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PUBLIC LAW 89-60'5-SEPT. 26, 1966

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Botanic Garden" immediately following '^the employees of the Architect of the Capitol". (c) Section 2(f) of such Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. 2'252(f)), is amended by striking out "; and the Architect of the Capitol and the Librarian of Congress are authorized to exclude from the operation of this Act any employees under the office of the Architect of the Capitol and the Library of Congress, respectively, whose tenure of employment is temporary or of uncertain duration." and inserting in lieu thereof "; and the Architect of the Capitol, the Librarian of Congress, and the Director or Acting Director of the United States Botanic Garden are authorized to exclude from the operation of this Act any employees under the office of the Architect of the Capitol, the Library of Congress, and the United States Botanic Garden, respectively, whose tenure of employment is temporary or of uncertain duration.". Limitation SEC. 2. The provisions under the heading "CIVIL SERVICE KETIRE- applicable. not MENT AND DISABILITY F U N D " in title I of the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1959 (72 Stat. 1064; Public Law 85-844), shall ^^s use 2257 not apply with respect to benefits resulting from the enactment of "° ^' this Act. SEC. 3. The amendments made by the first section of this Act shall not apply in the case of officers and employees retired or otherwise separated prior to the date of enactment of this Act. The rights of such persons and their survivors shall continue in the same manner and to the same extent as if such amendments had not been enacted. Approved September 26, 1966. Public Law 89-605 AN ACT

September 26, 1966

To direct the Secretary of Interior to cooperate with the States of New York and New Jersey on a program to develop, preserve, and restore the resources of the Hudson River and its shores and to authorize certain necessary steps to be taken to protect those resources from adverse Federal actions until the States and Congress shall have had an opportunity to act on that program.

[H. R. 13508]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Congress g^g^n^"" ^^"^^ hereby finds and declares that the Hudson River Basin contains compact. I'esources of immense economic, natural, scenic, historic, and recreation value to all the citizens of the United States; that the States of New York and New Jersey (hereinafter referred to as the "States") are now working toward a joint program to develop, preserve, and restore the resources of the Hudson River.and have requested the aid and participation of the Federal Government; that it is in the best interests of the citizens of the United States that the Federal Government lend aid and assistance to the States, their political subdivisions, and agencies in developing a compact to assure the development, preservation,.and restoration of the natural^ scenic, historic, and recreational resources of the Hudson River Basin; and that it is the sense of the Congress that Federal departments and agencies should, insofar as possible, consider the effect of projects or actions upon achievement of the objectives of this Act until the compact has been acted upon by the States and the Federal Government. SEC. 2. As used in this Act, the term— Definitions, (a) "The Hudson River" means the Hudson River and its tributaries from their source to the mouth of the Lower Bay.

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