An Act to provide for withdrawal and reservation for the use of the Department of Air Force of certain public lands of the United States at Nellis Air Force Range, Nev., for defense purposes
PL 87-310 (H.R.6494), enacted 09/26/1961

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PUBLIC LAW 87-310-SEPT. 26, 1961 
[75 STAT. 
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AN ACT 
September 26, 1961 
[H. R. 6494] 
To provide for withdrawal and reservation for the use of the Department of the 
Air Force of certain public lands of the United States at Nellis Air Force 
Range, Nevada, for defense purposes. 
Nevada. 
Nellis Air Force 
Be it enacted hy the Senate a7id House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That (a) subject to 
Rarige." 
Valid existing rights, the public lands, and the minerals therein, within 
Land withdrawal, ^j^g areas described in section 2 of this Act are hereby withdrawn from 
all appropriations and other forms of disposition under the public 
land laws, including the mining and mineral leasing laws and dis-
posals of materials under the Act of July 31, 1947, as amended (61 
Stat. 681; 30 U.S.C. 601-604), except as provided in subsection (b) 
of this section, and reserved (subject to an agreement which has been 
approved by the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of the 
Interior for the joint use of the lands for military, grazing, and wild-
life purposes), for the use of the Department of the Air Force for a 
period of ten years with an option to renew the withdrawal and 
res3rvation for a period of five years upon notice to the Secretary of 
the Interior, and subject to the condition that the reservation may be 
terminated at any time during either of such periods by the Secretary 
of the Air Force upon notice to the Secretary of the Interior. How-
ever, this Act does not affect Executive Order Numbered 7373 of 
May 20,1936 (1 F.R. 427), establishing the Desert Game Range, except 
to the extent rendered necessary by the national defense. 
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(b) Lands and resources withdrawn and reserved by subsection (a) 
Authority. 
of this scctiou shall be subject to such appropriation and other disposi-
tion as the Secretary of the Interior shall determine to be consistent 
both with the requirements of Executive Order Numbered 7373 of 
May 20, 1936 (1 F.R. 427), and, with the approval of the Secretary 
of the Air Force, with the requirements of the national defense. The 
Secretary of the Interior may, with the concurrence of the Secretary 
of the Air Force, authorize use or disposition of any of the lands or 
resources withdrawn and reserved by subsection (a) of this section. 
siotTs^**^ provi- 
((.) Upon request of the Secretary of the Interior at the time of 
final termination of the reservation effected by this Act, the Depart-
ment of the Air Force shall make safe for nonmilitary uses the land 
withdrawn and reserved, or such portions thereof as may be specified 
by the Secretary of the Interior, by neutralizing unexploded ammuni-
tion, bombs, artillery projectiles, or other explosive objects and chem-
ical agents. Thereafter the Secretary of the Interior pursuant to law 
shall provide for the appropriate use or disposition of all or any part 
of the land withdrawn and reserved under provisions of this Act. 
Nothing in this subsection, however, shall be construed to prevent the 
Secretary of the Air Force at that time from making application for 
further withdrawal and reservation of all or part of said lands under 
laws and regulations then existing. 
Description. 
g^c. 2. The lauds withdraw^n and reserved by this Act are those that 
are now or may hereafter become subject to the public land laws within 
the areas described as follows: Approximately 81,480 acres of land, 
more or less, located approximately 27 miles northwest from the east-
ern boundary of Nellis Air Force Base, adjoining the eastern boundary 
of Nellis Air Force Range, Clark County, Nevada, and more fully 
described as follows: 
(1) Parcel 1, adjoining the eastern and southern boundaries of the 
Nellis Air Force Range, Clark County, Nevada, comprised of town-
ship 15 south, ranges 57 and 58 east; sections 1 to 6, the northeast quar-
ter of section 7, sections 8 to 16, the northeast quarter of section 17, 
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the northeast quarter of section 21, sections 22 to 26, the northeast 
quarter of section 27, the northeast quarter of section 35, section 36, 
all in township 16 south, range 57 east; sections 1 to 7, the south hall 
and the northwest quarter of section 8, the west half of section 16, 
sections 17 to 21, the southwest quarter of section 22, the southwest 
quarter of section 26, sections 27 to 35, all in township 16 south, range 
58 east; sections 1 to 4, the northeast quarter of section 5, the northeast 
quarter of section 9, the north half, the southeast quarter, the north 
half of the southwest quarter and the southeast quarter of the south-
west quarter of section 10, section 11, 12, the northwest quarter of 
section 13, the north half and the southeast quarter and the northeast 
quarter of the southwest quarter of section 14, the northeast quarter 
of the northeast quarter of section 15, all in township 17 south, range 
58 east; section 6, the northwest quarter of section 7, all in township 
17 south, range 59 east, Mount Diablo meridian, Clark County, 
Nevada, a total of 81,160 acres, more or less. 
(2) Parcel 2, the south half of the southeast quarter and the south-
east quarter of the southwest quarter of section 20, the southwest 
quarter of the southwest quarter of section 21, the northwest quarter 
of the northwest quarter of section 28, the north half of the northeast 
quarter and the northeast quarter of the northwest quarter of section 
29, all in township 16 south, range 57 east; for a total of 320 acres, 
more or less. 
Approved September 26, 1961. 
Public Law 87-311 
AN ACT 
To amend the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945. 
September 26, 1961 
[S. 2325] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That subsection (c) 
of section 2 of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 is amended to read 
as follows: 
"(c) (1) The Export-Import Bank of Washington, in furtherance 
of its objects and purposes under this Act, is authorized and empow-
ered to guarantee, insure, coinsure, and reinsure United States ex-
porters and foreign exporters doing business in the United States in 
an aggregate amount not in excess of $1,000,000,000 outstanding at any 
one time against political and credit risks of loss arising in connection 
with United States exports; and to establish and maintain fractional 
reserves in connection therewith. 
The reserves maintained by the 
Bank for the guarantees, insurance, coinsurance or reinsurance issued 
pursuant to this section shall be not less than 25 per centum of the 
related contractual liability of the Bank. 
Insofar as contracts of 
guarantee, insurance, coinsurance, and reinsurance are concerned, 
only that part of the Bank's liabilities represented by reserves pro-
vided for above shall be taken into account for the purposes of apply-
ing the limitations imposed by section 7 of this Act. 
Fees and pre-
miums shall be charged in connection with such contracts commen-
surate, in the judgment of the Bank, with the risks covered. 
"(2) The Bank may issue such guarantees, insurance, coinsurance, 
and reinsurance to or with exporters, insurance companies, financial 
institutions, or others, or groups thereof, and where appropriate may 
employ any of the same to act as its agent in the issuance and servicing 
of such guarantees, insurance, coinsurance, and reinsurance, and the 
adjustment of claims arising thereunder." 
Approved September 26, 1961. 
Export-Import 
Rank Act of 1945, 
amendment. 
67 Stat. 28. 
12 u s e 635. 
59 Stat. 529; 72 
Stat. 133. 
12 u s e 635e.