An Act to amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to provide for the free entry of electron microscopes and certain other apparatus imported by, or on behalf of, certain institutions
PL 87-95 (H.R.3385), enacted 07/20/1961

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PUBLIC LAW 87-95-JULY 20, 1961 
[75 STAT. 
ing: "In addition, under such cooperative agreements, and subject to 
such other conditions as may be imposed by the Secretary of Health, 
Education, and Welfare, or the Director, Office of Civil and Defense 
Mobilization, surplus property which the Administrator may approve 
for donation for use in any State for purposes of education, public 
health, or civil defense, or for research for any such purposes, pursu-
ant to subsection (j) (3) or (j)(4), may with the approval of the 
Administrator be made available to the State agency after a deter-
mination by the Secretary or the Director that such property is neces-
sary to, or would facilitate, the effective operation of the State agency 
in performing its functions in connection with such program. 
Upon 
a determination by the Secretary or the Director that such action is 
necessary to, or would facilitate, the effective use of such surplus prop-
erty made available under the terms of a cooperative agreement, title 
thereto may with the approval of the Administrator be vested in the 
State agency." 
Approved July 20, 1961. 
Public Law 87-95 
July 20, 1961 
AN ACT 
[H. R. 3385] 
rp(j amend the Tariff Act of 15)30 to provide for the free entry of electron micro-
scopes and certain other apparatus imported by, or on behalf of, certain 
institutions. 
Electron 
micro-
scopes 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Refresentatmes 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled., That section 201 of 
^^^sTat^e??*'^' ^^^^ Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (19 U.S.C, sec. 1201), is amended 
by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph: 
''PAR, 1825. Apparatus utilizing any radioactive substance in medi-
cal diagnosis or therapeutic treatment, including the radioactive ma-
terial itself when contained in the apparatus as an integral element of 
the apparatus, and electron microscopes, and parts or accessories of 
any of the foregoing, imported for its own use and not for sale by, 
or on behalf of, any nonprofit society, institution, or organization, 
whether public or private, incorporated or established for educational, 
scientific, or therapeutic purposes." 
Effective date. 
gj;c. 2. The amendment made by the first section of this Act shall 
apply with respect to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 
for consumption on or after the date of enactment of this Act and to 
articles covered by entries or withdrawals which have not been liqui-
dated, or the liquidation of which has not become final, on such date of 
enactment. 
Approved July 20, 1961. 
Public Law 87-96 
July 20,1961 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
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I'roviding for the apportionment to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts of its 
share of funds authorized for the National System of Interstate and Defense 
Highways for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1963. 
Whereas the Commonwealth of Massachusetts by Act of its Legisla-
ture, approved May 25, 1961, (Chapter 523, Massachusetts Acts of 
1961) has amended its laws relative to the gross weight load of 
certain motor vehicles operated on the highways of the Common-
wealth including routes on the Interstate System; and 
Whereas such amendment, the effect of which would increase the 
maximum load permitted to be carried on the axles of such vehicles