An Act to suspend for a temporary period the import duty on heptanoic acid
PL 88-93 (H.R.5712), enacted 08/08/1963

74 Stat. 1051. 
19 u s e 1001, 
par. 1 note. 
77 STAT. ] 
PUBLIC LAW 88-94-AUG. 12, 1963 
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Public Law 88-93 
AN ACT 
August 8, 1963 
To sii.si)eiul for a temiH>rary i)erio<l the import duty on heptanoic acid. 
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Be it e'ruwted hy the iSe'tuite mod Houne of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled^ That heptanoic acid, 
Heptanoic acid. 
provided for in paragraph 1 of the Tariff Act of 1930, shall be 
admitted free of duty if entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for 
consumption, after the date of the enactment of this Act and before 
the expiration of the three-year period beginning on the day after 
such date. 
Approved August 8, 1963. 
Public Law 88-94 
AN ACT 
August 12, 1963 
To amend the Foreign Service Buildings Act, 1926, to authorize additional 
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appropriations, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled^ That section 4 of the 
Foreign service 
Foreign Service Buildings Act, 1926, as amended (22 U.S.C. 295), is '^^''^'^'amen^ment 
amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: 
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"(d) In addition to amounts authorized before the date of enact- 74 stat. 847. 
ment of this section, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated to 
the Secretary of State— 
"(1) for acquisition, by purchase or construction (including 
acquisition of leaseholds) of sites and buildings in foreign 
countries under this Act, and for major alterations of buildings 
acxjuired under this Act, the following sums— 
"(A) for use in Africa, not to exceed $7,140,000 of which 
not to exceed $3,270,000 may be appropriated for the fiscal 
year 1964; 
"(B) for use in the American Republics, not to exceed 
$5,360,000, of which not to exceed $4,030,000 may be appro-
priated for the fiscal year 1964; 
"(C) for use in Europe, not to exceed $6,839,000, of which 
not to exceed $1,820,000 may be appropriated for the fiscal 
year 1964; 
"(D) for use in the Far East, not to exceed $2,350,000, of 
which not to exceed $2,200,000 may be appropriated for the 
fiscal year 1964; 
"(E) for use in the Near East, not to exceed $2,710,000, 
of which not to exceed $2,100,000 may be appropriated for 
the fiscal year 1964; 
"(F) for facilities for the United States Information 
Agency, not to exceed $1,125,000, of which not to exceed 
$720,000 may be appropriated for the fiscal year 1964, and 
"(G) for facilities for agricultural and defense attache 
housing, not to exceed $800,000, of which not to exceed 
$400,000 may be appropriated for the fiscal year 1964; 
"(2) for use to carry out the other purposes of this Act, not 
to exceed $23,500,000, of which not to exceed $11,500,000 may be 
appropriated for the fiscal year 1964. 
Sums appropriated pursuant to*this authorization shall remain avail-
able until expended. 
To the maximum extent feasible, expenditures 
under this Act shall be made out of foreign currencies owned by or 
owed to the United States." 
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[77 STAT. 
22 u s e 293 
note. 
60 Stat. 128. 
SO u s e app. 
1751 note. 
76 Stat. 411. 
SEC. 2. (a) Section 2 of the Foreign Service Buildings Act, 1926 
(22 U.S.C. 293), is repealed, 
(b) The first section of such Act (22 U.S.C. 292) is amended— 
(1) by striking out ", subject to the direction of the commis-
sion hereinafter established,"; 
(2) by striking out "under such terms and conditions as in the 
judgment of the commission may best protect the interests of the 
United States,"; 
(3) by striking out ", to the extent deemed advisable by the 
commission,"; and 
(4) by striking out ", which buildings shall be appropriately 
designated by the commission, and the space in which shall be 
allotted by the Secretary of State under the direction of the com-
mission" and inserting a period and the following: "The space 
in such buildings shall be allotted by the Secretary of State". 
(c) Section 3 of such Act (22 U.S.C. 294) is amended— 
(1) by striking out ", subject to the direction of the commis-
sion," and "in the judgment of the commission,"; and 
(2) by inserting immediately before the period at the end 
thereof the following: "and without regard to section 3648 of the 
Eevised Statutes of the United States (31 U.S.C. 529)". 
(d) Section 4 of such Act (22 U.S.C. 295) is amended by striking 
out ", subject to the direction of the commission,". 
(e) Section 9 of such Act (22 U.S.C. 300) is amended— 
(1) by striking out "with the concurrence of the Foreign Serv-
ice Buildings Commission,"; and 
(2) by striking out ", as in the judgment of the Commission 
may best serve the Government's interest". 
(f) Section 1(e) of Reorganization Plan Numbered I I of May 9, 
1939 (53 Stat. 1432), is repealed. 
(g) All references to the Foreign Service Buildings Commission, 
originally established by the Foreign Service Buildings Act, 1926, 
in all laws of the United States are hereby repealed. 
SEC. 3. (a) The first section of the Act entitled "An Act to authorize 
the payment of the balance of awards for war damage compensation 
made by the Philippine War Damage Commission under the terms 
of the Philippine Rehabilitation Act of April 30,1946, and to author-
ize the appropriation of $73,000,000 for that purpose", approved 
August 30,1962, (50 App. U.S.C. 1751-1785 note; Public Law 87-616), 
is amended by inserting before the period at the end of the second 
sentence thereof a comma and the following: "or $25,000, whichever 
is the lesser". 
(b) Section 6 of such Act is amended by inserting immediately 
before the first sentence therein the letter " (a)"; by striking the word 
"section" in the last two sentences therein and inserting the word 
"subsection"; and by adding the following new subsection: 
"(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), no sum 
shall be paid by any claimant directly or indirectly to, or received or 
accepted by, any former commissioner or employee of the Philippine 
War Damage Commission or their assigns, or any person employed 
by or associated with any such former commissioner or employee in 
connection with the preparation, filing, allowance, or collection of 
any claim under this Act, as compensation on account of services 
rendered or as reimbursement on account of expenses incurred in con-
nection with any application filed under this Act. Whoever, subject 
to the jurisdiction of the United States, makes a payment in violation 
of the provisions of this subsection shall be fined not more than $5,000 
or imprisoned for not more than one year or both. Whoever, subject 
to the jurisdiction of the United States, receives or accepts a payment 
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in violation of this subsection, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or 
imprisoned for not more than five years or both. Whoever, subject to 
the jurisdiction of the United States, receives or accepts a payment 
in violation of this subsection, shall forfeit to the Government of the 
United States a sum equal to three times the amount of such payment, 
and the Commission shall take action to recover such sum from the 
person receiving the payment." 
(c) Section 5(a) of such Act is amended by striking out the next 
to the last sentence thereof and inserting in lieu thereof the following: 
"Any balance of the appropriation made pursuant to section 8 remain-
ing after the payments authorized by the first section of this Act have 
been made and after any administrative expenses incurred by the 
Commission in connection with such payments have been paid shall 
be paid into a special fund in the United States Treasury to be used 
for the purpose of furthering educational exchange and other educa-
tional programs to the mutual advantage of the Eepublic of the 
Philippines and the United States in such manner as the Presidents 
of those two Republics shall from time to time determine. There 
shall be withheld from the payment authorized by the preceding sen-
tence a sum equal to the difference between $73,000,000 (less adminis-
trative expenses) and the total amount which would have been paid 
to the claimants under the provisions of Public Law 87-616, which 
sum shall revert to the general funds in the United States Treasury. 
The acceptance by any claimant of a payment under this Act shall be 
considered to be in full satisfaction and final settlement of all claims 
of such claimant arising out of awards for war damage compensation 
made by the Philippine War Damage Commission." 
Approved August 12, 1963. 
76 Stat.-411. 
50 u s e app. 
1751-1785 note. 
Public Law 88-95 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
Kxteiidinj? an invitation to the International Olympic Committee to hold the 19(58 
winter Olympic games in the United States. 
August 12, 1963 
[H. J. Res. 324] 
Resolved hy the Seimte arid House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, That, whereas the United 
1968 winter 
States Olympic Association will invite the International Olympic Olympic games. 
Committee to hold the winter Olympic games in the United States at piacid^*N."Y° ^^^^ 
Lake Placid, New York, in 1968, the Government of the United States 
would welcome the holding of the 1968 winter Olympic games in the 
United States and expresses the sincere hope that the United States 
will be selected as the site for this great enterprise in international 
good will. 
Approved August 12, 1963. 
Public Law 88-96 
AN ACT 
To change the name of the Bruces Eddy Dam and Reservoir in the State of 
Idaho to the Dworshak Dam and Reservoir. 
August 15, 1963 
[S. 850] 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America- in Congress assembled, That the Bruces 
Eddy Dam and Reservoir, Idaho, a unit in the comprehensive plan of 
development of the Columbia River Basin, authorized by the Flood 
Control Acts of 1958 and 1962, shall hereafter be known and desig-
nated as the Dworshak Dam and Reservoir, in honor of the late Sen- ^6 stat. 1193. 
Idaho. 
Dworshak Dam 
«nd Reservoir. 
Designation. 
72 Stat. 315;