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An Act to extend for 2 years the Advisory Committee on Weather Control.
PL 84-664 (S.2913), enacted 07/09/1956

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PUBLIC LAW 666-JULY 9, 1966 
509 
Public Law 663 
CHAPTER 521 
AN ACT 
July 9, 1956 
[S. 2210] 
Bridge alteration* 
To modify the project for the Saint Marys River, Michigan, South Canal, in 
order to repeal the authorization for the alteration of the International Bridge 
as part of such project, and to authorize the Secretary of the Army to 
accomplish such alteration. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled. That the project for d f i ' l i J
* ^IT^K 
the Saint Marys River, Michigan, South Canal, as approved by the canai. 
Act of March 2, 1945 (59 Stat. 10), is modified by repealing the 
^9 stat. 29. 
authorization for the alteration as part of such project of the Inter-
national Bridge owned by the Sault Ste. Marie Bridge Company. 
SEC. 2. The Secretary of the Army is authorized to accomplish the 
alteration of the bridge referred to in the first section of this Act 
under such an agreement as he may arrive at with the owners of such 
bridge. The costs of any such alteration shall be apportioned between 
the United States and such bridge owners in accordance with section 
6 of the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the alteration of certain 
bridges over navigable waters of the United States, for the appor-
tionment of the cost of such alterations between the United States 
and the owners' of such bridges, and for other purposes", approved 
June 21,1940 (54 Stat. 497). 
SEC. 3. There are authorized to be appropriated such amounts as 
may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. 
Approved July 9, 1956. 
54 Stat. 499. 
33 u s e 516. 
Appropri ation. 
Public Law 664 
CHAPTER 522 
AN ACT 
To extend for two years the Advisory Committee on Weather Control. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assennhled, That section 10 (a) 
of the Act entitled "An Act to create a committee to study and evalu-
ate public and private experiments in weather modification", approved 
August 13, 1953 (67 Stat. 559, 561), is amended by striking out 
"June 30, 1956" and inserting in lieu thereof "June 30, 1958". 
Approved July 9, 1966. 
July 9, 1956 
[S.2913] 
15 u s e 311 note. 
Public Law 665 
CHAPTER 523 
AN ACT 
July 9, 1956 
[S.3307] 
To amend section 9 (d) of the Universal Military Training and Service Act to 
authorize jurisdiction in the Federal courts in certain reemployment cases. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 9 (d) 
50^^*3 c^^a 
of the Universal Military Training and Service Act, as amended, is 459. 
amended by striking "or" immediately following "subsection (b)", 
inserting a comma in lieu thereof, striking the comma immediately 
following "subsection (c) (1)" and inserting in lieu thereof "or sub-
section (g)". 
SEC. 2. The amendment made by the first section of this Act shall 
Elective date, 
take effect as of June 19,1951. 
Approved July 9, 1956.
An Act to provide for extension of the time during which annual assessment work on unpatented mining claims validated under section 2 of the Act of August 11, 1955 may be made, and for other purposes.
PL 84-636 (H.R.10872), enacted 06/29/1956

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PUBLIC LAW 636-JUNE 29, 1966 
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zation of members of the Home in United States Army hospitals at 
rates in excess of those prescribed by the Secretary of the Army, upon 
the recommendation of the Board of Commissioners of the Home and 
the Surgeon General of the Army. 
TITLE IX—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
P u b l i c i t y 
propaganda* 
Personnel work. 
Short title. 
SEC. 901. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
be used for publicity or propaganda purposes not authorized by the 
Congress. 
SEC. 902. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
be used to pay compensation of any employee engaged in personnel 
work in excess of the number that would be provided by a ratio of 
one such employee to one hundred and five, or a part thereof, full-
time, part-time, and intermittent employees of the agency concerned: 
Provided., That for purposes of this section employees shall be con-
sidered as engaged in personnel work if they spend half time or more 
in personnel administration consisting of direction and administration 
of the personnel program; employment, placement, and separation; 
job evaluation and classification; employee relations and services; 
training; committees of expert examiners and boards of civil-service 
examiners; wage administration; and processing, recording, and 
reporting. 
This Act may be cited as the "Departments of Labor, and Health, 
Education, and Welfare Appropriation Act, 1957." 
Approved June 29, 1956. 
June 29, 1956 
[H. R. 10872] 
Public Law 636 
CHAPTER 478 
AN ACT 
To provide for extension of the time during which annual assessment work on 
unpatented mining claims validated under section 2 of the Act of August 11, 
1955 may be made, and for other purposes. 
Mining cl aim s, 
assessment work. 
30 u s e 541a. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the time during 
which labor must be performed, or improvements made, pursuant to 
the provisions of section 2324 of the Revised Statutes of the United 
States (30 U. S. C. 28), on any unpatented mining claim validated 
under section 2 of the Act of August 11, 1955 (Public Law 357, 
Eighty-fourth Congress, 69 Stat. 679) for the period commencing July 
1, 1955, is hereby extended until the hour of 12 o'clock meridian 
July 1, 1957. 
Approved June 29, 1956.
An Act to amend the act of April 28, 1953, relating to daylight-saving time in the District of Columbia
PL 84-642 (S.3295), enacted 07/02/1956

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PUBLIC LAW'642-JULY 2, 1956 
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NIAGARA REMEDIAL WORKS 
For financing a part of the United States share of the cost of 
remedial works in the Niagara River, to be undertaken in accordance 
1 usT 696. 
with article I I of the treaty between the United States of America 
and Canada, ratified hj the United States Senate on August 9
^
, 1950, 
to remain available until expended, $500,000. 
UNITED STATES SECTION, SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER J O I N T BOARD OF 
ENGINEERS 
For necessary expenses of the United States section of the Saint 
Lawrence River Joint Board of Engineers, established by Executive 
g j fp^ ^ H ! ^ ^ ^ Order 10500, dated November 4,1953, including services as authorized 
^e'stat. 81*0. 
by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), at rates 
not to exceed $100 per day for individuals; $150,000: Provided, That 
no part of these funds shall be obligated until agreement has been 
entered into, by the United States Government and the United States 
entity authorized to construct the power works in the International 
Rapids section of the Saint Lawrence River, providing for the reim-
bursement of the expenditures of the United States section of this 
Board by the construction entity. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
Appropriations in this title shall be available for expenses of attend-
ance at meetings of organizations concerned with the work for which 
the appropriation is made, for uniforms, or allowances therefor, as 
5usc2i3inote. authorized by the Act of September 1, 1954 (68 Stat. 1114), as 
amended, and for printing, either during a recess or session of Con-
gress, of survey reports authorized by law, and such survey reports as 
may be printed during a recess of Congress shall be printed, with 
illustrations, as documents of the next succeeding session of Congress; 
and during the current fiscal year the revolving fund, Corps of Engi-
neers, shall be available for purchase (not to exceed two hundred and 
forty-seven for replacement only) and hire of passenger motor 
vehicles. 
Short title. 
'pjjjg j^ct may be cited as the "Public Works Appropriation Act, 
1957". 
Approved July 2, 1956. 
Public Law 642 
CHAPTER 491 
July 2, 1956 
AN ACT 
^^' ^^^^^ 
To amend the Act of April 28, 1953, relating to daylight-saving time in the 
District of Columbia. 
Be It enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
time^^D.^^.' °*^^"^ United States of America m Congress assembled, That the Act entitled 
"An Act to permit the Board of (Commissioners of the District of 
Columbia to establish daylight-saving time in the District", approved 
67 Stat. 23. 
^p^.jj 28, 1953 (D. C. Code, sec. 28-2804), is hereby amended by strik-
ing out the words "last Sunday of September" and inserting in lieu 
tliereof the words "last Sunday of October". 
Approved July 2, 1956.
An Act authorizing the conveyance of certain property of the United States to the State of New Mexico
PL 84-598 (H.R.4363), enacted 06/19/1956

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PUBLIC LAW 59&-JUNE 19, 1956 
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Administration 
appropri ations. 
State demonstrations of public library services in rural areas under-
taken under this Act. 
(c) There are hereby authorized to be appropriated for expenses 
of administration such sums as may be necessary to carry out the 
functions of the Secretary and the Commissioner under this Act. 
Post, 
p. 911. 
DEFINITIONS 
SEO. 9. For the purposes of this Act— 
(a) The term "State" means a State, Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, 
or the Virgin Islands; 
(b) The term "State library administrative agency" means the 
official State agency charged by State law with the extension and 
development of public library services throughout the State; 
(c) The term "public library" means a library that serves free all 
residents of a community, district, or region, and receives its financial 
support in whole or in part from public funds; 
(d) The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of Health, Educa-
tion, and Welfare; and 
(e) The term "rural area" does not include an incorporated or 
unincorporated town having a population of more than ten thousand 
persons. 
Approved June 19, 1956. 
Public Law 598 
CHAPTER 408 
June 19, 1956 
AN ACT 
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Authorizing the conveyance of certain propertj- of the United States to the 
State of New Mexico. 
Santa Fe, N.Mex. 
Conveyance. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of RepTesentatives 
of the 
United States of Amer'ica in Congress oj^sembled^ That the Secretary 
of the Army is authorized and directed to convey to the State of 
New Mexico, all the right, title, and interest of tlie United States in 
and to the fifty-one acres of land, more or less, of the former Bruns 
General Hospital area in Santa Fe, New Mexico, now under license 
to the State of New Mexico, the property to be used for the train-
ing and support of the National Guard of New Mexico and for other 
military purposes, and the conveyance to be made without monetary 
consideration therefor, but upon condition that it shall be used for 
the aforesaid purposes and that if such real property shall ever 
cease to be used for such purposes, all the right, title, and interest 
in and to such real property shall revert to and become the property 
of the United States which shall have the immediate right of entry 
thereon, and to be further subject to the reservation by the United 
States of all mineral rights, including oil and gas; the right of re-
entry and use by the United States in the event of need therefor 
during a national emergency declared by the President or the Con-
gress, and such other reservations, restrictions, terms, and conditions 
as the Secretary determines to be necessary to properly protect the 
interests of the United States. 
SEC. 2. The cost of any surveys necessary as an incident of the 
conveyance authorized herein shall be borne by the State of New 
Mexico. 
Approved June 19, 1956.
An Act to authorize the construction and conversion of certain naval vessels, and for other purposes.
PL 84-523 (H.R.7993), enacted 05/14/1956

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PUBLIC LAW 525-MAY 18, 1966 
167 
(3) The east half of section 8; the east half of section 17; east half 
of section 20; west half of section 21; the east half and the northwest 
quarter of section 28; all of sections 30, 31, and 32; all in township 22 
south, range 63 east. 
SEC. 2. The conveyance authorized by this Act shall be made subject 
to any existing valid claims against the lands described in the first 
section of this Act, and to any reservations necessary to j^rotect con-
tinuing uses of those lands by the United States. 
Approved May 14, 1956. 
Public Law 523 
CHAPTER 271 
^^ 
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May 14, 1956 
To authorize the construction and conversion of certain naval vessels, and for 
[H. R. 7993] 
other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the President 
is hereby authorized to undertake the construction of, or to acquire 
and convert, not to exceed twenty-eight hundred tons of patrol vessels. 
SEC. 2. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sums as may 
be necessary for the construction or for the acquisition and conversion 
of the foregoing vessels. 
Approved May 14, 1956. 
Patrol vesaelii. 
Appropriation. 
Public Law 524 
CHAPTER 278 
AN ACT 
For the relief of certain rural carriers. 
May 18, 1956 
[H. R. 6622] 
64 StaU 103. 
3 9 u s e 888 note. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled. That each rural ruf^'cmiwl?'^*^*' 
carrier who served a heavily patronized route during the period be-
tween November 1, 1949, and February 16,1955, and who, as a result 
of administrative application of section 5 of the Act of May 3, 1950 
(64 Stat. 101), has received during such period total compensation 
in excess of the amount authorized under section 17 (d) of the Act of 
July 1, 1945, as amended (section 867 (d) of title 39, United States 
Code), is hereby relieved of all liability to refund to the United States 
the sum representing the dijfference between the amount of total com-
pensation allowable under section 17 (d) of the Act of July 1, 1945, 
as amended, and the amount of total compensation paid the carrier 
during such period. 
Approved May 18, 1956. 
59 Stat. 456: 
Stat. 625. 
65 
Public Law 525 
CHAPTER 279 
AN ACT 
To transfer certain lauds from the Veterans' Administration to the Department 
of the Interior for the benefit of the Yavapai Indians of Arizona. 
May 18, 1956 
[S.28S1] 
Be it enacted, hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled, That jurisdiction of^lSmu^"*^*^" 
over one thousand three hundred and twenty acres of land, more or 
Tranter o
f landi. 
less, formerly a part of the Fort Whipple Military Reservation,
An Act for the relief of certain rural carriers
PL 84-524 (H.R.6622), enacted 05/18/1956

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PUBLIC LAW 525-MAY 18, 1966 
167 
(3) The east half of section 8; the east half of section 17; east half 
of section 20; west half of section 21; the east half and the northwest 
quarter of section 28; all of sections 30, 31, and 32; all in township 22 
south, range 63 east. 
SEC. 2. The conveyance authorized by this Act shall be made subject 
to any existing valid claims against the lands described in the first 
section of this Act, and to any reservations necessary to j^rotect con-
tinuing uses of those lands by the United States. 
Approved May 14, 1956. 
Public Law 523 
CHAPTER 271 
^^ 
"^^"^ 
May 14, 1956 
To authorize the construction and conversion of certain naval vessels, and for 
[H. R. 7993] 
other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the President 
is hereby authorized to undertake the construction of, or to acquire 
and convert, not to exceed twenty-eight hundred tons of patrol vessels. 
SEC. 2. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sums as may 
be necessary for the construction or for the acquisition and conversion 
of the foregoing vessels. 
Approved May 14, 1956. 
Patrol vesaelii. 
Appropriation. 
Public Law 524 
CHAPTER 278 
AN ACT 
For the relief of certain rural carriers. 
May 18, 1956 
[H. R. 6622] 
64 StaU 103. 
3 9 u s e 888 note. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled. That each rural ruf^'cmiwl?'^*^*' 
carrier who served a heavily patronized route during the period be-
tween November 1, 1949, and February 16,1955, and who, as a result 
of administrative application of section 5 of the Act of May 3, 1950 
(64 Stat. 101), has received during such period total compensation 
in excess of the amount authorized under section 17 (d) of the Act of 
July 1, 1945, as amended (section 867 (d) of title 39, United States 
Code), is hereby relieved of all liability to refund to the United States 
the sum representing the dijfference between the amount of total com-
pensation allowable under section 17 (d) of the Act of July 1, 1945, 
as amended, and the amount of total compensation paid the carrier 
during such period. 
Approved May 18, 1956. 
59 Stat. 456: 
Stat. 625. 
65 
Public Law 525 
CHAPTER 279 
AN ACT 
To transfer certain lauds from the Veterans' Administration to the Department 
of the Interior for the benefit of the Yavapai Indians of Arizona. 
May 18, 1956 
[S.28S1] 
Be it enacted, hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled, That jurisdiction of^lSmu^"*^*^" 
over one thousand three hundred and twenty acres of land, more or 
Tranter o
f landi. 
less, formerly a part of the Fort Whipple Military Reservation,
An Act to authorize renewals of a lease of the Annette Island Airport to the United States
PL 84-512 (H.R.6573), enacted 05/09/1956

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PUBLIC LAW 512-MAY 9, 1956 
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AT. 
"(d) NoNEXEMPT PRorERTY.—For purposes of this part, the term 
'iionexempt property' means— 
"(1) obligations (including notes, drafts, bills of exchange, 
and bankers' acceptances) having a maturity at the time of 
issuance of not exceeding 24 months, exclusive of days of grace; 
"(2) securities issued by or guaranteed as to principal or in-
terest by a government or subdivision thereof or by any instru-
mentality of a government or subdivision; or 
"(3) money, and the right to receive money not evidenced by 
a security or obligation (other than a security or obligation de-
scribed in paragraph (1) or (2)). 
"(e) BOARD.—For purposes of this part, the term 'Board' means 
the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System." 
(b) The table of parts for subchapter O of chapter 1 of the Internal 
2V^us°c 10^01- Revenue Code of 1954 is amended by adding at the end thereof the 
1091. 
following: 
"Part VIII. Distribiitions pursuant to Bank Holding Company Act 
of 1956." 
(c) The amendments made by this section shall apply "with respect 
to taxable years ending after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SAVING PROVISIOX 
SEC. 11. Nothing herein contained shall be interpreted or construed 
as approving any act, action, or conduct which is or has been or may 
be in violation of existing law, nor shall anything herein contained 
constitute a defense to any action, suit, or proceeding pending or here-
after instituted on account of anj' prohibited antitrust or monopolistic 
act, action, or conduct. 
SEPARABILITY OF PROVISIONS 
SEC. 12. If any provision of this Act, or the application of such 
provision to any person or circumstance, shall be held invalid, the 
remainder of the Act, and the application of such provision to persons 
or circumstances other than those to which it is held invalid, shall 
not be affected thereby. 
Approved May 9, 1956. 
Public Law 512 
CHAPTER 241 
M«y9.1956 
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A C T 
[H. R. 6573] 
rj^Q authorize renewals of a lease of the Annette Island Airport to the United 
States. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Repremntatives 
of the 
Ai^rt^'Aiask^** United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Congress 
of the United States hereby approves the extension, from year to year, 
until June 30, 1999, of a lease of certain land comprising part of 
Annette Island, Alaska, for use by the Civil Aeronautics Administra-
tion as an airport, entered into by the United States of America and the 
Council of the Annette Island Keserve on December 13,1948, section 5 
of which lease provides that no renewal thereof shall extend beyond 
June 30, 1959, unless approved by Congress. 
Approved May 9, 1956.
An Act to designate the reservoir above the Monticello Dam in California as Lake Berryessa
PL 84-494 (S.2755), enacted 04/27/1956

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PUBLIC LAW 493-APR. 27, 1956 
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of such attendance but in no event more than two years. 
Such subse-
quent period of service shall commence upon the cessation of such 
attendance and of any further continuous period of training duty 
for which no tuition and fees are paid by the Service and which is 
part of the officer's prescribed formal training program, whether such 
further training is at a Service facility or otherwise. 
The Surgeon 
General may waive, in whole or in part, any reimbursement which 
may be required by this subsection upon a determination that such 
reimbursement would be inequitable or would not be in the public 
interest. 
Approved April 27, 1956. 
Public Law 493 
CHAPTER 212 
April 27. 1956 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
[H. J. Res. 444] 
(ji^ authorize and request the Presitlent to issue a proclamation in connection 
with the centennial of the birth of Woodrow Wilson. 
Woodrow Wilson 
Centennial C e 1 e-
b r a t i o n Commis-
sion. 
Proclamation. 
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of Ainerica in Congress assembled^ That the joint resolution 
entitled "Joint resolution to establish the Woodrow Wilson Centennial 
Celebration Commission, and for other purposes", approved August 
30, 1954 (68 Stat. 964), is amended by adding at the end thereof the 
following new section: 
"SEC. 6. The President is authorized and requested to issue a procla-
mation, as soon as practicable in the year 1956, inviting the people of 
the United States to observe the centennial anniversary of the birth 
of Woodrow Wilson with appropriate ceremonies and activities during 
that year." 
Approved April 27, 1956. 
Public Law 494 
CHAPTER 213 
AN ACT 
April 27, 1956 
[s- 2755] 
rpy designate the reservoir above the Monticello Dam in California as Lake 
Berryessa. 
Lake Berryessa. 
Be it ena,cted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the reservoir 
located above the Monticello Dam in Napa County, California, shall 
hereafter be know n as Lake Berryessa, and any law, regulation, docu-
ment, or record of the United States in which such reservoir is 
designated or referred to shall be held to refer to such reservoir under 
and by the name of Lake Berryessa. 
Approved April 27, 1956. 
April 2 7, 1956 
[H. R. 6712] 
Public Law 495 
CHAPTER 214 
AN ACT 
To amend section 1237 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954. 
Taxes. 
Capital gains. 
68A Stat. 330. 
26 u s e 1237. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled, That section 1237 (a) 
of the Internal Kevenue Code of 1954 is amended by striking out "other 
than a corporation" and inserting: "(including corporations only if 
no shareholder directly or indirectly holds real property for sale to