An Act to give effect to the Convention on Great Lakes Fisheries signed at Washington September 10, 1954, and for other purposes
PL 84-557 (S.3524), enacted 06/04/1956

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June 4, 1956 
[S. 3315] 
PUBLIC LAW 566-JUNE 4, 1956 
[TO S T A T . 
Public Law 556 
CHAPTER 357 
AN ACT 
To amend sectiou o of the Civil Service Retiremeut Act of May 29, 1930, as 
amended. 
Civil Service re-
tiremenU 
68 Stat. 1005. 
5 u s e 707. 
Effective date. 
46 Stat. 468. 
5 u s e 691 note. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress asseinhlea, That the first sen-
tence of the next to the last paragraph in section 5 of the Civil Service 
Retirement Act of May 29, 1930, as amended, is amended by inserting 
after the vpord "separated" the following: "has been separated by death 
or". 
SEC. 2. The amendment made by this Act shall take effect as of Au-
gust 31, 1954, but no annuity shall be paid by reason of such amend-
ment (a) for any period prior to the date of enactment of this Act, or 
(b) unless the amount of any lump sum death benefit heretofore paid 
under the Civil Service Retirement Act of May 29, 1930, as amended, 
is redeposited in the civil service retirement and disability fund. 
Approved June 4, 1956. 
June 4, 1956 
[S. 3524] 
G r e a t 
L ak e 8 
F i s h e r y A c t of 
1956. 
Definitions. 
TIAS 3326. 
U. g. e o m m i s -
sioners. 
Appointment. 
Great Lakes ad-
vi aory conunittees. 
Public Law 557 
CHAPTER 358 
AN ACT 
To give efPect to the Convention on Great Lalvcs Fisheries signed at Washington 
Sei)tenil)er 10, 19r)4, and for other pnrposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United ^States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may 
be cited as tlie "Great I^akes Fisheiy Act of 1956." 
SEC. 2. As used in this Act, the term— 
(a) "Convention" means the (Convention on Great Lakes Fisheries 
between the United States of America and (^anada signed at 
AVttshington September 10, 1954; 
(b) "(Commission" means the Great Lakes Fishery Commission 
provided for by article II of the convention; 
(c) "United States Section" means the United States Commis-
sioners on the (Commission; 
(d) "Great Lakes State" means any of the following States: Illi-
nois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, 
or Wisconsin; 
(e) "Gre«it Lakes" means any of the following bodies of water: 
Lake Ontario (inchiding the Saint Lawrence River from Lake 
Ontario to the forty-fifth parallel of latitude). Lake Erie, Lake Huron 
(including Lake Saint (^lair), Lake Michigan, or Lake Superior. 
SEC. 3. The United States shall be represented on the Commission 
by three Commissioners to be appointed by the President, to serve ns 
such during his pleasure, and to receive no compensation for their 
services as such (Commissioners. 
Of such Commissioners— 
(a) one shall be an official of the United States Government; 
and 
(b) two shall be persons residing in Great Lakes States, duly 
qualified by reason of knowledge of the fisheries of the Great 
Lakes, of whom one shall be «n official of a Great Lakes State: 
Provided, however, That the Commissioners appointed under this 
subsection shall not be residents of the same State. 
SEC. 4. (a) The United States Section shall appoint an advisory 
committee for each of the Great Lakes, upon which committee each 
State bordering on the lake may be represented by not more than four 
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members. In making such appointments, the United States Section 
shall make its selection for each State from a list proposed by the Gov-
ernor of that State; and shall give due consideration to the interests 
of— 
(1) State agencies having jurisdiction over fisheries; 
(2) the commercial fishing industry of the lake; 
(3) the sports fishing of the lake; and 
(4) the public at large. 
(b) A member of the advisory cormnittee for one lake may also 
be a member of the advisory committee for one or more other lakes. 
(c) The members of the advisory committees shall receive no com-
pensation from the Government of the United States for their services 
as such members. Not more than five members of all the committees, 
designated by the committees and approved by the United States 
Section, may be paid by the Government of the United States for 
transportation expenses and per diem incident to attendance at each 
meeting of the Commission or of the United States Section. 
(d) The members of the advisory committee for each lake shall be 
invited to attend all nonexecutive meetings of the United States 
Section relating to that lake and at such meetings shall be granted 
opportunity to examine and be heard on all proposed recommenda-
tions, programs, and activities relating to that lake. 
SEO. 5. Service of any individual appointed as a United States oU:Vn^tta^u>Z 
Commissioner pursuant to section 3 (b), or as a member of an advisory 
committee pursuant to section 4 (a), shall not be considered as service 
or employment bringing such individual within the provisions of 
sections 281, 283, 284, and 434 of title 18 of the United States Code, 
62stat.697.703. 
and section 190 of the Revised Statutes (5 U. S. C. 99) except insofar 
as such provisions of law may prohibit any such individual from 
acting or receiving compensation in respect to matters directly relat-
ing to the Convention or this Act. 
SEC. 6. In order to carry out the obligations of the United States p^grX*^ '""'*'°^ 
under the Convention, the United States Section is authorized— 
(a) to acquire any real property, or any interest therein, by 
purchase, exchange, gift, dedication, condemnation, or otherwise; 
(b) to construct, operate, and maintain any project or works 
designed to facilitate compliance with the provisions of the Con-
vention relating to the sea lamprey control program; and 
(c) to enter into contract or agreement with any State or other 
public agency or private agency or individual for the construc-
tion, operation, or maintenance of any such project or works. 
SEC. 7. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized, upon the request ecTsf^tcr **' ^'°^' 
of the United States Section— 
(a) to transfer to the United States Section any lamprey con-
trol project or works under his jurisdiction now existing or now 
under construction; and 
(b) to act for or on behalf of the United States Section in 
the exercise of the powers granted by this Act. 
SEC. 8. The United States Section shall, for the purposes of these 
go lfcauV7s'* M2 
provisions of title 28, U. S. C, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure, re- 
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lating to claims against the United States and tort claims procedure, «**'" 267i et aeq., 
be deemed to be an agency of the United States. 
SEC. 9. At least thirty days before approving a proposal to utilize 
a lamprey control measure or install a device in any stream, the United 
States Section shall cause notice of such proposal to be sent to the 
official agency having jurisdiction over fisheries in each of the States 
through which the stream flows. 
N o t i c e of pro-
posals. 
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Transmission of 
recommendations* 
Agency coopera-
tion. 
State l a w s and 
regulations* 
Appropriation. 
Separability. 
SEC. 10. The Secretary of State shall upon the receipt from the 
Commission of any recommendation of a conservation measure made 
in accordance with article IV of the Convention transmit a copy of 
the recommendation with his comments thereon to the Governor of 
each Great Lakes State for consideration and such action as may be 
found to be appropriate. 
The Secretary of State shall also inform 
such other public agencies as he may deem appropriate. 
SEC. 11. Any agency of the United States Government is authorized 
to cooperate with the United States Section in the conduct of research 
programs and related activities and, on a reimbursable or other basis, 
to enter into agreements with the United States Section for the pur-
pose of assisting it in carrying out the program for the control of 
lamprey populations. 
SEC. 12. Nothing in this Act shall be construed as preventing any 
of the Great Lakes States from making or enforcing laws or regulations 
within their respective jurisdictions so far as such laws or regulations 
do not conflict with the Convention or this Act. 
SEC. 13. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated from time to 
time such sums as may oe necessary for carrying out the purposes 
and provisions of the Convention and this Act. 
SEC. 14. If any provision of this Act or the application of such 
provision to any circimistances or persons shall be held invalid, the 
validity of the remainder of the Act and the applicability of such pro-
vision to other circmnstances or persons shall not be affected thereby. 
Approved June 4, 1956. 
June 
4,1956 
[H. J. R e s . 261] 
Public Law 558 
CHAPTER 359 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
Authorizing the Secretary of the Army to donate surplus supplies and equip-
ment for memorial purposes to The Citadel, Charleston, South Carolina. 
Resolved by the Senate and Hou^e of Representatives 
of the United 
The Citadel, S.C. States of America in Congress assembled, That, notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, the Secretary of the Army is authorized to 
donate to The Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina, such 
ordnance field pieces (tanks and guns) used in World War I I or dur-
ing the Korean conflict and captured enemy materiel as are available 
and determined by him to be appropriate for use by that college for 
memorial purposes. 
Approved June 4, 1956. 
Public Law 559 
CHAPTER 360 
June 4,1956 
[H. R. 1779] 
W^>initia 
F e d -
e r a l 
reel amation 
project, Greg. 
Conatruction. 
4 3 u s e 371 note. 
AN ACT 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct, operate, and maintain 
the Juniper division of the Wapinitia Federal reclamation project, Oregon. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress asse77ibled,T\\At, for the purpose 
of furnishing water for the irrigation of approximately two thousand 
and one hundred acres of arid land in Wasco County, Oregon, the Sec-
retary of the Interior is authorized to construct, operate, and maintain 
the Juniper division of the Wapinitia Federal reclamation project in 
accordance with the provisions of the Federal reclamation laws (Act 
of June 17,1902,32 Stat. 388, and Acts amendatory thereof or supple-
mentary thereto). The Secretary is further authorized to investigate,