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PUBLIC LAW 355-MAY 8, 1954

patents to the State of Idaho for the lands relinquished by the State under Carey Act Segregation List Numbered 53 for which State Final Certificates have been issued for use only by the State for conveyance by deed to the holders of State Final Certificates for such land or to their heirs, successors, or assigns for the tract of land covered by such final certificate. Approved May 7, 1954. Public Law 354

C H A P T E R 194

AN ACT To authorize certain members of the Armed Forces to accept and wear decorations of certain foreign nations.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, subject to such regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretaries of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Treasury, members and former members of the Armed Forces of the United States holding any office of profit or trust under the United States who have served, subsequent to June 26, 1950, in Korea and such of the waters or lands adjacent thereto as may be designated as combat zones or areas by the respective Secretaries are authorized, during the period of hostilities in Korea in which the United States is engaged, and for one year thereafter, to accept from the governments of foreign nations whose personnel are participating with or under the United Nations Command in Korea such decorations, orders, and emblems as may be tendered them, and which are conferred by such governments upon members of their own military forces. For purposes of this Act the consent of the Congress required in accordance with clause 8 of section 9, article I of the Constitution is hereby granted. Any such member or former member holding any office of profit or trust under the United States is authorized to wear any decoration, order, or emblem accepted pursuant to authority contained in this Act. Approved May 8, 1954.

Public Law 355

May 8, 1954 [S« 2247]

Armed Forces Decorations.

C H A P T E R 195

AN ACT To authorize the care and treatment at facilities of the Public Health Service of narcotic addicts committed by the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

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

May 8, 1954 [H. R. 6702]

of the Narcotics. Tr e a t m e n to f users in D. C.

DECLARATION OF PURPOSE

1. In order to afford the District of Columbia time to provide the facilities required to carry out the Act of June 24, 1953 (Public Law 76, Eighty-third Congress), and, in the interim, to help it meet its responsibility for the detention, care, and treatment of noncriminal narcotic addicts, it is hereby declared to be the purpose of this Act to authorize the limited use of suitable Public Health Service facilities for a temporary period, at the expense of the District of Columbia, for such detention, care, and treatment. SEC. 2. The Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. ch. 6A) is amended by redesignating section 345 as section 346 and by inserting after section 344 the following new section: SECTION

67 Stat. 77. D. C. Code 24601 to 2 4 - 6 1 2.

58 Stat. 682, 701. 42 USC 2 6 1.

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