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PUBLIC LAW 88-000—MMMM. DD, 1963

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Jurisdiction.

Appropriation.

PUBLIC LAW 88-38-JUNE 10, 1963

[77 STAT.

to transfer to the city or county jurisdiction and maintenance of service roads which the Secretary constructs on park lands to properties that otherwise would be denied access because of the installation of the park tour road. The Secretary of the Interior shall not, without first obtaining the consent of the city and county officials referred to in subsection (c), convert the portion of the existing road known as Confederate Avenue lying between Graveyard Road and Fort Garrott into a one-way park tour road with controlled access, or otherwise limit the use of such portion by local traffic, until the United States has provided for such alterations, relocations, and construction of local roads (including procurement of rights-of-way) as the Secretary and said officials agree are directly attributable to the installation of such park tour road. SEC. 2. Upon the delivery and acceptance of the conveyances herein authorized, any jurisdiction heretofore ceded to the United States by the State of Mississippi over the lands and roads transferred shall thereby cease and thereafter rest in the State of Mississippi. SEC. 8. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums, but not more than $2,050,000, as are required for acquisition of lands and interests in lands and for construction and relocation of roads pursuant to this Act. Approved June 4, 1963.

Public Law 88-38 June 10, 1963 [S. 1409]

Equal Pay Act of 1963.

AN ACT To prohibit discrimination on account of sex in the paynit^nt of wages by employers engaged in commerce or in the production of goods for commerce.

Be it enacted by the Seruite and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congres.s as.sembled, That this Act may be cited as the "P^qual Pay Act of 1963;'. DECLARATION OF PXTKPOSE

Discrimination prohibited. 5 2 Stat. 1062; 63 Stat. 912. 29 USC 206.

SEC. 2. (a) The Congress hereby finds that the existence in industries engaged in commerce or in the production of goods for commerce of wage differentials based on sex— (1) depresses wages and living standards for employees necessary for their health and efficiency; (2) prevents the maximum utilization of the available labor I'esources; (3) tends to cause labor disputes, thereby burdening, affecting, and obstructing commerce; (4) burdens commerce and the free flow of goods in commerce: and (5) constitutes an unfair method of competition. (b) It is hereby declared to be the policy of this Act, through exercise by Congress of its power to regulate commerce among the several States and with foreign nations, to correct the conditions above referred to in such industries. SEC. 3. Section 6 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended (29 U.S.C. et seq.), is amended by adding thereto a new subsection (d) as follows: " (d)(1) No employer having employees subject to any provisions of this section shall discriminate, within any establishment in which such employees are employed, between employees on the basis of sex by paying wages to employees in such establishment at a rate less