Joint resolution authorizing the United Spanish War Veterans to erect a memorial in the District of Columbia or its environs
PL 88-612 (H.J.Res.793), enacted 10/02/1964

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PUBLIC LAW 88-612-OCT. 2, 1964 
[78 STAT. 
Public Law 88-612 
October 2, 1964 
J O I N T RESOLUTION 
[H.J. Res. 793] Authorizing the United Spanish War Veterans to erect a memorial in the 
District of Columbia or its environs. 
United Spanish 
War Veterans. 
Memorial. 
Selection of 
site. 
Conditions. 
Resolved 
hy the Senate 
and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America, in Congress assembled^ That the United 
Spanish War Veterans are authorized to erect a memorial on public 
grounds in the District of Columbia, or its environs, in honor and 
commemoration of the men who served in the war with Spain, the 
Philippine Insurrection, and the China Relief Expedition (1898-
1902). 
SEC. 2. (a) The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed 
to select, with the approval of the National Commission of Fine Arts 
and the National Capital Planning Commission, a suitable site on 
public grounds in the District of Columbia, or its environs, upon which 
may be erected the memorial authorized in the first section or this Act: 
Provided^ That if the site selected is on public grounds belonging to 
or under the jurisdiction of the government of the District of 
Columbia, the approval of the Board of Commissioners of the Dis-
trict of Columbia shall also be obtained. 
(b) The design and plans for such memorial shall be subject to 
the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, the National Commis-
sion of Fine Arts, and the National Capital Planning Commission, 
and the United States or the District of Columbia shall be put to no 
expense in the erection thereof. 
SEC. 3. The authority conferred pursuant to this joint resolution 
shall lapse unless (1) the erection of such memorial is commenced 
within five years from the date of enactment of this joint resolution, 
and (2) prior to its commencement funds are certified available in 
an amount sufficient, in the judgment of the Secretary of the Interior, 
to insure completion of the memorial. 
SEC. 4. The maintenance and care of the memorial erected under 
the provisions of this Act shall be the responsibility of the Secretary 
of the Interior. 
Approved October 2, 1964. 
Public Law 88-613 
October 2, 1964 
[H. R. 11626] 
Armed Forces. 
Cyprus and 
Panama evacua-
tions of depend-
ents. 
AN ACT 
To authorize the payment of expenses incident to the evacuation of dependents 
of military personnel from Panama and Cyprus. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That, under regu-
lations to be prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, payments are 
authorized from current appropriations in consideration of extraor-
dinary expenses incurred by reason of the evacuation from Panama 
and Cyprus to the United States in January 1964, and February 
1964, of approximately two thousand dependents of military per-
sonnel. Payment in each case shall not exceed that amount which 
would be payable by law and regulation to a civilian employee under 
similar circumstances, and the total amount of payments shall not 
exceed $500,000. 
Approved October 2, 1964.