An Act to increase certain rates of veterans' compensation provided for specific service-incurred disabilities, and for other purposes.
PL 82-427 (H.R.7783), enacted 06/30/1952

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owned passenger motor vehicle (other than a bus or ambulance), unless 
such appropriation is specifically authorized to be used for paying the 
compensation of employees performing such duties. 
SEC. 403. This Act may be cited as the "Treasury and Post Office 
Departments Appropriation Act, 1953". 
Approved June 30, 1952. 
Public Law 426 
CHAPTER 524 
AN ACT 
To amend the Act of January 12, 1951 (64 Stat. 1257), amending and extending 
title II of the First War Powers Act, 1941. 
Be it enacted l)y the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 2 of 
the Act of January 12, 1951 (64 Stat. 1257), is hereby amended by 
striking out "1952" and inserting in lieu thereof "1953". 
Approved June 30, 1952. 
June 30, 1952 
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Public Law 427 
CHAPTER 525 
AN ACT 
To increase certain rates of veterans' compensation provided for specific service-
incurred disabilities, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That (A) subpara-
graph (k), paragraph II, part I, Veterans Regulation Numbered 1 
(a), as amended, is hereby amended to read as follows: 
"(k) If the disabled person, as the result of service-incurred dis-
ability, has suffered the anatomical loss or loss of use of a creative 
organ, or one foot, or one hand, or blindness of one eye, having only 
light perception, the rate of compensation therefor shall be $47 per 
month independent of any other compensation provided in part I, 
paragraph II, subparagraphs (a) to (j) ; and in the event of ana-
tomical loss or loss of use of a creative organ, or one foot, or one hand, 
or blindness of one eye, having only light perception, in addition to 
the requirement for any of the rates specified in subparagraphs (1) 
to (n), inclusive, of part I, paragraph II, the rate of compensation 
shall be increased by $47 per month for each such loss or loss of use, 
but in no event to exceed $400 per month." 
(B) The rate of compensation provided under subparagraph (1), 
paragraph II, part I, Veterans Regulation Numbered 1 (a), as 
amended, is hereby increased to $266. 
(C) The rate of compensation provided under subparagraph (m), 
paragraph II, part I, Veterans Regulation Numbered 1 (a), as 
amended, is hereby increased to $313. 
(D) The rate of compensation provided under subparagraph (n), 
paragraph II, part I, Veterans Regulation Numbered 1 (a), as 
amended, is hereby increased to $353. 
(E) The rates of compensation provided by subparagraphs (o) and 
(p), paragraph II, part I, Veterans Regulation Numbered 1 (a), as 
amended, are hereby increased to $400. 
SEC. 2. Paragraph II, part I, Veterans Regulation Numbered 1 (a), 
as amended, is hereby amended by adding a new subparagraph (q) to 
read as follows: 
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pensation. 
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"(q) If the disabled person is shown to have had a service-incurred 
disability resulting from an active tuberculous disease, which disease 
in the judgment of the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs has reached 
a condition of complete arrest, the monthly compensation shall be not 
less than $67." 
SEC. 3. The rate of compensation provided by the last paragraph of 
section 202 (3) of the World War Veterans' Act, 1924, as amended 
(38 U. S. C. 473), for the loss of the use of a creative organ or one or 
more feet or hands is hereby increased to $47. 
SEC. 4. The rate of compensation provided in section 202 (7) of the 
World War Veterans' Act, 1924, as amended (38 U. S. C. 480), for 
arrested tuberculosis is hereby increased to $67. 
SEC. 5. All rates of compensation provided by the last two provisos 
of the first paragraph of section 202 (3) of the World War Veterans' 
Act, 1924, as amended (38 U. S. C. 473), are hereby increased 11 per 
centum: Provided^ That in any case the rate of compensation, as 
increased, shall be further adjusted upward or downward to the nearest 
dollar. 
SEC. 6. The maximum additional sum authorized by section 202 (5), 
World War Veterans' Act, 1924, as amended (38 U. S. C. 478), for the 
need of a nurse or attendant is hereby increased to $67. 
SEC. 7. The rates of compensation authorized by this Act shall be 
effective from the first day of the second calendar month following the 
date of approval of this Act, 
Approved June 30, 1952. 
Public Law 428 
CHAPTER 526 
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JOINT RESOLUTION 
June 30, 1952 
[H. J. Res. 490] rji^ continue the effectiveness of certain statutory provisions until July 3, 1952. 
Emergency pow-
ers. 
/4B«e, pp. 54,137. 
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States 
of America 
in Congress assembled^ That the joint resolu-
tion entitled "Joint resolution to continue the effectiveness of certain 
statutory provisions until June 1, 1952", approved April 14, 1952 
(Public Law 313, Eighty-second Congress), as amended, is amended 
by striking out "June 30, 1952" wherever it appears in such joint 
resolution, as amended, and inserting in lieu thereof "July 3,1952". 
Approved June 30, 1952. 
June 30, 1952 
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Public Law 429 
CHAPTER 530 
AN ACT 
To amend and extend the Defense Production Act of 1950 and the Housing and 
Rent Act of 1947, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
tiolf*AVt^memi- United States of America in Congress assembled^ That this Act may 
ments of 1952- 
be citcd as tlic "Defense Production Act Amendments of 1952". 
TITLE I—AMENDMENTS TO DEFENSE PEODUCTION ACT 
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OF 1950, AS AMENDED 
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^ Section 101 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as 
amended, is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the follow-
prSldti^ts,*" '""^* ing new sentence: "Nor shall any restriction or other limitation be