An Act to amend section 4164 of title 18, United States Code, relating to conditional release of Federal prisoners
PL 82-62 (H.R.2924), enacted 06/29/1951

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PUBLIC LAW 62—JUNE 29, 1951 
[65 STAT. 
Expiration of com-
mission. 
Appointments; ex-
penditures. 
63 Stat. 964. 
5 U. S. C. $ 1071 
note. 
63 Stat. 166. 
5U.S.C.§835note. 
Appropriation au-
thorized. 
Loan of exhibits. 
(d) The commission shall cease to exist thirty days after it submits 
the report required by subsection (c) of this section. 
No person em-
ployed by the commission under the authority of section 3 of this reso-
lution shall continue to receive any salary, wage, or remuneration of 
any kind by virtue of this resolution after the date on which the com-
mission ceases to exist. 
SKC. 3. (a) The commission may appoint not more than two em-
ployees in one year and may fix the compensation of such employees 
without regard to the Classification Act of 1949, as amended. 
The 
commission may make such expenditures as are necessary to carry out 
the purposes of this joint resolution, including expenditures for print-
ing and binding and expenditures for necessary traveling and sub-
sistence expenses of commissioners and of employees of the commission 
in accordance with the Travel Expense Act of 1949. All expenditures 
of the commission shall be allowed and paid upon presentation of 
itemized vouchers therefor, approved by the chairman of the 
commission. 
(b) There are hereby authorized to be appropriated to the commis-
sion such sums, not to exceed $100,000 in the aggregate, as may be nec-
essary for the performance of its functions. 
SEO. 4. Upon the request of the commission, the heads of the various 
Federal agencies (including the Library of Congress) may collect, 
prepare, and lend documents, articles, and other exhibits which, in 
their judgment, will serve to carry out the purposes of this joint 
resolution. 
Approved June 29, 1951. 
June 29, 1951 
[H. R.2924] 
Public Law 62 
CHAPTER 
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AN ACT 
To amend section 4164 of title 18, United States Code, relating to conditional 
release of Federal prisoners. 
Be it enucted hy the SeTiate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 4164 
62 Stat. 853. 
of title 18 of the United States Code is hereby amended to read as 
follows: 
"§ 4164. Released prisoner as parolee 
"A prisoner having served his term or terms less good-time deduc-
tions shall, upon release, be deemed as if released on parole until the 
expiration of the maximum term or terms for which he was sentenced 
less one hundred and eighty days. 
"This section shall not prevent delivery of a prisoner to the authori-
ties of any State otherwise entitled to his custody." 
Approved June 29, 1951. 
June 30,1951 
[S. 1590] 
Public Law 63 
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CHAPTER 192 
AN ACT 
To extend and revise the District of Columbia Emergency Rent Act. 
District of Colum-
bia Emergency Kent 
Act of 1951. 
55 Stat. 788. 
D . C . Code845-1601 
tt seg. 
Ante, p. 25. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the District 
of Columbia Emergency Rent Act is hereby amended to read as 
follows: