An Act to provide for the exchange of certain lands in Puerto Rico.
PL 87-659 (S.3221), enacted 09/14/1962

73 Stat. 686 
40 u s e 462. 
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PUBLIC LAW 87-659~SEPT. 14,1962 
[76 STAT. 
restrictions and limitations of subsections (b) and (c) of this section) 
for financial assistance under clause (1) of subsection (a) of this 
section in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Adminis-
trator (as in effect on the date of enactment of this subsection) relating 
to the types of public works and facilities to which such assistance 
may be extended." 
69 Stat. 641; 
SEC. 6. Sectioii 702 of the Housing Act of 1954.is amended by adding 
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at the end thereof the following new^ subsection: 
"(g) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, no 
advance made under this section for the planning of any public works 
project shall be required to be repaid if construction of such project 
is initiated as a result of a grant-in-aid made from an allocation made 
by the President under the Public Works Acceleration Act." 
Approved September 14, 1962, 9:40 a.m. 
Public Law 87-659 
AN ACT 
September 14, 1962 
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To provide for the exchange of certain lands in Puerto Rico. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
Puerto Rico. 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary 
Land exchange, gf ^]^g Navy is hereby authorized to convey, from the lands compris-
ing the United States Naval Station, San Juan, Puerto Rico, to the 
San Juan Darlingtonj Incorporated, all right, title, and interest of 
the United States in and to an irregularly shaped parcel of land 
containing .049 acre and which is contiguous to the lands of the said 
San Juan Darlington, Incorporated. 
Such conveyance shall be con-
ditioned upon the conveyance to the United States by the said San 
Juan Darlington, Incorporated, of a parcel of like size, from which 
all improvements have been removed, which is contiguous to that 
portion of the lands comprising the United States Naval Station, San 
Juan, Puerto Rico, which adjoin the properties of the said San Juan 
Darlington, Incorporated. 
SEC. 2. If necessary to facilitate the exchange of lands provided 
' for in the first section of this Act, the Secretary may enter into such 
agreement with the government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico 
and prepare and execute instruments pursuant to such agreement as 
may be necessary to effectuate the relinquishment by such government 
of any interest it may have in the lands to be conveyed by the United 
States under such section in consideration of the United States con-
ferring upon such government a similar interest in the lands to be con-
veyed to the United States under such section. 
71 Stat. 469. 
SEC. 3. Public Law 187, Eighty-fifth Congress, is amended by— 
(1) striking out the word "and" at the end of paragraph (a) 
and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "excepting therefrom, 
however a .049 acre parcel of land to be conveyed by the United 
States to San Juan Darlington, Incorporated, in exchange for an 
adjacent parcel of land of like size,"; 
(2) striking out"; in consideration of" at the end of paragraph 
(b), and inserting in lieu thereof a comma and the word "ancr'; 
and 
(3) inserting after paragraph (b) a new paragraph as follows: 
"(c) The .049 acre parcel of land to be acquired from the San Juan 
Darlington, Incorporated, in exchange for the parcel of like size ex-
cepted from the description set out in paragraph (a) of this Act; in 
consideration of". 
Approved September 14, 1962.