An Act to amend the Universal Military Training and Service Act, as amended, and for other purposes.
PL 82-461 (H.R.7714), enacted 07/07/1952

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PUBLIC LAW 460-JULY 7, 1952 
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Deeds. 
right-of-way intersects the north boundary line of United States High-
way Numbered 20; thence in an easterly direction along the north 
boundary line of said United States Highway Numbered 20 at a dis-
tance of one thousand six hundred and seventy-seven feet to the point 
of beginning, said tract containing thirty-five and twenty-eight one-
hundredths acres: Provided^ That the city of Crawford shall pay the 
appraised fair market value of the property as determined by the 
United States Department of Agriculture. 
Deeds to the property conveyed pursuant to this Act shall contain 
a reservation to the United States of all gas, oil, coal, and other mineral 
deposits or fissionable materials as may be found on such lands and 
the right to the use of the lands for extracting and removing same. 
,..., Approved July 7, 1952. 
Public Law 460 
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[H.R. 6773] 
To provide for the further development of cooperative agricultural extension work. 
Agricultural e x -
tension work. 
59 Stat. 231. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That appropriations 
available for agricultural extension work in the fiscal year ending 
June 30, 1953 (except the amount apportioned pursuant to section 23 
(b) (2) of the Bankhead-Jones Act, as amended (7 U. S. C. 343d-l)), 
shall be paid to the States, Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico in the 
same proportions as appropriations available for such work in the 
fiscal year ending June 30,1952, 
Approved July 7, 1952. 
July 7, 1952 
[H. R. 
Public Law 461 
CHAPTER 584 
AN ACT 
7714] 
To amend the Universal Military Training and Service Act, as amended, and for 
other purposes. 
nents. 
Retention in ac-
tive service. 
64 Stat. 319. 
50 USCapp. 471. 
S t a t e , etc., or-
ganizations. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 21 of 
the Universal Military Training and Service Act, as amended, is fur-
ther amended by adding the following at the end thereof: 
"The President may retain the unit organizations and the equipment 
thereof, exclusive of the individual members thereof, in the active 
Federal service for a total period of five consecutive years, and upon 
being relieved by the appropriate Secretary from active Federal 
service, National Guard, or Air National Guard units, shall, insofar 
as practicable, be returned to their National Guard or Air National 
Guard status in their respective States, Territories, the District of 
Columbia, and Puerto Rico, with pertinent records, colors, histories, 
trophies, and other historical impedimenta." 
SEC. 2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary 
of the Army and the Secretary of the Air Force, as appropriate, may, 
under such regulations as he may prescribe, provide for the organiza-
tion within any State, Territory, the District of Columbia, or Puerto 
Rico, of units of the National Guard and Air National Guard whenever 
unit organizations thereof are retained in the Federal service pursuant 
to the amendatory provisions of the first section hereof. Each unit so 
organized shall be comparable in organization structure to that of the 
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unit organization retained in the Federal service, and the strength of 
any such organized unit shall be as prescribed by the appropriate 
Secretary and may be changed from time to time, depending upon the 
availability of manpower: Provided^ That such units, organized as 
herein provided, and the members thereof shall be integrated into the 
respective corresponding unit organizations of the National Guard and 
Air National Guard retained in the Federal service within a reasonable 
time after the date of the release of such retained units to State con-
trol : Provided further^ That the Secretary of the Army and the Sec-
retary of the Air Force, as appropriate, under such regulations as he 
may prescribe shall provide for the arming and equipping of such 
units in such manner and without regard to apportionment, from avail-
able Army, or Air Force stocks, as appropriate, or otherwise, as he 
may deem necessary. 
Such arms and equipment shall be provided 
initially on a reduced basis and changed from time to time depending 
upon their availability. 
SEC. 3. Pursuant to regulations prescribed by the appropriate Sec-
retary, the units authorized in section 2 hereof shall consist of persons 
eligible for enlistment and appointment in the National Guard or 
Air National Guard of the respective State, Territory, the District of 
Columbia, or Puerto Rico, in accordance with the provisions of the 
National Defense Act, as amended, and of members of the National 
Guard or Air National Guard who are released from the active military 
service of the United States or have nonterminated enlistments or 
appointments in the National Guard or Air National Guard of the 
respective State, Territory, the District of Columbia, or Puerto Rico, 
and the members thereof shall be entitled to the same benefits, rights, 
privileges, and emoluments and be subject to the same laws and regu-
lations, as other members of the National Guard or Air National 
Guard of such State, Territory, the District of Columbia, or Puerto 
Rico. 
Approved July 7, 1952. 
Arms and equip-
ment. 
Members. 
Public Law 462 
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JOINT RESOLUTION 
To amend the Act of July 1, 1947 (61 Stat. 242). 
585 
July 7, 1952 
[H.J. Res. 418] 
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, That the first section of the 
Act of July 1,1947 (61 Stat. 242), is amended by striking out "Marine 
Corps League, Incorporated," and inserting "Marine Corps War 
Memorial Foundation". 
That section 3 of said Act be amended by striking out "five years" 
and inserting "ten years". 
Approved July 7, 1952. 
Marine Corps me-
morial in D.C. 
36 u s e 57b note. 
Public Law 463 
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586 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
Authorizing the printing and binding of a revised edition of Cannon's Procedure 
in the House of Representatives and providing that the same shall be subject 
to copyright by the author. 
July 7, 1952 
[H. J. Res. 492] 
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, That there shall be printed 
and bound for the use of the House one thousand five hundred copies of 
Cannon's Procedure in the House of Representatives, by Clarence 
Cannon, to be printed under the supervision of the author and to be 
distributed to the Members by the Speaker. 
C a n n o n ' s Pro-
cedure in House of 
Representatives.