Joint resolution to authorize the participation in an international convention of representative citizens from the North Atlantic Treaty nations to examine how greater political and economic cooperation among their peoples may be promoted, to provide for the appointment of United States delegates to such convention, and for other purposes
PL 86-719 (S.J.Res.170), enacted 09/07/1960

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PUBLIC LAW 86-718-SEPT. 6, 1960 
[74 ST A T . 
September 6. 1960 
[H. R. 12530] 
Public Law 86-718 
AN ACT 
To authorize adjustment, in the public interest, of rentals under leases entered 
into for the provision of commercial recreational facilities at the John H. 
Kerr Reservoir, Virginia-iNorth Carolina. 
J o h n 
H. Kerr 
Reservoir, 
V a. -
N. C. 
A m e n d m e n t of 
leases. 
68 Stat. 1266. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Chief of 
Engineers, under the supervision of the Secretary of the Army, is 
authorized to amend any lease providing for the construction, main-
tenance, and operation of commercial recreational facilities at the 
John H. Kerr Reservoir, Virginia-North Carolina, entered into before 
November 1, 1956, under section 4 of the Act of December 22, 1944, 
as amended (16 U.S.C. 460d), so as to provide for adjustment, either 
by increase or decrease, from time to time during the term of such 
lease of the amount of rental or other consideration payable to the 
United States under such lease, when and as he determines such 
ad][ustment to be necessary or advisable in the public interest. 
No 
adjustment shall be made under authority of this Act so as to in-
crease or decrease the amount of rental or other consideration pay-
able under such lease for any period prior to the date of such ad-
justment. 
Approved September 6, 1960. 
Public Law 86-719 
September 7, 1960 
[S. J. Res. 170] 
U. S. Ci t i z e ns 
C o m m i s s i o n on 
NATO. 
Conferences in 
NATO countries. 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
To authorize the participation in an international convention of representative 
citizens from the North Atlantic Treaty nations to examine how greater 
political and economic cooperation among their peoples may be promoted, to 
provide for the appointment of United States delegates to such convention, and 
for other purposes. 
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) the President of 
the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Kepresentatives acting 
jointly are hereby authorized, after consultation with the Committee 
on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign 
Affairs of the House of Representatives to appoint a United States 
Citizens Commission on NATO, hereafter referred to as the Com-
mission. 
Said Commission shall consist of not to exceed twenty 
United States citizens, not more than one-half of whom may be from 
any one political party, and who shall be appointed from private life. 
(b) Vacancies in the Commission shall not affect its powers. Vacan-
cies shall be filled in the same manner as in the case of the original 
selection. The Commission shall elect a chairman and a vice chair-
man from among its members. 
SEC. 2. (a) It shall be the duty of such Commission to endeavor to 
arrange for and to participate in such meetings and conferences with 
similar citizens commissions in the NATO countries as it may deem 
necessary in order to explore means by which greater cooperation and 
unity of purpose may be developed to the end that democratic freedom 
mav be promoted by economic and political means. 
(b) The United States Citizens Commission on NATO is not in any 
way to speak for or to represent the United States Government. 
74 S T A T . ] 
PUBLIC LAW 86-720-SEPT. 8, 1960 
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SEC. 3. To promote the purposes set forth in section 2, the Com-
mission is hereby authorized— 
(1) to communicate informally the sense of this resolution to 
parliamentary bodies in NATO countries ; 
(2) to seek to arrange an international convention and such 
other meetings and conferences as it may deem necessary; 
(3) to employ and fix the compensation of such temporary pro-
fessional and clerical staff as it deems necessary: Provided^ That 
the number shall not exceed ten: And provided further^ That 
compensation shall not exceed the maximum rates authorized for 
committees of the Congress; 
^4) to submit such reports as it deems appropriate; and 
(5) to pay its share of such expenses as may be involved as a 
consequence of holding any meetings or conferences authorized 
by subparagraph (2) above, but not in excess of $100,000. 
SEC. 4. Members of the Commission, who shall serve without com-
pensation, shall be reimbursed for, or shall be furnished, travel, sub-
sistence, and other necessary expenses incurred by them in the per-
formance of their duties under this joint resolution, upon vouchers 
approved by the Chairman of said Commission. 
SEC. 5. Not to exceed $300,000 is hereby authorized to be appropri-
ated to the Department of State to carry out the purposes of this reso-
lution, payments to be made upon vouchers approved by the Chair-
man of the Commission subject to the laws, rules, and reflations ap-
plicable to the obligation and expenditure of appropriated funds. 
The Commission sh^l make semiannual reports to Congress account-
ing for all expenditures. 
SEC. 6. The Commission shall cease to exist on January 31,1962. 
Approved September 7, 1960. 
Authorizations. 
Appropri ation. 
Reports to Cor*-
gress. 
Public Law 86-720 
AN ACT 
September 8, 1960 
To amend title III of the Public Health Service Act, to authorize project 
[H. R. 6871] 
grants for graduate training in public health and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That (a) part A sfrWcV'A"*^^ 
of title I I I of the Public Health Service Act, as amended ( ^ U.S.C., mendment. 
chapter 6A, subchapter I I ) , is amended by inserting at the end there- 
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of the following new section: 
24 2 e. 
PROJECT GRANTS FOR GRADUATE TRAINING I N PUBLIC HEALTH 
"SEC. 309. (a) In order to enable the Surgeon General to make 
project grants to schools of public health, and to those schools of 
nursing or engineering which provide graduate or specialized train-
ing in public health for nurses or engineers, for the purpose of 
strengthening or expanding graduate public health training in such 
schools, there are hereby authorized to be appropriated not to ex-
ceed $2,000,000 for each fiscal year in the period beginning July 1, 
1960, and ending June 30,1965. 
"(b) Grants to schools under subsection (a) of this section may 
be made only for those projects which are recommended by the ad-
visory committee appointed pursuant to section 306(d). 
Any grant 
for a project made from an appropriation under this section for any 
fiscal year may include such amounts for carrying out such project 
Grant s. 
70 Stat. 923. 
42 u s e 242d.