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PUBLIC LAW 4 54-JUNE 30, 1954

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Government: Provided further, That the President may suspend from time to time in whole or in part compliance with this section if he should deem such course to be in the public interest. SEC. 104. The Governor of the Canal Zone is authorized to employ services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a), in an amount not exceeding $15,000: Provided, That the rates for individuals shall not exceed $100 per diem. SEC. 105. Hereafter appropriations of the Department of Defense available for medical care shall be available for the reimbursement of the Canal Zone Government for the cost of providing medical care for dependents of military personnel (to the extent that such care heretofore has been provided) in facilities operated by the Canal Zone Government. The Department of the Navy is authorized and directed to transfer to the Canal Zone Government, without exchange of funds, all of the land, facilities, buildings, structures, equipment, furniture, and improvements of or pertaining to the Naval Hospital, Coco Solo, Canal Zone: Provided, That the amount representing the fair value to the Canal Zone Government of the transferred property shall, when approved by the Director, Bureau of the Budget, be added to the investment of the United States in the Canal Zone Government. SEC. 106. No appropriation or fund available to the Department of Defense shall be used after September 1, 1954, for the maintenance and operation of hospitals in the Canal Zone. SEC. 107. Section 105, Public Law 153, Eighty-third Congress, is hereby amended to read as follows: "SEC. 105. Amounts expended by the Panama Canal Company in maintaining defense facilities in standby condition for the Department of Defense hereafter shall, notwithstanding any other provisions of law, be fully reimbursable to the Panama Canal Company by the Department of Defense. Amounts expended by the Canal Zone Government for furnishing education, and hospital and medical care to employees of agencies of the United States and their dependents, other than the Panama Canal Company and Canal Zone Government, less amounts payable by such employees and their dependents hereafter shall, notwithstanding any other provision of law, be fully reimbursable to the Canal Zone Government by such agencies. The appropriation or fund of any such other agency bearing the cost of the compensation of the employee concerned is hereby made available for such reimbursements." SEC. 108. This Act may be cited as the Civil Functions Appropriation Act, 1955. Approved June 30, 1954.

Su s p e n s 1 on of compliance.

60 Stat. 810. Certain medical care. Reimbursement.

Naval Hospital. Property transfer.

Restriction.

67 Stat. 202. Reimbursements.

Short title.

CHAPTER 426

Public Law 454 AN ACT To amend the Federal Credit Union Act.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That subsection (c) of section 11 of the Federal Credit Union Act (12 U.S.C. sec. 1761) is hereby amended by striking out "and," after the last semicolon and by inserting before the period at the end of the paragraph the following: "and, subject to such regulations as may b»e issued by the Director, authorize an interest refund to members of record at the close of business on December 31 in proportion to the interest paid by them during that year".

June 30, 1954 [S. 1665]

Federal Credit Unions. 48 Stat. 1219.

Interest refunds.

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