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PUBLIC LAW 378-AUG. 12, 1955 EXERCISE o r FUNCTIONS

SEC. 9. The functions granted to the Surgeon General under this Act shall be exercised under the supervision and direction of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. DEFINITIONS

SEC. 10. For purposes of this Act— (a) The term "Surgeon General" means the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service. (b)(1) The term "eligible person" means any individual who has not attained the age of twenty years and any expectant mother. (2) The number of eligible persons shall be determined by the Surgeon General, as of June 30, 1955, on the basis of estimates developed after consideration of the latest information furnished by the Department of Commerce or any other department or agency of the United States. (3) The number of unvaccinated eligible persons means the number of eligible persons, reduced by (A) the number who were vaccinated against poliomyelitis during 1954, and (B) two-thirds of the number who the Surgeon General estimates will receive vaccination under the current program of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. (c) The term "State" includes Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Canal Zone, and the District of Columbia. (d) Th'^ cost of the poliomyelitis vaccine shall be determined by the Surgeon General on the basis of information available to him; and such cost may be determined from time to time or as of a specified date and may be determined to be a single figure for all States or varied in accordance with actual cost. (e) The term "approved nonprofit organization" means, in the case of any State, a nonprofit organization approved by the State agency responsible for administration or supervision of administration of the State plan. Approved August 12, 1955.

Public Law 378

CHAPTER 864

AN ACT To provide for settlement of claims resulting from the disaster which occurred at Texas City, Texas, on April 16 and 17, 1947.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, The Congress recognizes and assumes the compassionate responsibility of the United States for the losses sustained by reason of the explosions and fires at Texas City, Texas, and hereby provides the procedure by which the amounts shall be determined and paid. SEC. 2. The Secretary of the Army or such persons as he may designate shall investigate and settle claims against the United States for death, personal injury, and property losses proximately resulting from the disaster at Texas City, Texas, on April 16 and 17, 1947, commonly referred to as the Texas City disaster. SEC. 3. (a) Claimants shall submit their claims in writing to the Secretary of the Army, under such rules as he prescribes, within one hundred eighty days after the enactment of this Act.

August 12, 1955 [S. 1077]

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