An Act to amend the Federal Aviation Act of 1958
PL 91-62 (S.1373), enacted 08/20/1969

83 STAT.] 
PUBLIC LAW 91-62-AUG. 20, 1969 
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"(2) In considering proposals from institutions of higher education 
to enter into an agreement under this subsection, the Secretary shall 
give preference to institutions— 
"(A) which have demonstrated the capabilities necessary for 
the development and evaluation of educational media for the 
handicapped; and 
"(B) which can serve the educational technology needs of the 
Model High School for the Deaf (established under Public Law 
89-694). 
" (3) If within twenty years after the completion of any construction 
(except minor remodeling or alteration) for which such funds have 
been paid— 
"(A) the facility ceases to be used for the purposes for which it 
was constructed or the agreement is terminated, unless the Secre-
tary determines that there is good cause for releasing the institu-
tion from its obligation, or 
"(B) the institution ceases to be the owner of the facility, 
the United States shall be entitled to recover from the applicant or 
other owner of the facility an amount which bears to the then value 
of the facility the same ratio as the amount of such Federal funds 
bore to the cost of the facility financed with the aid of such funds. 
Such value shall be determined by agreement of the parties or by 
action brought in the United States district court for the district in 
which the facilitj^ is situated."; 
(2) in section 2, by adding at the end thereof the following: 
"(5) The term 'construction' means the construction and initial 
equipment of new buildings, including architect's fees, but excluding 
the acquisition of land."; and 
(3) in section 4, by striking out "and" after "1969," and by 
striking out "1970" and all that follows and inserting in lieu 
thereof the following: "1970, $12,500,000 for the fiscal year end-
ing June 30, 1971, $15,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 
1972, and $20,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973, 
and for each succeeding fiscal year." 
Approved August 20, 1969. 
80 Stat. 1027. 
D.C. Code 31-
1051 note. 
Termination of 
agreement. 
79 Stat. 983; 
81 Stat. 805. 
42 u s e 2492. 
"Construction. 
Appropriation. 
42 u s e 2494. 
Public Law 91-62 
AN ACT 
August 20, 1969 
To amend the Federal Aviation Act of 1958, as amended, and for other purposes. 
Cs.i373] 
Be it enacted hy the Seriate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Federal 
Aviation Act of 1958, as amended, is further amended as follows: 
(1) Section 407(b) (49 U.S.C. 1377(b)) is amended by adding the 
following additional sentence: "Any person owning, beneficially or as 
trustee, more than 5 per centum of any class of the capital stock or '^""foi. 
capital, as the case may be, of an air carrier shall submit annually, and 
at such other times as the Board may require, a description of the shares 
of stock or other interest owned by such person, and the amount 
thereof." 
(2) Section 408 (49 U.S.C. 1378) is amended by striking subsection 
408(a) (5) in its entirety, and inserting in lieu thereof the following: 
"(5) For any air carrier or person controlling an air carrier, 
any other common carrier, any person engaged in any other phase 
of aeronautics, or any other person to acquire control of any air 
carrier in any manner whatsoever: Provided, That the Board may 
Federal Aviation 
Act of 1958, 
amendments. 
72 Stat. 766. 
Air carriers. 
Acquisition of 
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PUBLIC LAW 91-63-AUG. 25, 1969 
[83 STAT. 
72 Stat. 767. 
49 u s e 1378. 
Effective date. 
hj order exempt anj^ such acquisition of a noncertificated air car-
rier from this requirement to the extent and for such periods as 
may be in the public interest;". 
(3) (A) Section 408 is further amended by adding the following 
new subsection 408(f) : 
"Presumption of Control 
"(f) For the purposes Of this section, any person owning beneficially 
10 per centum or more of the voting securities or capital, as the case 
may be, of an air carrier shall be presumed to be in control of such 
air carrier unless the Board finds otherwise. As used herein, beneficial 
ownership of 10 per centum of the voting securities of a carrier means 
ownership of such amount of its outstanding voting securities as 
entitles the holder thereof to cast 10 per centum of the aggregate votes 
which the holders of all the outstanding voting securities of such 
carrier are entitled to cast." 
(B) That portion of the table of contents contained in the first sec-
tion of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 which appears under the 
heading "SEC. 408. Consolidation, merger, and acquisition of control." 
is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: " (f) Presump-
tion of control." 
SEC. 2. The amendments made by this Act shall take effect as of 
August 5,1969. 
Approved August 20, 1969. 
August 25, 1969 
[H.R. 12720] 
D.C. 
Washington 
International 
School, Inc. 
Conveyance. 
Conditions. 
Public Law 91-63 
AN ACT 
To provide for the t-onvej'ance of certain real proi)ertj' of the District of 
Columbia to the Washington International School, Incorporated. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States 
of America 
in Congress asseinhled. That (a) the 
Commissioner of the District of Columbia (hereafter in this Act 
referred to as the "Commissioner") shall convey to the "Washington 
International School, Incorporated (hereafter in this Act referred 
to as the "Corporation"), a nonprofit corporation in the District of 
(Columbia, all the right, title, and interest of the District of Columbia 
ill and to the real property in the District of Columbia described as 
lot 806 of square 1215 and known as the Phillips School, upon payment 
to the District of Columbia by or on behalf of the Corporation of the 
sum of $500,000. 
(b) The conveyance under subsection (a) of this section shall be 
subject to the condition that the Corporation shall use such real 
property for educational purposes during the 
five-year 
period 
beginning on the date of such conveyance, and that in the event that 
at any time during such period it ceases to use such real property for 
such purposes, it shall notify the Commissioner in writing of such 
fact and all right, title, and interest in and to such real property shall, 
at the option of the Commissioner, revert to the District of Columbia, 
but only upon payment to the Corporation of $500,000 or, if greater, 
the fair market value of such real property (but not to exceed $600,000), 
determined as of the date the Corporation notifies the Commissioner 
that the Corporation has ceased to use such real property for such 
purposes. The Commissioner may exercise such option only during the