An Act making appropriations for the government of the District of Columbia and other activities chargeable in whole or in part against the revenues of said District for the first year ending June 30, 1968, and for other purposes
PL 90-134 (H.R.8569), enacted 11/13/1967

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PUBLIC LAW 90-134-NOV. 13, 1967 
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Fiscal year 
limitation. 
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O part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless 
expressly so provided herein. 
This Act may be cited as the "Departments of State, Justice, and 
Commerce, the Judiciary, and related agencies Appropriation Act, 
1968". 
Approved November 8, 1967. 
Public Law 90-134 
A N A C T 
November 13,1967 
Making appropriations for the government of the District of Columbia and 
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other activities chargeable in whole or in part against the revenues of said 
District for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1968, and for other purposes. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America 
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June 30,1968, out of (1) the general fund of the District of Columbia i968. 
(unless otherwise herein specifically provided), hereinafter known as 
the general fund, such fund being composed of the revenues of the 
District of Columbia other than those applied by law to special funds, 
and $63,979,200, which is hereby appropriated for the purpose out 
of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated (to be 
advanced July 1, 1967), (2) the highway fund (when designated as 
payable therefrom), established by law (D.C. Code, title 47, ch. 19), 
including the motor vehicle parking account (when designated as pav- 1919.' 
able therefrom), established by law (Public Law 87-408), (3) the 
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water fund (when designated as payable therefrom), established by gosand note 
law (D.C. Code, title 43, ch. 15), and $2,205,000, which is hereby 
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appropriated for the purpose out of any money in the Treasury not ^^°^ to 43-1541. 
otherwise appropriated (to be advanced July 1,1967), (4) the sanitary 
sewage works fund (when designated as payable therefrom), estab-
lished by law (Public Law 364, 83d Congress), and $1,294,000, which 
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is hereby appropriated for the purpose out of any money in the Treas- i6oi t
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ury not otherwise appropriated (to be advanced July 1, 1967), and ^^^^• 
(5) the metropolitan area sanitary sewage works fund (when desig-
nated as payable therefrom), established by law (Public Law 86-515); 
and there is hereby aj>propriat€d, out of any money in the Treasury le^o'to^s-
not otherwise appropriated, $79,200,000, which, together with balances ^^^'*-
of previous appropriations for this purpose, shall remain available 
until expended, for loans authorized by the Act of May 18, 1954 (68 
Stat. 101), and the Act of June 6,1958 "(72 Stat. 183), as amended (77 ^^^f^^^^f^ ^^' 
Stat. 130), to be advanced upon request of the Commissioners to the 
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following funds: general fund, $62,900,000, highway fund, $14,300,000 340. 
and water fund, $2,000,000. 
74 Stat. 210. 
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OPERATING E X P E N S E S 
For expenses necessary for functions under this general head: 
GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES 
General operating expenses, plus so much as may be necessary to 
compensate the Engineer Commissioner at a rate equal to each civilian 
member of the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia, 
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hereafter in this Act referred to as the Commissioners; $26,434,700, 
of which $490,000 (to i-emain available until expended) shall be 
available solely for District of Columbia employees' disability com-
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pensation and $404,900 shall remain available until December 31,1968, 
for the purpose of conducting the 1968 Presidential election in the 
District of Columbia, and $266,900 shall be payable from the highway 
fund (including $55,800 from the motor-vehicle parking account), 
$29,200 from the water fund, and $9,200 from the sanitary sewage 
works fund: Provided, That the certificate of the Commissioners shall 
be sufficient voucher for the expenditure of $2,500 of this appropriation 
for such purposes, exclusive of ceremony expenses, as they may deem 
necessary: Provided further, That, for the purpose of assessing and 
reassessing real property in the District of Columbia, $5,000 of the 
appropriation shall be available for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
80 Stat. 416. 
3109, but at rates for individuals not in excess of $100 per diem: 
Provided 
further, 
That not to exceed $7,500 of this appropriation 
shall be available for test borings and soil investigations. 
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PUBLIC SAFETY 
Public safety, including employment of consulting physicians, diag-
nosticians, and therapists at rates to be fixed by the Commissioners; 
cash gratuities of not to excead $75 to each released prisoner; purchase 
of one hundred and seventy-three passenger motor vehicles (including 
one hundred and sixty-six for police-type and seven for fire-type use 
without regard to the general purchase price limitation for the current 
fiscal year but not in excess of $400 per vehicle for police-type and $600 
per vehicle for fire-type use above such limitation) of which one hun-
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dred and six are for replacement purposes; $92,522,200, of which 
$288,400 shall be transferred to the judiciary and disbursed by the 
Administrative Office of the United States Courts for expenses of the 
Ijegal Aid Agency for the District of Columbia and $4,473,900 shall 
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be payable from the highway fund (including $112,000 from the motor 
vehicle parking account), $3,600 from the water fund, and $3,500 from 
the sanitary sewage works fund: Provided, That not to exceed $50,000 
of any funds from appropriations available to the District of Columbia 
may be used to match financial contributions from the Department of 
Defense to the District of Columbia Office of Civil Defense for the 
purchase of civil defense equipment and supplies approved by the 
Department of Defense, when authorized by the Commissioners: Pro-
vided further, That the Police Department and Fire Department are 
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each authorized to replace not to exceed five passenger carrying 
vehicles annually whenever the cost of repair to any damaged vehicle 
exceeds three-fourths the cost of the replacement: Provided 
further. 
That not to exceed $25,000 of this appropriation shall be available for 
,„ settlement of claims not in excess of $250 each: Provided further, That 
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the Metropolitan Police Department is authorized to exj)end in fiscal 
year 1968 the unobligated balance of $670,000 provided in 1967 appro-
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priations for communications equipment. 
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EDUCATION 
Education, including purchase of twenty-seven passenger motor 
vehicles, including twenty-one for replacement only, the development 
of national defense education programs, and for matching Federal 
grants under the National Defense Education Act of September 2, 
1958 (72 Stat. 1580), as amended, $97,331,900, of which $125,100 shall ^^2° use 4oi 
be payable from the highway fund. 
Section 301, subsection (c) of the Dual Compensation Act (78 Stat. 
488) shall not apply to compensation received by teachers of the public 
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schools of the District of Columbia for employment in a civilian office and note. 
during the period July 1,1967, to August 26, 1967. 
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PARKS AND KECREATION 
Parks and recreation, including the purchase, acquisition, and trans-
portation of specimens for the National Zoological Park, $15,120,900, 
of which $32,000 shall be payable from the highway fund: Provided^ 
That this appropriation shall be available for the purchase of four 
passenger motor vehicles. 
HEALTH AND WELFARE 
Health and welfare, including reimbursement to the United States 
for services rendered to the District of Columbia by Freedmen's 
Hospital; and for care and treatment of indigent patients in institu-
tions, including those under sectarian control, under contracts to be 
made by the Director of Public Health; $104,670,600: Provided, That 
the inpatient rate and outpatient rate under such contracts, with the 
exception of Children's Hospital, and for services rendered by Freed-
men's Hospital shall not exceed $38 per diem and the outpatient rate 
shall not exceed $6 per visit; the inpatient rate and outpatient rate for 
Children's Hospital shall not exceed $40 per diem and $6.75 per visit; 
and the inpatient rate (excluding the proportionate share for repairs 
and construction) for services rendered by Saint Elizabeths Hospital 
for patient care shall be $14.47 per diem: Provided further, That this 
appropriation shall be available for the furnishing of medical assist-
ance to individuals sixty-five years of age or older who are residing 
in the District of Columbia without regard to the requirement of one-
year residence contained in the District of Columbia Appropriation 
Act, 1946, under the heading "Operating Expenses, Gallinger Munic-
ipal Hospital," and this appropriation shall also be available to render 3
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assistance to such individuals who are temporarily absent from the 
District of Columbia: Provided 
further, 
That the authorization 
included under the heading "Department of Public Health," in the 
District of Columbia Appropriation Act, 1961, for compensation 
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of convalescent patients as an aid to their rehabilitation is hereby 
extended to the Department of Vocational Rehabilitation: 
Provided 
further, That this appropriation shall be available for the treatment, 
in any institution under the jurisdiction of the Board of Commissioners 
and located either within or without the District of Columbia, of 
individuals found by a court to be chronic alcoholics. 
59 Stat. 282. 
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HKJHWAYS AND TRAFFIC 
Highways and traffic, including $92,505 for traffic safety education 
without reference to any other law; $400 for membership in the Amer-
ican Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators and $800 for mem-
bership in the Vehicle Equipment Safety Commission; rental of three 
passenger-carrying vehicles for use by the Commissioners; and pur-
chase of fifty-six passenger motor vehicles, including forty for replace-
ment only; $16,627,300, of which $11,108,700 shall be payable from 
the highway fund (including $745,800 from the motor vehicle parking 
account): Provided^ That this appropriation shall not be available 
for the purchase of driver-training vehicles. 
SANITARY ENGINEERING 
Sanitary engineering, including the purchase of fourteen passenger 
motor vehicles for replacement only, $26,732,500, of which $8,086,700 
shall be payable from the water fund, $5,318,900 shall be payable from 
the sanitary sewage works fund, and $75,600 shall be payable from 
the metropolitan area sanitary sewage works fund. 
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METROPOLITAN POLICE 
ADDITIONAL MUNICIPAL SERVICES, IMPERIAL SHRINE CONVENTION • 
Metropolitan Police (additioilalmunicipalservices, Imperial Shrine 
Convention), including payment at basic salary rates for services per-
formed by officers and members of the police and fire departments 
in excess of the regular tours of duty during the period of the Imperial 
Shrine Convention (but not to exceed a total of sixteen hours overtime 
pay to any individual officer or member performing service during 
such period) with such overtime chargeable to this appropriation or 
to the appropriations of the police and fire departments, $237,700. 
PERSONAL SERVICES, WAGE-BOARD EMPLOYEES 
For pay increases and related retirement costs for wage-board em-
ployees, to te transferred by the Commissioners of the District of 
Columbia to the appropriations for the fiscal year 1968 from which 
said employees are properly payable, $1,613,000, of which $124,000 
shall be payable from the highway fund (including $2,000 from the 
motor vehicle parking account), $153,000 from the water fund, 
$105,000 from the sanitary sewage works fund, and $1,000 from the 
metropolitan area sanitary sewage works fund. 
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REPAYMENT OF LOANS AND INTEREST 
For reimbursement to the United States of funds loaned in com-
pliance with sections 108, 217, and 402 of the Act of May 18, 1954 
80 Stat. 858. 
(68 Stat. 103, 109, and 110), as amended; section 9 of the Act of 
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wliich $2,661,896 shall be payable from the highway fund, $1,398,396 
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CAPITAL OUTLAY 
For reimbursement to the United States of funds loaned in com-
pliance with section 4 of the Act of May 29, 1930 (46 Stat. 482), as 
amended, the Act of August 7, 1946 (60 Stat. 896), as amended, the 
Act of May 14, 1948 (62 Stat. 235), and payments under the Act of 
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July 2,1954 (68 Stat. 443); construction projects as authorized by the 
Acts of April 22,1904 (33 Stat. 244), February 16,1942 (56 Stat. 91), 
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May 18, 1954 (68 Stat. 105, 110), June 6, 1958 (72 Stat. 183), and 43-i603,'7-i32, 
August 20, 1958 (72 Stat. 686); including acquisition of sites; prepa- ^-^33. 
ration of plans and specifications for the following buildings and 
facilities: new elementary school, Fort Stanton Park Southeast, West 
Elementary School addition, Morgan Elementary School replace-
ment, Bruce-Monroe Elementary Schools replacement, new elemen-
tary school in the vicinity of 40th Street and Lane Place, Northeast, 
Carver Elementary School addition, Benning Elementary School 
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replacement, new elementary school in the vicinity of 44th and Foote 
Streets, Northeast, Burrville Elementary School addition, Orr Ele-
mentary School replacement, Montgomery Elementary School addi-
tion, Gage-Eckington Elementary Schools replacement, Lenox Ele-
mentary School addition, Langdon Elementary School addition, 
Anacostia Senior High School addition, Fort Dupont Swimming 
Pool, Capitol East Playground and Natatorium, replacement of 
Engine Company Number 6 and Truck Company Number 4, North-
west Community Health Center; for conducting the following pre-
liminary surveys: renovation of refrigeration unit at the Reformatory, 
institutions for higher learning, new Receiving Home for Children, 
and the new District Court Building; erection of the following struc-
tures, including building improvement and alteration and the treat-
ment of grounds: new elementary school in vicinity of Lincoln Road 
and Douglas Street Northeast, Ketcham Elementary School addition, 
Birney Elementary School addition. Turner Elementary School addi-
tion. Beers Elementary School addition, Randle Highlands Elemen-
tary 
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addition. 
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Elementary 
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replacement. Shepherd Elementary School addition, Payne Elemen-
tary School addition, new elementary school in the vicinity of Nichols 
Avenue and Chesai>eake Street Southwest, addition to new elementary 
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school in the vicinity of Nichols Avenue and Chesapeake Street South-
west, Takoma Elementary School replacement. Deal Junior Higli 
School addition, Taft Junior High School addition, Ballou Senior 
High School addition, Sharpe Health School addition, new school for 
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severely mentally retarded, Moten Elementary School addition, 
Weatherless Elementary School addition, Browne Junior High School 
addition, Wilson Senior High School addition, Dunbar Senior High 
School addition, prekindergarten relocatable classroom buildings, air 
conditioning of Tenley-Friendship and Benning branch libraries, 
Chevy Chase community center, new downtown library, Upshur 
Swimming Pool, police training facility, an addition to the adminis-
tration building at the workhouse. Northwest Sanitation Garage, two 
street cleaning tool houses, rehabilitation of boat pier and construc-
tion of steam cleaning building at the Sewer Operations Property 
Yard, warehouse and shops building, and expansion of facilities at 
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Dalecarlia filter plant; $1,966,500 for the purchase of equipment for 
new school buildings; to remain available until expended, $111,903,500, 
of which $22,781,400 shall not be available for expenditure until 
July 1, 1C6S, $17,683,000 shall be payable from the highway fund, 
$3,783,000 shall be payable from the water fund, and $5,125,000 shall 
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be payable from the sanitary sewage works fund, and $3,893,300 
shall be available for construction services by the Director of Build-
ing's and Grounds or by contract for architectural engineering services, 
as may b3 determined by the (Commissioners, and the funds for the 
use of the Director of Buildings and Grounds shall be advanced to 
the appropriation account, "Construction services, Department of 
Buildings and Grounds". 
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GENERAL PEOVISIONS 
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Maximum 
amount. 
Automobile 
allowances. 
Travel 
expenses. 
Experts or con-
sultants. 
80 Stat. 416. 
Advancement of 
funds. 
Restrictions. 
Vehicle use. 
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SKC. 2, Except as otherwise provided herein, all vouchers covering 
expenditures of appropriations contained in this Act shall be audited 
before payment by the designated certifying official and the vouchers 
as approved shall be paid by checks issued by the designated disburs-
ing^ official without countei'S'ignature, 
SEC, 3, Whenever in this Act an amount is specified within an 
appropriation for particular purposes or object of expenditure, such 
amount, unless otherwise specified, shall be considered as the maxi-
mum amount which may be expended for said purpose or object rather 
than an amount set apart exclusively therefor. 
SEC. 4, Appropriations in this Act shall be available, when author-
ized or approved by the Commissioners, for allowances for privately 
owned automobiles used for the performance of official duties at 8 
cents per mile but not to exceed $25 a month for each automobile, 
unless otherw'ise therein specifically provided, except that one hundred 
and sixty-three (fifty for investigators in the Department of Public 
Welfare and eighteen for venereal disease investigators in the Depart-
ment of Public Health) such allowances at not more than $410 each 
per annum may be authorized or approved by the Commissioners. 
SEC, 5. Appropriations in this Act shall be available for expenses 
of travel and for the payment of dues of organizations concerned 
with the work of the District of Columbia government, when author-
ized by the (Commissioners: Provided., That the total expenditures 
for this purpose sliall not exceed $85,000. 
SEC, (), Appropriations in this Act shall be available for services 
as authorized by 5 U,S.C. 3109. 
SEC, 7. The disbursing officials designated by the Commissioners 
are authorized to advance to such officials as may be approved by the 
(commissioners such amounts and for such purposes as the Commis-
sioners may determine. 
SEC. 8, Appropriations in this Act shall not be used for or in con-
nection with the preparation, issuance, publication, or enforcement of 
any regulation or order of the Public Service Commission re(][uiring 
the installation of meters in taxicabs, or for or in connection wnth the 
licensing of any vehicle to be operated as a taxicab except for operation 
in accordance with such system of uniform zones and rates and 
regulations applicable thereto as shall have been prescribed by the 
Public Service Commission. 
SEC. 9, Appropriations in this Act shall not be available for the 
payment of rates for electric current for street lighting in excess of 2 
cents per kilowatt-hour for current consumed. 
SEC, 10, All motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles (includ-
ing watercraft) owned by the District of Columbia shall be oper-
ated and utilized in conformity with section IG of the Act of August 2, 
1946 (00 Stat. 810), and shall be under the direction and control of 
the C^ommissioncrs, who may from time to time alter or change the 
assignment for use thereof, or direct the alteration of interchangeable 
use of any of the same by officers and employees of the District, except 
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as otiienvise provided in tliis Act. "Official purposes" shall not apply 
to the Commissioners of the District of Columbia or in cases of or-
ficers and employees the character of whose duties makes such trans-
portation necessary, but only as to such latter cases when the same is 
approved by the Commissioners. 
SKC. 11. Appropriations contained in this Act for Highways and 
Traffic, and Sanitary Engineering shall be available for snow and 
ico control work when ordered by the Commissioners in writing. 
SEC. 12. Appropriations in this Act shall be available, when author-
ized by the ^Commissioners, for the rental of quarters without reference 
to 'section (
> of the District of Columbia Appropriation Act, 1945. 
SEC. 13. Appropriations in this Act shall be available for the 
furnishing of uniforms when authorized by the Commissioners. 
SEC. 14. There are hereby appropriated from the applicable funds 
of the District of Columbia such sums as may be necessary for making 
refunds and for the payment of judgments which have been entered 
against the government of the District of Columbia, including refunds 
author'zed by section 10 of the Act approved April 23, 1924 (43 Stat. 
108) : Provided^ That nothing contained in this section shall be con-
strued as modifying or affecting the provisions of paragraph 3, 
subsection (c) of section 11 of title X I I of the District of Columbia 
Income and Franchise Tax Act of 1947, as amended. 
SEC. 15. Except as otherwise provided herein, limitations and legis-
lative provisions contained in the District of Columbia Appropriation 
Act, 1961, shall be continued for the fiscal year 1968: Provided^ That 
the limitation for "Construction Services, Department of Buildings 
and Grounds" contained in the District of Columbia Appropriation 
Act, 1961, shall be increased from 6 to 8 per centum of appropriations 
for construction projects in excess of $500,000 and to 10 per centum 
of appropriations for construction projects under $500,000. 
SEC. 16. Appropriations in this Act shall not be used for the assign-
ment or transportation of students to public schools in the District of 
Columbia in order to overcome racial imbalance. 
SEC. 17. The cost of living allowance annualized in the appropria-
tion for the Department of Welfare shall be limited to the "net 
payment" in computing the assistance payments for recipients in the 
five regular categories of public assistance. 
SEC. 18. The joint resolution of October 5,1967 (Public Law 90-102) 
is hereby amended by striking out "October 23, 1967" and inserting 
in lieu thereof "November 9, 1967". 
This Act may be cited as the "District of Columbia Appropriation 
Act, 1968." 
Approved November 13, 1967. 
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Rental of 
quarters. 
58 Stat. 532. 
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Uniforms. 
Judgment pay-
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D.C. Cod.: 
47-1910. 
70 Stat. 78. 
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Restrictions, 
Continuing ap-
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1968. 
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Public Law 90-135 
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November 14, 1967 
To authorize the disposal of the Government-owned long-lines coinmunication 
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facilities in the State of Alaska, and for other puriK)ses. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and Houne of RepreaentaticeH of the 
United States of America in Congress a-ssembled. That this Act may 
be cited as tlie "Alaska Communications Disposal Act". 
TITLE I—DEFINITIONS 
Alaska Communi-
cations Dis-
posal Act. 
SEC. 101. In this Act— 
(1) "Transfer" means the conveyance by the United States of any 
element of ownership, including but not restricted to any estate or