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LAW 87-613-AUG. 28, 1962

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Public Law 87-612 JOINT RESOLUTION August 28, 1962 Authorizing and requesting the President to designate April 21, 1963, as a day [S- J- Res-179] for observance of the courage displayed by the uprising in the Warsaw ghetto against the Nazis.

Resolved h.y the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in (Congress assembled, That the twenty-first day of Warsaw ghetto April 1963 is hereby marced in recognition of the astounding courage °^' displayed by the uprising in the Warsaw ghetto against the Nazis. Through such uprising, the men, women, and children who met death on that tragic day and those who perished in concentration camps and in the gas chambers, symbolize the indestructible spirit of liberty which throughout history has ultimately triumphed against the forces of tyranny. The President is authorized and requested to issue a proclamation proclamation inviting people of the United States to observe such day with appro- authorization. priate ceremonieg and activities. Approved August 28, 1962.

Public Law 87-613 AN ACT August 28, 1962 To amend section 9(d)(1) of the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 (53 Stat. ^^- ^^^^J 1187; 43 U.S.C. 485), to make additional provision for irrigation blocks, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That after the Reclamation execution of a contract pursuant to the authority of section 9(d)(1) ^°^nd*f^t*°^ ^^^^' of the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 (53 Stat. 1187; 43 U.S.C. 485), and prior to the commencement of the development period pro- 53 Stat. 1193. vided thereunder, the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to amend such contract to provide for irrigation blocks, or if such are already provided, to add to or modify such irrigation blocks, as he shall* deem desirable to carry out the purposes of that Act. SEC. 2. Section 9(d)(1) is amended by deleting the period at the end Development peof the first sentence of said section and by adding the following: ***"*' ^*^^^^°^": Provided further, That when the Secretary, by contract or by notice given thereunder, shall have fixed a development period of less than ten years, and at any time thereafter but before commencement of the repayment period conditions arise which in the judgment of the Secretary would have justified the fixing of a longer period, he may amend such contract or notice to extend such development period to a date not to exceed ten years from its commencement, and in a case where no development period was provided, he may amend such contract within the same limits: Provided further, That when the Secretary shall have deferred the payment of all or any part of any installments of construction charges under any repayment contract pursuant to the authority of the Act of September 21, 1959 (73 Stat. 584), he may, at any time prior to the due date prescribed for the first 43 USC 48Sb-i. installment not reduced by such deferment, and by agreement with the contracting organization, terminate the supplemental contract by which such deferment was effected, credit the construction payments made, and exercise the authority granted in this section."

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