An Act to authorize the construction and equipment of a geomagnetic station for the Department of Commerce
PL 82-338 (H.R.3830), enacted 05/13/1952

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PUBLIC LAW 337-MAY 13, 1952 
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May 13, 1952 
[H.R.2608] 
Public Law 337 
CHAPTER 264 
AN ACT 
To amend the Federal Credit Union Act. 
51 Stat. 4. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled^ That paragraph 7(d) 
of section 7 of the Federal Credit Union Act, as amended (12 U. S. C. 
1757), be amended to read as follows: "or in shares or accounts of 
Federal savings and loan associations and in shares or accounts of any 
other institution, the accounts of which are insured by the Federal 
Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation". 
Approved May 13, 1952. 
Public Law 338 
CHAPTER 265 
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[H.R.3830] 
To authorize the construction and equipment of a geomagnetic station for the 
Department of Connneree. 
D e p a r t m e n t of 
Commerce. 
G e om a g n e t i c 
station. 
.^propriation. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemJbled^ That there is hereby 
authorized to be constructed and equipped for the Department of 
Commerce a geomagnetic station together w^ith necessary utilities, 
instruments, and appurtenances under a limit of cost of $1,575,000: 
Provided^ That such limit of cost may be exceeded or shall be reduced 
by an amount equal to the percentage increase or decrease, if any, 
in construction costs generally dating from January 1, 1951, as deter-
mined by the General Services Administrator. 
SEC. 2. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Secre-
tary of Commerce, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provi-
sions of this Act: Provided^ That such sums as appropriated, except 
such part thereof as may be necessary for the incidental expenses of 
the Department of Commerce, shall be transferred to the General 
Services Administration. 
Approved May 13, 1952. 
May 13, 1952 
[H.R.4337] 
Public Law 339 
CHAPTER 266 
AN ACT 
To authorize certain land and other property transactions. 
G e n e r a l 
Serv-
i c e s Administra-
tion. 
Certain property 
transactions. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Cbngress assembled^ That the Adminis-
trator of General Services is authorized to transfer to the Department 
of the Navy, without reimbursement, custody and control over the fol-
lowing property: (a) Nine hundred and thirty-four one-thousandths 
of an acre of land with improvements consisting of oiie building and 
appurtenant facilities, known as Plancor 681-A, and located at 500 
West Thirty-sixth Street, Chicago, Illinois; (b) thirteen and five-
tenths acres of land with improvements consisting of six buildings and 
appurtenant facilities, known as the remaining portion of former 
Maritime Commission barracks at Kaiser-Sw^an Island Shipyard and 
located at Portland, Oregon; and (c) fifteen acres of land with 
improvements consisting of seven buildings, one outfitting pier and 
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appurtenant facilities, known as a portion of former Walsh-Kaiser 
Shipyard, and located at Providence, Rhode Island. 
SEC. 2. The Administrator of General Services is authorized to 
accept on behalf of the United States of America, at a cost not exceed-
ing $1, the conveyance by the Port of Portland, Oregon, of a building 
known as the Child Care Center Building and located on land leased 
from the Port of Portland, at Portland, Oregon, and to transfer with-
out reimbursement the custody and control over such building to the 
Department of the Navy. 
SEC. 3. The Administrator of General Services is authorized to 
convey, without cost and on behalf of Reconstruction Finance Cor-
poration, to the United States of America, one and eighteen one-
hundredths acres of land, known as the remaining portion of the 
former Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Plant, Plancor 1644, located at 
Allentown, Pennsylvania, and to transfer custody and control thereof 
to the Department of the Navy without reimbursement. 
SEC. 4. The transfers and acceptance of conveyances authorized by 
sections 1, 2, and 3 hereof shall not include any inventories of raw 
material or work in progress. 
Approved May 13, 1952. 
Public Law 340 
CHAPTER 267 
AN ACT 
Granting the consent and approval of Congress to the participation of certain 
Provinces of the Dominion of Canada in the Northeastern Interstate Forest 
Fire Protection Compact, and for other purposes. 
May 13, 1952 
[H.R. 4 764] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representativen 
of the 
United States of America in Congress ossenMed^ That the consent 
and approval of Congress is hereby given to the participation in the 
Northeastern Interstate Forest Fire Protection Compact in the manner 
provided in, and as a party to, such compact of any Province of the 
Dominion of Canada which is contiguous to any State which is a party 
to such compact, heretofore approved by the Act entitled "An Act 
granting the consent and approval of Congress to an interstate forest 
fire protection compact", approved June 25, 1949 (63 Stat. 271). 
SEC. 2. In order to assist in carrying out the terms of such compact, 
and notwithstanding any other provisions of law— 
(a) the Secretary of the Treasury, after consultation with other 
appropriate Federal departments and agencies, may prescribe 
such procedures as he shall deem necessary for the purposes of 
such compact for the entry to the United States of articles of any 
kind. He may also prescribe regulations which permit, for such 
purposes, the return to United States customs territory of any 
articles temporarily exported, and the importation for temporary 
storage or use of any other articles, without entry and without the 
payment of any duty or tax imposed upon or by reason of 
importation; 
(b) the head of any Federal agency, other than the Treasury 
Department, exercising by law any authority with respect to 
imports or exports of any kind, may make such special rules and 
regulations relating to the exercise of such authority as he shall 
deem necessary for the purposes of such compact; and 
(c) the Attorney General, in the case of the immigration laws, 
and the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service with the 
approval of the Federal Security Administrator in the case of the 
Canada. 
Forest Fire Pro-
tection Compact. 
Consent of Con-
gress.