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84 STAT. 960

Ante, P. 952.

55 Stat. 863.

Repeal.

74 Stat. 87.

Appropriation.

Members, appointment.

Ante, p. 923.
Ante, p. 948.

(c) Any person (as defined in section 841 (a) of title 18, United States Code) engaging in a business or operation requiring a license or permit under the provisions of chapter 40 of such title 18 who was engaged in such business or operation on the date of enactment of this Act and who has filed an application for a license or permit under the provisions of section 843 of such chapter 40 prior to the effective date of such section 843 may continue such business or operation pending final action on his application. All provisions of such chapter 40 shall apply to such applicant in the same manner and to the same extent as if he were a holder of a license or permit under such chapter 40.

SEC. 1106. (a) The Federal Explosives Act of October 6, 1917 (40) Stat. 385, as amended; 50 U.S.C. 121-143), and as extended by Act of July 1, 1948 (40 Stat. 671; 50 U.S.C. 144), and all regulations adopted thereunder are hereby repealed.

(b) (1) Section 837 of title 18 of the United States Code is repealed. (2) The item relating to such section 837 in the chapter analysis of chapter 39 of such title 18 is repealed.

SEC. 1107. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out the purposes of this title.

TITLE XII-NATIONAL COMMISSION ON
INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS

SEC. 1201. There is hereby established the National Commission on Individual Rights (hereinafter in this title referred to as the "Commission").

SEC. 1202. The Commission shall be composed of fifteen members appointed as follows:

(1) four appointed by the President of the Senate from Members of the Senate;

(2) four appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives from Members of the House of Representatives; and

(3) seven appointed by the President of the United States from all segments of life in the United States, including but not limited to lawyers, jurists, and policemen, none of whom shall be officers of the executive branch of the Government.

SEC. 1203. The President of the United States shall designate a Chairman from among the members of the Commission. Any vacancy in the Commission shall not affect its powers but shall be filled in the same manner in which the original appointment was made.

SEC. 1204. It shall be the duty of the Commission to conduct a comprehensive study and review of Federal laws and practices relating to special grand juries authorized under chapter 216 of title 18, United States Code, dangerous special offender sentencing under section 3575 of title 18, United States Code, wiretapping and electronic surveillance, bail reform and preventive dentention, no-knock search warrants, and the accumulation of data on individuals by Federal agencies as authorized by law or acquired by executive action. The Commission may also consider other Federal laws and practices which in its opinion may infringe upon the individual rights of the people of the United States. The Commission shall determine which laws and practices are needed, which are effective, and whether they infringe upon the individual rights of the people of the United States.

SEC. 1205. (a) Subject to such rules and regulations as may be adopted by the Commission, the Chairman shall have the power to

(1) appoint and fix the compensation of an Executive Director, and such additional staff personnel as he deems necessary,

governing appointments in the competitive service, and without regard to the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of such title relating to classification and General Schedule pay rates, but at rates not in excess of the maximum rate for GS-18 of the General Schedule under section 5332 of such title; and

(2) procure temporary and intermittent services to the same extent as is authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, but at rates not to exceed $100 a day for individuals. (b) In making appointments pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, the Chairman shall include among his appointment individuals determined by the Chairman to be competent social scientists, lawyers, and law enforcement officers.

SEC. 1206. (a) A member of the Commission who is a Member of Congress shall serve without additional compensation, but shall be reimbursed for travel, subsistence, and other necessary expenses incurred in the performance of duties vested in the Commission.

(b) A member of the Commission from private life shall receive $100 per diem when engaged in the actual performance of duties vested in the Commission, plus reimbursement for travel, subsistence, and other necessary expenses incurred in the performance of such duties.

SEC. 1207. Each department, agency, and instrumentality of the executive branch of the Government, including independent agencies, is authorized and directed to furnish to the Commission, upon request made by the Chairman, such statistical data, reports, and other information as the Commission deems necessary to carry out its functions under this title. The Chairman is further authorized to call upon the departments, agencies, and other offices of the several States to furnish such statistical data, reports, and other information as the Commission deems necessary to carry out its functions under this title.

SEC. 1208. The Commission shall make interim reports and recommendations as it deems advisable, but at least every two years, and it shall make a final report of its findings and recommendations to the President of the United States and to the Congress at the end of six years following the effective date of this section. Sixty days after the submission of the final report, the Commission shall cease to exist.

SEC. 1209. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, any member of the Commission is exempted, with respect to his appointment, from the operation of sections 203, 205, 207, and 209 of title 18, United States Code.

(b) The exemption granted by subsection (a) of this section shall not extend

(1) to the receipt of payment of salary in connection with the appointee's Government service from any source other than the private employer of the appointee at the time of his appointment,

or

(2) during the period of such appointment, to the prosecution, by any person so appointed, of any claim against the Government involving any matter with which such person, during such period, is or was directly connected by reason of such appointment.

84 STAT, 961

80 Stat. 443,
467.
5 USC 5101,
5331.

35 F.R. 6247.

80 Stat. 416.

Reports and
recommenda-
tions to
President
and Congress.

76 Stat. 1121.

SEC. 1210. The foregoing provisions of this title shall take effect Effective on January 1, 1972.

SEC. 1211. There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this title.

SEC. 1212. Section 804 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (Public Law 90-351; 18 U.S.C. 2510 note) is

date.

Appropriation.

Repeal.
82 Stat. 223.

84 STAT. 962

Separability.

TITLE XIII-GENERAL PROVISIONS

SEC. 1301. If the provisions of any part of this Act or the application thereof to any person or circumstances be held invalid, the provisions of the other parts and their application to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby.

Approved October 15, 1970.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

HOUSE REPORT No. 91-1549 (Comm. on the Judiciary).
SENATE REPORT No. 91-617 (Comm. on the Judiciary).
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 116 (1970):

Jan. 21-23, considered and passed Senate.

Oot. 6, 7, considered and passed House, amended.
Oct. 12, Senate agreed to House amendments.

91st Congress, H. R. 14485
October 14, 1970

An Act

To amend sections 501 and 504 of title 18, United States Code, so as to strengthen the law relating to the counterfeiting of postage meter stamps or other improper uses of the metered mail system.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) notwith-
standing the amendment made to section 501 of title 18, United States
Code, such section is amended to read as follows:

❝8 501. Postage stamps, postage meter stamps, and postal cards
"Whoever forges or counterfeits any postage stamp, postage meter
stamp, or any stamp printed upon any stamped envelope, or postal
card, or any die, plate, or engraving thereof; or

"Whoever makes or prints, or knowingly uses or sells, or possesses with intent to use or sell, any such forged or counterfeited postage stamp, postage meter stamp, stamped envelope, postal card, die, plate, or engraving; or

"Whoever makes, or knowingly uses or sells, or possesses with intent to use or sell, any paper bearing the watermark of any stamped envelope, or postal card, or any fraudulent imitation thereof; or

"Whoever makes or prints, or authorizes to be made or printed, any postage stamp, postage meter stamp, stamped envelope, or postal card, of the kind authorized and provided by the Post Office Department or by the Postal Service, without the special authority and direction of the Department or Postal Service; or

"Whoever after such postage stamp, postage meter stamp, stamped envelope, or postal card has been printed, with intent to defraud, delivers the same to any person not authorized by an instrument in writing, duly executed under the hand of the Postmaster General and the seal of the Post Office Department or the Postal Service, to receive it

"Shall be fined not more than $500 or.imprisoned not more than five years, or both.”

(b) Section 6(j) (6) of the Postal Reorganization Act is repealed. SEC. 2. Section 504 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following:

"For the purposes of this section the term 'postage stamp' includes postage meter stamps."

Approved October 14, 1970.

U.S. postage
meter stamps.
Counterfeiting,
prohibition.
62 Stat. 713;
Ante, p. 777.

84 STAT, 920

84 STAT. 921

Penalty.

Repeal.
Stamp repro-

ductions.

72 Stat. 1771; 82 Stat. 240.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

HOUSE REPORT

No. 91-640 (Comm. on the Judiciary).

SENATE REPORT No. 91-1193 (Comm. on Post Office and Civil Service).
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD:

Vol. 115 (1969): Dec. 1, considered and passed House.
Vol. 116 (1970): Sept. 21, considered and passed Senate, amended.
Sept. 30, House concurred in Senate amendments.

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91st Congress, H. R. 2175
October 22, 1970

An Act

To amend title 18 of the United States Code to authorize the Attorney General to admit to residential community treatment centers persons who are placed on probation, released on parole, or mandatorily released.

84 STAT, 1090

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 3651 of Residential title 18 of the United States Code is amended by inserting the follow- ommunity ing paragraphs before the last one.

The court may require a person as conditions of probation to reside in or participate in the program of a residential community treatment center, or both, for all or part of the period of probation: Provided, That the Attorney General certifies that adequate treatment facilities, personnel, and programs are available. If the Attorney General determines that the person's residence in the center or participation in its program, or both, should be terminated, because the person can derive no further significant benefits from such residence or participation, or both, or because his such residence or participation adversely affects the rehabilitation of other residents or participants, he shall so notify the court, which shall thereupon, by order, make such other provision with respect to the person on probation as it deems appropriate.

treatment

centers.
62 Stat. 842.

Probationary
personnel.

"A person residing in a residential community treatment center may Payment. be required to pay such costs incident to residence as the Attorney General deems appropriate."

SEC. 2. Section (a) of section 4203 of such title is amended by insert- Parolee or ing the following paragraphs between the second and third: prisoner.

"The Board may require a parolee or a prisoner released pursuant to section 4164 of this title as conditions of parole or release to reside in or participate in the program of a residential community treatment center, or both, for all or part of the period of parole: Provided, That the Attorney General certifies that adequate treatment facilities, personnel and programs are available. If the Attorney General determines that the person's residence in the center or participation in its program, or both, should be terminated, because the person can derive no further significant benefits from such residence or participation, or both, or because his such residence or participation adversely affects the rehabilitation of other residents or participants, he shall so notify the Board of Parole, which shall thereupon make such other provision with respect to the person as it deems appropriate.

65 Stat. 98.

"A person residing in a residential community treatment center may Payment. be required to pay such costs incident to residence as the Attorney General deems appropriate."

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