An Act to facilitate the making of lease purchase agreements by the Administrator of General Services under the Public Building Act of 1949, as amended, and by the Postmaster General under the Post Office Department Property Act of 1954, and for other purposes
PL 84-667 (S.3866), enacted 07/09/1956

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July 9, 1956 
[S.3581] 
PUBLIC LAW 666-JULY 9, 1956 
[70 S T A T . 
Public Law 666 
CHAPTER 524 
AN ACT 
To increase the retired pay of certain, members of the former Lighthouse 
Service. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
^ Lighthouse serv- United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the annual 
"^Retirement. 
rate of retired pay of each person retired under section 6 of the Act 
10^36. ^**** ^°** of June 20, 1918, as amended and supplemented, shall be increased, 
33 use 763. 
effective on the first day of the first calendar month following the 
date of enactment of this Act, in accordance with the following 
schedule: 
Retired pay not 
Retired pay in 
in excess of 
e x c e s s 
of 
$1,500 
shall 
$1,500 
shall 
be increased 
be Increased 
If retired pay commences between— 
by— 
by— 
June 20, 1918, and June 30, 1955 
12 per centum 
8 \>ev centum 
July 1, 1955, and December 31, 1955 
10 per centum 
7 i^er centum 
January 1, 1956, and June 30, 1956 
8 per centum 
6 per centum 
July 1, 1956, and Dec-ember 31, 1956 
6 per centum 
4 per centum 
January 1, 1957, and June 30, 1957 
4 per centum 
2 per centum 
July 1, 1957, and December 31, 1957 
2 per centum 
1 per centum 
Restricuon. 
Sucli aiiiiual increase in retired pay shall not exceed the sum necessary 
to increase such retired pay to $4,104. The monthly installment of 
each retired payment so increased shall be fixed at the nearest dollar. 
Approved July 9, 1956. 
Public Law 667 
CHAPTER 525 
July 9, 1956 
[S. 3866] 
Lease-purchase 
contracts. 
40 u s e 356. 
68 Stat. 520. 
68 Stat. 522. 
39 u s e 902g. 
AN ACT 
To facilitate the making of lease-purchase agreements by the Administrator of 
General Services under the Public Buildings Act of 1949, as amended, and by 
the Postmaster General under the Post Office Department Property Act of 
1954, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That subsection (e) 
of section 411 of the Public Buildings Act of 1949, as added by section 
101 of the Public Buildings Contract Act of 1954 (68 Stat. 518), is 
further amended— 
(1) by repealing so much of said subsection (e) as reads: "No 
proposed purchase contract agreement shall be executed under 
this section unless such agreement has been approved by the 
Director of the Bureau of the Budget, as evidenced by a written 
statement of such officer to the effect that the execution of such 
agreement is necessary and is in conformity with the policy of 
the President."; and 
(2) by adding at the end of subparagraph 8 of said subsection 
(e) the following: "Such statement by the Director shall be 
based on budgetary and related considerations and shall not be 
deemed to constitute approval by the Director of the specific 
terms or provisions of any proposed agreement or of the selection 
of any particular contractor or lessor." 
SEC. 2. Subsection (g) of section 202 of the Post Office Department 
Property Act of 1954, 68 Stat. 521, is amended— 
(1) by repealing so much of said subsection (g) as reads: 
"No proposed lease-purchase agreement shall be executed under 
this section unless such agreement has been approved by the 
Director of the Bureau of the Budget, as evidenced by a written 
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statement of such officer to the eflfect that the execution of such 
agreement is necessary and is in conformity with the policy of the 
President."; and 
(2) by adding at the end of subparagraph 8 of said subsection 
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(g) the following: "Such statement by the Director shall be 
based on budgetary and related considerations and shall not be 
deemed to constitute approval by the Director of the specific terms 
or provisions of any proposed agreement or of the selection of 
any particular contractor or lessor." 
Approved July 9, 1956. 
Public Law 668 
CHAPTER 526 
AN ACT 
Tuly 9, 1956 
To authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to transfer certain property to the 
[H. R. 4652] 
Panama Canal Company, and for other purposes. 
Panama 
C a n a l 
Company« 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and Houne of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in (^ongress assembled^ That the Secretary 
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of the Treasury is authorized to transfer to the Panama Canal Com- 
frmsferofprap 
pany, without exchange of funds, all or so much of the facilities, *' ^' 
buildings, structures, improvements, and equipment comprising aids to 
navigation maintained by the Coast Guard at or on Roncador Cay, 
Serrana Banks, Quita Sueno Banks, Christobal Mole, Cape Mala, 
Jicarita Island, and Morro Puercos Island, as may be mutually ac-
ceptable for transfer. 
SEC. 2. Upon completion of any transfer authorized by this Act, 
the functions of the Treasury Department concerning the pertinent aid 
to navigation and its jurisdiction over the site upon which the aid is 
located are transferred to the Panama Canal Company. 
S E C 3. Transfers made under this Act shall be subject to the provi-
sions of section 246 (b) of title 2 of the Canal Zone Code, as added by 
the Act of June 29, 1948 (ch. 706, sec. 2, 62 Stat. 1076). 
Approved July 9, 1956. 
Public Law 669 
CHAPTER 527 
AN ACT 
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For the relief of the Florida State Hospital. 
[H. R. 5522] 
Be it enxicted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled^ That the Florida Ho^pu'ai.'^^ ^^^ 
State Hospital, Chattahoochee, Florida, is relieved of all liability to 
pay to the United States the sum of $1,626.27, representing the penalty 
which was assessed against the hospital by the Department of Agri-
culture (under section 346 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 
1938) for cotton planted by the hospital in excess of its 1954 acreage 
allotment. 
Such excess cotton was intended solely for use by the 
hospital and not for sale on the market; and the officials of the hospital, 
in planting such cotton, were acting in good faith on their understand-
ing (based upon conversations with personnel of the Agriculture 
Stabilization and Conservation Office in Marianna, Florida) that 
cotton so used would not be subject to marketing penalties. 
Approved July 9, 1956.