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 358 P a s s e n g e r automobiles.

Short title.

PUBLIC LAW 180-AUG. 1, 1953

7 USC 1641.

63 Stat. pt. 2, p. 2173.

61 Stat. 132.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 2 of the International Wheat Agreement Act of 1949 (63 Stat. 945) is amended by inserting before the parenthesis at the end of the first sentence thereof the following: "and the agreement revising and renewing the International Wheat Agreement for a period ending July 31, 1956, signed by Australia, Canada, France, the United States, and certain wheat importing countries". SEC. 2. Reference in any law to the International Wheat Agreement of 1949 shall be deemed to include the agreement revising and renewing the International Wheat Agreement. Approved August 1, 1953. CHAPTER 307

AN ACT To extend the authority of the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to establish and continue offices in the Republic of the Philippines.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act of June 14, 1947, as amended (38 U.S.C. 693a note), is hereby amended to read as follows: "That the authority in section 7 of the World War Veterans' Act, 1924 (43 Stat. 609; 38 U.S.C. 430), and section 101 of the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944 (58 Stat. 284; 38 U.S.C. 693a), to establish and continue regional offices, suboffices, contact units, or other subordinate offices may continue to be exercised by the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs with respect to territory of the Republic of the Philippines on and after the date of its independence if he deems such offices necessary, but in no event after June 30, 1960." Approved August 1, 1953. Public Law 182

August 1, 1953 [H. R. 4484]

CHAPTER 306

JOINT RESOLUTION To amend the International Wheat Agreement Act of 1949.

Public Law 181 August 1, 1953 [H. R. 3884]

ST A T.

SEC. 647. None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall be used for the purchase of passenger automobiles except for replacement. SEC. 648. None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall be used for the expenses of operating the Armed Services Textile and Apparel Procurement Agency after December 31, 1953. SEC. 649. This Act may be cited as the "Department of Defense Appropriation Act, 1954". Approved August 1, 1953. Public Law 180

August 1, 1953 [S. J. R e s. 9 7 ]

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CHAPTER 308

AN ACT To amend section 365 of the Act entitled "An Act to establish a code of laws for the District of Columbia", approved March 3, 1901, as amended, to increase the maximum sum allowable by the court out of assets of a decedent's estate for funeral expenses.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 365 of

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