An Act to amend the Communications Act of 1934, as amended
PL 83-345 (H.R.6436), enacted 04/27/1954

Health Week, 1954< 
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PUBLIC LAW 346-APR. 27, 1964 
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Public Law 344 
CHAPTER 174 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
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Requesting the President to proclaim tlie week May 2 to May 8, 1954, inclusive, 
[S. j . Res. 130] 
as National Mental Health Week. 
Whereas there is presently a great need for nationwide action for the 
prevention, treatment, and cure of mental illness; and 
Whereas the National Association for Mental Health and the State 
and local mental health organizations associated therewith are work-
ing diligently in the fight against mental illness; and 
Whereas the mental health fund is in dire need of public support in 
order to improve conditions in mental hospitals, provide more 
adequate treatment for the mentally and emotionally ill, carry on 
research in the field of the prevention, treatment, and cure of mental 
illness, and promote mental health education: Now, therefore, be it 
Resol/ved hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of Atnerica in Congress asseinhled^ That the President of the „^^*i°^°\ *^"*!^ 
United States is authorized and requested to issue a proclamation 
designating the week beginning May 2 and ending May 8, 1954, as 
National Mental Health Week, and urging the people throughout the 
Nation to cooperate in the fight for the prevention, treatment, and 
cure of mental illness, and inviting the communities of the United 
States to observe such-week with appropriate ceremonies and activities. 
Approved April 27, 1954. 
Public Law 345 
CHAPTER 175 
AN ACT 
^p^ij 27, 1954 
To amend the Communications Act of 1934, as amended. 
[H. R. 6436] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the tiJuiVs!^***^ ^*'" 
United States of America in Congress ojisemhled^ That section 2 (b) 
of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, is amended to read 
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as follows: 
"(b) Subject to the provisions of section 301, nothing in this Act 
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shall be construed to apply or to give the Commission jurisdiction ri«diction. 
with respect to (1) charges, classifications, practices, services, facili-
ties, or regulations for or in connection with intrastate communication 
service by wire or radio of any carrier, or (2) any carrier engaged in 
interstate or foreign communication solely through physical connec-
tion with the facilities of another carrier not directly or indirectly 
controlling or controlled by, or under direct or indirect common con-
trol with such carrier, or (3) any carrier engaged in interstate or 
foreign communication solely through connection by radio, or by 
wire and radio, with facilities, located in an adjoining State or in 
Canada or Mexico (where they adjoin the State in which the carrier 
is doing business), of another carrier not directly or indirectly con-
trolling or controlled by, or under direct or indirect common control 
with such carrier, or (4) any carrier to which clause (2) or clause (3) 
would be applicable except for furnishing interstate mobile radio 
communication service or radio communication service to mobile sta-
tions on land vehicles in Canada or Mexico; except that sections 201 
through 205 of this Act, both inclusive, shall, except as otherwise 
47use 201-205. 
provided therein, apply to carriers described in clauses (2), (3), 
and (4)." 
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PUBOC LAW 346-APR. 29, 1954 
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STAT< 
"Interstate com-
munication." 
47 u s e 153. 
"C o n n e c t i n g 
carrier.»» 
47USC 221(b). 
47 u s e 301. 
State 
telephone 
service. 
SEC. 2. So much of section 3 (e) of the Communications Act of 
1934, as amended, as follows the semicolon is amended to read as 
follows: "but shall not, with respect to the provisions of title I I of 
this Act, include wire or radio communication between points in the 
same State, Territory, or possession of the United States, or the 
District of Columbia, through any place outside thereof, if such com-
munication is regulated by a State commission". 
SEC. 3. Section 3 (u) of the Communications Act of 1934, as 
amended, is amended to read as follows: 
"(u) 'Connecting carrier' means a carrier described in clauses (2), 
(3), or (4) of section 2 (b)." 
SEC. 4. Section 221 (b) of the Communications Act of 1934, as 
amended, is amended to read as follows: 
"(b) Subject to the provisions of section 301, nothing in this Act 
shall be construed to apply, or to give the Commission jurisdiction, 
with respect to charges, classifications, practices, services, facilities, or 
regulations for or in connection with wire, mobile, or point-to-point 
radio telephone exchange service, or any combination thereof, even 
though a portion of such exchange service constitutes interstate or 
foreign communication, in any case where such matters are subject to 
regulation by a State commission or by local governmental authority." 
Approved April 27, 1954. 
April 29, 1954 
[H. R. 8539] 
Public Law 346 
CHAPTER 176 
AN ACT 
To extend the period of election under the Uniformed Services Contingency 
Option Act of 1953 for certain members of the uniformed services. 
67 Stat. 502. 
37 u s e 372. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 3 (a) 
of the Uniformed Services Contingency Option Act of 1953 is amended 
by deleting in the third sentence the words "one hundred and eighty 
days" and substituting therefor the words "one year". 
Approved April 29, 1954. 
April 30, 1954 
[H. R. 3477] 
Public Law 347 
CHAPTER 177 
AN ACT 
To extend to the Canal Zone Government and the Panama Canal Company 
provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to facilitate the settlement of the 
accounts of certain deceased civilian oflScers and employees of the Govern-
ment", approved August 3,1950. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
De*?lf sed'gov- United States of America in Congress assemhled^ That subsection (b) 
ernment employ- of scctiou 3 of the Act of August 3,1950 (Public Law 636, Eighty-first 
* 64 Stat. 396. 
Cougress), is amended to read as follows: 
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u^jj^ Accounts not payable under section 3 (a) (with the exception 
of accounts of employees of the District of Columbia which shall be 
paid by the District of Columbia, accounts of employees of the Canal 
Zone Government on the Isthmus of Panama which shall be paid by 
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the Canal Zone Government, and accounts of employees of wholly 
owned and mixed-ownership Government corporations which may be 
paid by such corporations) shall be payable on settlement of the 
General Accounting Office except as the Comptroller General may by 
regulation otherwise authorize or direct".