An Act to create a Commission to be known as the Corregidor Bataan Memorial Commission
PL 83-193 (H.R.4167), enacted 08/05/1953

62 Stat. 686. 
366 
PUBLIC LAW 192-AUG. 5, 1953 
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Public Law 192 
CHAPTER 325 
August 5, 19S3 
AN ACT 
—[H* R' 2564]— rj,(j jjj^jjg jjjg provisions of section 1362 of title 18 of the United States Code, 
relating to injury to or interference with communications systems operated or 
controlled by the United States, applicable to and within the Canal Zone. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 14 of 
title 18 of the United States Code is hereby amended by inserting 
"1362," after "1301,". 
Approved August 5, 1953. 
Public Law 193 
CHAPTER 326 
August 5, 1953 
AN ACT 
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i— To create a Commission to be known as the Corregidor Bataan Memorial 
Commission. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
sSaaV Mlmori°J ^'^^^^^ Statcs of America in Congress assembled^ That the President 
Commission. 
of the United States, within ninety days from the passage of this 
Act, shall appoint, and he is hereby empowered to appoint, a Com-
mission to be known as the Corregidor Bataan Memorial Commission, 
to be composed of nine members, three of whom shall be Members of 
the Senate of the United States, three of whom shall be Members of 
the House of Representatives, and three of whom shall be other citizens 
of the United States of America; said Commission to be appointed for 
a term of four years and to serve without salary. Said Commission 
shall be authorized by the President to cooperate and communicate 
directly with any similar agency which may be appointed in the 
Republic of the Philippines in a study for the survey, location, and 
erection on Corregidor Island of a replica of the Statue of Liberty and 
the use of Corregidor Island as a memorial to the Philippine and 
American soldiers, sailors, and marines who lost their lives Avhile 
serving in the Philippines during World War II. 
Said Commission may cooperate w'ith any such agency in the 
Republic of the Philippines in the study of specifications, estimates, 
and plans for the financing of a replica of the Statue of Liberty on 
Corregidor Island. 
Report. 
Such Commission shall not later than one year after its appointment, 
report to the President of the United States the extent and results of 
its activities and its resolutions relative to such an erection of a replica 
of the Statue of Liberty on Corregidor Island, and the President shall 
transmit such report to the Congress of the United States. 
Approved August 5, 1953. 
Public Law 194 
CHAPTER 327 
August 5, 1953 
-^^ ACT 
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rjy^y amend clause (4) of section 35 of the Bankruptcy Act, as amended. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That clause (4) of 
11 us^c* tiy 
section 35 of the Bankruptcy Act, as amended, is hereby amended by 
Refereesii^D.c. adding at the end thereof the following: '•''Provided further^ That 
referees serving the District of Columbia shall reside in the District 
of Columbia, or within twenty miles thereof; and". 
Approved August 5, 1953.