An Act to amend section 8 of the act approved March 4, 1913 (37 Stat. 974), as amended, to standardize procedures for the testing of utility meters; to add a penalty provision in order to enable certification under section 5(a) of the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1968, and to authorize cooperative action with State and Federal regulatory bodies on matters of joint interest
PL 92-94 (H.R.2591), enacted 08/11/1971

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SEC. 13. Such provisions, privileges, and prerogatives as have been 
granted heretofore to other national veterans' organizations by virtue 
of their being incorporated by Congress are hereby granted and accrue 
to the Paralyzed Veterans of America. 
SEC. 14. (a) No part of the income or assets of the corporation shall 
inure to any member, director, officer, or employee of the corporation 
or be distributable to any person during the life of the corporation or 
upon its dissolution or final liquidation. Nothing in this subsection, 
however, shall be construed to prevent the payment of reasonable 
compensation to officers and employees of the corporation or to pre-
vent their reimbursement for actual necessary expenses in amounts 
approved by the corporation's board of directors. 
(b) The corporation shall not make loans to its members, officers, 
directors, or employees. Any director who votes for or assents to the 
making of such a loan, and any officer who participates in the making 
of such a loan, shall be jointly and severally liable to the corporation 
for the amount of such loan until the repayment thereof. 
SEC. 15. The corporation shall be liable for the acts of its officers 
and agents when acting within the scope of their authority. 
SEC. 16. The provisions of sections 2 and 3 of the Act of August 30, 
1964 (36 U.S.C. 1102, 1103), entitled "An Act to provide for audit 
of accounts of private corporations established under Federal law" 
shall apply with respect to the corporation. 
SEC. IT. The rig'ht to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby 
expressly reserved. 
Approved August 11, 1971. 
Liability. 
78 Stat. 636. 
Public Law 92-94 
AN A C T 
To amend section 8 of the Act approved March 4, 1913 (37 Stat. 974), as 
amended, to standardize procedures for the testing of utility meters; to add 
a penalty provision in order to enable certification under section 5(a) of the 
Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1968, and to authorize cooperative action 
with State and Federal regulatory bodies on matters of joint interest. 
August 11, 1971 
[H. R. 2591] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of Awjerica in Congress assembled^ That section 8 of the 
Act entitled "An Act making appropriations to provide for the 
expenses of the government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal 
year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and fourteen, and for 
other purposes", approved March 4, 1913 (37 Stat. 974, as amended; 
D.C. Code, sec. 43-101 et seq.), is amended as follows: 
(a) The first two paragraphs of paragraph 57 (D.C. Code, sec. 
43-603) are amended to read as follows: 
"57. That the commission shall appoint inspectors of gas meters, 
whose duty it shall be, when required by the commission, to inspect, 
examine, and ascertain the accuracy of gas meters used or intended to 
be used for measuring and ascertaining the quantity of gas furnished 
for light, heat, or power by any person or corporation to or for the 
use of any person or corporation. 
"No corporation or person shall furnish, set, or put in use any gas 
meter which shall not have been inspected and proved for accuracy, 
or any meter the type of which shall not have been approved by the 
commission or by an inspector of the commission." 
(b) Paragraph 85 (D.C. Code, sec. 43-906) is amended by adding 
the following new paragraphs: 
"Any person who \nolates any regulation issued by the commission 
govei'uing safety of pipeline facilities and the transportation of gas, 
D.C. 
Public utllltie 
Gas meter in-
spectors, duties 
Penalty. 
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Compromise, 
determination. 
Joint action. 
37 Stat. 995. 
Effective date. 
shall be subject to a civil penalty of not to exceed $1,000 for each such 
vdolation for each day that such violation persists. However, the maxi-
nium civil penalty S'hall not exceed $200,000 for any related series of 
violations. 
"Any such civil penalty may be compromised by the commission. 
In determining the amount of such penalty, or the amount agreed 
upon in compromise, the appropriateness of such penalty to the size 
of the business of the person charged, the gravity of the violation, and 
the good faith of the person charged in attempting to achieve com-
pliance, after notification of a violation, shall be considered. The 
amount of such penalty when finally determined, or the amount agreed 
upon in compromise, may be deducted from any sums owing by the 
District of Columbia to the person eharged or may be recovered in a 
civil action in the District of Columbia courts." 
(c) Paragraph 96 (D.C. Code, sec. 43-207) is amended by adding 
the following new paragraph: 
"The commission may act jointly or concurrently with any oiRcial 
board or commission of the United States or any State thereof in any 
proceeding relating to the regulation of any public service company. 
Any such action may be under an interstate compact or agreement, or 
under the concurrent power of the States to regulate interstate com-
merce, or as an agency of the Federal Government, or otherwise." 
SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect on the date of its enactment. 
Approved August 11, 1971. 
Public Law 92-95 
August 11, 1971 
[H. R.9433 
Disabled veter-
ans. 
Mortgage protec-
tion life insur-
ance. 
72 Stat. 1168. 
38 u s e 801, 
AN ACT 
Effective date. 
To provide mortgage protection life insurance for senace-connected disabled 
veterans who have received grants for specially adapted housing. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That chapter 21 of 
title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof 
the following new section: 
"§ 806. Mortgage Protection Life Insurance 
"(a) The Administrator is authorized, without regard to section 
3709 of the Eevised Statutes, as amended (41 U.S.C. 5), to purchase 
from one or more life insurance companies a policy or policies of 
mortgage protection life insurance on a group basis to provide the 
benefits specified in this section. 
" (b) Any policy of insurance purchased by the Administrator under 
this section shall be placed in effect on a date determined by the Admin-
istrator and shall automatically insure any eligible veteran who is or 
has been granted assistance in securing a suitable housing unit under 
this chapter against the death of the veteran, unless the veteran elects 
in writing not to be insured under this section or fails to timely respond 
to a request from the Administrator for information on which his pre-
mium can be based. 
"(c) The initial amount of insurance provided hereunder shall not 
exceed the lesser of the following amounts: (1) $30,000, (2) the amount 
of the loan outstanding on such housing unit on the date insurance 
under this section is placed in effectj or (3) in the case of a veteran 
granted assistance in securing a housing unit on or after such date the 
amount of the original loan. The amount of such insurance shall be 
reduced according to the amortization schedule of the loan and at no 
time shall exceed the amount of the outstanding loan with interest. If