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PUBLIC LAW 85-375-APR. 11, 1958
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Public Law 85-375 AprU 11, 1958 [S. 1386]
Power or Train Brakes Safety App l i a n c e Act of 1958.
AN ACT To authorize the Interstate Commerce Commission to prescribe rules, standards, and instructions for the installation, inspection, maintenance, and repair of power or train brakes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assemblid^ That (a) this Act may be cited as the "Power or Train Brakes Safety Appliance Act of 1958". (b) Section 2 of the Safety Appliance Act of March 2, 1903 (32 Stat. 943, chapter 976, sec. 2; 45 U.S.C. 9), is amended (1) by changing the semicolon at the end of the third clause thereof to a period, (2) by striking the remaining language of the section, and (3) by adding at the end of that section the following new language: "One hundred and twenty days after the date of enactment of the Powder or Train Brakes Safety Appliance Act of 1958, the Interstate Commerce Commission shall adopt and put into effect the rules, standards, and instructions of the Association of American Railroads, adopted in 1925 and revised in 1933, 1934, 1941, and 1953, with such revisions as may have been adopted prior to the enactment of such Act, for the installation, inspection, maintenance, and repair of all power or train brakes for common carriers engaged in interstate commerce by railroad. Such rules, standards, and instructions shall thereafter remain the rules, standards, and instructions for the installation, inspection, maintenance, and repair of all power or train brakes unless changed, after hearing, by order of the Interstate Commerce Commission: Provided, however, That such rules or standards or instructions or changes therein shall be promulgated solely for the purpose of achieving safety. The provisions and requirements of this section shall apply to all trains, locomotives, tenders, cars, and similar vehicles used, hauled, or permitted to be used or hauled, by any railroad engaged in interstate commerce. I n the execution of this section, the Interstate Commerce Commission may utilize the services of the Association of American Railroads, and may avail itself of the advice and assistance of any department, commission, or board of the United States Government, and of State governments, but no official or employee of the United States shall receive any additional compensation for such service except as now permitted by law. Failure to comply with any rule, regulation, or requirement promulgated by the Interstate Commerce Commission pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be subject to the like penalty as failure to comply with any requirement of this section." Approved April 11, 1958. Public Law 85-376
April 11, 1958 tH. R. 1140]
AN ACT To amend Public Law 85-56 to permit persons receiving retired pay for nonregular service to waive receipt of a portion of that pay to receive pensions or compensation under laws administered by the Veterans' Administration.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Veterans. United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 1005 of p a ^ r ^ l "*^*'* Public Law 85-56, approved June 17, 1957 (71 Stat. 123), is amended % u s e 3005. 8 to read as follows:
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