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PUBLIC LAW 85-744-AUG. 23, 1958

1928 (ch. 612, 45 Stat. 600), as amended, nor under the authority of the Act of August 16, 1941 (ch. 357, 55 Stat. 622), as amended. " (2) The provisions of this section, with the exception of paragraph (1) of subsection (b), shall not be applied under the authority of the Act of September 7, 1916 (ch. 458, 39 Stat. 742), as amended." SEC. 2. The term "Secretary" as used in this Act and in amendments made by this Act means the Secretary of Labor. Approved August 23, 1958.

837 D. C. Code 36501, 36-502. 42 USC 16511654. 5 USC 75 1 note.

Public Law 85-743 AN ACT Providing for the extension of certain authorized functions of the Secretary of the Interior to areas other than the United States, its Territories and possessions.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress asfiembled^ That the authority vested in the Secretary of the Interior, to perform surveys, investigations, and research in geology, biology, minerals and water resources, and mapping is hereby extended to include Antarctica and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. SEC. 2. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to compile maps of Antarctica from materials already available and from such additional material as may result from the several expeditions in support of the International Geophysical Year. SEC. 3. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to authorize the absorption or modification of, or change in any way, the responsibility of any other department or agency of the United States, including the performance of surveys, mapping, and compilation of maps. SEC. 4. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act. Approved August 23, 1958.

August 23, 1958 [H.R. 11123]

Ant arctica; Trust Territory of Pacific Islands.

Appropriations.

Public Law 85-744 AN ACT To amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 170 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: "k. With respect to any license issued pursuant to section 53, 63, 81,104 a., or 104 c. for the conduct of educational activities to a person found by the Commission to be a nonprofit educational institution, the Commission shall exempt such licensee from the financial protection requirement of subsection 170 a. With respect to licenses issued between August 30, 1954, and August 1, 1967, for which the Commission grants such exemption: " (1) the Commission shall agree to indemnify and hold harmless the licensee and other persons indemnified, as their interests may appear, from public liability in excess of $250,000 arising from nuclear incidents. The aggregate indemnity for all persons indemnified in connection with each nuclear incident shall not exceed $500,000,000, including the reasonable cost of investigating and settling claims and defending suits for damage;

August 23, 1958 [H.R. 13455]

A to m i c Energy Act of 1954, amendment. 71 Stat. 576. 42 USC 2210. L i c e n s e s for educational activities.

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