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PUBLIC LAW 86-533-JUNE 29, 1960

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Public Law 86-533 AN ACT To repeal certain provisions of law requiring the submission of certain reports to Congress, and for other purposes.

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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Reports to ConUnited States of America in Congress assembled, That the following gress. provisions of law, which relate to the submission of certain reports to ~f° ^rt''°""""^"°" Congress or other Government authority, are hereby repealed, as follows: (1) Section 209 of the Revised Statutes (5 U.S.C. 164), relating to a certain statement of expenditures required to be made by the Secretary of State w4th respect to contingent expenses of certain activities abroad, which reads as follows: gj^^g Depart"SEC. 209. The annual statement of expenditures from the contin- ment. gent fund required to be made by the Secretary of State, must include penses."^^"* all the contingent expenses of foreign intercourse and of all the missions abroad, except such expenditures as are settled upon the certificate of the President.". Xreasur De(2) Section 3 of the Act entitled "An Act authorizing an appropria- partment." ^ *" tion to effect a settlement of the remainder due on Pershing Hall, a Mfmori^aiV" ^ "^^ memorial already erected in Paris, France, to the Commander in Chief, officers, and men of the Expeditionary Forces, and for other purposes", approved June 28, 1935 (49 Stat. 426; 36 U.S.C. 492), which reads as follows: "SEC. 3. An itemized report shall be transmitted to the Senate and House of Representatives on the first day of each regular session of Congress of expenditures made in pursuance herewith.". (3)(A) Section 646(b) of title 14 of the United States Code, relat- vesleis^ciaims. ing to certain reports to Congress by the Secretary of the Treasury with respect to certain claims against the United States for damage by Coast Guard vessels, which reads as follows: "(b) On payment of any claim determined, compromised, or settled under this section at a net amount exceeding $3,000, but not exceeding $25,000, payable by the United States, the Secretary of the Treasury within twenty days of payment shall report to the Congress setting forth the nature of the claim, the vessel involved, the amount paid with respect thereto, the basis of the determination, compromise, or settlement, and other pertinent facts. The Secretary of the Treasury shall report to the Congress, at each session thereof, all claims which have been paid under this section. During any war the reports required under this section may omit any fact or facts disclosure of which, in the opinion of the Secretary, would be prejudicial to the national security.". (B) Section 647(b) of title 14 of the United States Code, relating to certain reports to Congress by the Secretary of the Treasury with respect to certain claims of the United States for damage to Coast Guard property, which reads as follows: "(b) Within twenty days after receipt of a payment in a net amount exceeding $3,000 due the United States pursuant to determination, compromise, or settlement of any claim under this section, the Secretary of the Treasury shall report to the Congress setting forth the nature of the claim; the vessel or vessels involved; the amount received; the basis of determination, compromise, or settlement; and other pertinent facts. During any war the reports required under this section may omit any fact or facts, disclosure of which, in the opinion of the Secretary, would be prejudicial to the national security.".

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