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Cost limitatioiu

Appropriation

PUBLIC LAW 45-MAY 25, 1955

36 Stat. 371.

CHAPTER 76

AN ACT To amend the Act establishing a Commission of Fine Arts.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 2 of the Act entitled "An Act establishing a Commission of Fine Arts'', approved May 17, 1910 (40 U.S.C. secs. 104^106), is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 2. That to meet the expenses made necessary by this Act an expenditure of not exceeding $35,000 a year is hereby authorized." Approved May 25, 1955. Public Law 46

May 27. 1955 [S. 1006]

ST A T.

Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory, Cleveland, Ohio: Component research facility for nuclear propulsion, improvements to an existing transonic tunnel, additions to two existing laboratory buildings, repairs and modifications to utility installations, and acquisition of not to exceed 500 acres of land, $8,760,000. Pilotless Aircraft Station, Wallops Island, Virginia: Fuel-storage magazine, $90,000. SEC. 2. Any of the approximate costs enumerated in section 1 of this Act may, in the discretion of the Director of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, be varied upward 5 per centum to meet unusual cost variations, but the total cost of all work so enumerated shall not exceed $13,300,000. SEC. 3. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated not to exceed $13,300,000 to accomplish the purposes of this Act. Approved May 23, 1955. Public Law 45

May 25, 1955 [S. 1413]

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CHAPTER 105

AN ACT To authorize the execution of agreements between agencies of the United States and other agencies and instrumentalities for mutual aid in fire protection, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the F i r e protection United States of America in Congress assembled, That as used in this ag^reements. Act— Definitions. (a) The term "agency head" means the head of any executive department, military department, agency, or independent establishment in the executive branch of the Government; (b) The term "fire protection" includes personal services and equipment required for fire prevention, the protection of life and property from fire, and fire fighting; and (c) The term "fire organization" means any governmental entity or public or private corporation or association maintaining fire protection facilities within the United States, its Territories and possessions, and any governmental entity or public or private corporation or association which maintains fire protection facilities in any foreign country in the vicinity of any installation of the United States. Agency head. SEC. 2. (a) Each agency head charged with the duty of providing authority. fire protection for any property of the United States is authorized to enter into a reciprocal agreement, with any fire organization maintaining fire protection facilities in the vicinity of such property, for mutual aid in furnishing fire protection for such property and for other property for which such organization normally provides fire protection.

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