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[83 STAT. 187]
PUBLIC LAW 91-000—MMMM. DD, 1969
[83 STAT. 187]

83 STAT. ]

PUBLIC LAW 91-113-NOV. 6, 1969

Mexico principal meridian. From said place of beginning, line runs west on said one-sixteenth subdivision line for a distance of 208.7 feet; thence north 417.4 feet; thence east 208.7 feet; thence south 417.4 feet to place of beginning, containing 2 acres, more or less. SEC. 2. This conveyance is subject to all valid existing rights-ofway of record; and to the right of the United States Public Health Service to continue use and occupancy of that property, presently in use by it, for so long as is necessary. SEC. 3. The Indian Claims Commission is directed to determine in accordance with the provisions of section 2 of the Act of August 13, 1946 (60 Stat. 1050), the extent to which the value of any lands and improvements placed in a trust status under the authority of this Act should or should not be set off against any claim against the United States determined by the Commission. Approved November 6, 1969.

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Rights- •ofway. Public Health Service occupancy.

25 USC; 7Cla.

Public Law 91-113 AN ACT To amend the Federal Hazardous Substances Act to protect children from toys and other articles intended for use by children which are hazardous due to the presence of electrical, mechanical, or thermal hazards, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1, This Act may be cited as the "Child Protection and Toy Safety Act of 1969;-. SEC. 2. (a) Section 2(f) 1 of the Federal Hazardous Substances Act (15 U.S.C. 1261(f)(1)) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: " (D) Any toy or other article intended for use by children which the Secretary by regulation determines, in accordance with section 3(e) of this Act, presents an electrical, mechanical, or thermal hazard." (b) Section 3 of such Act (15 U.S.C. 1262) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: " (e)(1) A determination by the Secretary that a toy or other article intended for use by children presents an electrical, mechanical, or thermal hazard shall be made by regulation in accordance with the procedures prescribed by section 553 (other than clause (B) of the last sentence of subsection (b) of such section) of title 5 of the United States Code unless the Secretary elects the procedures prescribed by subsection (e) of section 701 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, in which event such subsection and subsections (f) and (g) of such section 701 shall apply to the making of such determination. If the Secretary makes such election, he shall publish that fact with the proposal required to be published under paragraph (1) of such subsection (e). "(2) If, before or during a proceeding pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection, the Secretary finds that, because of an electrical, mechanical, or thermal hazard, distribution of the toy or other article involved presents an imminent hazard to the public health and he, by order published in the Federal Kegister, gives notice of such finding, such toy or other article shall be desmed to be a banned hazardous substance for purposes of this Act until the proceeding has been completed. If not yet initiated when such order is published, such a proceeding shall be initiated as promptly as possible.

November 6, 1969 [S. 16 89]

Child Protection and Toy Safety Act of 1969. 74 Stat. 372.

Regulations.

80 Stat. 383. 70 Stat. 919. 52 Stat. 1055. 21 USC 371.

Notice of finding.

Publication in Federal Register.