Joint resolution to authorize the issuance of a sold medal in honor of the late Professor Robert H. Goddard
PL 86-277 (H.J.Res.19), enacted 09/16/1959

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PUBLIC LAW 86-277-SEPT. 16, 1959 
[73 STAT. 
thousand three hundred acres of land alon<i and near the Spokane 
River in the eastern part of the State of Washington and the Avestern 
pairt of the State of Idaho, the Secretary of the Inter-ior is author-
ized to construct, operate, and maintain the Spokane Valley Federal 
reclamation project. 
The principal engineering features of said 
project ehall consist of wells, pumps, storage facilities, and distribu-
tion systems. 
SEC. 2. In constructing, operating, and maintaining the Spokane 
Valley project, the Secretary shall be governed by the Federal recla-
mation laws (Act of June 17, 1902, 32 Stat. 388, and Acts amendatory 
thereof or supplementary thereto), except that (1) he may extend the 
base period of any contract entered into under section 9, subsection 
(d), of the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 (53 Stat. 1187, 1193; 43 
U.S.C. 485h(d)), as amended, to not more than lifty years, exclusive of 
a development period if he finds such to be proper, (2) the amount to 
be repaid during said base period shall be not less than $4,400,000, 
(3) the remaining reimbursable cost of the project, except for such 
parts thereof as may be returned under temporary water supply con-
tracts or from other sources, shall be accounted for in the same manner 
as provided in item (c) of section 2 of the Act of July 27, 1954 (68 
Stat. 568), and (4) he may, upon the request of any contracting entity, 
transfer to it the care, operation, and maintenance of those project 
works which serve it alone or, upon the request of two or more con-
tracting entities, transfer to them or to any agency designated by them 
and satisfactory to him the care, operation, and maintenance of those 
project works which serve them, all on terms and conditions satis-
factory to him. 
Appropriation, 
gj,,(, 3 There is hereby authorized to be appropriated for construc-
tion of the Spokane Valley project the sum of $5,100,000 plus or minus 
such amounts, if any, as may be justified by reason of ordinary fluctua-
tions in the costs of construction as indicated by engineering cost 
indexes applicable to the type of construction involved herein. There 
;'re filso authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be required 
for the operation and maintenance of said works. 
Approved September 16, 1959. 
Public Law 86-277 
September 16, 1959 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
^^' ^ -' To authorize the issuance of a sold medal in honor of the late Professor Robert 
H. Goddard. 
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the, United 
Dr, Robert H, ^fates of AnieHca in Congress assenwled., That in recognition of the 
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great, creative achievements of the late Doctor Robert H, Goddard, 
and his historic pioneering research on space rockets, missiles, and jet 
propulsion, the chairmen of the House Committee on Science and 
Astronautics and the Senate Committee on Aeronautical and Space 
Sciences, on behalf of the Congress, are authorized to present to the 
family of the late Doctor Robert H, Goddard an appropriate gold 
medai. 
For such purpose, the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized 
and directed to cause to be struck a gold medal with suitable emblems, 
devices, and inscriptions to be determined by the chairmen of the 
House Committee on Science and Astronautics and the Senate Corn-
Appropriation, 
mittee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences, 
There is hereby author-
ized to be appropriated the sum of $2,500 for this purpose. 
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PUBLIC LAW 86-280-SEPT. 16, 1959 
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SEC. 2. The Secretary of the Treasury shall cause duplicates in 
^^^ °^ medals, 
bronze of such medal to be coined and sold, under such regulations as 
he may prescribe, at a price sufficient to cover the cost thereof (includ-
ing labor), and the appropriations used in carrying out the provisions 
of this section shall be reimbursed out of the proceeds of such sale. 
Approved September 16, 1959. 
Public Law 86-278 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
September ,6, 1959 
Making a technical correction in section r>136 of the Revised Statutes 
[H. J. Res. 493] 
(relating to national hanks). 
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, That the last sentence of 
paragraph seventh of section 5136 of the Revised Statutes, as amended 
(12 U.S.C. 24), is amended by striking out so much of the proviso as 
follows "shall hold obligations issued" and precedes "as a result" and 
by inserting in lieu thereof "by any of said organizations". 
Approved September 16, 1959. 
Public Law 86-279 
AN A C T 
September 15. 1959 
To amend the Act of August 1, 1958, to authorize and direct the Secretary of 
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the Interior to undertake continuing studies of the effects of insecticides, 
herbicides, fungicides, and other pesticides, upon fish and wildlife for the pur-
pose of preventing losses of those invaluable natural resources, and for other 
purposes. 
and note. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 2 of the nf^^Iuidf^'f "'^^'*" 
Act of August 1,1958, providing for continuing studies of the effects 
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of insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, and other pesticides, upon fish 
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and wildlife for the purpose of preventing losses of those invaluable 
natural resources and for other purposes is amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 2. The sum of $2,565,000 per annum is hereby authorized to 
be appropriated to carry out the objectives of this Act." 
Approved September 16, 1959. 
Public Law 86-280 
AN A C T 
September 16, 1959 
To extend the period for filing claims for credit or refund of overpayments of 
income taxes arising as a result of renegotiation of Government contracts. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) section 
Taxes. 
6511(d)(2)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 (relating to credltf "" ' 
special period of limitations with respect to net operating loss carry- y/l^t^lgf^j ^°^' 
backs) is amended by inserting before the period at the end of the 
first sentence thereof the following: "; except that, with respect to an 
overpayment attributable to the creation of or an increase in a net 
operating loss carryback as a result of the elimination of excessive 
profits by a renegotiation (as defined in section 1481(a) (1) (A)), the 
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period shall not expire before September 1,1959, or the expiration of