An Act for the relief of the port of Portland, Oreg
PL 89-76 (H.R.5184), enacted 07/16/1965

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PUBLIC LAW89-76-JULY 16, 1965 
[79 STAT. 
Vehicle use. 
60 Stat. 810. 
Snow removal. 
58 Stat, 532. 
D,C. Code 1-243. 
Judgment pay-
ments. 
D,C, Code 47-
1910. 
70 Stat, 78. 
D,C, Code 47-
1586J, 
74 Stat, 23. 
Short title. 
SEC. 10. All motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles (includ-
ing watercraft) owned by the District of Columbia shall be operated 
and utilized in conformity with section 16 of the Act of August 2, 
1946 (5 U.SiC. 77, 78), and shall be under the direction and control 
of the Commissioners, who may from time to time alter or change 
the assignment for use thereof, or direct the alteration of interchange-
able use of any of the same by officers and emploj^ees of the District, 
except as otherwise provided in this Act. 
"Official purposes" shall 
not apply to the Commissioners of the District of Columbia or in 
cases of officers and employees the character of whose duties makes 
such transportation necessa^, but only as to such latter cases when 
the same is approved by the Commissioners. 
SEC. 11. Appropriations contained in this Act for Highways and 
Traffic, and Sanitary Engineering shall be available for snow and 
ice control work when ordered by the Commissioners in writing. 
SEC. 12. Appropriations in this Act shall be available, when author-
ized by the Commissioners, for the rental of quarters without refer-
ence to section 6 of the District of Columbia Appropriation Act, 1945. 
SEC. 13. Appropriations in this Act shall be available for the fur-
nishing of uniforms when authorized by the Commissioners. 
SEC. 14. There are hereby appropriated from the applicable funds 
of the District of Columbia such sums as may be necessary for making 
refunds and for the payment of judgments which have been entered 
against the government of the District of Columbia, including refunds 
authorized by section 10 of the Act approved April 23,1924 (43 Stat, 
108) : Provided^ That nothing contained in this section shall be con-
strued as modifying or affecting the provisions of paragraph 3, sub-
section (c) of section 11 of title X I I of the District of Columbia 
Income and Franchise Tax Act of 1947, as amended. 
SEC. 15, Except as otherwise provided herein, limitations and leg-
islative provisions contained in the District of Columbia Appropria-
tion Act, 1961, shall be continued for the fiscal year 1966: Provided^ 
That the limitation for "Construction Services. Department of Build-
ings and Grounds" contained in the District oi Columbia Appropria-
tion Act, 1961, shall be increased from 6 to 8 per centum of appropria-
tions for construction projects in excess of $500,000 and to 10 per 
centum of appropriations for construction projects under $500,000. 
This Act may be cited as the "District of Columbia Appropriation 
Act 1966." 
Approved July 16, 1965. 
July 16, 1965 
[H, R, 5 184] 
Public Law 89-76 
AN ACT 
For the relief of the port of Portland, Oregon. 
Port of Port, 
land, Greg, 
Be it enacted hy the Semite and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled^ That the Comptroller 
General of the United States be, and he hereby is, authorized and 
directed to settle and adjust the claim of the port of Portland (Ore-
gon) on account of payment of a judgment plus interest to the State 
of Oregon, pursuant to a decision of the Circuit Court of Multnomah 
County (Oregon), representing a royalty on certain material supplied 
to the Department oi the Army by the port under a negotiated con-
tract, order numbered 40-71921, dated January 28, 1959, and to allow 
in full and final settlement of the claim a sum not to exceed $6,226.80. 
There is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasurv not 
otherwise appropriated the sum of $6,226.80 for the payment of said 
claim. 
Approved July 16, 1965.