An Act to authorize the construction of one prototype ship and the conversion of one Liberty ship, by the Maritime Administration, Department of Commerce
PL 84-942 (S.3821), enacted 08/03/1956

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PUBLIC LAW 942-AUG. 3, 1956 
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DEFINITIONS 
"SEC. 375. For purposes of this part the terms 'medicine' and 'medi-
cal' shall, except when used in section 373, be understood to include 
preventive and therapeutic medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, hospital-
ization, nursing, public health, and the fundamental sciences related 
thereto, and other related fields of study, research, or activity. 
'LIBRARY FACILITIES 
Appropriation. 
"SEC. 376. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated sums suffi-
cient for the erection and equipment of suitable and adequate build-
ings and facilities for use of the library in carrying out the provisions 
of this part. 
The Administrator of General Services is authorized to 
acquire, by purchase, condemnation, donation, or otherwise, a suitable 
site or sites, selected by the Surgeon General in accordance with the 
direction of the Board, for such buildings and facilities and to erect 
thereon, furnish, and equip such buildings and facilities. 
The sums 
herein authorized to be appropriated shall include the cost of prepara-
tion of drawings and specifications, supervision of construction, and 
other administrative expenses incident to the work. 
The Adminis-
trator of General Services shall prepare the plans and specifications, 
make all necessary contracts, and supervise construction. 
Short title. 
"TRANSFER OF ARMED FORCES MEDICAL LIBRARY 
"SEC. 377. All civilian personnel, equipment, library collections, 
other personal property, records, and unexpended balances of appro-
priations, allocations, and other funds (available or to be made avail-
able) , which the Director of the Bureau of the Budget shall determine 
to relate primarily to the functions of the Armed Forces Medical 
Library, are hereby transferred to the Service for use in the adminis-
tration and operation of this part. 
Such transfer of property, funds, 
and personnel, and the other provisions of this part, shall become effec-
tive on the first day, occurring not less than thirty days after the date 
of enactment of this part, which the Director of the Bureau of the 
Budget determines to be practicable." 
SEC 2. This Act may be cited as the "National Library of Medicine 
Act". 
Approved August 3, 1956. 
Augusts, 1956r^ 
[S. 3821] 
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Public Law 942 
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H AP TER 908 
AN ACT 
To authorize the construction of one prototype ship and the conversion of one 
Liberty ship, by the Maritime Administration, Department of Commerce. 
C on struc tlon an d 
conversion of ves-
s e l s , au t h o r i za-
tion. 
49 Stat. 1985. 
46 u s e 1245. 
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 appropriated to the Department of Commerce, 
Maritime Administration, such sums as may be necessary, to re-
main available until expended, to construct, outfit, and test one proto-
type merchant ship of the "Clipper" class, as designed by the Mari-
time Administration, Department of Commerce, and to convert, 
outfit, and test one reserve fleet Liberty ship. 
Such construction 
and conversion, outfitting, and testing shall be subject to the pro-
visions of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended. 
Approved August 3, 1956.