An Act to authorize the execution of agreements between agencies of the United States and other agencies and instrumentalities for mutual aid in fire protection, and for other purposes
PL 84-46 (S.1006), enacted 05/27/1955

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PUBLIC LAW 45-MAY 25, 1955 
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Cost limitatioiu 
Apprppriatioiu 
Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory, Cleveland, Ohio: Component 
research facility for nuclear propulsion, improvements to an existing 
transonic tunnel, additions to two existing laboratory buildings, re-
pairs and modifications to utility installations, and acquisition of not 
to exceed 500 acres of land, $8,760,000. 
Pilotless Aircraft Station, Wallops Island, Virginia: Fuel-storage 
magazine, $90,000. 
SEC. 2. Any of the approximate costs enumerated in section 1 of 
this Act may, in the discretion of the Director of the National Advi-
sory Committee for Aeronautics, be varied upward 5 per centum to 
meet unusual cost variations, but the total cost of all work so enumer-
ated shall not exceed $13,300,000. 
SEC. 3. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated not to exceed 
$13,300,000 to accomplish the purposes of this Act. 
Approved May 23, 1955. 
May 25, 1955 
[S. 1413] 
Public Law 45 
CHAPTER 76 
AN ACT 
To amend the Act establishing a Commission of Fine Arts. 
36 Stat. 371. 
Be it enacted l)y the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled^ That section 2 of 
the Act entitled "An Act establishing a Commission of Fine Arts'', 
approved May 17, 1910 (40 U. S. C , sees. 104^106), is amended to 
read as follows: 
"SEC. 2. That to meet the expenses made necessary by this Act an 
expenditure of not exceeding $35,000 a year is hereby authorized." 
Approved May 25, 1955. 
May 27. 1955 
[S. 1006] 
Public Law 46 
CHAPTER 105 
AN ACT 
To authorize the execution of agreements between agencies of the United States 
and other agencies and instrumentalities for mutual aid in fire protection, and 
for other purposes. 
F ire protection 
ag^reements. 
Definitions. 
A g e n c y 
authority. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That as used in this 
Act— 
(a) The term "agency head" means the head of any executive de-
partment, military department, agency, or independent establishment 
in the executive branch of the Government; 
(b) The term "fire protection" includes personal services and equip-
ment required for fire prevention, the protection of life and property 
from fire, and fire fighting; and 
(c) The term "fire organization" means any governmental entity 
or public or private corporation or association maintaining fire protec-
tion facilities within the United States, its Territories and possessions, 
and any governmental entity or public or private corporation or asso-
ciation which maintains fire protection facilities in any foreign country 
in the vicinity of any installation of the United States. 
head. 
SEC. 2. (a) Each agency head charged with the duty of providing 
fire protection for any property of the United States is authorized to 
enter into a reciprocal agreement, with any fire organization maintain-
ing fire protection facilities in the vicinity of such property, for mutual 
aid in furnishing fire protection for such property and for other prop-
erty for which such organization normally provides fire protection. 
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Each such agreement shall include a waiver by each party of all claims 
against every other party for compensation for any loss, damage, per-
sonal injury, or death occurring in consequence of the performance of 
such agreement. 
Any such agreement may provide for the reimburse-
ment of any party for all or any part of the cost incurred by such party 
in furnishing fire protection for or on behalf of any other party. 
(b) Any agreement heretofore executed which would have been 
authorized by this Act, if this Act had been in effect on the date of 
execution thereof, is hereby ratified and confirmed. 
SEC. 3. In the absence of any agreement authorized or ratified by 
section 2, each agency head is authorized to render emergency assist-
ance in extinguishing fires and in preserving life and property from 
fire, within the vicinity of any place at which such agency maintains 
fire-protection facilities, when the rendition of such assistance is 
determined, under regulations prescribed by the agency head, to be 
in the best interest of the United States. 
SEC. 4. Any service performed under section 2 or section 3 of this 
Act, by any officer or employee of the United States or any member 
of any armed force of the United States shall constitute service 
rendered in line of duty in such office, employment, or .force. 
The 
performance of such service by any other individual shall not consti-
tute such individual an officer or employee of the United States for 
the purposes of the Federal Employees' Compensation Act, as 
amended. 
SEC. 5. Funds available to any agency head for fire protection 
on installations or in connection with activities under the jurisdiction 
of such agency may be used to carry out the purposes of this Act. 
All 
sums received by any agency head for fire protection rendered pur-
suant to this Act shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous 
receipts. 
Approved May 27, 1955. 
Emergency 
sistance* 
Service< 
39 Stat. 742. 
5 u s e 751 note. 
Funds. 
Public Law 47 
CHAPTER 106 
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May 27, 1955 
Kelative to the exploration, location, and entry of mineral lands within the 
[H. R. 2682] 
Papago Indian Reservation. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the provisions 
with resj)ect to subjection of mineral lands within the Papago Indian 
Reservation to exploration, location, and entry under the mining laws 
of the United States in the Executive order dated February 1, 1917, 
creating the Papago Indian Reservation, and in the third proviso in 
section 1 of the Act of February 21,1931 (46 Stat. 1202), and the pro-
visions of subsection (b) (1) and (2) and of the remainder, following 
the word "purposes," of subsection (b) (4) of section 3 of the Act of 
June 18, 1934 (48 Stat. 984; 25 U. S. C. 461-479), as amended by the 
Act of August 26,1937 (50 Stat. 862, 863; 25 U. S. C. 463), are hereby 
repealed, all tribal lands within the Papago Indian Reservation are 
hereby withdrawn from all forms of exploration, location, and entry 
under such laws, the minerals underlying such lands are hereby made 
a part of the reservation to be held in trust by the United States for 
the Papago Indian Tribe, and such minerals shall be subject to lease 
for mining purposes pursuant to the provisions of the Act of May 11, 
1938 (52 Stat. 347) : Provided, That the provisions of this Act shall not 
be applicable to lands within the Papago Indian Reservation for which 
a mineral patent has heretofore been issued or to a claim that has been 
Papago I n d i a n 
Reservation. 
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