[PUBLIC LAW 182-82D CONGRESS] [CHAPTER 520-1ST SESSION] [S. 509] An Act to amend the Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp Act of March 16, 1934 (48 Stat. 451; 16 U. S. C. 718d), as amended. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That subsection (a) of section 4 of the Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp Act of March 16, 1934 (48 Stat. 451; 16 U. S. C. 718d), as amended is further amended by deleting the number "90" and inserting in lieu thereof the number "85" and subsection (b) of said section 4 is amended by inserting the words "in enforcing and" immediately after the words "The remainder shall be available for expenses" as they appear therein. Approved October 20, 1951. [PUBLIC LAW 193-82D CONGRESS] An Act to authorize the improvement of East Pass Channel from the Gulf of Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Army through the Corps of Engineers of the United States Army is authorized to provide a channel twelve feet deep and one hundred and eighty feet wide from the Gulf of Mexico into Choctawhatchee Bay via the existing East Pass and to provide maintenance of a six- by one-hundred-foot channel from East Pass Channel to the harbor at Destin, Florida, generally in accordance with the plans and subject to the conditions in House Document Numbered 470, Eightyfirst Congress. Approved October 24, 1951. [PUBLIC LAW 212-82D CONGRESS] An Act to amend the Act of June 28, 1948 (62 Stat. 1061), to provide for the operation, management, maintenance, and demolition of federally acquired properties following the acquisition of such properties and before the establishment of the Independence National Historical Park, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act of June 28, 1948 (62 Stat. 1061), is hereby amended to add thereto the following section: "SEC. 7. Following the acquisition by the Federal Government of properties pursuant to this Act and until such time as the buildings thereon are demolished or the properties and buildings thereon are devoted to purposes of the Independence National Historical Park as provided herein, the Secretary is authorized, with respect to the said properties, to administer, operate, manage, lease, and maintain such properties, and lease, demolish, or remove buildings, or space in build ings thereon, in such manner as he shall consider to be in the public interest. Any funds received from leasing the said properties, buildings thereon, or space in buildings thereon, shall be deposited to the credit of a special receipt account and expended for purposes of operating, maintaining, and managing the said properties and demolish- Indefinite ing or removing the buildings thereon. The Secretary, in his discretion and notwithstanding other requirements of law, may exercise and carry out the functions authorized herein by entering into agreements or contracts with public or private agencies, corporations, or persons, upon such terms and conditions as he deems to be appropriate in carrying out the purposes of this Act." Approved October 26, 1951. [PUBLIC LAW 220-82D CONGRESS] [CHAPTER 588-1ST SESSION] [H. R. 1181] An Act to amend section 207 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 so as to authorize payment of claims arising from the correction of military or naval records. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 207 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (60 Stat. 812), is hereby amended to read as follows: "SEC. 207. (a) The Secretaries of the Army, Navy, and Air Force and the Secretary of the Treasury (with respect to the Coast Guard), respectively, under procedures set up by them, and acting through boards of civilian officers or employees of their respective Departments, are authorized to correct any military or naval record where in their judgment such action is necessary to correct an error or remove an injustice, and corrections so made shall be final and conclusive on all officers of the Government except when procured by means of fraud: Provided, That procedures set up by the Secretaries of the Army, Navy, and Air Force in accordance with this subsection shall be approved by the Secretary of Defense: Provided further, That no corrective action shall be taken under this subsection unless the request therefor be filed by claimant, his heirs at law, or legal representatives within three years after his or their discovery of the alleged error or injustice, or within ten years after the date of enactment of this Act, whichever be the later: Provided further, That the failure to file the request by claimant, his heirs at law, or legal representative, within three years after his or their discovery of the alleged error or injustice may be excused by such board of civilian officers or employees of the respective Departments upon finding by it that it is in the interest of justice to excuse such failure to file within the prescribed time in which event action shall be taken in the same manner as if the request had been filed within the three years as prescribed herein. 66 (b) The Department concerned is authorized to pay, out of applicable current appropriations, claims of any persons, their heirs at law or legal representatives as hereinafter provided, of amounts paid as fines, forfeitures, or for losses of pay (including retired or retirement pay), allowances, compensation, emoluments, or other monetary benefits, as the case may be, which are found to be due on account of military or naval service as a result of the action heretofore taken pursuant to section 207 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, or hereafter taken pursuant to subsection (a) of this section: Provided, That in the case of deceased persons where no demand is presented by a duly appointed legal representative of the estate, payments otherwise due hereunder shall be made to the decedent's widow, widower, legal heirs, or beneficiaries, in the order of precedence or succession as may be prescribed by the applicable provisions of law relating to the kind of payment involved and when not otherwise so provided, in the order of precedence as set forth in the Act of February 25, 1946 (60) Stat. 30), or as may be prescribed by the applicable provisions of law relating to the kind of payment involved. "(1) This subsection shall not be deemed to authorize the payment of any claim heretofore compensated by Congress through enactment of a private law. "(c) The acceptance by the claimant of any settlement made pursuant to subsection (b) of this section shall constitute a complete release by the claimant of any claim against the United States on account of such correction of record. "(d) Applicable current appropriations shall be available for payment of such sums as may be due for continuing the pay (including retired or retirement pay), allowances, compensation, emoluments, and other monetary benefits to persons who shall have received payment pursuant to the provisions of subsection (b) of this section and who may be entitled to such continuing payments as a result of the correction of their military or naval records: Provided, That continuing payments are authorized to be made to such personnel for not more than one year following the date of the correction or one year following the date of enactment of this Act, whichever be the later, without the necessity of reenlistment, appointment, or reappointment to the grade, rank, or office to which such pay (including retired or retirement pay), allowances, compensation, emoluments, and other monetary benefits are attached, and such reenlistments, appointments, and reappointments are hereby authorized by the Secretary concerned without regard to other qualifications. "(e) The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of the Treasury, for their respective Departments, shall make semi-annual reports to the Congress of all claims paid under this subsection during the period covered by each such report. Each such report shall include, with respect to each such claim, a statement of the amount paid, to whom, and a brief description of the claim. "(f) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to authorize the payment of any amount as compensation for any benefit to which the claimant might subsequently become entitled under the laws and regulations administered by the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs." SEC. 2. This Act shall be effective from and after August 2, 1946. Approved October 5, 1951. [PUBLIC LAW 223-82D CONGRESS] An Act to authorize the use of appropriations for refunding moneys erroneously received and covered for the refund of forfeited bail. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That hereafter appropriations available for refunding moneys erroneously received and covered shall be available for the refund of forfeited bail covered into the general fund of the Treasury which has been ordered remitted, in whole or in part, pursuant to the Federal Rules of Criminaĺ Procedure. Approved October 27, 1951. 90932-51--33 [PUBLIC LAW 237-82D CONGRESS] An Act to amend section 10 of the Flood Control Act of 1946. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That subparagraph (q) under the subtitle "Lower Mississippi River" in section 10 of the Flood Control Act of 1946 (Public Law 526, Seventy-ninth Congress), is hereby amended by inserting after the words "Saint Francis River Basin" a comma and the words "the White River Backwater Area”. Approved October 30, 1951. . [PUBLIC LAW 240-82D CONGRESS] [CHAPTER 639-1ST SESSION] [H. R. 4055] An Act to authorize for an additional one-year period the use of rivers and harbors appropriations for maintenance of the canal from Cape May Harbor to Delaware Bay and the railroad and highway bridges over such canal. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the paragraph relating to the New Jersey Intracoastal Waterway in the first section of the Act entitled "An Act authorizing the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes", approved July 24, 1946 (Public Law 525, Seventyninth Congress), is amended by striking out "five years” and inserting in lieu thereof "six years". Approved October 30, 1951. [PUBLIC LAW 246-82D CONGRESS] An Act to amend the Public Health Service Act, as amended, so as to provide for equality of grade, pay, and allowance between certain officers of the Public Health Service and comparable officers of the Army, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the first sentence of subsection (a) of section 206 of the Public Health Service Act, as amended (42 U. S. C. 207; 58 Stat. 684), is hereby amended to read as follows: "(a) The Surgeon General, during the period of his appointment as such, shall be of the same grade, with the same pay and allowances, as the Surgeon General of the Army; the Deputy Surgeon General while assigned as such, shall have the grade corresponding with the grade of major general, with the pay and allowances thereof; and the Chief Dental Officer, while assigned as such, shall have the grade, with the same pay and allowances, as is prescribed by law for the officer of the Dental Corps selected and appointed as Assistant Surgeon General of the Army." Approved October 31, 1951. [PUBLIC LAW 248-82D CONGRESS] [CHAPTER 655-1ST SESSION] [H. R. 3899] An Act to amend certain titles of the United States Code, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That * * * SEC. 12. Title 4 of the United States Code is further amended by inserting, immediately after section 111 of such title, the following new chapter: "Sec. "CHAPTER 5.-OFFICIAL TERRITORIAL PAPERS 141. Collection, preparation and publication. 142. Appointment of experts. 143. Employment and utilization of other personnel; cost of copy reading and indexing. 144. Cooperation of departments and agencies. 145. Printing and distribution. 146. Authorization of appropriations. "§ 141. Collection, preparation and publication "The Administrator of General Services, hereinafter referred to in this chapter as the 'Administrator', shall continue to completion the work of collecting, editing, copying, and suitably arranging for issuance as a Government publication, the official papers relating to the Territories from which States of the United States were formed, in the national archives, as listed in Parker's 'Calendar of Papers in Washington Archives Relating to the Territories of the United States (to 1873)', being publication numbered 148 of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, together with such additional papers of like character which may be found. "§ 142. Appointment of experts "For the purpose of carrying on the work prescribed by section 141 of this title, the Administrator, without regard to the Classification Act of 1949 and the civil service laws and regulations thereunder, may engage the services, either in or outside of the District of Columbia, of not to exceed five historical experts who are especially informed on the various phases of the territorial history of the United States and are especially qualified for the editorial work necessary in arranging such territorial papers for publication. "S 143. Employment and utilization of other personnel; cost of copy reading and indexing "(a) In carrying out his functions under this chapter, the Administrator may employ such clerical assistants as may be necessary. "(b) The work of copy reading and index making for the publication of the papers described in section 141 of this title shall be done by the regular editorial staff of the General Services Administration, and the cost of this particular phase of the work (prorated each month according to the number of hours spent and the annual salaries of the clerks employed) shall be charged against the annual appropriations made under section 146 of this title. "§ 144. Cooperation of departments and agencies "The heads of the several executive departments and independent agencies and establishments shall cooperate with the Administrator in the work prescribed by section 141 of this title by permitting access to any records deemed by him to be necessary to the completion of such work. |