An Act to amend title IX of the Social Security Act with respect to the amount authorized to be made available to the States out of the employment security administration account for certain administrative expenses, to reduce the rate of the Federal unemployment tax for the calendar year 1963, and for other purposies
PL 88-31 (H.R.4655), enacted 05/29/1963

77 STAT. ] 
PUBLIC LAW 88-31-MAY 29, 1963 
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Public Law 88-31 
AN ACT 
May 29, 1963 
To amend title IX of the Social Security Act with respect to the amount 
[H. R. 4655] 
authorized to be made available to the States out of the employment security 
administration account for certain administrative exi^enses, to reduce the rate 
of the Federal unemployment tax for the calendar year 1963, and for other 
purposies. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and Houae of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress asse7noIed, That section 901(c) 
Employment se-
of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C., sec. 1101 (c)) is amended— 
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(1) by striking out "June 30, 1961," at the beginning of para- 
"Aurwzation. 
graph (1) and inserting in lieu thereof "June 30, 1964,''; 
74 stat. 971. 
(2) by striking out "(not in excess of $350,000,000 for any 
fiscal year)"' in paragraph (1)(A) and inserting in lieu ther-eof 
"(not in excess of the limit provided by paragraph (3))"; and 
(3) by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph: 
"(3) For purposes of paragraph (1)(A), the limitation on the 
amount authorized to be made available for any fiscal year is— 
"(A) in the case of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1964, an 
amount equal to 95 pei'cent of the amount estimated by the Sec-
retary of the Treasury as the net receipts during such fiscal year 
under the Federal Unemployment Tax Act, and 
esA stat. 454. 
"(B) in the case of any fiscal year thereafter, an amount 
26 use 3308. 
equal to 95 percent of the amount estimated and set forth in the 
Budget of the United States Government for such fiscal year 
as the net receipts during such year under the Federal Unem-
ployment Tax Act. 
Each estimate of net receipts under this paragraph shall be based 
Report to con-
on a tax rate of 0.4 percent. The Secretary of the Treasury shall s«-ess. 
report his estimate under subparagraph (A) to the Congress within 
30 days after the date of the enactment of this paragraph. 
Such 
report shall be printed as a House document." 
SEC. 2. (a) Section 3301 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 unemployment 
(relating to rate of Federal unemployment tax) is amended by striking tf^Y^*'' '•**^''" 
out the last sentence and inserting in lieu thereof the following new 
26 use 3301. 
sentences: "In the case of wages paid during the calendar year 1962, 
the rate of such tax shall be 3.5 percent in lieu of 3.1 percent. In 
the case of wages paid during the calendar year 1963, the rate of 
such tax shall be 3.35 percent in lieu of 3.1 percent." 
(b) Section 3302(d) (1) of such Code (relating to definitions and 
75 stat. le. 
special rules) is amended to read as follows: 
"(1) RATE OF TAX DEEMED TO BE a PERCENT.—In applying sub-
section (c), the tax imposed by section 3301 shall be computed 
at the rate of 3 percent in lieu of the rate provided by such 
section " 
(c) Section 905(b) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C, sec. 
1105(b)) is amended by striking out "50 percent of the amount" 
75 stat. 15. 
and inserting in lieu thereof "50 percent (witli respect to the calendar 
year 1963), or %3 (with respect to the calendar year 1964), of the 
amount". 
SEC. 3. Section 903(c)(2) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C, 
sec. 1103('c) (2)) is amended 
74 stat. 976. 
(1) by striking out "four preceding fiscal years," in subpara-
graph ( D ) of the first sentence and inserting in lieu thereof 
"nine preceding fiscal years,", 
(2) by striking out "such five fiscal years" in subparagraph 
(D) of the first sentence and inserting in lieu thereof "sudi ten 
fiscal years", and 
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[77 STAT. 
Ante, p. 51. 
42 u s e 1101. 
(3) by striking out "fourth preceding fiscal year" in the second 
sentence and inserting in lieu thereof "ninth preceding fiscal 
year"'. 
SEC. 4. Notwithstanding section 901(c) (1) (A) of the Social Secu-
rity Act, the limitation on the amount authorized to be made available 
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1963, for the purposes specified 
in such section 901(c)(1)(A) is hereby increased to $407,148,000. 
Approved May 29, 1963. 
May 29, 1963. 
[H. R. 2053] 
Public Law 88-32 
• AN ACT 
To provide for the temporary suspension of the duty on corkboard insulation. 
Corkboard insu-
lation. 
Suspension of 
duties. 
46 Stat. 734. 
19 u s e 1514. 
19 u s e 1001, 
par. 1511. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That, effective with 
respect to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for con-
sumption, during the three-year period beginning on the day after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, and with respect to articles 
covered by entries the liquidation of which has not become final on 
the date of enactment by virtue of the provisions of section 514 of 
the Tariff Act of 1930, no duty shall be imposed upon articles 
described in paragraph 1511 of the Tariff Act of 1930 as "cork insula-
tion, wholly or in chief value of cork, cork waste, or granulated or 
ground cork, in blocks, slabs, boards, or plai>k:s". 
Approved May 29, 1963. 
May 29, 1963 
[S. 18] 
Public Law 88-33 
AN ACT 
To change the name of Harpers Ferry National Monument to Harpers Ferry 
National Historical Park. 
Harpers Ferry 
National Histori-
cal Park. 
Designation. 
16 u s e 450bb-
450bb-2. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress asscTribled, That the Harpers 
Ferry National Monument established pursuant to the Act entitled 
"An Act to provide for the establishment of the Harpers Ferry 
National Monument", approved June 30, 1944 (58 Stat. 645), shall 
hereafter be known as Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, and 
any law, regulation, document, or record of the United States in which 
such monument is designated or referred to under the name of Harpers 
Ferry National Monument shall be held to refer to such monument 
under and by the name of Harpers Ferry National Historical Park. 
Approved May 29, 1963. 
May 29, 1963 
[S. 247] 
Public Law 88-34 
AN ACT 
To authorize survey and establishment of a townsite for the Juneau Indian 
Village in Alaska. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress a^senibled, That the Act of May 
25, 1926 (44 Stat. 629; 48 U.S.C. 355a-355d), is hereby extended and 
made applicable to all lands of the Juneau Indian Village of Alaska, 
including uplands and filled in tidelands occupied on the date of this 
Act. 
Approved May 29, 1963.