An Act to amend various statutes and certain titles of the United States Code, for the purpose of correcting obsolete references, and for other purposes
PL 83-779 (H.R.9730), enacted 09/03/1954

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Affidavit. 
• • . • • , . ' " ^ 
» • 
Penalty. 
Short title. 
to strike against the Government of the United States, or who advo-
cates, or is a member of an organization that advocates, the over-
throw of the Government of the United States by force or violence: 
Provided^ That for the purposes hereof an affidavit shall be considered 
prima facie evidence that the person making the affidavit has not con-
trary to the provisions of this paragraph engaged in a strike against 
the Government of the United States, is not a member of an organiza-
tion of Government employees that asserts the right to strike against 
the Government of the United States, or that such person does not 
advocate, and is not a member of an organization that advocates, the 
overthrow of the Government of the United States by force or vio-
lence: Provided further^ That any person who engages in a strike 
against the Government of the United States or who is a member of 
an organization of Government employees that asserts the right to 
strike against the Government of the United States, or who advocates, 
or who is a member of an organization that advocates, the overthrow 
of the Government of the United States by force or violence and 
accepts employment the salary or wages for which are paid from any 
appropriation or fund contained in this or any other Act shall be 
guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than 
$1,000 or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both: Provided 
further, That the above penalty clause shall be in addition to, and 
not in substitution for, any other provisions of existing law. 
This Act may be cited as the "Mutual Security Appropriation Act, 
1955". 
Approved September 3, 1954. 
Public 1 Law 779 
CHAPTER 1263 
w 
, 
AN ACT 
September 3, 1954 
[H. R. 9730] 
To amend various statutes and certain titles of the United States Code, for the 
purpose of correcting obsolete references, and for other purposes. 
C o rr e c tions of 
statutes, etc. 
61 Stat. 637. 
61 Stat. 639. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That paragraph 
(a) of section 201 of Title 1, United States Code, entitled "General 
Provisions", is amended by striking out "Secretary of State," appear-
ing at the end of such paragraph, and in lieu thereof inserting 
"Administrator of General Services", so that such paragraph will 
read as follows: 
"(a) Publishing in Slip or Pamphlet Form or in Statutes at Large 
Publication in slip or pamphlet form or in the Statutes at Large 
of any of the volumes or publications enumerated in sections 202 and 
203 of this title, shall, in event of enactment, be dispensed with when-
ever the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives 
so directs the Administrator of General Services;". 
SEC. 2. Section 209 of Title 1, United States Code, is amended by 
striking out, at the end thereof, "Secretary of State", and in lieu 
thereof inserting "Administrator of General Services", so that such 
section will read as follows: 
"§ 209. Copies of Supplements to Code of Laws of United States 
and of District of Columbia Code and Supplements; 
Conclusive Evidence of Original 
"Copies of the Code of Laws relating to the District of Columbia 
and copies of the suj^plements provided for by sections 202 and 203 
of this title printed at the Government Printing Office and bearing its 
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imprint, shall be conclusive evidence of the original of such code 
and supplements in the custody of the Administrator of General 
Services.". 
SEC. 3. Section 18 of Title 3, United States Code, entitled "The 
President", is amended by striking out "subchapter" in the one 
place where it appears therein, and in lieu thereof inserting "chapter", 
so that such section will read as follows: 
"§ 18. Same; Parliamentary Procedure at Joint Meeting 
"While the two Houses shall be in meeting as provided in this 
chapter, the President of the Senate shall have power to preserve 
order; and no debate shall be allowed and no question shall be put by 
the presiding officer except to either House on a motion to withdraw.". 
SEC. 4. Subsection (b) of section 107 of Title 4, United States Code, 
entitled "Flag and Seal, Seat of Government, and the States", is 
amended by striking out, at the end thereof, the words "Army or Navy 
personnel, under regulations promulgated by the Secretary of War 
or the Secretary of the Navy", and in lieu thereof inserting "personnel 
of any branch of the Armed Forces of the United States, under regula-
tions promulgated by the departmental Secretary having jurisdiction 
over such branch", so that such subsection will read as follows: 
"(b) A person shall be deemed to be an authorized purchaser under 
this section only with respect to purchases which he is permitted to 
make from commissaries, ship's stores, or voluntary unincorporated 
organizations of personnel of any branch of the Armed Forces of the 
United States, under regulations promulgated by the departmental 
Secretary having jurisdiction over such branch.". 
SEC. 5. The paragraph in the Department of Agriculture Appro-
priation Act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1920 (July 24, 1919, pioyees 
ch. 26, 41 Stat. 234), which commences near the bottom of page 270 
of volume 41 of the Statutes at Large, and ends on page 271 thereof 
(5 U. S. C, sees. 67, 564), is amended (1) by striking out, after "shall 
not be subject to", the reference "the proviso contained in the Act 
making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial 
expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1918, 
and for other purposes, approved March 3, 1917, in Thirty-ninth 
Statutes at Large, at page 1106", and in lieu thereof inserting "the 
provisions of section 1914 of Title 18, United States Code"; and (2) 
by striking out, at the end of such paragraph, the words "the said 
proviso", and in lieu thereof inserting "such section", so that such 
paragraph will read as follows: 
"The officials and the employees of the Department of Agriculture 
engaged in the activities described in the preceding paragraph and 
paid in Vvhole or in part out of funds contributed as provided therein, 
and the persons, corporations, or associations making contributions 
as therein provided, shall not be subject to the provisions of section 
1914 of Title 18, United States Code; nor shall any official or employee 
engaged in the cooperative activities of the Forest Service, or the 
persons, corporations, or associations contributing to such activities 
be subject to such section.". 
SEC. 6. The paragraph in section 1 of the Sundry Civil Expenses 
Appropriation Act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1922 (March 
4, 1921, ch. 161, 41 Stat. 1367), which constitutes the second para-
graph on page 1424 of volume 41 of the Statutes at Large (5 U. S. C , 
sec. 68), is amended (1) by striking out, after "Nothing in" at the 
beginning of such paragraph, the reference "the proviso contained in 
the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Appropriation Act of March 
3,1917", and in lieu thereof inserting "section 1914 of Title 18, United 
States Code"; and (2) by striking out, at the end of such paragraph, 
62 Stat. 676. 
61 Stat. 645. 
State taxes. 
Commissary pur-
chasers, etc. 
Agriculture D e -
p a r t m e n t 
em-
62 Stat. 793. 
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R e i m b ursement 
for i n s p e c t i n g 
aliens. 
Extra condensa-
tion, etc. 
Advisory 
c o m -
mittees, 
appoint-
ments, etc. 
the quoted appropriation item " 'Expenses of regulating immigra-
tion' ", and in lieu thereof inserting " 'Immigration and Naturaliza-
tion Service—Salaries and Expenses'", so that such paragraph will 
read as follows: 
"Nothing in section 1914 of Title 18, United States Code, relative 
to augmenting salaries of Government oflScials from outside sources 
shall prevent receiving reimbursements for services of immigration 
officials incident to the inspection of aliens in foreign contiguous ter-
ritory, and such reimbursement shall be credited to the appropriation, 
'Immigration and Naturalization Service—Salaries and Expenses'.". 
SEC. 7. Section 3 of the Act approved June 20, 1874 (ch. 328, 18 
Stat. 109; 5 U. S. C , sec. 71) is amended by striking out ": Provided^ 
That this shall not be construed to prevent the employment and pay-
ment by the Department of Justice of district attorneys as now allowed 
by law for the performance of services not covered by their salaries or 
fees", so that such section will read as follows: 
"SEC. 3. That no civil officer of the Government shall hereafter 
receive any compensation or perquisites, directly or indirectly, from 
the treasury or property of the United States beyond his salary or 
compensation allowed by law.''. 
SEC. 8. Section 303 of the Act approved July 26, 1947, chapter 343, 
Title III, 61 Stat. 507, as amended by section 10 (c) of the Act 
approved Au-xust 10, 1949, chapter 412, 63 Stat. 585 (5 U. S. C , sec. 
171 j ; 50 U. S. C, sec. 405), is further amended (1) by striking out, 
in subsection (a) thereof, the words "the Chairman of the National 
Security Resources Board", and in lieu thereof inserting "the Director 
of the Office of Defense Mobilization"; and (2) by striking out, in 
subsection (b) thereof, the reference "109 or 113 of the Criminal Code 
(U. S. C., 1940 edition, Title 18, sees. 198 and 203), or section 19 (e) 
of the Contract Settlement Act of 1944", and in lieu thereof inserting 
"281, 283, or 284 of Title 18, United States Code", so that such section 
will read as follows: 
"SEC. 303. (a) The Secretary of Defense, the Director of the Office 
of Defense Mobilization, the Director of Central Intelligence, and 
the National Security Council, acting through its Executive Secretary, 
are authorized to appoint such advisory committees and to employ, 
consistent with other provisions of this Act, such part-time advisory 
personnel as they may deem necessary in carrying out their respective 
functions and the functions of agencies under their control. Persons 
holding other offices or positions under the United States for which 
they receive compensation, while serving as members of such com-
mittees, shall receive no additional compensation for such service. 
Other members of such committees and other part-time advisory per-
sonnel so employed may serve without compensation or may receive 
compensation at a rate not to exceed $50 for each day of service, as 
determined by the appointing authority. 
"(b) Service of an individual as a member of any such advisory 
committee, or in any other part-time capacity for a department or 
agency hereunder, shall not be considered as service bringing such 
individual within the provisions of section 281, 283, or 284 of Title 18, 
United States Code, unless the act of such individual, which by such 
section is made unlawful when performed by an individual referred to 
in such section, is with respect to any particular matter which directly 
involves a department or agency which such person is advising or in 
which such department or agency is directly interested.'^. 
SEC. 9. Subsection (c) of section 2 of the Act approved March 3, 
1927 (ch. 348, 44 Stat. 1381, at page 1382; 5 U. S. C, sec. 281a (c)) is 
amended (1) by striking out, preceding "Bureau of Customs", the 
words "Bureau of Prohibition shall perform such duties as the Sec-
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retary of the Treasury or the Commissioner of Prohibition may pre-
scribe, and the personnel of the"; (2) by striking out, after "such 
duties", the following; "(other than duties in connection with the 
administration of the National Prohibition Act, as amended, or any 
other law relating to the enforcement of the eighteenth amend-
ment),"; and (3) by striking out, preceding "may prescribe" at the 
end of such subsection, the words "or the Commissioner of Customs", 
so that such subsection will read as follows: 
"(c) The personnel of the Bureau of Customs shall perform such 
duties as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe.". 
SEC. 10. Section 3 (a) of the Act approved March 3, 1927 (ch. 348, 
44 Stat. 1382) is hereby repealed. 
SEC. 11. Section 361 of the Revised Statutes (5 U. S. C , sec. 306) 
is amended by striking out, at the end of such section, the words "in 
the cases provided by section three hundred and sixty-three", and in 
lieu thereof inserting "in cases of services performed by attorneys 
appointed under section 503 of Title 28, United States Code, for 
whom compensation is provided under section 508 of that title", so 
that such section will read as follows: 
"SEC. 361. The officers of the Department of Justice, under the 
direction of the Attorney-General, shall give all opinions and render 
all services requiring the skill of persons learned in the law necessary 
to enable the President and heads of Departments, and the heads of 
Bureaus and other officers in the Departments, to discharge their 
respective duties; and shall, on behalf of the United States, procure 
the proper evidence for, and conduct, prosecute, or defend all suits 
and proceedings in the Supreme Court and in the Court of Claims, 
in which the United States, or any officer thereof, as such officer, is 
a party or may be interested; and no fees shall be allowed or paid 
to any other attorney or counselor at law for any service herein re-
quired of the officers of the Department of Justice, except in cases of 
services performed by attorneys appointed under section 503 of title 
28, United States Code, for whom compensation is provided under 
section 508 of that title.". 
SEC. 12. Section 4 of the Act approved August 1, 1946 (ch. 727, 
60 Stat. 779, 780; 5 U. S. C , sec. 475c) is amended by striking out, in 
the proviso of such section, "sections 41, 109, and 113 of the Criminal 
Code (U. S. C , Title 18, sees. 93,198, and 203) ; Revised Statutes, sec-
tion 190 (U. S. C , title 5, sec. 99); in section 19 (e) of the Contract 
Settlement Act of 1944 (Public Law 395, Seventy-eighth Congress);", 
and in lieu thereof inserting "section 281, 283, 284, or 434 of Title 18, 
United States Code, or section 190 of the Revised Statutes (5 U. S. C , 
sec. 99),", so that such section will read as follows: 
"SEC. 4. The Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorized to establish 
a Naval Research Advisory Committee which shall consist of not ex-
ceeding fifteen persons to be appointed by the Secretary from those 
persons in civilian life who are preeminent in the fields of science, 
research, and development work. One member of such committee will 
be from the field of medicine. The members of such committee shall 
serve for such term or terms as the Secretary may specify, and shall 
meet at such times as may be specified by the Secretary to consult with 
and advise the Chief of Naval Operations and the Chief of the Office 
of Naval Research. Each member of the committee shall be entitled 
to compensation in the amount of $50 for each day or part of a day he 
shall be in attendance at any regularly called meeting of the commit-
tee, together with reimbursement for all travel expenses incident to 
such attendance: Provided, That nothing in section 281, 283, 284, or 
434 of Title 18, United States Code, or section 190 of the Revised 
Bureau of Cus-
toms personnel. 
Repeal. 
L e g a l services 
for Departments. 
Naval Research 
A d v i s o r y 
Com-
mittee. 
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Civil Service. 
P o s t a l 
fi el d 
s e r v i c e employ-
ee s. 
Reenlistments. 
Disability. 
Statutes (5 U. S. C, sec. 99), or in any other provision of Federal 
law imposing restrictions, requirements, or penalties in relation to the 
employment of persons, the performance of services, or the payment 
or receipt of compensation in connection with any claim proceeding, 
or matter involving the United States, shall apply to such persons 
solely by reason of their appointment to and membership on such com-
mittee.". 
SEC. 13. (a) Section 1 of the Act approved July 31, 1946, chapter 
714, 60 Stat. 749, as amended by the Act approved June 28, 1948, ch. 
694, 62 Stat. 1068, and the Act approved April 29, 1950, ch. 136, sec-
tion 1, 64 Stat. 93 (5 U. S. C, sec. 645a), is amended by striking out, 
after "determined by the" in paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of such 
section, the reference "Classification Act of 1923, as amended, an Act 
entitled 'An Act to adjust the compensation of certain employees in 
the Customs Service', approved May 29, 1928, as amended, or the 
second paragraph of section 24 of the Immigration Act of 1917, as 
amended", and in lieu thereof inserting "Classification Act of 1949,-
as amended", so that such section will read as follows: 
"That (a) any person— 
"(1) whose name appeared on any list of eligibles either (A) 
at any time between May 1,1940, and March 16,1942, with respect 
to a position the rate of compensation of which is determined 
by the Classification Act of 1949, as amended, or (B) at any time 
between May 1, 1940, and October 23, 1943, with respect to a 
position in the field service of the Post Office Department, or 
(C) at any time between May 1, 1940, and the effective date of 
this Act, with respect to positions of officers and members of the 
Metropolitan Police or of the Fire Department of the District of 
Columbia, and officers and members of the United States Park 
Police and the White House Police; and 
"(2) who, pursuant to Executive Order Numbered 9538, dated 
April 13, 1945, or regulations of the Civil Service Commission 
coverinij similar situations in which an eligible lost opportunity 
for probational appointment because of military service during 
World War II, was certified for probational appointment to such 
position, and, subsequently, was given such appointment, 
"shall, for the purpose of (A) determining his rate of compensation 
and (B) his seniority rights in the postal field service, be held to have 
been appointed to such position as of the earliest date on which an 
eligible standing lower on the same list of eligibles received a proba-
tional appointment therefrom: Provided^ That the grade, time in 
grade, and rate of compensation of any person so appointed to a posi-
tion in the postal field service shall, at the time this Act first applies 
to such person, be not less than the grade, time in grade, and rate of 
compensation of the lower eligible (whether a substitute or regular 
employee) receiving the highest automatic rate of compensation at 
such time, but such adjustment in grade, time in grade, and rate of 
compensation shall not affect the status of such person as a substitute 
or regular employee: Provided^ hoioever, That no regular employee in 
the postal field service shall be reduced to substitute status by reason 
of the enactment of this Act. 
"(b) No person shall be entitled to the benefits of this section who 
has reenlisted after June 1, 1945, in the Regular Military Establish-
ment or after February 1, 1945, in the Regular Naval Establishment. 
"(c) Any person within the terms of this section, who, due to a dis-
ability incurred because of military service in World War II, is 
unable to perform the duties of the position designated by him at the 
time of taking the examination for appointment thereto, may upon 
written request at any time have his name entered upon any list 
of eligibles for any position for which a like examination is required 
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Repeals. 
PHS. 
Rights of certain 
57 Stat. 589. 
5 u s e 800 note. 
Official bonds. 
and such entry shall be made without any loss of seniority or other 
rights of eligibility conferred by this section: Provided 
however^ 
That this Act shall not be construed to extend the period of eligibility 
which such person would have otherwise had.". 
(b) Sections 1, 2, 3, and 4 of the Act approved May 29, 1928 
(ch. 865, 45 Stat. 955), as amended by the Act approved December 
12,1930 (ch. 10, 46 Stat. 1026,1027) (19 U. S. C, former sees. 6a-6d), 
are hereby repealed. 
SEC. 14. Subsection (d) of section 705 of the Act approved July 
1, 1944 (ch. 373, title VII, 58 Stat. 713), as so renumbered by section 
5 of the Act approved August 13, 1946 (ch. 958, 60 Stat. 1049) (5 
U. S. C, sec. 800), is amended (1) by striking out the second sentence 
thereof reading: "Such beneficiaries, in addition to the right to 
receive six months' pay, shall have the same right of election and 
of revising elections as is provided by subsection (c) of this section, 
except that in case of a revised election no deduction shall be made on 
account of such six months' pay.", and (2) by inserting, immediately 
preceding "Service" in the first sentence thereof, the words "Public 
Health", so that such subsection will read as follows: 
"(d) In the case of death of a commissioned officer of the Public 
Health Service which occurred after December 7, 1941, and prior beneficiaries 
to November 11, 1943, the rights provided to surviving beneficiaries 
by section 10 of the Public Health Service Act of 1943 shall continue 
notwithstanding the repeal of that Act.". 
SEC. 15. Section 3 of Title 6, United States Code, entitled "Official 
and Penal Bonds", is amended (1) by striking out, preceding "19" 
in the third sentence, the word "title", and in lieu thereof inserting 
"Title"; (2) by striking out, preceding "shall be construed" in the 
fifth sentence, the words "said sections", and in lieu thereof inserting 
"sections 1 to 3 of this title"; (3) by striking out, preceding "39" in 
the fifth sentence, the word "title", and in lieu thereof inserting 
"Title"; and (4) by inserting, after "Marine Corps," in the proviso in 
the fifth sentence, the reference "Air Force,", so that such section will 
read as follows: 
"§ 3. Renewal; Continuance of Liability 
Every officer whose duty it is to take and approve official bonds shall 
cause all such bonds to be renewed every four years after their dates, 
but he may require such bonds to be renewed or strengthened oftener 
if he deem such action necessary. 
In the discretion of such officer 
the requirement of a new bond may be waived for the period of serv-
ice of a bonded officer after the expiration of a four-year term of serv-
ice pending the appointment and qualification of his successor. 
The 
nonperformance of any requirement of the provisions of sections 1 
to 3 of this title, or of that part of section 27 of Title 19 relating to 
transmitting copies of oaths to the Secretary of the Treasury, on 
the part of any official of the Government shall not be held to affect 
in any respect the liability of principal or sureties on any bond made 
or to be made to the United States. The liability of the principal 
and sureties on all official bonds shall continue and cover the period 
of service ensuing until the appointment and qualification of the 
successor of the principal. 
Nothing in sections 1 to 3 of this title 
shall be construed to repeal or modify section 38 of Title 39: Provided^ 
That the payment and acceptance of the annual premium on cor-
porate surety bonds furnished by postal officers and employees, offi-
cers and employees of other civilian agencies of the United States 
and bonded officers and enlisted men of the Army, Navy, Marine 
Corps, Air Force, and Coast Guard shall be a compliance with the 
requirement for the renewal of such bonds within the meaning of 
sections 1 to 3 of this title.". 
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I n s e c t 
p e s t s , 
transportation. 
Sup er vision of 
deportable alien. 
V i o l a t i o n 
alien. 
by 
R e vo c at ion of 
natDralization. 
Refusal to test-
ify. 
SEC. 16. Section 4 of the Act approved March 3, 1905 (ch. 1501, 
33 Stat. 1270; 7 U. S. C , sec, 144) is amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 4. Wlioever violates the provisions of section 1 of this Act 
shall, for each offense, be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned 
not more than 5 years, or both.". 
SEC. 17. Subsection (d) of section 242 of the Act of June 27, 1952 
(ch. 477, Title II, chapter 5, 66 Stat. 208 (211); 8 U. S. C, sec. 1252 
(d)) is amended by striking out, after "activity," in the third sen-
tence thereof, the words "shall upon conviction be guilty of a felony, 
and shall be fined not more than $1,000 or shall be", and in lieu thereof 
inserting "shall be fined not more than $1,000 or", so that such sub-
section will read as follows: 
"(d) Any alien, against whom a final order of deportation as defined 
in subsection (c) heretofore or hereafter issued has been outstanding 
for more than six months, shall, pending eventual deportation, be 
subject to supervision under regulations prescribed by the Attorney 
General. 
Such regulations shall include provisions which will require 
any alien subject to supervision (1) to appear from time to time before 
an immigration officer for identification; (2) to submit, if necessary, 
to medical and psychiatric examination at the expense of the United 
States; (3) to give information under oath as to his nationality, cir-
cumstances, habits, associations, and activities, and such other infor-
mation, whether or not related to the foregoing, as the Attorney Gen-
eral may deem fit and proper; and (4) to conform to such reasonable 
written restrictions on his conduct or activities as are prescribed by 
the Attorney General in his case. Any alien who shall willfully fail 
to comply with such regulations, or willfully fail to appear or to give 
information or submit to medical or psychiatric examination if re-
quired, or knowingly give false information in relation to the require-
ments of such regulations, or knowingly violate a reasonable restric-
tion imposed upon his conduct or activity, shall be fined not more 
than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.". 
SEC. 18. Subsection (a) of section 340 of the Act of June 27, 1952 
(ch. 477, Title III, chapter 2, 66 Stat. 260; 8 U. S. C , sec 1451 (a)) 
is amended by striking out, in the first phrase of the first sentence 
thereof, the term "United States district attorneys", and in lieu there-
of inserting "United States attorneys", so that such subsection will 
read as follows: 
"(a) It shall be the duty of the United States attorneys for the 
respective districts, upon affidavit showing good cause therefor, to 
institute proceedings in any court specified in subsection (a) of sec-
tion 310 of this title in the judicial district in which the naturalized 
citizen may reside at the time of bringing suit, for the purpose of 
revoking and setting aside the order admitting such person to citizen-
ship and canceling the certificate of naturalization on the ground 
that such order and certificate of naturalization were procured by 
concealment of a material fact or by willful misrepresentation, and 
such revocation and setting aside of the order admitting such person 
to citizenship and such canceling of certificate of naturalization shall 
be effective as of the original date of the order and certificate, respec-
tively: Provided^ That refusal on the part of a naturalized citizen 
within a period of ten years following his naturalization to testify 
as a witness in any proceeding before a congressional committee con-
cerning his subversive activities, in a case where such person has 
been convicted of contempt for such refusal, shall be held to con-
stitute a ground for revocation of such person's naturalization under 
this subsection as having been procured by concealment of a material 
fact or by willful misrepresentation. 
If the naturalized citizen does 
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not reside in any judicial district in the United States at the time 
of bringing such suit, the proceedings may be instituted in the United 
States District Court for the District of Columbia or in the United 
States district court in the judicial district in which such person last 
had his residence.". 
SEC. 19. Section 4 of Title 9, United States Code, entitled "Arbitra-
tion", is amended (1) by striking out, in the first sentence, "court of 
the United States" and in lieu thereof inserting "United States district 
court"; (2) by striking out, in the first sentence, "the judicial code at 
law, in equity,", and in lieu thereof inserting "Title 28, in a civil 
action"; (3) by striking out, in the third sentence, "law for the service 
of summons in the jurisdiction in which the proceeding is brought", 
and in lieu thereof inserting "the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure"; 
and (4) by striking out, in the eighth sentence, "law for referring to a 
jury issues in an equity action", and in lieu thereof inserting "the 
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure", so that such section, exclusive of 
the section heading thereto, Avill read as follows: 
•'A party aggrieved by the alleged failure, neglect, or refusal of 
another to arbitrate under a written agreement for arbitration may 
petition any United States district court which, save for such agree-
ment, would have jurisdiction under Title 28, in a civil action or in 
admiralty of the subject matter of a suit arising out of the contro-
versy between the parties, for an order directing that such arbitration 
proceed in the manner provided for in such agreement. Five days' 
notice in writing of such application shall be served upon the party 
in default. Service thereof shall be made in the manner provided by 
the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. The court shall hear the parties, 
and upon being satisfied that the making of the agreement for arbi-
tration or the failure to comply therewith is not in issue, the court 
shall make an order directing the parties to proceed to arbitration in 
accordance with the terms of the agreement. The hearing and pro-
ceedings, under such agreement, shall be within the district in which 
the petition for an order directing such arbitration is filed. If the 
making of the arbitration agreement or the failure, neglect, or refusal 
to perform the same be in issue, the court shall proceed summarily to 
the trial thereof. If no jury trial be demanded by the party alleged to 
be in default, or if the matter in dispute is within admiralty juris-
diction, the court shall hear and determine such issue. Where such an 
issue is raised, the party alleged to be in default may, except in cases 
of admiralty, on or before the return day of the notice of application, 
demand a jury trial of such issue, and upon such demand the court 
shall make an order referring the issue or issues to a jury in the manner 
provided by the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, or may specially 
call a jury for that purpose. If the jury find that no agreement in 
writing for arbitration was made or that there is no default in pro-
ceeding thereunder, the proceeding shall be dismissed. If the jury 
find that an agreement for arbitration was made in writing and that 
there is a default in proceeding thereunder, the court shall make an 
order summarily directing the parties to proceed with the arbitration 
in accordance with the terms thereof.". 
SEC. 20. The last paragraph, under the heading "MISCELLANEOUS", 
in the Act approved July 16, 1892 (ch. 195, 27 Stat. 174), appearing oipky 
at page 177 of volume 27 of the Statutes at Large, and as amended 
by the Act approved July 10, 1952 (ch. 654, 66 Stat. 575; 10 U. S. C , 
sec. 877; 14 U. S. C , sec. 461 note; 34 U. S. C , sec. 890), is amended 
by striking out, after "Air Force,", the following: "Marine Corps, 
and Coast Guard", and in lieu thereof inserting "and Marine Corps", 
so that such paragraph will read as follows: 
F a i l u r e to ar-
b i t r a t e 
u n d e r 
agreements. 
Indebtedness to 
U. S., withholding 
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F a l s e 
entries, 
penalties. 
S h a r e h o l der's 
liability, enforce-
ment. 
Conservators. 
'State bank." 
"The pay of officers of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine 
Corps may be withheld under section 1766, Revised Statutes, on 
account of an indebtedness to the United States admitted or shown 
by the judgment of a court, but not otherwise unless upon a special 
order issued according to the discretion of the Secretary of the 
Department concerned.". 
SEC. 21. Paragraph (d) of section 5144 of the Revised Statutes, as 
amended (12 U. S. C, sec. 61 (d)), is amended by striking out the 
reference "5209 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (U. S. C, title 
12, sec. 592)", and in lieu thereof inserting "1005 of title 18, United 
States Code", so that such paragraph will read as follows: 
"(d) Every officer, director, agent, and employee of every such 
holding company affiliate shall be subject to the same penalties for 
false entries in any book, report, or statement of such holding com-
pany affiliate as are applicable to officers, directors, agents, and em-
ployees of member banks under section 1005 of Title 18, United States 
Code; and". 
SEC. 22. Section 2 of the Act approved June 30, 1876 (ch. 156, 19 
Stat. 63; 12 U. S. C , sec. 65) is amended (1) by striking out, after 
"such association", the words ", by bill in equity, in the nature of a 
creditor's bill,", and in lieu thereof inserting "by a civil action"; 
and (2) by striking out, after "shareholders thereof,", the words "in 
any court of the United States having original jurisdiction in equity", 
and in lieu thereof inserting "in the United States district court", so 
that such section will read as follows: 
"SEC. 2. That when any national banking association shall have 
gone into liquidation under the provisions of section five thousand 
two hundred and twenty of said statutes, the individual liability of 
the shareholders provided for by section fifty-one hundred and fifty-
one of said statutes may be enforced by any creditor of such associa-
tion by a civil action brought by such creditor on behalf of himself 
and of all other creditors of the association, against the shareholders 
thereof, in the United States district court for the district in which 
such association may have been located or established.". 
SEC. 23. Section 209 of the Act approved March 9,1933 (ch. 1, Title 
II, 48 Stat. 5; 12 U. S. C, sec. 209) is amended (1) by striking out 
the reference "section 5209 of the Revised Statutes (U. S. C, Title 12, 
sec. 592)", and in lieu thereof inserting "sections 334, 656, and 1005 
of Title 18, United States Code"; and (2) by striking out the reference 
"112, 113, 114, 115, 116 and 117 of the Criminal Code of the United 
States (U. S. C, Title 18, sees. 202. 203, 204, 205, 206 and 207)", and 
in lieu thereof inserting "202, 216, 281, 431, 432, and 433 of such Title 
18" so that such section will read as follows: 
"SEC. 209. Conservators appointed pursuant to the provisions of 
this title shall be subject to the provisions of and to the penalties pre-
scribed bv sections 334, 656, and 1005 of Title 18, United States Code; 
and sections 202, 216, 281, 431, 432, and 433 of such Title 18, in so far 
as applicable, are extended to apply to contracts, agreements, proceed-
ings, dealings, claims and controversies by or with any such conser-
vator or the Comptroller of the Currencv under the provisions of this 
title.". 
SEC. 24. Section 1 of the Act approved August 17, 1950 (ch. 729, 
64 Stat. 455; 12 U. S. C, sec. 214) is amended (1) by striking out, in 
subsection (a) of such section, the words "this Act", and in lieu thereof 
inserting "sections 1-4 and 8 of this Act (12 U. S. C, sees. 214-214c, 
321)"; and (2) by striking out, in subsection (b) of such section, the 
words "this Act", and in lieu thereof inserting "sections 1-4 and 8 of 
this Act (12 U. S. C, sees. 214-214c, 321)", so that such section will 
read as follows: 
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"National bank-
ing association." 
C on v e r s ion ;ln 
c o n t r a vention of 
"SECTION 1. (a) As used in sections 1-4 and 8 of this Act (12 
U. S. C , sees. 214-214c, 321) the term 'State bank' means any bank, 
banking association, trust company, savings bank (other than a mutual 
savings bank), or other banking institution which is engaged in the 
business of receiving deposits and which is incorporated under the 
laws of any State, any Territory of the United States, Puerto Kico, 
or the Virgin Islands, or which is operating under the Code of Law 
for the District of Columbia (except a national banking association). 
"(b) For purposes of merger or consolidation under sections 1-4 
and 8 of this Act (12 U. S. C , sees. 214-214c, 321) the term 'national 
banking association' means one or more national banking associations, 
and the term 'State bank* means one or more State banks.". 
SEC. 25. Section 4 of the Act approved August 17, 1950 (ch. 729, 
G4 Stat. 456, 457; 12 U. S. C , sec. 214c), as amended by Act July 
12, 1952, ch. 696, 66 Stat. 590, is amended by striking out, in the two 
places where they appear in such section, the words "this Act", and 
in lieu thereof inserting "sections 1-4 and 8 of this Act (12 U. S. C , 
sees. 214r-214c, 321)", so that such section will read as follows: 
"SEC. 4. No conversion of a national banking association into a ^ 
^^^ 
State bank or its merger or consolidation with a State bank shall take stVtV irw." 
place under sections 1-4 and 8 of this Act (12 U. S. C , see. 214-214e, 
321) in contravention of the law of the State in which the national 
banking association is located: and no such conversion, merger, or 
consolidation shall take place under sections 1-4 and 8 of this Act 
unless under the law of the State in which such national banking 
association is located State banks maj' without approval by any State 
< , • *-
authority convert into and merge or consolidate with national bank- 
*' r 
jng associations under limitations or conditions no more restrictive 
than those contained in section 2 hereof with respect to the conversion 
of a national bank into, or merger or consolidation of a national bank 
with, a State bank under State charter.". 
SEC. 26. Section 10 of the Act approved June 11, 1942 (eh. 404, 
56 Stat. 356; 12 U. S. C, sec. 265) is amended by striking out, at the 
end thereof, the reference "the Act of August 23, 1935 (49 Stat. 684), 
as amended (U. S. C, sec. 264)", and in lieu thereof inserting "sec-
tion 3 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, as amended (12 U. S. C , 
sec. 1813)", so that such section will read as follows: 
"SEC. 10. All insured banks designated for that purpose by the as^'dlpo'sltlri'^of 
Secretary of the Treasury shall be depositaries of public money of puwic money, 
the United States (including, without being limited to, revenues and 
funds of the United States, and any funds the deposit of which is 
subject to the control or regulation of the United States or any of 
its officers, agents, or employees, and Postal Savings funds), and 
the Secretary is hereby authorized to deposit public money in such 
depositaries, under such regulations as may be prescribed by the 
Secretary; and they may also be employed as financial agents of the 
Government; and they shall perform all such reasonable duties, as 
depositaries of public money and financial agents of the Government 
as may be required of them. The Secretary of the Treasury shall 
require of the insured banks thus designated satisfactory security 
by the deposit of United States bonds or otherwise, for the safe-
keeping and prompt payment of public money deposited with them 
and for the faithful performance of their duties as financial agents 
of the GoA'ernment: Provided^ That no such security shall be required 
for the safekeeping and prompt payment of such parts of the deposits 
of the public money in such banks as are insured deposits and each 
officer, employee, or agent of the United States having official custody 
^ 
of public funds and lawfully depositing the same in an insured bank 
shall, for the purpose of determining the amount of the insured 
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Laws applicable 
on becoming mem-
bersa 
Liability of di-
re c t o r s and of 
f 
i-
cers of 
m e m b e r 
banks. 
deposits, be deemed a depositor in such custodial capacity separate 
and distinct from any other officer, employee, or agent of the United 
States having official custody of public funds and lawfully deposit-
ing the same in the same insured bank in custodial capacity. 
Not-
withstanding any other provision of law, no department, board, 
agency, instrumentality, officer, employee, or agent of the United 
States shall issue or permit to continue in effect any regulations, rul-
ings, or instructions or enter into or approve any contracts or perform 
any other acts having to do with the deposit, disDursement, or expendi-
ture of public funds, or the deposit, custody, or advance of funds sub-
ject to the control of the United States as trustee or otherwise which 
shall discriminate against or prefer national banking associations, 
State banks members of the Federal Reserve System, or insured banks 
not members of the Federal Reserve System, by class, or which shall 
require those enjoying the benefits, directly or indirectly, of disbursed 
public funds so to discriminate. 
All Acts or parts thereof in con-
flict herewith are hereby repealed. 
The terms 'insured bank' and 
'insured deposit' as used in this Act shall be construed according to 
the definitions of such terms in section 3 of the Federal Deposit 
Insurance Act, as amended (12 U. S. C , sec. 1813).". 
SEC. 27. The sixth paragraph of section 9 of the Federal Reserve 
Act as amended (12 U. S. C , 324), is amended by striking out, in the 
second sentence of such paragraph, the reference "section 
fifty-two 
hundred and nine of the Revised Statutes", and in lieu thereof insert-
ing "sections 334, 656, and 1005 of Title 18, United States Code", so 
that such paragraph will read as follows: 
"All banks admitted to membership under authority of this section 
shall be required to comply with the reserve and capital requirements 
of this Act and to conform to those provisions of law imposed on 
national banks which prohibit such banks from lending on or pur-
chasing their own stock, w^hich relate to the withdrawal or impair-
ment of their capital stock, and which relate to the payment of 
unearned dividends. 
Such banks and the officers, agents, and 
employees thereof shall also be subject to the provisions of and to 
the penalties prescribed by sections 334, 656, and 1005 of Title 18, 
United States Code, and shall be required to make reports of condi-
tion and of the payment of dividends to the Federal Reserve bank 
of which they become a member. Not less than three of such reports 
shall be made annually on call of the Federal Reserve bank on dates 
to be fixed by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. 
Failure to make such reports within ten days after the date they are 
called for shall subject the offending bank to a penalty of $100 a day 
for each day that it fails to transmit such report; such penalty to 
be collected by the Federal Reserve bank by suit or otherwise. Such 
reports of condition shall be in such form and shall contain such 
information as the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System 
may require and shall be published by the reporting banks in such 
manner and in accordance with such regulations as the said Board 
may prescribe.". 
SEC. 28. Subsection (f) of section 22 of the Federal Reserve Act, 
as amended (12 U. S. C , 503), is amended by inserting, after "there-
of,", where it appears in such subsection, the words "or any of the 
provisions of sections 217, 218, 219, 220, 655, 1005, 1014, 1906, or 1909 
of Title 18, United States Code,", so that such subsection will read 
as follows: 
"(f) If the directors or officers of any member bank shall know-
ingly violate or permit any of the agents, officers, or directors of any 
member bank to violate any of the provisions of this section or reg-
ulations of the board made under authority thereof, or any of the 
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provisions of sections 217, 218, 219, 220, 655, 1005, 1014, 1906, or 
1909 of Title 18, United States Code, every director and officer par-
ticipating in or assenting to such violation shall be held liable in his 
personal and individual capacity for all damages which the member 
bank, its shareholders, or any other persons shall have sustained in 
consequence of such violation.". 
SEC. 29. Section 11 of the Act approved July 31, 1945 (ch. 341, 59 
Stat. 529; 12 U. S. C , sec 635h) is amended by striking out, after 
"provisions of", the reference "the Act of April 13, 1934 (48 Stat., 
Ch. 112, p. 574)", and in lieu thereof inserting "section 955 of Title 
18, United States Code", so that such section will read as follows: 
"SEC. 11. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 955 of Title 
18, United States Code, any person, including any individual, part-
nership, corporation, or association, may act for or participate with 
the Export-Import Bank of Washington in any operation or trans-
action, or may acquire any obligation issued in connection with any 
operation or transaction, engaged in by the Bank.". 
SEC. 30. Section 81 of Title 14, United States Code, entitled "Coast 
Guard", as amended by the Act approved June 22, 1951 (ch. 150, 
65 Stat. 89), is amended by striking out, after "within the" in para-
graph (2) of such section, the designation "National Military Estab-
lishment", and in lieu thereof inserting "Department of Defense", 
so that such section will read as follows : 
"§ 81. Aids to Navigation Authorized 
"In order to aid navigation and to prevent disasters, collisions, 
and wrecks of vessels and aircraft, the Coast Guard may establish, 
maintain, and operate: 
"(1) aids to maritime navigation required to serve the 
needs of the armed forces or of the commerce of the United 
States; 
"(2) aids to air navigation required to serve the needs of 
the armed forces of the United States as requested by the 
Secretary of the appropriate department within the Depart-
ment of Defense; and 
"(3) Loran stations (a) required to serve the needs of 
the armed forces of the United States; or (b) required to 
serve the needs of the maritime commerce of the United 
States; or (c) required to serve the needs of the air com-
merce of the United States as determined by the Adminis-
trator of Civil Aeronautics. 
"Such aids to navigation other than loran stations shall be established 
and operated only within the United States, its Territories and pos-
sessions, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and beyond the 
territorial jurisdiction of the United States at places where naval or 
military bases of the United States are or may be located, and at other 
places where such aids to navigation have been established prior to 
June 26, 1948.". 
SEC. 31. Section 82 of Title 14, United States Code, is amended by 
striking out, in the fourth sentence thereof, the reference "sections 
175 (f) or 451-458 of Title 49", and in lieu thereof inserting "section 
175 (e) of Title 49 or subchapter III of chapter 9 of that title", so 
that such section will read as follows: 
"§ 82. Cooperation With Administrator of Civil Aeronautics 
"The Coast Guard in establishing, maintaining, or operating any 
aids to air navigation herein provided shall solicit the cooperation 
of the Administrator of Civil Aeronautics to the end that the per-
sonnel and facilities of the Civil Aeronautics Administration will be 
E xp or t-Import 
B a n k , participa-
tion with, etc. 
Coast Guard. 
63 Stat. 500. 
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utilized to the fullest possible advantage. Before locating and operat-
ing any such aid on military or naval bases or regions, the consent 
of the Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of the Navy, or the Secre-
tary of the Air Force, as the case may be, shall first be obtained. No 
such aid shall be located within the territorial jurisdiction of any 
foreign country without the consent of the government thereof. Noth-
ing in this title shall be deemed to limit the authority granted by 
the provisions of section 458 of Title 5, or by section 475 (e) of Title 
49 or subchapter III of chapter 9 of that title.". 
63 Stat. 509. 
Q^^j. 32. Sectiou 186 of Title 14, United States Code, is amended 
(1) by striking out, in the first sentence of such section, the reference 
"Classification Act of 1923", and in lieu thereof inserting "Classifica-
tion Act of 1949"; and (2) by striking out, in the second sentence 
thereof, the reference "sections 29a, 30b-30m, 84, 663, 667, 672a-673, 
and Chapter 18", and in lieu thereof inserting "section 84, chapter 
18, subchapter IV of chapter 21, sections 1112, 1113, and 1121-1125, 
and chapter 23", so that such section will read as follows: 
"§ 186. Civilian Instructors 
"The Secretary may appoint in the Coast Guard, subject to the 
competitive provisions of the civil-service laws and regulations, such 
number of civilian instructors as the needs of the Service require, 
not to exceed eight, whose compensation shall be fixed in accordance 
with the Classification Act of 1949, as amended. Leaves of absence 
and hours of work for such civilian instructors shall be governed by 
regulations issued by the Secretary of the Treasury, without regard 
to section 84, chapter 18, subchapter IV of chapter 21, sections 1112, 
1113, and 1121-1125, and chapter 23, of Title 5.". 
SEO. 33. (a) The analysis of chapter 13 of Title 14, United States 
Code, preceding section 461 of such title, is amended by adding, im-
mediately preceding the period at the end of item 461 in such analysis, 
the following: "; pay of officers indebted to United States", so that 
such item will read as follows: "461. Pay and allowances; pay of 
officers indebted to United States.". 
63 Stat. 530. 
(b) Section 461 of Title 14, United States Code, is amended (1) 
by adding, at the end of the catchline of such section, the following: 
"; pay of officers indebted to United States"; (2) by inserting the 
subsection symbol " ( a ) " at the beginning of the present paragraph 
in such section; and (3) by adding to such section the following new 
subsection: "(b) The pay of officers of the Coast Guard may be with-
held under section 82 of Title 5 on account of an indebtedness to the 
United States admitted or shown by the judgment of a court, but 
not otherwise unless upon a special order issued according to the dis-
cretion of the Secretary.", so that such section will read as follows: 
"§461. 
Pay and Allowances; Pay of Officers Indebted to United 
States 
"(a) Commissioned officers, commissioned warrant officers, cadets, 
warrant officers, and enlisted persons shall, except as otherwise pro-
vided by law, receive the same pay, allowances, increases, additions, 
and gratuities as prescribed by corresponding ranks, grades, or ratings 
for personnel of the Navy, including any extra pay and allowances for 
special duty. 
"(b) The pay of officers of the Coast Guard may be withheld under 
section 82 of Title 5 on account of an indebtedness to the United 
States admitted or shown by the judgment of a court, but not other-
wise unless upon a special order issued according to the discretion 
of the Secretary.". 
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63 Stat. 547. 
C l a i m s settle-
ment. 
6 2 S t a t . 
9 3 3 , 
971, 982. 
SEC. 34. Subsection (a) of section 645 of Title 14, United States 
Code, is amended by striking out "chapter 20" in the first sentence of 
such subsection, and in lieu thereof inserting "sections 1346 (b) and 
2401 (b), and chapter 171,", so that such subsection will read as fol-
lows : 
"(a) The Secretary and, subject to appeal to the Secretary, such 
other officer as he may designate for such purposes and under regula-
tions prescribed by him, may consider, ascertain, adjust, determine, 
settle, and pay in an amount not in excess of $1,000, where accepted 
by a claimant in full satisfaction and final settleinent7 any claim 
against the United States arising on or after May 27, 1941, when such 
claim is substantiated in such a manner as the Secretary may by regu-
lations prescribe, for damage to or loss or destruction of pro])erty, 
real or personal, or for personal injury or death, caused by military 
personnel or civilian employees of the Coast Guard while acting 
within the scope of their employment (excluding claims cognizable 
under sections 1346 (b) and 2401 (b), and chapter 171, of Title 28), 
or otherwise incident to noncombat activities of the Coast Guard, 
including claims for damage to or loss or destruction by criminal 
acts of registered or insured mail while in the possession of Coast 
Guard authorities, claims for damage to or loss or destruction of 
personal property bailed to the Government, and claims for damages 
to real property incident to the use and occupancy thereof, whether 
under a lease, express or implied, or otherwise. 
The provisions of 
this section shall not apply to claims for personal injury or death 
of military personnel or civilian employees of the Coast Guard if such 
injury or death occurs incident to their services. The provisions 
of this section shall not apply where the damage to or loss or destruc-
tion of property, or the personal injury or death, has been caused in 
whole or in part by any negligence or wrongful act on the part of 
the claimant, his agent, or employee. 
The amount allowed on account 
of personal injury or death shall be limited to reasonable medical, 
hospital, and burial expenses actually incurred, except that no pay-
ment shall be made to any claimant in reimbursement for medical or 
hospital services furnished at the expense of the United States nor, 
in the case of burial, of such portion of the expense thereof as may be 
otherwise paid by the United States.". 
SEC. 35. The analysis of chapter 229 of Title 18, United States Code, 
as amended by the Act approved October 24, 1951 (ch. 546, sec. 1, 65 
Stat. 609), is amended by inserting, following and underneath item 
3619 in such analysis, and preceding section 3611 of such title, the 
following item: "3620. Vessels carrying explosives and steerage 
passengers." 
SEC. 36. Title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting, 
immediately following section 3619 of such title, and preceding chap-
ter 231 thereof, the following new section: 
"§ 3620. Vessels Carrying Explosives and Steerage Passengers 
"The amount of any fine imposed upon the master of a steamship or 
other vessel under the provisions of section 2278 of this title shall be a 
lien upon such vessel, and such vessel may be libeled therefor in the 
district court of the United States for any district in which such vessel 
shall arrive or from which it shall depart.". 
SEC. 37. Section 307 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act 
(52 Stat. 1046; 21 U. S. C , sec. 337) is amended by striking out the t^"^ ^^^^^ 
words "Notwithstanding the provisions of section 876 of the Revised 
poe^^s 
Statutes, subpenas", in the second sentence of such section, and in 
lieu thereof inserting "Subpoenas", so that such section will read as 
follows: 
62 Stat. 80 5. 
Food, drug, and 
cosmetic r e gul a-
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62 Stat. 898. 
Court of Claims. 
62 Stat. 900. 
67 Stat. 226. 
62 Stat. 901. 
62 Stat. 923. 
Commi s sloner s. 
"SEC. B07. All such proceedings for the enforcement, or to restrain 
violations, of this Act shall be by and in the name of the United States. 
Subpoenas for witnesses who are required to attend a court of the 
United States, in any district, may run into any other district in any 
such proceeding.". 
SEC. 38. The analysis of chapter 7 of Title 28, United States Code, 
immediately preceding section 171 of such title, is amended by adding, 
immediately preceding the period at the end of item 171 in such 
analysis, the following: "; character of court", so that such item will 
read as follows: "l7l. Appointment and number of judges; character 
of court.". 
SEC. 39. (a) The catchline to section 171 of Title 28, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "; 
character of court", so that such catchline will read as follows: "§ 171. 
Appointment and number of judges; character of court". 
(b) Subsection (c) of section 291 of Title 28, United States Code, 
is amended by striking all of the subsections following "may," and 
in lieu thereof inserting "upon presentation to him by the chief judge 
of the Court of Claims of a certificate of necessity, designate and 
assign temporarily any circuit judge to serve as a judge of the Court 
of Claims," so that the subsection will read as follows: 
"(c) The Chief Justice of the United States may, upon presenta-
tion to him by the chief judge of the Court of Claims of a certificate 
of necessity, designate and assign temporarily any circuit judge to 
serve as a judge of the Court of Claims". 
(c) Subsection (d) of section 292 of Title 28, United States Code, 
is amended by striking all of the subsection following the word "may" 
and in lieu thereof inserting "upon presentation to him by the chief 
judge of the Court of Claims of a certificate of necessity, designate 
and assign temporarily any district judge to serve as a judge of the 
Court of Claims", so that the subsection will read as follows: 
"(d) The Chief Justice of the United States may upon presentation 
to him by the chief judge of the Court of Claims of a certificate of 
necessity, designate and assign temporarily any district judge to serve 
as a judge of the Court of Claims." 
(d) Section 295 of Title 28, United States Code, is amended by 
inserting "of a circuit or district judge in active service" immediately 
after "assignment" and by striking out 
that such section will read: 
'a" and inserting "the" so 
'*§ 295. Conditions Upon Designation and Assignment 
"No designation and assignment of a circuit or district judge in 
active service shall be made without the consent of the chief judge or 
judicial council of the circuit from which the judge is to be designated 
and assigned. 
"All designations and assignments of justices and judges shall be 
filed with the clerks and entered on the minutes of the courts from 
and to which made. 
"The Chief Justice of the United States, a circuit justice or a chief 
judge of a circuit may make new designation and assignments in ac-
cordance with the provisions of this chapter and may revoke those 
previously made by him." 
SEC. 40. The analysis of chapter 51 of Title 28, United States Code, 
immediately preceding section 791 of such title, is amended by strik-
ing out the item "793. Reporter-commissioners; stenographers", now 
appearing in such analysis. 
SEC. 41. (a) Subsection (a) of section 792 of Title 28, United States 
Code, is amended (1) by striking out where it appears in such subsec-
tion "United States"; and (2) by striking out the period at the end 
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of such subsection and in lieu thereof inserting "and shall devote all 
of their time to the duties of the office.", so that such subsection will 
read as follows: 
"(a) The Court of Claims may appoint fifteen commissioners who 
shall be subject to removal by the court and shall devote all of their 
time to the duties of the office.". 
(b) Subsection (b) of section 792 of Title 28, United States Code, 
is amended (1) by striking out where it appears in such subsection 
"a salary of $7,500 a year", and in lieu thereof inserting "basic com-
pensation at the rate of $14,800 a year"; (2) by striking out where it 
appears in such subsection "all necessary traveling expenses, and also 
his reasonable maintenance expenses actually incurred, not exceeding 
$7 per day, while taking testimony or transacting other official business 
at a place other than Washington." and in lieu thereof inserting "also 
all necessary traveling expenses and a per diem allowance as provided 
in sections 835-842 of Title 5, while traveling on official business and 
away from Washington, District of Columbia^', so that such subsection 
will read as follows: 
"(b) Each commissioner shall receive basic compensation at the 
rate of $14,800 a year, and also all necessary traveling expenses and a 
per diem allowance as provided in sections 835-842 of Title 5 while 
traveling on official business and away from Washington, District of 
Columbia.". 
(c) Subsection (c) of section 792 of Title 28, United States Code, 
is repealed. 
(d) The concluding paragraph of section 792 of Title 28, United 
States Code, providing "Each commissioner shall devote all of his 
time to the duties of his office." is repealed. 
SEC. 42. Section 1343 of Title 28, United States Code, is amended 
" stat. 932. 
by striking out, in the two places where it appears in such section, 
the reference "47 of Title 8", and in lieu thereof inserting "1985 of 
Title 42". 
SEC. 43. The analysis of chapter 91 of Title 28, United States Code, 
immediately preceding section 1491 of such title, is amended (1) by 
adding, immediately preceding the j)eriod at the end of item 1491 in 
such analysis, the following: "; actions involving Tennessee Valley 
Authority", so that such item will read as follows: "1491. 
Claims 
against United States generally; actions involving Tennessee Valley 
Authority."; and (2) by striking out the item "1493. Departmental 
reference cases.", now appearing in such analysis. 
SEC. 44. (a) The catchline to section 1491 of Title 28, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "; 
actions involving Tennessee Valley Authority", so that such catch-
line will read as follows: "§1491. 
Claims against United States 
generally; actions involving Tennessee Valley Authority". 
(b) Section 1491 of Title 28, United States Code, is amended by 
striking out where it appears in such section the following: "The 
United States Court of Claims shall have jurisdiction to render 
judgment upon any claim against the United States: 
"(1) founded upon the Constitution; or 
"(2) founded upon any Act of Congress; or 
"(3) founded upon any regulation of an executive department; 
or 
"(4) founded upon any express or implied contract with the 
United States; or 
"(5) for liquidated or unliquidated damages in cases not sound-
ing in tort.", 
and in lieu thereof inserting "The Court of Claims shall have juris-
diction to render judgment upon any claim against the United States 
62 Stat. 940. 
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founded either upon tlie Constitution, or any Act of Congress, or any 
regulation of an executive department, or upon any express or implied 
contract with the United States, or for liquidated or unliquidated 
damages in cases not sounding in tort.", so that such section will read 
as follows: 
"The Court of Claims shall have jurisdiction to render judgment 
upon any claim against the United States founded either upon the 
Constitution, or any Act of Congress, or any regulation of an executive 
department, or upon any express or implied contract with the United 
States, or for liquidated or unliquidated damages in cases not sounding 
in tort. 
'^^^' 
"Nothing herein shall be construed to give the Court of Claims juris-
diction in suits against, or founded on actions of, the Tennessee Valley 
Authority, nor to amend or modify the provisions of the Tennessee 
16 use Hi. 
Valley Authority Act of 1983, as amended, with respect to suits by 
or against the Authority." 
(c) Section 1494 of Title 28, United States Code, is amended by 
striking out "United States Court of Claims" and inserting in lieu 
thereof "Court of Claims" so that such section will read: 
"§ 1494. Accounts of Officers, Agents or Contractors 
"The Court of ('laims shall have jurisdiction to determine the 
amount, if any, due to or from the United States by reason of any 
unsettled account of any officer or agent of, or contractor with, the 
United States, or a guarantor, surety or personal representative of 
any such officer, agent or contractor, and to render judgment thereof 
where— 
"(1) claimant or the person he represents has applied to the 
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' 
i 
proper department of the Government for settlement of the 
account; 
" (2) three years have elapsed from the date of such application 
without settlement; and 
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"(3) no suit upon the same has been brought by the United 
States." 
SEC. 45. Section 1821 of Title 28, United States Code, as amended 
by the Act approved May 10, 1949 (ch. 96, 63 Stat. 65), the Act 
approved May 24, 1949 (ch. 139, sec. 94, 63 Stat. 103), and the Act 
approved Oct. 31,1951 (ch. 655, sec. 51 (a), 65 Stat. 727), is amended 
by striking out, in the first sentence thereof, the words "or before 
a United States commissioner or person taking his deposition pur-
suant to any order of a court of the United States,", and in lieu there-
of inserting ", or before a United States commissioner, or before any 
person authorized to take his deposition pursuant to any rule or 
order of a court of the United States,", so that such section will read 
as follows: 
"§ 1821. Per Diem and Mileage Generally; Subsistence 
"A witness attending in any court of the United States, or before 
a United States commissioner, or before any person authorized to 
take his deposition pursuant to any rule or order of a court of the 
United States, shall receive $4 for each day's attendance and for the 
time necessarily occupied in going to and returning from the same, 
and 7 cents per mile for going from and returning to his place of 
i-esidence. Witnesses who are not salaried employees of the Govern-
ment and who are not in custody and who attend at points so far 
removed from their respective residences as to prohibit return there-
to from day to day shall be entitled to an additional allowance of 
$5 per day for expenses of subsistence including the time necessarily 
occupied in going to and returning from the place of attendance: 
Provided, That in lieu of the mileage allowance provided for herein. 
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witnesses who are required to travel between the Territories, posses-
sions, or to and from the continental United States, shall be entitled to 
the actual expenses of travel at the lowest first-class rate available at 
the time of reservation for passage, by means of transportation 
employed: Provided 
further^ That this section shall not apply to 
Alaska. 
"When a witness is detained in prison for want of security for his 
appearance, he shall be entitled, in addition to his subsistence, to a 
compensation of $1 per day.". 
SEC. 46. The analysis of chapter 165 of Title 28, United States Code, 
" stat. 975. 
immediately preceding section 2501 of such title, is amended by strik-
ing out of item 2510, in such analysis, the words "Departmental ref-
erence cases", and in lieu thereof inserting "Referral of cases by Comp-
troller General", so that such item will read as follows: "2510. Refer-
ral of cases by Comptroller General.". 
SEC. 47. (a) The first paragraph of section 2508 of Title 28, United 
States Code is amended by striking out "United States Court of 
Claims" and inserting in lieu thereof "Court of Claims" so that such 
paragraph will read: 
"Upon the trial of any suit in the Court of Claims in which any 
setoff, counterclaim, claim for damages, or other demand is set up 
on the part of the United States against any plaintiff making claim 
against the United States in said court, the court shall hear and deter-
mine such claim or demand both for and against the United States 
and plaintiff." 
(b) The catchline to section 2510 of title 28, United States Code, 
is amended by striking out the words "Departmental reference cases", 
appearing in such catchline, and in lieu thereof inserting "Referral 
of cases by Comptroller General", so that such catchline will read as 
follows: "§2510. Referral of cases by Comptroller General". 
SEC. 48. Section 2 of the Act approved August 7, 1888 (ch. 772, 
25 Stat. 383; 47 U. S. C, sec. 10) is amended by striking out, after 
"provision of" near the beginning of such section, the reference "title 
sixty-five of the Revised Statutes", and in lieu thereof inserting 
"sections 5263 to 5269, inclusive, of the Revised Statutes, prior to 
the effective date of the repeal of such sections,", so that such section 
will read as follows: 
"SEC. 2. That Avhenever any telegraph company which shall have 
Telegraphs, 
accepted the provisions of sections 5263 to 5269, inclusive, of the 
Revised Statutes, prior to the effective date of the repeal of such 
sections, shall extend its line to any station or office of a telegraph line 
belonging to any one of said railroad or telegraph companies, referred 
to in the first section of this Act, said telegraph company so extending 
its line shall have the right and said railroad or telegraph company 
shall allow the line of said telegraph company so extending its line 
to connect with the telegraph line of said railroad or telegraph com-
pany to which it is extended at the place where their lines may meet, 
for the prompt and convenient interchange of telegraph business 
between said companies; and such railroad and telegraph companies, 
referred to in the first section of this act, shall so operate their respec-
tive telegraph lines as to afford equal facilities to all, without dis- 
' 
crimination in favor of or against any person, company, or corpora-
tion whatever, and shall receive, deliver, and exchange business wnth 
connecting telegraph lines on equal terms, and affording equal facili-
ties, and without discrimination for or against any one of such con-
necting lines; and such exchange of business shall be on terms just 
and equitable.". 
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48 Stat. 1064. 
47 u s e 609. 
Office of Defense 
Mobilization. 
63 Stat. 954. 
5 u s e 1071 note. 
SEC. 49. Section 7 of the Act approved Aug^ust 7, 1888 (ch. 772, 
25 Stat. 385; 47 U. S. C , sec. 15) is amended by striking out, after 
"premises", the words "now existing in the United States, or any 
authority that the Postmaster-General now has under title sixty-five 
of the Revised Statutes to fix rates, or, of the Government, to pur-
chase lines as provided under said title, or to have its messages given 
precedence in transmission", and in lieu thereof inserting "now or 
hereafter existing in the United States, or the authority of the Federal 
Communications Commission under the provisions of the Communi-
cations Act of 1934, as amended, to prescribe charges, classifications, 
regulations, and practices, including priorities, applicable to Gov-
ernment communications", so that such section will read as follows: 
"SEC. 7. That nothing in this Act shall be construed to affect or 
impair the right of Congress, at any time hereafter, to alter, amend, or 
repeal the said Acts hereinbefore mentioned; and this Act shall be 
subject to alteration, amendment, or repeal as, in the opinion of 
Congress, justice or the public welfare may require; and nothing 
herein contained shall be held to deny, exclude, or impair any right 
or remedy in the premises now or hereafter existing in the United 
States, or the authority of the Federal Communications Commission 
under the provisions of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 
to prescribe charges, classifications, regulations, and practices, includ-
ing priorities, applicable to Government communications.". 
SEC. 50. Section 103 of the Act approved July 26,1947 (ch. 343, title 
I, 61 Stat. 499; 50 U. S. C, sec. 404) is amended (1) by striking out 
subsection (a) thereof; (2) by redesignating present subsections (b), 
(c), and (d) as "(a)", "(b)'', and "(c)", respectively; (3) by strik-
ing out, in subsection (a), as so redesignated by clause (2) of this 
section, "Chairman of the Board", and in lieu thereof inserting 
"Director of the Office of Defense Mobilization"; (4) by striking out, 
in subsection (a), as so redesignated by clause (2) of this section, 
"Classification Act of 1923, as amended", and in lieu thereof insert-
ing "Classification Act of 1949"; (5) by striking out, in subsection (a), 
as so redesignated, "Board in carrying out its", and in lieu thereof 
inserting "Director in carrying out his"; (6) by striking out, in sub-
section (b), as so redesignated by clause (2) of this section, the term 
"Board", and in lieu thereof inserting "Director of the Office of 
Defense Mobilization"; and (7) by striking out, in subsection (c), as 
so redesignated by clause (2) of this section, "its functions, the 
Board", and in lieu thereof inserting "his functions, the Director of 
the Office of Defense Mobilization", so that such section will read as 
follows ; 
"SEC. 103. (a) The Director of the Office of Defense Mobilization, 
subject to the direction of the President, is authorized, subject to the 
civil-service laws and the Classification Act of 1949, to appoint and fix 
the compensation of such personnel as may be necessary to assist the 
Director in carrying out his functions. 
"(b) It shall be the function of the Director of the Office of Defense 
Mobilization to advise the President concerning the coordination of 
military, industrial, and civilian mobilization, including— 
"(1) policies concerning industrial and civilian mobiliza-
tion in order to assure the most effective mobilization and 
maximum utilization of the Nation's manpower in the event 
of war; 
"(2) programs for the effective use in time of war of the 
Nation's natural and industrial resources for military and 
civilian needs, for the maintenance and stabilization of the 
civilian economy in time of war, and for the adjustment of 
such economy to war needs and conditions; 
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"(3) policies for unifying, in time of war, the activities 
of Federal agencies and departments engaged in or concerned 
with production, procurement, distribution, or transportation 
of military or civilian supplies, materials, and products; 
"(4) the relationship between potential supplies of, and 
potential requirements for, manpower, resources, and produc-
tive facilities in time of war; 
" (5) policies for establishing adequate reserves of strategic 
and critical material, and for the conservation of these 
reserves; 
"(6) the strategic relocation of industries, services, govern-
ment, and economic activities, the continuous operation of 
which is essential to the Nation's security; 
"(c) In performing his functions, the Director of the Office of 
Defense Mobilization shall utilize to the maximum extent the facilities 
and resources of the departments and agencies of the Government.", 
SEC. 51. (a) Subsection (a) of section 2 of the Act approved June j„^*g^*^* of certain 
25, 1948 (ch. 646, 62 Stat. 985) is amended by inserting at the end 
28 use i36, 172 
thereof the following: "The Chief Justice of the United States Court "°*^^-
of Appeals for the District of Columbia and the Associate Justices 
thereof, the Chief Justice of the District Court of the United States 
for the District of Columbia (formerly named the Supreme Court 
of the District of Columbia) and the Associate Justices thereof, the 
Chief Justice of the Court of Claims, and the presiding judge of the 
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, in office on the effective date 
of this Act, shall be judges of the United States within the meaning 
of section 451 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure, of the 
62 stat. 907. 
United States Code, set out in section 1 of this Act. The Chief Justice 
of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia 
and the Associate Justices thereof in office on the effective date of this 
Act, shall be circuit judges of the District of Columbia Circuit and 
vested with all the rights, powers, and duties thereof, and the said 
Chief Justice of the United States Court of Appeals for the District 
of Columbia shall be the Chief Judge of said Circuit. 
The Chief 
Justice of the District Court of the United States for the District of 
Columbia (formerly named the Supreme Court of the District of 
Columbia) and the Associate Justices thereof, in office on the effective 
date of this Act, shall be district judges for the District of Columbia 
and vested with all the rights, powers and duties thereof." 
so that such subsection wdll read as follows: 
"(a) The Chief Justices of the United States Court of Appeals 
for the District of Columbia, the District Court of the United States 
for the District of Columbia, and the Court of Claims, and the presid-
ing judge of the Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, in office on 
the effective date of this Act shall be the chief judges of their respec-
tive courts. The Chief Justice of the United States Court of Appeals 
for the District of Columbia and the Associate Justices thereof, the 
Chief Justice of the District Court of the United States for the Dis-
trict of Columbia (formerly named the Supreme Court of the District 
of Columbia) and the Associate Justices thereof, the Chief Justice 
of the Court of Claims, and the presiding judge of the Court of Cus-
toms and Patent Appeals, in office on the effective date of this Act, 
shall be judges of the United States within the meaning of Section 
451 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure, of the United 
States Code, set out in Section 1 of this Act. The Chief Justice of 
the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia and 
the Associate Justices thereof, in office on the effective date of this 
Act, shall be circuit judges of the District of Columbia Circuit and 
vested with all the rights, powers, and duties thereof, and the said 
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Effective date. 
CI aims referral s. 
62 Stat. 976. 
Proceedings be-
f o r e 
c o m m i s -
Chief Justice of the United States Court of Appeals for the District 
of Cohimbia shall be Chief Judge of said Circuit. The Chief Justice 
of the District Court of the United States for the District of Colum-
bia (formerly named the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia) 
and the Associate Justices thereof, in office on the effective date of 
this Act, shall be district judges for the District of Columbia and 
vested with all the rights, powers, and duties thereof." 
(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) of this section shall 
be deemed to be in effect as of September 1,1948. 
SEC. 52. The first paragraph of section 2501 of Title 28, United 
States Code, is amended by striking out where they appear in such 
paragraph the words ", or the claim is referred by the Senate or 
House of Representatives, or by the head of an executive department", 
so that such paragraph will read as follows: 
"Every claim of which the Court of Claims has jurisdiction shall 
be barred unless the petition thereon is filed within six years after 
such claim first accrues.". 
SEC. 53. (a) The first paragraph of section 2503 of Title 28 of 
United States Code, is amended (1) by lettering the paragraph as 
subsection (a) ; (2) by striking out the second sentence of such para-
graph and inserting in lieu thereof "In accordance with rules and 
orders of the court, commissioners shall fix times for trials, administer 
oaths or affirmations to and examine witnesses, receive evidence and 
report findings of fact and, when directed by the court, their recom-
mendations for conclusions of law in cases assigned to them. 
Hear-
ings shall, if convenient, be held in the counties where the witnesses 
reside.": and (3) by striking out the last two sentences of such para-
graph, so that such paragraph will read as follows: 
"(a) Parties to any suit in the Court of Claims may appear before 
a commissioner in person or by attorney, produce evidence and exam-
ine witnesses. In accordance wdth rules and orders of the court, 
commissioners shall fix times for trials, administer oaths or affirma-
tions to and examine witnesses, receive evidence and report findings 
of fact and, when directed by the court, their recommendations for 
conclusions of law in cases assigned to them. Hearings shall, if con-
venient, be held in the counties where the witnesses reside.". 
(b) The second paragraph of section 2503 of Title 28, United States 
Code, is amended by (1) by lettering the paragraph as subsection (b) ; 
and (2) by striking out the first sentence of such paragraph and insert-
ing in lieu thereof "The rules of the court shall provide for the filing 
in court of the commissioner's report of facts and recommendations for 
conclusions of law, and for opportunity for the parties to file excep-
tions thereto, and a hearing thereon before the court within a reason-
able time.", so that the paragraph will read as follows: 
"(b) The rules of the court shall provide for the filing in court of 
the commissioner's report of facts and recommendations for conclu-
sions of law, and for opportunity for the parties to file exceptions 
thereto, and a hearing thereon before the court within a reasonable 
time. This section shall not prevent the court from passing upon all 
questions and findings regardless of whether exceptions were taken 
before a commissioner.". 
SEC. 54. (a) The second paragraph of section 2505 of Title 28, United 
States Code, is repealed. 
(b) The catchline to section 2505 of Title 28, United States Code, 
is amended by striking out the words "Place of taking evidence" and 
in lieu thereof inserting "Trial before judges", so that such catchline 
will read as follows: 
C a l l s and di s 
covery. 
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"§ 2505. Trial before judges". 
(c) The analysis of chapter 165 of Title 28 of United States Code, 
immediately preceding section 2501 of such title, is amended by strik-
ing out the item "2505. Place of taking evidence." and in lieu thereof 
inserting 
"2505. Trial before judges.". 
SEC. 55. (a) Section 2507 of Title 28, United States Code, is 
amended (1) by striking out from the catchline to such section the 
words "Calls on departments for information" and in lieu thereof 
inserting "Calls and discovery"; (2) by inserting the subsection desig-
nation " ( a ) " immediately preceding the first word of the first para-
graph of such section; (3) by inserting after the words "United 
States" where they appear in the first paragraph of such section the 
words "or upon any party"; and (4) by striking out where they appear 
in the first paragraph of such section the words "it deems necessary, 
and may use all recorded and printed reports made by the committees 
of the Senate and House of Representatives." and in lieu thereof 
inserting "not privileged, for purposes of discovery or for use as 
evidence. 
The head of any department or agency may refuse to 
comply with a call issued pursuant to this subsection when, in his 
opinion, compliance will be injurious to the public interest.", so that 
such paragraph redesignated as subsection (a) will read as follows: 
"(a) The Court of Claims may call upon any department or agency 
of the United States or upon any party for any information or papers, 
not privileged, for purposes of discovery or for use as evidence. 
The 
head of any department or agency may refuse to comply with a call 
issued pursuant to this subsection when, in his opinion, compliance 
will be injurious to the public interest.". 
(b) Section 2507 of Title 28, United States Code is amended by 
striking out the second paragraph of such section which reads "The 
head of any department or agency may refuse to comply when, in 
his opinion, compliance will be injurious to the public interest.", and 
in lieu thereof inserting a new subsection to be numbered subsection 
" ( b ) " and to read as follows: 
"(b) Without limitation on account of anything contained in sub-
section (a) of this section, the court may, in accordance with its rules, 
provide additional means for the discovery of any relevant facts, books, 
papers, documents or tangible things, not privileged.". 
(c) Section 2507 of Title 28, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end thereof a new subsection to be numbered subsection 
" (c)" and to read as follows: 
"(c) The Court of Claims may use all recorded and printed reports 
made by the committees of the Senate or House of Representatives.". 
(d) The analysis to chapter 165 of Title 28, United States Code, 
immediately preceding section 2501 of such title is amended by strik-
ing out therefrom the catchline to item 2507 reading "Calls on depart-
ments for information." and in lieu thereof inserting "Calls and dis-
covery.", so that the item will read: 
"2507. Calls and discovery.". 
^ SEC. 56. Subsection (c) of section 2513 of Title 28, United States 
P^^^^^^-
Code, is amended by striking out where it appears in such subsection 
the words "filed with" and in lieu thereof inserting "considered by" 
so that such subsection will read as follows : 
"(c) No pardon or certified copy of a pardon shall be considered 
by the Court of Claims unless it contains recitals that the pardon 
was granted after applicant had exhausted all recourse to the courts 
and that the time for any court to exercise its jurisdiction had 
expired.". 
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Interest on judg-
ments. 
Pees. 
SEC. 57. The last sentence of subsection (b) of section 2516 of Title 
28, United States Code, is amended by inserting immediately after 
the word "allowed" where it appears in such sentence the words "for 
any period", so that such subsection will read as follows: 
"(b) Interest on judgments against the United States affirmed 
by the Supreme Court after review on petition of the United States 
shall be paid at the rate of four percent per annum from the date of 
the filing of the transcript of the judgment in the Treasury Depart-
ment to the date of the mandate of affirmance. 
Such interest shall 
not be allowed for any period after the term of the Supreme Court 
at which the judgment was affirmed.". 
SEC. 58. Subsection (a) of section 2520 of Title 28, United States 
Code, is amended by striking out where it appears in such subsection 
the words "and the hearing of any case before the court, a judge, or a 
commissioner", so that such subsection will read as follows: 
"(a) The Court of Claims shall by rules impose a fee not exceeding 
$10, for the filing of any petition.". 
SEC. 59. (a) Chapter 165 of Title 28, United States Code, is amended 
by adding at the end thereof a new section to be designated as section 
2521 entitled "Subpoenas" and to read as follows: 
"§ 2521. 
Subpoenas 
"Subpoenas requiring the attendance of parties or witnesses and sub-
poenas requiring the production of books, papers, documents or tangi-
ble things by any party or witness having custody or control thereof, 
may be issued for purposes of discovery or for use of the things pro-
duced as evidence in accordance with the rules and orders of the court. 
Such subpoenas shall be issued and served and compliance therewith 
shall be compelled as provided in the rules and orders of the court.". 
(b) The analysis to chapter 165 of Title 28, United States Code, 
immediately preceding section 2501 of such title, is amended by add-
ing at the end thereof a new item 2521 to read as follows: 
''2521. Subpoenas.". 
Approved September 3, 1954. 
September 3, 1954 
[H. R. 9859] 
Public Law 780 
CHAPTER 1264 
AN ACT 
Authorizing the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works 
on rivers and harbors for navigation, flood control, and for other purposes. 
River and Harbor 
Act of 1954. 
59 Stat. 10. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled^ 
TITLE I—RIVERS AND HARBORS 
SEC. 101. That the following works of improvement of rivers and 
harbors and other waterways for navigation, flood control, and other 
purposes are hereby adopted and authorized to be prosecuted under 
the direction of the Secretary of the Army and supervision of the Chief 
of Engineers, in accordance with the plans and subject to the conditions 
recommended by the Chief of Engineers in the respective reports here-
inafter designated: Provided^ That the provisions of section 1 of the 
River and Harbor Act approved March 2,1945 (Public, Numbered 14, 
Seventy-ninth Congress, first session), shall govern with respect to 
projects authorized in this title; and the procedures therein set forth 
with respect to plans, proposals, or reports for works of improvement 
for navigation or flood control and for irrigation and purposes inci-
dental thereto, shall apply as if herein set forth in full: