An Act to encourage and assist the States in the establishment of State committees on education beyond the high school, and for other purposes.
PL 84-813 (H.R.12237), enacted 07/26/1956

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PUBLIC LAW 812-JULY 26, 1956 
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S T A T . 
Federal instru-
mentality. 
Tax exemption. 
Jurisdiction. 
Reservation. 
and any amendments to either or both of said Acts, shall not apply to 
bonds authorized to be issued by this Act. 
SEC. 14. The bridge or bridges purchased or constructed under the 
authority of this Act shall be deemed to be Federal instrumentalities 
for interstate commerce, the postal service, and military and other 
purposes authorized by the Government of the United States, and said 
bridge or bridges and the income derived therefrom shall be exempt 
from all Federal, State, municipal, and local property and income 
taxation. 
SEC. 15. Upon complaint of the attorney general of the State of 
Iowa or the attorney^ general of the State of Illinois or upon complaint 
of any other party m interest the United States District Court for the 
Southern District of Iowa shall have jurisdiction over the commission 
with respect to the enforcement and prevention of violation of the 
provisions of this Act. 
SEC. 16. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby 
expressly reserved. 
Approved July 26, 1956. 
July 26, 1956 
[H. R. 8149] 
Public Law 812 
CHAPTER 744 
AN ACT 
To amend the Act of April 1, 1942, so as to permit the transfer of an action from 
the United States District Court for the District of Columbia to the municipal 
court for the District of Columbia at any time prior to trial thereof, if it 
appears that such action will not justify a judgment in excess of $3,000. 
D. C. Municipal 
Court. 
Transfer o f ac-
tions from District 
Court. 
56 Stat. 193. 
Be it encicted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States 
of America 
in Congress assembled, That the first 
sentence of section 5 (a) of the Act entitled "An Act to consolidate 
the police court of the District of Columbia and the municipal court 
of the District of Columbia, to be known as 'The Municipal Court 
for the District of Columbia', to create 'The Municipal Court of 
Appeals for the District of Columbia', and for other purposes", 
approved April Ij 1942 (D. C. Code, sec. 11-756), is amended to read 
as follows: "If, in any action, other than an action for equitable 
relief, pending on the effective date of this Act or thereafter com-
menced in the United States District Court for the District of 
Columbia, it shall appear to the satisfaction of the court at any time 
prior to trial thereof that the action will not justify a judgment in 
excess of $3,000, the court may certify such action to the municipal 
court for the District of Columbia for trial." 
Approved July 26, 1956. 
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uly 26, 1956 
R.12237] 
Public Law 813 
CHAPTER 745 
AN ACT 
To encourage and assist the States in the establishment of State committees 
on education beyond the high school, and for other purposes. 
H i g h e r educa-
tion. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and Hoiise of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Congress 
hereby finds and declares that the impending great increases in enroll-
ment in higher education institutions, the great national need for 
increased numbers of scientists, engineers, teachers, technicians, 
nurses, and other trained personnel, the rapid changes in conditions 
which necessitate additional education for many adults, the depend-
ence of the national security on the research and advanced prepara-
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en 
tion provided by educational institutions, and the impact of the 
military services on youth, combine to make it imperative that immedi-
ate stimulus be given to planning and action throughout the Nation 
which will meet adequately the needs for education beyond the high 
school. 
SEC. 2. (a) To encourage and assist each State to provide for a 
State committee on education beyond the high school, composed of edu-
cators and other interested citizens, to consider educational problems 
beyond the high school and to make recommendations for appropri-
ate action to be taken by public and private agencies at local. State, 
regional, and Federal levels, including the possibility of coordinating 
compulsory military service with established programs of institutions 
of higher education, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated the 
sum of $650,000, 
Sums appropriated pursuant to this section shall be 
allotted to the States on the basis of their respective populations ac-
cording to the latest figures certified by the Department of Commerce 
except that no State's allotment shall be less than $7,500. 
(b) The Commissioner of Education shall pay its allotment to each 
State which, through its governor or other State official designated by 
the governor, undertakes to accept and use the sums so paid exclusively 
for the purposes set forth in subsection (a), including the expenses of 
studies and conferences, and to have its State committee on education 
beyond the high school make a report of its findings and recommen-
dations to the Commissioner for the use of the President's Committee 
on Education Beyond the High School. 
Sums appropriated pursuant 
to this section shall remain available until June 30,1958, and any such 
sums remaining unpaid to the States or unobligated by them as of 
that date shall be returned to the Treasury. 
SEC. 3. (a) There are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 
the fiscal year ending June 30, 1957, and the fiscal year ending June 
30, 1958, such sums as the Congress may determine, for the adminis-
tration of this Act and the expenses of the President's Committee on 
Education Beyond the High School which committee insofar as prac-
ticable shall be composed of educators and educational administrators 
fairly representative of the large and small universities and colleges 
and geographically representative of the Nation. 
(b) Persons (other than those whose travel expenses are payable 
from allotments under section 2 (a)), while away from their homes 
or regular places of business at conferences called by the President's 
Committee, and members of the Committee, while attending confer-
ences or on other business of the Committee away from their homes or 
regular places of business, may be allowed travel expenses, including 
per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by law (5 IT. S. C. 73b-2) 
for persons in the Government service employed intermittently. 
(c) The Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare is authorized 
to appoint, without regard to the civil-service laws, an executive di-
rector for the President's Committee at a salary to be fixed by the Sec-
retary, but not in excess of $14,000 per annum. 
SEC. 4. The Commissioner is authorized to accept funds, equip-
ment, personal services, and facilities donated for purposes of this 
Act and to use the same in accordance with such purposes. 
SEC. 5. For the purposes of this Act the term "State" includes 
the District of Columbia, Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the Vir-
gin Islands. 
SEC. 6. The President's Committee on Education Beyond the High 
School shall make its final report in writing to the President and to 
the Congress no later than December 31, 1957. 
Approved July 26, 1956. 
Appropriation. 
A l l o t m e n t s to 
StBtea. 
^>propiiation. 
Travel a n d per 
diem expenses. 
60 Stat. 808; 69 
Stat. 394. 
E x e c u t i v e di-
rector. 
Donations. 
<<et.i*i>>> 
State". 
Report to Presi-
dent and Congres s.