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[69 Stat. 654]
PUBLIC LAW 000—MMMM. DD, 1955
[69 Stat. 654]

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PUBLIC LAW 346~AUG. 11, 1955

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continue in full force and effect with respect to all mortgages insured pursuant to a certification by the Secretary of Defense or his designee made on or before June 30, 1955,. and a commitment to insure issued on or before June 30, 1956 or pursuant to a certification by the Atomic Energy Commission or its designee made on or before June 30, 1956, except that the maximum dollar amount for each such mortgage shall be $12,500,000. SEC. 409. (a) Wherever the terms "Secretary of Defense" or "Secretary" or "Secretary of the Army, Navy, or Air Force" appear in this title or in title VIII of the National Housing Act, as amended by the Housing Amendments of 1955, they shall be deemed to mean the Secretary of the Treasury in the case of the application of the provisions of this title or of title VIII of the National Housing Act, as amended by the Housing Amendments of 1955, for the benefit of the United States Coast Guard. (b) Wherever the term "armed services" appears in this title it shall be deemed to include the United States Coast Guard. TITLE V—FAKM H O U S I N G 68 Stat. 320.

42 USC 1481.

42 USC 1482.

42 USC 1483.

SEC. 501. Title V of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended, is hereby further amended as follows: (1) I n the first sentence of section 511 immediately following the phrase "July 1, 1953" strike out the word "and" and insert at the end of the sentence immediately before the period a comma and the following: "and an additional $100,000,000 on and after July 1, 1955". (2) In section 512, (A) strike out "and 1954" and insert "1954, and 1955", and (B) strike out "and $2,000,000" and insert "$2,000,000 and $2,000,000". (3) I n section 513, strike out "and $10,000,000 on July 1 of each of the years 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, and 1954" and insert "$10,000,000, and $10,000,000 on July 1 of each of the years 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, and 1955". Approved August 11, 1955. Public Law 346

August 11. 1955 [S.2260]

Red River. Consent of Cong r e s s to interstate compact*

Reports.

CHAPTER 784

AN ACT Granting the consent of Congress to the States of Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas to negotiate and enter into a compact providing for the apportionment of the waters of the Red River and its tributaries.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the consent of Congress is hereby given to the States of Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas to negotiate and enter into a compact providing for an equitable apportionment among them of the waters of the Red River and its tributaries, upon the condition that one qualified person appointed by the President of the United States shall participate in such negotiations as chairman, without vote, representing (he United States, and shall make a report to the President of the United States and the Congress of the proceedings and of any compact entered into. Such compact shall not be binding or obligatory upon any of the parties thereto until it shall have been ratified by the legislatures of each of the respective States, and approved by the Congress of the United States. Approved August 11, 1955.