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PUBLIC LAW 89-48-JUNE 24, 1965

[79 STAT.

Public Law 89-48 June 24, 1965 [S. 1000]

Irrigation works Movable property title. 43 USC 499a.

AN ACT To amend the Act of July 29, 1954, as amended, to permit transfer of title to movable property to agencies which assume operation and maintenance responsibility for project works serving municipal and industrial functions.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 1 of the Act of July 29, 1964 (68 Stat. 580), as amended by the Act of August 2, 1956 (70 Stat. 940), is further amended to read as follows: "SEC. 1. That whenever an irrigation district, municipality, or water users' organization assumes operation and maintenance of works constructed to furnish or distribute a water supply pursuant to a contract entered into with the United States in accordance with the Federal reclamation laws (Act of June 17, 1902, 32 Stat. 388, and Acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto) (43 U.S.C. 371 et seq.), the Secretary of the Interior may transfer to said district, municipality, or organization title to movable property which has been purchased with funds advanced by the district, municipality, or organization or which, in the case of property purchased with appropriated funds, is necessary to the operation and maintenance of such works and the value of which is to be repaid under a contract with the district, municipality, or organization. I n order to encourage the assumption by irrigation districts, municipalities, and water users' organizations of the operation and maintenance of works constructed to furnish or distribute a water supply, the Secretary is authorized to use appropriated funds available for the project involved to acquire movable property for transfer under the terms and conditions hereinbefore provided, at the time operation and maintenance is assumed." SEC. 2. Whenever a municipal corporation or other organization to which water for municipal, domestic, or industrial use is furnished of distributed under a contract entered into with the United States pursuant to the Federal reclamation laws so requests, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to transfer to it or its nominee the care, operation, and maintenance of the works by which such water supply is made available or such part of those works as, in his judgment, is appropriate in the circumstances, subject to such terms and conditions as he may prescribe. Approved June 24, 1965. Public Law 89-49

June 24, 1965 [H. R. 8464]

P u b l i c debt limit. Temporary irw crease. 78 Stat. 225.

AN ACT To provide, for the period beginning on July 1, 1965, and ending on June 30, 1966, a temporary increase in the public debt limit set forth in section 21 of the Second Liberty Bond Act.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, during the period beginning on July 1, 1965, and ending on June 30, 1966, the public debt limit set torth in the first sentence of section 21 of the Seccmd Liberty Bond Act, as amended (31 U.S.C. 757b), shall be temporarily increased to $328,000,000,000. Approved June 24, 1965.

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