An Act to promote the national defense by authorizing the construction of aeronautical research facilities by the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics necessary to the effective prosecution of aeronautical research
PL 83-371 (H.R.7328), enacted 05/27/1954

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PUBLIC LAW 369-MAY 27, 1954 
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Public Law 369 
CHAPTER 226 
May 2 7, 1954 
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To authorize the Panama Canal Company to transfer the Canal Zone Corrosion 
Laboratory to the Department of the Navy. 
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Corrosion Labora-
tory. 
Transfer. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Panama 
Canal Company is authorized to transfer to the Department of the 
Xavy, without exchange of funds and for use as a laboratory for 
corrosion tests and related studies, all, or so much as may be mutually 
agreed upon, of the facilities, buildings, structures, improvements and 
test installations of the Panama Canal Company, comprising the Canal 
Zone Corrosion Laboratory at Miraflores, Canal Zone, and at the 
various test exposure sites in the Canal Zone and on Panama Canal 
Company property ii,i the city of Colon, Republic of Panama. 
Approved May 27, 1954. 
May 27, 1954 
[H. R. 7329] 
Public Law 370 
CHAPTER 227 
AN ACT 
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To repeal section 1174 of the Revised Statutes, as amended, relating to the cooper-
ation of medical officers with line officers in superintending cooking by enlisted 
men. 
10 u s e 104. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 1174 of 
the Revised Statutes, as amended, is hereby repealed. 
Approved May 27, 1954. . 
May 27, 1954 
[H. R. 7328] 
Public Law 371 
CHAPTER 228 
AN ACT 
To promote the national defense by authorizing the construction of aeronautical 
research facilities by the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics neces-
sary to the effective prosecution of aeronautical research. 
Aeronautical re-
search facilities. 
Construction. 
64 Stat. 418. 
Costs. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That pursuant to 
subsection (b) of section 1 of Public Law 672, approved August 8,1950 
(50 U. S. C. 151b), the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics 
is authorized to undertake additional construction, and to purchase and 
install additional equipment at the following locations: 
Langley Aeronautical Laboratory, Hampton, Virginia: High-speed 
hydrodynamic facility, $1,220,000. 
Ames Aeronautical Laboratory, Moffett Field, California: Altera-
tions to two small supersonic tunnels, $349,000. 
Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory, Cleveland, Ohio: Alterations 
to an existing supersonic tunnel, air dryer for propulsion systems 
laboratory, air heater for altitude test chambers, and rocket engine 
research facility, $3,431,000. 
SEC. 2. Any of the approximate costs enumerated in section 1 of this 
Act may, in the discretion of the Director of the National Advisory 
Committee for Aeronautics, be varied upwards 5 per centum to meet 
unusual cost variations, but the total cost of all work so enumerated 
shall not exceed $5,000,000. 
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