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 PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 190-192-JULY 6, 7, 1943 Effectiveness of prior Act. 41 Stat. 735. 29 U. S. C.§§ 31-38, 41-44. 45 Stat. 1260 . D. c. Code §§31- 501 to 31-507. Benefits extended awaiting State legis- lation. Short title. SEC. 3. (a) The Act of June 2, 1920, as in effect prior to the enact- ment of this Act, and plans and regulations approved and promulgated thereunder prior to the enactment of this Act may, notwithstanding the amendment made by section 1 of this Act, be considered to remain in effect with respect to the period ending ninety days after the date of the enactment of this Act; and the plan formulated with the United States Employees' Compensation Commission pursuant to the Act of February 23, 1929, as in effect prior to the enactment of this Act, and regulations promulgated under such Act of February 23, 1929, prior to the enactment of this Act, shall remain in effect except to the extent they may be hereafter modified or superseded. (b) If any State cannot fully comply with the conditions of the Vocational Rehabilitation Act, as amended by this Act, on the date of the enactment of this Act such State may secure the benefits of the Vocational Rehabilitation Act as so amended, until sixty days after the legislature of such State first meets in due course after such date of enactment or until the earliest effective date after such sixty days which could be given in such State to legislation passed within such sixty days to secure the benefits of this Act, whichever is the later, if it complies therewith to the extent possible. SEC. 4. This Act may be cited as the "Vocational Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1943". Approved July 6, 1943. [CHAPTER 191] AN ACT July 7,1943 [H. R. 2349] To adjust the pay status of warrant officers temporarily commissioned in the [Public Law 114] Army of the United States. Army of the U. S. Pay of warrant offi- cers temporarily com- missioned. 55 Stat. 728. 10I. S.C., Suplp. 11, § 484 note. July 7, 1943 [H. R. 2943] [Public Law 115] Disposal of certain Government records. Materials excluded. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That effective as of December 7, 1941, the joint resolution entitled "Joint resolution to authorize temporary appointments of officers in the Army of the United States", approved September 22, 1941, is amended by inserting after the second proviso a colon and the following: "Provided further, That no warrant officer temlpo'rarily appointed as a commissioned officer under tietautllority of this Act shall suffer any reduction il pay and allowances to which he was entitled at the time of such temporary appointment". S.SEc. 2 . No bak pay or allowances shall be held to have accrued prior to December 7, 1941, by reason of the enactment of this Act. Approved July 7, 1943. [CHAPTER 192] AN ACT To provide for the disposal of certain records of the United States Government. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. That when used in this Act, the word "records" includes all books, papers, maps, photo- graphs, or other documentary materials, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made or received by any agency of the United States Government in pursuance of Federal law or in connection with the transaction of public business and preserved or appropriate for preservation by that agency or its legitimate successor as evidence of the organization, functions, policies, decisions, procedures, operations, or other activities of the Government or because of the informational value of data contained therein. Library and museum material made or acquired and preserved solely for reference or exhibition purposes, 380 [57 STAT.

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