An Act to authorize personnel of the Armed Forces to train for, attend, and participate in the Second Pan-American Games, the Seventh Olympic Winter Games, Games of the XVI Olympiad, future Pan-American Games and Olympic Games, and certain other international amateur sports competitions, and for other purposes
PL 84-11 (S.829), enacted 03/14/1955

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PUBLIC LAW 11-MAR. 14, 1955 
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SEC. 4. (a) Section 601 (a) of the Legislative Reorganization Act 
of 1946, as amended, is amended to read as follows: 
"(a) The compensation of Senators, Representatives in Congress, 
Delegates from the Territories, and the Resident Commissioner from 
Puerto Rico shall be at the rate of $22,500 per annum each; and the 
compensation of the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall be 
at the rate of $35,000 per annum." 
(b) Section 601 (b) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, 
as amended (relative to expense allowances of Members of Congress), 
is hereby repealed. 
(c) Section 104 of title 3 of the United States Code (relating to the 
compensation of the Vice President) is amended by striking out 
"$30,000" and substituting therefor "$35,000". 
SEC. 5. The provisions of this Act shall take elfect on March 1,1955. 
Approved March 2, 1955. 
60 Stat. 850. 
2 use 31. 
Repeal. 
2 u s e 31a. 
63 Stat. 4. 
Effective date* 
Public Law 10 
CHAPTER 10 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
To amend the National Housing Act, as amended. 
March 11, 1955 
[S. J. Res. 42] 
Resolved ly the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America 
in Congress assembled^ That section 217 of the 
National Housing Act, as amended, is hereby amended by striking out 
"$1,500,000,000, except that with the approval of the President such 
aggregate amount may be increased by not to exceed $500,000,000" and 
inserting in lieu thereof "$3,500,000,000". 
Approved March 11, 1955. 
F H A 
mortgage 
insurance. 
68 Stat. 596. 
12 u s e 1715h. 
Public Law 11 
CHAPTER 11 
AN ACT 
To authorize personnel of the Armed Forces to train for, attend, and participate 
in the Second Pan-American Games, the Seventh Olympic Winter Games, Games 
of the XVI Olympiad, future Pan-American Games and Olympic Games, and 
certain other international amateur sports competitions, and for other purposes. 
March 14, 1955 
[S. 829] 
etc. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled^ That the Act of July 
p^lcipation**in 
1, 1947 (Public Law 159, Eightieth Congress; 61 Stat. 243), is hereby oj;ympic Games, 
amended to read as follows: "That as used in this Act, the term 
'Secretary' means the Secretary of Defense, and, with respect to the 
Coast Guard when it is not operating as a part of the Navy, the 
Secretary of the Treasury, as the case may be. 
"SEC. 2. (a) The Secretary concerned is authorized (1) to permit 
personnel of the Armed Forces to train for, attend, and participate in 
the Second Pan-American Games, the Seventh Olympic Winter 
Games, the Games of the XVI Olympiad, future Pan-American Games 
and Olympic Games, and (2) subject to the limitation contained in 
subsection (b) herein, to permit personnel of the Armed Forces to 
train for, attend, and participate in other international amateur sports 
competition not specified in (1) above, if the Secretary of State deter-
mines that the interests of the United States will be served by 
participation therein. 
"(b) Tlie Secretary of Defense shall, not later than thirty days prior 
to the commitment of personnel pursuant to the authority contained 
in subsection (a) (2) liereof, furnish to the Committees on Armed 
Report to C o n-
gress. 
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PUBLIC LAW 12~MAR. 16, 1955 
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Funds and equip-
ment* 
Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report 
setting forth the details of the proposed participation by personnel of 
the Armed Forces in international amateur sports competition. 
"(c) Subject to the limitations contained in section 3 of this Act, 
the Secretary concerned may spend such funds and acquire and utilize 
such supplies, materiel, and equipment as he determines to be necessary 
to provide training of personnel of the Armed Forces for such games, 
to provide for their attendance at and participation in such games, 
and for training of animals of the Armed Forces for, and their 
attendance at and participation in, such games. 
"SEC. 3. (a) There may be expended, for the participation of mem-
bers of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps in the activities 
covered by this Act, not more than $800,000 during each four-year 
period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, to be appor-
tioned among the military departments as prescribed by the Secretary 
of Defense. 
"(b) There may be expended, for the participation of members of 
the Coast Guard in the activities covered by this Act, not more than 
$100,000 during each four-year period beginning on the date of 
enactment of this Act. 
"(c) Appropriations available to the Department of Defense and 
the Department of the Treasury, as the case may be, may be utilized 
to carry out the purposes of this Act. 
"SEC. 4. Nothing in this Act shall authorize the payment of allow-
ances at rates in excess of those fixed for participation in other military 
or naval activities. 
"SEC. 5. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, (a) no member 
of the uniformed services shall be entitled to the travel or transporta-
tion allowances authorized by section 303 of the Career Compensation 
Act of 1949, as amended, for any period during which his expenses for 
travel or transportation are being paid by the agency sponsoring his 
participation in the games and competitions authorized by this Act, 
and (b) no member of the uniformed services without dependents shall 
be entitled to receive the basic allowances for subsistence and quarters 
authorized by sections 301 and 302 of the Career Compensation Act 
37 use 251, 252. of 1949, as amended, for any period during which such member is 
subsisted and quartered hj the agency sponsoring his participation 
in the games and competitions as authorized by this Act," 
Approved March 14, 1955. 
Allowances* 
63 Stat. 813. 
37 u s e 253. 
March 16, 1955 
[S. 456] 
Public Law 12 
CHAPTER 12 
AN ACT 
Relating to the regulation of nets in Alaska waters. 
Alaska. 
R e g u l a t i o n of 
nets* 
48 Stat. 595. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the last sentence 
of section 3 of the Act entitled "An Act for the protection and regula-
tion of the fisheries of Alaska", approved June 26, 1906, as amended 
(48 U. S. C, sec. 233), is hereby amended to read as follows: "It shall 
be unlawful to lay or set any seine or net of any kind within one 
hundred yards of any other seine, net, or other fishing appliance which 
is being or which has been laid or set in any of the waters of Alaska, or 
to drive or to construct any trap or any other fixed fishing appliance, 
except a set gill net, stake gill net, or anchored gill net, within six 
hundred yards laterally or within one hundred yards endwise of any 
other trap or fixed fishing appliance." 
Approved March 16, 1955.