An Act to extend the period of election under the Uniformed Services Contingency Option Act of 1953 for certain members of the uniformed services
PL 83-346 (H.R.8539), enacted 04/29/1954

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PUBOC LAW 346-APR. 29, 1954 
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STAT< 
"Interstate com-
munication." 
47 u s e 153. 
"C o n n e c t i n g 
carrier.»» 
47USC 221(b). 
47 u s e 301. 
State 
telephone 
service. 
SEC. 2. So much of section 3 (e) of the Communications Act of 
1934, as amended, as follows the semicolon is amended to read as 
follows: "but shall not, with respect to the provisions of title I I of 
this Act, include wire or radio communication between points in the 
same State, Territory, or possession of the United States, or the 
District of Columbia, through any place outside thereof, if such com-
munication is regulated by a State commission". 
SEC. 3. Section 3 (u) of the Communications Act of 1934, as 
amended, is amended to read as follows: 
"(u) 'Connecting carrier' means a carrier described in clauses (2), 
(3), or (4) of section 2 (b)." 
SEC. 4. Section 221 (b) of the Communications Act of 1934, as 
amended, is amended to read as follows: 
"(b) Subject to the provisions of section 301, nothing in this Act 
shall be construed to apply, or to give the Commission jurisdiction, 
with respect to charges, classifications, practices, services, facilities, or 
regulations for or in connection with wire, mobile, or point-to-point 
radio telephone exchange service, or any combination thereof, even 
though a portion of such exchange service constitutes interstate or 
foreign communication, in any case where such matters are subject to 
regulation by a State commission or by local governmental authority." 
Approved April 27, 1954. 
April 29, 1954 
[H. R. 8539] 
Public Law 346 
CHAPTER 176 
AN ACT 
To extend the period of election under the Uniformed Services Contingency 
Option Act of 1953 for certain members of the uniformed services. 
67 Stat. 502. 
37 u s e 372. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 3 (a) 
of the Uniformed Services Contingency Option Act of 1953 is amended 
by deleting in the third sentence the words "one hundred and eighty 
days" and substituting therefor the words "one year". 
Approved April 29, 1954. 
April 30, 1954 
[H. R. 3477] 
Public Law 347 
CHAPTER 177 
AN ACT 
To extend to the Canal Zone Government and the Panama Canal Company 
provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to facilitate the settlement of the 
accounts of certain deceased civilian oflScers and employees of the Govern-
ment", approved August 3,1950. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
De*?lf sed'gov- United States of America in Congress assemhled^ That subsection (b) 
ernment employ- of scctiou 3 of the Act of August 3,1950 (Public Law 636, Eighty-first 
* 64 Stat. 396. 
Cougress), is amended to read as follows: 
5 use 6ih. 
u^jj^ Accounts not payable under section 3 (a) (with the exception 
of accounts of employees of the District of Columbia which shall be 
paid by the District of Columbia, accounts of employees of the Canal 
Zone Government on the Isthmus of Panama which shall be paid by 
.; , 
the Canal Zone Government, and accounts of employees of wholly 
owned and mixed-ownership Government corporations which may be 
paid by such corporations) shall be payable on settlement of the 
General Accounting Office except as the Comptroller General may by 
regulation otherwise authorize or direct". 
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SEC. 2. Section 7 of the said xict of August 3, 1950, is amended by 
deleting the words: "to the accounts of officers and employees of the 
Panama Canal and the Panama Railroad on the Isthmus of Panama, 
or". 
SEC. 3. This amendatory Act shall be effective two months from the 
date of its enactment as of which time section 84 of title 2 of the 
Canal Zone Code, as added by section 1 of the Act of August 10, 1949 
(ch. 415,63 Stat. 593) ,.is repealed. 
Approved April 30, 1954. 
5 u s e 61k. 
Effective date. 
Public Law 348 
CHAPTER 178 
AN ACT 
To provide for the conveyance of certain real property to the city of Saint 
Joseph, Michigan. 
April 30, 1954 
[H. R. 7402] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Admin-
istrator of General Services is authorized and directed to convey to 
the city of Saint Joseph, Michigan, upon payment by such city of 
$3,300, all of the right, title, and interest of the United States in and 
to lot numbered 112 in such city, for use as a parking lot (being a 
portion of the property which was formerly known as the Saint Joseph 
Lighthouse Reservation, Michigan, and which was conditionally con-
veyed to such city by the Secretary of Commerce under the Act of 
May 28,1935), notwithstanding any conditions or limitations imposed 
by section 17 or section 36 of such Act (49 Stat. 307, 311), or by the 
deed of conveyance issued thereunder. 
Approved April 30, 1954. 
Saint 
J o s e p h . , 
Mich. 
Conveyance. 
Public Law 349 
CHAPTER 180 
AN ACT 
To establish limitations on the numbers of officers who may serve in various 
commissioned grades in the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps, and. 
for other purposes. 
May 5,1954 
[H. R. 7103] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That this Act may Limitation' A^"of 
be cited as the "Officer Grade Limitation Act of 1954". 
'"''^ 
1954. 
TITLE I—AKMY 
SEC. 101. The number of commissioned officers on active duty in 
the Army in each of the following grades on the last day of each fiscal 
year when compared to the total number of commissioned officers on 
active duty in the Army authorized by the Secretary of the Army 
(exclusive of Eeserve officers on active duty for training purposes 
only, and officers serving with other departments or agencies of the 
Government on a reimbursable basis) shall not exceed the numbers 
which are set forth in the following table: 
Co m m 1 s s loned 
officers. 
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