An Act to amend the act increasing the retired pay of certain members of the former Lighthouse Service in order to make such increase permanent.
PL 84-33 (S.37), enacted 05/11/1955

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Public Law 31 
CHAPTER 34 
AN ACT 
Energy Commission 
To authorize the Atomic Energy Commission to construct a modern office 
building in or near the District of Columbia to serve as its principal office. 
May 6, 1955 
[S. 1722] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assenibled^ That the Atomic 
Energy Commission is authorized, with funds presently available or 
otherwise made available to it, to acquire (by purchase, condemnation, 
or otherwise, under the applicable provisions of chapters 14 and 15 
of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954) a suitable site in or near the District 
of Colimibia and, notwithstanding any other provision of law, to pro-
vide for the construction on such site, in accordance with plans and 
specifications prepared by or under the direction of the Commission, 
of a modern office building (including necessary related equipment, 
and auxiliary structures, as well as vaults for the protection of 
Eestricted Data) to serve as the principal office of the Commission 
at a total cost of not to exceed $10,000,000 and for that purpose there 
is authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary. 
Approved May 6, 1955. 
AEC o f f i c e in 
D.C< area. 
68 Stat. 948, 952. 
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2224. 
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Appropriation. 
Public Law 32 
CHAPTER 35 
AN ACT 
To provide transijortatiou on Canadian vessels between ports in southeastern 
Alaska, and .between Hyder, Alaska, and other points in southeastern Alaska 
or the continental United States, either directly or via a foreign port, or for 
any part of the transportation. 
Ma 
ay 7. 19i 
[S. ^48] 
1955 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That, until June 
30, 1956, notwithstanding the provisions of law of the United States 
restricting to vessels of the United States the transportation of passen-
gers 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 ports m southeastern 
Alaska, and passengers and merchandise may be transported on Cana-
dian vessels between Hyder, Alaska, and other points in southeastern 
Alaska or the continental United States, either directly or via a foreign 
port, or for any part of the transportation. 
Approved May 7, 1955. 
Alaska. 
Tr ansport a t i o n 
on Canadian ves-
sels. 
Public Law 33 
CHAPTER 36 
AN ACT 
To amend the Act increasing the retired pay of certain members of the former 
Lighthouse Service in order to make such increase permanent. 
May 11, 1955 
[S. 37] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemiled, That the Act en-
titled "An Act to increase the retired pay of certain members of the 
former Lighthouse Service," approved August 27,1954 (68 Stat. 878), 
is amended by deleting the following: '^And p^'ovided further, 
That 
the increases provided herein shall terminate, without subsequent 
resumption, on June 30, 1955". 
Approved May 11, 1955. 
Lighthouse Serv-
ice. 
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note.