An Act to amend the act of June 23, 1949, with respect to telephone and telegraph service for Members of the House of Representatives
PL 82-42 (H.R.3939), enacted 05/29/1951

65 STAT.] 
PUBLIC LAW 42—MAY 29, 1951 
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(Public Law 148, Seventy-ninth Congress) as may be necessary to 
permit such board to convey twenty-five acres of such land to the 
Police Jury of the Parish of Kapides for use for the sole purpose of 
holding livestock and agricultural expositions thereon. 
SEC. 2. The transfer of such lands shall not be deemed to impose 
any liability upon the Secretary of Agriculture with respect to his 
obligations under the transfer agreements with the Louisiana Rural 
Rehabilitation Corporation. 
Approved May 29, 1951. 
59 Stat. 468. 
Nonliability. 
Public Law 42 
CHAPTER 117 
AN ACT 
To amend the Act of June 23, 1949, with respect to telephone and telegraph service 
for Members of the House of Representatives. 
May 29,1951 
{H. R. 3939] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled^ That the first two 
sections of the Act entitled "An Act relating to telephone and telegraph 
service and clerk hire for Members of the House of Representatives", 
approved June 23, 1949 (2 U. S. C, sees. 46f and 46g), are amended 
to read as follows: "That for each fiscal year beginning with the fiscal 
year ending June 30,1952, in the case of each Member of the House of 
Representatives, there shall be paid from the contingent fund of the 
House of Representatives, in accordance with rules and regulations 
prescribed by the Committee on House Administration and subject to 
the limitations provided in section 2, the following charges: 
" (1) toll charges on strictly official long-distance telephone calls 
made by or on behalf of the Members; and 
"(2) charges on strictly official telegrams sent by or on behalf 
of the Member. 
"SEC. 2. In the case of any Member of the House of Representatives 
other than the Speaker, the majority leader, the minority leader, the 
majority whip, and the minority whip, there shall be paid under the 
first section of this Act— 
" (1) toll charges on strictly official long-distance telephone calls 
made by or on behalf of the Member aggregating not more than 
one hundred and fifty minutes a month, except that if such aggre-
gate number of minutes is not used in any one month the balance 
may be used at any other time during the fiscal year; and 
"(2) charges on strictly official telegrams sent by or on behalf 
of the Member aggregating not more than one thousand words a 
month, except that if such aggregate number of words is not used 
in any one month the balance may be used at any other time during 
the fiscal year." 
SEC. 2. Section 3 of such Act of June 23,1949 (2 U. S. C, sec. 461i), 
is hereby repealed. 
SEC. 3. Section 6 of such Act of June 23,1949 (2 U. S. C, sec. 46i), 
is amended to read as follows: 
"SEO. 6. As used in this Act, the term 'Member' or 'Member of the 
House of Representatives' includes a Representative in Congress, a 
Delegate from a Territory, and the Resident Commissioner from 
Puerto Rico." 
SEC. 4. The amendments made by this Act shall take effect on July 1, 
1951. 
Approved May 29, 1951. 
House of Represent-
atives. 
Telephone and tele-
graph service. 
63 Stat. 264. 
2 U. S. C , Sup. IV, 
§§ 46f, 46g. 
L i m i t a t i o n s 
charges. 
63 Stat. 265. 
2 U. S. C , Sup. IV, 
(46h. 
63 Stat. 265. 
2 U. S. C , Sup. IV, 
i 46i. 
Effective date. 
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