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 93 STAT. 1258

PUBLIC LAW 96-163—DEC. 28, 1979

rated for any of the purposes of this act shall be deemed to exhaust them or any of them. "§ 17. Tms section and the preceding sections hereof constitute an agreement between the states of New York and New Jersey supplementary to the compact between the two states dated April thirtieth, nineteen hundred twenihr-one and amendatory thereof, and shall be liberally construed to effectuate the purposes of said compact and of the comprehensive plan heretofore adopted by the two states, and the powers panted to the port authority shall be construed to be in aid of and not in limitation or in derogation of any other powers, heretofore conferred upon or granted to the port authority.". SEC. 2. Nothing contained in said agreement or compact shall be construed as impairing or in any manner affecting any right or jurisdiction of the United States in and over the region which forms the subject of said agreement. SEC. 3. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is expressly reserved. Approved December 28, 1979.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: HOUSE REPORT No. 96-507 (Comm. on the Judiciary). SENATE REPORT No. 96-427 (Comm. on the Judiciary). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 125 (1979): Oct. 23, considered and passed House. Dec. 6, considered and passed Senate, amended. Dec. 10, House disagreed to Senate amendment. Dec. 14, Senate receded from its amendment. WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS, Vol. 15, No. 52: Dec. 31, Presidential statement.

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