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PUBLIC LAW 85-626-AUG. 12, 1968

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graph, but was not engaged in such operation on May 1, 1958, may under such regulations as the Interstate Commerce Commission shall prescribe, if application for a certificate or permit is made to the said Commission within one hundred and twenty days after the date on which this section takes effect, continue such operation without a certificate or permit pending the determination of such application in accordance with the provisions of part II of the Interstate Commerce Act. AMENDMENT TO SECTION 2 0 3 (C) OF INTERSTATE COMMERCE ACT 49 USC 303.

SEC. 8. Subsection (c) of section 203 of the Interstate Commerce Act. as amended, is amended by striking out the period at the end thereof and inserting in lieu of such period a comma and the following: "nor shall any person engaged in any other business enterprise transport property by motor vehicle in interstate or foreign commerce for business purposes unless such transportation is within the scope, and in furtherance, of a primary business enterprise (other than transportation) of such person." Approved August 12, 1958.

Public Law 85-626 AN ACT To amend the Shipping Act, 1916.

August 12, 1958 [S.3916]

Dual rate contract agreements. 39 Stat. 733. 46 USC 812.

46 USC 814.

Effective date.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of t ">. United States of America in Congress assembled, That section of the Shipping Act, 1916, is amended by inserting at the end the the following: Provided, That nothing in this section or elsewhere i^ this Act, shall be construed or applied to forbid or make unlawful any dual rate contract arrangement in use by the members of a conference on May 19, 1958, which conference is organized under an agreement approved under section 15 of this Act by the regulatory body administering this Act, unless and until such regulatory body disapproves, cancels, or modifies such arrangement in accordance with the standards set forth in section 15 of this Act. The term 'dual rate contract arrangement' as used herein means a practice whereby a conference establishes tariffs of rates at two levels the lower of which will be charged to merchants who agree to ship their cargoes on vessels of members of the conference only and the higher of which shall be charged to merchants who do not so agree." SEC. 2. This Act shall be effective immediately upon enactment and shall cease to be effective on and after June 30, 1960. Approved August 12, 1958.

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49 Stat. 540. 22 USC 274.

JOINT RESOLUTION To amend the Act of Congress approved August 7, 1935 (Public Law 253), concerning United States contributions to the International Council of Scientific Unions and certain associated unions.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Public Law 253, Seventy-fourth Congress, is hereby amended by striking out the figure "$9,000" in the section dealing with the International Council of Scientific Unions and inserting in lieu thereof the figure "$65,000". Approved August 14, 1958.

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