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An Act to continue in effect certain provisions of section 6 of the act of February 4, 1887, as amended, relating to military traffic in time of war or threatened war, for the duration of the national emergency proclaimed December 16, 1950, and six months thereafter, or until such earlier date as may be established by concurrent resolution of Congress
PL 83-169 (S.1981), enacted 07/31/1953

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PUBLIC LAW 169-JULY 31, 1953 
[67 STAT. 
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^
^ reclamation laws (Act of June 17, 1902, 32 Stat. 388, and Acts 
amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto) prior to August 4, 
1939. The Secretary is further authorized, upon concurrence of the 
Arch Hurley Conservancy District, to amend its existing repayment 
contract to carry out the purposes of this Act. The authority herein 
conferred upon the Secretary shall be exercised only upon condition 
that the Arch Hurley Conservancy District obligate itself to take over 
the care, operation, and maintenance of such project works as the 
Secretary may designate at its own expense and without further 
obligation on the part of the United States. Any development period 
for the Arch Hurley Conservancy District fixed pursuant to the 
authority herein conferred shall terminate not later than the year 
1958, and the district's charge for calendar year 1953 shall be added 
to and paid with the district's contract obligation. 
Approved July 31, 1953. 
Public Law 169 
CHAPTER 292 
AN ACT 
July 31. 1953 
[s. 1981] 
rj>^ continue in effect certain provisions of section 6 of tlie Act of February 4, 
1887, as amended, relating to military traffic in time of war or tlireatened war, 
for the duration of the national emergency proclaimed December 16, 1950, and 
six months thereafter, or until such earlier date as may be established by 
c(mcurrent resolution of Congress. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
Military traffic. 
United States of America in Congress assefnoled, That the provisions 
of the eighth paragraph (designated "Military traffic in time of war") 
of section 6 of the Act of February 4, 1887 (ch. 104, 24 Stat. 380), as 
that section was amended by section 2 of the Act of June 29, 1906 
(ch. 3591, 34 Stat. 586), as amended, and as extended by section 1 (a) 
(24), Emergency Powers Continuation Act (Public Law 450, Eighty-
10 ^irsc^^u62- ^^co'^^ Congress) shall remain in full force and effect until six months 
49 use 6(8). 
' after the termination of the national emergency proclaimed by the 
50 ulc apjfnote President on December 16,1950 (Proclamation 2914, 3 C. F. R. 71), or 
p'ec. 1. 
until such earlier date as the Congress by concurrent resolution 
declares that it is no longer necessary to exercise the powers continued 
in force and effect by this Act, notwithstanding any limitation by 
reference to war or threatened war of the time daring which the 
powers and authorizations therein granted may be exercised. 
Approved July 31, 1953.
Joint resolution making additional appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year 1954, and for other purposes
PL 83-175 (H.J.Res.305), enacted 07/31/1953

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PUBLIC LAW 175-JULY 31, 1953 
297 
shall be honored by the Treasurer of the United States, in the same 
manner as if the former disbursing officer had continued in office. 
The former disbursing officer, his estate, or the surety on his official 
bond, shall not be subject to any legal liability or penalty for the official 
acts and defaults of the deputy disbursing officer acting in the name or 
in the place of the former disbursing officer under this Act, but the 
deputy disbursing officer and his surety, shall be responsible therefor 
under his bond. 
The bond of the deputy disbursing officer shall be an 
amount at least equal to the minimum amount of the bond required 
of the disbursing officer. 
The Secretary of the military department 
concerned may, from time to time, require the deputy disbursing 
officer to renew and increase his bond to the United States. 
Approved July 31, 1953. 
Public Law 175 
CHAPTER 301 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
Making additional appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for the 
fiscal year 1954, and for other purposes. 
July 31, 1953 
[H. J. Res. 305] 
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States 
of America 
in Congress assembled^ That there are hereby 
appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appro-
priated, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1954, the following sums: 
DEPAETMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
D e par tment of 
AgricultTore. 
A d d i t i onal ap-
propriations, 1954. 
DISASTER LOAN REVOLVING FUND 
For an additional amount for the disaster loan revolving fund 
established under the Act of April 6, 1949, as amended (12 U. S. C. 
1148a-l to 1148a-3), $130,000,000: Provided, That when used for loans 
under section 2 (c) of said Act such fund shall not be subject to the 
minimum loan limitation of $2,500: Provided further, That not more 
than $40,000,000 of such fund may be used for emergency feed and 
seed assistance under section 2 (d) of said Act, including reimburse-
ment to the President's Emergency Fund for costs incurred in furnish-
ing assistance in the form of livestock feed in drought areas designated 
as disaster areas by the President, under authority of the Act of 
September 30, 1950(42 U. S. C. 1855), as amended, between June 25 
and July 15, 1953: Provided further, That not more than $300jl00 of 
the funds provided by this paragraph may be used for administrative 
expenses for loans during fiscal 1954. 
FARMERS' HOME ADMINISTRATION 
LOAN AUTHORIZATION 
63 Stat. 43; 64 
Stat. 414. 
64 Stat. 1109. 
For an additional amount for loans under title I I of the Bankhead-
Jones Farm Tenant Act, as amended, $20,000,000, to be borrowed in 
the same account as is authorized under this head in the Department 
of Agriculture Appropriation Act, 1964. 
Approved July 31, 1953. 
50 Stat. 524. 
7 u s e 1007-1009. 
Ante, p. 219.
Joint resolution to authorize the erection of a memorial to Sara Louisa Rittenhouse in Montrose Park, District of Columbia
PL 83-152 (S.J.Res.37), enacted 07/27/1953

196 
PUBLIC LAW 151-JULY 27, 1953 
[67 S T A T . 
United Mexican States under the terms of any such agreement shall 
be available for expenditure in connection with any appropriations 
which may be available or which may be made for the purposes of 
this Act: And provided further., That moneys received from the city 
of Noffales, Arizona, pursuant to the provisions of this Act shall be 
available for expenditure in connection with any appropriations which 
may be available or which may be made available for the purposes of 
this Act. 
Approved July 27, 1953. 
Public Law 151 
CHAPTER 243 
July 27, 1953 
^^ 
ACT 
^^' ^^^J 
To extend the duration of the Hospital Survey and Construction Act (title VI 
of the Public Health Service Act). 
63 Stat. 898. 
42 u s e 291d. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assewhled^ That the first sen-
tence of section 621 of the Public Health Service Act, as amended, is 
amended by striking out the word "five" and inserting in lieu thereof 
the word "seven". 
Approved July 27, 1953. 
Public Law 152 
CHAPTER 244 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
Res. 37j_ rj.^ authorize the erection of a memorial to Sara Louisa Rittenhouse in Montrose 
Park, District of Columbia. 
July 27, 1953 
[S. J. -
S a r a L o 
Rittenhouse, 
morial. 
ui s 
me 
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
! States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Secretary of the 
Interior is authorized and directed to grant to the Georgetown Garden 
Club permission to erect in Montrose Park, in the District of Columbia, 
an appropriate memorial to the memory of Sara Louisa Rittenhouse. 
SEC. 2. The site for the memorial shall be approved by the Secretary 
of the Interior and the National Capital Planning Commission. The 
design of the memorial, its adequacy and propriety for the site desig-
nated, the inscription on the memorial, and the plan for the treatment 
of the grounds connected with the site shall be approved by the 
Commission of Fine Arts, the Secretary of the Interior, and the 
National Capital Planning Commission. 
The memorial shall be 
erected and its site landscaped under the supervision of the Secretary 
of the Interior. 
SEC. 3. All funds necessary to carry out the erection of the memorial 
and the landscaping of its site shall be certified available to the Secre-
tary of the Interior by the Georgetown Garden Club in time to permit 
the completion of such work within not more than four years after 
the exact site has been determined; and the United States shall be put 
to no expense in or by the erection of said memorial and the land-
scaping of its site. 
Approved July 27, 1953.
An Act to extend the duration of the Hospital Survey and Construction Act (title VI of the Public Health Service Act)
PL 83-151 (S.967), enacted 07/27/1953

196 
PUBLIC LAW 151-JULY 27, 1953 
[67 S T A T . 
United Mexican States under the terms of any such agreement shall 
be available for expenditure in connection with any appropriations 
which may be available or which may be made for the purposes of 
this Act: And provided further., That moneys received from the city 
of Noffales, Arizona, pursuant to the provisions of this Act shall be 
available for expenditure in connection with any appropriations which 
may be available or which may be made available for the purposes of 
this Act. 
Approved July 27, 1953. 
Public Law 151 
CHAPTER 243 
July 27, 1953 
^^ 
ACT 
^^' ^^^J 
To extend the duration of the Hospital Survey and Construction Act (title VI 
of the Public Health Service Act). 
63 Stat. 898. 
42 u s e 291d. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assewhled^ That the first sen-
tence of section 621 of the Public Health Service Act, as amended, is 
amended by striking out the word "five" and inserting in lieu thereof 
the word "seven". 
Approved July 27, 1953. 
Public Law 152 
CHAPTER 244 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
Res. 37j_ rj.^ authorize the erection of a memorial to Sara Louisa Rittenhouse in Montrose 
Park, District of Columbia. 
July 27, 1953 
[S. J. -
S a r a L o 
Rittenhouse, 
morial. 
ui s 
me 
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
! States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Secretary of the 
Interior is authorized and directed to grant to the Georgetown Garden 
Club permission to erect in Montrose Park, in the District of Columbia, 
an appropriate memorial to the memory of Sara Louisa Rittenhouse. 
SEC. 2. The site for the memorial shall be approved by the Secretary 
of the Interior and the National Capital Planning Commission. The 
design of the memorial, its adequacy and propriety for the site desig-
nated, the inscription on the memorial, and the plan for the treatment 
of the grounds connected with the site shall be approved by the 
Commission of Fine Arts, the Secretary of the Interior, and the 
National Capital Planning Commission. 
The memorial shall be 
erected and its site landscaped under the supervision of the Secretary 
of the Interior. 
SEC. 3. All funds necessary to carry out the erection of the memorial 
and the landscaping of its site shall be certified available to the Secre-
tary of the Interior by the Georgetown Garden Club in time to permit 
the completion of such work within not more than four years after 
the exact site has been determined; and the United States shall be put 
to no expense in or by the erection of said memorial and the land-
scaping of its site. 
Approved July 27, 1953.
An Act to amend the Civil Service Retirement Act of May 29, 1930, so as to make the exclusion from such act of temporary employees of Congress inapplicable to such employees who are appointed at an annual rate of salary
PL 83-147 (H.R.4091), enacted 07/23/1953

186 
PUBLIC LAW 147-JULY 23, 1953 
[67 ST A T . 
[vily 23, 1953 
[H. R. 4091] 
Public Law 147 
CHAPTER 239 
AN ACT 
To amend the Civil Service Retirement Act of May 29, 1930, so as to make the 
exclusion from such Act of temporary employees of Congress inapplicable 
to such employees who are appointed at an annual rate of salary. 
64 Stat. 1120. 
5 u s e 693. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled^ That so much of 
section 3 (c) of the Civil Service Eetirement Act of May 29, 1930, as 
amended, as precedes the colon therein is amended to read as follows: 
"(c) The provisions of this Act shall not apply to employees of 
the Senate or the House of Representatives whose employment is 
temporary or of uncertain duration unless such employees are 
appointed at an annual rate of salary". 
Approved July 23, 1953. 
July 23,1953 
[H. R. 5705] 
Public Law 148 
CHAPTER 240 
AN ACT 
To amend the existing law to provide for the automatic renewal of expiring five-
year-level-premium-term policies of United States Government and national 
service life insurance. 
Veterans. 
Insurance, auto-
matic renewal. 
65 Stat. 151. 
38 u s e 512. 
65 Stat. 153. 
38 u s e 8Q2(f). 
65 Stat. 36. 
38 u s e 822. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the second pro-
viso of the first paragraph of section 301 of the World War Veterans' 
Act, 1924, as amended, is hereby amended to read as follows: ^^Pro-
vided further, That at the expiration of any term period any United 
States Government life insurance policy issued on the five-year-level-
premium-term plan which has not been exchanged or converted to a 
permanent plan of insurance and which is not lapsed shall be renewed 
as level-premium-term insurance without application for a successive 
five-year period at the premium rate for the attained age without 
medical examination." 
SEC. 2. The first proviso of subsection (f) of section 602 of the 
National Service Life Insurance Act of 1940, as amended, is hereby 
amended to read as follows: '"'•Provided, That at the expiration of any 
term period any national service life insurance policy issued on the 
five-year-level-premium-term 
plan which has not been exchanged or 
converted to a permanent plan of insurance and Avhich is not lapsed 
shall be renew^ed as level-premium-term insurance without application 
for a successive five-year period at the premium rate for the attained 
age without medical examination." 
SEC. 3. The first exception specified in the second sentence of sub-
section (a) of section 621 of the National Service Life Insurance Act 
of 1940, as amended, is hereby amended to read as follows: "(1) such 
insurance may not be exchanged for or converted to insurance on any 
other plan;". 
Approved July 23, 1953.
An Act to amend the existing law to provide for the automatic renewal of expiring 5-year-level-premium-term policies of United States Government and national service life insurance
PL 83-148 (H.R.5705), enacted 07/23/1953

186 
PUBLIC LAW 147-JULY 23, 1953 
[67 ST A T . 
[vily 23, 1953 
[H. R. 4091] 
Public Law 147 
CHAPTER 239 
AN ACT 
To amend the Civil Service Retirement Act of May 29, 1930, so as to make the 
exclusion from such Act of temporary employees of Congress inapplicable 
to such employees who are appointed at an annual rate of salary. 
64 Stat. 1120. 
5 u s e 693. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled^ That so much of 
section 3 (c) of the Civil Service Eetirement Act of May 29, 1930, as 
amended, as precedes the colon therein is amended to read as follows: 
"(c) The provisions of this Act shall not apply to employees of 
the Senate or the House of Representatives whose employment is 
temporary or of uncertain duration unless such employees are 
appointed at an annual rate of salary". 
Approved July 23, 1953. 
July 23,1953 
[H. R. 5705] 
Public Law 148 
CHAPTER 240 
AN ACT 
To amend the existing law to provide for the automatic renewal of expiring five-
year-level-premium-term policies of United States Government and national 
service life insurance. 
Veterans. 
Insurance, auto-
matic renewal. 
65 Stat. 151. 
38 u s e 512. 
65 Stat. 153. 
38 u s e 8Q2(f). 
65 Stat. 36. 
38 u s e 822. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the second pro-
viso of the first paragraph of section 301 of the World War Veterans' 
Act, 1924, as amended, is hereby amended to read as follows: ^^Pro-
vided further, That at the expiration of any term period any United 
States Government life insurance policy issued on the five-year-level-
premium-term plan which has not been exchanged or converted to a 
permanent plan of insurance and which is not lapsed shall be renewed 
as level-premium-term insurance without application for a successive 
five-year period at the premium rate for the attained age without 
medical examination." 
SEC. 2. The first proviso of subsection (f) of section 602 of the 
National Service Life Insurance Act of 1940, as amended, is hereby 
amended to read as follows: '"'•Provided, That at the expiration of any 
term period any national service life insurance policy issued on the 
five-year-level-premium-term 
plan which has not been exchanged or 
converted to a permanent plan of insurance and Avhich is not lapsed 
shall be renew^ed as level-premium-term insurance without application 
for a successive five-year period at the premium rate for the attained 
age without medical examination." 
SEC. 3. The first exception specified in the second sentence of sub-
section (a) of section 621 of the National Service Life Insurance Act 
of 1940, as amended, is hereby amended to read as follows: "(1) such 
insurance may not be exchanged for or converted to insurance on any 
other plan;". 
Approved July 23, 1953.
An Act to extend until December 31, 1953, the period with respect to which the excess-profits tax shall be effective
PL 83-125 (H.R.5898), enacted 07/16/1953

67 
S T A T . ] 
PUBLIC LAW 126-JULY 16, 1953 
175 
Public Law 124 
CHAPTER 201 
AN ACT 
To provide transjwrtation on Canadian vessels between Skagway, Alaska, and 
other points in Alaska between Haines, Alaska, and other points in Alaska, 
and between Hyder, Alaska, and other points in Alaska or the continental 
United States, either directly or via a foreign port, or for any part of the 
transportation. 
July 16, 1953 
L
v l b , l y : 
[S. 719] 
Be it eTiacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That, until June 30, 
1954, notwithstanding the provisions of law of the United States 
restricting to vessels of the United States the transportation of pas-
sengers and merchandise directly or indirectly from any port in the 
United States to another port of the United States, passengers may 
be transported on Canadian vessels between Skagway, Alaska, and 
other points in Alaska, between Haines, Alaska, and other points in 
Alaska, and between Hyder, Alaska, and other points in Alaska or 
the continental United States, either directly or via a foreign port, 
or for any part of the transportation: Provided^ That such Canadian 
vessels may transport merchandise between Hyder, Alaska, and other 
ports and points herein enumerated. 
Approved July 16, 1953. 
Alaska. 
Tran s p o r tat ion 
on Canadian ves-
sels. 
Public Law 125 
CHAPTER 202 
AN ACT 
To extend until December 31, 1953, the period with respect to which the excess 
profits tax shall be effective. 
' u l y i e , 1953 
[H. R. 5898] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress asscTribled^ That sections 430 (a)« 
430 (c), and 432 (b) of the Internal Revenue Code are amended, effec-
tive with respect to taxable years ending after June 30,1953, by strik-
ing "June 30, 1953," and "July 1,1953," wherever such dates appear, 
and inserting in lieu thereof "December 31, 1953," and "January 1, 
1054," respectively. 
Approved July 16, 1953. 
E x c e s s profits 
tax. 
64 Stat. 1137. 
26 u s e 430,432. 
Public Law 126 
CHAPTER 203 
AN ACT 
To authori/.e the retirement of non-Regular officers of the Army and Air Force 
having more than thirty years' active Federal service under the same condi-
tions presently provided for such officers having less than thirty years' service, 
and for other purposes. 
July 16, 1953 
[S. 2000] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate amd House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled, That that portion 
of section 5 of the Act of July 31, 1935 (49 Stat. 507), as amended, 
which was amended by section 202 of the Army and Air Force Vitali-
zation and Retirement Equalization Act of 1948 (62 Stat. 1081,1084), 
is amended by striking out the words "or more than thirty". 
SEC. 2. This Act shall be effective on the first day of the first cal-
endar month after the date of enactment of this Act. 
Approved July 16, 1953. 
10 u s e 943a. 
Effective date.
An Act to approve a conveyance made by the city of Charleston, S. C., to the South Carolina State Ports Authority, of real property heretofore granted to said city of Charleston by the United States of America
PL 83-113 (S.1082), enacted 07/14/1953

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PUBLIC LAW 111-JULY 13. 1953 
[67 S T A T . 
July 13, 1953 
[H.R. 490] 
Public Law 111 
CHAPTER 187 
AN ACT 
To authorize the use of the Sackets Harbor Military Cemetery for the burial of 
war and peacetime veterans of the Armed Forces of the United States. 
N. Y 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
Mfift^y*cemetery' Uf}'^^d States of AmeHoa in Congress assembled, That Sackets Harbor 
Military Cemetery, which was conveyed to the village of Sackets 
Harbor by the Secretary of the Army, under authority of the Act 
entitled "An Act to preserve historic graveyards in abandoned military 
E
osts", approved July 1, 1947, be used for the burial of persons who 
ave served in the Armed Forces of the United States. 
Approved July 13, 1953. 
61 Stat. 234. 
24 u s e 296. 
July 13, 1953 
[H. R 
Public Law 112 
CHAPTER 188 
AN ACT 
1£Z5]— To repeal the Act of September 30, 1950, authorizing the transfer to the State 
of Iowa of Fort Des Moines, Iowa. 
64 Stat. 1092. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled. That the Act entitled 
"An Act authorizing the transfer of Fort Des Moines, Iowa, to the 
State of Iowa", approved September 30,1950, is hereby repealed. 
Approved July 13, 1953. 
July 14, 1953 
[S.1082] 
Public Law 113 
CHAPTER 190 
AN ACT 
To appi'ove a conveyance made by the city of Charleston, South Carolina, to the 
South Carolina State Ports Authority, of real property heretofore granted 
to said city of Charleston by the United States of America. 
Charleston, S. C. 
Approval of con-
veyance. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and Ho'ose of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled, That the provision 
in the Act of Congress, approved May 27, 1936 (49 Stat. 1387), and 
in the deed made pursuant thereto by the United States of America 
to the city of Charleston, which prohibits the city of Charleston from 
transferring the title of the property conveyed thereunder shall not 
be deemed applicable to the conveyance of a portion of the said prop-
erty, made without consideration, by the city of Charleston, to the 
South Carolina State Ports Authority, an agency of the State of 
South Carolina. 
Approved July 14, 1953. 
[ulyl4, 1953 
[H. R. 1532] 
Public Law 114 
CHAPTER 191 
AN ACT 
To provide for the addition of certain Government lands to the Cape Hatteras 
National Seashore Recreational Area project, and for other purposes. 
C a p e 
Hatteras 
National Seashore 
Recreational Area. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress a^semhled, That there is hereby 
transferred to the Secretary of the Interior without reimbursement 
or transfer of funds, administrative jurisdiction over an area of 
approximately twenty-one and eight-tenths acres of federally owned