Joint resolution authorizing the President to invite the States of the Union and foreign countries to participate in the First International Instrument Congress and Exposition to be held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from September 13 to September 25, 1954.
PL 83-699 (H.J.Res.257), enacted 08/28/1954

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PUBLIC LAW 701-AUG. 28, 1954 
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Public Law 699 
CHAPTER 1050 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
Authorizing the President to invite the States of the Union and foreign countries 
to participate in the First International Instrument Congress and Exposition 
to be held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from September 13 to September 2ii, 
1954. 
August 28, 1954 
[H. J. Res. 257] 
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States 
of America 
in Congress assembled, That the President of 
til^\nsttnmttnt 
the United States is authorized, by proclamation or in such other ^^^^^'^^^ ^"'^ ^*" 
manner as he may deem proper, to invite the States of the Union and 
foreign countries to participate in the First International Instrument 
Congress and Exposition, to be held at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 
from September 18 to September 25,1954, inclusive, for the purpose of 
exhibiting instruments and devices for measurement, inspection, test-
ing, and automatic control (including analytical instruments, astro-
nomical instruments, aviation instruments, automatic control valves, 
cameras, drafting instruments, electrical and electronic components, 
electrical and electronic measuring instruments, electronic computers, 
geophysical instruments, machine-shop gages and inspection devices, 
measuring pumps, meteorological instruments, scales and balances, 
servomechanisms, surveying instruments, watches, timers and time-
pieces, and other precision devices and machinery for precision work-
ing), and for the purpose of bringing together buyers and sellers for 
the promotion of foreign and domestic trade and commerce in suclt 
products. 
Approved August 28, 1954. 
Public Law 700 
CHAPTER 1051 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
Fixing the time of assembly of the Eighty-fourth Congress. 
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, That the Eighty-fourth Con-
gress shall assemble at noon on Wednesday, January 6, 1955. 
Approved August 28, 1954. 
August 28, 1954 
[H. J. Res. 585] 
Public Law 701 
CHAPTER 1052 
AN ACT 
To validate certain payments for accrued leave made to members of the Armed 
Forces vpho accepted discharges for the purpose of immediate reenlistment for 
an indefinite period. 
August 28, 1954 
[S. 22] 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
the United States of A^nerica in Congress assembled,. That (a), not- 
OTuda°*i'o^*of 
withstanding the provisions of section 4 (c) of the Armed Forces Leave leavt payment". ° 
Act of 1946, as amended (3T U. S. C. 33 (c)), any payments for accrued 
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leave heretofore erroneously made to any member of the Armed Forces 
who was discharged after August 31,1946, for the purpose of immedi-
ate reenlistment for an indefinite period are hereby validated. 
(b) The Comptroller General of the United States is hereby author-
ized and directed to allow credit in the accounts of disbursing officers 
for any payment validated by this Act. 
Approved August 28, 1954.