Public Law 929.

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70 Stat. 950 Public Law 929 chapter 889 AN ACT To authorize and direct the Secretary of the Army to convey certain tracts of land in El Paso County, Texas, to the city of El Paso, Texas, In exchange for certain lands to be conveyed by the city of El Paso, Texas, to the United States Government. August 2, 1956[[H. R. 5519](/us/bill/84/hr/5519)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, El Paso, Texas. Exchange of lands.

That the Secretary of the Army is authorized, upon such terms and conditions as he may determine to be in the public interest, to convey to the city of El Paso, a municipal corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of tne State of Texas, the lands and improvements comprising those portions of Fort Bliss Military Reservation and the Biggs Air Force Base situate in El Paso County, Texas, as described in section 2 of this Act, in exchange for that land described in section 3 of this Act and owned by the city of El Paso, Texas, situate in El Paso County.

Among its terms and conditions, the deed to the city shall be conditioned upon the agreement by the city of El Paso in

(1)the construction by the Department of the Air Force of an interconnecting taxiway between Biggs Air Force Base and El Paso International Airport; and

(2)the use of El Paso International Airport by military aircraft. The conveyance to the city shall also provide for a reverter to the United States, at the election of the Secretary of the Army, for breach of any of the terms and conditions by the city of El Paso, its successors and assigns. Sec. 2. The lands to be conveyed by the. United States to the city of El Paso, Texas, consist of portions of Fort Bliss Military Reservation and Biggs Air Force Base with an aggregate of 2,255.453 acres of land and improvements thereon, in several tracts as follows:

(a)East-West runway extension area, a tract of land being and lying in block 80, township 2, parts of sections 32, 33, 34, 35,41, 40, 39, and 38 of the Texas and Pacific Railway survey, El Paso County, Texas, and part of the Juan and Jacinto Ascarate grant, more particularly described as follows: Beginning at the southeast corner of the city of El Paso International Airport, formerly known as Ed Anderson Field, same corner being in the northerly right-of-way line of United States Highway 62 known as the Carlsbad Road and said corner being north 81 degrees 10 minutes east a distance of 6,300,6 feet, plus or minus, from a monument marking the easterly right-of-way line of the Texas and New Orleans Railroad Fort Bliss spur as established by the Office of Quartermaster General Construction Division in November 1937, and the northerly right-of-way line of United States Highway 62; Thence bearing north 81 degrees 10 minutes east and parallel to the northerly right-of-way line of United States Highway 62 at 10,936.0 feet, plus or minus, cross the approximate centerline of the El Paso Natural Gas parallel pipelines and continuing on a bearing or north 81 degrees 10 minutes east for a total distance of 13,728.3 feet, plus or minus, to the proposed southeast corner of this tract; Thence bearing north 1 degree 1 minute 50 seconds west for a distance of 5,183.76 feet, plus or minus, to the proposed northeast comer of this tract; Thence bearing south 82 degrees 20 minutes 55 seconds west at 6,670.0 feet, plus or minus, cross the approximate centerline of the El Paso Natural Gas parallel pipelines and continuing on a bearing of south 82 degrees 20 minutes 55 seconds west for a total distance of 13,692.56 feet, plus or minus, to a point in the present easterly boundary of the city of El Paso International Airport, same point being 70 Stat. 951 the proposed northwest corner of this tract and bearing south 1 degree 1 minute 10 seconds east from the present northeast corner of the airport property; Thence bearing south 1 degree 1 minute 50 seconds east and running with and parallel to the existing easterly boundary of said International Airport property a distance of 5,468.82 feet, plus or minus, to the northerly right-of-way line of United States Highway 62, the southwest corner of this tract and the point of beginning of this description; Containing an area of 1,663.08 acres, more or less; subject, however, to an easement for a right-of-way from the Secretary of War, dated May 30, 1944, to the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company and the El Paso Electric Company for a period not to exceed fifty years; beginning in the west line of section 40 and ending in the east line of section 36, said line being along and parallel to United States Highway 62 and 10 feet inside the boundary line of the Fort Bliss Military Reservation; and subject to a further easement for a sixty-foot wide right-of-way to the El Paso Natural Gas Company which bears approximately north 40 degrees 40 minutes west crossing the area as herein described.

(b)Northeast-southwest runway extension area, a tract of land being and lying in portions of sections 29, 28, 21, and 22, block 80, township 2 of the Texas and Pacific Railway survey, El Paso County, Texas, more particularly described as follows: Beginning at the present northeast corner of the city of El Paso International Airport, marked by an iron pipe and a fence corner, same corner being north 88 degrees 58 minutes 10 seconds east a distance of 7,970.67 feet, plus or minus, from the east boundary of section 19, block 81, and the west boundary of section 30, block 80; Thence south 88 degrees 58 minutes 10 seconds west and running with the northerly boundary of the international airport for a distance of 83.37 feet, plus or minus, to the most westerly corner of this tract; Thence north 49 degrees 58 minutes 10 seconds east along the northwesterly boundary of this tract, for a total distance of 12,000.0 feet, plus or minus, to the northwesterly corner of this tract, crossing the southerly boundary of the Biggs Air Force Base property at 312.57 feet, plus or minus, and the easterly boundary of the Biggs Air Force Base at a distance of 10,215.32 feet from the point of beginning of this course; Thence south 40 degrees 1 minute 50 seconds east along the northerly line of this tract for a distance of 2,000.0 feet, plus or minus, to the southeasterly corner of this tract; Thence south 49 degrees 58 minutes 10 seconds west for a total distance of 13,512.29 feet, plus or minus, to a point on the present east boundary of the El Paso International Airport which is the southwesterly corner of this tract, crossing the east line of section 21, which is the easterly boundary line of Biggs Air Force Base at 3,460.34 feet, plus or minus, and the south line ofsaid section 21, which is the southeasterly boundary of said airbase, at a distance of 5,868.74 feet, plus or minus, from the point of beginning of this course; Thence north 1 degree 1 minute 50 seconds west along the present easterly boundary of the El Paso International Airport, a distance of 2,506.01 feet, plus or minus, to the point of beginning; Containing 550.443 acres more or less; subject, however, to an easement to the El Paso Natural Gas Company, which bears north 40 degrees 40 minutes west and extends through section 28; and subject further to the continuing right of the United States, acting by and through the Civil Aeronautics Administration of the Department of 70 Stat. 952 Commerce, or its successor in function, to erect, maintain, and operate, in the northwest quarter of the southeast quarter of section 29, a middle marker for the adjacent airport.

(c)Lynchville area, a tract of land being and lying in the Morningside Heights addition numbered 1000 and part of the north El Paso Heights addition, located in section 21, block 81, township 2, of the Texas and Pacific Railway survey, more particularly described as follows: Beginning at the centerline intersection of Van Buren Avenue (sixty feet wide) and Pollard Street, which is sixty feet wide: Thence bearing 00 degrees 15 minutes east along the centerline of Pollard Street a distance of 2j239.85 feet, plus or minus (plat distance 2,212.0 feet) to the intersection point of the north line of Truman (Buchanan) Avenue with the centerline of Pollard Street; Thence bearing south 89 degrees 45 minutes east along the north line of Truman (Buchanan) Avenue, same line being also the south boundary of the Texas National Guard area, a distance of 1,075.44 feet, plus or minus (plat distance 1,064.4 feet), to a point in the westerly rightof-way line of the Southern Pacific Company (E. P. & S. W.); Thence bearing south 13 degrees 45 minutes west along the said westerly right-of-way line a distance of 1,492.58 feet, plus or minus, to the point of curve to the left, said curve having a radius of 5,779.65 feet and a long chord distance of 705.69 feet and a bearing of south 10 degrees 15 minutes west; Thence running with the arc of said curve along the westerly rightof-way line of the Southern Pacific Company (E. P. & S. W.) a distance of 706.10 feet, plus or minus to the point of tangent; Thence bearing south 6 degrees 36 minutes west a distance of 94.61 feet, plus or minus, to the intersection of the centerline of Van Buren A venue extended; Thence bearing north 89 degrees 43 minutes west along the centerline of Van Buren Avenue a distance of 594.0 feet, plus or minus, to the centerline of Pollard Street and the point of beginning; Containing an area of 41.93 acres, more or less, including 1.93 acres in Pollard and Van Buren Streets. It being the intention of these notes to describe the area between the centerline of Van Buren Avenue and the north boundary of Truman (Buchanan) Avenue and between the centerline of Pollard Street and the westerly right-of-way line of the Southern Pacific Company, subject to existing right-of-way for utility lines. Sec. 3. The lands to be conveyed by the city of El Paso, Texas, to the United States consist of approximately 318.88 acres of land situate in the city and county of El Paso, Texas, known as the Valdespino area, being a tract or parcel of land lying in section 17, block 81, township 2 of the Texas and Pacific Railway survey, El Paso County, Texas, more particularly described as follows: Beginning at a point which is the southwest corner of this tract, and which bears north 1 degree 14 minutes 49 seconds west a distance of 35.0 feet, plus or minus, and then north 88 degrees 41 minutes 7 seconds east a distance of 50.0 feet, plus or minus, from the common corner of sections 16, 17, 21, and 20, in block 81, township 2; Thence north 1 degree 14 minutes 49 seconds west along the west boundary of this tract and the east boundary of Sheridan Road, a distance of 5,271.75 feet, plus or minus, to the northwest corner of this tract, said point also being a comer of that portion of the United States military reservation known as Logan Heights; Thence north 88 degrees 49 minutes 29 seconds east along the northerly line of this tract, and the southeasterly line of the military reservation a distance of 3,327.42 feet to a point; 70 Stat. 953 Thence south 1 degree 10 minutes 31 seconds east a distance of 212 feet to a point; Thence north 88 degrees 49 minutes 29 seconds east a distance of 758.90 feet, pilus or minus, to a point for the northeast corner of this tract, said point being on the westerly right-of-way line of the Southern Pacific Company; Thence south 28 degrees 24 minutes 39 seconds west along the said westerly right-of-way line of the Southern Pacific Company, a distance of 3,115.80 feet, plus or minus, to a point; Thence north 61 degrees 35 minutes 21 seconds west along the rightof-way line of said railroad company, a distance of 75 feet, plus or minus, to a point which is a common corner of this tract and the right-of-way of the Southern Pacific Company; Thence south 28 degrees 24 minutes 39 seconds west along the westerly line of the Southern Pacific Company right-of-way line, a distance of 2,742 feet, plus or minus, to a point on said railroad company’s right-of-way line and the north line of the Fred Wilson Road seventyfoot right-of-way, said point also being the southeast corner of this tract; Thence south 88 degrees 41 minutes 07 seconds west along the north of line of Fred Wilson Road, said line being 35 feet north of said road’s centerline and along the south line of this tract, a distance of 1,122.32 feet, plus or minus, to the point of beginning, together with all the improvements thereon. Approved August 2, 1956. Public Law 930: To require certain safety devices on household refrigerators shipped in interstate commerce. Public Law 930 Public Law 930 70 Stat. 958 1956-08-02 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 2026-02-10 84 2 public Public Law 930 chapter 890 AN ACT To require certain safety devices on household refrigerators shipped in interstate commerce. August 2, 1956[[H. R. 11969](/us/bill/84/hr/11969)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That it shall be Household refrigerators. Interstate shipment. unlawful for any person to introduce or deliver for introduction into interstate commerce any household refrigerator manufactured on or after the date this section takes effect unless it is equipped with a device, enabling the door thereof to be opened from the inside, which conforms with standards prescribed pursuant to section 3. Sec. 2. Any person who violates the first section of this Act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to imprisonment for not more than one year, or a fine of not more than $1,000, or both. Sec. 3. The Secretary of Commerce shall prescribe and publish in Publication in FR of safety standards. the Federal Register commercial standards for devices which, when used in or on household refrigerators, will enable the doors thereof to be opened easily from the inside; and the standards first established under this section shall be so prescribed and published not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act. Sec. 4. As used in this Act, the term “interstate commerce” includes commerce between one State, Territory, possession, the District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and another State, Territory, possession, the District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Sec. 5. This Act shall take effect on the date of its enactment, Effective date. except that the first section of this Act shall take effect one year and 90 days after the date of publication of commercial standards first established under section 3 of this Act. In the event of a change in 70 Stat. 954 said commercial standards first established, a like period shall be allowed for compliance with said change in commercial standards. Approved August 2, 1956. Public Law 931: To authorize the conveyance of homestead allotments to Indians, Aleuts, or Eskimos in Alaska. Public Law 931 Public Law 931 70 Stat. 954 1956-08-02 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 2026-02-10 84 2 public Public Law 931 chapter 891 AN ACT To authorize the conveyance of homestead allotments to Indians, Aleuts, or Eskimos in Alaska. August 2, 1956[[H. R. 11696](/us/bill/84/hr/11696)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the Act of May 17, 1906 (34 Stat. 197; 48 U.S.C. 357), is hereby amended—

(a)by inserting after the word “Indian” in the first sentence thereof the following: “,Aleut”;

(b)by inserting before the word “nonmineral” in the first sentence thereof the following: “vacant, unappropriated, and unreserved”;

(c)by inserting after the word “Alaska” the first time it appears in the first sentence thereof the following: “, or, subject to the provisions of the Act of March 8, 1922 ( 42 Stat. 415, 48 U. S. C. 376–377), vacant, unappropriated, and unreserved land in Alaska that may be valuable for coal, oil, or gas deposits,”;

(d)by striking the period after the first sentence thereof and adding Conveyance of title. the following: “:*Provided*, That any Indian, Aleut, or Eskimo who receives an allotment under this Act, or his heirs, is authorized to convey by deed, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, the title to the land so allotted, and such conveyance shall vest in the purchaser a complete title to the land which shall be subject to restrictions against alienation and taxation only if the purchaser is an Indian, Aleut, or Eskimo native of Alaska who the Secretary determines is unable to manage the land without the protection of the United States and the conveyance provides for a continuance of such restrictions.”; and

(e)by adding two new sections as follows: " “Sec. 2. Allotments in national forests. Allotments in national forests may be made under this Act if founded on occupancy of the land prior to the establishment of the particular forest or if the Secretary of Agriculture certifies that the land in an application for an allotment is chiefly valuable for agricultural or grazing purposes. “Sec. 3. Proof of occupancy. No allotment shall be made to any person under this Act until said person has made proof satisfactory to the Secretary of the Interior of substantially continuous use and occupancy of the land for a period of five years.” " Approved August 2, 1956. Public Law 932: To amend section 1 of the Act of March 4, 1915, as amended (48 U. S. C., sec. 353). Public Law 932 Public Law 932 70 Stat. 954 1956-08-02 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 2026-02-10 84 2 public Public Law 932 chapter 892 AN ACT To amend section 1 of the Act of March 4, 1915, as amended (48 U. S. C., sec. 353). August 2, 1956[[H. R. 8226](/us/bill/84/hr/8226)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Alaska. School lands. [38 Stat. 1214](/us/stat/38/1214); [66 Stat. 14](/us/stat/66/14). That section 1 of the Act of March 4, 1915, as amended (48 U. S. C., sec. 353), is further amended by inserting before the period at the end of the first paragraph thereof a colon and the following language: “Provided, That 70 Stat. 955 the existence of a mineral lease or permit, or application therefor, shall not prevent the reservation of land under this section, and such leases, permits, and applications shall be administered as hereinafter provided. The rights of the Territory to any lands under this Act shall not be denied on the sole grounds that such lands were at the time of the acceptance of the survey subject to a reservation, application, claim, or right and that that reservation, application, claim, or right was extinguished, relinquished, or cancelled prior to March 5, 1952”. Approved August 2, 1956. Public Law 933: To amend subdivision e of section 58, Notices, of the Bankruptcy Act, as amended. Public Law 933 Public Law 933 70 Stat. 955 1956-08-02 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 2026-02-10 84 2 public Public Law 933 chapter 893 AN ACT To amend subdivision e of section 58, Notices, of the Bankruptcy Act, as amended. August 2, 1956[[H. R. 9956](/us/bill/84/hr/9956)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That subdivision e Bankruptcy. Notices. [65 Stat. 114](/us/stat/65/114). [11 USC 94](/us/usc/t11/s94). of section 58 of the Bankruptcy Act, as amended, is hereby amended to read as follows: " “Sec. 58e. The court shall, in every case instituted under any provisions of this Act, mail or cause to be mailed a copy of the notice of the first meeting of creditors to the district director of internal revenue for the district in which the court is located, and to the Comptroller General of the United States. Whenever the schedules of the bankrupt, or the list of creditors of the bankrupt, or any other papers filed in the case disclose a debt to the United States acting through any department, agency, or instrumentality thereof, (except for any internal revenue obligation payable to the Secretary of the Treasury or his delegate) a notice of the first meeting shall be mailed as well to the head of such department, agency, or instrumentality.” " Approved August 2, 1956. Public Law 934: To provide additional time for the Tariff Commission to review the customs tariff schedules. Public Law 934 Public Law 934 70 Stat. 955 1956-08-02 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 2026-02-10 84 2 public Public Law 934 chapter 894 AN ACT To provide additional time for the Tariff Commission to review the customs tariff schedules. August 2, 1956[[H. R. 12254](/us/bill/84/hr/12254)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That section 101

(c)of the Customs Simplification Act of 1954 (Public Law 768, Eighty-third Congress) is amended by striking out “two years after the [68 Stat. 1136](/us/stat/68/1136). [9 USC 1332 note](/us/usc/t9/s1332). enactment of this Act” and inserting in lieu thereof “March 1, 1958,”. Approved August 2, 1956. Public Law 935: To amend the Federal Employees’ Group Life Insurance Act of 1954 to bring employees of Gallaudet College within its coverage. Public Law 935 Public Law 935 70 Stat. 955 1956-08-02 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 2026-02-10 84 2 public Public Law 935 chapter 901 AN ACT To amend the Federal Employees’ Group Life Insurance Act of 1954 to bring employees of Gallaudet College within its coverage. August 2, 1956[[H. R. 3489](/us/bill/84/hr/3489)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That section 2

(a)of the Federal Employees’ Group Life Insurance Act of 1954 [68 Stat. 736](/us/stat/68/736). [5 USC 2091](/us/usc/t5/s2091). is amended by striking out “(but not including” and inserting in lieu thereof “(including Gallaudet College but not including”. 70 Stat. 956 Sec. 2. This Act shall become effective on the first day of the first pay period which begins at least ten days after date of approval. Approved August 2, 1956. Public Law 936: To change the name of Bedloe’s Island in New York Harbor to Liberty Island. Public Law 936 Public Law 936 70 Stat. 956 1956-08-03 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 2026-02-10 84 2 public Public Law 936 chapter 902 JOINT RESOLUTION To change the name of Bedloe’s Island in New York Harbor to Liberty Island. August 3, 1956[[S. J. Res. 114](/us/bill/84/sjres/114)] Whereas the Statue of Liberty is to the world the symbol of the dreams and aspirations which have drawn so many millions of immigrants to America; Whereas to all Americans the Statue of Liberty stands eternal as the symbol of the freedom which has been made a living reality in the United States for all sorts and conditions of mankind, united in allegiance to the Constitution of the United States and to the imperishable ideals of our free society; Whereas the majestic meaning of the Statue of Liberty is to be made more brilliant by the establishment, at its foot, of The American Museum of Immigration as the gift of individual Americans to the American people for all future generations; Whereas The American Museum of Immigration will tell for all time the story of the making of this great Nation of nations by the contributions of men and women who have been coming here since the earliest times from all over the world in search of liberty; Whereas the Statue of Liberty stands on Federal land known as Bedloe’s Island, which name today has no special significance and which is the latest of a series of other names by which such island has been known in the past; and Whereas it is meet, fitting, and proper that the Statue of Liberty, with The American Museum of Immigration at its foot, be accorded a setting most appropriate for the great shrine of the American people: Now, therefore, be it *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Liberty Island, N. Y., formerly Bedloe’s Island. That Bedloe’s Island, which is located in New York Harbor, shall hereafter be known as Liberty Island, and any law, regulation, document, or record of the United States in which such island is designated or referred to under the name Bedloe’s Island shall be held to refer to such island under and by the name of Liberty Island. Approved August 3, 1956. Public Law 937: To amend section 4

(a)of the Vocational Rehabilitation Act, as amended. Public Law 937 Public Law 937 70 Stat. 956 1956-08-03 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 2026-02-10 84 2 public Public Law 937 chapter 903 AN ACT To amend section 4

(a)of the Vocational Rehabilitation Act, as amended. August 3, 1956[[S. 3875](/us/bill/84/s/3875)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, [29 USC 34](/us/usc/t29/s34). That clause

(2)of section 4

(a)of the Vocational Rehabilitation Act, as amended (68 Stat. 655), is hereby amended to read as follows: " “(2) for planning, preparing for, and initiating, during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1955, and the fiscal years ending June 30, 1956j and June 30, 1957, a substantial nationwide expansion of vocational rehabilitation programs in the States.” " Approved August 3, 1956. Public Law 938: To authorize the Secretary of Commerce to sell certain war-built vessels. Public Law 938 Public Law 938 70 Stat. 957 1956-08-03 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 2026-02-10 84 2 public

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