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 PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 98, 100 -MAY 11, 12, 1949 [CHAPTER 98] AN ACT May 11, 1949 [H. R. 1741] To authorize the establishment of a joint long-range proving ground for guided [Public Law 60] missiles, and for other purposes. Joint long-range proving ground for guided missiles. Acquisition oflands, etc. 31 U.S. C. 1529. Agreement with Armed Services Com- mittees. Appropriation au- thorized. Post, p. 876. Transfer of author- ity. May 12, 1949 [S. 270] [Public Law 61] Trenton Dam and Swanson Lake. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Air Force is hereby authorized to establish a joint long-range proving ground for guided missiles and other weapons by the con- struction, installation, or equipment of temporary or permanent pub- lic works, including buildings, facilities, appurtenances, and utilities, within or without the continental limits of the United States, for scientific study, testing, and training purposes by the Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force. SEC. 2. The Secretary of the Air Force is authorized in discharging the authority given in the preceding section to make surveys, to acquire lands and rights or other interests pertaining thereto, including the temporary use thereof, by donation, purchase, exchange of Govern- ment-owned lands, or otherwise, without regard to section 3648, Revised Statutes, as amended. Prior to the acquisition under the authority of this section of any lands or rights or other interests per- taining thereto, the Secretary of the Air Force shall come into agree- ment with the Armed Services Committees of the Senate and the House of Representatives with respect to the acquisition of such lands, rights, or other interests. SEc. 3. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, not to exceed $75,000,000 to carry out the purposes of sections 1 and 2 of this Act. SEC. 4. The Secretary of Defense is authorized, in his discretion, to transfer to the Secretary of the Army or the Secretary of the Navy, and to retransfer from either of such Secretaries to the other or to the Secretary of the Air Force, all, or any part of, the authority granted by sections 1 and 2 of this Act; and, in connection with any such transfer or retransfer, to transfer all or any part of the funds available for the establishment and support of the joint long-range proving ground for guided missiles and other weapons. The Secre- tary of Defense is further authorized to permit, to the extent that he may deem appropriate, the Secretaries of the Army, the Navy, and the Air Force to contribute, with or without reimbursement, to the establishment and support of the joint long-range proving ground for guided missiles authorized by this Act, by the loan, assignment, or transfer of personnel, supplies, equipment, and services. Approved May 11, 1949. [CHAPTER 100] AN ACT To change the name of Culbertson Dam on the Republican River in the State of Nebraska to "Trenton Dam" and to name the body of water arising behind such dam "Swanson Lake". Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the dam under construction on the Republican River in the State of Nebraska, here- tofore known, designated, and referred to as "Culbertson Dam", shall hereafter be designated and referred to as "Trenton Dam". Any law, regulation, document, or record of the United States in which such dam is designated or referred to under and by the name "Cul- bertson Dam" shall be held and considered to refer to such dam under and by the name of "Trenton Dam". The body of water arising behind 66 [63 STAT.

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