An Act to amend the Federal Register Act, as amended, so as to provide for the effectiveness and notice to the public of proclamations, orders, regulations, and other documents in a period following an attack or threatened attack upon the continental United States
PL 84-619 (H.R.10417), enacted 06/25/1956

70 STAT.] 
PUBLIC LAW 619-JUNE 26, 1956 
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(a) reserve to the United States all mineral rights including 
gas and oil; 
(b) reserve to the United States right of exclusive use without 
charge therefor of such property together with any improvements 
thereon during any period of national emergency; and 
(c) specify that said property shall be used for the training of 
the National Guard or for other military purposes, and in the 
event of nonuse for such purpose, shall, in its then existing condi-
tion together with any improvements thereon, at the option of the 
United States as determined and exercised by the Secretary of 
Defense, revert to the United States. 
SEC. 2. The real property to be conveyed to the State of Wyoming 
is described as follows: 
All the northeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section 7, 
township 32 north, range 71 west, except seventy-four one-hundredths 
acre in the southwest corner of said northeast quarter of the southeast 
quarter of section 7, such excepted portion being more particularly 
described as follows: Beginning at a point on the west line of said 
northeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section 7, bearing north 
60 degrees 53 minutes east a distance of 1,504.2 feet; thence south 29 
degrees 10 minutes east on present fence line a distance of 124 feet; 
thence south no degrees 21 minutes east on present fence line to the 
south boundary of the northeast quarter of the southeast quarter of 
section 7; thence south 89 degrees 28 minutes west on present fence 
line a distance of 58.33 feet to a point on the west line of the northeast 
quarter of the southeast quarter of section 7; thence north no degrees 
28 minutes west on said west line of the northeast quarter of the south-
east quarter of said section 7, a distance of 590 feet to the point of be-
ginning; and containing in all thirty-nine and twenty-six one-hun-
dredths acres, more or less, subject to an easement granted to the town 
of Douglas, Converse County, Wyoming, for a pipeline for transporta-
tion of water, together with the right of ingress and egress, said pipe-
line running parallel with and distant 27 feet west of the centerline 
of the LaPrele County Road. 
SEC. 3. The cost of any surveys necessary as an incident of the con-
veyance authorized herein shall be borne by the State of Wyoming. 
Approved June 25, 1956. 
Public Law 619 
CHAPTER 444 
AN ACT 
To amend the Federal Register Act, as amended, so as to provide for tlie effec-
tiveness and notice to the public of proclamations, orders, regulations, and 
other documents in a period following an attack or threatened attack upon the 
continental United States. 
June 25, 1956 
[H.R. 10417] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representati'ves 
of the 
United States of America in (^ongress assembled^ That section 5 of 
the Act of July 26, 1935, as amended (49 Stat. 501; 44 U. S. C. 305) 
is amended by adding the following new subsection: 
"(c) In the event of an attack or threatened attack upon the con-
tinental United States, by air or otherwise, and a determination by the 
President that as a result of such attack or threatened attack (i) publi-
cation of the Federal Register or filing of documents with the Division 
is impracticable, or (ii) under existing conditions publication in the 
Federal Register would not serve to give appropriate notice to the 
public of the contents of documents, the President may, without regard 
to the provisions of this Act or of the Administrative Procedure Act 
(60 Stat. 237), or of any other provision of law, suspend all or any part 
Federal R e g i s -
ter. 
Suspension of re-
quirements for fil-
ing of documentii. 
5 u s e 1001 note. 
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PUBLIC LAW 620-JUNE 25, 1956 
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A l t er nate sys-
tems for promulg»' 
ting, etc. 
Preservation 
originals. 
of 
of the requirements of law or regulation for filing with the Division 
or publication in the Federal Register of all or any documents or 
classes of documents. 
Such suspensions shall remain in effect until 
revoked by the President, or by concurrent resolution of the Congress. 
The President shall establish such alternate systems for promulgating, 
filing, or publishing documents or classes of documents affected by 
such suspensions, including requirements relating to their effective-
ness or validity, as may be deemed under the then existing circum-
stances practicable to provide public notice of the issuance and of the 
contents of such documents. 
Such alternate systems may, without 
limitation, make provision for the use of regional or specialized publi-
cations or depositories for documents, or of the press, the radio, or 
similar mediums of general communication. 
Compliance with such 
alternate systems of filing or publication shall have the same force and 
effect as filing with the Division or publication in the Federal Register 
pursuant to the provisions of this or of any other Act, or of any regu-
lation. 
With respect to documents promulgated under such alternate 
systems, each agency shall preserve the original and two duplicate 
originals or two certified copies thereof for filing with the Division 
when the President determines that it is practicable to do so." 
Approved June 25, 1956, 
Public Law 620 
CHAPTER 445 
June 25, 1956 
AN ACT 
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To amend the Career Compensation Act of 1949, as amended, in relation to the 
refund of reenlistment bonuses. 
R e e n l i s t m e n t 
bonuses. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the fourth 
proviso of section 207 (a) of the Career Compensation Act of 1949, 
as amended (ch. 580, 65 Stat. 654; 37 U. S. C. 238 (a)), is further 
amended by deleting the phrase ", less any amount paid in Federal or 
State income taxes on such refundable part". 
Approved June 25, 1956. 
Public Law 621 
CHAPTER 446 
June 25, 1956 
AN ACT 
[H. R. 10060] 
rfQ amend the Distrit-t of Columbia Police and Firemen's Salary Act of 1953, 
as amended. 
D. C police and 
firemen. 
Pay period. 
67 Stat. 182. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives^ of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 405 
of the District of Columbia Police and Firemen's Salary Act of 1953 
(67 Stat. 72), as amended (sec. 4-821, D. C. Code), is amended by 
adding thereto the following new subsection: 
"(e) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (c) of this 
section, the period June 27 to June 30,1956, both dates inclusive, shall 
constitute a special pay period for the officers and members of the 
Metropolitan Police force, the AVhite House Police force, and the 
United States Park Police force. 
Each day during such period 
shall be a workday for each such officer and member, and the pro-
visions of subsections (a), (b), (c), and (d) of the first section of 
the Act entitled "An Act to provide a five-day week for officers and 
members of the Metropolitan Police force, the United States Park 
Police force, and the White House Police force", approved August