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Appropriation.

PUBLIC LAW 86-625-AUG. 12, 1958

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the technically and economically feasible works of improvement for wildlife purposes recommended in the report by the Secretary of the Interior as are acceptable to, and agreed to by, the local organization and the Secretary of Agriculture, and such report of the Secretary of the Interior shall, if requested by the Secretary of the Interior, accompany the plan for works of improvement when it is submitted to the Secretary of Agriculture for approval or transmitted to the Congress through the President. "(3) The cost of making surveys and investigations and of preparing reports concerning the conservation and development of wildlife resources shall be borne by the Secretary of the Interior out of funds appropriated to his Department." SEC. 4. There is authorized to be appropriated and expended such funds as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act. Approved August 12, 1958. Public Law 85-625

August 12, 1958 [S.3778]

AN ACT To amend the Interstate Commerce Act, as amended, so as to strengthen and improve the national transportation system, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the T r a *1958r^"°" ^^*^^^ xS'jfaj^es of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may Act of be cited as the "Transportation Act of 1958". AMENDMENT TO INTERSTATE COMMERCE ACT, RELATING TO LOAN GUARANTIES 56 Stat. 284. 49 USC 1001.

SEC. 2. The Interstate Commerce Act, as amended, is amended by inserting immediately after part IV thereof the following new part: "PART V "PURPOSE

"SEC. 501. I t is the purpose of this part to provide for assistance to common carriers by railroad subject to this Act to aid them in acquiring, constructing, or maintaining facilities and equipment for such purposes, and in such a manner, as to encourage the employment of labor and to foster the preservation and development of a national transportation system adequate to meet the needs of the commerce of the United States, of the postal service, and of the national defense. "DEFINITIONS

"SEC. 502. For the purposes of this part— " (a) The term 'Commission' means the Interstate Commerce Commission. " (b) The term 'additions and betterments or other capital expenditures' means expenditures for the acquisition or construction of property used in transportation service, chargeable to the road, property, or equipment investment accounts, in the Uniform System of Accounts prescribed by the Interstate Commerce Commission. "(c) The term 'expenditures for maintenance of property' means expenditures for labor, materials, and other costs incurred in maintaining, repairing, or renewing equipment, road, or property used in transportation service chargeable to operating expenses m accordance with the Uniform System of Accounts prescribed!^ by the Commission.

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