An Act to amend the Veterans Regulations to provide additional compensation for veterans having the service incurred disability of loss or loss of use of both buttocks.
PL 84-969 (H.R.2845), enacted 08/03/1956

70 STAT. 1 
PUBLIC LtAW 969-AUG. 3, <1956 
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(1) the Secretary of Defense has submitted to the Armed 
Services Committees of the Senate and of the House of Repre-
sentatives a written report stating the intent to construct or acquire 
such units, certifying that the number of units to be constructed 
or acquired is consistent with the long range troop strength to be 
stationed at the location of such units, and showing the location, 
number, and estimated cost of such housing units, and the existing 
housing at such location; and 
(2) (a) a one hundred and eighty-day period has elapsed 
since the submission of such report^ or (b) the committees have 
advised the Secretary of Defense, m writing, that there are no 
further questions to be asked concerning the project contemplated 
in such contract. 
SEC. 420. The first two sentences of section 404 of the Housing 
Amendments of 1955 are amended to read as follows: "Whenever the 
Secretary of Defense or his designee deems it necessary for the pur-
pose of this title, he may acquire by purchase, donation, condemnation, 
or other means of transfer, any land or (with the approval of the 
Federal Housing Commissioner) any housing financed with mort-
gages insured under the provisions of title VIII of the National Hous-
ing Act as in effect prior to the enactment of the Housing Amendments 
of 1955. The purchase price of any such housing shall not exceed the 
Federal Housing Administration Commissioner's estimate of the 
replacement cost of such housing and related property (not including 
the value of any improvements installed or constructed with appro-
priated funds) as of the date of final endorsement for mortgage 
insurance reduced by an appropriate allowance for physical deprecia-
tion, as determined by the Secretary of Defense or his designee upon 
the advice of the Commissioner: Provided^ That in any case where the 
Secretary or his designee acquires a project held by the Commissioner, 
the price paid shall not exceed the face value of the debentures (plus 
accrued interest thereon) which the Commissioner issued in acquiring 
such project." 
SEC. 421. None of the authority contained in titles I, II, and I I I 
of this Act shall be deemed to authorize any building construction 
project within the continental United States at an average nationwide 
unit cost in excess of— 
(a) $22 per square foot for cold-storage warehousing; 
(b) $6 per square foot for regular warehousing; 
(c) $1,850 per man for permanent barracks; 
(d) $6,500 per man for bachelor officer quarters, 
unless the Secretary of Defense determines that, because of special 
circumstances, application to such project of the limitation on unit 
costs contained in this section is impracticable. 
SEC. 422. None of the authorization contained in section 101 of this 
Act for the construction of three-hundred-and-twenty-six-man bar-
racks with mess shall be used to provide, with respect to any such 
barracks, for mess facilities other than a single, consolidated mess. 
Approved August 3, 1956. 
Report to C o n -
gressional cotrimit-
tees. 
69 Stat. 652. 
4 2 u s e 1594a. 
Ante, p. 273. 
Cost limitation. 
An te, pp. 991, 
994, 
1 . O, 
J. 
1002. 
Army. 
Mess facilities. 
Public Law 969 
CHAPTER 940 
AN ACT 
To auieiid the Veterans Regulations to provide additional compensation for 
veterans having the service-incurred disability of loss or loss of use of both 
buttocks. 
August 3,1956 
[H. R. 2845] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress asseinbled^ That subparagraphs 
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PUBLIC LAW 970-AUG. 3, 1956 
[70 ST A T . 
(k) of paragraph II, part I, Veterans Regulation Numbered 1 (a), 
as amended, is hereby amended by inserting after the words "or one 
38 use ch. 12A. liand" each place they appear therein the following: ", or both but-
tocks". 
Effective date. 
SEC. 2. Tliis Act shall become effective on the first day of the second 
month following the date of its enactment. 
Approved August 3, 1956. 
August 3,1956 
[H. R. 5274] 
Public Law 970 
CHAPTER 941 
AN ACT 
Extending to Alaska, Hawaii, the Commonwealtli of Puerto Rico, the Virgin 
Islands, and the District of Columbia the power to enter into certain inter-
state compacts relating to the enforcement of the criminal laws and policies 
of the States. 
63 Stat. 107. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress asserrwled^ That section 111 of 
title 4 of the United States Code is amended by inserting " ( a ) " before 
"The consent of Congress" and by adding at the end thereof the 
following new subsection: 
"(b) For the purpose of this section, the term 'States' means the 
several States and Alaska, Hawaii, the Commonwealth of Puerto 
Rico, the Virgin Islands, and the District of Columbia." 
Approved August 3, 1956. 
Public Law 971 
CHAPTER 942 
August 3,1956 
[H. R. 7855] 
AN ACT 
To amend the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as 
amended, to extend until July 31, 1958, the period during which disposals of 
surplus property may be made by negotiation. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
dil^s^^! property UJ^HQCL States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 203 (e) 
68 Stat. 474. 
of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as 
amended (40 U. S. C. 484 (e)), is amended by striking out "June 30, 
1955" and inserting in lieu thereof "July 31, 1958". 
Approved August 3, 1956. 
Public Law 972 
CHAPTER 943 
August 3, 1956 
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[H. R. 11548] 
To provide for the establishment of a new fish hatchery in the vicinity of Paint 
Bank, Virginia. 
Paint Bank, Va. 
Fish hatchery. 
Appropriation. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Secretary 
of the Interior is authorized and directed to construct, equip, main-
tain, and operate a new^ fish hatchery in the vicinity of Paint Bank, 
Virginia. 
SEC. 2. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums 
as may be necessary to carry out this Act. 
Approved August 3, 1956.