An Act to authorize the construction and equipping of buildings required in connection with the operations of the Bureau of the Mint.
PL 88-102 (S.874), enacted 08/20/1963

77 STAT.] 
PUBLIC LAW 88-lOa-AUG. 22, 1963 
129 
Public Law 88-102 
AN ACT 
To authorize the eoiistiuctiou and equipping of buildings required in connection 
with the oi)erations of the Bureau of the Mint. 
August 20, 1963 
[S. 874] 
Be (t e7uicted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assenibled^ That the Secretary 
of the Treasury is hei-eby authorized, acting through the Administra-
tor of General Services, (1) to design and construct such buildings 
as may be required in connection with the operations of the Bureau 
of the Mint; (2) to furnish and equip such buildings with all neces-
sary building equipment, facilities, and utilities; and (3) to acquire 
suitable sites for such buildings by purchase, condemnation, donation, 
exchange, or otherwise. The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized 
to furnish and equip such buildings with all necessary coinage and 
other special equipment and facilities. 
SEC. 2. All functions with respect to the operation, maintenance, and 
custody of any building constructed pursuant to this Act are hereby 
vested in the Secretary of the Treasury, and all functions with respect 
to the repair and improvement of any such building are hereby vested 
in the Administrator of General Services. 
SEC. 3. Nothing contained in this Act shall be construed as author-
izing the construction of any public building as defined in the Public 
Buildings Act of 1959. 
SEC. 4. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for each fiscal year 
which begins after June 30, 1963, and ends before July 1, 1973, such 
sums as may be necessary to carry out this Act, except that the aggre-
gate of sums appropriated under this section shall not exceed 
$30,000,000. Sums appropriated to the Department of the Treasury 
for the purposes of this Act may be available for transfer to the 
Administrator of General Services to remain available until expended. 
Approved August 20, 1963. 
Bureau of the 
Mint. 
Buildings, con-
struction and 
equipping. 
73 Stat. 482. 
40 u s e 612. 
Public Law 88-103 
AN ACT 
To exclude cargo which is lumber from certain tariff tiling requirements under 
the Shipping Act, 1916, as amended. 
August 22, 1963 
[S. 1032] 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 18(b) 
(1) of the Shipping Act, 1916, as amended (46 U.S.C. 817(b)(1)), 
is amended by striking out the period at the end thereof and inserting 
in lieu thereof a comma and the following: "or to cargo which is 
lumber. 
As used in this paragraph, the term 'lumber' means lumber 
not further manufactured than passing lengthwise through a standard 
planing machine and ci-osscut to length, logs, poles, piling, and ties, 
including such articles preservatively treated, or bored, or framed, 
but not including plywood or finished articles knocked down or set up." 
Approved August 22, 1963. 
Lumber. 
Tariff filing 
requirements, exclu-
sion. 
75 Stat. 764. 
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