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PUBLIC LAW 85-890-SEPT. 2, 1958

Public Law 85-889 AN ACT To approve a repayment contract negotiated with the Heart Mountain Irrigation District, Wyoming, and to authorize its execution.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the contract negotiated pursuant to section 7 of the Keclamation Project Act of 1939 by the Secretary of the Interior with the Heart Mountain Irrigation District, which was approved as to form by the Department of the Interior on May 28, 1958, and approved by resolution of the Heart Mountain Irrigation District Board of Commissioners on March 20, 1958, is approved and execution thereof by the Secretary of the Interior on behalf of the United States is hereby authorized after the contract has been approved by the electors of the District. Approved September 2, 1958.

September 2, 1958 [S.4088]

H e a r t Mountain Irrigation District, Wyo. 53 Stat. 1192. 43 USC 48,'5f.

Public Law 85-890 AN ACT To amend the Act of March 3, 1901 (31 Stat. 1449), as amended, to incorporate in the Organic Act of the National Bureau of Standards the authority to acquire land for field sites, to undertalje construction and improvement of buildings and for other activities.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assemhied, That the Act entitled "An Act to establish the National Bureau of Standards", approved March 3, 1901, as amended, is amended by adding the following sections: "SEC. 13. To the extent that funds are specifically appropriated therefor, the Secretary of Commerce is authorized to acquire land for such field sites as are necessary for the proper and efficient conduct of the activities authorized herein. "SEC. 14. Within the limits of funds which are appropriated for the National Bureau of Standards, the Secretary of Commerce is authorized to undertake such construction of buildings and other facilities and to make such improvements to existing buildings, grounds, and other facilities occupied or used by the National Bureau of Standards as are necessary for the proper and efficient conduct of the activities authorized herein: Provided, That no improvement shall be made nor shall any building be constructed under this authority at a cost in excess of $40,000 unless specific provision is made therefor in the appropriation concerned. "SEC. 15. I n the performance of the functions of the National Bureau of Standards the Secretary of Commerce is authorized to undertake the following activities: (a) The purchase, repair, and cleaning of uniforms for guards; (b) the repair and alteration of buildings and other plant facilities; (c) the rental of field sites and laboratory, office, and warehouse space; (d) the purchase of reprints from technical journals or other periodicals and the payment of page charges for the publication of research papers and reports in such journals; (e) the furnishing of food and shelter without repayment therefor to employees of the Government at Arctic and Antarctic stations; (f) for the conduct of observations on radio propagation phenomena in the Arctic or Antarctic regions, the appointment of employees at base rates established by the Secretary of Commerce which shall not exceed such maximum rates as may be 98395-59-PT. 1-108

September 2, 1958 [S. 2114]

National Bureau of Standards.

Field sites. 70 Stat. 959. 15 USC 271 ef seq. Improvements, etc.

Functions.

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