An Act to amend sections 203(b) (5) and 220 of the Interstate Commerce Act, as amended, and for other purposes
PL 90-433 (S.752), enacted 07/26/1968

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PUBLIC LAW 90-432-JULY 26, 1968 
[82 STAT. 
July 26,1968 
[H.R. 16902] 
Public Law 90-432 
AN ACT 
To amend title 38 of the United States Code in order to promote the care and 
treatment of veterans in State veterans' homes. 
Veterans. 
Treatment in 
State homes. 
78 Stat. 500. 
72 Stat. 1141; 
76 Stat. 381. 
78 Stat. 501. 
Be it enacted hy the SeTiate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America In Congress assejnbled, That section 641 of 
title 38, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
"§ 641. Criteria for payment 
"The Administrator shall pay each State at the per diem rate of— 
" (1) $3.50 for hospital or domiciliary care, and 
" (2) $5.00 for nursing home care, 
for each veteran of any war receiving such care in a State home, if, 
in the case of such a veteran receiving domiciliary or hospital care, 
such veteran is eligible for such care in a Veterans' Administration 
facility, or if, in the case of such a veteran receiving nursing home 
care, such veteran meets the requirements of paragraph (1), (2), or 
(3) of section 610(a) of this title, except that the requirements of 
clause (B) of such paragraph (1) shall for this purpose refer to 
the inability to defray the expenses of necessary nursing home care; 
however, in no case shall the payments made with respect to any 
veteran under this section exceed one-half of the cost of the veteran's 
care in such State home." 
SEC. 2. Section 5033(a) is amended by striking out "four succeeding 
fiscal years" and inserting in lieu thereof "nine succeeding fiscal 
years". 
Approved July 26, 1968. 
Public Law 90-433 
July 26,1968 
[S. 752] 
Interstate Com-
merce Act, amend-
ment. 
54 Stat. 921. 
49 u s e 303. 
AN ACT 
To amend sections 203(b) (5) and 220 of the Interstate Commerce Act, as 
amended, and for other purposes. 
Be It enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That at the end of 
section 203(b) (5) of the Interstate Commerce Act delete the semicolon 
and add the following language: ", but any interstate transportation 
performed by such a cooperative association or federation of coopera-
tive associations for nonmembers who are neither farmers, cooperative 
associations, nor federations thereof for compensation, except trans-
portation otherwise exempt under this part, shall be limited to that 
which is incidental to its primary transportation operation and neces-
sary for its effective performance and shall in no event exceed 15 per 
centum of its total interstate transportation services in any fiscal year, 
measured in terms of tonnage: Provided^ That, for the purposes hereof, 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, transportation performed 
for or on behalf of the United States or any agency or instrumentality 
thereof shall be deemed to be transportation performed for a non-
member : Provided further^ That any such cooperative association or 
federation which performs interstate transportation for nonmembers 
who are neither farmers, cooperative associations, nor federations 
thereof, except transportation otherwise exempt under this part, shall 
notify the Commission of its intent to perform such transportation 
prior to the commencement thereof: And provided further^ That in 
no event shall any such cooperative association or federation which is 
required hereunder to give notice to the Commission transport inter-
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state for compensation in any fiscal year of such association or federa-
tion a quantity of property for nonmembers which, measured in terms 
of tonnage, exceeds the total quantity of property transported inter-
state for itself and its members in such fiscal year. 
SEC. 2. Section 220 of the Interstate Commerce Act, as amended, 
is further amended by adding the following immediately after sub-
section (f) : 
" (g) The Commission or its duly authorized special agents, account-
ants, or examiners shall, during normal business hours, have access to 
and authority, under its order, to inspect, examine, and copy any and 
all accounts, books, records, memorandums, correspondence, and other 
documents pertaining to motor vehicle transportation of a cooperative 
association or federation of cooperative associations which is required 
to give notice to the Commission pursuant to the provisions of section 
203(b)(5) of this part: Provided^ however^ That the Commission 
shall have no authoritv to prescribe the form of any accounts, records, 
or memorandums to oe maintained by a cooperative association or 
federation of cooperative associations." 
Approved July 26, 1968. 
Accounts, etc. 
of motor carriers, 
access and in-
spection authority. 
49 use 320. 
Public Law 90-434 
AN ACT 
To amend section 212(B) of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended. 
July 27, 1968 
[H. R. 18340] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 212(B) ^^^^gsT* .^end-
of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended (46 U.S.C. 1122b), is mem. 
amended as follows: 
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(1) Subsection (a) is amended by striking out "exclusively use" 
and inserting in lieu thereof "use insofar as practicable"; 
(2) Subsection (b) is amended by inserting after "incurred abroad" 
the following: "(other than the cost of transportation on foreign-
flag vessels and aircraft),"; and 
(3) Subsection (c) is amended by striking out "1968." and insert-
ing in lieu thereof "1968, and not to exceed $166,000 for the fiscal year 
ending June 30,1969". 
Approved July 27, 1968. 
Public Law 90-435 
AN ACT 
To extend until November 1, 1970, the period for compliance with certain safety 
standards in the case of passenger vessels operating on the inland rivers 
and waterways. 
July 27, :1968 
[S. 3102] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled. That the Act entitled 
"An Act to require evidence of adequate financial responsibility to 
pay judgments for personal injury or death, or to repay fares in the ^rd 
event of nonperformance of voyages, to establish minimum standards 
for passenger vessels and to require disclosure of construction details 
on passenger vessels, and for other purposes", approved November 6, 
1966 (Public Law 89-777; 80 Stat. 1356 et seq.), is amended as 
follows: 
Passenger 
vessels. 
Safety stand-
46 u s e 362 
note.