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PUBLIC LAW 86-306-SEPT. 21, 1959

SEC. 2. The provisions of Public Law 743, Eighty-first Congress, approved August 31, 1950 (64 Stat. 568), shall apply to the additional powers approved under this joint resolution to the same extent as if such additional powers were conferred under the provisions of the compact consented to in such public law. SEC. 3. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this joint resolution is expressly reserved. SEC. 4. The right is hereby reserved to the Congress and to its standing committees to require the disclosure and furnishing of such information or data by the Bi-State Development Agency as is deemed appropriate by the Congress or any such committee. Approved September 21, 1959.

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Public Law 86-304 JOINT RESOLUTION Designating the 17th day of December 1959 as "Wright Brothers Day".

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled., That the I7th day of December 1959 is hereby designated as "Wright Brothers Day", in commemoration of the first successful flights in a heavier-than-air, mechanically propelled airplane, which were made by Orville and Wilbur Wright on December 17, 1903, near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. The President is authorized and requested to issue a proclamation inviting the people of the United States to observe such day with appropriate ceremonies and activities. Approved September 21, 1959.

September 21, 195S [H. J. Res. 513]

"Wright Brothers Day." Proclamation authorization.

Public Law 86-305 JOINT RESOLUTION September 21, 1959 Establishing that the second regular session of the Eighty-sixth Congress con- [H. J. Res. 531] vene at noon on Wednesday,.January 6, 1960.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled., That the second regular session of the Eighty-sixth Congress shall begin at noon on Wednesday, January 6, 1960. Approved September 21, 1959.

86th Congress. Second session.

Public Law 86-306 AN ACT

September 21, 1959

To amend the Civil Service Retirement Act with respect to the crediting of service of United States commissioners for purposes of such Act.

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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled., That section 3(i) of the Civil Service Retirement Act (5 U.S.C. 2253 (i)) is amended— (1) by striking out in the first sentence thereof "on the basis of one three-hundred-and-thirteenth of a year for each day on which such United States Commissioner renders service in such capacity" and inserting in lieu thereof "on the basis of one threehundred-and-thirteenth of a year for each day prior to July 1, 1945, and one two-hundred-and-sixtieth of a year for each day

u. s. commissioners. Service credit. 70 Stat. 746.

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