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PUBLIC LAW 88-44-JUNE 21, 1963
[77 STAT.
Public Law 88-44 June 21, 1963 [H. R. 131]
Reclamation projects. Renewal of certain contracts.
AN ACT rj^^j provide for the renewal of certain municipal, domestic, and industrial water supply contracts entered into under the Reclamation Project Act of 1939, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and llowse of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior shall, upon request of the other party to any long-term contract for municipal, domestic, or industrial water supply hereafter entered into under clause (2) in the proviso to the first sentence of section 9, subsection (c), of the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 (53 Stat. 1195, 43 U.S.C. 485h), include provision for renewal thereof subject to renegotiation of (1) the charges set forth in the contract in the light of circumstances prevailing at the time of renewal and (2) any other matters with respect to which the right to renegotiate is reserved in the contract. Any right of renewal shall be exercised within such reasonable time prior to the expiration of the contract as the parties shall have agreed upon and set forth therein. SEC. 2. The Secretary shall also, upon like request, provide in any such long-term contract or in any contract entered into under clause (1) of the proviso aforesaid that the other party to the contract shall, during the term of the contract and of any renewal thereof and subject to fulfillment of all obligations thereunder, have a first right for the purposes stated in the contract (to which right the holders of any other type of contract for municipal, domestic, or industrial water supply shall be subordinate) to a stated share or quantity of the project's water supply available for municipal, domestic, or industrial use. SEC. 3. The Secretary is hereby authorized, upon request by the other party, to negotiate amendments to existing contracts entered into pursuant to the first sentence of section 9, subsection (c), of the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 to conform said contracts to the provisions of this Act. SEC. 4. As used in this Act, the term long-term contract*' means any contract the term of which is more than ten years. Approved June 21, 1963.
Public Law 88-45 June 21, 1963 [H. R. 79]
Coast Guard. Certain appropriations, authorization.
63 Stat. 544550; 76 Stat. 142. 14 USC 631-655.
AN ACT To re<iuire authorization for certain appropriations for the Coast Guard, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That after fiscal year 1964, funds may not be appropriated to or for the use of the Coast Guard for the construction of shore or oifshore establishments, or for the procurement of vessels or aircraft, unless the appropriation of such funds has been authorized by legislation enacted after December 31, 1963. SEC. 2. Chapter 17 of title 14, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section:
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