An Act to amend 4 and section 6 of the act of September 11, 1957
PL 86-253 (H.R.6118), enacted 09/09/1959

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PUBLIC LAW 86-252-SEPT. 9, 1959 
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but wisRes to take a mortgage on the borrower's real estate as a pre-
caution against contingencies, shall not be considered as real estate 
loans within the meaning of this section but shall be classed as ordi-
nary commercial loans." 
Approved September 9, 1959. 
September 9, 1959 
[H. R. 6939] 
Public Law 86-252 
AN ACT 
To repeal the Act of October 20, 1914 (38 Stat. 741), as amended (48 U.S.C., 
sees. 432-452), and for other purposes. 
Alaska, 
C o a l 
leasing. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
lands. United States of America m Congress asserribled^ That the Act en-
titled "An Act to provide for the leasing of coal lands in the Territory 
of Alaska, and for other purposes", approved October 20, 1914 (38 
Stat. 741), is repealed. 
SEC. 2. The first sentence of section 2 of the Act of February 25, 
1920 (41 Stat. 437, 438), as amended (30 U.S.C, sec. 201), is further 
amended by the deletion of the words "outside of the Territory of 
Ahiska,". 
Approved September 9, 1959. 
September 9, 1959 
[H. R. 6118] 
Public Law 86-253 
AN ACT 
To amend section 4 and section 6 of the Act of September 11, 1957. 
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66 Stat. 182. 
8 use 1182. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
la^^^*"^' *"^®''*^"' United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 6 of 
Admission to the Act of September 11, 1957 (71 Stat. 640) is hereby amended to 
read as follows: 
"SEC. 6. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 212(a)(6) of 
the Immigration and Nationality Act as far as they relate to aliens 
afflicted with tuberculosis, any alien who (A) is the spouse or child, 
including the minor unmarried adopted child, of a United States 
citizen, or of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence, or 
of an alien who has been issued an immigrant visa, or (B) has a son 
or daughter who is a United States citizen or an alien lawfully ad-
mitted for permanent residence or an alien who has been issued an 
immigrant visa, shall, if otherwise admissible, be issued a visa and 
admitted to the United States for permanent residence in accordance 
with such terms, conditions, and controls, if any, including the giving 
of a bond, as the Attorney General, in his discretion, after consulta-
tion with the Surgeon General of the United States Public Health 
Service, may by regulations prescribe. 
No visa shall be issued under 
the authority of this section after June 30,1961." 
SEC. 2. Section 4(a) and (b) of the Act of September 11, 1957, 
(71 Stat. 639-640) is hereby amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 4. (a) On or before June 30, 1960, special nonquota immi-
grant visas may be issued in accordance with the provisions of sub-
section (b) of this section to eligible orphans as therein defined who 
are under fourteen years of age at the time the visa is issued. 
Not 
more than two such special nonquota immigrant visas may be issued 
to eligible orphans adopted or to be adopted by any one United States 
citizen and spouse, unless necessary to prevent the separation of 
brothers or sisters. No natural parent of any such eligible orphan 
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shall thereafter, by virtue of such parentage, be accorded any right, 
privilege, or status under the Immigration and Nationality Act. 
"(b) When used in this section, the term 'eligible orphan' shall 
mean an alien child who (1) is an orphan because of the death or 
disappearance of both parents, or because of abandonment or desertion 
by, or separation or loss from, both parents, or who has only one 
parent due to the death or disappearance of, abandonment, or deser-
tion by, or separation or loss from the other parent and the remain-
ing parent is incapable of providing care for such orphan and has in 
writing irrevocably released him for emigration and adoption; (2) 
(A) has been lawfully adopted abroad by a United States citizen and 
spouse, or (B) is coming to the United States for adoption by a 
United States citizen and spouse; and (3) is ineligible for admission 
into the United States solely because that portion of the quota to 
which he would otherwise be chargeable is oversubscribed by appli-
cants registered on the consular waiting list at the time his visa ap-
plication is made. 
"Any United States citizen and spouse claiming that any eligible 
orphan is entitled to a nonquota immigrant status under subsection (a) 
of this section may file a petition with the Attorney General. 
The 
petition shall be in such form and shall contain such information and 
be supported by such documentary evidence as the Attorney General 
may by regulations prescribe. The petition shall establish to the satis-
faction of the Attorney General that the petitioners will care for such 
eligible orphan properly if he is admitted to the United States and, 
if such eligible orphan has not been lawfully adopted abroad, that 
they will adopt such orphan in the United States and that the pre-
adoption requirements, if any, of the State of such orphan's proposed 
residence have been met. After an investigation of the facts in each 
case, the Attorney General shall, if he determines the facts stated in 
the petition are true and that the petitioning United States citizen 
and spouse are persons of good moral character, approve the petition 
and forward one copy thereof to the Department of State. 
The Secre-
tary of State shall then authorize the consular officer concerned to 
grant nonquota immigrant status to the beneficiary of such petition 
after the consular officer has determined that such beneficiary is an 
eligible orphan as herein defined." 
Approved September 9, 1959. 
66 Stat. 163. 
8 u s e 1101 note. 
Definitions. 
Petitions. 
Public Law 86-254 
AN ACT 
Making appropriations for civil functions administered by the Department of 
the Army, certain agencies of the Department of the Interior, and the Ten-
nessee Valley Authority, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1960, and for 
other purposes. 
September 10, 1959 
[H. R. 9105] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of ATnerica in Congress assembled, That the following 
sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not other-
wise appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1960, for civil 
functions administered by the Department of the Army, certain 
agencies of the Department of the Interior, and the Tennessee Valley 
.Vuthority, and for other purposes, namely: 
P u b l i c 
Works 
Aiipropriation Act, 
1960. 
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