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Date of termination of war forcertain c l a i m s purposes.

Authority of Secretary of Air Force.

Real-estate: tions. 65 Stat. 365. 40 USC 551.

Separability.

S e i z u r e of privately owned plants.

Short title.

PUBLIC LAW 3 1 4 - A P R. 15, 1952

eluding appointments as officers and warrant officers in the Organized Keserve Corps, the Air Force Reserve, the National Guard of the United States, and the Air National Guard of the United States, any other provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding. (d) For the purpose of section 1 of the Act of May 2-9, 1945 (ch. 135, 59 Stat. 225), as amended (81 U.S.C. 222c), and for the purpose of section 2 of the Act of December 28, 1945 (ch. 597, 59 Stat. 662; 31 U.S.C. 222e), the date of the termination of a time of war and the establishment of peace shall be June 1, 1952, notwithstanding any other termination of war or establishment of peace. (e) For the purpose of section 1 of the Act of July 3, 1943 (ch. 189. 57 Stat. 372), as amended (31 U.S.C. 223b), and for the purpose of section 1 of the Act of December 28, 1945 (ch. 597, 59 Stat. 662; 31 U.S.C. 223d), the date of the termination of a time of war and the establishment of peace shall, with respect to accidents or incidents occurring after June 23, 1950, be June 1, 1952, notwithstanding any other termination of war or establishment of peace. SEC. 2. Authority now conferred upon the Secretary of the Air Force under the statutory provisions cited in this Act is hereby extended to the same extent as the authority of the Secretary of the Army thereunder. SEC. 3. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to repeal or modify section 601 of Public Law 155, Eighty-second Congress, first session, relative to coming into agreement with the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and of the House of Representatives with respect to real-estate actions by or for the use of the military departments or the Federal Civil Defense Administration. SEC. 4. If any provision of this Act, or the application thereof to any person or circumstances, is held invalid, the remaining provisions of this Act, or the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances, shall not be affected thereby. SEC. 5. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to authorize seizure by the Government, under authority of any Act herein extended, of any privately owned plants or facilities which are not public utilities. SEC. 6. This Act may be cited as the "Emergency Powers Interim Continuation Act". Approved April 14, 1952. Public Law 314

April 15, 1952 [H. J. R e s. 350]

T e n n e s s e e River. Flood protection projects. 33 USC 70 Ic note, 70 If note.

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CHAPTER 205

JOINT RESOLUTION To provide an extension of time for the authorization for certain projects for Io( al Hood protection in the Tennessee River Basin. Re-solved by the Senate and House of Representatives '-of the United /States- of America in Congress assembled, That notwithstanding the second proviso in section 2 of the Act entitled, "An Act authorizing the construction of certain public works on rivers and harbors for flood control, and for other purposes", approved August 18, 1941 (55 Stat. 638), the authorization in section 3 of such Act of projects for local flood protection on the Tennessee River at Chattanooga, Tennessee, and Rossville, Georgia, shall expire on December 31, 1953, unless local interests shall before such date furnish assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of the Army that the required local cooperation in such projects will be furnished. Approved April 15, 1952. e^^

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