An Act to extend the period for filing of certain claims under the War Claims Act of 1948 by World War II prisoners of war
PL 83-359 (H.R.6896), enacted 05/13/1954

68 STAT.] 
PUBLIC LAW 359-MAY 13, 1954 
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which period a public hearing shall be conducted. 
Any such establish-
ment of or changes in basic rules of measurement or rates of charges 
or tolls shall be subject to and shall take effect thirty days following 
the date of approval thereof by the President, and shall be final and 
conclusive, subject to review as hereinafter provided. 
Any person 
aggrieved by an order of the Corporation establishing or changing 
such rules or rates may, Avithin such thirty-day period, apply to the 
Corporation for a rehearing of the matter upon the basis of which 
the order was entered. The Corporation shall have power to grant or 
deny the application for rehearing and upon such rehearing or with-
out further hearing to abrogate or modify its order. The action of 
the Corporation in denying an application for rehearing or in abro-
gating or modifying its order shall be final and conclusive thirty days 
after its approval by the President unless within such thirty-day period 
a petition for review is filed by a person aggrieved by such action in the 
United States Court of Appeals for the circuit in which the works 
to which the order applies are located or in the United States Court 
of Appeals for the District of Columbia. The court in which such 
petition is filed shall have the same jurisdiction and powers as in the 
case of petitions to review orders of the Federal Power Commission 
filed under section 313 (b) of the Federal Power Act (16 U. S. C. 8251). 
49 stat. seo. 
The judgment of the court shall be final subject to review by the 
Supreme Court upon certiorari or certification as provided in sections 
1254 (1) and 1254 (3) of title 2-8 of the United States Code. The 
62 stat. 928, 
filing of an application for rehearing shall not, unless specifically 
ordered by the Corporation, operate as a stay of the Corporation's 
order. The filing of a petition for review shall not, unless specifically 
ordered by the court, operate as a stay of the Corporation's order. 
(b) In the course of its negotiations, or in the establishment, uni-
laterally, of the rates of charges or tolls as provided in subsection (a), 
the Corporation shall be guided by the following principles: 
(1) That the rates shall be fair and equitable and shall give due 
consideration to encouragement of increased utilization of the naviga-
tion facilities, and to the special character of bulk agricultural, min-
eral, and other raw materials. 
(2) That rates shall vary according to the character of cargo with 
the view that each classification of cargo shall so far as practicable 
derive relative benefits from the use of these facilities. 
(3) That the rates on vessels in ballast without passengers or cargo 
may be less than the rates for vessels with passengers or cargo. 
(4) That the rates prescribed shall be calculated to cover, as nearly 
as practicable, all costs of operating and maintaining the works under 
the administration of the Corporation, including depreciation, pay-
ment of interest on the obligations of the Corporation, and payments 
in lieu of taxes. 
(5) That the rates shall provide, in addition, for the Corporation 
revenues sufficient to amortize the principal of the debts and obliga-
tions of the Corporation over a period not to exceed fifty years. 
Approved May 13, 1954. 
Public Law 359 
CHAPTER 202 
AN ACT 
jjay 13, 1954 
To extend the period for the filing of certain claims under the War Claims Act 
[H. R. 6896] 
of 1948 by World War II prisoners of war. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 3 of the 
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PUBLIC LAW 360-MAY 17, 1954 
[68 ST A T , 
66 Stat. 49. 
50 u s e app. 2005 
note. 
Effective date. 
Act entitled "An Act to amend sections 6 and 7 of the War Claims Act 
of 1948", approved April 9, 1952, is amended by striking out "within 
one year after the date of enactment of this Act", and inserting in 
lieu thereof "on or before August 1,1954". 
SEC. 2. The amendment made by this Act shall not be construed to 
extend the life of the War Claims Commission for any period of time. 
SEC. 3. The amendment made by this Act shall take effect as of 
April 9,1953. 
Approved May 13, 1954. 
May 17, 1954 
[H. R. 6251] 
Public Law 360 
CHAPTER 203 
AN ACT 
To authorize the abolishment of the Shoshone Cavern National Monument and 
the transfer of the land therein to the city of Cody, Wyoming, for public recre-
ational use, and for other purposes. 
Shoshone Cavern 
N a t i o n a l 
Monu* 
ment. 
Abolishment. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America 
in Congress assembled, That Shoshone 
Cavern National Monument, established by Executive proclamation 
of September 21, 1909 (36 Stat. 2501), is hereby abolished and the 
Secretary of the Interior is authorized to convey, without cost, the 
lands embraced therein, aggregating two hundred and ten acres, to the 
city of Cody, Wyoming, for public recreational use, upon such terms 
and conditions as he shall find to be equitable and in the public interest. 
In order that the city may provide adequate public access to such 
property from the Cody-Yellowstone Highway (U. S. Nos. 14 and 20), 
the Secretary of the Interior is also authorized to convey without cost 
a right-of-way to the city. 
In the event that the city of Cody shall fail to devote the said monu-
ment lands to the purposes of public park and recreational site within 
ten years after the date of the enactment of this Act or shall fail to 
maintain such land for such purposes for any period of five consecu-
tive years subsequent to its devotion to such use or shall fail to provide 
adequate measures for fire control and watershed protection for the 
lands, or shall devote such lands or any part thereof to any other use 
not consistent with the purposes of this Act, such lands and all improve-
ments thereon shall revert to the United States. In such an event, the 
Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to declare a forfeiture 
of all grants and conveyances made pursuant to this Act and to admin-
ister such properties in accordance with the public land laws of the 
United States. 
Approved May 17, 1954. 
May 17, 1954 
[H. R. 6549] 
Public Law 361 
CHAPTER 204 
AN ACT 
To provide for the construction of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial 
at the site of old Saint Louis, Missouri, in general accordance with the plan 
approved by the United States Territorial Expansion Memorial Commission, 
and for other purposes. 
J e f f e r s o n Na-
tional 
Expansion 
Memorial, Mo. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That there is hereby 
authorized to be constructed by the Secretary of the Interior upon the 
Jefferson National Expansion Memorial National Historic Site, Saint 
Louis, Missouri, an appropriate national memorial to those persons 
who made possible the territorial expansion of the United States,