Joint resolution requesting the President to proclaim the week May 2 to May 8, 1954, inclusive, as National Mental Health Week
PL 83-344 (S.J.Res.130), enacted 04/27/1954

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PUBLIC LAW 346-APR. 27, 1964 
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Public Law 344 
CHAPTER 174 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
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Requesting the President to proclaim tlie week May 2 to May 8, 1954, inclusive, 
[S. j . Res. 130] 
as National Mental Health Week. 
Whereas there is presently a great need for nationwide action for the 
prevention, treatment, and cure of mental illness; and 
Whereas the National Association for Mental Health and the State 
and local mental health organizations associated therewith are work-
ing diligently in the fight against mental illness; and 
Whereas the mental health fund is in dire need of public support in 
order to improve conditions in mental hospitals, provide more 
adequate treatment for the mentally and emotionally ill, carry on 
research in the field of the prevention, treatment, and cure of mental 
illness, and promote mental health education: Now, therefore, be it 
Resol/ved hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of Atnerica in Congress asseinhled^ That the President of the „^^*i°^°\ *^"*!^ 
United States is authorized and requested to issue a proclamation 
designating the week beginning May 2 and ending May 8, 1954, as 
National Mental Health Week, and urging the people throughout the 
Nation to cooperate in the fight for the prevention, treatment, and 
cure of mental illness, and inviting the communities of the United 
States to observe such-week with appropriate ceremonies and activities. 
Approved April 27, 1954. 
Public Law 345 
CHAPTER 175 
AN ACT 
^p^ij 27, 1954 
To amend the Communications Act of 1934, as amended. 
[H. R. 6436] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the tiJuiVs!^***^ ^*'" 
United States of America in Congress ojisemhled^ That section 2 (b) 
of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, is amended to read 
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as follows: 
"(b) Subject to the provisions of section 301, nothing in this Act 
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shall be construed to apply or to give the Commission jurisdiction ri«diction. 
with respect to (1) charges, classifications, practices, services, facili-
ties, or regulations for or in connection with intrastate communication 
service by wire or radio of any carrier, or (2) any carrier engaged in 
interstate or foreign communication solely through physical connec-
tion with the facilities of another carrier not directly or indirectly 
controlling or controlled by, or under direct or indirect common con-
trol with such carrier, or (3) any carrier engaged in interstate or 
foreign communication solely through connection by radio, or by 
wire and radio, with facilities, located in an adjoining State or in 
Canada or Mexico (where they adjoin the State in which the carrier 
is doing business), of another carrier not directly or indirectly con-
trolling or controlled by, or under direct or indirect common control 
with such carrier, or (4) any carrier to which clause (2) or clause (3) 
would be applicable except for furnishing interstate mobile radio 
communication service or radio communication service to mobile sta-
tions on land vehicles in Canada or Mexico; except that sections 201 
through 205 of this Act, both inclusive, shall, except as otherwise 
47use 201-205. 
provided therein, apply to carriers described in clauses (2), (3), 
and (4)."