An Act to provide for promotion of economic and social development in the Ryukyu Islands
PL 86-629 (H.R.1157), enacted 07/12/1960

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PUBLIC LAW 86-629-JULY 12, 1960 
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employee of the Senate or House of Representatives, by whom or on 
whose behalf expenditures are made from funds appropriated for the 
expenses of such group or delegation, shall file with the chairman of 
the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate in the case of 
Members or employees of the Senate, or with the Committee on 
Foreign Affairs of the House- of Representatives in the case of Mem-
bers or employees of the House, an itemized report showing all such 
expenditures made by or on behalf of each Member or employee 
together with the purposes of the expenditure, including lodging, 
meals, transportation, and other purposes. Within sixty days after 
the beginning of each regular session of Congress, the chairman of the 
Committee on Foreign Relations and the chairman of the Committee 
on Foreign Affairs shall prepare consolidated reports showing with 
respect to each such group or delegation the total amount expended, 
the purposes of the expenditures, the amount expended for each such 
purpose, the names of the Members or employees by or on behalf of 
whom the expenditures were made and the amount expended by or on 
behalf of each Member or employee for each such purpose. The con-
solidated reports prepared by the chairman of the Committee on 
Foreign Relations of the Senate shall be filed with the Committee on 
Appropriations of the Senate and the consolidated reports prepared 
by the chairman of the Committee on Foreign Aft'airs of the House 
shall be filed with the Coramittee on House Administration of the 
House. 
Each such consolidated report shall be printed in the Con-
gressional Record within ten days after receipt by the Committee on 
Appropriations of the Senate or the Committee on House Administra-
tion of the House. 
(c) Section 60 of the Revised Statutes (2 U.S.C. 102) is amended 
by adding at the end thereof a new paragraph as follows: 
"Reports of the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House 
of Representatives under this section shall be printed as Senate and 
House documents, respectively." 
No funds made available in this or any other Act shall be used to 
pay the expenses of travel or subsistence for any trip made by any 
Senator or Representative between the District of Columbia and his 
home State in the case of a Senator, or his district in the case of a 
Representative, other than (1) trips which are specifically authorized 
by law for mileage or transportation expense of Senators and Repre-
sentatives, (2) official participation in the funeral services of deceased 
Senators or Representatives, or (3) official trips originating in the 
Senator's State or Representative's district during "periods when 
Congress is not in session. 
This Act may be cited as the "Legislative Branch Appropriation 
Act, 1961". 
Approved July 12, 1960. 
Public Law 86-629 
AN ACT 
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To provide for promotion of economic and social development in the Ryukyu 
[H. R. II5 7] 
Islands. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That, in the exercise ^^^ u k y u i 
by the President of the authority over the Ryukyu Islands granted the 
United States by article 3 of the Treaty of Peace with Japan, every 
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Short title. 
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PUBLIC LAW 86-629—JULY 12, 1960 
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Revenues. 
Appropri at ion. 
"R y uk y u 
lands." 
42 Stat. 20. 
31 use 1. 
64 Stat. 834. 
31 u s e 65 note. 
Exception. 
effort shall be made to improve the welfare and well-being of the in-
habitants of the Eyukyu Islands and to promote their economic and 
cultural advancement, during such time as the United States con-
tinues to retain authority over the Eyukyu Islands. 
SEC. 2. All fines, fees, forfeitures, taxes, assessments, and any other 
revenues received by the Government of the Eyukyu Islands shall be 
covered into the treasury of the Eyukyu Islands and shall be avail-
able for expenditure by the Government of the Eyukyu Islands. 
SEC. 3. Eevenues derived by the United States civil administration 
of the Eyukyu Islands from the following sources shall be deposited 
in separate funds, which are hereby authorized to be established by the 
Hi^h Commissioner of the Eyukyu Islands, and shall be available for 
obligation and expenditure m accordance with annual budget pro-
grams approved by the President: 
(a) Public-benefit trusts, business-type operations, funds, and enter-
prises established by the civil administration of the Eyukyu Islands, 
or its predecessor agencies; 
(b) Corporations wholly or partly owned by the civil administra-
tion of the Eyukyu Islands; and 
(c) Fines, fees, and forfeitures received by the civil administration 
of the Eyukyu Islands. 
SEC. 4. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated not to exceed 
$6,000,000 in any fiscal year for obligation and expenditure in accord-
ance with programs approved by the President, for: (a) promoting 
the economic development of the Eyukyu Islands and improving the 
welfare of the inhabitants thereof; (b) reimbursing the Government 
of the Eyukyu Islands for services performed for the benefit of and 
by reason of the presence of the Armed Forces of the United States 
within the Eyukyu Islands, including but not limited to reimburse-
ment for such services in the fields of public health and safety, in 
annual amounts which may be paid in advance to the Government of 
the Eyukyu Islands; and (c) emergency purposes related to typhoons 
or other disasters in the Eyukyu Islands. Preference shall be given 
to programs in which the Government of the Eyukyu Islands partici-
pates by sharing part of the costs or contributing other resources. 
SEC. 5. The term "Eyukyu Islands," as used in this Act, means 
Nansei Shoto south of twenty-nine degrees north latitude, excluding 
the islands in the Amami Oshima group with respect to which all 
rights and interests of the United States under article 3 of the Treaty 
of Peace with Japan have been relinquished to Japan. 
SEC. 6. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to extend the applica-
tion of any law of the United States to the Eyukyu Islands which 
would not otherwise be applicable there. 
SEC. 7. All financial transactions of the United States civil admin-
istration of the Eyukyu Islands, including such transactions of all 
agencies or instrumentalities established or utilized by such adminis-
tration, shall be audited by the General Accounting Office in accord-
ance with the provisions of the Budget and Accounting Act, 1921, as 
amended, and the Accounting and Auditing Act of 1950, as amended. 
The representatives of the General Accounting Office shall have access 
to all books, accounts, records, reports,- files, and all other papers, 
things, or property belonging to or in use by such administration, 
agencies, or instrumentalities, and necessary to facilitate the audit. 
This section does not apply to the Government of the Eyukyu Islands. 
Approved July 12, 1960.