Joint resolution to amend section 2 (a) of the National Housing Act, as amended
PL 83-5 (S.J.Res.27), enacted 03/10/1953

PUBLIC LAW 2-FEB. 7, 1953 
[67 ST A T . 
Febmary 7, 1953 
[S. 243] 
Public Law 2 
CHAPTER 2 
AN ACT 
To amend Public Law 78, Eis^lity-first Congress, first session (t>3 Stat. Ill), to 
provide for an Under Secretary of State for Administration. 
Under Secretary 
of State for Admin-
istration. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 1 of 
the Act of May 26, 1949 (68 Stat. I l l ; 5 U. S. C. 151a), is hereby 
amended by adding at the end thereof the following: 
"Until December 31, 1954, unless the office shall be abolished sooner 
by the President, there shall be in the Department of State an Under 
Secretary of State for zVdministration who shall be appointed by 
the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and 
who shall take precedence in the Department of State next after the 
Secretary and the Under Secretary. 
The Under Secretary of State 
for Administration shall receive compensation at the rate of $17,500 
per annum, and shall perform such duties and exercise such adminis-
trative powders as the Secretary of State may prescribe." 
Approved February 7, 1953. 
February 11, 1953 
[H. R. 1979] 
63 Stat. 205. 
Public Law 3 
CHAPTER 3 
AN ACT 
To amend tlie Reorganization Act of 1949 so tliat sucli Act will apply to reorgani-
zation plans transmitted to tiie Congress at any time before April 1,1955. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That subsection (b) 
of section 5 of the Reorganization Act of 1949 (5 U. S. C , sec. 133z-3 
(b)) is hereby amended by striking out "April 1, 1953" and inserting 
in lieu thereof "April 1,1955", 
Approved February 11. 1953. 
Public Law 4 
CHAPTER 4 
February 14, 1953 
AN ACT 
bruary 14, 1953 
[H. R. 568] 
rp^ continue until tlie close of June 30, 1954, the suspension of certain import 
taxes on copper. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act entitled 
"An Act to suspend certain import taxes on copper", approved May 22, 
1951 (Public Law 38, Eighty-second Congress), is hereby amended 
by striking out "February 15, 1953, or the termination of the national 
emergency proclaimed by the President on December 16,1950, w^hich-
ever is earlier" and inserting in lieu thereof "June 30, 1954". 
Approved February 14, 1953, 
65 Stat. 44. 
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note. 
March 10, 1953 
[S. J. Res. 27] 
Public Law 5 
CHAPTER 5 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
To amend section 2 (a) of the National Housing Act, as amended. 
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
Stages of Atnerica in Congress assembled, That the last sentence of sec-
67 S T A T . ] 
PUBLIC LAW 6-MAR. 10, 1953 
tion 2 (a) of the National Housing Act, as amended, is hereby amended ^J^^ home repair 
to reaa as follows: "The aggregate amount of all loans, advances of 
48 *stat. 12 4 6, 
credit, and obligations purchased, exclusive of financing charges, with *^2*usc?1'703(a). 
respecif to which insurance may be heretofore or hereafter granted 
under this section and outstanding at any one time shall not exceed 
$1,750,000,000." 
SEC. 2. Prior to June 30, 1954, the Federal Housing Commissionei- Treas^ufy^"**"* *° 
shall pay out of the capital account of the Title I Insurance Fund to 
the Secretary of the Treasury the a m o ^ t of $8,333,313.65 which con-
stitutes the Government investment in the capital account of the 
Title I Insurance Fund. The amount payable hereunder shall be paid 
in the discretion of the Commissioner either in one lump sum or in 
installments except that the first payment shall be made on July 1,1953. 
Approved March 10, 1953. 
Public Law 6 
CHAPTER 6 
AN ACT 
To aineud tbe Act of June 28,19-1!), as amended, to remove the moiitMy limitations 
on official long-distance telephone calls and official telegrams of Members of the 
House of Representatives without affecting the annual limitati<m on such 
telephone calls and telegrams. 
March 10, 1953 
CH.R. 2230] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representativen 
of the 
United States of America in Congress asstmhled^ That tlie first two 
Hections of the Act entitled "An Act relating to telephone and telegraph 
service and clerk hire for Members of the House of Representatives'', 
approved June 23, 1949, as amended, are amended to read as folloAvs: 
"That in the case of each Member of the House of Representatives, 
there sliall be paid from the contingent fund of the House of Repre-
sentatives, in accordance M itli rules and regulations prescribed by the 
Committee on House Administration and subject to the limitations 
])rovided in section 2, the folloAving charges: 
" (1) toll charges on strictly official long-distance telephone calls 
made by or on behalf of the Meml>er within the United States, its 
Territories or possessions; and 
"(2) charges on strictly official telegrams sent by or on behalf 
of the Member within the United States, its Territories or 
possessions. 
"SEC. 2. In the case of any Member of the House of Representatives 
other than the Speaker, the majority leader, the minority leader, the 
majority whip, and the minority AA'hip, there shall be paid under the 
first section of this Act— 
" (1) toll charges on strictly official long-distance telephone calls 
made by or on behalf of the Member, aggregating not more than 
1,800 minutes-during any year, except that if a Member is elected 
for a portion of a term, the aggregate number of minutes Avith 
respect to which toll charges may be paid under the first section 
shall be reduced, with respect to the year in which he commences 
his service, to a number which is the same percentage of 1,800 as 
the number of days of his servicein such year is of the total number 
of days in such year; and 
"(2) charges on strictly official telegrams sent by or on behalf 
of the Member, aggregating not more than 12,000 words during 
any year, except that if a Member is elected for a portion of a 
term, the aggregate mtmber of words with respect to which charges 
may be paid under the first section shall be leduced, with respect 
House of R e p -
resentatives. 
Tel 
epbone 
a n d 
telegr^h service. 
63 Stat. 264. 
2 u s e 46f, 46g. 
L i m i t a t i o n on 
charges.