An Act to amend the Contract Settlement Act of 1944 and to abolish the Appeal Board of the Office of Contract Settlement
PL 82-537 (S.2199), enacted 07/14/1952

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PUBLIC LAW 537-JULY 14, 1952 
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(b) Clauses (3) and (5) of such section 2, as amended, are amended 
by inserting after "has been authorized)" a comma and the following: 
"or during the period specified in clause (6) of this section". 
SEC. 2. Section 3 of the Veterans' Preference Act of 1944, as 
amended, is amended by inserting after "section 2 (4)" the following: 
"and (6)'". 
SEC. 3. (a) The rate of compensation of any employee who was 
changed from a position, the rate of pay of which was fixed in accord-
ance with prevailing local wages upon recommendation of wage 
boards or other similar authority, to a position under the Classifica-
tion Act of 1949, as amended, and placed in the appropriate step of 
the grade during the period between the effective date and the date 
of enactment of Public Law 201, approved October 24, 1951, shall be 
adjusted retroactively in accordance with the new rate provided by 
section 1 (a) of Public Law 201, Eighty-second Congress, for the step 
in w^hich he was placed at the time of such assignment. 
(b) This section shall become effective as of the first day of the 
first pay period which began after June 30,1951. 
(c) Retroactive compensation or salary shall be paid under this 
section only in the case of an individual in the service of the United 
States (including service in the Armed Forces of the United States) 
or the municipal government of the District of Columbia on the date 
of enactment of this Act, except that such retroactive compensation 
or salary shall be paid a retired officer or employee for services ren-
dered during the period beginning with the first day of the first pay 
period which began after June 30, 1951, and ending with the date 
of his retirement, or the person or persons specified in section 1 of 
the Act entitled "An Act to facilitate the settlement of the accounts 
of certain deceased civilian officers and employees of the Govern-
ment", approved August 3, 1950 (Public Law 636, Eighty-first Con-
gress), in the case of a deceased officer or employee for services ren-
dered during the period beginning with the first day of the first pay 
period which began after June 30, 1951, and ending with the date 
of said officer or employee's death. 
Approved July 14, 1952. 
5 u s e 852. 
Retroactive ad-
justment of c e r -
tain pay rates. 
63 Stat. 954. 
5 u s e 1071 note. 
65 Stat, 612. 
5 u s e 1113(b), (c). 
Retroactive com-
pensation. 
64 Stat, 395, 
5 u s e 6 If, 
Public Law 537 
CHAPTER 739 
July 14, 1952 
To amend the Contract Settlement Act of 1944 and to abolish the Appeal Board 
[S. 2199] 
of the Office of Contract Settlement. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Appeal 
Board established under section 13 (d) of the Contract Settlement 
Act of 1944 is hereby abolished: Provided^ however, That said abolition 
shall not become effective until six months after the enactment of this 
Act or such later date, nor more than nine months after the enact-
ment of this Act, as may be fixed by written order of the Director 
of Contract Settlement published in the Federal Eegister, 
Such an 
order shall be made only in case the Director finds that it is impracti-
cable for the Appeal Board to dispose of its pending business before 
the date fixed for abolition of the Board by this Act or a previous 
order of the Director. No such order shall be made less than thirty 
days prior to the date theretofore fixed for abolition of the Appeal 
Board. 
SEC. 2. (a) Upon the effective date of the abolition of the Appeal 
Board all appeals and disputes pending therein shall be terminated 
O f f i c e of Con-
t r a c t Settlement. 
Appeal Board. 
58 Stat. 660. 
41 u s e 113. 
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without prejudice and the right of the parties to pursue such other 
remedies as are provided by law shall not be affected thereby. 
(b) In any such terminated appeal, timely initiated in the Appeal 
Board, where the period for pursuit of any other remedy pursuant to 
section 13 (b) (2) of the Contract Settlement Act of 1944 shall have 
expired or would expire within sixty days after the effective date of 
the abolition of the Appeal Board, the period within which proceed-
j ings may be initiated in accordance with the said section shall be 
extended to sixty days after said effective date. 
(c) Effective thirty days after the enactment of this Act no further 
appeals or submitted disputes shall be accepted for determination by 
said Appeal Board. 
(d) Where an attempt is erroneously made to file an appeal with 
the Appeal Board after the time limited therefor by section 1 (c) 
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of this Act but prior to the effective date of the abolition of the Appeal 
Board, said Board shall forthwith return the papers to the person 
therein named as appellant together with a notice in writing that, 
pursuant to the terms of section 1 (c) of this Act, it can no longer 
accept such an appeal. Where such an attempt is made in good faith 
and the appeal would, except for the provisions of section 1 (c) 
of this Act, have been timely and the period for pursuit of any other 
remedy pursuant to section 13 (b) (2) of the Contract Settlement 
Act of 1944 expires or would expire prior to the expiration of sixty 
days after the receipt of such notice, the period within which proper 
proceedings may be initiated in accordance with said section 13 (b) 
(2) shall be extended to sixty days after the receipt of such notice. 
Approved July 14, 1952. 
Public Law 538 
CHAPTER 740 
JiUy 14. 1952. 
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[S. 2690] 
TQ amend the Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938, as amended, to make unlawful 
certain practices of ticket agents engaged in selling air transportation, and 
for otlier purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
Civil Aeronau- United States of America in Congress assemhled, That section 1 of 
amlndiS^nts. ^^^^' the Civil Aerouautics Act of 1938, as amended, is amended by renum-
62 itat.' 493! 
bering paragraph (32) as paragraph (33) and by inserting therein 
49 use 401." 
a new paragraph (32) reading as follows: 
"(32) 'Ticket agent' means any person, not an air carrier or a 
foreign air carrier and not a bona fide employee of an air carrier 
or foreign air carrier, who, as principal or agent, sells or offers for sale 
any air transportation, or negotiates for, or holds himself out by 
solicitation, advertisement, or otherwise as one who sells, provides, 
furnishes, contracts or arranges for, such transportation." 
49 use 491. 
SEC. 2. Section 411 of the Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938, as amended, 
is amended to read as follows: 
"METHODS OF COMPErriTION 
"SEC. 411. The Board may, upon its own initiative or upon com-
plaint by any air carrier, foreign air carrier, or ticket agent, if it 
considers that such action by it would be in the interest of the public, 
investigate and determine whether any air carrier, foreign air car-
rier, or ticket agent has been or is engaged in unfair or deceptive 
pactices or unfair methods of competition in air transportation or the 
sale thereof. If the Board shall find, after notice and hearing, that