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69 Stat. 562 Public Law 285 chapter 645 AN ACT To amend the International Claims Settlement Act of 1949, as amended, and for other purposes.August 9, 1955 [[H. R. 6382](/us/bill/84/hr/6382)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,International Claims Settlement Act of 1949, amendments. [64 Stat. 12](/us/stat/64/12). [22 USC 1621 note](/us/usc/t22/s1621). That the International Claims Settlement Act of 1949, as amended, is further amended by inserting after the first section thereof the following:

“TITLE I”. Sec. 2. The word “Act”, wherever it appears in title I in reference to the International Claims Settlement Act of 1949, is amended to read “title”. Sec. 3. The International Claims Settlement Act of 1949, as amended, is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following: " “TITLE II “vesting and liquidation of bulgarian, hungarian, and rumanian property “Sec. 201. As used in this title the term— “(1) ‘Person’ means a natural person, partnership, association, other unincorporated body, corporation, or body politic.

“(2) ‘Property ’ means any property, right, or interest. “(3) ‘Treaty of peace’, with respect to a country, means the treaty of peace[61 Stat., pt. 2](/us/stat/61/2). with that country signed at Paris, France, February 10, 1947, which came into force between that country and the United States on September 15, 1947. “Sec. 202.

(a)In accordance with article 25 of the treaty of peace with Bulgaria, article 29 of the treaty of peace with Hungary, and article 27 of the treaty of peace with Rumania, any property which was [5 FR 1400](/us/fr/5/1400);blocked in[3 CFR Cum. Supp., p. 645](/us/cfr/3/645). accordance with Executive Order 8389 of April 10, 1940, as amended, and remains blocked on the effective date of this title, and which, as of September 15, 1947, was owned directly or indirectly by Bulgaria, Hungary, and Rumania or by any national thereof as defined in such Executive order, shall vest in such officer or agency as the President may from time to time designate and shall vest when, as, and upon such terms as the President or his designee shall direct. Such property shall be sold or otherwise liquidated as expeditiously as possible after vesting under such rules and regulations as the President or his designee may prescribe. The net proceeds remaining upon completion of the administration and liquidation thereof, including the adjudication of any suits or claims with respect thereto under sections 207 and 208, shall be covered into the Treasury. Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this subsection, any such property determined by the President or his designee to be owned directly by a natural person shall not be vested under this subsection but shall remain blocked subject to release when, as, and upon such terms as the President or his designee may prescribe. If, at any time within one year from the date of the vesting of any property under this subsection, the President or his designee shall determine that it was directly owned at the date of vesting by a natural person, then the President or his designee shall divest, such property and restore it to its blocked status prior to vesting, subject to release when, as, and upon such terms as the President or his designee may prescribe, or if such property has been liquidated, shall divest the net proceeds thereof and carry them in blocked accounts with the Treasury, bearing no interest, in the name of the owner thereof at the date of vesting, 69 Stat. 563 subject to release when, as, and upon such terms as the President or his designee may prescribe. “(b) The net proceeds of any property which was vested in the Alien Property Custodian or the Attorney General after December IT, 1941 j pursuant to the Trading With the Enemy Act, as amended,[40 Stat. 411](/us/stat/40/411). and which[50 USC app. 1](/us/usc/t50/s1). at the date of vesting was owned directly or indirectly by Bulgaria, Hungary, or Rumania, or any national thereof, shall after completion of the administration, liquidation, and disposition of such property pursuant to such Act, including the adjudication of any suits or claims with respect thereto under such Act, be covered into the Treasury, except that the net proceeds of any such property which the President or his designee shall determine was directly owned by a natural person at the date of vesting shall be divested by the President or such officer or agency as he may designate and carried in blocked accounts with the Treasury, bearing no interest, in the name of the owner thereof at the date of vesting, subject to release when, as, and upon such terms as the President or his designee may prescribe. “(c) The determination under this section that any vested property was not directly owned by a natural person at the date of vesting shall be within the sole discretion of the President or his designee and shall not be subject to review by any court. “(d) The President or his designee may require any person toInformation. furnish, in the form of reports or otherwise, complete information, including information with regard to past transactions, relative to any property blocked under Executive Order 8389 of April 10, 1940,[5 FR 1400](/us/fr/5/1400); as amended[3 CFR. Cum. Supp., p. 645](/us/cfr/3/645)., or as may be otherwise necessary to enforce the provisions of this section; and the President or his designee may require of any person the production of any books of account, records, contracts, letters, memoranda, or other papers relative to such property or as may be otherwise necessary to enforce the provisions of this section. “Sec. 203. Whenever shares of stock or other beneficial interestStock shares, etc. in any corporation, association, or company or trust are vested in any officer or agency designated by the President under this title, it shall be the duty of the corporation, association, or company or trustee or trustees issuing such shares or any certificates or other instruments representing the same or any other beneficial interest to cancel such shares of stock or other beneficial interest upon its, his, or their books and in lieu thereof to issue certificates or other instruments for such shares or other beneficial interest to the designee of the President, or otherwise as such designee shall require. “Sec. 204. Any vesting order, or other order or requirementFiling of order of conveyance, etc. issued pursuant to this title, or a duly certified copy thereof, may be filed, registered, or recorded in any office for the filing, registering, or recording of conveyances, transfers, or assignments of such property as may be covered by such order or requirement; and if so filed, registered, or recorded shall impart the same notice and have the same force and effect as a duly executed conveyance, transfer, or assignment so filed, registered, or recorded. “Sec. 205. Any payment, conveyance, transfer, assignment, or Acquittance and discharge of obligation.delivery of property made to the President or his designee pursuant to this title, or any rule, regulation, instruction, or direction issued under this title, shall to the extent thereof be a full acquittance and discharge for all purposes of the obligation of the person making the same; and no person shall be held liable in any court for or in respect of any such payment, conveyance, transfer, assignment, or delivery made in good faith in pursuance of and in reliance on the provisions of this title, or of any rule, regulation, instruction, or direction issued thereunder. “Sec. 206. The district courts of the United States are givenJurisdiction of district courts. jurisdiction to make and enter all such rules as to notice and otherwise, 69 Stat. 564 and all such orders and decrees, and to issue such process as may be necessary and proper in the premises to enforce the provisions of this title, with a right of appeal from the final order or decree of such court[62 Stat. 928, 929](/us/stat/62/928/929). as provided in sections 1252, 1254, 1291, and 1292 of title 28, United States Code. “Sec. 207.

(a)Any person who has not filed a notice of cl aim underSuit for return of property. subsection

(b)of this section may institute a suit in equity for the return of any property, or the net proceeds thereof, vested in a designee of the President pursuant to section 202

(a)and held by such designee. Such suit, to which said designee shall be made a party defendant, shall be instituted in the District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia or in the district court of the United States for the district in which the claimant resides, or, if a corporation, where it has its principal place of business, by the filing of a complaint which alleges— “(1) that the claimant is a person other than Bulgaria, Hungary, or Rumania, or a national thereof as defined in Executive Order 8389[5 FR 1400](/us/fr/5/1400); of April[3 CFR. Cum. Supp., p. 645](/us/cfr/3/645). 10, 1940, as amended; and “(2) that the claimant was the owner of such property immediately prior to its vesting, or is the successor in interest of such owner by inheritance, devise, or bequest. If the court finds in favor of the claimant, it shall order the payment, conveyance, transfer, assignment, or delivery to said claimant of such property, or the net proceeds thereof, held by said designee or the portion thereof to which the court shall determine said claimant is entitled. If suit shall be so instituted, then such property, or, if liquidated, the net proceeds thereof, shall be retained in the custody or said designee until any final judgment or decree which shall be entered in favor of the claimant shall be fully satisfied, or until final judgment or decree shall be entered against the claimant or suit otherwise terminated. “(b) Any person who has not instituted a suit under the provisionsNotice of claim. of subsection

(a)of this section may file a notice of claim under oath for the return of any property, or the net proceeds thereof, vested in a designee of the President pursuant to section 202

(a)and held by such designee. Such notice of claim shall be filed with said designee and in such form and containing such particulars as said designee shall require. Said designee may return any property so claimed, or the net proceeds thereof, whenever he shall determine— “(1) that the claimant is a person other than Bulgaria, Hungary, or Rumania, or a national thereof as defined in Executive I refer 8389[5 FR 1400](/us/fr/5/1400); of April[3 CFR. Cum. Supp., p. 645](/us/cfr/3/645). 10, 1940, as amended; and “(2) that the claimant was the owner of such property immediately prior to its vesting, or is the successor in interest of such owner by inheritance, devise, or bequest. Any person whose claim is finally denied in whole or in part by saidReview of denial. designee may obtain review of such denial by filing a petition therefor in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Such petition for review must be filed within sixty days after the date of mailing of the final order of denial by said designee and a copy must be served on the said designee. Within forty-five days after service of such petition for review, or within such further time as the court may grant for good cause shown, said designee shall file an answer thereto, and shall certify and file with the court a transcript of the entire record of the proceedings with respect to such claim. The court may enter judgment affirming the order of the designee; or, upon finding that such order is not in accordance with law or that any material findings upon which such order is based are unsupported by substantial evidence, may enter judgment modifying or setting 69 Stat. 565 aside the order in whole or in part, and

(1)directing a return of all or part of the property claimed, or

(2)remanding the claim for further administrative proceedings thereon. If a notice of claim is filed under this subsection, the property which is the subject of such claim, or, if liquidated, the net proceeds thereof, shall be retained in the custody of said designee until any final order of said designee or any final judgment or decree which shall be entered in favor of the claimant shall be fully satisfied, or until a final order of said designee or a final judgment or decree shall be entered against the claimant, or the claim or suit otherwise terminated. “(c) The sole relief and remedy of any person having any claim to any property vested pursuant to section 202

(a)shall be that Provided by the terms of subsection

(a)or

(b)of this section, and in the event of the liquidation by sale or otherwise of such property, shall be limited to and enforced against the net proceeds received therefrom and held by the designee of the President. The claim of any person based on his ownership of shares of stock or other proprietary interest in a corporation which was the owner of property at the date of vesting thereof under section 202

(a)shall be allowable under subsection

(a)or

(b)of this section if 25 per centum or more of the outstanding capital stock or other proprietary interest in the corporation was owned at such date by nationals of countries other than Bulgaria, Hungary, Rumania, Germany, or Japan. But no such claim of a national of a foreign country shall be satisfied except after certification by the Department of State that the country of the national accords protection to nationals of the United States in similar types of cases. “(d) The designee of the President may retain or recover from Recovery for maintenance, etc.any property, or the net proceeds thereof, returned pursuant to subsection

(a)or

(b)of this section an amount not exceeding that expended or incurred by him for the conservation, preservation, or maintenance of such property or proceeds. “Sec. 208.

(a)Any property vested in the designee of the PresidentPayment of debt claim.. pursuant to section 202 (a), or the net proceeds thereof, shall be equitably applied by such designee in accordance with this section to the payment of debts owed by the person who owned such property immediately prior to its vesting in such designee. No debt claim shall be allowed under this section— “(1) if it is asserted against Bulgaria, Hungary, or Rumania (including the government or any political subdivisions, agencies, or instrumentalities thereof); or “(2) if it is based upon an obligation expressed or payable in any currency other than the currency of the United States; or “(3) if it was not due and owing— “(A) on October 9, 1940, in the event the property in respect of which such debt claim is filed was owned immediately prior to vesting by a national of Rumania; “(B) on March 4, 1941, in the event the property in respect of which such debt claim is filed was owned immediately prior to vesting by a national of Bulgaria; or “(C) on March 13, 1941, in the event that the property in respect of which such debt claim is filed was owned immediately prior to vesting by a national of Hungary. Any defense to the payment of such claim which would have been available to the debtor shall be available to the designee, except that the period from and after December 7, 1941, shall not be included for the purpose of determining the applicability of any statute of limitations. Debt claims allowable under this section shall include only those of natural persons who were citizens of the United States at 69 Stat. 566 the dates their debtors became obligated to them; those of other natural persons who are and have been continuously since December 7, 1941, residents of the United States; those of corporations organized under the laws of the United States or any State, Territory, or possession thereof, or the District of Columbia; and those acquired by the designee of the President under this title. Successors in interest by inheritance, devise, bequest, or operation of law of debt claimants, other than persons who would themselves lie disqualified hereunder from allowance of a debt claim, shall be eligible for payment to the same extent as their principals or predecessors would have been. “(b) The designee of the President under this title shall fix a dateNotice in FR. or dates after which the filing of debt claims in respect of any or all debtor’s shall be barred, and may extend the time so fixed, and shall give at least sixty days’ notice thereof by publication in the Federal Register. In no event shall the time extend beyond the expiration of one year from the date of the last vesting in the designee of the President of any property of a debtor in respect to whose debts the date is fixed. No debt shall be paid prior to the expiration of one hundred and twenty days after publication of the first such notice in respect of the debtor, nor in any event shall any payment of a debt claim be made out of any property or proceeds in respect of which a suit or proceeding for return pursuant to this title is pending. “(c) The designee shall examine the claims, and such evidenceDetermination of designee. in respect thereof as may be presented to him or as he may introduce into the record, and shall make a determination, with respect to each claim, of allowance or disallowance, in whole or in part. The determination of the designee that a claim is within either paragraph

(1)or

(2)of subsection

(a)of this section shall be final and shall not be subject to judicial review, and such claim shall not be considered a debt claim for any purpose under this section. “(d) Payment of debt claims shall be made only out of such moneyMoney available. included in, or received as net proceeds from the sale, use, or other disposition of, any property owned by the debtor immediately prior to its vesting in the designee of the President, as shall remain after deduction of

(1)the amount of the expenses of the designee (including both expenses in connection with Such property or proceeds thereof, and such portion as the designee shall fix of his other expenses), and of taxes, as defined in section 212, paid by the designee in respect of such property or proceeds; and

(2)such amount, if any, as the designee may establish as a cash reserve for the future payment of such expenses and taxes. If the money available hereunder for the payment of debt claims against the debtor is insufficient for the satisfaction of all claims allowed by the designee, ratable payments shall be made in accordance with subsection

(g)of this section to the extent permitted by the money available and additional payments shall be made whenever the designee shall determine that substantial further money has become available, through liquidation of any such property or otherwise. The designee shall not be required, through any judgment of any court, levy of execution, or otherwise, to sell or liquidate any property vested in him, for the purpose of paying or satisfying any debt claim, “(e) If the aggregate of debt claims filed as prescribed does not exceed the money from which, in accordance with subsection

(d)of thisNotice of disallowance. section, payment may be made, the designee shall pay each claim to the extent allowed, and shall serve by registered mail, on each claimant whose claim is disallowed in whole or in part, a notice of such disallowance. Within sixty days after the date of mailing of the designee’s determination, any debt claimant whose claim has 69 Stat. 567 been disallowed in whole or in part may file in the District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia a complaint for review of such disallowance naming the designee as defendant. Such complaint shall be served on the designee. The designee, within forty-five days after service on him, shall certify and file in said court a transcript of the record of proceedings with respect to the claim in question. Upon good cause shown such time may be extended by the court. Such record shall include the claim as filed, such evidence with respect thereto as may have been presented to the designee or introduced into the record by him, and the determination of the designee with respect thereto, including any findings made by him. The court may, in its discretion, take additional evidence, upon a showing that such evidence was offered to and excluded by the designee, or could not reasonably have been adduced before him or was not available to him. The court shall enter judgment affirming, modifying, or reversing the designee’s determination, and directing payment in the amount, if any, which it finds due. “(f) If the aggregate of debt claims filed as prescribed exceedsSchedule of debt claims allowed, etc. the money from which, in accordance with subsection

(d)of this section, payment may be made, the designee shall prepare and serve by registered mail on all claimants a schedule of all debt claims allowed and the proposed payment to each claimant. In preparing such schedule, the designee shall assign priorities in accordance with subsection

(g)of this section. Within sixty days after the date of mailing of such schedule, any claimant considering himself aggrieved may file in the District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia a complaint for review of such schedule, naming the designee as defendant. A copy of such complaint shall be served upon the designee and on each claimant named in the schedule. The designee, within forty-five days after service on him, shall certify and file in said court a transcript of the record of proceedings with respect to such schedule. Upon good cause shown such time may be extended by the court. Such record shall include the claims in question as filed, such evidence with respect thereto as may have been !presented to the designee or introduced into the record by him, any findings or other determinations made by the designee with respect thereto, and the schedule prepared by the designee. The court may, in its discretion, take additional evidence, upon a showing that such evidence was offered to and excluded by the designee or could not reasonably have been adduced before, him or was not available to him. Any interested debt claimant who has filed a claim with the designee pursuant to this section, upon timely application to the court, shall be permitted to intervene in such review proceedings. The court shall enter judgment affirming or modifying the schedule as prepared by the designee and directing payment, if any be found due, pursuant to the schedule as affirmed or modified and to the extent of the money from which, in accordance with subsection

(d)of this section, payment may be made. Pending the decision of the court on such complaint for review, and pending final determination of any appeal from such decision, payment may be made only to an extent, if any, consistent with the contentions of all claimants for review. “(g) Debt claims shall be paid in the following order of priority:Order of priority.

(1)Wage and salary claims, not to exceed $600;

(2)claims entitled to priority under sections 3466 and 3468 of the Revised Statutes (31 U. S. C., secs. 191 and 193), except, as provided in subsection

(h)of this section;

(3)all other claims for services rendered; for expenses incurred in connection with such services, for rent, for goods and materials delivered to the debtor, and for payments made to the debtor for goods or services not received by the claimant;

(4)all other debt 69 Stat. 568 claims. No payment shall be made to claimants within a subordinate class unless the money from which, in accordance with subsection

(d)of this section, payment may be made permits payment in full of all allowed claims in every prior class. “(h) No debt of any kind shall be entitled to priority under any law of the United States or any State, Territory, or possession thereof, or the District of Columbia, solely by reason of becoming a debt due or owing to the United States as a result of its acquisition by the designee of the President under this title. “(i) The sole relief and remedy available to any person seeking satisfaction of a debt claim out of any property vested in the designee under section 202 (a), or the proceeds thereof, shall be the relief and remedy provided in this section, and suits for the satisfaction of debt claims shall not be instituted, prosecuted, or further maintained except in conformity with this section. No person asserting any interest, right, or title in any property or proceeds acquired by the designee shall be barred from proceeding pursuant to this title for the return thereof, by reason of any proceeding which he may have brought pursuant to this section; nor shall any security interest asserted by the creditor in any such property or proceeds be deemed to have been waived solely by reason of such proceeding. Nothing contained in this section shall bar any person from the prosecution of any suit at law or in equity against the original debtor or against any other person who may be liable for the payment of any debt for which a claim might have been filed hereunder. No purchaser, lessee, licensee., or other transferee of any property from the designee shall, solely by reason of such purchase, lease, license, or transfer, become liable for the payment of any debt owed by the person who owned such property or to its vesting in the designee. Payment by the designee to any claimant shall constitute, to the extent of payment, a discharge of the indebtedness represented by the claim. “Sec. 209. The officer or agency designated by the President Hearings; etc.under this title to entertain claims under section 207

(b)and section 208 shall have power to hold such hearings as may be deemed necessary; to prescribe rules and regulations governing the form and contents of claims, the proof thereof, and all other matters related to proceedings on such claims; and in connection with such proceedings to issue subpenas, administer oaths, and examine witnesses. Such powers, and any other powers conferred upon such officer or agency by section 207

(b)and section 208 may be exercised through subordinate officers designated by such officer or agency. “Sec. 210. No suit may be instituted pursuant to section 207 (a)Time limitations. after the expiration of one year from the date of vesting of the property in respect of which relief is sought. No return may be made pursuant to section 207

(b)unless notice of claim has been filed within one year from the date of vesting of the property in respect of which the claim is filed. “Sec. 211. No property or proceeds shall be returned under thisService fees. title, nor shall any payment be made or judgment awarded in respect of any property vested in any officer or agency designated by the President under this title unless satisfactory evidence is furnished to said designee, or the court, as the case may be, that the aggregate of the fees to be paid to all agents, attorneys at law or in fact, or representatives, for services rendered in connection with such return or payment or judgment does not exceed 10 per centum of the value of such property or proceeds or of such payment. Any agent, attorney at law or in fact, or representative, believing that the aggregate of the fees should be in excess of such 10 per centum may, in the case of any return of, or the making of any payment in respect of, 69 Stat. 569 such property or proceeds by the President or such officer or agency as he may designate, petition the district court of the United States for the district in which he resides for an order authorizing fees in excess of 10 per centum and shall name such officer or agency as respondent. The court hearing such petition or a court awarding any judgment in respect of any such property or proceeds, as the case may be, shall approve an aggregate of fees in excess of 10 per centum of the value of such property or proceeds only upon a finding that there exist special circumstances of unusual hardship which require the payment of such excess. Any person accepting any fee in excess of an amount approved under this section, or retaining for more than thirty days any portion of a fee, accepted prior to such approval, in excess of the fee as approved, shall be guilty of a violation of this title. “Sec. 212.

(a)The vesting in any officer or agency designatedTaxes. by the President under this title of any property or the receipt by such designee of any earnings, increment, or proceeds thereof shall not render inapplicable any Federal, State, Territorial, or local tax for any period before or after such vesting. “(b) The officer or agency designated by the President under this title shall, notwithstanding the filing of any claim or the institution of any suit under this title, pay any tax incident-to any such property, or the earnings, increment, or proceeds thereof, at the earliest time appearing to him to be not contrary to the interest of the United States. The former owner shall not be liable for any such tax accruing while such property, earnings, increment, or proceeds are held by such designee, unless they are returned pursuant to this title without payment of such tax by the designee. Every such tax shall be paid by the designee to the same extent, as nearly as may be deemed practicable, as though the property had not been vested, and shall be paid only out of the property, or earnings, increment, or proceeds thereof, to which they are incident or out of other property acquired from the same former owner, or earnings, increment, or proceeds thereof. No tax liability may be enforced from any property or the earnings, increment, or proceeds thereof while held by the designee except with his consent. Where any property is transferred, otherwise than pursuant to section 207

(a)or 207

(b)hereof, the designee may transfer the property free and clear of any tax, except to the extent of any lien for a tax existing and perfected at the date of vesting, and the proceeds of such transfer shall, for tax purposes, replace the property in the hands of the designee. “(c) Subject to the provisions of subsection

(b)of this section, the manner of computing any Federal taxes, including without limitation by reason of this enumeration, the applicability in such computation of credits, deductions, and exemptions to which the former owner is or would be entitled, and the time and manner of any payment of such taxes and the extent of any compliance by the designee with provisions of Federal law and regulations applicable with respect to Federal taxes, shall be in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury to effectuate this section. Statutes of limitations on assessments, collection, refund, or credit of Federal taxes shall be suspended with respect to any vested property or the earnings, increment, or proceeds thereof, while vested and for six months thereafter; but no interest shall be paid upon any refund with respect to any period during which the statute of limitations is so suspended. “(d) The word ‘tax’ as used in this section shall include, without limitation by reason of this enumeration, any property, income, excess-profits, war-profits, excise, estate, and employment tax, import duty, 69 Stat. 570 and special assessment; and also any interest, penalty, additional amount, or addition thereto not arising from any act, omission, neglect, failure, or delay on the part of the designee. “Sec. 213. Prior to covering the net proceeds of liquidation of anyDetermination of expenses, etc. property into the Treasury pursuant to section 202 (a), the designee of the President under this title shall determine— “(1) the amount of his administrative expenses attributable to the performance of his functions under this title with respect to such property and the proceeds thereof. The amount so determined, together with an amount not exceeding that expended or incurred for the conservation, preservation, or maintenance of such property and the proceeds thereof, and for taxes in respect of same, shall be deducted and retained by the designee from the proceeds otherwise covered into the Treasury; and “(2) that the time for the institution of a suit under section 207 (a), for the filing of a notice of claim under section 207 (b), and for the filing of debt claims under section 208 has elapsed. The determinations of the designee under this section shall be final and conclusive. “Sec. 214. No property conveyed, transferred, assigned, delivered,Liens. etc. or paid to the designee of the President under this title, or the net proceeds thereof, shall be liable to lien, attachment, garnishment, trustee process, or execution, or subject to any order or decree of any court, except as provided in this title. “Sec. 215. Whoever shall willfully violate any provision of thisPenalties. title or any rule or regulation issued hereunder, and whoever shall willfully violate, neglect, or refuse to comply with any order of the President or of a designee of the President under this title, issued in compliance with the provisions of this title shall be fined not more than $5,000, or, if a natural person, imprisoned for not more than five years, or both; and the officer, director, or agent of any corporation who knowingly participates in such violation shall be punished by a like fine, imprisonment, or both. “TITLE III “claims against bulgaria, hungary, rumania, italy, and the soviet union “Sec. 301. As used in this title the term— “(1) ‘Person’ means a natural person, partnership, association, other unincorporated body, corporation, or body politic. “(2) ‘National of the United States’ means

(A)a natural person who is a citizen of the United States, or who owes permanent allegiance to the United States, and

(B)a corporation or other legal entity which is organized under the laws of the United States, any State or Territory thereof, or the District of Columbia, if natural persons who are nationals of the United States own, directly or indirectly, more than 50 per centum of the outstanding capital stock or other beneficial interest in such legal entity. It does not include aliens. “(3) ‘Treaty of peace’, with respect to a country, means the treaty of peace[61 Stat. pt. 2](/us/stat/61/2). with that country signed at Paris, France, February 10, 1947, which came into force between that country and the United States on September 15, 1947. “(4) ‘Memorandum of Understanding’ means the Memorandum of Understanding between the United States and Italy regarding Italian assets in the United States and certain claims of nationals of the United States, signed at Washington, District of Columbia, August 14, 1947 (61 Stat. 3962). 69 Stat. 571 “(5) ‘Soviet, Government’ means the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, including any of its present or former constituent republics, other political subdivisions, and any territories thereof, as constituted on or prior to November 16, 1933. “(6) ‘Litvinov Assignment’ means

(A)the communication dated November 16, 1933, from Maxim Litvinov to President Franklin D. Roosevelt, wherein the Soviet Government assigned to the Government of the United States amounts admitted or found to be due it as the successor of prior governments of Russia, or otherwise, preparatory to a final settlement of the claims outstanding between the two Governments and the claims of their nationals;

(B)the communication dated November 16, 1933, from President Franklin D. Roosevelt to Maxim Litvinov, accepting such assignment; and

(C)the assignments executed by Serge Ughet on August 25, 1933, and November 15, 1933, assigning certain assets to the Government of the United States. “(7) ‘Russian national’ includes any corporation or business Association organized under the laws, decrees, ordinances, or acts of the former Empire of Russia or of any government successor thereto, and subsequently nationalized or dissolved or whose assets were taken over by the Soviet Government or which was merged with any other corporation or organization by the Soviet Government. “(8) ‘Commission’ means the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the United States, established pursuant to Reorganization Plan Numbered 1 of 1954 (68 Stat. 1279). “(9) ‘Property’ means any property, right, or interest.[22 USC 1621 note](/us/usc/t22/s1621). “Sec. 302. There are hereby created in the Treasury of the UnitedClaims Funds. States five funds to be known as the Bulgarian Claims Fund, the Hungarian Claims Fund, the Rumanian Claims Fund, the Italian Claims Fund, and the Soviet Claims Fund. The Secretary of the Treasury shall cover into each of the Hungarian, Rumanian, and Bulgarian Claims Funds, the funds attributable to the respective country or its nationals covered into the Treasury pursuant to subsections

(a)and

(b)of section 202 of this Act. The Secretary of the Treasury[61 Stat. 3962](/us/stat/61/3962). shall cover into the Italian Claims Fund the sum of $5,000,000 paid to the United States by the Government of Italy pursuant to article II of the Memorandum of Understanding. The Secretary shall cover into the Treasury the funds collected by the United States pursuant to the Litvinov Assignment (including postal funds due prior to November 16, 1933, to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics because of money orders certified to that country for payment) and shall cover into the Soviet Claims Fund the funds so covered into the Treasury. The Secretary shall deduct from each claims fund 5 per centum thereof as reimbursement to the Government of the United States for the expenses incurred by the Commission and by the Treasury Department in the administration of this title. Such deduction shall be made before any payment is made out of such fund under section 310. All amounts so deducted shall be covered into the Treasury to the credit of miscellaneous receipts. “Sec. 303. The Commission shall receive and determine in accordanceClaims of U.S. nationals. with applicable substantive law, including international law, the validity and amounts of claims of nationals of the United States against the Governments of Bulgaria, Hungary, and Rumania, or any of them, arising out of the failure to— “(1) restore or pay compensation for property of nationals of the United States as required by article 23 of the treaty of peace with Bulgaria, articles 26 and 27 of the treaty of peace with Hungary, and articles 24 and 25 of the treaty of peace 69 Stat. 572 with Rumania. Awards under this paragraph shall be in[61 Stat., pt. 2](/us/stat/61/2). amounts not to exceed two-thirds of the loss or damage actually sustained; “(2) pay effective compensation for the nationalization, compulsory liquidation, or other taking, prior to the effective date of this title, of property of nationals of the United States in Bulgaria, Hungary, and Rumania; and “(3) meet obligations expressed in currency of the United States arising out of contractual or other rights acquired by nationals of the United States prior to April 24, 1941, in the case of Bulgaria, and prior to September 1, 1939, in the case of Hungary and Rumania, and which became payable prior to September 15, 1947. “Sec. 304. The Commission shall receive and determine, in accordance[61 Stat. 3962](/us/stat/61/3962). with the Memorandum of Understanding and applicable substantive law, including international law, the validity and amount of claims of nationals of the United States against the government of Italy arising out of the war in which Italy was engaged from June 10, 1940, to September 15, 1947, and with respect to which provision was not made in the treaty of peace with Italy. “Sec. 305.

(a)The Commission shall receive and determine in accordance with applicable substantive law, including international law, the validity and amounts of— “(1) claims of nationals of the United States against a Russian national originally accruing in favor of a national of the United States with respect to which a judgment was entered in, or a warrant of attachment issued from, any court of the United States or of a State of the United States in favor of a national of the United States, with which judgment or warrant of attachment a lien was obtained by a national of the United States, prior to November 16, 1933, upon any property in the United States which has been taken, collected, recovered, or liquidated by the Government of the United States pursuant to the Litvinov Assignment. Awards under this paragraph shall not exceed the proceeds of such property as may have been subject to the lien of the judgment or attachment; nor, in the event that such proceeds are less than the aggregate amount of all valid claims so related to the same property, exceed an amount equal to the proportion which each such claim bears to the total amount of such proceeds; and “(2) claims, arising prior to November 16, 1933, of nationals of the United States against the Soviet Government. “(b) Any judgment entered in any court of the United States or of a State of the United StatesCourt judgments. shall be binding upon the Commission in its determination, under paragraph

(1)of subsection

(a)of this section, of any issue which was determined by the court, in which the judgment was entered. “(c) The Commission shall give preference to the disposition of thePreferential claims claims referred to in paragraph

(1)of subsection

(a)of this section, over all other claims presented to it under this title. “Sec. 306. Within sixty days after the date of enactment of thisPublication in FR of time limits. title, or within sixty days after the date of enactment of legislation making appropriations to the Commission for payment of administrative expenses incurred in carrying out its functions under this title, whichever date is later, the Commission shall publish in the Federal Register the time when and the limit, of time within which claims may be filed under this title, which limit shall not be more than one year after such publication, except that with respect to claims under section 305 this limit, shall not exceed six months. 69 Stat. 573 “Sec. 307. The amount of any award made pursuant to this titleAward amount based on a claim of a national of the United States other than the national of the United States to whom the claim originally accrued shall not exceed the amount of the actual consideration last paid therefor either prior to January 1, 1953, or between that date and the filing of the claim, whichever is less. “Sec. 308. The Commission shall as soon as possible, and in theCertification to Treasury. order of the making of such awards, certify to the Secretary of the Treasury, in terms of United States currency, each award made pursuant to this title. “Sec. 309. All payments authorized under this title shall be disbursed exclusively from the claims fund attributable to the country with respect, to which the claims are allowed pursuant to this title. All amounts covered into the Treasury to the credit of the claims funds created by section 302 are hereby permanently appropriated for the making of the payments authorized under this title. “Sec. 310.

(a)The Secretary of the Treasury shall make paymentsPayments by Treasury. on account of awards certified by the Commission pursuant to this title as follows: “(1) Payment in full of the principal amount of each award made pursuant to section 305

(1)and each award of $1,000 or less made pursuant to section 303 or 304; “(2) Payment in full of the principal amount of each award of $1,000 or less made pursuant to section 305

(a)(2); “(3) Payment in the amount of $1,000 on account of the principal of each award of more than $1,000 in amount made pursuant to section 303, 304, or 305

(a)(2); “(4) After completing the payments under the preceding paragraphs of this subsection from any one fund, payments from time to time, in ratable proportions, on account of the then impaid principal of all awards in the principal amount of more than $1,000, according to the proportions which the unpaid principal of such awards bear to the total amount in the fund available for distribution on account of such awards at the time such payments are. made; “(5) After payment has been made in full of the principal amounts of all awards from any one fund, pro rata payments from the remainder of such fund then available for distribution on account of accrued interest on such awards as bear interest. “(b) Such payments, and applications for such payments, shall be made in accordance with such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe. “(c) For the purposes of making any such payments, an ‘award’ shall be deemed to mean the aggregate of all awards“Award”. certified in favor of the same claimant and payable from the same fund. “(d) With respect, to any claim which, at the time of the award, is vested in persons other than the person to whom the claim originally accrued, the Commission may issue a consolidated award in favor of all claimants then entitled thereto, which award shall indicate the respective interests of such claimants therein; and all such claimants shall participate, in proportion to their indicated interests, in the payments provided by this section in all respects as if the award had been in favor of a single person. “Sec. 311.

(a)If a corporation or other legal entity has a claim on which an award may be made under this title, no award may be made to any other person under this title with respect, to such claim. “(b) A claim based upon an interest, direct or indirect, in a corporationInterest in corporation. or other legal entity which directly suffered the loss with respect to which the claim is asserted, but which was not a national of the United States at the time of the loss, shall beaded upon without regard 69 Stat. 574 to the nationality of such legal entity if at the time of the loss at least 25 per centum of the outstanding capital stock or other beneficial interest in such entity was owned, directly or indirectly, by natural persons who were nationals of the United States. “Sec. 312. No award shall be made under this title to or for theCollaborators with hostile countries. benefit of any person who voluntarily, knowingly, and without duress, gave aid to or collaborated with or in any manner served any Government hostile to the United States during World War II, or who has been convicted of a violation of any provision of chapter 115, of [62 Stat. 807](/us/stat/62/807).title 18, of the United States Code, or of any other crime involving disloyalty to the United States. “Sec. 313. Payment of any award made pursuant to section 303Unpaid balance of claim, etc. or 305 shall not, unless such payment is for the full amount of the claim, as determined by the Commission to be valid, with respect to which the award is made, extinguish such claim, or be construed to have divested any claimant, or the United States on his behalf, of any rights against the appropriate foreign government or national for the unpaid balance of his claim or for restitution of his property. All awards or payments made pursuant to this title shall be without prejudice to the claims of the United States against any foreign government. “Sec. 314. The action of the Commission in allowing or denying anyFinality of Commission’s action. claim under this title shall be final and conclusive on all questions of law and fact and not subject to review by any other official of the United States or by any court by mandamus or otherwise, and the Comptroller General shall allow credit in the accounts of any certifying or disbursing officer for payments in accordance with such action. “Sec. 315. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated suchAppropriations. sums*Ante*, p. 457. as may be necessary to enable the Commission and the Treasury Department to pay their administrative expenses incurred in carrying out their functions under this title. “Sec. 316. The Commission shall complete its affairs in connectionCompletion of Commission’s affairs. with the settlement of claims pursuant to section 305

(1)not later than two years, and all other claims pursuant to this title not later than four years, following the date of enactment of this title, or following the date of enactment of legislation making appropriations to the Commission for the payment of administrative expenses incurred in carrying out its functions under this title, whichever date is later. “Sec. 317.

(a)The total remuneration paid to all agents, attorneys-at-lawPayment for services. or in fact, or representatives, for services rendered on behalf of any claimant in connection with any claim filed with the Commission shall not exceed 10 per centum of the total amount paid under this title on account of such claim, or such greater amount as may be determined pursuant to subsection

(b)of this section. Any Penalty.agreement to the contrary shall be unlawful and void. Whoever, in the United States or elsewhere, demands or receives, on account of services so rendered, any remuneration which, together with all remuneration paid to other persons on account of such services and of which he has notice, is in excess of the maximum permitted by this section, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than twelve months, or both. “(b) Not later than three months after the Commission has completed its affairs in connection with the settlement of all claims payable from the fund from which an award is payable, any agent, attorney-at-law or in fact, or representative who believes that the total remuneration for services rendered in connection with the claim upon which such award is made should exceed the maximum otherwise permitted by this section may, pursuant to such procedure as the Com- 69 Stat. 575 mission shall prescribe by regulation, petition the Commission for an order authorizing the payment of remuneration in excess of such maximum. The Commission shall issue such an order only upon a finding that there exist special circumstances of unusual hardship which require the payment of such excess; and such order shall state the amount of the excess which may so be paid. The determination of the Commission in ruling upon such petition shall be within the sole discretion of the Commission and shall not be subject to review by any court. “Sec. 318. The following provisions of title I shall be applicable*Ante*, p. 562. to this title: Subsections (b), (c), (d), (e), (h), and

(j)of section 4; and subsections (c), (d), (e), and

(f)of section 7.” " Sec. 4. Public Resolution Numbered 36, Seventy-sixth Congress,Repeal. approved August 4, 1939 (53 Stat. 1199), entitled “Resolution to provide for the adjudication by a Commissioner of Claims of American nationals against the Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics”, is hereby repealed. Approved August 9, 1955. Public Law 286: To authorize the dual employment of custodial employees in post office buildings operated by the General Services Administration, and for other purposes. Public Law 286 Public Law 286 69 Stat. 575 1955-08-09 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-01-02 84 1 public Public Law 286 chapter 646 AN ACT To authorize the dual employment of custodial employees in post office buildings operated by the General Services Administration, and for other purposes.August 9, 1955 [[S. 2403](/us/bill/84/s/2403)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Custodial employees, GSA. Dual employment. That the Postmaster General, with the consent of the Administrator of General Services, may appoint custodial employees working under the jurisdiction of the General Services Administration at Federal buildings occupied in any part by the postal service to positions in the postal service to perform postal duties in addition to their regular duties as such custodial employees, without regard to section 2 of the Act of July 31, 1894, as amended (U. S. C., title 5, sec. 62). Such employees[28 Stat. 205](/us/stat/28/205). shall be paid compensation at the rate provided by law for each position, without regard to the provisions of sections 1763, 1764, and 1765 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (U. S. C., title 5, secs. 58, 69, and 70). Approved August 9, 1955. Public Law 287: To provide recognition of the fiftieth anniversary of the Devils Tower National Monument, Wyoming, the first national monument, established by the President of the United States pursuant to the Antiquities Act of 1906; to authorize the addition of certain land to the monument, to permit land exchanges, and for other purposes. Public Law 287 Public Law 287 69 Stat. 575 1955-08-09 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-01-02 84 1 public Public Law 287 chapter 647 AN ACT To provide recognition of the fiftieth anniversary of the Devils Tower National Monument, Wyoming, the first national monument, established by the President of the United States pursuant to the Antiquities Act of 1906; to authorize the addition of certain land to the monument, to permit land exchanges, and for other purposes.August 9, 1955 [[S. 2049](/us/bill/84/s/2049)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Devils Tower National Monument. That, in recognition of the fiftieth anniversary of the Devils Tower National Monument, Wyoming, the first national monument, established on September 24, 1906, by the President of the United States pursuant to the Antiquities Act of 1906, and in order to provide suitable public campground[34 Stat. 225](/us/stat/34/225). [16 USC 431–433](/us/usc/t16/s431–433). facilities and other developments for the public benefit and to facilitate administration thereof, the Devils Tower National Monument here- 69 Stat. 576 after shall include the following described land comprising approximately one hundred and fifty-five acres, which the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to procure in such manner as he shall find to be in the public interest: sixth principal meridian Township 53 north, range 65 west, section 18, south half northeast quarter, southeast quarter northwest quarter, north half southeast quarter, those parts lying north of and within a loop of the left bank of the Belle Fourche River: southwest quarter northwest quarter, that part lying west of the left bank of the Belle Fourche River; Township 53 north, range 66 west, section 13, south half northeast quarter. Sec. 2. For land exchange purposes, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to accept title to any land or interests therein situated within the area added to the national monument by this Act, and, in exchange for land or interests therein so accepted, to convey any national monument land or interests therein of approximately equal value situated in the northeast quarter of section 18, township 53 north, range 65 west, and lying east of the Belle Fourche River. National monument lands so conveyed for exchange purposes shall be excluded from the national monument. Approved August 9, 1955. Public Law 288: To amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 as amended. Public Law 288 Public Law 288 69 Stat. 576 1955-08-09 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-01-02 84 1 public Public Law 288 chapter 648 AN ACT To amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 as amended.August 9, 1955 [[S. 2511](/us/bill/84/s/2511)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Rice. [52 Stat. 60](/us/stat/52/60). [7 USC 1352](/us/usc/t7/s1352). That section 352 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, is amended by striking out the period at the end of the first sentence thereof and inserting: “: *Provided, however*, That for 1956 no national acreage allotment shall be established which is less than 85 per centum of the final allotment established for the immediately preceding year.”. Approved August 9, 1955. Public Law 289: To declare the portion of the waterway of West Haven and New Haven, Connecticut, known as the West River, northerly of a line running north 85 degrees 31 minutes 43.5 seconds east from a point whose coordinates in the Corps of Engineers Harbor Line System are north 4,616.76 and west 9.450.80, a non-navigable stream. Public Law 289 Public Law 289 69 Stat. 576 1955-08-09 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-01-02 84 1 public Public Law 289 chapter 649 AN ACT To declare the portion of the waterway of West Haven and New Haven, Connecticut, known as the West River, northerly of a line running north 85 degrees 31 minutes 43.5 seconds east from a point whose coordinates in the Corps of Engineers Harbor Line System are north 4,616.76 and west 9.450.80, a non-navigable stream.August 9, 1955 [[S. 2514](/us/bill/84/s/2514)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,West River. Nonnavigable stream. That the portion of the waterway in which is located the West River in the town of West Haven, Connecticut, and the city of New Haven, Connecticut, lying northerly of a line extending north 85 degrees 54 minutes 43.5 seconds east, from a point (1,158.535 feet from the most westerly corner of the existing bulkhead and pier line) whose coordinates in the Corps of Engineers Harbor Line System are north 4,616.76 and west 9,450.80, is hereby declared to be a uonnavigable water of the United States 69 Stat. 577 within the meaning of the Constitution and laws of the United States. Sec. 2. The line hereinbefore described shall be established as a combined pierhead and bulkhead line of the West River. Sec. 3. Any project heretofore authorized by an Act of Congress, insofar as such project relates to the above-described portion of the West River, is hereby abandoned. Sec. 4. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved August 9, 1955. Public Law 290: To amend title 14, United States Code, so as to provide for compensatory absence of Coast Guard military personnel serving at isolated aids to navigation, and for other purposes. Public Law 290 Public Law 290 69 Stat. 577 1955-08-09 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-01-02 84 1 public Public Law 290 chapter 650 AN ACT To amend title 14, United States Code, so as to provide for compensatory absence of Coast Guard military personnel serving at isolated aids to navigation, and for other purposes.August 9, 1955 [[S. 2566](/us/bill/84/s/2566)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Coast Guard. [63 Stat. 526](/us/stat/63/526). That section 432

(f)of title 14, United States Code, is amended by inserting the words “as amended” following the words “Federal Employees Pay Act of 1945”. Sec. 2. Section 432

(g)of title 14, United States Code, is amended by amending the first sentence thereof to read as follows: “The head of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating, under regulations prescribed by him, may regulate the hours of duty and the pay of civilian keepers of lighthouses and civilians employed’ on lightships and other vessels of the Coast Guard, but such personnel may be called upon for duty in emergency circumstances or otherwise at any time or all times”. Sec. 3. The analysis of chapter 13 of title 14, United States Code,[63 Stat. 529](/us/stat/63/529). is amended by inserting in such analysis the. following item: " “511. Compensatory absence of military personnel at isolated aids to navigation.” " Sec. 4. Chapter 13 of title 14, United States Code, is amended by inserting a new section as follows: " “§ 511. Compensatory absence of military personnel at isolated aids to navigation. “The head of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating, under regulations prescribed by him, may grant compensatory absence from duty to military personnel of the Coast Guard serving in lightships and at lighthouses and other isolated aids to navigation of the Coast Guard when conditions of duty result in confinement because of isolation or in long periods of continuous duty.” " Approved August 9, 1955. Public Law 291: To authorize the Texas Hill Country Development Foundation to convey certain land to Kerr County, Texas. Public Law 291 Public Law 291 69 Stat. 577 1955-08-09 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-01-02 84 1 public Public Law 291 chapter 651 JOINT RESOLUTION To authorize the Texas Hill Country Development Foundation to convey certain land to Kerr County, Texas.August 9, 1955 [[H. J. Res. 276](/us/bill/84/hjres/276)] *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Texas Hill Country Development Foundation. Conveyance. [68 Stat. A98](/us/stat/68/A98). That, notwithstanding the second paragraph of the joint resolution entitled “Joint resolution to provide for the conveyance to the Texas Hill Country Development Foundation of certain surplus hind situated in Kerr County, Texas”, approved June 28, 1954 (Private Law 4 80, Eighty-third Congress), or 69 Stat. 578 any term, reservation, restriction, or condition placed in the deed of conveyance (dated February 1, 1955) granted by the Administrator of General Services under authority of such joint resolution, the Texas Hill Country Development Foundation is hereby authorized to convey to Kerr County, Texas, all of the land described in such deed of February 1, 1955. Sec. 2. Any deed of conveyance granted under authority of this Act shall be subject to the same terms and conditions, and the land conveyed thereby shall be used for the same purposes, as required by such joint resolution of June 28, 1954, and the deed granted under authority thereof. Approved August 9, 1955. Public Law 292: To amend the rice marketing quota provisions of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended. Public Law 292 Public Law 292 69 Stat. 578 1955-08-09 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-01-02 84 1 public Public Law 292 chapter 652 AN ACT To amend the rice marketing quota provisions of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended.August 9, 1955 [[S. 2573](/us/bill/84/s/2573)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Rice. [52 Stat. 61](/us/stat/52/61). [7 USC 1353](/us/usc/t7/s1353). That section 353

(b)of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, is amended by inserting in the first sentence thereof tire words “in the State” immediately following the words “on the basis of past production of rice” and immediately following the words “taking into consideration the acreage allotments previously established”. Approved August 9, 1955. Public Law 293: To authorize the conveyance to the city of Anniston, Alabama, of certain real property within Fort McClellan, Alabama. Public Law 293 Public Law 293 69 Stat. 578 1955-08-09 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-01-02 84 1 public Public Law 293 chapter 653 AN ACT To authorize the conveyance to the city of Anniston, Alabama, of certain real property within Fort McClellan, Alabama.August 9, 1955 [[H. R. 46](/us/bill/84/hr/46)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Anniston, Ala. Conveyance. That the Secretary of the Army is authorized, if he determines that the real property described in section 2 of this Act is excess to the requirements of the Department of Defense, to convey to the city of Anniston, Alabama, at the then fail’ market value thereof, all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to such real property subject to

(1)the condition that if the real property conveyed under authority or this Act shall not be utilized for municipal purposes prior to the expiration of a period of two years from the date of the conveyance made pursuant to this Act, all the right, title, and interest, in and to such property, shall revert to and become the property of the United States who shall have the immediate right of entry thereon, and

(2)subject to such other terms and conditions as he may prescribe. Sec. 2. The real property referred to in the first section is a parcel of land in the northeast quarter of the northwest quarter of section 32, township 15 south, range 8 east, and a parcel of land in the southwest quarter of section 29, township 15 south, range 8 east, and lying west of the Anniston-Fort McClellan Highway, more particularly described as follows: Beginning at the point of intersection of the Anniston city limits line and the west right-of-way line of Anniston-Fort McClellan Highway, said point being 740 feet east of and 253 feet south of the south- 69 Stat. 579 west corner of the southeast quarter of southwest quarter of section 29, township 15 south, range 8 east, thence northerly along said west right-of-way line of said Anniston-Fort McClellan Highway, 2,715 feet, more or less, to a point on the south boundary line of the Old Anniston-Jacksonville Road, thence southwesterly along the meanderings of the south boundary of the Old Anniston-Jacksonville Road to the point of intersection with the south boundary line of the northwest quarter of southwest quarter section 29, township 15 south, range 8 east, thence east along aforesaid south boundary line of said northwest quarter of southwest quarter section 29, township 15 south, range 8 east, 455 feet more or less, to the southeast corner of said northwest quarter of southwest quarter of said section 29, township 15 south, range 8 east, thence south along the west boundary fine of the southeast quarter of southwest quarter of section 29, township 15 south, range 8 east, and the northeast quarter of northwest quarter section 32, township 15 south, range 8 east, 1,428 feet more or less to the intersection of the Anniston city limits line, thence easterly along the Anniston city limits line 765 feet more or.less, to the point of beginning, containing 38.5 acres, more or less, in Calhoun County, Alabama. Approved August 9, 1955. Public Law 294: To authorize male nurses mid medical specialists to lie appointed as Reserve officers. Public Law 294 Public Law 294 69 Stat. 579 1955-08-09 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-01-02 84 1 public Public Law 294 chapter 654 AN ACT To authorize male nurses mid medical specialists to lie appointed as Reserve officers.August 9, 1955 [[H. R. 2559](/us/bill/84/hr/2559)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Armed Forces reserves. Male nurses, etc. That men may be appointed as Reserve commissioned officers in the Nurse Corps or the Naval Reserve and as Reserve officers of the Air Force designated to perform nursing or medical specialist duties, under the same provisions of law as are applicable to women, except as may be necessary to adapt such provisions to male persons. Sec. 2. The Army-Navy Nurses Act of 1947 is hereby amended as[61 Stat. 41](/us/stat/61/41). follows:

(1)In title 1, by striking out “Women’s” each time it occurs and[10 USC 166–166l, 374–376](/us/usc/t10/s166–166l/374–376). inserting in lieu thereof “Army”: and

(2)In section 116 (10 U. S. C., sec. 376), by striking out “female citizens” and inserting in lieu thereof “male or female citizens, or male or female persons who have made a declaration of intent to become citizens,”. Sec. 3.

(a)Subsection

(a)of section 307 of the Army Organization Act of 1950 (10 U. S. C., sec. 81–1) is hereby amended by striking[64 Stat. 270](/us/stat/64/270). out “Women’s” and inserting in lieu thereof “Army”.

(b)Section 307 of the Air Force[65 Stat. 330](/us/stat/65/330). Organization Act of 1951 (10 U. S. C., sec. 1837) is hereby amended by striking out “women’s”.

(c)Subsection

(d)of section 303 of the Army and Air Force Vitalization and Retirement Equalization Act of 1948 (10 U. S. C., sec. 1003) is hereby amended by striking out “Women’s” and inserting[62 Stat. 1085](/us/stat/62/1085). in lieu thereof “Army”. Sec. 4. In the computation of the pay, or retired orService credit. retirement pay, of any person appointed under the first section of this Act. or of any person appoints under section 116 of the Army-Navy Nurses Act of 1947, as amended, credit, shall be given for all military and naval service rendered by such person with any branch of the Armed Forces of the United States, including active and inactive service with the reserve components thereof. Approved August 9, 1955. Public Law 295: To amend the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended, and for other purposes. Public Law 295 Public Law 295 69 Stat. 580 1955-08-09 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-01-02 84 1 public

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