Joint resolution to suspend the application of certain laws of the United States with respect to counsel employed by the special committee of the Senate established by Senate Resolution 219, Eighty-fourth Congress
PL 84-498 (S.J.Res.160), enacted 04/30/1956

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61 Stat. 890. 
10 u s e 506c. 
Rate of 
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63 Stat. 809. 
37 u s e 372. 
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Dental Corps", and deleting in those sentences the words "if of other 
than the Medical Corps, and in the preceding calendar year if of the 
Medical Corps,". 
(2) By striking out the folloAving words in the second sentence of 
section 506 (c) : "each person appointed and commissioned an officer of 
the Medical Corps of the Regular Army shall, at time of appointment, 
be credited with an amount of service equal to four years; each person 
appointed and commissioned an officer of the Dental Corps,". 
(3) By striking out in section 506 (e) the words "the Medical Corps, 
the Dental Corps, and". 
SEC. 5. (a) Section 203 (b) of the Career Compensation Act of 1949, 
as amended (37 U. S. C. 234 (b)), is further amended by striking out 
the words "$100 per month for each month of active service:" and 
inserting a dash and the following in lieu thereof: 
"(1) $100 per month for each month of active service for those 
medical and dental officers covered by subsection (a) who have 
not completed two years of active service in a category covered 
by that subsection; 
"(2) $100 per month for each month of active service for those 
veterinary officers covered by subsection (c); 
"(3) $150 per month for each month of active service for those 
medical and dental officers covered by subsection (a) who have 
completed at least two years of active service in a category cov-
ered by subsection (a) ; 
"(4) $200 per month for each month of active service for those 
medical and dental officers covered by subsection (a) who have 
completed at least six years of active service in a category covered 
by subsection (a); and 
"(5) $250 per month for each month of active service for those 
medical and dental officers covered by subsection (a) who have 
completed at least ten years of active service in a category covered 
by subsection (a) :" 
(b) Section 203 (b) of such Act is further amended by striking 
out the following words in the third proviso: "of $100 per month as 
is". 
SEC. 6. Any person who, on the day before the effective date of this 
Act, has not completed eighteen years of service creditable in the 
computation of active duty pay in the uniformed service of which 
he is a member and who, as a result of the enactment of this Act, is 
upon the effective date of this Act credited with more than seventeen 
years of such service shall, notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, be allowed twelve months from the effective date of this Act 
within which to make the election provided for in section 3 (a) of the 
Uniformed Services Contingency Option Act of 1953 (67 Stat. 502). 
SEC. 7. This Act shall become effective the first day of the month 
following tlie date of enactment. 
Approved April 30, 1956. 
Public Law 498 
April 30, 1956 
[S. J. Res. 160] 
Senate cotnmittee 
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JOINT RESOLUTION 
To suspend the application of certain laws of the United States with respect 
to counsel employed by the special committee of the Senate established by 
Senate Resolution 210, Eighty-fourth Congress. 
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, That service or employ-
ment of the person first duly appointed as counsel for the special 
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committee of the Senate established by Senate Eesolution 219, Eighty-
fourth Congress, 2d session, agreed to February 22, 1956, shall not 
constitute service or employment subjecting such person to the pro-
visions of section 281, 283, or 284 of title 18, United States Code, or 
to the provisions of any other law of the United States imposing re-
strictions, requirements, or penalties in relation to the employment 
of persons, the performance of service, or the payment or receipt 
of compensation in connection with any claim, proceeding, or matter 
involving the United States. 
Approved April 30, 1956. 
62 Stat. 697; 63 
Stat. 280. 
Public Law 499 
CHAPTER 225 
AN ACT 
To quiet title and possession with respect to certain real property in the city 
of I'ensacola, Florida. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress as.sembled, That the United 
States hereby releases, remises, and quitclaims all right, title, and 
interest of the United States in and to the following-described tract 
of land situated in the city of Pensacola, Florida, to the person or 
persons who would, except for any claim of right, title, and interest 
in and to such land on the part of the United States, be entitled thereto 
under the laws of tlie State of Florida: 
The west 39 feet of the north 132 feet of Arpent lot 47; the south 
60 feet of Arpent lot 47, and the east 77 feet of the north 132 feet 
of Ari)ent lot 47, Old City Tract in the city of Pensacola, Florida, 
according to the map of such city copyrighted by Thomas C. Watson 
in 1906. 
Approved April 30, 1956. 
April 30, 1956 
[H. R. 5310] 
Pensacola, Fla. 
Public Law 500 
CHAPTER 226 
AN ACT 
To amend the Act of May 29, 1928 (45 Stat. 997), in respect of the compensation 
of supreme court justices and circuit court judges. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled^ That section 1 of 
the Act of May 29, 1928 (45 Stat. 997), is hereby amended in the fol-
lowing respects: 
(a) By striking out "$10,500" relating to the salary of the chief 
justice of the Supreme Court of the Territory of Hawaii and sub-
stituting therefor "$12,250". 
(b) By striking out "$10,000" relating to the salary of the associate 
justices of the supreme court and substituting therefor "$11,900". 
(c) By striking out the following clause: "the judges of the Circuit 
Court for the First Circuit of the Territory of Hawaii the sum of 
$7,500, and to each of the judges of the Second, Third, Fourth and 
Fifth Circuits of the Territory of Hawaii the sum of $7,000." and 
substituting therefor "the judges of the circuit courts of the Territory 
of Hawaii the sum of $9,375.". 
SEC. 2. The provisions of this Act shall take effect on the first day 
of the month following the date of enactment of this Act. 
Approved April 30, 1966. 
April 30, 1956 
[H. R. 7058] 
Hawaii. 
Compensation of 
judge s. 
48 u s e 634a. 
Effective date.