An Act to transfer from the Department of Commerce to the Department of Labor certain functions in respect of insurance benefits and disability payments to seamen for World War II service-connected injuries, death, or disability, and for other purposes.
PL 86-233 (S.2334), enacted 09/08/1959

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PUBLIC LAW 86-233-SEPT. 8, 1959 
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SEC. 8. Section 15(d) of the National Science Foundation Act of 
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1950, as amended, is amended to read as follows: 
" (d) The members of the Board, and the members of each divisional 
compensation. 
committee, or special commission, shall receive compensation at the 
rate of $50 for each day engaged in the business of the Foundation 
pursuant to authorization of the Foundation and shall be allowed 
travel expenses as authorized by section 5 of the Act of August 2, 
1946 (5 U.S.C. 73b-2)." 
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Approved September 8, 1959. 
Public Law 86-233 
AN ACT 
September 8, 1959 
To transfer from the Department of Comuierce to the Department of Labor 
[s. 2334] 
certain functions in respect of insurance benefits and disability payments to 
seamen for World War II service-connected injuries, death, or disability, and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the ISenate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled^ That the Secretary i^t^^Je and'als-
of Commerce shall certify to the Secretary of Labor amounts payable ability payments. 
under crew life and injury and second seamen's war risk insurance 
policies issued under authority of subtitle "Insurance" of title II 
of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended, extended, and sup-
plemented (Act of June 29, 1940, section 222 (54 Stat. 689) ; Act of 
March 6, 1942 (56 Stat. 140); Act of April 11, 1942 (56 Stat. 214); 
Act of March 24, 1943, section 2 (57 Stat. 45) ; Act of September 30, 
1944 (58 Stat. 758); Act of August 8,1946 (60 Stat. 937)). 
Payments J^^ u s e app. 
of such amounts so certified shall be made by the Secretary of Labor 
from the Employees' Compensation Fund established under the Fed-
eral Employees' Compensation Act of September 7, 1916, as amended 
(5 U.S.C. 751, 785). 
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SEC. 2. The powers, duties, and functions of the Secretary of Com-
merce in respect of permanent total or partial disability benefits 
(allowable upon exhaustion of insurance benefits referred to in section 
1 hereof) under section 2(c) of the Act of March 24,1943 (Public Law 
17, Seventy-eighth Congress; 57 Stat. 45), as amended by the Act of 
September 30, 1944 (Public Law 449, Seventy-eighth Congress; 58 
Stat. 758), are hereby transferred to the Secretary of Labor. 
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ments of such benefits, including costs and payments on account of 
medical care authorized by the Secretary of Labor, shall be made by 
him from the Employees' Compensation Fund as established under 
the Federal Employees' Compensation Act of September 7, 1916, as 
amended (5 U.S.C. 751, 785). The Secretary of Commerce shall ^// ^ * ^'• ^42. 
furnish to the Secretary of Labor such information, data, and reports 
s use 751 note. 
and certifications in respect of cases within the purview of this section 
as the Secretary of Labor may request. Nothing in this section shall 
be construed to authorize any appeal to, or review or redetermina-
tion by, the Secretary of Labor from any order, finding, determi-
nation, or adjudication in respect of eligibility for benefits made by 
the Secretary of Commerce in force on the effective date of this Act, 
except upon a showing to the satisfaction of the Secretary of Labor 
of a change in the nature and extent of the disability for which bene-
fits were approved for payment in accordance with the provisions of 
such Acts. 
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PUBLIC LAW 86-234-SEPT. 8, 1959 
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Effective date. 
SEC. 3. The Secretary of Labor is authorized to make such rules 
and regulations as he may deem necessary or appropriate to carry 
out the provisions of this Act and the functions vested in him by this 
Act. 
SEC. ^4. This Act shall become effective as of July 1, 1959. 
Approved September 8, 1959. 
September 8, 1959 
[H. R. 2725] 
Public Law 86-234 
AN ACT 
To amend chapter 3 of title 18, United States Code, so as to prohibit the use of 
aircraft or motor vehicles to hunt certain wild horses or burros on land 
belonging to the United States, and for other purposes. 
H o r s e s 
a nd 
burros 
on 
public 
lands. 
Methods of hunt-
ing. 
18 u s e 41-46. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That (a) chapter 
8 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 
thereof the following new section: 
"§ 47. Use of aircraft or motor vehicles to hunt certain wild horses or 
burros; pollution of watering holes 
" (a) Whoever uses an aircraft or a motor vehicle to hunt, for the 
purpose of capturing or killing, any wild unbranded horse, mare, colt, 
or burro running at large on any of the public land or ranges shall be 
fined not more than $500, or imprisoned not more than six months, or 
both. 
"(b) Whoever pollutes or causes the pollution of any watering hole 
on any of the public land or ranges for the purpose of trapping, 
killing, wounding, or maiming any of the animals referred to in sub-
section (a) of this section shall be fined not more than $500, or 
imprisoned not more than six months, or both. 
" (c) As used in subsection (a) of this section— 
" (1) The term 'aircraft' means any contrivance used for flight in 
the air; and 
"(2) The term 'motor vehicle' includes an automobile, automobile 
truck, automobile wagon, motorcycle, or any other self-propelled 
vehicle designed for running on land." 
(b) The analysis of such chapter 3, immediately preceding section 
41, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new item: 
"47. Use of aircraft or motor vehicles to hunt certain wild horses or burros." 
Approved September 8, 1959. 
Public Law 86-235 
AN ACT 
September 8, 1959 
[H. R. 2886] 
To suspend for three years the import duties on certain classifications of spun 
silk yarn. 
Silk yarn. 
46 Stat. 650. 
19 u s e 
1001, 
par. 1202. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled. That spun silk or 
schappe silk yarn, not dyed or colored, singles of more than 58,800 
yards per pound, or plied of more than 29,400 yards per pound, pro-
vided for m paragraph 1202 of the Tariff Act of 1930, shall be ad-
mitted free of duty if entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for con-
sumption, during the three-year period beginning on the sixtieth 
day after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
Approved September 8, 1959.