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PUBLIC LAW 90-388-JULY 6, 1968

[82 STAT.

Public Law 90-388 July 6, 1968 tli.R. 16451]

U.S.-Central America. Livestock dise a s e control.

28 Stat. 622; 40 Stat. 1270.

Appropriation.

AN ACT To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to cooperate with the several governments of Central America in the prevention, control, and eradication of footand-mouth disease or rinderpest. Be it enacted by the /Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to cooperate with the several governmentvS of Central America in carrying out operations or measures to prevent or retard, suppress, or control, or to eradicate foot-and-mouth disease or rinderpest in Central America where he deems such action necessary to protect the livestock and related industries of the United States. In performing the operations or measures herein authorized, the several governments of Central America shall be responsible for the authority necessary to carry out such operations or measures on all lands and properties in each nation and for such other facilities and means as in the discretion of the Secretary of Agriculture are necessary. The measure and character of cooperation carried out under this Act on the part of the United States and on the part of the several governments of Central America, including the expenditure or use of n m d s appropriated pursuant to this Act, shall be such as may be prescribed by the Secretary of Agriculture. Arrangements for the cooperation authorized by this Act shall be made through and in consultation with the Secretary of State. The authority contained in this Act is in addition to and not in substitution for the authority of existing law. SEC. 2. For purposes of this Act, funds appropriated pursuant thereto may also be used for the purchase or hire of passenger motor A'^ehicles and aircraft, for printing and binding without regard to section 87 of the Act of January 12, 1895, or section 11 of the Act of March 1, 1919 (44 U.S.C. I l l), and for the employment of civilian nationals of the several nations of Central America. SEC. 3. The governments of Central America, for the purposes of this Act, mean the governments for those countries located between the Republic of Colombia and the Republic of Mexico. SEC. 4. I n carrying out this Act the Secretary of Agriculture is further authorized to cooperate with other public and private organizations and individuals. SEC. 5. There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this Act. Approved July 6, 1968.

Public Law 90-389 July 7, 1968 [H. R. 15345]

Bank Protection Act of 1968. " Federal supervisory agency. "

AN ACT To provide security measures for banks and other financial institutions, and to provide for the appointment of the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance (\>rporation a« receiver. Be It enacted by the Senate and House of Re2)resentatlres of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "Bank Protection Act of 1968*'. SEC. 2. As used in this Act the term "Federal supervisory agency'' moans— (1) The Comptroller of the Currency w ith respect to national banks and district banks, (2) The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

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