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PUBLIC LAW QO-SOl-SLFT. 20, 1968

[82 STAT.

Public Law 90-501 SeptemberaO, 1968 AN ACT [H.R. 15268], To authorize the Secretary of Defense to lend certain Army, Navy, and Air

Force equipment and provide certain services to the Boy Scouts of America for use in the 1969 National Jamboree, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the se°venthN*ationai ^'^^t^^ States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) the Secrejamboree, military t a r j of Defense is hereby authorized, under such regulations as he support. jj^j^y prescribe, to lend to the Boy Scouts of America, a corporation 39 Stat. 227. created under the Act of June 15, 1916, for the use and accommodation 36 USC 21-29. of approximately^ forty thousand Scouts and officials who are to attend the Seventh National Jamboree of the Boy Scouts of America to be held at Farragut State Park, Idaho, during July 1969, such tents, cots, blankets, commissary equipment, refrigerators, vehicles, 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 expen.se shall be incurred by the United States Government for the delivery and return of such equipment, and the Boy Scouts of America shall pay for the cost of the actual rehabilitation and repair, or replacement of such equipment. Bond. (c) The Secretary of Defense, before delivering such property, shall take from the Boy Scouts of America a 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. Logistical servSEC. 2. The Secretary of Defense is hereby authorized, under such ices. regulations as he may prescribe, to provide to the Boy Scouts of America, in support of the encampment referred to in subsection (a) of the first section of this Act, such communication, medical, engineering, protective, and other logistical services as may be necessary or useful to the extent that such services are available and the providing of them will not jeopardize the national defense program. Federal assistSEC. 3. Each department of the Federal Government is hereby authorized under such regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary thereof to assist the Boy Scouts of America in the carrying out and the fulfillment of the plans for the encampment referred to in subsection (a) of the first section of this Act. Approved September 20, 1968.

Public Law 90-502 September20, 1968 AN ACT [H.R. 18146] To amend title 10, United States Code, to correct an inequity affecting officers of

the Supply Corps and Civil Engineer Corps of the Navy. Navy. Supply Corps and Civil Engineer Corps, officers. 70A Stat. 409.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 6388 of title 10, United States Code, is amended as follows: (1) Subsection (a) is redesignated as subsection " (b) " and is amended by— (A) striking out "originally" and inserting "initially" in place thereof; and

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