to such lake under 
and by the name of Gathright Dam and Lake Moomaw. 
Approved October 25, 1978. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 
HOUSE REPORT No. 95-1094 (Coram, on Public Works and Transportation). 
SENATE REPORT No. 95-1165 (Comm. on Environment and Public Works). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 124 (1978): 
May 15, considered and passed House. 
Sept. 6, considered and passed Senate, amended. 
Oct. 15, House agreed to Senate amendments.
A resolution authorizing and requesting the President to designate the seven-day period beginning on May 28, 1979, as "Vietnam Veterans Week".
PL 95-513 (H.J.Res.1147), enacted 10/25/1978

92 STAT. 1802 
PUBLIC LAW 95-513—OCT. 25, 1978 
Oct. 25, 1978 
[H.J. Res. 1147] 
Vietnam 
Veterans Week. 
Designation 
authorization. 
Public Law 95-513 
95th Congress 
Joint Resolution 
Authorizing and requesting the President to designate tlie seven-day period 
beginning on May 28,1979, as "Vietnam Veterans Week". 
Whereas members of the Armed Forces of the United States who 
served in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam conjflict performed 
such service under the most trying conditions because of the lack 
of domestic support for the conflict and because of the nature of 
the conflict itself; 
Whereas the battlefield performance of America's soldiers, sailors, 
marines, and airmen during the Vietnam conflict was by all measures 
the equal of that of their counterparts in previous conflicts; 
Whereas an adverse image has often been unfairly attached to the 
Vietnam veteran as an individual because of the controversial nature 
of the Vietnam conflict; and 
Whereas the Nation has never fully expressed its gratitude to those 
who gave a substantial portion of their lives at their Government's 
request and in the name of the people of the United States to serve in 
such conflict: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved ty the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress asserribled^ That the President is author-
ized and requested (1) to issue a proclamation designating the seven-
day period beginning on May 28, 1979, as "Vietnam Veterans Week" 
and calling upon the people of the United States and interested groups 
and organizations to observe such period with appropriate ceremonies 
and activities, and (2) to initiate and coordinate appropriate cere-
monies and activities within the executive branch for the observance of 
such period. 
Approved October 25, 1978. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 124 (1978): 
Oct 10, considered and passed House. 
Oct. 12, considered and passed Senate.
An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Army to return to the Federal Republic of Germany ten paintings of the German Navy seized by the United States Army at the end of World War II.
PL 95-517 (H.R.11945), enacted 10/25/1978

PUBLIC LAW 95-517—OCT. 25, 1978 
92 STAT. 1817 
Public Law 95-517 
95th Congress 
An Act 
To authorize the Secretary of the Armj' to return to the Federal Itepuhlic of 
Germany ten paintings of the German Navy seized by the United States Army 
at the end of World War II. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary 
of the Army is authorized to transfer to the Federal Republic of 
Germany, without compensation, title to, and custody of, ten paintings 
by the artist Claus Bergen depicting the German Navy that were 
seized from the German Government by the LTnited States Army after 
World War II. 
SEC. 2. Xo funds of the T'nited States may be expended in connection 
with any transportation or handling costs incident to the transfer 
authorized under the first section of this Act. 
Approved October 25, 1978. 
Oct. 25, 1978 
[H.R. 11945] 
Naval paintings, 
return to Federal 
Republic of 
Germany. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 
HOUSE REPORT No. 95-1575 (Comm. on Armed Services). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 124 (1978): 
Oct. 2, considered and passed House. 
Oct. 14, considered and passed Senate.
An Act to extend until the close of June 30, 1981, the existing suspension of duties on certain metal waste and scrap, unwrought metal, and other articles of metal, and for other purposes.
PL 95-508 (H.R.12165), enacted 10/24/1978

92 STAT. 1774 
PUBLIC LAW 95-508—OCT. 24, 1978 
Oct. 24, 1978 
[H.R. 12165] 
Metal articles, 
duty suspension. 
19 u s e 1202 
app. 
Effective date. 
19: u s e 1202 
app. note. 
19 
use 
1202 
app. note. 
19 
use 
1202 
app. 
Effective date. 
19 u s e 1202 
app. note. 
Public Law 95-508 
95th Congress 
An Act 
To extend until the close of June 30, 1981, the existing suspension of duties on 
certain metal waste and scrap, unwrought metal, and other articles of metal, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled^ That (a) subpart B 
of part 1 of the Appendix to the Tariff Schedules of the United States 
(19 U.S.C. 1202) is amended— 
(1) by striking out the colon at the end of the superior heading 
to items 911.10, 911.11, and 911.12 and inserting m lieu thereof 
"or to be processed by shredding, shearing, compacting, or similar 
processing which renders them fit only for the recovery of the 
metal content:"; and 
(2) by striking out "6/30/78" in each of items 911.10, 911.11, 
and 911.12 and inserting in lieu thereof "6/30/81". 
(b) The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply with 
respect to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for con-
sumption on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(c) Upon request therefore filed with the customs officer concerned 
on or before the ninetieth day after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the entry or withdrawal of any article— 
(1) which was made after June 30,1978, and before the date of 
the enactment of this Act, and 
(2) with respect to which there would have been no duty if the 
amendment made by subsection (a) (2) applied to such entry or 
withdrawal, 
shall, notwithstanding section 514 of the Tariff Act of 1930 or any 
other provision of law, be liquidated or reliquidated as though such 
entry or withdrawal had been made on the date of the enactment of 
this Act. 
SEC. 2. (a) Subpart B of part 1 of the Appendix to the Tariff Sched-
ules of the United States (19 U.S.C. 1202) is amended by adding in 
numerical sequence the following new item: 
903.60 
Mixtures of mashed or macerated hot red peppers and salt 
(provided for in item 141.77or 141.81, part 8C, schedule 1). Free No change On or be-
fore 
6/30/81 
(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect 
to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on 
or after the date of enactment of this Act. 
Approved October 24, 1978. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 
HOUSE REPORT No. 95-1361 (Comm. on Ways and Means). 
SENATE REPORT No. 95-1243 (Comm. on Finance). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 124 (1978): 
Sept. 12, considered and passed House. 
Sept. 30, considered and passed Senate, amended. 
Oct. 10, House concurred in Senate amendments.
A bill to amend title XI of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, to permit the guarantee of obligations for financing Great Lakes vessels in an amount not exceeding 87 1/2 per centum of the actual or depreciated actual cost of each vessel.
PL 95-505 (H.R.11658), enacted 10/24/1978

PUBLIC LAW 95-505—OCT. 24, 1978 
92 STAT. 1755 
Public Law 95-505 
^ 
95th Congress 
An Act 
To amend title XI of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, to permit the guarantee 
Oct. 24, 1978 
of obligations for financing Great Lakes vessels in an amount not exceeding 
[H.R. 11658] 
8 7 ^ per centum of the actual or depreciated actual cost of each vessel. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 509 of Great Lakes 
the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended (46 U.S.C. 1159), is vessels, 
amended by striking the words "fourteen knots" in the fourth sentence, financing. 
and inserting in lieu thereof the words "ten knots". 
Approved October 24, 1978. 
e . 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 
HOUSE REPORT No. 95-1528 (Comm. on Merchant Marine and Fisheries). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, VoL 124 (1978): 
Oct. 3, considered and passed House. 
Oct. 6, considered and passed Senate.
An Act to amend chapter 315 of title 18, United States Code, to authorize payment of transportation expenses for persons released from custody pending their appearance to face criminal charges before that court, any division of that court, or any court of the United States in another Federal judicial district.
PL 95-503 (S.2411), enacted 10/24/1978

92 STAT. 1704 
PUBLIC LAW 95-503—OCT. 24, 1978 
Public Law 95-503 
95th Congress 
Oct. 24. 1978 
[S. 2411] 
Courts. 
Transportation 
expenses. 
18 u s e 4285. 
18 u s e 3141 et 
seq. 
Effective date. 
18 u s e 4285 
note. 
An Act 
To amend chapter 315 of title 18, United States Code, to authorize payment of 
transportation expenses for persons released from custody pending their 
appearance to face criminal charges before that court, any division of that 
court, or any court of the United States in another Federal judicial district. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assemoled^ That chapter 315 of 
title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof 
the following new section: 
"§ 4285. Persons released pending further judicial proceedings 
"Any judge or magistrate of the United States, when ordering a 
person released under chapter 207 on a condition of his subsequent 
appearance before that court, any division of that court, or any court 
of the United States in another judicial district in which criminal pro-
ceedings are pending, may, when the interests of justice would be 
served thereby and the United States judge or magistrate is satisfied, 
after appropriate inquiry, that the defendant is financially unable to 
provide the necessary transportation to appear before the required 
court on his own, direct the United States marshal to arrange for that 
person's means of noncustodial transportation or furnish the fare for 
such transportation to the place where his appearance is required, and 
in addition may direct the United States marshal to furnish that person 
with an amount of money for subsistence expenses to his destination, 
not to exced the amount authorized as a per diem allowance for travel 
under section 5702(a) of title 5, United States Code. When so ordered, 
such expenses shall be paid by the marshal out of funds authorized by 
the Attorney General for such expenses.". 
SEC. 2. The section analysis of chapter 315 of title 18, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new item: 
"4285. Persons released pending further judicial proceedings.". 
SEC. 3. The amendments made by this Act shall take effect on Octo-
ber 1,1978. 
Approved October 24, 1978. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 
HOUSE REPORT No. 95-1653 (Gomm. on the Judiciary). 
SENATE REPORT No. 95-760 (Gomm. on the Judiciary). 
eONGRESSIONAL REeORD, Vol. 124 (1978): 
Apr. 27, considered and passed Senate. 
Oct. 10, considered and passed House.
A bill to amend the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 to permit the recovery of replacement cost of motor vehicles and other related equipment and supplies.
PL 95-506 (H.R.13767), enacted 10/24/1978

92 STAT. 1756 
PUBLIC LAW 95-506—OCT. 24, 1978 
Public Law 95-506 
95th Congress 
An Act 
Oct. 24. 1978 
[H.R. 13767] 
Federal 
Property and 
Administrative 
Services Act of 
1949, 
amendment. 
Availability of 
the General 
Supply Fund. 
40 u s e 756. 
To amend the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 to 
permit the recovery of replacement cost of motor vehicles jand other related 
equipment and supplies. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled^ That section 211(d) 
of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 
U.S.C. 491(d)) is amended to read as follows: 
"(d) (1) The General Supply Fmid provided for in section 109 shall 
be available for use by or under the direction and control of the 
Administrator for paying all elements of cost (including the purchase 
or rental price of motor vehicles and other related equipment and sup-
plies) incident to the establishment, maintenance, and operation 
(incliiding servicing and storage) of motor vehicle pools or systems 
for the transportation of property or passengers, ^nd to the furnishing 
of such motor vehicles and equipment and related services pursuant to 
subsection (b). 
" (2) Payments by requisitioning agencies so served shall be at prices 
fixed by the Administrator at levels which will recover, so far as 
practicable, all such elements of cost, and may, in the Administrator's 
discretion, include increments for the estimated replacement cost of 
such motor vehicles, equipment, and supplies. Such increments may, 
notwithstanding section 109 (e) of this Act, be retained as part of the 
capital of the General Supply Fund, but shall be available only for 
replacement of such motor vehicles, equipment, and supplies. The pur-
chase price, plus such increments for the estimated replacement cost, 
of such motor vehicles and equipment shall be recovered only through 
charges for the cost of amortization. Such costs shall be determined 
in accordance with the accrual accounting method; and financial 
reports shall be prepared on the basis of such accounting.". 
Approved October 24, 1978. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 
HOUSE REPORT No. 95-1529 (Comm. on Government Operations). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 124 (1978): 
Sept. 25, considered and passed House. 
Oct. 10, considered and passed Senate.
A bill to designate certain lands in the State of Wisconsin as wilderness.
PL 95-494 (H.R.12264), enacted 10/21/1978

92 STAT. 1648 
PUBLIC LAW 95-494—OCT. 21, 1978 
Oct. 21. 1978 
[H.R. 12264] 
Blackjack 
Springs 
Wilderness Area 
and Whisker 
Lake Wilderness 
Area, Wise. 
Designation. 
16 u s e 1132 
note. 
Map and 
description, filing 
with 
congressional 
committees. 
Administration. 
Public Law 95-494 
95th Congress 
An Act 
To designate certain lands in the State of Wisconsin as wilderness. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United /States of America in Congress assembled, That in furtherance 
of the purposes of the Wilderness Act (78 Stat. 891), the following 
lands as generally depicted on maps appropriately referenced, dated 
March 1978, which is on file and available for public inspection in the 
office of the Chief, Forest Service, Department of Agriculture, are 
hereby designated as Wilderness and, therefore, as components of 
the National Wilderness Preservation System— 
(1) certain lands in the Nicolet National Forest, Wisconsin, 
which comprise approximately five thousand eight hundred and 
eight-six acres are generally depicted on a map entitled "Black-
jack Springs Wilderness Area—Proposed"; and 
(2) certain lands in the Nicolet National Forest, Wisconsin, 
which comprise approximately seven thousand three hundred 
and fifteen acres and are generally depicted on a map entitled 
"Whisker Lake Wilderness Area—Proposed". 
SEC. 2. As soon as practicable after this Act takes effect, the Secre-
tary of Agriculture shall file a map and a legal description of the 
Blackjack Springs Wilderness and Whisker Lake Wilderness with 
the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and the 
House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, and such map and 
description shall have the same force and effect as if included in this 
Act: Provided, however, That correction of clerical and typographical 
errors in such map and description may be made. 
SEC. 3. The Blackjack Springs Wilderness and Whisker Lake Wil-
derness shall be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture in 
accordance with the provisions of the Wilderness Act governing areas 
designated by that Act as Wilderness areas, except that any reference 
in such provisions to the effective date of the Wilderness Act shall be 
deemed to be a reference to the effective date of this Act. 
Approved October 21, 1978. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 
HOUSE REPORT No. 95-1323 (Coram, on Interior and Insular Affairs). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 124 (1978): 
Sept. 25, considered and passed House. 
Oct. 9, considered and passed Senate.