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 LIST OF PUBLIC LAWS Public Law 356 - Federal reclamationlaws, administration. AN ACT To facilitate and simplify the administration of the Federal reclamation laws and the Act of August 11, 1939, as amended--- 357 -_- Bedford, Mass., easements. AN ACT Authorizing the Admin- istrator of Veterans' Affairs to grant easements in certain lands to the town of Bedford, Massachusetts, for road-widen- ing purposes --- -- 358 --- Carlstromand Dorr Fields Military Reservations, Fla. AN ACT To authorize the Secretary of War to sell to the Embry-Riddle Company the military reservations of Carlstrom and Dorr Fields, Florida 359 --- Pensions. AN ACT To provide pensions at wartime rates for officers and enlisted men of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard disabled in line of duty as a direct result of armed conflict, while engaged in extra hazardous service or while the United States is engaged in war, and for the depend- ents of those who die from such cause, and for other purposes_ - 360 --- Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, amendments. AN ACT To amend the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 by providing for the extension of liability for military service and for the registration of the manpower of the Nation, and for other purposes-- 361 --- Veterans, service connection of disabilities. AN ACT To facili- tate standardization and uniformity of procedure relating to determination of service connection of injuries or diseases alleged to have been incurred in or aggravated by active serv- ice in a war, campaign, or expedition_. _ __ __ _ __ __ -_ __ __ _- - 362 --- Defense public works and equipment, D. C. AN ACT Author- izing advancements from the Federal Works Administrator for the provision of certain defense public works and equip- ment in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes _-- 363 --- Board of Public Welfare, D. C. AN ACT To amend section 5 of the Act entitled "An Act to establish a Board of Public Wel- fare in and for the District of Columbia, to determine its functions, and for other purposes", approved March 16, 1926--... 364 __- Department of Agriculture Appropriation Act, 1948, amendment. AN ACT Amending the Department of Agriculture Appropria- tion Act, 1942, so as to provide for agricultural conservation program payments to farmers whose crops have been ac- quired under the national-defense program-- _- 365 --- Retired war veterans, hospitalization. AN ACT To amend sec- tion 4, Public Law Numbered 198, Seventy-sixth Congress, July 19, 1939, to authorize hospitalization of retired officers and enlisted men who are war veterans on a parity with other war veterans- -- .. ... --- - - - - - - - - -- - -__ 366 --- Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, amendments. AN ACT To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of June 25, 1938, as amended, by providing for the certification of batches of drugs composed wholly or partly of insulin, and for other purposes - --- __ .__ ..- _ 367 --- Philippine Independence Act, suspension of certain provisions. AN ACT To suspend the export tax and the reduction of the quota prescribed by section 6 of the Act of March 24, 1934 (48 Stat. 456), as amended, for a fixed period, and for other purposes ___..- - -. - --- --- --- - -- ______- 368 --- Alaska and Hawaii, championship boxing bouts. AN ACT To permit fifteen-round championship boxing bouts in the Terri- tories of Alaska and Hawaii 369 --- Navy, construction of vessels. AN ACT To establish the com- position of the United States Navy, to authorize the construc- tion of certain naval vessels, and for other purposes - - ____- 370 --- Hawaii, commission to investigate Japanese attack. JOINT RESOLUTION To authorize the commission appointed by the President to conduct an investigation in connection with the attack on Hawaii, to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of books, papers, and documents -- - - 371 -- _ NationalDefense, additionalappropriations,194S, 1943. JOINT RESOLUTION To provide additional appropriations incident to the national defense for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1942, and June 30, 1943, and for other purposes--- -...- Date Dec. 19, 1941_ -- Dec. 19, 1941__ - Dec. 19, 1941_-- Dec. 19, 1941-.. Dec. 20, 1941 -- Dec. 20, 1941 -- Dec. 20, 1941_-- Dec. 20, 1941___ Dec. 22, 1941___ Dec. 22, 1941___ Dec. 22, 1941___ Dec. 22, 1941___ Dec. 22, 1941_ -- Dec. 23, 1941-_ - Dec. 23, 1941._ _ Dec. 23, 1941-_- 855 xxiv Page 842 842 843 844 844 847 847 849 850 850 851 852 853 853 853

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