An Act to amend the National Housing Act, as amended, and the Servicemens Readjustment Act of 1944, as amended, with respect to maximum interest rates, the veterans' direct home-loan program, and for other purposes
PL 83-101 (S.1993), enacted 07/01/1953

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nation, government, or force participating with the United States in 
anv armed conflict. 
" (e) The terms 'national war effort' and 'war effort' include national 
defense; the term 'war effort' as used in the statutory provisions 
referred to in section 101 (a) (1) of this Act also includes national 
defense. 
"(f) The term 'war activities' includes activities directly related to 
military operations." 
SEC. 2. Section 101 (c) of the Act of December 2,1952 (ch. 668, 56 
Stat. 1030), as amended, is hereby repealed. 
SEC. 3. Section 101 (d) of the Act of December 2, 1942 (ch. 668, 56 
Stat. 1030), as amended, is amended by adding before the period at 
the end thereof a comma and the following: "or (3) who is not a 
citizen of the United States and who suffers an injury, disability, 
death, or detention by the enemy subsequent to the effective date of 
this amendment". 
SEC. 4. Section 301 of the Act of December 2,1942 (ch. 668, 56 Stat. 
1035), as amended, is amended by adding the following new subsection: 
"(f) The liability under this Act of a contractor, subcontractor, or 
subordinate contractor engaged in public work under subparagraphs 
(1), (2), (3), and (4) subdivision (a) of this section shall not apply 
with respect to any employee not a citizen of the United States who 
incurs an injury or death resulting in death subsequent to the effective 
date of this amendment." 
SEC. 5. Section 5 (b) of the Act of July 28, 1945 (ch. 328, 59 Stat. 
505), is amended by— 
(a) Inserting after the words "during the present war" the words 
"and until July 1,1954". 
(b) Adding at the end thereof the following: "The term 'enemy' 
as used in this subsection means any nation, government, or force 
engaged in armed conflict with the Armed Forces of the United States 
or of any nation, government, or force participating with the United 
States in any armed conflict." 
This subparagraph shall not apply in 
the case of a person not a citizen of the United States who suffers 
disability, or death after capture, detention, or other restraint by an 
enemy of the United States after the effective date of this amendment. 
SEC. 6. Sections 1 (a) (13) and 1 (a) (17) of the Emergency 
Powers Continuation Act (ch. 570, 66 Stat. 332) are repealed. 
Approved June 30, 1953. 
Repeal. 
Noncitizens. 
42 use 1651. 
Detention b 
fits. 
5 use 801. 
Extension. 
'Enemy' 
Noncitizens. 
Public Law 101 
CHAPTER 177 
AN ACT 
To amend the National Housing Act, as amended, and the Servicemen's Readjust-^ 
ment Act of 1944, as amended, with respect to maximum interest rates, the 
veterans' direct home-loan program, and for other purposes. 
Jul; 
1953 
ily 1. 19; 
[S. 1993] 
Be it efMcted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That title III of the 
Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, as amended, is hereby 
amended as follows: 
(1) By striking out "4 per centum per annum" from clause (C) 
of section 512 (a) and inserting in lieu thereof "the rate authorized 
for guaranteed home loans,"; 
(2) By striking out "of 4 per centum per annum'* from section 512 
(b) and inserting "to be determined by the Administrator of Veterans' 
Affairs, not to exceed the rate authorized for guaranteed home loans, 
and in no event to exceed 4^^ per centum per annum"; 
Veterans' 
loans. 
Interest rates. 
64 Stat. 76. 
38 use 6941. 
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Time extension. 
65 Stat. 317. 
65 Stat. 317. 
38 use 694m. 
66 Stat. 64. 
Rate regulation. 
62 Stat. 1275. 
38 use 694. 
(3) By striking out "June 30, 1953" from clause (C) of section 
512 (b) and inserting "June 30,1954" in lieu thereof; 
(4) By striking out "June 30, 1953" from the first sentence of 
section 513 (a) and inserting "June 30, 1954" in lieu thereof; 
(5) By striking out "June 30, 1954" from the third sentence of 
section 513 (c) and inserting "June 30,1955" in lieu thereof; and 
(6) By striking out "June 30, 1953" from the first sentence of 
section 513 (d) and inserting "June 30, 1954" in lieu thereof. 
SEC. 2. The last proviso in section 500 (b), title I I I , of the Service-
men's Readjustment Act, as amended, is hereby amended to read as 
follows: ''^And provided further, 
That the Administrator, with the 
approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, may prescribe by regula-
tion from time to time such rate of interest, not in excess of 4% per 
centum per annum, as he may find the loan market demands." 
Approved July 1, 1953-
July 2, 1953 
[H. R. 4654] 
Public Law 102 
CHAPTER 178 
AN ACT 
To provide for the exemption from the Annual and Sick Leave Act of 1951 of 
certain officers in the executive branch of the Government, and for other 
purposes. 
Annual and sick 
leave. 
65 Stat. 679. 
5 u s e 2061. 
Exemptions. 
63 Stat. 965. 
5 u s e 1113. 
60 Stat. 1002. 
22 use 866. 
A c c r u e d leave 
liquidation. 
65 Stat. 679. 
5 u s e 2061 note. 
Po»t, p. 139. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled. That section 202 of 
the Annual and Sick Leave Act of 1951 is amended by adding a sub-
section (c) as follows: 
"(c) (1) This title shall not apply to the following officers in the 
executive branch of the Government and officers of the government 
of the District of Columbia, including officers of corporations wholly 
owned or controlled by the United States: 
"(A) persons appointed by the President by and with the advice 
and consent of the Senate, or by the President alone, whose rates of 
basic compensation exceed the maximum rate provided in the 
General Schedule of the Classification Act of 1949, as amended; 
"(B) persons who receive compensation in accordance with sec-
tion 411 of the Foreign Service Act of 1946; and 
"(C) such other officers (except postmasters. United States 
attorneys, and United States marshals) as may be designated 
by the President. 
No officer in the executive branch of the Government and no officer 
of the government of the District of Columbia, including an officer 
of a corporation wholly owned or controlled by the United States, 
to whom this title applies shall be deemed to be entitled to the com-
pensation attached to his office solely by virtue of his status as an 
officer. 
"(2) The President, in his discretion, may authorize leaves of ab-
sence to persons who are exempted from this title pursuant to sub-
section (c) (1) (B) for use in the United States and its Territories 
and possessions. Leaves of absence authorized under this subsection 
shall not constitute a leave system, and no such leave of absence which 
is not used shall be made the basis for any lump-sum payment." 
SEC. 2, (a) The accumulated and current accrued annual leave to 
which any officer exempted from the Annual and Sick Leave Act of 
1951 as a result of the enactment of this Act is entitled immediately 
prior to the date this Act becomes applicable to him shall be liquidated 
by a lump-sum payment in accordance with the Act of December 21, 
1944 (5 U. S. C. 61b-61e) or the Act of August 3,1950 (5 U. S. C. 61f-