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PUBLIC LAW 87-680-SEPT. 25, 1962

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SEC. 4. The right is hereby reserved to the Congress or any of its standing committees to require of the Authority the disclosure and furnishing of such information and data as is deeraed appropriate by the Congress or any committee thereof having jurisdiction of the subject matter of this resohition. SEC. 5. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this joint resolution is hereby expressly reserved. Approved September 20, 1962.

Public Law 87-679 JOINT RESOLUTION

«. K on,o.o September 20, 1962

Providing for the designation of the period October 1962 through October 1963 [S. J. Res. 222] as "National Safety Council Fiftieth Anniversary Year". Whereas October 1962 marks the beginning of the fiftieth anniversary observance of the founding of the National Safety Council; and Whereas the council has striven faithfully during this half century to develop and implement sound, effective programs directed toward the prevention of accidents of all kinds; and Whereas the prevention of accidents is of the greatest importance to the success of our economy and the well-being of our Nation; and Whereas the records have shown a notable and steady decline in the rates of accidental death and injury as a result of national programs of the organized safety movement; and Whereas this decline in accident rates demonstrates the value of nationwide safety activities as carried on under the leadership of the National Safety Council; and Whereas the Congress enacted a Federal charter for the National Safety Council; and Whereas the National Safety Council, as a guardian of the public interest, has proved its dedication to the safety and welfare of the Nation's citizens, as set forth in its Federal charter: Therefore be it Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President is authorized and requested to issue a proclamation designating the period October 1962 through October 1963 as "National Safety Council Fiftieth Anniversary Year," and calling upon the governments of the States and communities and the people of the United States to join in observance of this significant occasion and to increase their eff6rts to reduce the number of accidents in homes, in industry, in public places, and on our streets and highw^ays. Approved September 20, 1962.

National Safety Council Fiftieth Anniversary Year, 1962-1963. Proclamation authorization.

Public Law 87-680 AN ACT To amend the Cooperative Forest Management Act. Re It emicted by the Senate and, House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress (issembled. That the Cooperative Forest Management Act (64 Stat. 478; 16 if.S.C. 568c, 568d) is imended by striking out of the first sentence of section 2 thereof '$2,500,000*' and inserting "$5,000,000". Approved September 25, 1962.

September 25, 1963 [H. R. 9728]

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