Public Laws ENACTED DURING THE FIRST SESSION OF THE EIGHTY-FIFTH CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Begun and held at the City of Washington on Thursday, January 3, 1957, and adjourned sine die on Friday, August 30, 1957. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, President; RICHARD M. NIXON, Vice President; SAM RAYBURN, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Public Law 85-1 JOINT RESOLUTION Making Inauguration Day a legal holiday in the metropolitan area of the January 11, 1957 [S.J. Res. 1] Inauguration Day. day. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the 20th day of January 1957 and the 20th day of January in every fourth year thereafter, D. C. legal holiknown as Inauguration Day, is hereby made a legal holiday in the metropolitan area of the District of Columbia for the purpose of all statutes relating to the compensation and leave of employees of the United States, including the legislative and judicial branches, and of the District of Columbia, employed in such area: Provided, however, That whenever the 20th day of January in any such year shall fall on a Sunday, the next succeeding day selected for the public observance of the inauguration of the President of the United States shall be considered a legal holiday as provided by this joint resolution. SEC. 2. For the purposes of this joint resolution, the term "metropolitan area of the District of Columbia" shall include, in addition to the District of Columbia, Montgomery and Prince Georges Counties, Maryland; Arlington and Fairfax Counties, Virginia; and the cities of Alexandria and Falls Church, Virginia. Approved January 11, 1957. Definition. January 18, 1957 [S. J. Res. 2] 70 Stat. 289. 15 USC 1022. January 25, 1957 [H. R. 20] 70 Stat. 979. 8 USC 101 note. Public Law 85-2 JOINT RESOLUTION To extend the time for transmitting the economic report of the President for the first regular session of the Eighty-fifth Congress. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That notwithstanding the provisions of section 3 (a) of the Employment Act of 1946, as amended (relating to the time for filing the economic report of the President), the economic report for the first regular session of the Eighty-fifth Congress shall be transmitted not later than January 23, 1957. Approved January 18, 1957. Public Law 85-3 AN ACT To amend Public Law 954, Eighty-fourth Congress, approved August 3, 1956. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Public Law 954 of the Eighty-fourth Congress, approved August 3, 1956, entitled "An Act to provide for a President's Advisory Commission on Presidential Office Space" be amended as follows: In the second sentence of section 1 strike out the words "within six months" and insert in lieu thereof the words "within ten months". Approved January 25, 1957. February 11, 1957(8.637] 70 Stat. 10. 15 USC 633. 15 USC 636. Public Law 85-4 AN ACT To amend the Small Business Act of 1953 to increase the amount available thereunder for business loans. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the fifth sentence of section 204 (b) of the Small Business Act of 1953 is amended to read as follows: "Not to exceed an aggregate of $230,000,000 shall be outstanding at any one time for the purposes enumerated in section. 207 (a)." SEC. 2. Section 204 (b) of such Act is further amended by striking out "$375,000,000" each place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof "$455,000,000". Approved February 11, 1957. Public Law 85-5 February 19, 1957 [H. R. 3845] AN ACT Historic Sites Extending for one year the time in which the Boston National Historic Sites Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Boston National United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 4 of the joint resolution entitled "Joint resolution to provide for investigating the feasibility of establishing a coordinated local, State, and Federal program in the city of Boston, Massachusetts, and general vicinity thereof, for the purpose of preserving the historic properties, |