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PUBLIC LAW 86-291-.SEPT. 21, 1959

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SEC. 2. (a) The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to select, with the approval of the Commission on Fine Arts and the National Capital Planning Commission, a suitable site on public grounds along Memorial Avenue, Arlington County, Virginia, upon which may be erected the memorial authorized in the first section. (b) The design and materials for such memorial shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, the Commission on Fine Arts, and the National Capital Planning Commission. Such memorial shall be erected without expense to the United States. SEC. 3. The authority granted in the first section of this joint resolution shall cease to exist unless (1) the erection of the memorial authorized by such section is commenced within five years from the date of the enactment of this joint resolution, and (2) the Secretary of the Interior finds that, prior to the commencement of the erection of such memorial, sufficient funds are available to insure its completion. SEC. 4. The maintenance and care of the memorial erected under the provisions of this joint resolution shall be the responsibility of the Secretary of the Interior. Approved September 21, 1959.

Public Law 86-291 September 21, 1959 [S. 355]

Emblems and insignia. Misuse. 62 Stat. 731.

Effective date.

AN ACT To amend title 18 of the United States Code so as to prohibit the misuse by collecting agencies or private detective agencies of names, emblems, and insignia to indicate Federal agency. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That chapter 33 of title 18 of the United States Code is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: "§ 712. Misuse of names by collecting agencies or private detective agencies to indicate Federal agency "Whoever, being engaged in the business of collecting or aiding in the collection of private debts or obligations, or being engaged in furnishing private police, investigation, or other private detective services, uses as part of the firm name of such business, or employs in any communication, correspondence, notice, advertisement, or circular the words 'national', 'Federal', or 'United States', the initials 'U.S.', or any emblem, insignia, or name, for the purpose of conveying and in a manner reasonably calculated to convey the false impression that such business is a department, agency, bureau, or instrumentality of the United States or in any manner represents the United States, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.*' SEC. 2. The provisions of this section shall become effective sixty days from the enactment thereof. SEC. 3. The analysis of chapter 33 of title 18 of the United States Code which immediately precedes section 701 of such title is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "Sec. 712. Misuse of names by collecting agencies to indicate Federal agency.". Approved September 21, 1959.

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