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PUBLIC LAW 85-000—MMMM. DD, 1958
[72 Stat. 981]

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PUBLIC LAW 85-817-.AUG. 28, 1958

Public Law 85-816 AN ACT To authorize the lease of Papago tribal land to the National Science Foundation, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Papago Indian Tribe, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, is authorized to lease to the National Science Foundation, for the construction of an astronomical observatory, approximately two thousand and four hundred acres, more or less, of tribal land on the Papago Indian Reservation, and to grant to the National Science Foundation, or to an agency designated by it, permanent rights of way across the Papago Indian Reservation for roads and utilities needed in connection with such observatory. The term of the lease shall be for as long as the property is used for scientific purposes and may provide for an initial payment of not to exceed $25,000 in addition to annual rental fees. The lease shall also prescribe the terms and conditions under which the tribe may jointly use that portion of the leased area not specifically needed for^the observatory. SEC. 2. The National Science Foundation is hereby authorized to expend appropriated funds for construction on the leased land described above, on behalf of the Federal Government, an optical astronomical observatory, including telescopes, administration buildings and other structures deemed necessary and desirable by the Foundation for creation of a scientific facility appropriate for use by the Nation's astronomers. Approved August 28, 1958.

August 28, 1958 [S. 4167]

National Science Foundation. L e a s e of Papago tribal land.

Limitation.

Public Law 85-817 AN ACT

To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to authorize, in certain cases, the issuance of licenses to noncitizens for radio stations on aircraft and for the operation thereof. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 303(1) of the Communications Act of 1934 is amended by inserting immediately before the semicolon at the end thereof the following: ", except that in issuing licenses for the operation of radio stations on aircraft the Commission may, if it finds that the public interest will be served thereby, waive the requirement of citizenship in the case of persons holding United States pilot certificates or in the case of persons holding foreign aircraft pilot certificates which are valid in the United States on the basis of reciprocal agreements entered into with foreign governments". SEC. 2. Subsection (a) of section 310 of the Communications Act of 1934 is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph: "Notwithstanding paragraph (1) of this subsection, a license for a radio station on an aircraft may be granted to and held by a person who is an alien or a representative of an alien if such person holds a United States pilot certificate or a foreign aircraft pilot certificate which is valid m the United States on the basis of reciprocal agreements entered into with foreign governments," Approved August 28, 1958.

August 28, 1958 [H. R. 8543]

L i c e n s e s for radio stations. 48 Stat. 1082. 47 USC 303.

47 USC 310.