An Act to authorize the San Benito International Bridge Co to construct, maintain, and operate a toll bridge across the Rio Grande, near Los Indios, Tex
PL 87-532 (H.R.9883), enacted 07/10/1962

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PUBLIC LAW 87-532-JULY 10, 1962 
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(1) by amending section 3 (50 App. U.S.C. 2203) to read as 
follows: 
"SEC. 3. For the duration of this Act, section 302(f) of the Act of 
October 12, 1949 (Public Law 351, Eighty-first Congress), is hereby 
amended by striking out that portion of the table appearing therein 
which prescribes monthly basic allowances for quarters for enlisted 
members in pay grades E-1, E-2, E-3, and E-4 (four years' or less 
service) and inserting in lieu thereof the following new table: 
"Pay grade 
E-4 (4 years or less service) 
E-3 
E-2 
E-1 
Without 
dependents 
$55. 20 
55.20 
55.20 
55.20 
1 dependent 
$83. 10 
55.20 
55.20 
55.20 
2 dependents 
$83. 10 
83. 10 
83. 10 
83. 10 
3 or more 
dependents 
$105. 00 
105. 00 
105. 00 
105.00"; 
(2) by amending section 7 (50 App. U.S.C. 2207) by striking 
out the words "on training duty," and substituting in place 
thereof the words "in pay grades E-1, E-2, E-3, and E-4 (four 
years' or less service) on active duty for training for less than 30 
days, to enlisted members on active duty for training under section 
262 of the Armed Forces Reserve Act of 1952, as amended (50 
U.S.C. 1013), or any other enlistment program that requires an 
initial period of active duty for training,"; and 
(3) by amending section 8 (50 App. U.S.C. 2208) by striking 
out the words "For the purposes of this Act" and capitalizing the 
first letter of the next word and by inserting the words "(over 
four years' service)" after the words "pay grade E ^ " . 
SEC. 5. The Secretaries of the departments concerned shall have the 
same authority with respect to payments of quarters allowances to 
enlisted members of the uniformed services in pay grades E-4 (over 
4 years' service) through E-9 that they have with respect to enlisted 
members of the uniformed services in pay grades E-1, E-2, E-3, and 
E-4 (4 years' or less service) under sections 10 and 11 of the Depend-
ents Assistance Act of 1950 (50 App. U.S.C. 2210, 2211). 
SEC. 6. Section 1 (c) and (f) of the Act of May 19, 1952, chapter 
310 (66 Stat. 79, 80) is repealed. 
SEC. 7. This Act becomes effective on January 1,1963. 
Approved July 10, 1962. 
64 Stat. 795. 
72 Stat. 127. 
37 u s e 252. 
64 Stat. 796. 
69 Stat. 600; 
73 Stat. 221. 
64 Stat. 796. 
Repeal. 
37 u s e 252 
note, 252. 
Effective date. 
Public Law 87-532 
AN ACT 
To authorize the San Benito International Bridge Company to construct, main-
tain, and operate a toll bridge across the Rio Grande near Los Indios, Texas, 
and to authorize the Starr-Camargo Bridge Company to construct, maintain, 
and operate a toll bridge across the Rio Grande near Rio Grande City, Texas. 
July 10, 1962 
[H. R. 9883] 
Be it enacted by the /Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assenihled^ That (a) (1) the San 
TOII bridges, 
Benito International Bridge Company of San Benito, Texas, is construction, 
authorized to construct a toll bridge and approaches thereto across the Grande, xex.' 
Kio Grande, at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, at or 
near Los Indios, Texas, and for a period of sixty-six yeai*s from the 
date of completion of such bridge, to maintain and operate such bridge 
and to collect tolls for the use thereof, so far as the United States has 
etc 
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jurisdictionover the waters of such river; and (2) the Starr-Camargo 
Bridge Company of the State of Texas is authorized to construct a 
toll bridge and approaches thereto across the Rio Grande, at a point 
suitable to the interests of navigation, at or near Rio Grande City, 
Texas, and for a period of sixty-six years from the date of completion 
of such bridge, to maintain and operate such bridge and to collect tolls 
for the use thereof, so far as the United States has jurisdiction over 
the waters of such river. 
(b) In the case of each such bridge, the construction, maintenance, 
and operation authorized by this Act shall be in accordance with the 
provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to regulate the construction 
of bridges over navigable waters", approved March 23,1906 (33 U.S.C. 
34 Stat. 84. 
491 to 498, inclusive)', and shall be subject to (1) the conditions and 
limitations contained in this Act, (2) the approval of the International 
Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico, and 
(3) the approval of the proper authorities in the Republic of Mexico. 
Rates and 
SEC. 2. Eacli of the compauies referred to in the first section of this 
charges. 
^^^ ^^^^ ^^ ^^^^ charge tolls for transit over the bridge which it is 
authorized under such section to construct, in accordance with the laws 
of the State of Texas, and the laws of the United States, applicable 
to such tolls, and the rates of toll so fixed shall be the legal rates until 
changed under the authority contained in section 4 of the Act of March 
23, 1906 (33 U.S.C 494). 
Rights, powers, 
SEC. 3. Eacli such Company may sell, assign, transfer, or mortgage 
the rights, powers, and privileges conferred on it by this Act, to any 
. 
public agency, or to an international bridge authority or commission, 
and any such agency, authority, or commission is authorized to exer-
cise the rights, powers, and privileges acquired under this section 
(including acquisition by mortgage foreclosure) in the same manner 
as if such rights, powers, and privileges had been granted by this Act 
directly to such agency, authority, or commission. 
SEC. 4. Notwitlistanding the provisions of section 6 of the Act of 
March 23, 1906 (33 U.S.C. 496), this Act shall be null and void as to 
any bridge authorized to be constructed by this Act unless the actual 
construction of such bridge is commenced within three years and com-
pleted within five years from the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 5. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is expressly 
reserved. 
Approved July 10, 1962. 
UOT/. 
Public Law 87-533 
July 10, 1962 
AN ACT 
—[H. R. 8045] 
rJ^^ change the name of the Hydrographic Office to United States Naval 
Oceanographic Office. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
U.S. Naval 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That (a) chapter 
§mce°^'^^*'''' 
639 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking out the 
Designation. 
word "Hydrographic'' and inserting tlie words "United States Naval 
io^scf*73lfi-' 
Oceanographic" in place thereof in— 
7396. 
(1) the chapter heading; 
(2) the catchline and first and second sentences of section 7391; 
(3) thecatchline and clause (1) of section 7392; 
(4) the catchline and subsections (a) and (b) of section 7393; 
and 
(5) section 7394.