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PUBLIC LAW 89-490-JULY 4, 1966

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Public Law 89-490 July 4, 1966 [H. R. 12270]

AN ACT To authorize the Secretary of Defense to lend certain Army, Navy, and Air Force equipment and to provide transxwrtation and other services to the Boy Scouts of America in connection with the Twelfth Boy Scouts World Jamboree and Twenty-first Boy Scouts World Conference to be held in the United States of America in 1967, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Boy Scouts World Jjnited States of America in Congress assembled. That (a) the SecreJamboree and Con tary oi Defense is hereby authorized, under such regulations as he may ference, 1967. Military support prescribe, to lend to the National Council, Boy Scouts of America, for the use and accommodation of the approximately twenty-five thousand Scouts, Scouters, and officials who are to attend the World Jamboree, Boy Scouts, to be held at Farragut State Park, Idaho, and five hundred Scouters who are to attend the World Conference of Scout Associations in Seattle, Washington, following the Jamboree, in July and August 1967, such tents, cots, blankets, commissary equipment, flags, refrigerators, and other equipment and services as may be necessary or useful, to the extent that items are in stock and available and their issue will not jeopardize the national defense program. Equipment. (b) Such equipment is authorized to be delivered at such time prior to the holding of such jamboree, and to be returned at such time after the close of such jamboree, as may be agreed upon by the Secretary of Defense and the National Council, Boy Scouts of America. No expense shall be incurred by the United States Government for the delivery, return, rehabilitation, or replacement of such equipment. Bond. (c) The Secretary of Defense, before delivering such property, shall take from the National Council, Boy Scouts of America, good and sufficient bond for the safe return of such property in good order and condition, and the whole without expense to the United States. Transportation. SEC. 2. (a) Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense and to the extent that furnishing such transportation will not interfere with military operations, the Secretary of Defense is authorized to provide transportation without expense to the United States Government from United States military commands overseas, and return, on surface and other transportation facilities of the armed services for (1) those Boy Scouts, Scouters, and officials certified by the National Council, Boy Scouts of America, as representing the National Council, Boy Scouts of America, at the jamboree referred to in the first section of this Act; and (2) the equipment and property of such Boy Scouts, Scouters, and officials and the property loaned to the National Council, Boy Scouts of America, by the Secretary of Defense pursuant to this Act. Bond. (b) Before furnishing any transportation under this section, the Secretary of Defense shall take from the National Council, Boy Scouts of America, a good and sufficient bond for the reimbursement to the United States by the National Council, Boy Scouts of America, of the actual costs of transportation furnished vinder this section. Reimbursement SEC. 3. Amounts paid to the United States to reimburse it for funds. expenses incurred under the first section and for the actual cost of transportation furnished under section 2 shall be credited to the current applicable appropriations or funds to which such expenses and costs were charged and shall be available for the same purposes as such appropriations or funds. Waiver of visa SEC. 4. Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of State, no fee. fee shall be collected for the application for a visa by or the issuance of a visa to any Boy Scout, Scouter, or official whose association is certified by the National Council, Boy Scouts of America, as representing

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