An Act to provide for the relief of certain Army and Air Force nurses, and for other purposes
PL 84-526 (H.R.4051), enacted 05/18/1956

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PUBLIC LAW 526-MAY 18, 1956 
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Arizona, and subsequently transferred to the Veterans' Administra-
tion by section 6 of the Act of March 4,1931 (46 Stat. 1550), is hereby 
transferred to the Secretary of the Interior, and the title to sucli 
lands shall be held by the United States in trust for the Yavapai 
Indians, subject to any valid and existinj;^ rights in such lands. 
The description of the lands hereby transferred shall be determined 
by the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs and the Secretary of the 
Interior, jointly, and in the event a survey is required to make such 
determination, the Department of the Interior shall bear the expense 
thereof. The transfer shall be subject to such terms, conditions, 
reservations, and restrictions as the Administrator of Veterans' 
Affaii'S, after consultation with the Secretary of the Interior, deter-
mines to be necessary to protect the interest of the Veterans' Admin-
istration Center, Whipple, Arizona. 
Approved May 18, 1956. 
Public Law 526 
CHAPTER 280 
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y 18, 1956 
AN ACT 
|Ti. R. 4051]— IJIQ provide for the relief of certain Army and Air Force nurses, and for other 
purposes. 
Armed Forces. 
Army and Air 
Fprce nurses. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That all payments 
of longevity pay heretofore made to Army and Air Force nurses for 
service after April 15,1947, and before October 1,1949, are validated 
to the extent that those payments were based upon service performed 
by the persons concerned as nurses or as commissioned officers of the 
Army Nurse Corps, Navy Nurse Corps, or Public Health Service. 
Any Army or Air Force nurse who has made a repayment to the 
United States of the amount so paid to her as longevity pay is entitled 
to be paid the amount involved, if otherwise proper. 
SEC. 2. The Comptroller General of the United States, or his 
designee, shall relieve disbursing officers, including special disbursing 
agents, of the Army and the Air Force from accountability or respon-
sibility for any payments described in section 1 of the Act, and shall 
allow credits in the settlement of the accounts of those officers or 
agents for payments which appear to be free from fraud and collusion. 
Approved May 18, 1956. 
Public Law 527 
CHAPTER 281 
May 18, 1956 
[H. R. 5787] 
PHS ho s p i t a l , 
C a r v i l l e , La. 
Claims. 
AN ACT 
To authorize settlement of claims for residential structures heretofore erected 
at the expense of patients on the grounds of the Public Health Service hospital, 
Carville, Louisiana. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That there is hereby 
authorized to be appropriated not to exceed $25,0(X), to remain avail-
able until June 30,1958, to enable the Secretary of Health, Education, 
and Welfare to settle or compromise all claims by various persons of 
right or title to or interest in certain structures (including furniture 
and fixtures therein) which were erected prior to January 1, 1954, 
by patients of the Public Health Service Hospital at Carville, Louisi-
ana, at their own expense on the grounds of the hospital. 
Sucii 
claims may be settled or compromised, with the approval of the Ad-
ministrator of General Services, for such amounts as may be arrived 
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at by agreement between the Secretary and the persons claiming such 
right, title, or interest. 
Nothing in this Act shall affect the authority 
of the Attorney General to conduct litigation affecting the United 
States, and no funds available for purposes of this Act shall be avail-
able for paying any judgment or settlement arising out of any such 
litigation. 
Approved May 18, 1956. 
Public Law 528 
CHAPTER 282 
AN ACT 
To amend the Act entitled "An Act to provide better facilities for the enforce-
ment of the Customs and immigration laws", to increase the amounts author-
ized to be expended. 
May 18, 1956 
[H. R. 6769] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Act of June 
26, 1930 (46 Stat. 817), as amended by the Act of October 10, 1940 
(54 Stat. 1091), and by the Act of September 26, 1951 (65 Stat. 336; 
IJ. S. C., 1952 edition, title 19, sec. 68), is further amended by striking 
from the proviso the figures "$15,000" and "$30,000", and substituting 
therefor the figures "$30,000" and "$60,000", respectively. 
Approved May 18, 1966. 
Public Law 529 
CHAPTER 283 
AN ACT 
To revive and reenact the Act entitled "An Act authorizing the Ogdensburg 
Bridge Authority, its successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and 
operate a bridge across the Saint Lawrence River at or near the city of 
Ogdensburg, New York". 
May 18, 1956 
[H. R. 8547] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Act ap-
proved August 19, 1950, heretofore extended by an Act approved 
August 14, 1953, authorizing the Ogdensburg Bridge Authority, its 
successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge 
and approaches thereto across the Saint Lawrence River, so far as the 
United States has jurisdiction over the waters of such river, at a point 
suitable to the interests of navigation, at or near the city of Ogdens-
burg, be, and is hereby, revived and reenacted: Provided^ That this Act 
shall be null and void unless the actual construction of the bridge herein 
referred to be commenced within four years and completed within 
six years from the date of approval hereof. 
SEO. 2. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby ex-
pressly reserved. 
Approved May 18, 1956. 
64 Stat. 
Stat. 578. 468; 67 
Public Law 530 
CHAPTER 284 
AN ACT 
To extend for an additional three years the time within which the State of 
Michigan may commence and complete the construction of certain projects 
heretofore authorized by the Congress. 
May 18, 1956 
[H. R. 8807] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assetnhled^ That the proviso 
Pridge. 
St. Marys River, 
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