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 PUBLIC LAW 90-473-AUG. 10, 1968

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Report to Congress.

Funds.

Expiration date.

[82 STAT.

extent to such use and the utility and degree of sophistication of such metric standards with those in use in the United States; and (3) recoiiunend specific means of meeting the practical difficulties and costs in those areas of the economy where any recommended change in the system of measurement units and related dimensional and engineering standards would raise significant practical difldculties or entail significant costs of conversion. SEC. 4. The Secretary shall submit to the Congress such interim reports as he deems desirable, and within three years after the date of the enactment of this Act, a full and complete report of the findings made under the program authorized by this Act, together with such recommendations as he considers to be appropriate and in the best interests of the United States. SEC. 5. From funds previously appropriated to the Department of Commerce, the Secretary is authorized to utilize such appropriated sums as are necessary, but not to exceed $500,000, to carry out the purposes of this Act for the first year of the program. SEC. 6. This Act shall expire thirty days after the submission of the final report pursuant to section 3. Approved August 9, 1968.

Public Law 90-473 August 10, 1968 [H. R. 18706]

District of Columbia Appropriation Act, 1969.

AN ACT Making appropriations for the government of the District of Columbia and other activities chargeable in whole or in part against the revenues of said District for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1968, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of Armrica in Congress assembled, That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1969, and for other purposes, namely: FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Ante,

p. 612.

For payment to the following funds of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1969: $79,000,000 to the general fund; $2,098,000 to the water fund; and $1,184,000 to the sanitary sewage works fund, as authorized by the District of Columbia Revenue Act of 1947, as amended (D.C. Code, Sec. 47-2501 (a); 81 Stat. 339), and the Act of May 18, 1954 (D.C. Code, Sec. 43-1541 and 1611). LOANS TO THE DISTRICT or COLUMBIA FOR CAPITAL OUTLAY

D.C. Code 431601 note.

For loans to the District of Columbia as authorized by the Act of May 18, 1954 (68 Stat. 101), and the Act of June 6, 1958, as amended (D.C. Code, Sec. 9-220(b); 81 Stat. 339), $66,473,000, which together with balances of previous appropriations for this purpose, shall remain available until expended and be advanced upon request of the Commissioner to the following funds: general fund, $57,223,000; highway fund, $8,000,000; and water fund, $1,250,000.

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