An Act to clarify the immigration status of certain aliens
PL 82-14 (H.R.2339), enacted 03/28/1951

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PUBLIC LAW 14—MAR. 28, 1951 
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AN ACT 
March 28,1951 
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To clarify the immigration status of certain aliens. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
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United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Attorney 
General is hereby authorized and directed to provide by regulations 
that the terms "members of" and "affiliated with" where used in the 
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7 (a). ' affiliation which is or was voluntary, and shall not include membership 
or affiliation which is or was solely (a) when under sixteen years of age, 
(b) by operation of law, or (c) for purposes of obtaining employment, 
food rations, or other essentials of living, and where necessary for such 
purposes. 
SEC. 2. The Attorney General is authorized in his discretion to 
record the entry of any alien to have been for permanent residence 
in any case where the alien heretofore, when applying for admission 
for permanent residence, was temporarily admitted pursuant to the 
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1 Stat, jij^th proviso of scctiou 3 of the Immigration Act of February 5,1917, 
8U.S.C. §§136,137. as amended, and whose inadmissibility for permanent residence was 
determined to be solely by reason of membership or affiliation (other 
than membership or affiliation related to communism) under subsec-
tion 2 of section 1 of the Act of October 16,1918, as amended. 
Approved March 28, 1951. 
Public Law^ 15 
CHAPTER 25 
AN ACT 
March 29 1951 
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Authorizing vessels of Canadian registry to transport iron ore between United 
States ports on the Great Lakes during 1951. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
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f United States of America in Congress assembled, That, by reason of 
iron ore. 
emergency conditions in transportation on the Great Lakes, notwith-
standing the provisions of section 27 of the Act of June 5, 1920 (41 
Stat. 999), as amended by Act of April 11, 1935 (49 Stat. 154), and 
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Act, or regulation, vessels of Canadian registry shall be permitted 
to transport iron ore between United States ports on the Great Lakes 
until December 31, 1951, or until such earlier time as the Congress 
by concurrent resolution or the President by proclamation may 
designate. 
Approved March 29, 1951. 
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CHAPTER 27 
April 6,1951 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
[S. J. Res. 40] 
To extend the time for the filing of certain claims under the War Claims Act 
of 1948. 
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, That section 2 (c) of the 
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^ a r Claims Act of 1948, as amended, is amended as of March 1,1951, 
IV, app. § 2ooi"(a)."^ by striking out the last sentence thereof and inserting in lieu of such 
sentence the following: "The limit of time within which claims may 
be filed with the Commission shall in no event be later than March 31, 
1952. The Commission shall take immediate action to advise all