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PUBLIC LAW 8 7 - 2 6 3 - S E P T. 21, 1961

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ST A T.

F I N A N C I A L POLICY

Report gress.

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SEC. 6. I t is hereby declared to be the policy of the Congress that, to the extent consistent with good medical teaching practice, the Howard University Hospital facilities shall become progressively more self-supporting. I n order to further this policy, the President shall submit to the Congress a report, based on a study of the financing of the operation of the hospital^ containing his recommendations on the rate at which, consistent with the above policy, Federal financial participation in such cost of operation shall be reduced. Such report shall be submitted not later than the end of the second calendar year following the year in which the construction of the new hospital facilities, authorized by section 3, is completed. REPEAL OF LAWS

SEC. 7. All laws heretofore applicable specifically to Freedmen's Hospital are, to the extent of such applicability, repealed, effective with the transfer of Freedmen's Hospital pursuant to section 1. TRANSFER OF F U N D S

Exception.

SEC. 8. All unexpended balances of appropriations, allocations, and other funds, available or to be made available, of Freedmen's Hospital are, effective with the transfer of Freedmen's Hospital pursuant to section 1, transferred to Howard University for use in the operation of the Howard University Hospital facilities, except to the extent (determined by the Director of the Bureau of the Budget) required to meet obligations already incurred and not assumed by the university. Approved September 21, 1961.

Public Law 87-263 September 21, 1961 [a. R. 6667]

AN ACT To amend the Act of August 16, 1957, relating to microfilming of papers of Presidents of the United States, to remove certain liabilities of the United States with respect to such activities.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the P r e s i d e n t i a l pa- United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act enpers. titled "An Act to organize and microfilm papers of Presidents of the United States in the collections of the Library of Congress", approved 2 USC 131 note. August 16, 1957 (Public Law 85-147; 71 Stat. 368), is amended by adcung at the end of the first section thereof the following new sentence: "Neither the United States nor any officer or employee of the United States shall be liable for damages for infringement of literary property rights by reason of any activity authorized by this Act.". Approved September 21, 1961.

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