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PUBLIC LAW 5 2 9 - J U L Y 26, 1954

(d) of section 1 of the Act of March 3, 1925, as amended (43 Stat. 1110; 50 U.S.C. sec. 161 (d)), is hereby revised to read as follows: " (d) To dispose, by lease or sale, of property, including wells, lands, or interests therein, not valuable for helium production, oil, gas, ancl byproducts of helium operations not needed for Government use, except that property determined by the Secretary of the Interior to be 'excess' within the meaning of section 3(e) of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended (40 U.S.C. sec. 472 (e)), shall be disposed of in accordance with the provisions of that Act; and to issue leases to the surface of lands or structures thereon for grazing or other purposes when the same may be done without interfering with the production of helium." SEC. 2. That paragraph (13) of section 3 of the Act of October 31, 1951 (65 Stat. 701, 708), is hereby repealed. SEC. 3. This Act shall be effective as of October 31, 1951. Approved July 26, 1954. P u b l i c Law 528

63 Stat. 378.

Repeal. Effective date.

C H A P T E R 570

AN ACT To continue the effectiveness of the Act of July 17, 1953 (67 Stat. 177).

Be it enacted by the 8enate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the provisions of the Act of July 17, 1953 (67 Stat. 177), as amended below, shall remain in full force and effect until six months after the termination of the national emergency proclaimed by the President on December 16, 1950, or until such date as may be specified by a concurrent resolution of the Congress or until July 1, 1955, whichever is the earliest. SEC. 2. Section 1 of the Act of July 17, 1953 (67 Stat. 177), is amended by deleting the word "and" appearing immediately before the words "the Act of December 17, 1942 (56 Stat. 1053), as amended (50 U.S.C. App. 1201)", and inserting immediately after such words the following: "or by any other statute,". Approved July 26, 1954. Public Law 529

Property posal.

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Armed Forces. Construction authority.

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CHAPTER 571

AN ACT To authorize the Secretary of the Army to donate twenty-eight paintings to the Australian War Memorial.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) the Secretary of the Army is authorized to transfer to the Australian War Memorial in Canberra, Australia, without compensation, twenty-eight German war paintings depicting Australian troops which are now the property of the United States in the custody of the Secretary of the Army. (b) Nothing contained in this Act shall authorize the expenditure of any funds of the United States to defray any cost of transportation or handling incident to such transfer. Approved July 26, 1954.

July 26, 1954 [H. R. 9006]

Australian War Memorial. Transfer ol paintings.

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