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Public Law 161

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PUBLIC LAW 162-JULY 29, 1953

CHAPTER 256

AN ACT July 28, 1953 To amend section 303 of the Budget and Accounting Act, 1921 (42 Stat. 23). — [ H. R. 5228]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 303 of the Budget and Accounting Act, 1921, approved June 10, 1921, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "Any Comptroller General who shall be so retired for age after serving at least ten years in his office, or who completes his term, shall receive an annuity during the remainder of his life equal to the salary payable for his office at the time of retirement or completion of term, except that the annuity of any Comptroller General who completes his term shall be reduced by one-fourth of 1 per centum for each full month he is under the age of sixty-five at such completion. Any Comptroller General who becomes permanently disabled from performing his duties shall be retired and shall receive an annuity during the remainder of his life equal to the salary payable for his office at the time of retirement if he has served at least ten years therein or equal to one-half of such salary if he has served less than ten years. The annuities provided for herein shall be paid by the General Accounting Office. No person receiving benefits under this Act shall receive any other retirement benefits under any other law of the United States." Approved July 28, 1953. Public Law 162

42 Stat. 23. 31 USC 43. Comptroller General. Retirement a n nuity.

CHAPTER 268

JOINT RESOLUTION To permit the entry of five hundred eligible orphans under ten years of age, adopted abroad or to be adopted in the United States by United States citizens serving abroad in the United States Armed Forces or employed abroad by the United States Government.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That not to exceed five hundred special nonquota immigrant visas may be issued, subject to all provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act, to eligible orphans as defined in this Act who are under ten years of age at the time the visa application is filed and such eligible orphans may be admitted into the United States for permanent residence: Provided, That the issuance of visas under this Act shall terminate not later than December 31, 1954. SEC. 2. When used in this Act the term "eligible orphan" shall mean an alien child (1) who has suffered the death or disappearance of, or abandonment or desertion by, or separation or loss from, both parents, or w'ho has only one parent due to the death or disappearance of, abandonment or desertion by, or separation or loss from the other parent and the remaining parent is incapable of providing care for such child and has in writing irrevocably released him for emigration and adoption; (2)(a) who has been lawfully adopted abroad by a United States citizen and spouse while said citizen is or was serving abroad in the United States Armed Forces, or is or was employed abroad by the United States Government, or (b) concerning whom assurances, satisfactory to the consular officer to whom a visa application on behalf of- such child is made, have been given by a United States citizen and spouse while said citizen is serving abroad in the United States Armed Forces, or is employed abroad by the United States Government, that if such child is admitted into the United

July 29, 1953 [H. J. R e s. 228] ^

Alien orphans. Visas. 66 Stat. 163. 8 USC 1101 note.

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