An Act to promote the national defense by authorizing the construction of aeronautical research facilities by the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics necessary to the effective prosecution of aeronautical research
PL 82-403 (H.R.6336), enacted 06/23/1952

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PUBLIC LAW 403-JUNE 23, 1952 
multiplying the total number of acres of land formerly intended to be 
included within the irriji:ation district but not so included by the sum 
of $54.72 per acre. 
(f) The Secretary, at any time subsequent to the execution of the 
contracts approved in this section, and not later than January 1, 1960, 
shall reclassify and designate as either class 1, 2, 3, 4, 4a, 4b, or 6, as 
provided in said contracts, all lands within the Malta and Glasgow 
Irrigation Districts designated as class 5 by the 1947 reclassification of 
lands, and the reclassification and designation as class 6 of any of said 
lands shall reduce the construction charge obligation of the district in 
which such class 6 lands are situated by the sum of $54.72 per acre. 
(g) The amounts deducted from the construction charge obligation 
of either or both the Malta and Glasgow Irrigation Districts, and from 
the total costs of the Milk River Project, as provided for herein and 
adjusted in the contracts approved in this section, shall be charged off 
as a permanent loss to the reclamation fund, but no adjustment shall be 
made by the United States by reason thereof with any individual land-
owner by way of refund of or credit on account of sums heretofore 
paid, repaid, returned, or due and payable to the United States, by way 
of exchange of land, or by any other method. 
FRENCHTOWN PROJECT, MONTANA 
SEC. 5. The contract dated September 6,1951, with the Frenchtown 
Irrigation District. 
SEC. 6. All costs and expenses incurred by the United States in nego-
tiating and completing the contracts approved under sections 3 and 4 
of this Act and in making the investigations in connection therewith 
and in future determinations under said contracts with respect to the 
productivity of temporarily unproductive lands shall, contingent upon 
the final confirmation and execution of the contracts, be nonreimburs-
able and nonreturnable under the Federal reclamation laws. 
The 
water rights formerly appurtenant to the permanently unproductive 
lands referred to in the contracts aforesaid shall be disposed of by the 
United States under the reclamation laws with a preference right to 
the water users on the respective reclamation projects. 
SEC. 7. This Act is declared to be a part of the Federal reclamation 
laws as those laws are defined in the Reclamation Project Act of 1939. 
Approved June 23, 1952. 
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Public Law 403 
CHAPTER 452 
AN ACT 
To promote the national defense by authorizing the constrvu-tion of aeronantical 
research facilities by the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics neces-
sary to the effective prosecution of aeronautical research. 
June 23, 1952 
[H.R.6336] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of RepreHentativeH of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled^ That pursuant to 
subsection (b) of section 1 of Public Law 672, approved August 8, 
1950, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics is authorized 
to undertake additional construction, and to purchase and install addi-
tional equipment at the following locations: 
Langley Aeronautical Laboratory, Hampton, Virginia : Conversion 
of pressure tunnel and construction of high-temperature structural 
research laboratory, $13,108,000. 
Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory, Cleveland, Ohio: High-pres-
sure air supply and distribution system and expansion of air facilities 
for jet engine research, $6,592,000. 
Aeronautical fa-
cilities. 
64 Stat. 418. 
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154 
Costs. 
Appropriation. 
PUBLIC LAW 404-JUNE 23, 1952 
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SEC. 2. Any of the approximate costs enumerated in section 1 of this 
Act may, in the discretion of the Director of the National Advisory 
Committee for Aeronautics, be varied upward 10 per centum and, with 
the concurrence of the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, by such 
further amounts as may be necessary to meet unusual cost variations, 
but the total cost of all work so enumerated shall not exceed $19,700,000. 
SEC. 3. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated not to exceed 
$19,700,000 to accomplish the purposes of this Act. 
Approved June 23, 1952. 
June 23, 1952 
[H.R.6787] 
Public Law 404 
CHAPTER 453 
AN ACT 
To extend the Rubber Act of 1948 (Public Law 469, Eightieth Congress), as 
amended, and for other puriwses. 
R u b b e r Act of 
1948, extension. 
62 Stat. 101; 64 
Stat. 256. 
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a p p. 
1928. 
SOUSCapp. 1938. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That (a) subsection 
(a) of section 9 of the Rubber Act of 1948 (Public Law 469, Eightieth 
Congress), as amended, is further amended (1) by striking out "April 
1, 1951" and inserting in lieu thereof "March 1, 1953", and (2) by 
striking out "January 15, 1952" and inserting in lieu thereof "April 
15, 1953". 
(b) Section 20 of such Act, as amended, is further amended by 
striking out "June 30, 1952" and inserting in lieu thereof "March 3i, 
1954". 
Approved June 23, 1952. 
June 23, 1952 
[H.R.69093 
Public Law 405 
CHAPTER 454 
AN ACT 
To amend section 14 (b) of the Federal Reserve Act, as amended. 
38 Stat. 
Stat. 307. 264; 64 
Be it enacted hy the Seriate and House of Rep^'esentatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhUd^ That section 14 (b) 
of the Federal Keserve Act, as amended (U. S. C , 1946 edition, Supp. 
IV, title 12, sec. 355), is amended by striking out "July 1, 1952" and 
inserting in lieu thereof "July 1, 1954" and by striking out "June 30, 
1952" and inserting in lieu thereof "June 30, 1954". 
Approved June 23, 1952. 
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June 23, 1952 
[H. J. Res. 449] 
Public Law 406 
CHAPTER 455 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
To provide for tlie reappointment of Doctor Vannevar Bush as citizen regent of 
the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. 
Smithsonian In-
stitution. 
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress assemhled^ That the vacancy in the 
Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, of the class other 
than Members of Congress, w^hich will occur by the expiration of the 
term of Doctor Vannevar Bush, of Washington, District of Columbia, 
on May 2,1952, be filled by the reappointment of the present incumbent 
for the statutory term of six years. 
Approved June 23, 1952.