An Act transferring to the jurisdiction of the Department of the Army the bridge across the Missouri River between the Fort Leavenworth Military Reservation in Kansas and Platte County, Mo., and authorizing its removal.
PL 84-787 (S.2092), enacted 07/25/1956

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July 24,1956 
IH, 
PUBLIC LAW 785-JULY 24, 1956 
[70 S T A T . 
Public Law 785 
CHAPTER 697 
AN ACT 
—
I 
i— To amend the Dependents Assistance Act of 1950, as amended, so as to provide 
punishment for fraudulent acceptance of benefits thereunder. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Dependents 
Assistance Act of 1950, as amended (64 Stat. 794; 67 Stat. 6; Public 
Law 118, Eighty-fourth Congress, approved June 30, 1955), is 
amended by inserting the following section after section 13: 
"SEC. 13a. Whoever shall obtain or receive any money, check, allow-
ance, or allotment under this Act, without being entitled thereto and 
with intent to defraud shall be punished by a fine of not more than 
$2,000 or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both." 
Approved July 24, 1956. 
69 Stat. 224. 
50 U S C app. 
2201 note. 
July 25, 1956 
[S. J. Res. 182] 
Commission on 
G o v e r n m e n t Se-
curity. 
50 u s e 781 note. 
63 Stat. 954. 
5 u s e 1071 note. 
5 u s e 55a. 
Reports to eon-
gress. 
Termination. 
Public Law 786 
CHAPTER 715 
JOINT EESOLUTION 
To extend the time for filing the final report of the Commission on Government 
Security to June 30, 1957, and for other purposes. 
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, That section 4 (a) (2) of 
the joint resolution, approved August 9, 1955, entitled "Joint Resolu-
tion To Establish a Commission on Government Security" (69 Stat. 
595-597), is hereby amended to read as follows: 
"(2) The Commission may procure, without regard to the civil 
service laws and the Classification Act of 1949, as amended, temporary 
and intermittent services to the same extent as is authorized for the 
departments by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (60 Stat. 810), 
but at rates not to exceed $50 per diem for individuals, and such serv-
ices may be procured for any period of time during the existence of the 
Commission." 
That section 9 of such joint resolution is hereby amended to read 
as follows: 
"SEC. 9. The Commission may submit interim reports to the Con-
gress and the President at such time or times as it deems advisable, 
and shall submit its final report to the Congress and the President not 
later than June 30, 1957. The final report of the Commission may 
propose such legislative enactments and administrative actions as in 
its judgment are necessary to carry out its recommendations. 
The 
Commission shall cease to exist ninety days after submission of its 
final report." 
Approved July 25, 1956. 
July 25, 1956 
[S. 2092] 
Public Law 787 
CHAPTER 716 
AN ACT 
Transferring to the jurisdiction of the Department of the Army the bridge across 
the Missouri River between the Fort Leavenworth military reservation in 
Kansas and Platte County, Missouri, and authorizing its removal. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and Home of Representatives 
of the 
enw'o^^Klks!*^ United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Attorney 
juris<Action 'and General is hereby authorized and directed to transfer back to the juris-
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diction of the Department of the Army the bridge across the Missouri 
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River at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, connecting the military reserva-
tion with the lands belonging to the Department of Justice in Platte 
County, Missouri. 
SEC. 2. The provisions in the Second Deficiency Act of 1924 (43 
Stat. 687) requiring that said bridge shall be open to use by the public 
under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Attorney 
General is hereby repealed. 
SEC. 3. The Department of the Army is authorized to remove the 
said bridge as it constitutes an unreasonable obstruction to navigation 
and such appropriation is hereby authorized as may be necessary for its 
removal and the relocation of the Government-owned utilities now 
carried by said bridge serving the lands belonging to the Department 
of Justice in Platte County, Missouri, 
Approved July 25, 1956, 
Approp ri ation. 
Public Law 788 
CHAPTER 717 
AN ACT 
To provide that lock and dam numbered 17 on the Black Warrior River, Alabama, 
shall hereafter be known and designated as the John Hollis Bankhead lock 
and dam. 
July 25, 1956 
[S. 2424] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That, in honor of the 
late Senator John Hollis Bankhead, and in recognition of his out-
standing service in securing the improvement of the Black Warrior 
River, Alabama, lock and dam numbered 17 on such river shall here-
after be known and designated as the John Hollis Bankhead lock 
and dam, and shall be dedicated to his memory as a monument to his 
distinguished public service. Any law, regulation, document, or 
record of the United States in which such lock and dam is designated 
or referred to as lock and dam numbered 17 shall be held and con-
sidered to refer to such lock and dam under and by the name of the 
John Hollis Bankhead lock and dam. 
Approved July 25, 1956. 
J o h n 
H o l l i s 
Bankhead lock and 
dam. 
Public Law 789 
CHAPTER 718 
AN ACT 
To authorize the Secretary of Ajjriculture to convey to the Territory of Alaska 
certain lands in the city of Sitlta, known as Baranof Castle site. 
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Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary 
of Agriculture is hereby authorized and directed to convey, without 
reimbursement therefor, to the Territory of Alaska, for use as a 
historic monument site, all the right, title, and interest of the United 
States to the following described lands, containing 1.349 acres, more 
or less, and improvement thereon, known as the Baranof Castle site: 
The tract of land formerly occupied by the Alaska Agricultural 
Experiment Station, more particularly shown on the plat of Sitka 
Townsite, Alaska, United States survey numbered 1474, tract A, 
approved April 2, 1925, as the United States Reserve for Agricultural 
Investigations and Weather Service: Provided, That if the Territory 
of Alaska shall attempt to transfer title to or control over these lands, 
or to devote them to a use other than as a historic monument site title 
thereto shall revert to the United States. 
Approved July 25, 1956. 
July 25, 1956 
[S. 3344] 
Baranof Ca s tie 
site, Alaska. 
Conveyance.