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PUBLIC LAW 752-,AUG. 31, 1954

from other American republics for internment, may, not later than June 30, 1955, apply to the Attorney General of the United States for an adjustment of his immigration status." SEC. 4. That subsection (a) of section 7 be amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "No visa shall be issued under the allotment of forty-five thousand visas heretofore made by paragraph (5) of subsection 4(a) of this Act to refugees in Italy, or under the allotment of fifteen thousand visas heretofore made by paragraph (7) of subsection 4(a) of this Act to refugees in Greece, or under the allotment of fifteen thousand visas heretofore made by paragraph (9) of subsection 4(a) of this Act to refugees in the Netherlands, to an alien who qualifies under the preferences specified in paragraph (2), (3), or (4) of section 203(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, until satisfactory evidence is presented to the responsible consular officer to establish that the alien in question will have suitable employment and housing, without displacing aiw other person therefrom, after arrival in the United States. Verification of such available employment and housing shall be made in accordance with such regulations as the Administrator may, in his discretion, prescribe for the administration of the Act, including job order clearances by the United States Employment Service and its affiliated State employment services, and a certification by local housing authorities wherever they exist and are authorized and prepared to make such certifications." Approved August 3 1,.1954. Public Law 752

visas. Italy. SO u s e 1971e, Greece. Netherlands.

66 Stat. 178. 8 USC 1153.

V e r i f i c a t i o n of employment, e t c.

CHAPTER 1170

AN ACT Authorizing construction of works to reestablisli for the Palo Verde Irrigation District, California, a means of diversion of its irrigation water supply from the Colorado River, and for other purposes.

August 31, 1954 [H. R. 8498]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That for the pur- gl'uon^'mstrirt', pose of reestablishing for the Palo Verde Irrigation District, a public ^ Di(„aion d a agency of the State of California, a means of diverting its irrigation etc. water supply from the Colorado River, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to construct a dam across the Colorado River at or near the district's present or former intake capable of diverting water into said intake at an elevation of two hundred eighty-two and three-tenths feet above mean sea level. Bureau of Reclamation datum, and works a pursuant to said dam which are required to carry out the purposes stated. SEC. 2. Prior to commencing construction of the works authorized Contract. in section 1 of this Act, the Palo Verde Irrigation District shall have entered into a contract with the United States, in form and content satisfactory to the Secretary, undertaking— (a) to furnish to the United States for the construction and maintenance of said dam and appurtenant works the use of all lands, easements, rights-of-way, and other interests in land required for said purposes, except those which the United States already has a full and perfect right to use or which lie witliin the Colorado River Indian Reservation, and to save the United States harmless from all claims arising from the use and occupancy of said lands and interests in land and the operation and maintenance of said dam and appurtenant works;

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