An Act to amend further the Peace Corps Act, as amended
PL 88-200 (H.R.9009), enacted 12/13/1963

77 STAT.] 
PUBLIC LAW 88-200-DEC. 13, 1963 
359 
December 12, 1963 
[H. R. 976] 
Public Law 88-199 
AN ACT 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to acquire and add certain lands to. 
the Salem Maritime National Historic Site in Massachusetts, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representati'ves of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That in order to 
saiem Maritime 
preserve, as a part of the Salem Maritime National Historic Site, ^^^f 
°gj^ ™"' 
one of the few substantially unaltered houses of seventeenth century 
Land ac qui si-
Massachusetts, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to procure "°"-
by purchase, donation, or purchase with donated funds certain lands 
and interests in lands situated in Salem, Massachusetts, being known 
as the Narbonne House, and consisting of approximately 0.187 acre, 
the same being the premises conveyed to Margaret Hale by deed dated 
November 5, 1958, and recorded with the Essex County deeds, book 
4511, page 575. When acquired, said lands shall be acbninistered as 
a part of the site under the laws and regulations applicable thereto. 
SEC. 2. There- are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums, Appropriation. 
but not more than $18,000, as may be necessary to acquire the property 
described in section 1 of this Act. 
Approved December 12, 1963. 
Public Law 88-200 
AN ACT 
To amend further the I'eace Corps Act, as amended. 
December 13, 1963 
[H. R. 9009] 
22 u s e 2502. 
75 Stat. 613. 
22 u s e 2504. 
Be it eruicted hy the Senate and Hovj^e of Represeritatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 3(b) 
Peace corps 
of the Peace Corps Act, as amended, which authorizes appropriations ^'^^^ amendments. 
to carry out the purposes of that Act, is amended by striking out 
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"1963'' and "$63,750,000"' and substituting "1964" and "$102,000,000", 
respectively. 
SEC. 2. Section 5 of the Peace Corps Act, as amended, which relates 
to Peace Corps volunteers, is amended as follows: 
(a) In subsection (b), in"sert the following sentence immediately 
after the first sentence: "Supplies or equipment provided volunteers 
to insure their capacity to serve effectively may be transferred to the 
government or to other entities of the country or area with which they 
have been serving, when no longer necessary for such purpose, and 
when such transfers would further the purposes of this Act." 
(b) Strike out subsection (c) andsubstitutetherefor the following: 
"(c) Volunteers shall be entitled to receive a readjustment allow-
ance at a rate not to exceed $75 for each month of satisfactory service 
as determined by the President. The readjustment allowance of each 
A^olunteer shall be payable on his return to the, United States: Provided, 
hoxoever, That, under such circumstances as the President may de-
termine, the accrued readjustment allowance, or any part thereof, may 
l)e paid to the volunteer, members of his family or others, during the 
period of his service, or prior to his return to the United States. In 
the event of the volunteer's death during the period of his service, the 
amount of any unpaid readjustment allowance shall be paid in ac-
cordance with the provisions of the Act of August 3,1950, chapter 518, 
section 1 (5 U.S.C.61f)." 
(c) In subsection (f)(2), strike out "termination payments'' and 
substitute therefor "readjustment allowances". 
64 Stat. 395. 
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(d) In subsection (g), add immediately after "may determine" the 
following proviso: ": Provided^ That not to exceed one hundred vol-
imteers in the aggregate may be assigned to carry out secretarial or 
clerical duties on the staffs of the Peace Coips representatives abroad". 
(e) In subsection (h), strike out "and for the purposes of" im-
mediately after "tort liability statute," and substitute therefor "the 
69 Stat. 584. 
Federal Voting Assistance Act of 1955 (5 U.S.C. 2171 et seq.), the 
68 Stat. 176. 
Act of Juuc 4,1954, chapter 264, section 4 (5 U.S.C. 73b-5), and". 
^f) Add a new subsection at the end of section 5 as follows: 
" (k) In order to assure that the skills and experience which former 
volunteers have derived from their training and their service abroad 
are best utilized in the national interest, the President may, in co-
operation with agencies of the United States, private employers, 
educational institutions and other entities of the United States, un-
dertake programs under which volunteers would be counseled with 
respect to opportunities for further education and employment." 
SEC. 3. Section 6(1) of the Peace Corps Act, as amended, which 
relates to Peace Corps volunteer leaders, is amended by striking out 
"termination payments" and substituting therefor "a readjustment 
allowance". 
SEC. 4. Section 7(b) of the Peace Corps Act, as amended, which 
relates to the compensation of persons engaged in the United States 
in activities authorized by the Act, is amended by striking out "so" 
in the first sentence thereof. 
SEC. 5. Section 10(a) of the Peace Corps Act, as amended, which 
relates to general powers and authorities, is amended by inserting im-
mediately after "or otTierwise" in paragraph (3) ", and transfer such 
property to the government or other entities of the country or area 
with which the volunteers are serving, when such transfers would 
further the general purposes of the Act". 
SEC. 6. Section 13 of the Peace Corps Act, as amended, which re-
lates to the employment of experts and consultants, is amended as 
follows: 
(a) In subsection (a), strike out "Peace Corps" and substitute 
therefor "President". 
(b) In subsection (b), strike out all that appears between "shall 
not" in the first clause thereof and "be considered" in the second clause 
thereof. 
22 use 2518. 
SEC. 7. Section 19 of the Peace Corps Act, as amended, which re-
lates to the Peace Corps seal, is amended by striking out the short 
title and substituting therefor "Exclusive Right to Seal and Name", 
by inserting " ( a ) " before "The President may", and by adding a new 
subsection as follows: 
"(b) (1) The use of the official seal or emblem and the use of the 
name 'Peace Corps' shall be restricted exclusively to designate pro-
grams authorized under this Act. 
"(2) Whoever, whether an individual, partnership, corporation, or 
association, uses the seal for which provision is made in this section, 
or any sign, insignia, or symbol in colorable imitation thereof, or the 
words 'Peace Corps' or any combination of these or other words 
or characters in colorable imitation thereof, other than to designate 
programs authorized under this Act, shall be fined not more than $500 
or imprisoned not more than six months, or both. A violation of this 
subsection may be enjoined at the suit of the Attorney General, United 
States attorneys, or other persons duly authorized to represent the 
United States."*' 
SEC. 8. The Peace Corps Act, as amended, is amended to add after 
title I I thereof a new title as follows: 
22 u s e 2505. 
22 use 2506. 
75 Stat. 617. 
22 use 2509. 
22 use 2512. 
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PUBLIC LAW 88-201-DEC. 13, 1963 
361 
"TITLE III—ENCOURAGEMENT OF VOLUNTAEY 
SERVICE PROGRAMS 
"SEC. 301. (a) The Congress declares that it is the policy of the 
United States and a further purpose of this Act to encourage countries 
and areas to establish programs under which their citizens and na-
tionals would volunteer to serve in order to help meet the needs of less 
developed countries or areas for trained manpower, and to encourage 
less developed countries or areas to establish programs under which 
their citizens and nationals would volunteer to serve in order to meet 
their needs for trained manpower. 
"(b) Not more than $300,000 may be used to caiTy out the purposes 
of this title in fiscal year 1964. Activities carried out by the President 
in furtherance of the purposes of this title shall be limited to the fur-
nishing of knowledge and skills relating to the selection, training, a;nd 
programing of volunteer manpower. None of the fmids available to 
carry out the purposes of this Act which are used in furtherance of 
the purposes of this title may be contributed to any international 
organization or to any foreign government or agency thereof; nor may 
such funds be used to pay the costs of developing or operating volun-
teer programs of such organization, government, or agency, or to pay 
any other costs of such organization, government, or agency. 
" (c) Such activities shall not compromise the national character of 
the Feace Corps." 
Approved December 13, 1963. 
Public Law 88-201 
AN ACT 
To i)rovi(le that seat belts sold or shipijed in interstate commerce for use in 
motor vehicles shall meet certain safety standards. 
Be it enacted by the /Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Secretary 
of Commerce shall prescribe and publish in the Federal Register 
minimum standards for seat belts for use in motor vehicles other 
than those of carriers subject to safety regulations under part I I of 
the Interstate Commerce Act. 
Such standards shall be designed to 
provide the public with safe seat belts so that passenger injuries in 
motor vehicle accidents can be kept to a mininmm. 
Standards first 
established under this section shall be prescribed and published not 
later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 2. (a) The manufacture for sale, the sale, or the offering for 
sale, in interstate commerce, or the importation into the Ignited States, 
or the introduction, delivery for introduction, transportation or caus-
ing to be transported in, interstate commerce, or for the purpose of 
sale, or delivery after sale, in interstate commerce, of any seat belt 
manufactui-ed on or after the date this section takes effect shall be 
unlawful unless such seat belt meets the standards prescribed by the 
Secretary of Commerce as set forth in the first section of this Act. 
(b) Whoever knowingly and willfully violates this section shall be 
fined not more than $1,000, or imprisoned not more than one year or 
both. 
SEC. 3. As used in this Act— 
(1) The term "interstate commerce" includes commerce between 
one State, Territory, possession, the District of Columbia, or the Com-
monwealth of Puerto Rico and another State, Territory, possession, 
the District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. 
December 13, 1963 
[H. R. 134] 
Seat belts. 
Safety stand-
ards. 
Publication i n 
F. R. 
54 Stat. 919. 
49 use 30 1. 
Restriction. 
Penalty. 
Definitions.