An Act to amend the laws granting education and training benefits to certain veterans to extend the period during which such benefits may be offered
PL 83-610 (H.R.9888), enacted 08/20/1954

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PUBLIC LAW 610-AUG. 20, 1954 
755 
AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATION 
SEC. 5. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums 
not in excess of $25,000,000 as may be necessary to carry out the 
provisions of this Act. 
Approved August 20, 1954. 
Post, p. 807. 
Public Law 609 
CHAPTER 778 
^^ ACT 
August 20, 1954 
To provide that the Metropolitan Police force shall keep arrest books which are 
[S. 3655] 
open to public inspection. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 386 of 
the Revised Statutes, relating to the District of Columbia, as amended 
(D. C. Code, sec. 4—134), is amended bv striking out the word "and" 
at the end of paragraph (3); by renumbering paragraph (4) as para-
graph (5), and by inserting between paragraphs (4) and (5) the 
following new paragraph: 
"(4) Arrest books, which shall contain the 
following 
information: 
"(a) Case number, date of arrest, and time of recording 
arrest in arrest book; 
"(b) Name, address, date of birth, color, birthplace, 
occupation, and marital status of person arrested; 
"(c) Offense with which person arrested was charged and 
place where person was arrested; 
"(d) Name and address of complainant; 
"(e) Name of arresting officer; and 
"(f) Disposition of case; and". 
SEC. 2. Section 389 of the Revised Statutes, relating to the District 
of Columbia, as amended (D. C. Code, sec. 4-135), is amended to read 
as follows: 
"SEC. 389. The records to be kept by paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and 
(4) of section 386 shall be open to public inspection when not in actual 
use and this requirement shall be enforceable by mandatory injunction 
issued by the United States District Court for the District of Columbia 
on the application of any person." 
Approved August 20, 1954. 
D. C. 
books. 
P u b l i c inspec-
tion. 
Public Law 610 
CHAPTER 779 
AN ACT 
To amend the laws granting education and training benefits to certain veterans 
to extend the period during which such benefits may be offered. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That (a) section 
212 (a) of the Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act of 1952 is 
amended by striking out "two" and inserting "three" in lieu thereof. 
(b) Section 213 of such Act is amended by striking out "seven" 
and inserting "eight" in lieu thereof. 
SEC. 2. The proviso in paragraph 1 of part VII of Veterans Regu-
lation Numbered 1 (a) is amended by inserting before the period 
August 20, 1954 
[H. R. 9888] 
Veterans. 
Education bene-
fits. 
66 Stat. 664. 
38 u s e 917, 918. 
38USCch. 12A. 
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PUBLIC LAW 611-AUG. 21, 1954 
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58 Stat. 301. 
58 Stat. 286. 
60 Stat. 837. 
64 Stat. 1121. 
Vocational r e 
habilitation. 
58 Stat. 30 1. 
58 Stat. 286. 
60 Stat. 837. 
at the end thereof the following: ", except that 'thirteen years' shall 
be substituted for 'nine years' in the case of any otherwise eligible 
person who the Administrator determines to have been prevented 
from entering or, having entered, from completing, training under 
this part within such nine years by reason of one of the following 
conditions: 
"(a) Such person had not attained, retained, or regained med-
ical feasibility for training because of mental or physical dis-
ability ; 
"(b) Such person had not met the nature of discharge require-
ments of section 1503 of the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 
1944 (38 U. S. C. 69Tc) prior to a change, correction, or modifi-
cation of a discharge or dismissal made pursuant to section 301 
of the Servicemen's Readjustment xA.ct of 1944, as amended (38 
U. S. C. 693h), or the correction of a military or naval record 
made pursuant to section 207 of the Legislative Reorganization 
Act of 1946, as amended (5 U. S. C. 191a), or other corrective 
action by competent authority; or 
"(c) Such person had not timely established the existence of 
compensable disability connected with or aggravated by service.". 
SEC. 3. That clause (1) of the xVct of December 28,1950, as amended 
(38 U. S. C. 701a), is amended to read as follows: "(1) Vocational 
rehabilitation based on service as prescribed in this Act may be 
afforded until nine years after the enactment of this amendment as 
to any veteran discharged or released from such service prior thereto, 
or otherwise until nine years after discharge or release from such 
service or nine years after the aforesaid termination of the period 
beginning June 27, 1950, whichever date is the earlier; except that 
'thirteen years' shall be substituted for 'nine years' in the case of any 
otherwise eligible person whom the Administrator determines to have 
bee'n prevented from entering or having entered, from completing, 
training under this Act within such nine years by reason of one of 
the following conditions: 
"(a) Such person had not attained, retained, or regained medi-
cal feasibility for training because of mental or physical dis-
ability ; 
"(b) Such person had not met the nature of discharge require-
ments of section 1503 of the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 
1944 (38 U. S. C. 697c) prior to a change, correction, or modifi-
cation of a discharge or dismissal made pursuant to section 301 
of the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, as amended (38 
U. S. C. 693h), or the correction of a military or naval record 
made pursuant to section 207 of the Legislative Reorganization 
Act of 1946, as amended (5 U. S. C. 191a), or other corrective 
action by competent authority; or 
"(c) Such person had not timely established the existence of 
compensable disability connected with or aggravated by service.". 
Approved August 20, 1954. 
August 21, 1954 
[H. R, 8152] 
Public Law 611 
CHAPTER 780 
AN ACT 
To extend to June 30, 1955, the direct home and farmhouse loan authority of the 
Administrator of Veterans' Affairs under title III of the Servicemen's Read-
justment Act of 1944, as amended, to make additional funds available therefor, 
' and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatifves of the 
Veterans' loans. United Sttttes of AmsHca in Congress assembled, That the Service-
men's Readjustment Act of 1944, as amended, is hereby amended—