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60 STAT.] 79TH CONG., 2D SESS.-CHS. 707, 708--JULY 31, 1946 approved March 3, 1901 (31 Stat. 1333, 1334) are hereby repealed: Provided,however, That any violation of any of the provisions of said Acts hereby repealed, occurring before the date of this repeal, may be prosecuted to the same extent as if this Act had not been enacted. SEC. 16. (a) The provisions of the foregoing sections of this Act, except section 9, shall not be construed to extend inside the Capitol Buildings; and the words "Capitol Buildings" as used in this Act, shall be construed to include the United States Capitol, Senate Office Build- ing, House Office Buildings, Capitol Power Plant, and Legislative Garage. (b) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to repeal, amend, alter, or supersede (1) section 1820 of the Revised Statutes (U. S . C., title 40, sec. 193); (2) an Act entitled "An Act to protect the public prop- erty, turf, and grass of the Capitol Grounds from injury", approved April 29, 1876 (19 Stat. 41; U. S . C ., title 40, sec. 214); (3) except as provided in section 9 of this Act, section 15 of an Act entitled "An Act for the preservation of the public peace and the protection of prop- erty within the District of Columbia", approved July 29, 1892 (27 Stat. 325; U. S. C., title 40, sec. 101); (4) the second proviso in the item "Capitol garages" under the caption "Capitol Buildings and Grounds" contained in an Act entitled "An Act making appropriations for the legislative branch of the Government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1933, and for other purposes", approved June 30, 1932 (47 Stat. 382, 391; U. S. C., title 40, sec. 185a) ; or (5) an Act entitled "An Act to authorize the use of part of the United States Capitol Grounds east of the Union Station for the parking of motor vehicles", approved July 8, 1943 (57 Stat. 390). Approved July 31, 1946. [CHAPTER 708] AN' AC Tr 721 40U.S.C.1194- 204; Supp. V, f 194- 204 note. Violations prior to repeal. Nonapplicability within Capitol Build- ings. 40 U. S. C., Supp. V, § 101 note. July 31,194 To amend section 201 (g) of the Nationality Act of 1940 (54 Stat. 1135 -1139; [H. R. 388] 8U.S.C.601). [Public Law 571] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 201 of the Nationality Act of 1940 (54 Stat. 1138-1139; 8 U. S . C . 601) is hereby amended by adding the following subsection to be known as subsection (i): "(i) A person born outside the United States and its outlying possessions of parents one of whom is a citizen of the United States who has served or shall serve honorably in the armed forces of the United States after December 7, 1941, and before the date of the termination of hostilities in the present war as proclaimed by the President or determined by a joint resolution by the Congress and who, prior to the birth of such person, has had ten years' residence in the United States or one of its outlying possessions, at least five of which were after attaining the age of twelve years, the other being an alien: Provided, That in order to retain such citizenship, the child must reside in the United States or its outlying possessions for a period or periods totaling five years between the ages of thirteen and twenty-one years: Provided further, That, if the child has not taken up a residence in the United States or its outlying possessions by the time he reaches the age of sixteen years, or if he resides abroad for such a time that it becomes impossible for him to complete the five years' residence in the United States or its outlying possessions before reaching the age of twenty-one years, his American citizenship shall thereupon cease." Approved July 31, 1946. 80634---47-PT . I-46 Nationality Act of 1940, amendment. Child born outside U.8 . Residence of child inU.S. Loss of American citizenship.