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PUBLIC LAW 89-576-SEPT. 14, 1966

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Public Law 89-576 September 14, 1966

[H. R. 13284]

AMVETS, Membership eligibility. 69 Stat. 375.

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rj.^ redefine eligibility for membership in AM VETS (American Veterans of World War II). Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 6 of the Act approved July 23, 1947, Public Law 216, Eightieth Congress (61 Stat. 407; 36 U.S.C. 67e), is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 6. Any person who served in the Armed Forces of the United States of America or.any American citizen who served in the armed forces of an. allied nation of the United States on or after September 16, 1940, and on or before the date of cessation of hostilities as determined by the Government of the United States, is eligible for regular membership in A M V E T S, provided such service when terminated by discharge or release from active duty be by honorable discharge or separation. No person who is a member of, or who advocates the principles of, any organization believing in, or working for, the overthrow of the United States Government by force, and no person who refuses to uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States, shall be privileged to become, or continue to be, a member of this organization." Approved September 14, 1966. Public Law 89-577

September 16, 1966 [H. R. 8989]

Federal Metal and Nonmetallic Mine Safety Act.

AN ACT To promote health and safety in metal and nonmetallic mineral industries, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "Federal Metal and Nonmetallic Mine Safety Act". DEFINITIONS AND EXEMPTIONS

SEC. 2. For the purposes of this Act. (a) The term "commerce" means trade, traffic, commerce, transportation, or communication between any State, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, or any territory or possession of the United States, and any other place outside the respective boundaries thereof, or wholly within the District of Columbia, or any territory or possession of the United States, or between points in the same State, if passing through any point outside the boundaries thereof. (b) The term "mine" means (1) an area of land from which minerals other than coal or lignite are extracted in nonliquid form or, if in liquid

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