An Act to amend the Refugee Relief Act of 1953
PL 83-751 (H.R.8193), enacted 08/31/1954

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PUBLIC LAW 749-AUG. 31, 1954 
[68 ST A T . 
Public Law 749 
CHAPTER 1167 
August 31, 1954 
[H. R. 7853] 
D. C. policemen 
and firemen. 
Relief or retire-
ment pay waivers. 
AN ACT 
To permit retired policemen and firemen of the District of Columbia to waive all 
or part of their relief or retirement compensation. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That any person 
entitled to relief or retirement compensation pursuant to the provisions 
of section 12 of the Act approved September 1, 1916 (39 Stat. 718), 
as amended (title 4, ch. 5, D. C. Code, 1951 edition), may decline to 
accept all or any part of such relief or retirement compensation by a 
waiver signed and filed with the Commissioners of the District of 
Columbia or their designated agent. 
Such waiver may be revoked in 
writing at an^ time, but no payment of the relief or retirement com-
pensation waived shall be made covering the period during which 
such waiver was in effect. 
Approved August 31, 1964. 
August 31, 1954 
[H. R. 8027] 
Public Law 750 
CHAPTER 1168 
AN ACT 
To amend the Act of March 6, 1952 (6(» Stat. 16), to extend the time during 
which the Secretary of the Interior may enter into amendatory repayment 
contracts under the Federal reclauiatiou laws, and for other purposes. 
Be it enaeted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of Ameiica 
in Congress assembled^ That the Act of 
note^. "^^ '**^*' March 6, 195*2 (66 Stat. 16), is hereby amended by striking the year 
"1954'' and inserting in lieu tliereof the year "1957". 
Approved August 31, 1954. 
I 
August 31, 1954 
[H. R. 8193] 
Public Law 751 
CHAPTER 1169 
AN ACT 
To amend the Refugee Relief Act of 1953. 
Refugee relief. 
50 U S C 
1971b. 
5 0 u s e 
a p p . 
1971c. 
50 U S C 
1971e. 
50 u s e 
a p p . 
1971d. 
Application 
for 
adj us t m e n t o f 
status. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That subdivision 
(c) be added to section 4 of the Refugee Relief Act of 1953 (67 Stat. 
401), to read as follows: 
"(c) Any allotments of visas provided in paragraphs (5) and (6), 
paragraphs (7) and (8), and paragraphs (9) and (10) of subsection 
(a) of this section, shall be available bilaterally within each of the 
three ethnic groups therein defined." 
SEC. 2. Subsection (c) of section 5 of the Refugee Relief Act of 
1953 (67 Stat. 403) is hereby amended to read as follows: 
"(c) The assurances required in this section shall be in lieu of the 
assurances required in section 7 of this Act, and the provisions of sec-
tion 7 (d) (2) shall not apply to eligible orphans as defined in this 
section." 
SEC. 3. The first sentence of section 6 of the Refugee Relief Act of 
1953 (67 Stat. 403) is hereby amended to read as follows: "Any alien 
who establishes that prior to July 1, 1953, he lawfully entered the 
United States as a bona fide nonimmigrant and that he is unable to 
return to the country of his birth, or nationality, or last residence 
because of persecution or fear of persecution on account of race, 
religion, or political opinion, or who was brought to the United States