An Act to amend section 304 of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 and section 4 of the Armed Services Procurement Act of 1947
PL 82-245 (S.921), enacted 10/31/1951

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PUBLIC LAW 244—OCT. 30, 1951 
[65 STAT. 
64 Stat. 54. 
12 U.S.C.S 17156. 
Housing Commissioner has issued, prior to June 29, 1951, pursuant 
to section 213 of the National Housing Act, as amended, either a 
commitment to insure or a statement of eligibility: And 
provided 
further^ That not to exceed $3,500,000 of said authorization shall be 
available for such commitments in any one State. 
Approved October 30, 1951. 
October 30,1951 
[H. J. Res. 351] 
Public Law 244 
CHAPTER 643 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
Fixing the date of the meeting of the second regular session of the Eighty-second 
Congress 
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled^ That the second regular 
session of the Eighty-second Congress shall begin at noon on Tuesday, 
January 8, 1952. 
Approved October 30, 1951. 
October 31, 
[S. 921] 1951 
Public Law 245 
CHAPTER 652 
AN ACT 
To amend section 304 of tlie Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 
1949 and section 4 of the Armed Services Procurement Act of 1947. 
163. 
Certain contracts. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of Ainerica in Congress assembled, That section 304 of 
the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 and 
^63 Stat. 395; 6
2 Stat. sectioR 4 of the Armed Services Procurement Act of 1947 are hereby 
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, amended by inserting at the end of the above-named sections the 
following new subsection: 
"(c) All contracts negotiated without advertising pursuant to 
authority contained in this Act shall include a clause to the effect that 
the Comptroller General of the United States or any of his duly author-
ized representatives shall until the expiration of three years after final 
payment have access to and the right to examine any directly pertinent 
books, documents, papers, and records of the contractor or any of his 
subcontractors engaged in the performance of and involving transac-
tions related to such contracts or subcontracts." 
Approved October 31, 1951. 
October 31, 1951 
[S. 1320] 
Public Health Serv-
ice. 
G r a d e s 
of desig-
nated officers. 
Public Law 246 
CHAPTER 653 
AN ACT 
To amend the Public Health Service Act, as amended, so as to provide for equality 
of grade, pay, and allowance between certain officers of the Public Health 
Service and comparable officers of the Army, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the first sen-
tence of subsection (a) of section 206 of the Public Health Service 
Act, as amended (42 U. S. C. 207; 58 Stat. 684), is hereby amended 
to read as follows: 
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"(a) The Surgeon General, during the period of his appointment 
as such, shall be of the same grade, with the same pay and allowances, 
as the Surgeon General of the Army; the Deputy Surgeon General 
while assigned as such, shall have the grade corresponding with the 
grade of major general, with the pay and allowances thereof; and the 
Chief Dental Officer, while assigned as such, shall have the grade, with 
the same pay and allowances, as is prescribed by law for the officer of 
the Dental Corps selected and appointed as Assistant Surgeon General 
of the Army." 
Approved October 31, 1951. 
Public Law 247 
CHAPTER 654 
AN ACT 
To amend or repeal certain Government property laws, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following 
Acts and parts of Acts are hereby repealed: 
(1) The sixth paragraph on page 865 of volume 32 of the Statutes 
at Large, in the Act of February 25, 1903 (2 U. S. C. 148). 
(2) The first full paragraph on page 1404 of volume 36 of the 
Statutes at Large, in the Act of March 4, 1911 (3 U. S. C. 47). 
(3) Section 197 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (5 U. S. C. 
109). 
(4) Section 226 of the Revised Statutes (5 U. S. C. 201). 
(5) The Act of June 7, 1924, as amended (43 Stat. 597; 5 U. S. C. 
203-207). 
(6) The Act of May 29, 1928, as amended (45 Stat. 985, ch. 900; 
5U.S.C.219). 
(7) Section 8 of the Act of July 24, 1946 (60 Stat. 643; 5 U. S. C. 
229). 
(8) The last paragraph commencing on page 817 and ending on 
page 818 of volume 25 of the Statutes at Large, in the Act of March 
2, 1889 (5 U. S. C. 454), and said paragraph shall be inapplicable 
to the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, notwithstanding the second 
sentence of the second full paragraph on page 245 of volume 27 of the 
Statutes at Large, in the Act of July 19,1892. 
(9) The third full paragraph on page 270 of volume 41 of the 
Statutes at Large, in the Act of July 24, 1919 (5 U. S. C. 550). 
(10) So much of the first full paragraph on page 614 of volume 
47 of the Statutes at Large, in the Act of July 7, 1932 (7 U. S. C. 
386g), as reads: "to transfer to any Government department or estab-
lishment or to local authorities or institutions such property and/or 
equipment or to sell the same at public or private sale and". 
(11) The sixth paragraph on page 274 of volume 37 of the Statutes 
at Large, in the Act of August 10,1912 (7 U. S. C. 392). 
(12) The matter appearing after the semicolon in the second full 
paragraph on page 143 of volume 59 of the Statutes at Large, in the 
Act of May 5,1945 (7 U. S. C. 419). 
(13) The first full paragraph on page 748 of volume 55 of the 
Statutes at Large, in the Act of October 28, 1941 (10 U. S. C. 576a). 
(14) The last proviso on page 1347 of volume 40 of the Statutes 
at Large, in the Act of March 4, 1919 (10 U. S. C. 1122). 
(15) Section 3714 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (10 U. S. C. 
1191,34U. S. C. 560). 
October 31,1951 
[S. 1952] 
Government propi-
erty. 
Repeals.