An Act to provide for the expeditious naturalization of former citizens of the United States who have lost United States citizenship through voting in a political election or in a plebiscite held in Italy
PL 82-114 (H.R.400), enacted 08/16/1951

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PUBLIC LAW 115~AUG. 17. 1951 
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such agreements: Provided^ That expenditures from this appropria-
tion shall be charged to the applicable appropriations when enacted 
into law: Provided^ That in carrying out the provisions of title V of 
the Agricultural Act of 1949, as added by the Act entitled "An Act 
to amend the Agricultural Act of 1949", approved July 12, 1951 
(Public Law 78, Eighty-second Congress), the Secretary of Labor 
is authorized, without regard to the civil-service laws or the Classifica-
tion Act of 1949, as amended, to appoint Mexican nationals for tem- 
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porary employment in Mexico for a period of not to exceed one note. 
hundred and twenty days-
Approved August 16, 1951. 
Public Law 114 
CHAPTER 321 
AN ACT 
To provide for the expeditious naturalization of former citizens of the United 
States who have lost United States citizenship through voting in a political 
election or in a plebiscite held in Italy. 
August Ifi, 1951 
[H. R.400] 
54 Stat. 1140. 
8 U. S. C. § 701. 
8 U. S. C. § 735. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and Iloii-se of Repre.^entatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled. That a person who, 
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while a citizen ot the United States, has lost citizenship oi the United citizens. 
States solely by reason of having voted in a political election or plebi-
scite held in Italy on June 2, 1946, or on April 18, 1948, and who 
has not subsequent to such voting committed any act which, had 
he remained a citizen, would have operated to expatriate him, may 
be naturalized by taking, prior to two years from the enactment of 
this Act, before any naturalization court specified in subsection (a) 
of section 301 of the Nationality Act of 1940, as amended, or before 
any diplomatic or consular officer of the United States abroad, the 
oaths prescribed by section 335 of the Nationality Act of 1940, as 
amended. 
Certified copies of such oaths shall be sent by such 
diplomatic or consular officer or such court to the Department of 
State and to the Department of Justice. 
Such persons shall have, 
from and after naturalization under this section, the same citizen-
ship status as that which existed immediately prior to its loss: 
Provided^ That no such person shall be eligible to take the oaths 
prescribed by section 335 of the Nationality Act of 1940, as amended, 
unless he shall first take an oath before any naturalization court 
specified in subsection (a) of section 301 of the Nationality Act 
of 1940, as amended, or before any diplomatic or consular officer of 
the United States abroad, that he has done nothing to promote the 
cause of communism. 
The illegal or fraudulent procurement of nat-
uralization under this amendment shall be subject to cancellation in 
the same manner as provided in section 338 of the Nationality Act of 
1940, as amended. 
SEC. 2. The Act of August 7, 1946 (Public Law 614; 60 Stat. 866), 
is hereby repealed. 
Approved August 16, 1951. 
8 U. S. C. § 738. 
8U. S. C. §723. 
Public Law 115 
CHAPTER 326 
AN ACT 
To authorize the sale of the Chicago Appraisers" Stores Building to the 
city of Chica.go. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled. That the Admin-
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[H. R. 3049] 
Chicago, 111. 
Conveyance. 
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Recapture. 
istrator of General Services is authorized and directed to convey by 
quitclaim deed, in consideration of the fair market value therefor, 
to the city of Chicago, Illinois, all right, title, and interest of the 
United States in and to the Chicago Appraisers' Stores Building 
located at 630 to 542 South Sherman Street in Chicago, Illinois, and 
the land upon which such building is situated, more particularly 
described as follows: 
The south half of lot 12 and all of lots 13 and 16 (except that 
part taken for public alley) in George Merrill's Subdivision of 
block 100 in School Section Addition to Chicago in the northeast 
quarter of section 16, township 39 north, range 14 east, of the 
third principal meridian, in the city of Chicago, county of Cook 
and State of Illinois. 
Provided, That the instrument of conveyance shall contain such terms 
and conditions as will allow the recapture of the property in the event 
it is not devoted to public purposes within such period of time as the 
Administrator shall determine to be reasonable. 
Approved August 17, 1951. 
Public Law 116 
CHAPTER 327 
August 17, 1951 
[H. R. 3142] 
AN ACT 
To authorize the settlement by the Attorney General and the payment of certain 
of the claims 
filed 
under the Act of July 2,1948, by persons of Japanese ancestry 
evacuated under military orders. 
50 u. 
1984. 
Adjudications 
50 U. 
§ 1987. 
S. C. a p p . 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
ciafmr^^^^''^''"^**°" United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 4 (a) 
s. c. app. of the Act of July 2, 1948 (62 Stat, 1231), is hereby amended to read 
as follows: 
"SEC. 4. (a) The Attorney General shall, except as to claims com-
promised under section 7 of this Act, adjudicate all claims filed under 
this Act by award or order of dismissal, as the case may be, upon 
written findings of fact and reasons for the decision. A copy of each 
such adjudication shall be mailed to the claimant or his attorney." 
SEC. 2. Section 7 of the Act of July 2,1948 (62 Stat. 1231), is hereby 
amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 7. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated for the 
purposes of this Act such sums as Congress may from time to time 
determine to be necessary, which funds shall be available also for 
payment of settlement awards, which shall be final and conclusive for 
all purposes, made by the Attorney General in compromise settle-
ment of such claims upon the basis of affidavits and available Gov-
ernment records satisfactory to him, in amounts which shall not in 
any case exceed either three-fourths of the amount, if any, of the 
claim attributable to compensable items thereof or $2,500, whichever 
is less." 
Approved August 17, 1951. 
Appropriations 
tiiorized. 
Public Law 117 
CHAPTER 328 
August 17, 1951 
[H. R. 3442] 
AN ACT 
To protect the Girl Scouts of the United States of America in the use of emblems 
and badges, descriptive or designating marlis, and words or phrases heretofore 
adopted and to clarify existing law relating thereto. 
Girl Scouts. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 6 of the