PUBLIC LAWS ENACTED DURING THE FIRST SESSION OF THE SEVENTY-NINTH CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday, January 3, 1945, and adjourned sine die on Friday, December 21, 1945 FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, President until his death, April 12, 1945; HARRY S. TRUMAN, President on and after April 12, 1945; HENRY A. WALLACE, Vice President to January 20, 1945; HARRY S. TRUMAN, Vice President from January 20, 1945, to April 12, 1945; KENNETH MCKELLAR, President of the Senate pro tempore; SAM RAYBURN, Speaker of the House of Representatives. To further amend section 22 of the Act approved March 4, 1925, entitled "An Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That subsection (a) of section 22 of the Act approved March 4, 1925 (43 Stat. 1276), as amended, is hereby amended to read as follows: February 13, 1945 Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps. 34 U. S. C., Supp. IV, § 821 (a). Establishment and operation. Post, p. 204. 10 U. S. C. § 381 et seq.; Supp. IV, § 383 et of Navy. Specific appropriation required. "SEC. 22. (a) A Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps is hereby authorized to be established and operated under such regulations as the President may prescribe, which regulations shall, so far as may be practicable, conform to the provisions of the National Defense Act approved June 3, 1916, sections 40 to 53, inclusive (39 Stat. L. 191-194), as amended: Provided, That the powers conferred therein sowers of Secretary upon the Secretary of War with regard to the Reserve Officers' Training Corps are hereby conferred upon the Secretary of the Navy with regard to the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps: Provided further, That all expenditures in connection with the establishment and operation of the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps shall be specifically appropriated therefor: Provided further, That members of the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps shall be eligible for appointment as Naval Reserve officers under the same conditions as provided by law for the appointment of Naval Reserve officers from other citizens of the United States, and when so appointed shall have the same status and be entitled to the same benefits in all respects as provided by law for other members of the Naval Reserve: Provided further, That the word 'naval' wherever used in this section shall be construed to include Marine Corps: And provided further, That until the expiration of one year after the cessation of hostilities in the present war as declared by the President or by concurrent resolution of Congress, the total personnel 3 Eligibility as Naval Reserve officers. Status and benefits. "Naval" to include Marine Corps. Total personnel. February 13, 1945 U. 8. Capitol tele phone exchange. Compensation operators. Post, pp. 242, 245. Service tion. of the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps shall not at any one time exceed twenty-four thousand and thereafter the total personnel of such corps shall not at any one time exceed fourteen thousand." Approved February 13, 1945. Relating to the compensation of telephone operators on the United States Capitol telephone exchange. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That on and after February 1, 1945, the basic rates of compensation of telephone operators on the United States Capitol telephone exchange (whether under the jurisdiction of the Clerk of the House of Representatives or under the jurisdiction of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate) shall be as follows: (a) Chief operator, $3,000 per annum. 8 (b) Assistant chief operator, $2,400 per annum, and $200 per annum additional so long as the position is held by the present incumbent. (c) Others, $1,800 per annum plus (1) $240 per annum additional in the case of those having more than twenty-five years of service; (2) $180 per annum additional in the case of those having more than twenty and not more than twenty-five years of service; (3) $150 per annum additional in the case of those having more than fifteen and not more than twenty years of service; (4) $120 per annum additional in the case of those having more than ten and not more than fifteen years of service; and (5) $60 per annum additional in the case of those having more than five and not more than ten years of service. computa. In computing such years of service, the term "service" means service as a telephone operator on the United States Capitol telephone exchange (whether under the jurisdiction of the Clerk of the House of Representatives or under the jurisdiction of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate) and shall not be limited to continuous service. Amounts author ized. 58 Stat. 334, 340. Post, p. 78. February 24, 1945 Pearl Harbor, T. H. ditches, tunnels, and Construction of oil pipe lines. SEC. 2. The necessary amounts to carry into effect the increases herein provided, from February 1 to June 30, 1945, hereby are authorized to be paid from the appropriations for salaries of officers and employees of the Senate and of the House of Representatives for the fiscal year 1945. To grant to the Hawaiian Electric Company, Limited, the right to construct certain ditches, tunnels, and oil pipe lines in Pearl Harbor, Territory of Hawaii. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the right is hereby granted to the Hawaiian Electric Company, Limited, a Hawaiian corporation, its successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate intake and discharge ditches and tunnels for the purpose of taking salt water from and discharging it into Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Territory of Hawaii, and to lay, maintain, and operate oil pipe lines from ship's moorings to the company's properties at Waiau, Ewa, said Oahu, in the area in Pearl Harbor between the southern boundaries of the company's presently owned properties at said Waiau as shown on the company's map W-1614, dated September 26, 1940, filed in the Office of the Secretary of the Navy, and the minus twenty-foot contour line in Pearl Harbor, the said area being contained on the east by a line running from the easternmost point of the said southern boundaries, the coordinates of which point are one thousand six hundred and twenty-five and thirty-four one-hundredths feet south and six thousand nine hundred and forty-two one-hundredths feet east, referred to Government survey triangulation station Ewa Church, in a true southerly direction, and on the west by a line running from the westernmost point on said southern boundaries, the coordinates of which point are one thousand five hundred and eight and forty one-hundredths feet south and five thousand eight hundred and ninety-six and seventy one-hundredths feet east, referred to Government survey triangulation station Ewa Church, in a true southerly direction, subject to the restriction that such ditches, tunnels, and pipe lines shall be constructed, maintained, and operated in such manner as not to interfere with navigation or Government use of such area: Provided, That the location and plans of the ditches, tunnels, and oil pipe lines are submitted to and approved by the Secretary of the Navy before construction is commenced: And provided further, That this grant is subject to the right of the Secretary of the Navy, from time to time, to require the company to relocate within said area at its own expense such tunnels, ditches, and pipe lines, and to alter and deepen such ditches and to alter and lower the level of tunnels and pipe lines when such is necessary in his judgment for the purpose of improving navigation or Government use of such area. Approved February 24, 1945. To provide for the effective administration of certain lending agencies of the Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Federal Loan Agency, created by section 402 of the President's Reorganization Plan Numbered I under authority of the Reorganization Act of 1939, shall continue as an independent establishment of the Federal Government and shall continue to be administered under the direction and supervision of the Federal Loan Administrator in the same manner and to the same extent as if Executive Order 9071, dated February 24, 1942, transferring the functions of the Federal Loan Agency to the Department of Commerce, had not been issued. SEC. 2. All powers, functions, and duties of the Department of Commerce and of the Secretary of Commerce which relate to the Federal Loan Agency (together with the respective personnel, records, and property, including office equipment, relating to the exercise of such functions, powers, and duties) are hereby transferred to the Federal Loan Agency to be administered under the direction and supervision of the Federal Loan Administrator. SEC. 3. The unexpended balance of the funds made available to the Secretary of Commerce by Public Law 365, Seventy-eighth Congress, approved June 28, 1944, for administrative expenses of supervising loan agencies, shall be transferred to the Federal Loan Agency to be used for the administrative expenses of that Agency. 55 Stat. 838. SEC. 4. No functions, powers, or duties shall be transferred from the Federal Loan Agency under the provisions of title I of the First War Powers Act, 1941, or any other law unless the Congress shall IV, app. $$ 601-605. otherwise by law provide. |