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 PUBLIC LAW 88-30-MAY 29, 1963

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74 Stat. 661.

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(f) RESEARCH AND EDUCATION.—(1) Sponsor, engage in, and assist in research relating to outdoor recreation, directly or by contract or cooperative agreements, and make payments for such purposes without regard to the limitations of section 3648 of the Revised Statutes (31 U.S.C. 529) concerning advances of funds when he considers such action in the public interest, (2) undertake studies and assemble information concerning outdoor recreation, directly or by contract or cooperative agreement, and disseminate such information without regard to the provisions of section 4154, title 39, United States Code, and (3) cooperate with educational institutions and others in order to assist in establishing education programs and activities and to encourage public use and benefits from outdoor recreation. (g) INTERDEPARTMENTAL CoopERA'noN.—(1) Cooperate with and provide technical assistance to Federal departments and agencies and obtain from them information, data, reports, advice, and assistance that are needed and can reasonably be furnished in carrying out the purposes of this Act, and (2) promote coordination of Federal plans and activities generally relating to outdoor recreation. Any department or agency furnishing advice or assistance hereunder may expend its own funds for such purposes, with or without reimbursement, as may be agreed to by that agency. (h) DONATIONS.—Accept and use donations of money, property, personal services, or facilities for the purposes of this Act. SEC. 3. In order further to carry out the policy declared in section 1 of this Act, the heads of Federal departments and independent agencies having administrative responsibility over activities or resources the conduct or use of which is pertinent to fulfillment of that policy shall, either individually or as a group, (a) consult with and be consulted by the Secretary from time to time both with respect to their conduct of those activities and their use of those resources and with respect to the activities which the Secretary of the Interior carries on under authority of this Act which are pertinent to their work, and (b) carry out such responsibilities in general conformance with the nationwide plan authorized under section 2(c) of this Act. SEC. 4. As used in this Act, the term "United States" shall include the District of Columbia and the terms "United States" and "States" may, to the extent practicable, include the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa. Approved May 28, 1963, 10:13 a.m.

Public Law 88-30 May 29, 1963 [H. R. 6009]

Public debt limit. Temporary increases. 7 2 Stat. 17 58.

AN ACT To provide, for the periods ending June 30, 1963, and August 31, 1963, temporary increases in the public debt limit set forth in section 21 of the Second Liberty Bond Act.

Be it ewicted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled., That the public debt limit set forth in the first sentence of section 21 of the Second Liberty Bond Act, as amended (31 U.S.C. 757b), shall be temporarily increased— (1) during the period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act and ending on June 30, 1963, to $307,000,000,000, and (2) during the period beginning on July 1, 1963, and ending on August 31, 1963, to $309,000,000,000. During the period ending on June 30, 1963, the limit provided by paragraph (1) shall be in lieu of the limits provided by the Act of July 1, 1962 (Public Law 87-512; 76 Stat. 124). Approved May 29, 1963.

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