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PUBLIC LAW 749-AUG. 31, 1954

Public Law 749 August 31, 1954 [H. R. 7853]

D. C. policemen and firemen. Relief or retirement pay waivers.

ST AT.

CHAPTER 1167

AN ACT To permit retired policemen and firemen of the District of Columbia to waive all or part of their relief or retirement compensation.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That any person entitled to relief or retirement compensation pursuant to the provisions of section 12 of the Act approved September 1, 1916 (39 Stat. 718), as amended (title 4, ch. 5, D. C. Code, 1951 edition), may decline to accept all or any part of such relief or retirement compensation by a waiver signed and filed with the Commissioners of the District of Columbia or their designated agent. Such waiver may be revoked in writing at any time, but no payment of the relief or retirement compensation waived shall be made covering the period during which such waiver was in effect. Approved August 31, 1964.

CHAPTER 1168

Public Law 750 August 31, 1954 [H. R. 8027]

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AN ACT To amend the Act of March 6, 1952 (6(» Stat. 16), to extend the time during which the Secretary of the Interior may enter into amendatory repayment contracts under the Federal reclauiation laws, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of Ameiica in Congress assembled, That the Act of note^. " ^ ^ '**^*' March 6, 195*2 (66 Stat. 16), is hereby amended by striking the year "1954'' and inserting in lieu thereof the year "1957". Approved August 31, 1954. I CHAPTER 1169

Public Law 751 August 31, 1954 [H. R. 8193]

Refugee relief. 50 U S C 1971b.

50 USC 1971c.

app.

50 U S C 1971e. 50 USC a p p. 1971d. Application for adjustment o f status.

AN ACT To amend the Refugee Relief Act of 1953.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That subdivision (c) be added to section 4 of the Refugee Relief Act of 1953 (67 Stat. 401), to read as follows: "(c) Any allotments of visas provided in paragraphs (5) and (6), paragraphs (7) and (8), and paragraphs (9) and (10) of subsection (a) of this section, shall be available bilaterally within each of the three ethnic groups therein defined." SEC. 2. Subsection (c) of section 5 of the Refugee Relief Act of 1953 (67 Stat. 403) is hereby amended to read as follows: " (c) The assurances required in this section shall be in lieu of the assurances required in section 7 of this Act, and the provisions of section 7(d)(2) shall not apply to eligible orphans as defined in this section." SEC. 3. The first sentence of section 6 of the Refugee Relief Act of 1953 (67 Stat. 403) is hereby amended to read as follows: "Any alien who establishes that prior to July 1, 1953, he lawfully entered the United States as a bona fide nonimmigrant and that he is unable to return to the country of his birth, or nationality, or last residence because of persecution or fear of persecution on account of race, religion, or political opinion, or who was brought to the United States

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