An Act to amend the Federal Airport Act in order to provide for an extension for a limited period of the program for the repair and rehabilitation of public airports damaged by Federal agencies, and for other purposes
PL 83-105 (S.35), enacted 07/08/1953

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PUBLIC LAW 104-JULY 6, 1953 
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Effective date. 
he would have attained in the Metropolitan Police Department or the 
Fire Department had his appointment to such position in such office 
or agency not been made, whichever is greater. 
"SEC. 2. As used in this Act the terms 'Metropolitan Police Depart-
ment' and 'Fire Department' shall include, respectively, offices or 
agencies succeeding to the functions of such departments pursuant 
to Reorganization Plan Number 5 of 1952." 
SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect at such time as the Commissioners 
of the District of Columbia shall transfer the functions of the Office 
of Civil Defense of the District of Columbia to a newly established 
Office of Civil Defense or any other office or agency, pursuant to 
Reorganization Plan Number 5 of 1952. 
Approved July 6, 1953. 
July 6, 1953 
[S. 1550] 
Public Law 104-
CHAPTER 180 
AN ACT 
To authorize the President to prescribe the occasions upon which the uniform of 
any of the Armed Forces may be worn by persons honorably discharged 
therefrom. 
Armed Forces, 
Uniforms. 
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10 u s e 
1028b; 
14 u s e 16 7b-2; 
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Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 125 of 
the Act of June 3,1916 (39 Stat. 216), as amended, is further amended 
by deleting the words "of ceremony" wherever they appear therein 
and substituting therefor the words "authorized by regulations of the 
President". 
SEC. 2. Section 2 of the Act of June 21, 1930 (46 Stat. 793), as 
amended, is further amended by deleting the words "of ceremony" and 
substituting therefor the words "authorized by regulations of the 
President". 
Approved July 6, 1953. 
Jvay 8, 1953 
CS.35] 
Public Law 105 
CHAPTER 181 
AN ACT 
To amend the Federal Airport Act in order to provide for an extension for a limited 
period of the program for the repair and rehabilitation of public airports dam-
aged by Federal agencies, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
Federal Airport United Stotcs of America in Congress assembled, That section 17 of the 
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Federal Airport Act, as amended, is hereby amended as follows: 
R^eYm'bm-slment 
(^) ^J deleting the last sentence of subsection (c) and inserting in 
for damage to pub- lieu thereof the following: "Appropriations made pursuant to this 
ic airpo s. 
subsection shall remain available until expended." 
(b) By amending subsection (d) to read as follows: 
"TIME LIMITATIONS ON FILING OF REQUESTS 
"(d) No request for reimbursement of the cost of rehabilitation or 
repair of a public airport submitted pursuant to this section shall be 
considered by the Secretary unless such request was submitted to him 
within six months after the occurrence of the damage upon which the 
request is based, or, in the case of a request relating to damage occurring 
while the airport was under the control and management of the United 
States, within six months after the transfer of such control and man-
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agement of the airport to the public agency involved; except that the 
Secretary may not consider any request submitted to him after March 
31, 1954." 
(c) By adding thereto a new subsection (e) as follows: 
"TIME LIMITATIONS ON MAKING or CERTIFICATIONS 
" (e) No certification pursuant to this section w^ith respect to a request 
submitted to the Secretary after the date of enactment of this subsec-
tion (except a supplemental certification of the amount by w^hich the 
actual cost of accomplished rehabilitation or repair exceeds the amount 
of a prior certification which was based on the estimated cost of such 
rehabilitation or repair) shall be made to the Congress after a date 
one year from the expiration of the period prescribed by law for the 
submittal of such request." 
SEC. 2, There is hereby repealed the proviso contained in the appro-
priation to the Department of Commerce, Civil Aeronautics Admin-
istration, headed "Claims, Federal Airport Act" in chapter I I I of the 
Third Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1951 (Public Law 45, Eighty-
second Congress), reading as follows: '"''Provided^ That no request for 
reimbursement of the cost of rehabilitation or repair of a public air-
port filed under section 17 of the Federal Airport Act shall be con-
sidered by the Secretary unless filed prior to July 1, 1951, and the 
Secretary shall make no certification to Congress after July 1,1952, of 
the actual or estimated cost of such rehabilitation or repair." 
SEC. 3. Notwithstanding the proviso of the Third Supplemental 
Appropriation Act, 1951, cited in section 2 and the provisions of sub-
section (d) of section 17 of the Federal Airport Act, the Secretary of 
Commerce is authorized to consider, pursuant to the said section 17, 
any request for reimbursement of the cost of rehabilitation or repair 
of a public airport, which is submitted to him within six months 
following the effective date of this Act, if such request would have met 
the time requirements of the said subsection (d) had it been filed on 
some date subsequent to June 30, 1951, and prior to the effective date 
of this Act, 
SEC. 4, Notwithstanding any provision of existing law to the con-
trary, all appropriations heretofore made to the Department of Com-
merce, pursuant to certifications made by that Department to the Con-
gress under section 17 of the Federal Airport Act, for reimbursement 
of public agencies for the cost of rehabilitating or repairing public 
airports damaged by Federal agencies, shall remain available until 
expended. 
Approved July 8, 1953. 
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limitation. 
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Appropriations 
available. 
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Public Law 106 
CHAPTER 182 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
Authorizing Lyle O. Snader temporarily to serve concurrently as Clerk and 
Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives. 
July 9, 1953 
[H. J. Res. 292] 
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, That Lyle O. Snader, of the 
State of Illinois, be, and he is hereby, authorized, notwithstanding the 
provisions of any other law, to serve concurrently as Clerk and Ser-
geant at Arms of the House of Representatives until another person 
is chosen by the House of Representatives to be and duly qualifies as 
Sergeant at Arms; and while the said Lyle 0. Snader is so serving the 
compensation received by him as Clerk of the House of Representatives 
House of Repre-
sentatives. 
Sergeant at Arms. 
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