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PUBLIC LAW 127-JULY 16, 1953 Public Law 127

July i e, 1953 [H. J. R e s. 294]

66 Stat. 656.

Ante, p. 119.

ST A T.

CHAPTER 204

JOINT RESOLUTION Continuing the availability of appropriations for the Small Defense Plants Administration for the month of.July 1953, and for other purposes.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That not to exceed $300,000 of the unobligated balance of the appropriation "Salaries and expenses, Small Defense Plants Administration, 1953" shall remain available through July 31, 1953. The revolving fund established under said Administration shall remain available through July 31, 1953, for payment of obligations and direct costs under contracts entered into during the fiscal year 1953. SEC. 2. Appropriations and authority granted pursuant to this joint resolution shall be subject to the provisions of sections 2 to 6, inclusive, of the joint resolution approved June 30, 1953 (Public Law 91), making temporary appropriations for the fiscal year 1954. SEC. 3. Appropriations and authority granted by this joint resolution shall be available on and after July 1, 1953, and all obligations incurred in anticipation of the enactment hereof are ratified and confirmed if otherwise in accordance with the terms hereof. Approved July 16, 1953.

Public Law 128 July 17, 1953 [S. 1^22]

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CHAPTER 219

AN ACT To continue the effect of the statutory provisions relating to the deposit of savings for members of the Army and Air Force, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the sT^^i n°'*^^^de- ^^*^*^<^ States of America in Congress assembled. That the Act of posusV"^* *" December 18^ 1942 (56 Stat. 1057), as extended by the Emergency and°n^e^8.^°^' ^°^ Powers Coiitiiiuation Act (66 Stat. 330), is amended by— /4rete, p.* 131. (1) striking out ", but shall be forfeited by desertion" appearing in section 1 thereof; (2) amending section 3 thereof to read, Termination. "SEC. 3. The amendments herein provided by sections 1 and 2 shall be effective until July 1, 1954."; and ^3) adding at the end thereof the following new section: 10 USC 906. "SEC. 4. (a) Section 1305 of the Revised Statutes, as amended, is amended by striking out ', but shall be forfeited by desertion'. 34 USC 933. " (b) The Act of February 9, 1889 (ch. 119, 25 Stat. 657), is hereby amended by striking out ', but shall be forfeited by desertion'. Repeal. "(c) The proviso to section 2 of the Act of June 15, 1943 (ch. 125, 34 USC 933a. 57 Stat. ] 52), is hereby repealed.". Approved July 17, 1953. CHAPTER 220

Public Law 129 July 17, 1953 [S. 1529]

Armed Forces. Posthumous appointments, e t c. 10 USC 4 9 1a491d, 612; 34 USC 285b-285f.

AN ACT To amend the Act of July 28, 1942 (ch. 528, 56 Stat. 722), relating to posthumous appointments and commissions, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senxite and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act of July 28, 1942 (ch. 528, 56 Stat. 722), is amended as follows:

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