An Act to permit the importation free of duty of racing shells to be used in connection with preparations for the 1952 Olympic Games
PL 82-349 (H.R.4902), enacted 05/21/1952

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PUBLIC LAW 349-MAY 21, 1952 
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Effective date. 
(c) By 15 per centum or $180, whichever is the lesser, if retirement 
took place on or after November 13, 1947, and before November 13, 
1948; 
(d) By 10 per centum or $120, whichever is the lesser, if retirement 
took place on or after November 13, 1948, and before November 13, 
1949; and 
(e) By 5 per centum or $60, whichever is the lesser, if retirement 
took place on or after November 13, 1949, and before November 13, 
1950: Provided, That in no case shall an annuity increased under this 
Act exceed the largest annuity payable under section 821 (a) of the 
Foreign Service Act of 1946. 
SEC. 2. Any Foreign Service officer who has retired before November 
13,1950, and who has elected or may elect to receive a reduced annuity 
under the provisions of section 18 of the Act of May 24, 1924 (43 Stat. 
144), as amended, or the provisions of sections 821 and 1112 of the 
Foreign Service Act of 1946 (60 Stat. 1020, 1035), and any widow or 
other beneficiary of such officer who is receiving or who shall receive 
a survivorship annuity, shall have the amount of such annuity 
increased in an amount equal to the percentage differential between 
the full annuity which the officer would have received prior to the pass-
age of this Act if he had elected to take a full annuity and the amount 
of the increased full annuity provided for in the first section of this 
Act. The increase in annuities provided for in this section shall be 
effective on the first day of the second month following the month in 
which this Act is enacted or on the effective date such annuities com-
mence, whichever date is later. 
Approved May 21, 1952. 
May 21, 1952 
[H.R.4902] 
Public Law 349 
CHAPTER 316 
AN ACT 
To permit the importation free of duty of racing sliells to be used in connection 
with preparations for the 1952 Olympic Games. 
Racing shells. 
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Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Repi'esentatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the duty im-
posed by paragraph 412 of section 1 of the Tariff Act of 1930 shall not 
apply with respect to any racing shell— 
(1) which is entered or withdrawn from warehouse for con-
sumption after December 31, 1951, for the purpose of enabling 
any athletic team or association in the United States to prepare 
for competition in the 1952 Olympic Games (including anj^ com-
petition to determine representatives of the United States in the 
1952 Olympic Games); and 
(2) with respect to which the person so entering or withdrawing 
has filed with the collector of customs a statement under oath 
that such entry or withdrawal was for a purpose set forth in 
clause (1) of this section. 
SEC. 2. In the case of any racing shell entered or withdrawn from 
warehouse for consumption after December 31, 1951, and before the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the first section of this Act shall 
apply, but only if the statement required by clause (2) of the first 
section of this Act is filed within one year after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. If the liquidation of the entry or withdrawal has 
become final under section 514 of the Tariff Act of 1930, such entry 
or withdrawal may be reliquidated and the appropriate refund of duty 
may be made. 
Approved May 21. 1952.