An Act to transfer a section of Blue Ridge Parkway to the Shenandoah National Park, in the State of Virginia, and for other purposes
PL 87-7 (H.R.5475), enacted 06/30/1961

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PUBLIC LAW 87-7-MAR. 24, 1961 
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26 u s e 3301. 
26 U&C 3302. 
42 u s e 1101. 
TE3IP0RARY INCREASE I N RATE OF TAX 
Temporary Increase 
SEC. 14. (a) Section 3301 of the Internal Eevenue Code of 1954 
(relating to the rate of the Federal unemployment tax) is amended 
by adding at the end thereof the following new sentence: "In the case 
of wages paid during the calendar years 1962 and 1963, the rate of 
such tax shall be 3.5 percent in lieu of 3.1 percent." 
No Change in Credits 
(b) Section 3302(d) (1) of such Code (relating to credits against 
tax) is amended to read as follows: 
"(1) KATE OF TAX DEEMED TO BE 3 PERCENT.—In applying sub-
section (j;^.),! the tax imposed by section 3301 shall be computed at 
the rate 01 3 percent in lieu of 3.1 percent (or, in the case of the 
tax imposed with respect to the calendar years 1962 and 1963, in 
lieu of 3.5 percent)." 
SEC. 15. Notwithstanding section 901(c)(1) (A) of the Social Se-
curity Act, the limitation on the amount authorized to be made avail-
able for the fiscal years ending on June 30, 1961, and 1962, for the 
purposes specified in such section 901(c) (1) (A) is hereby increased 
to— 
(1) $385,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1961, and 
(2) $415,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1962. 
Approved March 24, 1961. 
March 24, 1961 
[H. R. 5075] 
Public Law 87-7 
AN ACT 
To provide temporary extended railroad unemployment insurance benefits, and 
for other purposes. 
Temporary 
Ex-
t e n d e d 
Railroad 
Unemployment In?-
surance 
Benefits 
Act of 1961. 
53 Stat. 1113. 
45 u s e 367. 
Ante, p. 8. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of Amev^ca in Congress assembled, That this Act may 
be cited as the "Temporary Extended Railroad Unemployment Insur-
ance Benefits Act of 1961". 
SEC. 2. An employee as defined in the Railroad Unemployment 
Insurance Act who has, after June 30, 1960, and before April 1, 
1962, exhausted (within the meaning prescribed by the Railroad Re-
tirement Board by regulation) his right to unemployment benefits 
under the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act, shall be paid unem-
ployment benefits in accordance otherwise with the provisions of 
such Act for days of unemployment, not exceeding sixty-five, and 
not exceeding in the aggregate, an amount equal to 50 per centum 
of the total amount of unemployment benefits which were payable to 
him in the benefit year in which he last exhausted his rights before 
making his first claim under this Act, which occur in registration 
periods, as defined in the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act, 
beginning on or after the fifteenth day after the date of enactment 
of the Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 
1961, and before April 1, 1962, and which would not be days with 
respect to which he would be held entitled otherwise to receive unem-
ployment benefits under the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act: 
Provided^ That an employee entitled under this section to benefits for 
a day before April 1, 1962, may receive such benefits for days in regis-
tration periods which begin before July 1, 1962: Provided 
further^ 
That payment of benefits otherwise provided for in this Act shall 
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Appropriixtion. 
not be made with respect to any individual for any day of unemploy-
ment to the extent that such payment, when added to the sum of the 
benefits under the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act and under 
this Act paid such individual with respect to prior days in the benefit 
year, would exceed one hundred and ninety-five times such individual's 
daily benefit rate for such benefit year. 
An employee who has filed, 
and established, a first claim for benefits under the provisions of the 
Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1961, may 
not thereafter establish a claim under this section, and an employee 
who has registered for, and established, a claim under this section may 
not thereafter establish a claim under the provisions of the Temporary 
Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1961. Except to the 
extent inconsistent with this section, the provisions of the Railroad 
Unemployment Insurance Act shall be applicable in the administration 
of this section. 
SEC. 3. The Secretary of Labor, upon request, shall furnish the b(fr*"n d
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R aiir^a^ 
Railroad Retirement Board information deemed necessary by such |*ch^*r*of^brfw^ 
Board for the administration of section 2 hereof, and such Board, mation. 
upon request, shall furnish the Secretary of Labor information deemed 
necessary by the Secretary for the administration of the Temporary 
Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1961. 
SEC. 4. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated to the rail-
road unemployment insurance account, without fiscal year limitation, 
such amounts as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this 
Act. 
The amounts so appropriated shall be transferred from time 
to time to the railroad unemployment insurance account on the basis 
of estimates by the Secretary of the Treasury after consultation with 
the Railroad Retirement Board of the amounts required from time 
to time to carry out the provisions of this Act. Amounts so trans-
ferred shall be repayable advances without interest. 
Such repayable 
advances shall be repaid by transfers, from the railroad unemploy-
ment insurance account to the general fund of the Treasury, at such 
times as the amoimt in the railroad unemployment insurance account 
derived from the increased contributions provided for in section 5 of 
this Act is determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consulta-
tion with the Railroad Retirement Board, to be adequate for such 
purpose. 
SEC. 5. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 8(a)2 of the 
Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act, the rate of contribution re-
quired to be paid under the Railroad Unemplovment Insurance Act 
by every employer as defined in such Act shall oe 4 per centum with 
respect to compensation as defined in such Act, paid after December 31, 
1961, and before January 1,1964. 
Approved March 24, 1961. 
Contribution rate. 
Increase. 
73 Sfat. 32. 
45 u s e 3;* 8. 
Public Law 87-8 
AN ACT 
To adjust the amount of funds available for farm operating loans made 
pursuant to section 21(b) of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, as 
amended. 
March 29, 1961 
[H. R. 11822] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the second 
BanWiead-j«3ne« 
sentence of section 21(b) of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant It^dmentT *'*' 
Act, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1007(b)), is amended by striking the 
7o stat. 802. 
words "10 per centum" and by inserting in lieu thereof the words 
"25 per centum". 
Approved March 29, 1961.