Joint resolution to authorize the disposal of the Governiiient-owned tin smelter tit Texas City, Texas, and for other purposes
PL 84-608 (H.J.Res.607), enacted 06/22/1956

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PUBLIC LAW 608-JUNE 22, 1956 
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Public Law 608 
CHAPTER 426 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
To authorize the disposal of the Governiiient-owned tin smelter tit Texas Oitj*, 
Texas, and for other purposes. 
June 22, 1956 
[H.J. Res- 607] 
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, That the Federal Facilities 
Corporation (hereinafter referred to as the "Corporation") is hereby 
authorized and directed, notwithstanding any other provisions of law, 
to take steps immediately to sell or lease, as soon as practicable and in 
accordance with the provisions of this Act, the Government-owned 
tin smelter at T^xas City, Texas (hereinafter referred to as the 
"smelter"), and the waste acid plant and other assets of the Govern-
ment's tin program (such plant and assets being hereinafter referred 
to collectively as "other assets''). The sale or lease of the smelter 
and other assets shall be in such manner and on such terms £ind condi-
tions as the Corporation determines Avill best promote the interests 
of the United States. 
SEC. 2. In carrying out the provisions of this Act, the Corporation 
shall— 
(1) advertise for, and receive, proposals for the purchase or 
lease of the smelter alone or with some or all of the other assets; 
(2) process materials and repair, recondition, improve, and 
otherwise prepare the smelter and other assets for advantageous 
sale or lease ; 
(3) negotiate and enter into a contract of sale or lease which in 
the opinion of the Corporation is most advantageous to the United 
States; 
(4) execute and deliver deeds and other instruments appropri-
ate for the purpose of effecting the sale or lease of the smelter 
and other assets; and 
(5) take such other actions and exercise such other powers as 
the Corporation determines to be necessary or appropriate to 
effectuate the purposes of this Act. 
SEC. 3. There is hereby created the Tin Advisory Committee (here-
inafter referred to as the "Committee''), which shall consist of the 
following membei's: The Secretary of State, the Secretary of the 
Interior, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Director of the Office of 
Defense Mobilization, and the Administrator of General Services. 
Each may designate a representative to act in his stead as a member 
of the Committee. In carrying out the provisions of this Act, the 
Corporation shall consult with the Committee. 
The Attorney Gen-
era] shall, upon request, give advice and assistance to the Corporation 
and the Committee. 
SEC. 4. (a) The period for the receipt of proposals for the purchase 
or lease of the smelter and other assets shall be not less than ninety 
days and shall be fixed by the Corporation, giving due regard to the 
purposes of this Act. 
(b) Promptly after the termination of the period for the receipt 
of proposals as fixed under subsection (a), and for such period there-
after (not less than thirty days) as may be determined by the Cor-
poration, the Corporation shall negotiate with those submitting pro-
posals for the purpose of entering into a definitive commitment for 
sale or lease. 
SEC. 5. (a) Section 2 of the joint resolution entitled "Joint resolution 
to strengthen the common defense and to meet industrial needs for tin 
by providing for the maintenance of a domestic tin-smelting in-
dustry", approved June 28,1947, as amended (50 U. S. C, sec. 98 note), 
T i n 
s m e l t e r . 
Texas City, Tex. 
Disposal, 
Corporate p o w -
er8> 
Tin 
A d v i s o r y 
Committee. 
Receipt of pui^ 
chase proposals. 
64 Stat. 468. 
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PUBLIC LAW 609-JUNE 22, 1956 
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Transfer to and 
reimbursement b y 
GSA. 
Contract of sale 
or lease. 
61 Stat. 190. 
50 u s e 98 note. 
63 Stat. 377. 
Restriction. 
is amended by striking out ".Tune 30, 1956-' and inserting in lieu 
thereof "January 31, 1957''. 
(b) All tin acquired by the Corporation by reason of the extension 
under subsection (a) shall be transferred to the General Services Ad-
ministration, which is authorized and directed to reimburse the Cor-
poration therefor at its cost. 
SEC. 6. If a contract of sale or lease is effected pursuant to the provi-
sions of this Act, then such joint resolution of June 28, 1947, shall 
terminate (notwithstanding any provision thereof) at the close of 
business on the date of the transfer of possession of the smelter, but 
the Corporation may take all action necessary or appropriate for the 
purpose of completing the disposal of supplies, byproducts, concen-
trates, and other remaining property. 
If no contract of sale or lease 
is effected pursuant to the provisions of this Act prior to January 31, 
1957, of the smelter and other assets or any part thereof, then the 
smelter or other assets or such part thereof as is not sold or leased 
shall promptly be reported as excess property for transfer and disposal 
in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Property and Admin-
istrative Services Act of 1949 (40 Stat. IT. S. C. 471-492). 
SEC. 7. Nothing in this Act shall be construed as preventing the Cor-
poration from performing or otherwise administering contracts or 
other legally binding obligations. 
Approved June 22, 1956. 
June 22, 1956 
[H. R. 9475] 
Public Law 609 
CHAPTER 427 
AN ACT 
To amend the tobacco marketing quota provisions of the Agricultural 
Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended. 
Tobacco market-
ing quotas. 
69 Stat. 557. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 312 
of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended (7 U. S. C. 
1312), is amended (a) by inserting in subsection (a) immediately 
following the words "December 1 of any marketing year" the lan-
guage "with respect to flue-cured tobacco, and February 1 of any 
marketing year with respect to other kinds of tobacco" and (b) by 
striking out in subsection (b) the words "prior to the first day of De-
cember" and inserting in lieu thereof the language "not later than 
the first day of December with respect to flue-cured tobacco and not 
later than the first day of February with respect to other kinds of 
tobacco". 
Approved June 22, 1956, 
June 22, 1956 
TH. R. 3744] 
Public Law 610 
CHAPTER 428 
AN ACT 
To amend an Act of July 1, 1!)47, to grant military leave of absence with pay 
to substitute employees in the postal field service. 
P o s t a l employ-
ees. 
NQlitary leave. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 4 of 
the Act entitled "An Act to amend existing laws relating to mili-
tary leave of certain employees of tlie I'nited States or of the District 
of Columbia so as to equalize rights to leave of absence and reemploy-
ment for such employees who are members of the Enlisted or Officers' 
Reserve Corps, the National Guard or the Naval Reserve, and for 
other purposes", approved July 1, 1947 (Public Law 153, Eightieth