An Act to provide for the alteration, reconstruction, or relocation of certain highway and railroad bridges over the Columbia River or its navigable tributaries
PL 82-546 (H.R.2572), enacted 07/15/1952

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employee of Japanese ancestry holding a position subject to the Classi-
fication Act of 1949, as amended, on such effective date, as the case 
maybe— 
(1) who, at any time during the period beginning December 7, 
1941, and ending September 3, 1945, solely by reason of any policy 
or program of the Federal Government with respect to persons 
of Japanese ancestry in the interests of the national security dur-
ing such period, (A) was separated from his position in the 
postal field service or classified civil service, as the case may be, 
(B) lost opportunity for or was denied probational appointment 
from a civil-service register of eligibles to any such position, or 
(C) was denied reinstatement to any such position; or 
(2) who, after having been separated from his position in the 
postal field service or classified civil service, as the case may be, 
at any time during such period, in order to enter the Armed 
Forces of the United States, either lost opportunity for or wag 
denied probational appointment from a civil-service register of 
eligibles to any such position or was denied reinstatement to any 
such position, solely by reason of any such policy or program of 
the Federal Government, 
shall have the grade, time in grade, and rate of compensation in the 
postal field service or the time in grade and rate of compensation in 
the classified civil service, as the case may be, which he would have 
attained automatically if such policy or program of the Federal 
Government had not been in effect: Provided^ That in the case of loss 
of opportunity for or denial of probational appointment from a civil-
service register of eligibles, the date of loss of opportunity for or 
denial of probational appointment shall be held to be the earliest date 
on which an eligible standing lower on the same register received a 
probational appointment therefrom. 
SEC. 2. This Act shall not affect the status of any person in the 
postal field service as a regular or substitute employee. 
SEC. 3. No person shall be entitled, by reason of the enactment of 
this Act, to compensation for any period prior to the effective date of 
this Act. 
SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect on the first day of the first pay 
period which begins after the date of enactment of this Act. 
Approved July 15, 1952. 
63 Stat. 954. 
5 u s e 1071 note. 
Effective date. 
Public Law 546 
CHAPTER 756 
AN ACT 
To provide for the alteration, reconstruction, or relocation of certain highway 
and railroad bridges over the Columbia River or its navigable tributaries. 
July 15,1952 
[H. R. 2572] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That (a) AVhenever, 
coiumWa River, 
as the result of the construction of the McNary Lock and Dam, any brwgi^.*^ ^ * ^ °" °* 
bridge, trestle, or other highway or railroad structure located over, 
upon, or across the pool formed by the McNary Lock and Dam on 
the Columbia River or any of its navigable tributaries, including 
approaches, fenders, and appurtenances thereto, will in the opinion 
of the Chief of Engineers be endangered or otherwise adversely 
affected and damaged, including any interference with or impairment 
of its use, or will require alteration, reconstruction, relocation, or 
replacement to meet the requirements of navigation or flood control, 
or both, or to render navigation in the pool formed by the McNary 
Lock and Dam reasonably free, easy, and unobstructed, or to accommo-
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date the relocation of any railroad or highway made necessary by 
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the construction of the McNary Lock and Dam, to the extent that 
protection, alteration, reconstruction, relocation, or replacement is 
necessary or proper to preserve the safety or utility of such bridge, 
trestle, or structure, or to meet the requirements of navigation or 
flood control, or both, or in connection with the relocation of any 
such railroad or highway, the owner or owners of such bridge, 
trestle, or structure shall be compensated from 
appropriations 
heretofore or hereafter made for the construction of the McNary 
Lock and Dam or for maintenance and improvement of rivers and 
harbors, in the sum of the reasonable actual cost of such protection, 
alteration, reconstruction, relocation, or replacement: Provided^ That 
in arriving at the amount of such compensation the bridge owner 
shall be charged with a sum which shall equal such part of the cost 
as is attributable to the direct and special benefits which will accrue 
to the bridge owner as a result of the alteration, including the 
expectable savings in repair or maintenance costs; and that part of 
the cost attributable to the requirements of traffic by railroad or 
highway, or both, including any expenditure for increased carrying 
capacity of the bridge; and such proportion of the actual capital 
cost of the altered bridge as the used service life bears to the total 
estimated service life, including that proportion of the cost of 
removing the altered bridge represented by the used service life. 
The 
Chief of Engineers, acting under the direction of the Secretary of 
the Army, is empowered to contract with such owner with respect 
to any such protection, alteration, reconstruction, relocation, or 
replacement, the payment of the cost thereof and its proper division, 
which contract may provide either for money compensation or for 
the performance of all or any part of the work by the Corps of 
Engineers: Provided^ That prior to such alteration, reconstruction, 
or relocation of said bridge the location and plans shall be submitted 
to and approved by the Chief of Engineers and by the Secretary of 
the Army in accordance with existing laws, 
(b) This Act shall apply with respect to the Snake River Highway 
Bridge, including approaches, fenders, and appurtenances thereto, 
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on National Highway 410, notwithstanding the fact that such bridge 
has been relocated and reconstructed, prior to the date of enactment 
of this Act, by the State of Washington, and compensation shall be 
paid to such State in the sum, determined as provided in this Act, 
of the reasonable actual cost of the relocation and reconstruction 
of such bridge. 
Approved July 15, 1952.