An Act to amend the act of June 23, 1949, as amended, to provide that telephone and telegraph service furnished Members of the House of Representatives shall be computed on a unit basis
PL 86-340 (H.R.8593), enacted 09/21/1959

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PUBLIC LAW 86-340-SEPT. 21, 1959 
605 
SEO. 7. Allotments in accordance Avith the provisions of this Act 
shall be deemed complete and full equalization of allotments on the 
Agua (^aliente Reservation. 
SEC. 8. The band may, at any time it wishes to do so, organize a legal 
entity under the laws of the State of California and request the Secre-
tary to transfer to such legal entity title to the lands in the reserves 
established by subsection 3 (b) of this Act. 
The Secretary shall trans-
fer an unrestricted title to such property if the organization of the 
legal entity and request for the transfer have been approved by a 
majority of the adult members of the band who are eligible to vote, 
and if in the judgment of the Secretary the legal entity is organized 
in a form and manner that is fair to all members of the band: Pro-
vided^ however^ That if the lands to which the proviso to the fourth 
item in subsection 3(b) of this Act is applicable are transferred to 
such an entity, they shall be held by it subject to the terms provided 
in said proviso, and the rights and duties therein set forth shall be 
preserved and reflected in any distribution of securities of, or other 
evidences of participation in, said entity. 
Approved September 21, 1959. 
L e p al 
organizat e nt it y, 
ion. 
Public Law 86-340 
AN ACT 
September 21, 1959 
To amend the Act of June 23, 1949, as amended, to provide that telephone and 
[H. R. 8593] 
telegraph service furnished Members of the House of Representatives shall 
be computed on a unit basis. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and Houm of Bepreaentativea of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That clause (1) of 
the first section of the Act entitled "An Act relating to telephone and 
telegraph service and clerk hire for the House of Representatives", 
approved June 23, 1949, as amended (2 U.S.C., sec. 46f), is amended 
to read as follows: 
"(1) toll charges on strictly official long-distance telephone 
calls mad3 by or on liehalf of the Member within the United 
States, i's Territories and possessions and the Commonwealth of 
Puerto Rico; and". 
SEC. 2. Section 2 of the Act entitled "An Act relating to telephone 
and telegraph service and clerk hire for Members of the House of 
Representatives", approved June 23, 1949, as amended (2 U.S.C., 
sec. 46g) is amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 2. (a) In the case of any Member of the House of Representa-
tives other than the Speaker, the majority leader, the minority leader, 
the majority whip, and the minority whip, there shall be paid under 
the first section of this Act (1) toll charges on strictly official long-
distance telephone calls, and (2) charges on strictly official telegrams, 
cablegrams, and radiograms, made or sent by or on behalf of the 
Member, aggregating not more than eighty thousand units during a 
term, except that if a Member is elected for a portion of a term, the 
aggregate number of units with respect to which such toll charges 
and charges may be paid under the first section of this Act for such 
portion of a term shall be reduced to a number which is the same 
percentage of eighty thousand as the number of days of his service in 
such portion of a term is of the total number of days in a term. 
"(b) For the purposes of subsection (a) of this section— 
"(1) one minute of a long-distance telephone call shall be five 
units, and 
"(2) one word of a telegram, cablegram, or radiogram shall be 
one unit. 
House of Repre-
sentatives. 
Telephone and 
telegraph allow-
ance. 
65 Stat. 47. 
63 Stat. 265. 
PUBLIC LAW 86-341-SEPT. 21, 1959 
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"Term". 
Effective date. 
"(c) For the purposes of this section, the word 'term' means the 
period beginning at noon on January 3 of an odd-numbered calendar 
year and ending at noon on January 3 of the next succeeding odd-
numbered calendar year." 
SEC. 3. The amendments made by the first two sections of this Act 
shall take effect as of noon, January 3, 1959. 
Approved September 21, 1959. 
Public Law 86-341 
September 2 I, 1959 
AN A C T 
[H. R. 8609]— j j , extend the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ 
68 Stat. 454. 
7 use 1691 note. 
7 U S C 
1724. 
1 709, 
7 use 1703. 
Limitation. 
7 use 1723. 
7 use 1704. 
Use of f o r e i g n 
cwrencies. 
TITLE I—AMENDMENTS TO T H E AGRICULTURAL TRADE 
DEVELOPMENT AND ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1954 
SECTION 1. Sections 109 and 204 of the Agricultural Trade Devel-
opment and Assistance Act of 1954, as amended, are amended by 
striking out "1959"- and substituting in lieu thereof "1961". 
SEC. 2. Section 103(b) of such Act is amended, effective January 1, 
1960, to read as follows: 
"(b) Agreements shall not be entered into under this title in any 
calendar year during the period beginning January 1, 1960, and end-
ing December 31, 1961, which will call for appropriations to reim-
burse the Commodity Credit Corporation, pursuant to subsection (a) 
of this section, in amounts in excess of $1,500,000,000, plus any amount 
by which agreements entered into in the preceding calendar year 
have called or will call for appropriations to reimburse the Commod-
ity Credit Corporation in amounts less than authorized for such 
preceding year by this Act as in effect during such preceding year." 
SEC. 3. Section 203 of such Act is amended, effective January 1, 
1960, by striking out the first sentence and inserting in lieu thereof: 
"Not more than $300,000,000 (including the Corporation's invest-
ment in such commodities) plus any amount by which transfers made 
in the preceding calendar year have called or will call for appro-
priations to reimburse the Commodity'Credit Corporation in amounts 
less than could have been expended during such preceding year under 
this title as in effect during such preceding year shall be expended in 
any calendar year during the period January 1, 1960, and ending 
December 31,1961, for all such transfers and for other costs authorized 
by this title." 
SEC. 4. Subsection (a) of section 104 of such Act is amended by 
inserting a period in lieu of the semicolon at the end thereof, and 
adding the following: 
"From sale proceeds and loan repayments under this title not less 
than the equivalent of 5 per centum of the total sales made under this 
title after the date of this amendment shall be made available in 
advance for use as provided by this subsection over such period of years 
as the Secretary of Agriculture determines will most effectively carry 
out the purpose of this subsection: Provided^ That no such funds shall 
be allocated under this subsection after June 30, 1960, except as may 
be specified, from time to time, in appropriation acts. 
Particular 
regard shall be given to provide in sale and loan agreements for the