An Act to provide retirement benefits for the Chief of the Dental Division of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, and for other purposes
PL 82-180 (H.R.4205), enacted 10/18/1951

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PUBLIC LAW 180—OCT. 18, 1951 
[65 STAT. 
63 Stat. 954. 
5 U. S. O. 
note. 
1071 
Contract provision 
regarding gratuities. 
Ceiling on civilian 
employees. 
Restriction on flight 
pay. 
Short title. 
ten temporary positions for the fiscal year 1952 to be placed in 
grades GS-17 and GS-18 of the general schedule of the Classification 
Act of 1949 in accordance with the procedures and standards of that 
Act. Not more than five of these positions shall be in grade GS-18. 
Such positions shall be additional to the number authorized by section 
505 of that Act, and not more than four of these positions may be filled 
by promotion. 
SEC. 631. No part of any money appropriated in titles II, III, IV, 
or V of this Act shall be expended under any contract (other than a 
contract for personal services) entered into after the enactment of this 
Act unless such contract provides— 
(1) that the Government may, by written notice to the con-
tractor, terminate the right of such contractor to proceed under 
such contract if it is found, after notice and hearing, by the 
Secretary of the military department with which the contract is 
made, or his designee, that gratuities (in the form of entertain-
ment, gifts, or otherwise) were offered or given by such contractor, 
or any agent or representative of such contractor, to any officer 
or employee of the Government with a view toward securing 
a contract or securing favorable treatment with respect to the 
awarding or amending, or the making of any determinations 
with respect to the performing, of such contract: Provided^ That 
the existence of the facts upon which such Secretary makes such 
findings shall be in issue and may be reviewed in any competent 
court, 
(2) that in the event any such contract is so terminated the 
Government shall be entitled, (A) to pursue the same remedies 
against the contractor as it could pursue in the event of a breach 
of the contract by the contractor, and (B) as a penalty in addition 
to any other damages to which it may be entitled by law, to 
exemplary damages in an amount not less than three nor more 
than ten times (as determined by the Secretary or his designee) 
the costs incurred by any such contractor in providing any such 
gratuities to any such officer or employee. 
SEC. 632. No funds appropriated in titles II, I I I , IV, and V of this 
Act shall be used for the payment in excess of 500,000 full-time graded 
civilian employees (including (a) the full-time equivalent of part-
time employment, (b) persons who are described as "consultants" or 
who are compensated on a "when actually employed" basis if such 
persons are employed on a contract basis or are paid on a per diem 
basis, and (c) persons employed without compensation if they are 
reimbursed for expenses) at any one time during the current fiscal 
year. 
SEC. 633. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
be available for the payment of flight pay to personnel whose actual 
assigned duties do not involve operational or training flights. 
SEC. 634. This Act may be cited as the "Department of Defense 
Appropriation Act, 1952". 
Approved October 18, 1951. 
October 18, 1961 
[H. R. 42051 
Public Law 180 
CHAPTER 5 1 3 
AN ACT 
To provide retirement benefits for the Chief of the Dental Division of the Bureau 
of Medicine and Surgery, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of ATnerica in Congress assemhled^ That section 3 of the 
66 STAT.] 
PUBLIC LAW 182—OCT. 20, 1951 
451 
Act of December 28,1945 (59 Stat. 666), as amended (5 U. S. C. 466c), 
is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following sen-
tence : "Such officer shall; while so serving, receive the pay and allow-
ances provided by law for rear admirals of the upper half and shall be 
entitled in all respects to the same privileges of retirement and retired 
pay benefits as are now or may hereafter be provided by law for chiefs 
of bureaus of the Navy Department." 
Approved October 18, 1951. 
Public Law 181 
CHAPTER 519 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
To terminate the state of war between the United States and the Government 
of Germany. 
October 19,1951 
[H. J. Res. 289] 
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America 
in Congress assembled, That the state of war 
declared to exist between the United States and the Government of 
Germany by the joint resolution of Congress approved December 11, 
1941, is hereby terminated and such termination shall take effect on 
the date of enactment of this resolution: Provided, however, That 
notwithstanding this resolution and any proclamation issued by the 
President pursuant thereto, any property or interest which prior to 
January 1,1947, was subject to vesting or seizure under the provisions 
of the Trading With the Enemy Act of October 6,1917 (40 Stat. 411), 
as amended, or which has heretofore been vested or seized under that 
Act, including accruals to or proceeds of any such property or inter-
est, shall continue to be subject to the provisions of that Act in the 
same manner and to the same extent as if this resolution had not been 
adopted and such proclamation had not been issued. Nothing herein 
and nothing in such proclamation shall alter the status, as it existed 
immediately prior hereto, under that Act, of Germany or of any 
person with respect to any such property or interest. 
Approved October 19, 1951. 
War between U. S, 
and Germany. 
Termination. 
65 Stat. 796. 
50 U. S. C. app.,. 
note prec. § 1. 
50 U. 8. C. app. § 1. 
Public Law 182 
CHAPTER 520 
AN ACT 
To amend the Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp Act of March 16, 1934 (48 Stat. 
451; 16 U. S. C. 718d), as amended. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That subsection (a) 
of section 4 of the Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp Act of March 16, 
1934 (48 Stat. 451; 16 U. S. C. 718d), as amended is further amended 
by deleting the number "90" and inserting in lieu thereof the number 
"^5" and subsection (b) of said section 4 is amended by inserting the 
words "in enforcing and" immediately after the words "The remainder 
shall be available for expenses" as they appear therein. 
Approved October 20, 1951. 
October 20,1951 
[S. 609]