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PUBLIC LAW 86-174-AUG. 18, 1959

Public Law 86-173 AN ACT To amend the Act of July 7, 1958, providing for the admission of the State of Alaska into the Union, relating to selection by the State of Alaska of certain lands made subject to lease, permit, license, or contract. Be it enacted by the Semite and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the first sentence of section 6(h) of Public Law 85-508 (72 Stat. 339) is amended to read as follows: "Any lease, permit, license, or contract issued under the Mineral Leasing Act of February 25, 1920 (41 Stat. 437; 30 U.S.C. 181 and the following), as amended, or under the Alaska Coal Leasing Act of October 20, 1914 (38 Stat. 741; 30 U.S.C. 432 and the following), as amended, shall have the effect of withdrawing the lands subject thereto from selection by the State of Alaska under this Act, unless an application to select such lands is filed with the Secretary of the Interior within a period of five years after the date of the admission of Alaska into the Union." Approved August 18, 1959.

August 18, 1959 [H. R. 5849]

Alaska.

48 USC 432.

Public Law 86-174 AN ACT To amend title 10, United States Code, to establish a Bureau of Naval Weapons in the Department of the Navy and to abolish the Bureaus of Aeronautics and Ordnance. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That chapter 513 of title 10, United States Code, is amended as follows: (1) Section 5131 is amended— (A) by inserting the words "(4) Bureau of Naval Weapons." below the words "(3) Bureau of Naval Personnel."; and '(B) by renumbering items (4) through (7) as items " (5) " through " (8) ", respectively. (2) The following new section is added after section 5153: "§ 5154. Bureau of Naval Weapons: Chief; Deputy Chief " (a) The Chief of the Bureau of Naval Weapons shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, for a term of four years, from officers on the active list of the Navy or the Marine Corps. "(b) The Deputy Chief of the Bureau of Naval Weapons may be detailed from officers on the active list of the Navy or the Marine Corps." (3) The analysis is amended by adding the following new item at the end thereof: "5154. Bureau of Naval Weapons: Chief; Deputy Chief." SEC. 2. On July 1, 1860, or on any earlier date on which the Secretary of the Navy makes a formal finding that all the functions of the Bureau of Aeronautics and the Bureau of Ordnance have been transferred to the Bureau of Naval Weapons or elsewhere, chapter 513 of title 10, United States Code, is further amended as follows: (1) Section 5131 is amended— (A) by striking out the words "(1) Bureau of Aeronautics." and the words " (5) Bureau of Ordnance."; and (B) by renumbering items (2), (3), (4), (6), (7), and (8) as items " (1) ", " (2) ", " (3) ", " (4) ", " (5) ", and " (6) ", respectively. 32716 O-60—28

August 1», 1959 [H. R. 7508]

Biireau of Naval Weapons. Establishment. 70A Stat. 285.

70A Stat. 291.

70A Stat. 291.

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