An Act to entitle enlisted men and warrant officers advanced to commissioned rank or grade who are restored to their former enlisted or warrant officer status pursuant to section 3 of the Act of June 19, 1948 (62 Stat. 505), to receive retired enlisted or warrant officer pay from November 1, 1946, or date advancement to date of restoration to enlisted or warrant officer status
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with respect to any accident or judgment arising therefrom, or vio-
lation of the motor vehicle laws of the District of Columbia, occurring 
prior to the effective date of this Act. 
SEC. 83. PAST APPLICATION OF ACT.—This Act shall not apply with 
respect to any accident, or judgment arising therefrom, or violation 
of the motor-vehicle laws of the District of Columbia, occurring prior 
to the effective date of this Act. 
SEC. 84. ACT NOT To PREVENT OTHER PROCESS.—Nothing in this 
Act shall be construed as preventing the plaintiff in any action at law 
from relying for relief upon the other processes provided by law. 
SEC. 85. UNIFORMITY or INTERPRETATION.—This Act shall be so 
interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make 
it uniform with similar laws enacted by the several States. 
SEC. 86. CONSTITUTIONALITY.—If any part or parts of this Act shall 
be held unconstitutional, such unconstitutionality shall not affect the 
validity of the remaining parts of this Act. 
SEC. 87. EFFECTIVE DATE OF ACT.—^This Act shall take effect one 
year after its enactment. 
Approved May 25, 1954. 
Public Law 366 
CHAPTER 223 
May 27, 1954 
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To authorize the Maine-New Hampshire Interstate Bridge Authority to recon-
struct and improve the toll bridge, and the approaches thereto, across the 
Piscataqua River at Portsmouth, New Hampshire. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
R ^ t^eV b A d g e, United States of A merica in Congress assembled, That the Act entitled 
Portsmouth, N. H.' "An Act authoHzing the Maine-New Hampshire Interstate Bridge 
Authority to construct, maintain, and operate a toll bridge across the 
Piscataqua Eiver at or near Portsmouth, State of New Hampshire", 
approved July 28, 1937 (50 Stat. 535), is amended by inserting after 
section 4 thereof a new section as follows: 
^^impr o V ements, 
"SEC. 4A. IU addition to the powers granted by the preceding sections 
of this Act, the authority is hereby authorized to reconstruct and to 
improve such bridge and its approaches and approach facilities. 
In 
fixing the rates of toll to be charged for the use of such bridge, the cost 
of any such reconstruction or improvement and the cost of acquiring 
the right of access to such approaches and approach facilities, includ-
ing reasonable interest and financing costs and the financing costs and 
expenses incident to the refunding of the outstanding bridge revenue 
bonds of the authority, shall be deemed to be a part of the cost of such 
bridge and its appro/iches." 
Approved May 27, 1954. 
Public Law 367 
CHAPTER 224 
AN ACT 
May 27, 1954 
[H. R. 1433] 
To entitle enlisted men and warrant officers advanced to commissioned rank or 
grade who are restored to their former enlisted or warrant officer status pur-
suant to section 3 of the Act of June 19, 1948 (62 Stat. 505), to receive retired 
enlisted or warrant officer pay from November 1, 1946, or date of advancement, 
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to date of restoration to enlisted or warrant officer status. 
Armed Forces, 
C e r t ain retired 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That enlisted men 
and warrant officers heretofore advanced to commissioned rank or 
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grade on the retired list under the said Act of July 24,1941, as amended, 
and who were restored to their former retired enlisted or warrant 
officer status, as the case may be, pursuant to section 3 of the Act 
approved June 19, 1948 (Public Law 709, Eightieth Congress), shall 
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be entitled to receive enlisted or warrant officer retired pay as appro-
priate, from November 1,1946, or from the date of advancement on the 
retired list, whichever date is the later, to the date on which they were 
so restored: Provided^ That no such retired pay shall accrue to 
personnel mentioned in this section for periods during which such 
personnel received commissioned officer retired pay. 
Approved May 27, 1954. 
Public Law 368 
CHAPTER 225 
AN ACT 
j^ay 27, 1954 
To further amend the Act of May 26, 1948, entitled "An Act to establish Civil Air 
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Patrol as a civilian auxiliary of the United States Air Force and to authorize 
the Secretary of the Air Force to extend aid to Civil Air Patrol in the fulfill-
ment of its objectives, and for other purposes." 
Civil Air Patrol. 
3 6 u s e 202. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assenibled^ That the first section 
of the Act of May 26,1948 (62 Stat. 274), as amended, is hereby further 
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amended to read as follows: 
"That the Civil Air Patrol is established as a volunteer civilian 
auxiliary of the Air Force. To assist the Civil Air Patrol in the ful-
fillment of its objectives as set out in section 2 of the Act of July 1,1946 
(60 Stat. 346), the Secretary of the Air Force is authorized, under such 
regulations as he may prescribe with the approval of the Secretary of 
Defense— 
"(1) to furnish to the Civil Air Patrol from available stocks 
which are excess to the requirements of the Departments of the 
Army, Navy, and Air Force, without regard to the Federal Prop-
erty and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended, by gift, 
63 stat. 377. 
loan, or sale (A) major items of equipment, including aircraft, 
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motor vehicles, and communication equipment, and (B) necessary 
related supplies, materials, training aids, and other equipment; 
"(2) to permit utilization of such services and facilities of the 
Air Force as in the opinion of the Secretary of the Air Force are 
required by the Civil Air Patrol to carry out its assigned mission; 
"(3) to furnish to the Civil Air Patrol such quantities of fuel 
and lubricants as may be required by it for the purpose of carrying 
out those missions assigned by the Air Force; 
"(4) to establish, maintain, supply and equip liaison officers of 
the Air Forces at the National, State, Territorial, and not more 
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than eight regional, headquarters of the Civil Air Patrol, and to 
detail and assign military and civilian personnel of the Air Force 
to such offices; 
"(5) to detail military and civilian personnel of the Air Force 
to units and installations of the Civil Air Patrol to assist in the 
training program of the Civil Air Patrol; and 
"(6) to authorize, in time of w^ar or national emergency here-
after declared by the Congress or the President, payment of travel 
expenses and allowances, in accordance with the Travel Expense 
Act of 1949, for members of the Civil Air Patrol while engaged in 
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carrying out any mission specifically assigned by the Air Force." 
Approved May 27, 1954.