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LIST OF PUBLIC LAWS Date
344 _.. National Mental Health Week. JOINT RESOLUTION Requesting the President to proclaim the week May 2 to May 8, 1954, inclusive, as National Mental Health Week Apr. 27, 1954 345 Communications Act of 1934, amendments. AN ACT To amend the Communications Act of 1934, as amended Apr. 27, 1954 346 Uniformed Services Contingency Option Act of 1953, amendment. AN ACT To extend the period of election under the Uniformed Services Contingency Option Act of 1953 for certain members of the uniformed services Apr. 29, 1954 347 Canal Zone, deceased government employees. AN ACT to extend to the Canal Zone Government and the P a n a m a Canal Company provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to facilitate the settlement of the accounts of certain deceased civilian officers and employees of the Government ", approved August 3, 1950- Apr. 30, 1954 348 Saint Joseph, Mich. AN ACT To provide for the conveyance of certain real property to the city of Saint Joseph, Michigan. Apr. 30, 1954 349 ___ Officer Grade Limitation Act of 1954. AN ACT To establish limitations on the numbers of officers who may serve in various commissioned grades in the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps, and for other purposes May 5, 1954 350 _ - Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1954. AN ACT To amend and supplement the Federal-Aid Road Act approved July 11, 1916 (39 Stat. 355), as amended and supplemented, to authorize appropriations for continuing the construction of highways, and for other purposes May 6, 1954 351 _. - Ala.-Fla., boundary agreement. JOINT RESOLUTION Giving the consent of Congress to an agreement between the State of Alabama and the State of Florida establishing a boundary between such States May 6, 1954 352 National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. AN ACT To amend Public Law 472, Eighty-first Congress, approved April 11, 1950, entitled "An Act to promote the national defense and to contribute to more effective aeronautical research by authorizing professional personnel of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics to attend accredited g r a d u a t e schools for research and s t u d y " May 6, 1954 353 Idaho, land patent. AN ACT Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to issue a p a t e n t to the State of Idaho for certain land_ May 7, 1954 354 Armed Forces, decorations. AN ACT To authorize certain members of the Armed Forces to accept and wear decorations of certain foreign nations May 8, 1954 355 D. C, treatment of narcotics users. AN ACT To authorize the care and t r e a t m e n t a t facilities of the Public Health Service of narcotic addicts committed by the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, and for other purposes May 8, 1954 — 356 Government contracts, judicial review. AN ACT To permit review of decisions of the heads of departments, or their representatives or boards, involving questions arising under Government contracts May 11, 1954 — 357 Thitd Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1954- AN ACT Making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1954, and for other purposes May 11, ]954__. 358 St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation. AN ACT Providing for creation of the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation to construct part of the Saint Lawrence Seaway in United States territory in the interest of national security; authorizing the Corporation to consummate certain arrangements with the Saint Lawrence Seaway Authority of C a n a d a relative to construction and operation of the seaway; empowering the Corporation to finance the United States share of the seaway cost on a self-liquidating basis; to establish cooperation with C a n a d a in the control and operation of the Saint I^awrence Seaway; to authorize negotiations with Canada of an agreement on tolls; and for other purposes May 13, 1954 — 359 - _. War Claims Act of 1948, amendment. AN ACT To extend the period for the filing of certain claims under the War Claims Act of 1948 by World War II prisoners of war May 13, 1954__. 360 Shoshone Cavern National Monument, abolishment. AN ACT To authorize the abolishment of the Shoshone Cavern National Monument and the transfer of the land therein to the city of Cody, Wyoming, for public recreational use, and for other purposes j May 17, 1954 —
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