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PUBLIC LAW 5 6 6 - J U N E 4, 1956

Public Law 556 June 4, 1956 [S. 3315]

Civil Service retirement 68 Stat. 1005. 5 USC 707.

Effective date.

46 Stat. 468. 5 USC 691 note.

G r e a t L ak e 8 F i s h e r y Act of 1956. Definitions. TIAS 3326.

U. g. e o m m i s sioners. Appointment.

Great L a k e s advi aory conunittees.

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357

AN ACT To amend section o of the Civil Service Retirement Act of May 29, 1930, as amended.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress asseinhlea, That the first sentence of the next to the last paragraph in section 5 of the Civil Service Retirement Act of May 29, 1930, as amended, is amended by inserting after the vpord "separated" the following: "has been separated by death or". SEC. 2. The amendment made by this Act shall take effect as of August 31, 1954, but no annuity shall be paid by reason of such amendment (a) for any period prior to the date of enactment of this Act, or (b) unless the amount of any lump sum death benefit heretofore paid under the Civil Service Retirement Act of May 29, 1930, as amended, is redeposited in the civil service retirement and disability fund. Approved June 4, 1956.

Public Law 557 June 4, 1956 [S. 3524]

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CHAPTER 358

AN ACT To give efPect to the Convention on Great Lalvcs Fisheries signed at Washington Septenil)er 10, 19r)4, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "Great I^akes Fisheiy Act of 1956." SEC. 2. As used in this Act, the term— (a) "Convention" means the (Convention on Great Lakes Fisheries between the United States of America and (^anada signed at AVttshington September 10, 1954; (b) "(Commission" means the Great Lakes Fishery Commission provided for by article II of the convention; (c) "United States Section" means the United States Commissioners on the (Commission; (d) "Great Lakes State" means any of the following States: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, or Wisconsin; (e) "Gre«it Lakes" means any of the following bodies of water: Lake Ontario (inchiding the Saint Lawrence River from Lake Ontario to the forty-fifth parallel of latitude). Lake Erie, Lake Huron (including Lake Saint (^lair), Lake Michigan, or Lake Superior. SEC. 3. The United States shall be represented on the Commission by three Commissioners to be appointed by the President, to serve ns such during his pleasure, and to receive no compensation for their services as such (Commissioners. Of such Commissioners— (a) one shall be an official of the United States Government; and (b) two shall be persons residing in Great Lakes States, duly qualified by reason of knowledge of the fisheries of the Great Lakes, of whom one shall be «n official of a Great Lakes State: Provided, however, That the Commissioners appointed under this subsection shall not be residents of the same State. SEC. 4. (a) The United States Section shall appoint an advisory committee for each of the Great Lakes, upon which committee each State bordering on the lake may be represented by not more than four

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