An Act to amend the Federal Employees Group Life Insurance Act of 1954 to bring employees of Gallaudet College within its coverage.
PL 84-935 (H.R.3489), enacted 08/02/1956

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PUBLIC LAW 935-AUG. 2, 1956 
the existence of a mineral lease or permit, or application therefor, 
shall not prevent the reservation of land under this section, and such 
leases, permits, and applications shall be administered as hereinafter 
provided. The rights of the Territory to any lands under this Act 
shall not be denied on the sole grounds that such lands were at the 
time of the acceptance of the survey subject to a reservation, applica-
tion, claim, or right and that that reservation, application, claim, or 
right was extinguished, relinquished, or cancelled prior to March 5, 
1952". 
Approved August 2, 1956. 
966 
Public Law 933 
CHAPTER 893 
AN ACT 
Augusta, 195 
To amend subdivision e of section 58, Notices, of the Bankruptcy Act, as amended. 
[A R. 9956] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That subdivision e 
of section 58 of the Bankruptcy Act, as amended, is hereby amended 
to read as follows: 
"SEC. 58e. The court shall, in every case instituted under any pro-
visions of this Act, mail or cause to be mailed a copy of the notice of 
the first meeting of creditors to the district director of internal rev-
enue for the district in which the court is located, and to the Comp-
troller General of the United States. Whenever the schedules of 
the bankrupt, or the list of creditors of the bankrupt, or any other 
papers filed in the case disclose a debt to the United States acting 
through any department, agency, or instrumentality thereof, (except 
for any internal revenue obligation payable to the Secretary of the 
Treasury or his delegate) a notice of the first meeting shall be mailed 
as well to the head of such department, agency, or instrumentality." 
Approved August 2, 1956. 
Bankruptcy. 
Notices. 
65 Stat. 114. 
11 u s e 94. 
Public Law 934 
CHAPTER 894 
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August 2, 195(5 
To provide additional time for tlie Tariff Commission to review the customs tariff 
[H. R. 12254.1 
schedules. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 101 (c) 
of the Customs Simplification Act of 1954 (Public Law 768, Eighty-
third Congress) is amended by striking out "two years after the enact-
ment of this Act" and inserting in lieu thereof "March 1, 1958,". 
Approved August 2, 1956. 
68 Stat. 1136. 
19 u s e 1332 note. 
Public Law 935 
CHAPTER 901 
AN ACT 
August 2, 1956 
To amend the Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance Act of 1954 to bring 
[H. R. 3489] 
employees of Gallaudet College within its coverage. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 2 (a) 
of the Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance Act of 1954 is 
5^ulc*2o"f' 
amended by striking out "(but not including" and inserting in lieu 
thereof "(including Gallaudet College but not including". 
956 
PUBLIC LAW 936-AUG. 3, 1956 
[70 STAT. 
SEC. 2. This Act shall become effective on the first day of the first 
pay period which begins at least ten days after date of approval. 
Approved August 2, 1956. 
Public Law 936 
CHAPTER 902 
A«gu.t 3.1956 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
[s. J. Res. 114] 
IJQ change the name of Bedioe's Island in New York Harbor to Liberty Island. 
Whereas the Statue of Liberty is to tlxe world the symbol of the dreams 
and aspirations which have drawn so many millions of immigrants 
to America; 
Whereas to all Americans the Statue of Liberty stands eternal as the 
symbol of the freedom which has been made a living reality in the 
United States for all sorts and conditions of mankind, united in 
allegiance to the Constitution of the United States and to the 
imperishable ideals of our free society; 
Whereas the majestic meaning of the Statue of Liberty is to be made 
more brilliant by the establishment, at its foot, of The American 
Museum of Immigration as the gift of individual Americans to the 
American people for all future generations; 
Whereas The American Museum of Immigration will tell for all time 
the story of the making of this great Nation of nations by the con-
tributions of men and women who have been coming here since the 
earliest times from all over the world in search of liberty; 
Whereas the Statue of Liberty stands on Federal land known as 
Bedioe's Island, which name today has no special significance and 
which is the latest of a series of other names by which such island 
has been known in the past; and 
Whereas it is meet, fitting, and proper that the Statue of Liberty, with 
The American Museum of Immigration at its foot, be accorded a 
setting most appropriate for the great shrine of the American 
people: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled^ That Bedioe's Island, which 
Bedioe's isiaiid.' is locatcd in Ncw York Harbor, shall hereafter be known as Liberty 
Island, and any law, regulation, document, or record of the United 
States in which such island is designated or referred to under the 
name Bedioe's Island shall be held to refer to such island under and 
by the name of Liberty Island. 
Approved August 3, .1956. 
Liberty Island, 
N. Y., formerly 
Public Law 937 
CHAPTER 903 
A 
*•>. ioKA 
AN ACT 
August 3, 1956 
[S. 3875] 
To amend section 4 (a) of the Vocational Rehabilitation Act, as amended. 
Be it enacted by the Senate amd House of Representatives 
of the 
29 use 34. 
United States of Ainerica in Congress asserribled^ That clause (2) of 
section 4 (a) of the Vocational Rehabilitation Act, as amended (68 
Stat. 655), is hereby amended to read as follows: 
"(2) for planning, preparing for, and initiating, during the 
fiscal year ending June 30, 1955, and the fiscal jears ending June 
30, 1956, and June 30, 1957, a substantial nationwide expansion 
of vocational rehabilitation programs in the States." 
Approved August 3, 1956.