An Act to authorize advances for clothing and equipment to cadets at the Military Academy and the Coast Guard Academy and to midshipmen at the Naval Academy, and for other purposes
PL 82-122 (H.R.2736), enacted 08/22/1951

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PUBLIC LAW 122—AUG. 22. 1951 
[65 
STAT. 
Penalty for unlaw-
ful use, etc. 
Appropriations 
thorized. 
and (f) the term 'World War II' shall include the period extending 
from September 8, 1939, to July 25, 1947, at 12 o'clock noon. 
"SEC. 4. Whoever shall (1) wear, display on his person, or other-
wise use as an insignia, any gold star lapel button issued to another 
person under the provisions of this Act; (2) falsely make, forge, or 
counterfeit, or cause or procure to be falsely made, forged, or coun-
terfeited, or aid in falsely making, forging or counterfeiting any 
lapel button authorized by this Act; or (3) sell or bring into the 
United States, or any place subject to the jurisdiction thereof, from 
any foreign place, or have in his possession, any such false, forged, 
or counterfeited lapel button, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or 
imprisoned not more than two years, or both. 
"SEC. 5. Such sums are hereby authorized to be appropriated as 
may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act." 
Approved August 21, 1951. 
August 22, 1951 
[H. R. 2736] 
Public Law 122 
CHAPTER 
340 
AN ACT 
To authorii^ advances for clothing and equipment to cadets at the Military-
Academy and the Coast Guard Academy and to midshipmen at the Naval 
Academy, and for other purposes. 
Cadets and mid-
shipmen. 
Initial clothing and 
equipment advances. 
Discharge prior to 
graduation. 
10 U. S. C. § 1149. 
34 U. S. C. § 1052. 
m Stat. SOS. 
Be it eriacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary 
of the Army and the Secretary of the Navy are respectively author-
ized to prescribe the sum which shall be credited to each new cadet 
or midshipman, upon first admission to the Military Academy or the 
Naval Academy, to cover the cost of his initial clothing and equip-
ment issue, which sum shall be deducted subsequently from his pay: 
Provided, That hereafter each cadet or midshipman discharged prior 
to graduation who is indebted to the United States on account of 
advances of pay to purchase required clothing and equipment shall 
be required to turn in to the respective Academies all clothing and 
equipment of a distinctively military nature to the extent required 
to discharge such indebtedness; and, if the value of such clothing 
and equipment so turned in does not cover the indebtedness so 
incurred, then such indebtedness shall be canceled. 
SEC. 2. That part of the Act of June 30, 1921 (42 Stat. 68, 95), 
under the heading "United States Military Academy—Permanent 
Establishment" which reads: ''''Provided further, That hereafter each 
new cadet shall, upon admission to the United States Military 
Academy, be credited with the sum of $250 to cover the cost of his 
initial clothing and equipment issue, to be deducted subsequently from 
his pay."; and that part of the Act of July 12,1921 (42 Stat. 122,131), 
under the heading "Bureau of Supplies and Accounts", which reads: 
'-''Provided, That hereafter each new midshipman shall, upon admis-
sion to the Naval Academy, be credited with the sum of $250 to cover 
the cost of his initial clothing and equipment issue, to be deducted 
subsequently from his pay.", are hereby repealed. 
SEC. 3. Section 183 of title 14 of the United States Code is amended 
to read as follows: 
"§ 183. Cadets; initial clothing allowance 
"The Secretary may prescribe a sum which shall be credited to each 
new cadet upon first admission to the Academy, to cover the cost of 
his initial clothing and equipment issue, which sum shall be deducted 
subsequently from his pay. 
Each cadet discharged prior to gradua-
tion who is indebted to the United States on account of advances of 
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pay to purchase required clothing and equipment shall be required 
to turn in to the Academy all clothing and equipment of a distinc-
tively military nature to the extent required to discharge such indebt-
edness; and, if the value of such clothing and equipment so turned 
in does not cover the indebtedness incurred, then such indebtedness 
shall be canceled." 
Approved August 22, 1951. 
Public Law 123 
CHAPTER 344 
AN ACT 
To amend the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act so as to provide a more effec-
tive distribution of mortgage loans insured under title I, to give holders of 
such mortgage loans preference in the refinancing of loans on a noninsured 
basis, to adjust the loan limitations governing title II loans so as to provide 
more effective assistance to production and subsistence loan borrowers, and 
for other purposes. 
August 23, 1951 
[S. 684] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following 
sections of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, as amended (60 
Stat. 1062), are hereby amended as follows: 
Amend section 4 by striking out the words "and insuring mortgages" 
and "insure mortgages or" where they occur in said section and amend 
the last sentence of section 12 (b) to read as follows: 
"With respect to any fiscal year, one-quarter of the amount avail-
able for insurance, commitments and acceptance of mortgages 
under this title shall be distributed among the several States and 
Territories on the basis of bona fide applications and the avail-
ability of farms with respect to which loans may be insured and 
the balance shall be distributed on the basis provided in section 4, 
and preferences shall be given to mortgages executed by veterans 
qualified under section 1." 
SEC. 2. Amend section 21 to read: 
"SEC. 21. (a) The Secretary may make loans to farmers and stock-
men who are citizens of the United States for the purchase of live-
stock, seed, feed, fertilizer, farm equipment, supplies, and other farm 
needs, the cost of reorganizing the farming enterprise or changing 
farming practices to accomplish more diversified or more profitable 
farming operations, the refinancing of existing indebtedness, and for 
family subsistence. 
"(b) No loan shall be made under this section for the purchase or 
leasing of land or for the carrying on of any land-purchase or land-
leasing program. 
No initial loan to any one borrower under this 
section shall exceed $7,000 and no further loan may be made under 
this section to a borrower so long as the total amount outstanding, 
including accrued interest, taxes, and other obligations properly 
chargeable to the account of the borrower, exceeds $10,000. 
"(c) The terms of loans under this section, including any renewal 
or extension of any such loan, shall not exceed seven years from the 
date the^riginal loan was made. 
"(d) No person who has failed to liquidate his indebtedness under 
this section for seven consecutive years shall be eligible for loans 
hereunder until he has paid such indebtedness in full, except that the 
indebtedness on loans made prior to November 1, 1946, which are 
being serviced and collected by the Farmers Home Administration, 
shall not be subject to the limitations of this section until Novem-
ber 1, 1953." 
Bankhead-Jones 
Farm Tenant Act, 
amendment. 
50 Stat. 522. 
7 U. S. C. § 1000. 
7 U. S. C. § 1004. 
7 U. S. C; § 1005b. 
D i s t r i b u t i o n of 
mortgage insurance. 
7 U. S. C. § 1007. 
Eligible borrowers. 
Restrictions. 
Terms of loans.