Joint resolution to provide for proper participation by the United States Government in a national celebration of the fiftieth anniversary year of controlled powered flight occurring during the year from December 17, 1952, to December 17,1953
PL 83-32 (S.J.Res.42), enacted 05/22/1953

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States, and the jurisdiction and control of which by the United States 
is hereby confirmed. 
SEC. 10. Executive Order Numbered 10426, dated January 16,1953, 
entitled "Setting Aside Submerged Lands of the Continental Shelf as 
a Naval Petroleum Reserve", is hereby revoked insofar as it applies 
to any lands beneath navigable waters as defined in section 2 hereof. 
SEC. 11. SEPARABILITY.—If any provision of this Act, or any sec-
tion, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or individual word, or the 
application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, 
the validity of the remainder of the Act and of the application of any 
such provision, section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or indi-
vidual word to other persons and circumstances shall not be affected 
thereby; without limiting the generality of the foregoing, if subsection 
3 (a) 1, 3 (a) 2, 3 (b) 1, 3 (b) 2, 3 (b) 3, or 3 (c) or any provision 
of any of those subsections is held invalid, such subsection or provision 
shall be held separable and the remaining subsections and provisions 
shall not be affected thereby. 
Approved May 22, 1953. 
18 FR 405. 
Public Law 32 
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JOINT RESOLUTION 
To provide for proper participation by the United States Government in a 
national celebration of the fiftieth anniversary year of controlled powered 
flight occurring during the year from December 17, 1952, to December 17,1953. 
May 22, 1953 
[S. J. Res. 42] 
Whereas two Americans, Orville and Wilbur Wright, of Dayton, Ohio, 
made the world's first successful controlled powered flight in a 
heavier-than-air craft at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, on December 
17,1903; and 
Whereas American inventiveness and competitive enterprise during 
the half-century since December 17,1903, has developed the airplane 
into one of mankind's most powerful economic tools, into a social 
force which has recast the earth, into the most decisive element in 
the armor of the free world; and 
Whereas the epochal contribution of the Wright Brothers is an his-
torical milestone in world aviation leadership; and 
Whereas the National Committee To Observe the Fiftieth Anniversary 
of Powered Flight desires and the President of the United States has 
directed the Federal Government to participate in a broad program 
of commemorative activities; and 
Whereas it is the judgment of the Congress that a proper coordination 
of Government participation in this anniversary be achieved: 
Therefore be it 
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled^ That the period from Decem-
ber 17, 1952, to December 17, 1953, be, and it is hereby, declared the 
fiftieth anniversary year of controlled powered flight. 
The President of the Senate shall appoint six Members and the 
Speaker of the House shall appoint six Members to compose a Joint 
Committee on Observance of the Fiftieth Anniversary Year of Con-
trolled Powered Flight, and may appoint additional Members of their 
respective Houses, from time to time, to represent the Congress at 
principal national events during the fiftieth anniversary year of 
controlled flight. 
When requested thereto by the joint committee appointed pursuant 
to this resolution, the Secretary of Defense is authorized and directed 
to arrange for the cooperation of and appropriate participation by the 
50th anniversary 
of powered flight. 
Joint Committee 
on Observance. 
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various armed services in the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary 
year of controlled powered flight. 
Necessary travel expenses of any Member of Congress incidental 
to the performance of duties and responsibilities pursuant to designa-
tion under this resolution shall be paid out of the contingent fund of 
the House of which such member is a Member, upon vouchers approved 
by the chairman elected by the joint committee created hereunder. 
Approved May 22, 1953. 
May 27, 1953 
[S. 1524] 
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AN ACT 
To authorize the Secretary of the Navy to furnish certain supplies and services 
to foreign naval vessels on a reimbursable basis, and for other purposes. 
F o r e i g n naval 
v e s s e l s at U. S. 
ports. 
S u p p l i e s a n d 
services. 
Payments. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress asseTnbled^ That the Secretary 
of the Navy, under such regulations as he may prescribe, is authorized 
to furnish foreign naval vessels at United States ports and naval 
bases— 
(1) routine port services such as pilotage, tugs, garbage 
removal, line handling, and utilities on a reimbursable basis with-
out an advance of funds when such routine port services are 
furnished on a like basis to United States naval vessels at ports 
and naval bases of the country concerned; 
(2) miscellaneous supplies such as fuel, provisions, spare parts, 
and general stores on a reimbursable basis without an advance 
of funds when a prior agreement conferring reciprocal rights on 
the United States and covering the reimbursement therefor has 
been negotiated with the country concerned; and 
(3) supplies and services such as overhauling, repairs, and 
alterations, including the installation of equipment, when funds 
to cover the estimated cost thereof have been made available in 
advance. 
SEC. 2. Payments for the supplies and services furnished pursuant 
to paragraphs (1) and (2) of the first section of this Act may be 
credited to current appropriations so as to be available for the same 
purposes as the appropriation initially charged. 
Approved May 27, 1953. 
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Tarrant C o unty 
Water Control and 
Improvement D i s-
trict No. 1, Tex. 
Conveyance. 
AN ACT 
To authorize the Secretary of the Navy to convey to the Tarrant County Water 
Control and Improvement District Numbered 1 certain parcels of land in 
exchange for other lands and interests therein at the former United States 
Marine Corps air station, Eagle Mountain Lake, Texas. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That, in consideration 
of the conveyance to the United States of America by the Tarrant 
County Water Control and Improvement District Numbered 1, of fee 
simple title to two certain parcels of land and avigation easement 
rights in other lands described in section 2 hereof, the Secretary of 
the Navy is authorized to convey to the said Tarrant County Water 
Control and Improvement District Numbered 1, all right, title, and 
interest of the United States of America in and to three parcels of