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PUBLIC LAW 734-JULY 19, 1956

"Short dry ton".

Colutnbiutn -t antalum.

67 Stat. 417. 50 U S C a p p. 2181-2183. A v a i l a b i l i t y to strategic s to c k pile.

7 USC 1691 note. Regulations.

Termination. Appropriation.



Poat. p. 1089. 68 Stat. 667. 16 USC 1005.

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2. The price shall be increased 4.2% for each 1% silica below 1%, fractions pro rata, and/or 3. The price shall be decreased 1.1% for each 1% calcium fluoride below 97%, fractions pro rata, and/or 4. The price shall be decreased 4.2% for each 1% silica above 1%, fractions pro rata. As used in this section the term "short dry ton" shall mean a short ton of 2000 pounds with 1% allowablemoisture. All moisture in excess of 1% shall be deducted from the delivery weig:ht (out-turn U. S. Railroad Scale Weights) of the material accepted to determine the weight on which payment will be based. Adjustment of weight for moisture shall be accomplished by first deducting all moisture, as specified in Government analysis certificates, and then increasing the dry weight by one percentum. (d) a program to purchase columbium-tantalum-bearing ores or concentrates produced from ores mined in the United States, its Territories, and possessions, meeting the same specifications and under the regulations, and at prices in effect on December 1, 1955, for purchases of this material by the General Services Administration under the authority of the Domestic Minerals Program Extension Act of 1953 (Public Law 206, Eighty-third Congress) in the amount of not to exceed two hundred and fifty thousand pounds of contained combined pentoxide (CbOs plus

TaA). SEC. 3. All materials purchased pursuant to the authority of this Act shall be held by the Department of the Interior to be made available to the strategic stockpile or to be turned over to the supplemental stockpile created for strategic and critical materials in accordance with the provisions of the Act of July 10, 1954 (Public Law 480, Eighty-third Congress (68 Stat. 454)), as amended, as determined by the Director of the Office of Defense Mobilization. SEC. 4. The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to establish and promulgate such regulations as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act, and may delegate any of the functions authorized by this Act to the Administrator of General Services. SEC. 5. The programs established pursuant to the authority of this Act shall terminate on December 31, 1958. SEC. 6. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Department of the Interior out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. Approved July 19, 1956. Public Law 734

July 19, 1956 [H. R. 1

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CHAPTER 639

AN ACT To amend the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act so as to eliminate delay in the start of projects.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the TJrdted States of America in Congress assembled, That section 5 of the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act is amended by striking out of the third proviso of said section the words "forty-five" and inserting "fifteen". Approved July 19, 1956.

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