An Act to authorize the exchange upon terms fully protecting the public Interest of the United States Public Health quarantine station at Marcus Hook, Pa., for a new quarantine station
PL 83-333 (S.2405), enacted 04/15/1954

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States Code, is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof a new 
section 216 to read as follows: 
"§ 216. When the day for taking action falls on Saturday, Sunday, or a 
holiday. 
"When the last day for making any deposit or application, or for 
paying any fee, or for delivering any other material to the Copyright 
Office falls on Saturday, Sunday, or a holiday within the District of 
Columbia, such action may be taken on the next succeeding business 
day." 
SEC. 2. The table of contents of chapter 3 of title 17 of the United 
States Code is amended by adding at the end thereof "216. When the 
day for taking action falls on Saturday, Sunday, or a holiday." 
Approved April 13, 1954. 
61 Stat. 665. 
Public Law 332 
CHAPTER 140 
AN ACT 
April IS, 1954 
To facilitate the development of building materials in Alaska through the re- 
[H. R. i529^ 
moval of volcanic ash from portions of Katmai National Monument, Alaska, and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That, for the pur-
pose of aiding in the development of building materials essential to 
the growth of Alaska, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized, in 
his discretion, for a period of fifteen years from the date of approval 
of this Act, pursuant to the provisions of the Act of July 31, 1947 (61 
Stat. 681), as amended, to permit the removal of deposits of siliceous 
volcanic ash, commonly known as pumicite, from such areas as he may 
designate along the shores of Shelikof Strait in Katmai National 
Monument, Alaska. 
Approved April 15, 1954. 
Alaska. 
V o l c a n i c 
removal. 
ash 
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Public Law 333 
CHAPTER 141 
AN ACT 
To authorize the exchange, upon terms fully protecting the public interest, of the 
United States Public Health quarantine station at Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania, 
for a new quarantine station. 
V^ril 15,1954 
[S. 2405] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That, subject to the 
provisions of section 2 of this Act, the Administrator of General Serv-
ices, with the approval of the Secretary of Health, Education, and 
Welfare, is hereby authorized, on behalf of the United States, to ex-
change with the Sun Oil Company, upon such terms and conditions 
as the Administrator may determine to be in the public interest, the 
lands and buildings comprising the United States Public Health quar-
antine station at Marcus HOOK, Pennsylvania, for a new quarantine 
station (including land and buildings, a wharf, approaches, roadways, 
and other improvements incidental thereto, to be constructed in 
accordance with plans and specifications approved by the Administra-
tor) to be provided by the Sun Oil Company upon a suitable site in 
the Philadelphia port area. 
SEC. 2. The exchange authorized by the first section of this Act shall 
not be made unless the Administrator of General Services determines 
(1) that the value to the United States of the property to be conveyed 
Marcus Hook,Pai. 
U. S. quarantine! 
station. 
Restrictions. 
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to it is equal to or in excess of the market value of the property to be 
conveyed by the United States, or (2) that the United States is to re-
ceive from the Sun Oil Company, upon conveyance of the properties 
to be exchanged, a sum of money equal to the amount by which the 
market value of the property to be conveyed by the United States ex-
ceeds the value to the United States of the property to be conveyed to 
the United States. Any money received by the United States in con-
nection with the exchange shall be covered into the Treasury as a mis-
cellaneous receipt. 
Approved April 15, 1954. 
^ ^ i l IS, 1954 
[H. R. 4024] 
Public Law 334 
AN ACT 
CHAPTER 142 
To change the name of the Appomattox Court House National Historical Monu-
ment to the "Appomattox Court House National Historical Park". 
A p p o m a t t o x 
Court 
House Na-
t i o n a l Historic al 
Park. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress a^semhled^ That the historical 
site known as the "Appomattox Court House National Historical 
Monument", located near Appomattox, Virginia, shall hereafter be 
known and designated as the "Appomattox Court House National 
Historical Park". 
Any law, regulation, document, or record of the 
United States in which such site is designated or referred to by the 
name of the "Appomattox Court House National Historical Monu-
ment" shall be held and considered to refer to such site by the name 
of the "Appomattox Court House National Historical Park". 
Approved April 15, 1954. 
April 15,1954 
[H. R. 6434] 
Public Law 335 
AN ACT 
CHAPTER 143 
To amend sections 401 and 701 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act so as 
to simplify the procedures governing the establishment of food standards. 
F o o d standards 
reg^ations. 
52 Stat. 1046. 
Initiation of ac-
tion. 
Filing of objec-
tions. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 401 of 
the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U. S. C , sec. 341), is 
amended by inserting " (a)" after "SEC. 401." and by adding at the end 
of such section the following new subsection: 
"(b) (1) Any action under subsection (a) for the issuance, amend-
ment, or repeal of any regulation shall be begun by a proposal made 
(A) by the Secretary of his own initiative, or (B) by petition of any 
interested person, showing reasonable grounds therefor, filed with the 
Secretary. 
The Secretary shall publish such proposal and shall afford 
all interested j)ersons an opportunity to present their views thereon, 
orally or in writing. 
As soon as practicable thereafter, the Secretary 
shall by order act upon such proposal and shall make such order public. 
Except as provided in paragraph (2), the order shall become effective 
at such time as may be specified therein, but not prior to the day follow-
ing the last day on which objections may be filed under such para-
graph. 
"(2) At any time prior to the thirtieth day after the date on which 
an order entered under paragraph (1) is made public, any person 
who will be adversely affected by such order if placed in effect may 
file objections thereto with the Secretary, specifying with particularity 
the provisions of the order deemed objectionable, stating the grounds