An Act to amend section 105 of the Legislative Appropriation Act, 1955, with respect to the disposition upon the death of a Member of the House of Representatives of amounts held for him in the trust fund account in the office of the Sergeant at Arms, and of other purposes
PL 86-102 (H.R.6435), enacted 07/23/1959

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W 86-102-JULY 23, 1959 
[73 STAT. 
Stat. 381; sec. 1-239, D.C. Code, 1951 edition), is amended to read 
as follows: '"''Provided further^ That hereafter no department, board, 
office, or agency of the government of the District of Columbia shall 
include any illustration in any annual report prepared by it unless 
such illustration be authorized under order or regulation approved 
by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia". 
Approved July 21, 1959. 
Public Law 86-102 
July 23, 1959 
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- R- 6435]— 
rpQ amend section 105 of the Legislative Appropriation Act, 1955, with respect 
to tlie disposition upon the death of a Member of the House of Representatives 
of amounts held for him in the trust fund account in the ofllce of the Sergeant 
at Arms, and of other amounts due such Member. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
sent'ative^s* Repre- United Sttttcs of America in Congress asseinbled, That section 105 of 
^"Decelsl'd mem- the Legislative Appropriation Act, 1955 (2 U.S.C. 38a), is amended 
''"s'aS^iog 
to read as follows: 
"SEC. 105. When any individual who has been elected a Member of, 
or Resident Commissioner to, the House of Representatives dies after 
the commencement of the Congress to which he has been elected, any 
unpaid balance of salary and other sums due such individual (includ-
ing amounts held in the trust fund account in the office of the Sergeant 
at Arms) shall be paid to the person or persons surviving at the date 
of death, in the following order of precedence, and such payment shall 
be a bar to the recovery oy any other person of amounts so paid: 
"First, to the beneficiary or beneficiaries designated by such in-
dividual in writing to receive such unpaid balance and other sums 
due filed with the Sergeant at Arms, and received by the Sergeant at 
Arms prior to such individual's death; 
"Secondj if there be no such beneficiary, to the widow or widower of 
such individual; 
"Third, if there be no beneficiary or surviving spouse, to the child 
or children of such individual, and descendants of deceased children, 
by representation; 
"Fourth, if none of the above, to the parents of such individual, or 
the survivor of them; 
"Fifth, if there be none of the above, to the duly appointed legal 
representative of the estate of the deceased individual, or if there be 
none, to the person or persons determined to be entitled thereto under 
the laws of the domicile of the deceased individual." 
Approved July 23, 1959. 
Public Law 86-103 
July 23, 1959 
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ACT 
—[H- R- 5447]— rjiQ extend the authority of the Administrator of Veterans' AfEairs to maintain 
offices in the Republic of the Philippines. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That subsection 230 
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2 Stat. 1116. 
(b) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking out "1960" 
and inserting in lieu thereof "1970". 
Approved July 23, 1959.