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PUBLIC LAW 88-447-AUG. 19, 1964
certifies to the Congress that the use, by purchase from the Treasury, of currencies of such country acquired pursuant to hiw is not feasible for the purpose, stating the reason therefor. SEC. 588. None of the funds provided herein shall be used to pay any recipient of a grant for the conduct of a research project an amount for iudirect expenses in connection with such project in excess of 20 per centum of the direct costs. SEC. 589. Of the funds made available in this Act for repair, alteration, and conversion of naval vessels, at least 35 per centum shall be available for such repair, alteration, and conversion in privately owned shipyards: Provided, That if determined by the Secretary of Defense to be inconsistent with the public interest based on urgency of requirement to have such vessels repaired, altered, or converted as required above, such work may be done in Navy or private shipyards as he may direct. SEC. 540. None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall be used to conduct or assist in conducting any program (including but not limited to the payment of salaries, administrative expenses, and the conduct of research activities) related directly or indirectly to the establishment of a national service corps or similar domestic peace corps type of program. SEC. 541. This Act may be cited as the "Department of Defense Appropriation Act, 1965. Approved August 19, 1964.
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R e s e a r c h proje c t s, indirect expenses.
Use of p r i v a t e l y owned s h i p y a r d s.
Restriction.
Short title.
Public Law 88-447 AN ACT To provide for the settlement of claims of certain inhabitants of the United States living in the area inundated by the sudden floods of the Rio Grande as a result of the construction of the Falcon Dam, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and Houm of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the United States Commissioner on the International Boundary and Water Commission United States and Mexico (hereafter in this Act referred to as the "(Commissioner) shall have jurisdiction to receive, adjudicate, and provide for the payment of any claim, which claim is not compensated for by insurance or otherwise, (1) by any person or his heirs at law against the United States for damage to or loss of personal property sustained on or after August 27, 1953, and before September 1, 1954, by reason of the sudden floods of the Rio Grande resulting from tl\o construction of the Falcon Dam pursuant to a treaty between the United States and the Republic of Mexico, (2) by any welfare agency or municipal corporation or other political subdivision of the State of Texas, for actual expenses incurred on account of assistance rendered in the emergency relocation of any person or his personal property by reason of those floods, or (3) by any person against the United States for actual expenses incurred by him in the process and as a direct result of moving himself, his family, and their possessions, where such moving was made necessary by reason of the construction of such dam. In the consideration of claims filed under clause (1) of this section, the Commissioner shall take into account the difficulty to
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F a l c o n Dam, damage c l a i m s. Settlement.
59 Stat. 1219.
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