Joint resolution to provide an extension of time for the authorization for certain projects for Iocal food protection in the Tennessee River Basin
PL 82-314 (H.J.Res.350), enacted 04/15/1952

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PUBLIC LAW 314-APR. 15, 1952 
[66 S T A T . 
Date of termina-
tion of war forcer-
tain c l a i m s pur-
poses. 
Authority of Sec-
retary of Air Force. 
Real-estate : 
tions. 
65 Stat. 365. 
40 u s e 551. 
Separability. 
S e i z u r e of pri-
v a t e l y 
o w n e d 
plants. 
Short title. 
eluding appointments as officers and warrant officers in the Organized 
Keserve Corps, the Air Force Reserve, the National Guard of the 
United States, and the Air National Guard of the United States, any 
other provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding. 
(d) For the purpose of section 1 of the Act of May 2-9, 1945 (ch. 
135, 59 Stat. 225), as amended (81 U. S. C. 222c), and for the pur-
pose of section 2 of the Act of December 28, 1945 (ch. 597, 59 Stat. 
662; 31 U. S. C. 222e), the date of the termination of a time of war 
and the establishment of peace shall be June 1, 1952, notwithstanding 
any other termination of war or establishment of peace. 
(e) For the purpose of section 1 of the Act of July 3,1943 (ch. 189. 
57 Stat. 372), as amended (31 U. S. C. 223b), and for the purpose of 
section 1 of the Act of December 28, 1945 (ch. 597, 59 Stat. 662; 31 
U. S. C. 223d), the date of the termination of a time of war and the 
establishment of peace shall, with respect to accidents or incidents 
occurring after June 23, 1950, be June 1, 1952, notwithstanding any 
other termination of war or establishment of peace. 
SEC. 2. Authority now conferred upon the Secretary of the Air Force 
under the statutory provisions cited in this Act is hereby extended to 
the same extent as the authority of the Secretary of the Army there-
under. 
SEC. 3. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to repeal or modify 
section 601 of Public Law 155, Eighty-second Congress, first session, 
relative to coming into agreement with the Committee on Armed 
Services of the Senate and of the House of Representatives with respect 
to real-estate actions by or for the use of the military departments or 
the Federal Civil Defense Administration. 
SEC. 4. If any provision of this Act, or the application thereof to 
any person or circumstances, is held invalid, the remaining provisions 
of this Act, or the application of such provision to other persons or 
circumstances, shall not be affected thereby. 
SEC. 5. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to authorize 
seizure by the Government, under authority of any Act herein extended, 
of any privately owned plants or facilities which are not public 
utilities. 
SEC. 6. This Act may be cited as the "Emergency Powers Interim 
Continuation Act". 
Approved April 14, 1952. 
April 15, 1952 
[H. J. Res. 350] 
Public Law 314 
CHAPTER 205 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
To provide an extension of time for the authorization for certain projects for 
Io( al Hood protection in the Tennessee River Basin. 
T e n n e s s e e 
River. 
Flood protection 
projects. 
33 u s e 
70 Ic 
note, 70 If note. 
Re-solved hy the Senate and House of Rejyresentatioes 
'-of the 
United /States- of America in Congress assembled^ That notwithstand-
ing the second proviso in section 2 of the Act entitled, "An Act 
authorizing the construction of certain public works on rivers and 
harbors for flood control, and for other purposes", approved August 
18, 1941 (55 Stat. 638), the authorization in section 3 of such Act of 
projects for local flood protection on the Tennessee River at Chat-
tanooga, Tennessee, and Rossville, Georgia, shall expire on December 
31, 1953, unless local interests shall before such date furnish assur-
ances satisfactory to the Secretary of the Army that the required local 
cooperation in such projects will be furnished. 
Approved April 15, 1952. 
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