An Act to amend section 331 of the Public Health Service Act, as amended, concerning the care and treatment of persons afflicted with leprosy
PL 82-411 (H.R.1739), enacted 06/25/1952

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the Air National Guard of the United States, the Army of the United 
States, the Air Force of the United States, or as medical and dental 
officers of the Reserve Corps of the Public Health Service and who 
heretofore, but subsequent to September 1, 1947, have been called or 
ordered to extended active duty of one year or longer, or who may, 
prior to July 1, 1953, be called or ordered to extended active duty of 
one year or longer; (5) general officers appointed from the Medical 
and Dental Corps of, or previously designated as medical or dental 
officers in, the Regular Army, the Officers' Reserve Corps, the National 
Guard, the National Guard of the United States, the Army of the 
United States, the Regular Air Force, the United States Air Force 
Reserve, the Air National Guard, the Air National Guard of the 
United States, and the Air Force of the United States who were on 
active duty on September 1, 1947; and (6) general officers who, sub-
sequent to k^eptember 1, 1947, have been or who may be appointed 
from those officers of the Medical and Dental Corps of, or from those 
officers designated as medical or dental officers in, the Regular Armj^, 
the Officers' Reserve Corps, the National Guard, the National Guard 
of the United States, the Army of the United States, the Regular 
Air Force, the United States Air Force Reserve, the Air National 
Guard, the Air National Guard of the United States, and the Air 
Force of the United States who are included in parts (1), (2), (3), 
or (4) of this subsection." 
(b) Deleting the second proviso of subsection 203 (b) and insert-
ing in lieu thereof the following: ''''Provided further, That the com-
missioned officers described in subsection (a) (4) of this section who 
are called or ordered to active duty without their consent shall not 
be entitled to receive the pay provided by this subsection for any 
period prior to September 9,1950." 
SEC. 2. Section 2 of the Act of September 9, 1950 (64 Stat. 828, 
ch. 939), is hereby repealed. 
SEC. 3. Section 1 of this Act shall be effective as of October 1,1949. 
Appropriations currently available for pay and allowances of mem-
bers of the uniformed services shall be available for retroactive pay-
ments authorized under this Act. 
Approved June 25, 1952. 
37 u s e 234a. 
Effective date. 
Public Law 411 
CHAPTER 460 
AN ACT 
To amend section 331 of the Public Health Service Act, as amended, concerning 
the care and treatment of persons afflicted with leprosy. 
June 25, 1952 
{H.R.1739] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 331 
of the Public Health Service Act (58 Stat. 682, 698), as amended 
(42 U. S. C , 1946 edition, Supp. Ill, sec. 255), is further amended 
by deleting the words "within the continental United States" which 
appear in the last sentence thereof, and by adding the following sen-
tence at the end of the section: "When so provided in appropriations 
available for any fiscal year for the maintenance of hospitals of the 
Service, the Surgeon General is authorized and directed to make pay-
ments to the Board of Health of the Territory of Hawaii for the care 
and treatment in its facilities of persons afflicted with leprosy at a 
per diem rate, determined from time to time by the Surgeon General, 
which shall, subject to the availability of appropriations, be approxi-
mately equal to the per diem operating cost per patient of such f 
acili-
Hawaii. 
Lepers. 
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ties,,except that such per diem rate shall not be greater than the 
comparable per diem operating cost per patient at the National 
Leprosarium, Carville, Louisiana." 
Approved June 25, 1952. 
June 25, 1952 
[H.R.5990] 
Public Law 412 
CHAPTER 461 
AN ACT 
To amend the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950. 
64 Stat. 1249. 
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a p p . 
2281. 
Be it enaxited hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the second pro-
viso of subsection 201 (e) and the third proviso of subsection 201 (h) 
of the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950 (64 Stat. 249), are botl 
amended to read as follows: '''"Provided further^ That the Adminis-
trator is authorized to lease real property required for the purpose of 
carrying out the provisions of this subsection, but shall not acquire 
fee title to property unless specifically authorized by Act of Congress." 
Approved June 25, 1952. 
Public Law 413 
CHAPTER 462 
June 25, 1952 
[H.R. 7340] 
F e d e r a l - A i d 
H i g h w a y Act of 
1952. 
23 u s e 9a note. 
Appropriation. 
Apportionment. 
AN ACT 
To amend and supplement the Federal-Aid Road Act approved July 11, 1916 (39 
Stat. 355), as amended and supplemented, to authorize appropriations for 
continuing the construction of highways, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress a^seTnbled^ That, for the purpose 
of carrying out the provisions of the Federal-Aid Road Act approved 
July 11, 1916 (39 Stat. 355), and all Acts amendatory thereof and 
supplementary thereto, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated 
the sum of $550,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1954, and a 
like sum for the fiscal year ending June 30,1955. 
The sum herein authorized for each fiscal year shall be available for 
expenditure as follows: 
(a) $247,500,000 for projects on the Federal-aid primary highway 
system. 
(b) $165,000,000 for projects on the Federal-aid secondary highway 
system. 
(c) $137,500,000 for projects on the Federal-aid primary highway 
system in urban areas. 
The sums authorized by this section for each fiscal year, respectively, 
shall be apportioned among the several States in the manner now pro-
vided by law and in accordance with the formulas set forth in section 4 
of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1944, approved December 20,1944 
(58 Stat. 838). 
Any sums apportioned to any State under the provision of this sec-
tion shall be available for expenditure in that State for two years after 
the close of the fiscal year for which such sums are authorized, and any 
amount so apportioned remaining unexpended at the end of such period 
shall lapse: Provided^ That such funds for any fiscal year shall be 
deemed to have been expended if a sum equal to the tCtal of the sums 
apportioned to the State for such fiscal year is covered by formal 
agreements with the Commissioner of Public Roads for the improve-
ment of specific projects as provided by this Act.