An Act to increase the amount authorized to be appropriated for the construction of the Eklutna project
PL 83-260 (S.2097), enacted 08/13/1953

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PUBLIC LAW 260-AUG. 13, 1953 
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EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO NAME, EMBLEM, SEALS, AND BADGES 
SEC. 17. The corporation, and its subordinate divisions and regional, 
State, and local chapters, shall have the sole and exclusive right to use 
the name, National Safety Council. The corporation shall have the 
exclusive and sole right to use, or to allov7 or refuse the use of, such 
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tion referred to in section 18 in carrying out its program, it being 
distinctly understood, however, that nothing in this Act shall interfere 
or conflict vrith established or vested rights. 
TRANSFER or ASSETS 
SEC. 18. The corporation may acquire the assets of the National 
Safety Council, Incorporated, a corporation organized under the laws 
of the State of Illinois, upon discharging or satisfactorily providing 
for the payment and discharge of all of the liability of such corpo-
ration and upon complying with all laws of the State of Illinois 
applicable thereto. 
RESERVATION OF RIGHT TO AMEND OR REPEAL CHARTER 
SEC. 19. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby 
expressly reserved. 
Approved August 13, 1953. 
August 13, 1953 
[S.2097] 
Public Law 260 
CHAPTER 430 
AN ACT 
To amend the Act of July 31, 1950 (64 Stat. 382), relating to appropriations for 
construction by the Secretary of the Interior of the Eklutna project, Alaska. 
Eklutna project, 
Alaska. 
Continuation 
construction. 
of 
Be it ei'iaeted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled^ That the Act of July 
31, 1950 (64 Stat. 382), be amended as follows: 
(1) By amending the first sentence of section 1 to read as follows: 
"That in order to encourage and promote the economic development 
of the Territory of Alaska, to foster the establishment of essential 
industries in said Territory, and to further the self-sufficiency of 
national defense installations located therein, the Secretary of the 
Interior (hereinafter referred to as the 'Secretary') is authorized to 
construct, operate, and maintain the Eklutna project in the vicinity 
of Anchorage, Alaska, consisting of a low dam at Lake Eklutna, a 
diversion tunnel and penstock, a power plant with an installed 
capacity of thirty thousand kilowatts, transmission lines to Anchorage 
and other load centers, and related works (except recreational facili-
ties) substantially in accordance with the plans and recommendations 
in the report adopted by the Secretary of the Interior on January 18, 
1949, on file with the Committee on Public Lands of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs 
of the Senate at an estimated cost not to exceed $33,000,000." 
(2) By adding a new paragraph to section 1, as follows: "The 
continuation of construction of the Eklutna project beyond December 
1, 1953, is hereby made contingent upon there being a finding by the 
Secretary by that date that he and the proper officials of the city of 
Anchorage, Alaska, have approved a form of contract whereby the 
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city would agree to convey to the United States such hydroelectric 
and other properties, including water rights, as the Secretary has 
determined should be acquired by the United States in connection 
with the Eklutna project, and whereby in consideration therefor the 
United States would agree to deliver to said city electric energy upon 
terms which in the Secretary's judgment would accord said city just 
compensation for the properties agreed to be conveyed." 
(3) By amending the last sentence of section 2 to read as follows: 
"All receipts from the transmission and sale of electric power and 
energy generated at said project shall be covered into the Treasury 
of the United States to the credit of miscellaneous receipts." 
(4) By amending section 6 to read as follows: "There are authorized 
to be appropriated the sum of $33,000,000 for the construction of the 
Eklutna project, and, in addition, such sums as ma*y be necessary for 
the operation and maintenance of such project." 
Approved August 13, 1953. 
Appropriation. 
Public Law 261 
CHAPTER 431 
AN ACT 
To amend tlxe Federal Crop Insurance Act, as amended. 
August 13, 1953 
[S.1367] 
Be it enacted by the SertMe and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of Arnerica in Congress assembled^ That section 508 (a) 
of the Federal Crop Insurance Act, as amended (7 U. S. C. 1508 (a)), 
is amended as follows: 
(a) By striking out the fourth sentence and inserting in lieu thereof 
"Beginning with crops planted for harvest in 1954, crop insurance 
may be offered each year in not to exceed 100 counties in addition to 
the number of counties in which such insurance was offered in the 
preceding year. 
In determining the new counties in which such 
insurance is to be offered and the commodities to be insured, the 
Corporation shall take into consideration the demand of farmers for 
such insurance, the extent to which such insurance is available to 
commercial producers of insured commodities, and the anticipated 
risk of loss to the Corporation." 
(b) By striking out the period at the end of the next to the last 
sentence and inserting ", except that insurance may be provided for 
producers on farms situated in a local producing area bordering on 
a county with a crop-insurance program." 
Approved August 13, 1953. 
Crop insurance. 
52 Stat. 74. 
Increase in num-
ber of counties. 
Public Law 262 
CHAPTER 432 
AN ACT 
To amend section 9 (b) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1946 relating to the exemp-
tion of activities, of the Atomic Energy Commission from State and local 
taxation. 
August 13, 1953 
[S. 671] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and Hoiise of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled^ That section 9 (b) 
of the Atomic Energy Act of 1946 is amended by striking out the last 
sentence thereof. 
SEC. 2. This amendment shall be effective only as to tax liabilities 
which accrue on or after October 1,1953. 
Approved August 13, 1953. 
60 Stat. 765. 
42 u s e 1809.