An Act to authorize and direct the Investigation by the Attorney General of certain offenses, and for other purposes
PL 83-725 (S.2308), enacted 08/31/1954

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PUBLIC LAW 724-AUG. 31, 1954 
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National Salva* 
tion Army Week. 
administering six thousand four hundred centers of charitable and 
religious work assisted by thirty-four thousand six hundred and 
eighty-seven prominent citizens of all races and creeds who have 
formally associated themselves in the close relationship of lay 
leadership; and 
Whereas the Salvation Army, acting under a charter issued by the 
vState of New York in 1899, is an organization designed to operate 
as a religious and charitable organization with the following pur-
poses : The spiritual, moral, and physical reformation of all who 
need it; the reclamation of the vicious, criminal, dissolute, and 
degraded; visitation among the poor and lonely and sick; the 
preaching of the Gospel and dissemination of Christian truth by 
means of open-air and indoor meetings: Therefore be it 
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled^ That the President of the 
United States is requested and authorized to officially proclaim the 
week beginning November 28, 1954, through December 4, 1954, as 
"National Salvation Army "Week". 
Approved August 31, 1954. 
Public Law 724 
CHAPTER 1142 
August 31, 1954 
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To provide for renewal of and adjustment of compensation under contracts for 
carryinji- mail on water routes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and Hom^e of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled. That the last two 
paragraphs of section 3951 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (39 
U. S. C , sec. 434), are amended by striking out the words "star-route 
or screen vehicle service'' wherever they appear in such paragraphs 
and inserting in lieu thereof "star-route, screen vehicle service, or 
inland water-route". 
Approved August 31, 1954. 
Public Law 725 
CHAPTER 1143 
August 31, 1954 
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To authorize and direct the investigation by the Attorney General of certain 
offenses, and for other purposes. 
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offenses. 
62 Stat. 683. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
^*mdFBi.°*"" ^^*'^^^ States 
of America 
in Congress assembled^ That notwith-
standing any other provision of law, and without limiting the author-
/^^*i°^tV^c*^rti'ta i^y ^^ investigate any matter which may have been or may hereafter 
be conferred upon them, or upon any other department or agency of 
the Government, the Attorney General and the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation shall have authority to investigate any violation of title 
18, United States Code, involving Government officers and employees. 
Any information, allegation, or complaint received in any department 
or agency of the executive branch of the Government relating to said 
violations involving Government officers and employees shall be expe-
ditiously reported to the Attorney General by the head of such depart-
ment or agency, unless the responsibility to perform an investigation 
with respect thereto is specifically otherwise assigned by another 
provision of law, or unless the Attorney General otherwise directs 
with respect, as to any department or agency of the Government, to