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 52 STAT.] 75Tr CONG. , 3D SESS.-CHS. 243, 250 - -MAY 17, 18, 1938 SEC. 8. For the purposes of this Act, the term "underage" shall be construed in accordance with the terms of the treaty signed at Lon- don, March 25, 1936. SEC. 9. The United States would welcome and support an inter- national conference for naval limitations and in the event of an inter- national treaty for the further limitations of naval armament to which the United States is signatory, the President is hereby author- ized and empowered to suspend so much of its naval construction as has been authorized as may be necessary to bring the naval arma- ment of the United States within the limitations so agreed upon, except that such suspension shall not apply to vessels and aircraft then actually under construction. SEC. 10. (a) The Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorized and directed to appoint a board consisting of not less than five officers to investigate and report upon the need, for purposes of national defense, for the establishment of additional submarine, destroyer, mine, and naval air bases on the coasts of the United States, its terri- tories and possessions. (b) The Secretary of the Navy is further directed to cause the report of the board authorized by this section to be transmitted to the Speaker of the House of Representatives during the first session of the Seventy-sixth Congress. SEC. 11. That the Navy Department shall construct upon the Pacific coast of the United States such vessels as the President of the United States may determine to be necessary in order to maintain shipyard facilities upon the Pacific coast necessary and adequate to meet the requirements of national defense. SEC. 12. The construction, alteration, furnishing, or equipping of any naval vessel authorized by this Act, or the construction, altera- tion, furnishing, or equipping of any naval vessels with funds from any appropriation available for such purposes, contracts for which are made after June 30, 1938, shall be in accordance with the provi- sions of Public Law 846, Seventy-fourth Congress, approved June 30, 1936, unless such course, in the judgment of the President of the United States, should not be in the interest of national defense. Approved, May 17, 1938. [CHAPTER 250] 403 "Underage" con- strued. 50 Stat. 1363. International con. ference for naval limi- tations favored. National defense. Appointment of board to investigate need for additional submarine, etc., bases. Report to House of Representatives. Naval construction on Pacific coast. Construction, ete., contracts. 49 Stat. 2036 . 41 U. S. C., Supp. III, § 35. AM A"T' -May 18, 1938 To authorize the completion, maintenance, and operation of the Fort Peck project [.t 2680 for navigation, and for other purposes. [Plublic, No. 629] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That for the pur- pose of improving navigation on the Missouri River, and for other purposes incidental thereto, the dam and appurtenant works now under construction at Fort Peck, Montana, and a suitable power plant for the production of hydroelectric power (which dam, power plant, and appurtenant works are hereinafter called Fort Peck project), shall be completed, maintained, and operated under the direction of the Secretary of War and the supervision of the Chief of Engineers, subject to the provisions of this Act relating to the powers and duties of the Bureau of Reclamation (hereinafter called the Bureau), as provided for in section 2 (a), respecting the trans- mission and sale of electric energy generated at said project. The Secretary of War shall provide, construct, operate, maintain, and improve at Fort Peck project such machinery, equipment, and facili- ties for the generation of electric energy as the Bureau may deem Fort Peck project, Mont. General purposes declared. Completion, main- tenance, and operation under Secretary of War. Administrative pro- visions respecting Bu- reau ofReclamation.

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