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PUBLIC LAW 88-135-OCT. 8, 1963

repealed, effective with respect to contributions collected on compensation paid after December 81, 19H3. SEC. 804. Effective with respect.to contributions collected by the Railroad Retirement Board after December 81, 1961, section 8(f) of the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act is amended by strikin*? out "0.2 per centum'' and insertinjr in lieu thereof "0.25 per centum". SEC. 805. Effective after June 80, 1964, section 10(d) of the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act is amended by striking out "the rate of 8 per centum per annum" and inserting in lieu thereof "a rate for each fiscal year equal to the average rate of interest borne by all special obligations held by the Railroad Retirement Account on the last day of the pi'eceding fiscal year, rounded to the nearest multiple of one-eighth of 1 per centum". Approved October 5, 1968.

62 Stat. 57i8. 45 USC 358.

73 Stat. 32. 45 USC 360.

Public Law 88-134 AN ACT To amend section 411(a) of title 38, United States Code, to increase the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation payable to widows of veterans dying from service-connected disabilities. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 411(a) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking out "$112" and inserting in lieu thereof "$120". SEC. 2. The amendment made by this Act shall take effect on the effective date of the Uniformed Services Pay Act of 1963, or on January 1, 1964, whichever first occurs. Approved October 5, 1963.

October s, 1963 [H. R. 5250]

72 Stat. 1127. Effective date. Ante, p. 210.

Public Law 88-135 AN ACT

October s, 1963

To iiiiKMirl the Act rnoviding for fhe Mdniissioii of the Stsite of Ahiska into the Union with respect to the selection,of public lands for the development and e\pansion of communities.

[H. R. 6118]

Be it enacted, by the Senate and, IImine of Representatives of the United Statex of America in Congress asnembled^ That the second Alaska, sentence of subsection (g) of section 6 of the Act entitled "An Act to Lands, developprovide for the admission of the State of Alaska into the Union", approved July 7, 1958 (72 Stat. 889), is amended by striking out the 48 USC prec period at the end thereof and adding "or, in the case of selections ^^ "°*** nnder subsection (a) of this section, one hundred and sixty acres.". Approved October 8, 1963.

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