Joint resolution to authorize the printing and binding of an edition of Senate Procedure and providing the same shall be subject to copyright by the authors
PL 84-504 (S.J.Res.150), enacted 05/02/1956

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PUBLIC LAW 504-MAY 2, 1956 
[70 STAT. 
Public Law 504 
CHAPTER 230 
May 2, 1956 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
[S.J. Res. 150] rjQ authorize the printing and binding of an edition of Senate Procedure and 
providing the same shall be subject to copyright by the authors. 
S e n a t e 
Proce-
dure. 
ministration. 
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, That there shall be printed 
and bound for the use of the Senate one thousand five hundred copies 
of Senate Procedure, to be prepared by Charles L, Watkins, Parlia-
mentarian, and Floyd M. Riddick, Assistant Parliamentarian, to be 
printed under the supervision of the authors and to be distributed to 
the Members of the Senate, 
SEC. 2. That notwithstanding any provision of t\\^ copyright laws 
and regulations with respect to publications in the public domain, 
such edition of Senate Procedure shall be subject to copyright by the 
authors thereof. 
Approved May 2, 1956. 
Public Law 505 
CHAPTER 231 
May 2, 1956 
^ ^ ACT 
[S. 1194] 
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^ provide for transfer of administrative jurisdiction over Red Willow Dam 
and Reservoir, Nebraska, to the Secretary of the Interior and over Wilson 
Dam and Reservoir, Kansas, to the Secretary of the Army. 
Be it enacted hy the Senute and House of Representatives 
of the 
BMin"proje^u^ *' United States of America in Congress assembled., That administrative 
Transfer^of ad- jurisdiction over the construction, operation, and maintenance of Red 
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Willow Dam and Reservoir, Nebraska, an authorized unit of the 
Missouri River Basin project (Act of December 22, 1944, sec. 9, 58 
Stat. 887, as amended and supplemented), is hereby transferred from 
the Secretary of the Army to the Secretary of the Interior and juris-
diction over the construction, operation, and maintenance of Wilson 
Dam and Reservoir, Kansas, another authorized unit of the same 
project, is hereby transferred from the Secretary of the Interior to 
the Secretary of the Army. The principal purposes of Red AVillow 
Dam and Reservoir shall be those of making available a regulated 
supply of water for irrigation and of assisting in the control of floods, 
and the principal purposes of Wilson Dam and Reservoir those oi 
flood control and of assisting in making available a regulated supply 
of water for irrigation and low-flow regulation: Provided, That no 
expenditure of funds shall be made for construction of such projects 
until the Secretary of the Interior, in the case of the Red Willow 
Dam and Reservoir, Nebraska, and the Secretary of the Army, in the 
case of the Wilson Dam and Reservoir, Kansas, ^s'\t\\ the approval of 
the President, have submitted to the Congress completed reports dem-
onstrating such projects to be economically justified, and the Congress 
has approved such reports. 
S E C 2. Both the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of the 
Army shall cause these units of the Missouri River Basin project to 
be coordinated and integrated physically and financially with the 
other Federal works constructed or authorized to be constructed under 
the comprehensive plans approved by section 9 of the Act of Decem-
ber 22, 1944, aforesaid, as amended and supplemented. 
SEC 3. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Act, the Sec-
retary of the Army shall, in the case of the Red Willow^ Dam and 
R e p o r t to Con-
gress. 
58 Stat. 891. 
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PUBLIC LAW 506-MAY 3, 1956 
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Reservoir, be responsible for flood-control regulation as provided in 
section 7 of the Act of December 22, 1944, and the Secretary of the 
Interior shall, in the case of Wilson Dam and Reservoir, be respon-
sible for the disposal of water for irrigation or space reserved for 
this purpose in accordance with the Federal reclamation laws. 
Approved May 2, 1956. 
58 Stat. 890. 
33 u s e 709. 
Public Law 506 
CHAPTER 233 
AN ACT 
To authorize appropriations for the Atomic Energy Commission for acquisition 
or ctmdemnation of real property or any fattilities, or for plant or facility 
acquisition, construction, or expansion, and for other purposes. 
May 3, 1956 
[H. R. 10387] 
Be it enaated hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ 
SEC. 101. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the 
Atomic Energy Commission the sum of $295,495,000 for acquisition 
or condemnation of any real property or any facility or for plant or 
facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, as follows: 
(a) SPECIAL NUCLEAR MATERIALS.— 
1. Project 57-a-l, additional feed-materials plant, $22,200,000. 
2. Project 57-a-2, improvements to reactor instrumentation, Han-
f 
ord, Washington, $8,000,000. 
3. Project 57-a-3, improved high level waste handling system. 
Savannah River, $5,000,000. 
4. Project 57-a^, reactor facility safety improvements, Hanford, 
Washington, $5,000,000. 
5. Project 57-a-5, additional waste disposal system, Hanford, 
Washington, $5,000,000. 
6. Project 57-a-6, charging and discharging system, Hanford, 
Washington, $3,450,000. 
7- Project 57-a-7, modifications to existing production facilities 
for increased efficiency and safety, Hanford, Washington, $3,000,000. 
8. Project 57-a-8, chemical processing facility, St. Ivouis, Missouri, 
$1,600,000. 
9. Project 57-a-9. barrier plant automation. Oak Ridge, Tennessee, 
$1,400,000. 
10. Project 57-a-lO, reactor temperature test installation, Hanford, 
Washington, $900,000. 
11. Project 57-a-ll, improvements to reactor cooling water effluent 
system, Hanford, Washington, $550,000. 
12. Project 57-a-12, fuel element heat-treating plant, Fernald, Ohio, 
$500,000. 
13. Project 57-a-13, renovation of service plant. Oak Ridge, Ten-
nessee, $450,000. 
(b) 
ATOMIC WEAPONS.— 
1. Project 57-b-l, area 5 expansion, $20,900,000. 
2. Project 57-b-2, weapons assembly plants, $15,000,000. 
3. Project 57-b-3, weapons production and development plant, 
$15,000,000. 
4. Project 57-b-4, weapons development and engineering facilities, 
Livermore, California, $10,000,000. 
5. Project 57-b-5, storage site modifications, $2,000,000. 
(c) 
REACTOR DEVELOPMENT.— 
1. Project 57-c-l, aircraft nuclear propulsion ground test plant, 
area numbered 2, Idaho, $55,000,000. 
A E C ^propria 
tions*