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PUBLIC LAW 87-428-MAR. 31, 1962

[76 STAT.

Public Law 87-428 March 31, 1962 [S. 1691]

J u v e n i l e delinquents. Commitmentik 62 Stat. 858.

Report.

AN ACT To provide that any juvenile who has been determined delinquent by a district court of the United States may be committed by the court to the custody of the Attorney General for observation and study.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 5034 of title 18 of the United States Code is amended by adding immediately after the third paragraph thereof the following new paragraph: "If the court desires more detailed information as a basis lor determining whether to place any juvenile delinquent on probation or to commit him to the custody of the Attorney General under the first paragraph of this section, the court may commit such delinquent to the custody of the Attorney General for observation and study at an appropriate classification center or agency. The Director of the Bureau of Prisons, under such regulations as the Attorney General may prescribe, shall, after the delinquent has been so committed, cause a complete study to be made of the delinquent, including a mental and physical examination, to ascertain his personal traits, his capabilities, pertinent circumstances of his social background, any previous delinquency or criminal experience, any mental or physical defect or other factor contributing to his delinqu«icy, and any other factors which the Director may consider pertinent. A full and complete report of the results of such study, together with any recommendations which the Director believes would be helpful to the court in making its determination, shall be furnished to the court by the Director within sixty days after the date such delinquent is ordered committed to the custody of the Attorney General under this paragraph unless the court grants additional time for further study. No delinquent shall be committed under this paragraph for a period exceeding his minority or the term which might have been imposed had he been tried and convicted of the alleged violation for which he was determined delinquent, whichever occurs first." Approved March 31, 1962.

Public Law 87-429 April 4, 1962

[H. J. Res. 441]

24 Stat. 379; 54 Stat. 899. 49 USC 27 and note.

Interstate Commerce C o mm I ssion. Anniversary.

JOINT RESOLUTION To Commemorate the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Interstate Commerce Commission.

Whereas April 5, 1962, is the seventy-fifth aimiversary of the Interstate Commerce Commission; and Whereas the Interstate Commerce Commission is the oldest regulatory agency in the United States, having been established by the Act to regulate commerce enacted on February 4, 1887; and Whereas the duties and responsibilities of the Interstate Commerce Commission have been expanded throughout the past seventy-five years so that its activities in regulating the transportation industry now affect the life of every citizen of the United States: Therefore be it Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the United States is authorized and requested to issue a proclamation designating the 5th day of April 1962 as Interstate Commerce Commission Day, for the purpose of commemorating the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Interstate Commerce Commission. Approved April 4, 1962.

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