An Act to change the distribution of Coast and Geodetic Survey charts
PL 84-670 (H.R.5147), enacted 07/09/1956

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PUBLIC LAW 670-JULY 9, 1956 
[70 STAT. 
July 9, 19S6 
[H. R. 5147] 
Public Law 670 
CHAPTER 528 
AN ACT 
To change the distribution of Coast and Geodetic Survey charts. 
28 Stat. 620. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 246 of 
title 44 of the United States Code be amended by striking from the 
last clause thereof the word "ten" and inserting in place thereof the 
words "one hundred". 
Approved July 9, 1956. 
Public Law 671 
CHAPTER 529 
July 9, 1956 
AN ACT 
[H. R. 6245] 
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Q authorize the Panama Canal Company to convey to the Department of State 
an improved site in Colon, Republic of Panama. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
coiwlV«w'<^r** United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Panama 
Canal Company, represented by its president or vice president, is 
authorized to convey to the United States of America, represented by 
the United States Ambassador to the Eepiiblic of Panama, free of 
cost and for use by the Department of State for diplomatic and con-
sular purposes, all of the right, title, and interest of the Panama 
Canal Company in and to a certain parcel of land situated in the 
de Lesseps area of the city of Colon, Eepublic of Panama, together 
with Panama Canal Company Buildings Numbered 621 and 622 lo-
cated thereon. 
Said parcel of land fronts on the westerly side of 
Colonel Shaler Street, is bounded by Limon Bay on the w^est, has an 
area of seventy-eight thousand seven hundred and sixty-two square 
feet, more or less (seven thousand three hundred and seventeen square 
meters, more or less), and is as shown on Panama Canal Company 
drawing numbered S-6117-37, entitled "United States Consulate Site, 
De Lesseps Area, Colon", scale 1:1,000, dated December 28, 1954, and 
as described more fully by metes and bounds in a metes and bounds 
description of the same date accompanying said drawing, both of 
which are on file in the Office of the Governor, Balboa H e i s t s , Canal 
Zone. The lands and buildings conveyed under authority of this Act 
shall be administered and dealt with pursuant to the authority con-
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tained in the Foreign Service Buildings Act of 1926, as amended, just 
as though they were acquired under the authority of that Act. 
Approved July 9, 1956. 
Public Law 672 
CHAPTER 53D 
July 9, 1956 
AN ACT 
[H. R. 7732] 
Tj^Q amend section 402 (c) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, with 
respect to the coloring of oranges. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
Oranges. 
United States of America in Congress assemhled, That paragraph (c) 
21 use 34^1^* 
^^ section 402 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as 
amended, is amended by inserting immediately before the period at 
the end thereof a colon and the following: ''^Provided further, 
That 
this paragraph shall not apply to oranges meeting minimum maturity 
standards established by or under the laws of the States in which the 
oranges were grown and not intended for processing (other than 
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oranges designated by the trade as 'packing house elimination'), the 
skins of which have been colored at any time prior to March 1, 1959, 
with the coal-tar color certified prior to the enactment of this proviso 
as F. D. & C. Red 32, or certified after such enactment as External 
D. & C. Red 14 in accordance with section 21, Code of Federal Regula-
tions, part 9: And provided further, That the preceding proviso shall 
have no further effect if prior to March 1, 1959, another coal-tar color 
suitable for coloring oranges is listed under section 406". 
Approved July 9, 1956. 
21 CFR Part 9. 
21 u s e 346. 
Public Law 673 
CHAPTER 531 
AN ACT 
To amend the Japanese-American Eh'acuation Claims Act of 1948, as amended, 
to exi)edite the final determination of the claims, and for other purposes. 
July 9, 19S6 
[H. R. 7763] 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United /States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act of 
July 2, 1948 (62 Stat. 1231), as amended, is further amended as 
follows: 
That section 1 of the Act, as amended, is amended to read as follows: 
"SECTION 1. (a) The Attorney General shall have jurisdiction to 
compromise and settle and make an award in an amount not to exceed 
$100,000 as hereinafter provided on any claim by a person of Japanese 
ancestry against the United States arising on or after December 7, 
1941, when such claim is not compensated for by insurance or other-
wise, for damage to or loss of real or personal property (including 
without limitation as to amount damage to or loss of personal prop-
erty bailed to or in the custody of the Government or any agent 
thereof), that is (except as is otherwise provided by subsections 1 (b) 
(2) and (1) (b) (3)) a reasonable and natural consequence of the 
evacuation or exclusion of such person by the appropriate military 
commander from a military area in Arizona, Caliiornia, Oregon, or 
Washington; or from the Territory of Alaska, or the Territory of 
Hawaii, under authority of Executive Order Numbered 9066, dated 
February 19, 1942 (3 C. F. R. Cum. Supp. 1092), section 67 of the 
Act of April 30, 1900 (48 U. S. C. 532), or Executive Order Num-
bered 9489, dated October 18, 1944 (3 C. F. R. 1944 Supp. 45). 
"(b) As used herein— 
"(1) 'Evacuation' shall include voluntary departure from a mili-
tary area prior to but in anticipation of an order of exclusion there-
from. 
"(2) 'Claims by a person of Japanese ancestry' shall include claims 
that were filed by any profit or nonprofit organization, corporate or 
otherwise, the majority of whose stock was owned by, or the majority 
of whose stockholders or members were, on December 7, 1941, and 
on the date of the filing of the claim, persons of Japanese ancestry 
actually residing within the continental limits of the United States or 
its Territories: Provided, however, That the losses sustained by the 
particular organization were the result (1) of the evacuation and ex-
clusion of its stockholders or members, or (2) of the evacuation and 
exclusion of persons of Japanese ancestry upon whom the organization 
depended for its business or support. Such claims shall not be barred 
by awards or disallowances heretofore made." 
"(3) 'Claim by a person of Japanese ancestry' shall also include 
claims which have been timely filed for such damage or loss as hereto-
fore defined incurred by persons of Japanese ancestry detained, in-
terned, or paroled, and subsequently released, pursuant to Revised 
Japanese evacu^ 
ation claims. 
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31 Stat. 153. 
3 C F R, 
19 4 4 
Supp., p. 94. 
"Evacuation". 
"Claimsby apeitw 
s o n o f Japanese 
ancestry". 
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