An Act to amend section 207 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 so as to authorize payment of claims arising from the correction of military or naval records
PL 82-220 (H.R.1181), enacted 10/25/1951

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articles in bonded warehouses under the general tariff law may be 
accorded the privilege of transfer to and entry for exhibition at the 
said trade fair under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury 
shall prescribe: And provided further, That the Chicago International 
Trade Fair, Incorporated, a corporation, shall be deemed, for customs 
purposes only, to be the sole consignee of all merchandise imported 
under the provisions of this Act, and that the actual and necessary 
customs charges for labor, services, and other expenses in connection 
with the entry, examination, appraisement, release, or custody, 
together with the necessary charges for salaries of customs officers and 
employees in connection with the supervision, custody of, and account-
ing for, articles imported under the provisions of this Act, shall be 
reimbursed by the Chicago International Trade Fair, Incorporated, a 
corporation, to the Government of the United States under regulations 
to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury, and that receipts 
from such reimbursements shall be deposited as refunds to the appro-
priation from which paid, in the manner provided for in section 524, 
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (U. S. C , 1940 edition, title 19, sec. 
1524). 
Approved October 26, 1951. 
Sole consignee; 
penses. 
46 Stat. 741. 
Public Law 219 
CHAPTER 587 
AN ACT 
To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to provide for the free importation of twine 
used for baling hay, straw, and other fodder and bedding material. 
October 25,1951 
[H. R. 1005] 
Be it enacted by the /Senate and House of Representatives 
of th^ 
United /States of America in Cvngress assembled, That paragraph 
1622 of section 201 of title I I of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, is 
amended by inserting after the words "binding twine" a comma and 
the words "and twine chiefly used for baling hay, straw, and other 
fodder and bedding materials,". 
SEC. 2. The amendment made by this Act shall be effective with 
respect to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for 
consumption after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
Approved October 25, 1951. 
46 
Stat. 
676. 
19 
U. S. 
C. S 1201, 
par. 
1622. 
Effective 
date. 
Public Law 220 
CHAPTER 588 
AN ACT 
To amend section 207 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 so as to 
authorize payment of claims arising from the correction of military or naval 
records. 
October 25,1951 
[H. K. 1181] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 207 of 
the Act of August 2, 1946 (60 Stat. 812), is hereby amended to read 
as follows: 
"SEC. 207. (a) The Secretaries of the Army, Navy, and Air Force 
and the Secretary of the Treasury (with respect to the Coast Guard), 
respectively, under procedures set up by them, and acting through 
boards of civilian officers or employees of their respective Depart-
ments, are authorized to correct any military or naval record where in 
their judgment such action is necessary to correct an error or remove 
an injustice, and corrections so made shall be final and conclusive on 
all officers of the Government except when procured by means of 
SU.S.C.§ 191a and 
note. 
Correction of mili-
tary and naval records. 
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Approval of proce-
dures. 
Request for correc-
tive action. 
Failure to file re-
quest. 
Authority to p a y 
certain claims. 
Deceased persons. 
14 U. S. C. § 136a 
and note; 42 U. 8. C. 
{225;10U.S.O. J 868. 
Acceptance of settle-
ment. 
Availability of ap-
propriations. 
Continuing pay-
ments. 
R e p o r t s t o Con-
gress. 
fraud: Provided^ That procedures set up by the Secretaries of the 
Army, Navy, and Air Force in accordance with this subsection shall 
be approved by the Secretary of Defense: Provided further^ That no 
corrective action shall be taken under this subsection unless the 
request therefor be filed by claimant, his heirs at law, or legal repre-
sentatives within three years after his or their discovery of the alleged 
error or injustice, or within ten years after the date of enactment of 
this Act, whichever be the later: Provided further^ That the failure 
to file the request by claimant, his heirs at law, or legal representative, 
within three years after his or their discovery of thp alleged error or 
injustice may be excused by such board of civilian oflScers or employees 
of the respective Departments upon finding by it that it is in the 
interest of justice to excuse such failure to file within the prescribed 
time in which event action shall be taken in the same manner as if the 
request had been filed within the three years as prescribed herein, 
"(b) The Department concerned is authorized to pay, out of appli-
cable current appropriations, claims of any persons, their heirs at law 
or legal representatives as hereinafter provided, of amounts paid as 
fines, forfeitures, or for losses of pay (including retired or retirement 
pay), allowances, compensation, emoluments, or other monetary bene-
fits, as the case may be, which are found to be due on account of 
military or naval service as a result of the action heretofore taken 
pursuant to section 207 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, 
or hereafter taken pursuant to subsection (a) of this section: Provided^ 
That in the case of deceased persons where no demand is presented by 
a duly appointed legal representative of the estate, payments other-
wise due hereunder shall be made to the decedent's widow, widower, 
legal heirs, or beneficiaries, in the order of precedence or succession as 
may be prescribed by the applicable provisions of law relating to the 
kind of payment involved and when not otherwise so provided, in the 
order of precedence as set forth in the Act of February 25, 1946 (60 
Stat. 30), or as may be prescribed by the applicable provisions of law 
relating to the kind of payment involved. 
"(1) This subsection shall not be deemed to authorize the payment 
of any claim heretofore compensated by Congress through enactment 
of a private law. 
"(c) The acceptance by the claimant of any settlement made pur-
suant to subsection (b) of this section shall constitute a complete 
release by the claimant of any claim against the United States on 
account of such correction of record. 
"(d) Applicable current appropriations shall be available for pay-
ment of such sums as may be due for continuing the pay (including 
retired or retirement pav), allowances, compensation, emoluments, 
and other monetary benefits to persons who shall have received pay-
ment pursuant to the provisions of subsection (b) of this section and 
who may be entitled to such continuing payments as a result of the 
correction of their military or naval records: Provided^ That con-
tinuing payments are authorized to be made to such personnel for not 
more man one year following the date of the correction or one year 
following the date of enactment of this Act, whichever be the later, 
without the necessity of reenlistment, appointment, or reappointment 
to the grade, rank, or office to which such pay (including retired or 
retirement pay), allowances, compensation, emoluments, and other 
monetary benefits are attached, and such reenlistments, appointments, 
and reappointments are hereby authorized by the Secretary concerned 
without regard to other qualifications. 
"(e) The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of the Treasury, 
for their respective Departments, shall make semi-annual reports to 
the Congress of all claims paid under this subsection during the period 
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covered by each such report. 
Each such report shall include, with 
respect to each such claim, a statement of the amount paid, to whom, 
and a brief description of the claim. 
"(f) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to authorize the pay-
ment of any amount as compensation for any benefit to which the 
claimant might subsequently become entitled under the laws and regu-
lations administered by the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs." 
SEO. 2. This Act shall be effective from and after August 2, 1946. 
Approved October 25, 1951. 
Effective date. 
Public Law 221 
CHAPTER 589 
AN ACT 
To amend the Act of August 7, 1946, so as to authorize the making of grants for 
hospital facilities, to provide a basis for repayment to the Government by the 
Commissioners of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes. 
October 25,1951 
[H. R. 20941 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assennhled^ That the first section 
of the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the establishment of a mod-
ern, adequate, and efficient hospital center in the District of Columbia", 
approved August 7, 1946, is amended by striking out "acquire land 
and construct buildings" and inserting in lieu thereof "acquire land, 
construct buildings, and make grants to private agencies". 
SEC. 2, The first section of such Act of August 7, 1946, is further 
amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: 
"(c) To make grants to private agencies in cash, or in land or other 
property (which the Administrator is hereby authorized to acquire 
for such purpose by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise) upon such 
terms and in such amounts or of such value as the Administrator may 
deem to be in the public interest to enable such private agencies to 
make surveys and investigations, to plan, design, construct, remodel, 
relocate, rebuild, renovate, extend, equip, furnish, or repair hospital 
facilities in the District of Columbia: Provided^ That in no event 
shall the amount or value of the grant exceed 50 per centum of the 
value of the hospital plant of a private agency as improved with the 
aid of such grant: Provided further^ That, except in the case of the 
construction and equipment of a new hospital, no such grant shall 
be made to any private agency unless such private agency shall obli-
gate itself to pay at least 50 per centum of the cost of any project for 
which such grant is made. As used in this Act, the term 'private 
agencies' shall mean any nonprofit private agencies operating hospital 
facilities in the District of Columbia." 
SE». 3. The fifth section of such Act of August 7, 1946, is amended 
by striking out 30 per centum wherever it appears in said section and 
inserting 50 per centum and by striking from the first sentence thereof 
the words "at such times and in such amounts, without interest, as 
the Congress shall hereafter determine", and by inserting in lieu 
thereof "at the annual rate, without interest of 3 per centum of such 
50 per centum". 
SEC. 4. The title of such Act of August 7, 1946, is amended to read 
as follows: "An Act to provide for the establishment of a modern, 
adequate, and efficient hospital center in the District of Columbia, to 
authorize the making of grants for hospital facilities to private agen-
cies in the District of Columbia, to provide a basis for repayment to 
the Government by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, 
and for other purposes." 
Approved October 25, 1951. 
Hospital facilities, 
D. C. 
60 Stat. 896.