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22 USC 1076.

22 USC 812. 22 USC 1076 and note.

Effective date.

PUBLIC LAW 349-MAY 21, 1952

(c) By 15 per centum or $180, whichever is the lesser, if retirement took place on or after November 13, 1947, and before November 13, 1948; (d) By 10 per centum or $120, whichever is the lesser, if retirement took place on or after November 13, 1948, and before November 13, 1949; and (e) By 5 per centum or $60, whichever is the lesser, if retirement took place on or after November 13, 1949, and before November 13, 1950: Provided, That in no case shall an annuity increased under this Act exceed the largest annuity payable under section 821(a) of the Foreign Service Act of 1946. SEC. 2. Any Foreign Service officer who has retired before November 13, 1950, and who has elected or may elect to receive a reduced annuity under the provisions of section 18 of the Act of May 24, 1924 (43 Stat. 144), as amended, or the provisions of sections 821 and 1112 of the Foreign Service Act of 1946 (60 Stat. 1020, 1035), and any widow or other beneficiary of such officer who is receiving or who shall receive a survivorship annuity, shall have the amount of such annuity increased in an amount equal to the percentage differential between the full annuity which the officer would have received prior to the passage of this Act if he had elected to take a full annuity and the amount of the increased full annuity provided for in the first section of this Act. The increase in annuities provided for in this section shall be effective on the first day of the second month following the month in which this Act is enacted or on the effective date such annuities commence, whichever date is later. Approved May 21, 1952. Public Law 349

May 21, 1952 [H.R.4902]

Racing shells. 46 Stat. 630. 19 USC 100 1, par. 412.

19 USC 1514.

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CHAPTER 316

AN ACT To permit the importation free of duty of racing shells to be used in connection with preparations for the 1952 Olympic Games.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the duty imposed by paragraph 412 of section 1 of the Tariff Act of 1930 shall not apply with respect to any racing shell— (1) which is entered or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption after December 31, 1951, for the purpose of enabling any athletic team or association in the United States to prepare for competition in the 1952 Olympic Games (including any competition to determine representatives of the United States in the 1952 Olympic Games); and (2) with respect to which the person so entering or withdrawing has filed with the collector of customs a statement under oath that such entry or withdrawal was for a purpose set forth in clause (1) of this section. SEC. 2. I n the case of any racing shell entered or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption after December 31, 1951, and before the date of the enactment of this Act, the first section of this Act shall apply, but only if the statement required by clause (2) of the first section of this Act is filed within one year after the date of the enactment of this Act. If the liquidation of the entry or withdrawal has become final under section 514 of the Tariff Act of 1930, such entry or withdrawal may be reliquidated and the appropriate refund of duty may be made. Approved May 2 1. 1952.

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