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 PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 33, 36-APR. 8, 9, 1943 Establishment of (b) There is hereby established (1) a committee in the judicial lativetad judiciai branch of the Government to consist of such persons in the judicial branches. branch of the Government as may be appointed to such committee by the Chief Justice of the United States, and (2) a committee in the legislative branch of the Government to consist of three Members of the Senate, to be appointed by the President of the Senate, and three Members of the House of Representatives to be appointed by Powers and duties. the Speaker of the House. The committees established under this subsection shall have powers and duties with respect to officers and employees in their respective branches of the Government correspond- ing to the powers and duties of the committees established pursuant 8F.R.2. to Executive Order Numbered 9309, and shall make all requests for selective-service occupational deferment of officers or employees in their respective branches of the Government; and no request for the occupational deferment of any such officer or employee shall be con- sidered by any local board unless it has been made by one of such committees. In exercising their functions under this section such committees shall, as far as practicable, follow the procedures and standards set forth in such Executive Order Numbered 9309; and the provisions of such Executive order, insofar as they are not incon- sistent with this subsection, shall be deemed to apply with respect to persons employed in the judicial and legislative branches of the Government, except that this section shall not be deemed to confer upon the Chairman of the War Manpower Commission or the Review Committee on Deferment of Government Employees any jurisdiction with respect to such persons. eports to Con- (C) Beginning sixty days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of Selective Service shall make monthly reports to the Congress showing, as nearly currently as is practicable, the names and positions of the persons who have been deferred or placed in any 50 Stat. apW. class or subdivision of a class under such sections 5 (c) (2) or 5 (e) 305 (c) (2); Supp. I because of their employment in or under the Federal Government, §30 (e). and showing whether or not requests for the deferment of such per- sons have been made in accordance with such Executive order or subsection (b) of this section; and such Director shall obtain from the selective-service local boards, and from the several departments and agencies of the Federal Government, such information as may be necessary for this purpose. Agencies deemed in (d) For the purposes of this section and Executive Order Num- executive branch. 8 F. R. 2911. bered 9309, the Government Printing Office and the Library of Con- gress shall each be deemed to be an agency in the executive branch of the Government. Approved April 8, 1943. [CHAPTER 36] April 9, 1943 AN ACT b[S 0 ] To authorize certain officers of the Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard to [Public Law 241 act as notaries public during the existence of war or a national emergency and six months thereafter. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Corpsv, and Coas United States of America in Congress assembled, That during the ouard. existence of a war in which the United States is engaged or of a national emergency declared by the President, and for six months after the termination of such war or national emergency, such officers of the Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard, as the Secretary of the Navy may designate, shall have the general powers of a notary public in the administration of oaths; the execution, acknowledgment, and attestation of instruments and papers; and the performance of all 58 [57 STAT.

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