An Act to provide for absence from duty by civilian officers and employees of the Government on certain days, and for other purposes
PL 86-362 (H.R.5752), enacted 09/22/1959

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PUBUC LAW 86-3e2>SEPT. 32, 1969 
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SEC. 3. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums 
as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act: Provided, 
That no more than $2,700,000 be appropriated for this purpose in any 
one fiscal year. 
Approved September 22, 1959, 
Appropriation. 
Public Law 86-360 
AN ACT 
Tn repeal section 217 of the Merchant Marin* Act, 1936, as amended. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 217 of 
the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended (56 Stat. 171; 46 U.S.C. 
1127), is hereby repealed. 
Approved Septanber 22, 1959. 
September 22, 1959 
[H. R. 5067] 
Public Law 86-361 
AN ACT 
To provide a further increase in the retired pay of certain members of the 
former Lighthouse Service. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the annual 
rate of retired pay of each person retired prior to January 1, 1958, 
under section 6 of the Act of June 20, 1918, as amended and supple-
mented, shall be increased, effective on the first day of the first calendar 
month following the date of enactment of this Act, by 10 per centum, 
or $150 per annum, whichever is the greater. 
Approved September 22, 1959. 
September 22,1959 
[H. R. 5431] 
Lighthouse Serv-
ice. 
Retired pay. 
40 Stat. 608. 
33 use 763. 
Public Law 86-362 
AN ACT 
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September 22, 1959 
To provide for absence from duty by civilian officers and employees of the 
[H. R. 5752] 
Government on certain days, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assenibled, That, for the pur-
poses of provisions of law relating to pay and leave of absence of 
civilian officers and employees in or under the Government of the 
United States, with respect to New Year's Day (January 1), Wash-
ington's Birthday (February 22), Memorial Day (May 30), Inde-
pendence Day (July 4), Veterans Day (November 11), Christmas 
Day (December 25), or any other day declared to be a holiday by 
Feaeral statute or Executive order, the following rules shall apply: 
(1) If any such day shall occur on a Saturday, the daj^ immedi-
ately preceding such Saturday shall be held and considered to 
be a legal public holiday, in lieu of such day which so occurs on 
such Saturday, (A) for such officers and employees whose basic 
workweek is Monday through Friday, and (B) for the purposes 
of section 205(d) of the Annual and Sick Leave Act of 1951 
(65 Stat. 681), as amended (5 U.S.C. 2064(d)). 
Federal employ-
ees. 
Legal holidays. 
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Effective date. 
(2) If any such day shall occur on a regular weekly nonwork-
day of any officer or employee whose basic workweek is other 
than Monday through Friday (except the regular weekly non-
workday administratively scheduled for such officer or employee 
in lieu of Sunday) the workday immediately preceding such 
regular weekly nonworkday shall be held and considered to be 
a legal public holiday for such officer or employee in lieu of such 
day which so occurs on such regular weekly nonworkday. 
SEC. 2. The first section of this Act, except clause (B) of paragraph 
(1) of such section, shall not apply to any officer or employee whose 
basic workweek is Monday through Saturday. 
SEC. 3. The preceding sections of this Act shall take effect on 
July 1, 195^. 
Approved September 22, 1959. 
September 22> 1959 
[H. R. 5896] 
Public Law 86-363 
AN ACT 
To provide for the entry of certain relatives of United States citizens and law-
fully resident aliens. 
Immigration and 
Nationality 
A c t , 
amendments. 
8 u s e 1153. 
I m m i g r ation 
q u o t a s , 
l i b e r -
alization. 
8 u s e 1153. 
8 u s e 1153. 
Sp o u s e 
a n d 
m i n o r c h i l d r e n 
of aliens. 
8 u s e 1153. 
N o n quota stc 
B. 
8 u s e 1155. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 203(a) 
(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (66 Stat. 178) is hereby 
amended by striking out the period and adding the following: "or 
who are the unmarried sons or daughters of citizens of the United 
States". 
SEC. 2. Section 203(a) (3) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(66 Stat. 178) is hereby amended by striking out the word "children" 
and substituting in lieu thereof "unmarried sons or daughters". 
SEC. 3. The second sentence of paragraph 4 of section 203(a) of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (66 Stat. 178-179) is hereby 
amended to read: "Qualified quota immigrants of each quota area who 
are the brothers, sisters, married sons or married daughters of citizens 
of the United States shall be entitled to a preference of not exceeding 
cO per centum of the immigrant visas available for issuance for each 
quota area under this paragraph, and such preference shall be avail-
able to the spouses and children of such qualified quota immigrants 
if accompanying them." 
SEC. 4. Any alien who (1) is registered on a consular waiting list 
pursuant to section 203(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(66 Stat. 179) under a priority date earlier than December 31, 1953, 
and (2) is eligible for a quota immigrant status under the provisions of 
section 203(a) (2), (3), or (4) of such Act on the basis of a petition 
approved by the Attorhey General prior to January 1, 1959, and the 
spouse and the children of such alien, shall be held to be nonquota 
immigrants and, if otherwise admissible under the provisions of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act, shall be issued nonquota immi-
grant visas: Provided, That, upon his application for an immigrant 
visa, and for his admission into the United States, the alien is found 
to have retained his relationship to the petitioner, and status, as 
established in the approved petition. 
SEC. 5. (a) Section 205(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(66 Stat. 180) is hereby amended to read: