LIST OF PUBLIC LAWS CONTAINED IN THIS VOLUME THE EIGHTIETH CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES SECOND SESSION, 1948 Public Law 396 -__ Veterans' Preference Act of 1944, amendments. AN ACT To extend veterans' preference benefits to widowed mothers of certain ex-servicemen and ex-servicewomen--- -
397 --- Flood Control Act, 1937, amendment. AN ACT To amend sec- tion 3 of the Flood Control Act approved August 28, 1937, and for other purposes--- _- -- -- -
398 --- Veterans of Indian wars, pension rates. AN ACT To provide increases in the rates of pension payable to veterans of Indian wars and the dependents of such veterans--_ __ __ _ __ _-- - 399 -__ Philippine Rehabilitation Act of 1946, amendments. AN ACT To amend the Philippine Rehabilitation Act of 1946, as amended----------------------------- 400 --- Civil Service Retirement Act, amendments. AN ACT To amend the Civil Service Retirement Act so as to make such Act appli- cable to the officers and employees of the National Library for the Blind ---------------------------------------- 401 -- U. S . Soldiers' Home, D. C . AN ACT To amend section 2 of the Act prescribing regulations for the Soldiers' Home located at Washington, in the District of Columbia, and for other pur- poses, approved March 3, 1883 (22 Stat. 564) 402 -__ U. S . Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948. AN ACTdTo promote the better understanding of the United States among the peoples of the world and to strengthen co- operative international relations 403 _-- South Pacific Commission. JOINT RESOLUTION Providing for membership and participation by the United States in the South Pacific Commission and authorizing an appropriation therefor---....--------------------- 404 -__ Gettysburg National Military Park, Pa. AN ACT Relating to the exchange of certain private and Federal properties within Gettysburg National Military Park, Pennsylvania, and for other purposes------------------- .. 405 -__ Joint Committee on the Economic Report. JOINT RESOLU- TION To change the date for filing the report of the Joint Committee on the Economic Report --------- .- -- -- - 406 -__ Delaware Indian lands. AN ACT To authorize the filing of actions in State courts to quiet title to lands described in a treaty between the United States and the Delaware Indians, dated October 3, 1818 --------------. - 407 ___ Indian lands, rights-of-way. AN ACT To empower the Secre- tary of the Interior to grant rights-of-way for various purposes across lands of individual Indians or Indian tribes, communi- ties, bands or nations
408 -_ Osage Indian Tribe, Okla. AN ACT To provide for the granting of certificates of competency to certain members of the Osage Indian Tribe in Oklahoma, and for other purposes ------- 409 -__ InterparliamentaryUnion. AN ACT To amend the Act of June 28, 1935, entitled "An Act to authorize participation by the United States in the Interparliamentary Union" ------------ 410 ___ National-forestland. AN ACT Making it a petty offense to enter any national-forest land while it is closed to the public 411 -- ___ Veterans, subsistence allowance. AN ACT To provide increased subsistence allowance to veterans pursuing certain courses under the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, as amended, and for other purposes----- . ..--------.- Date Jan. 19, 1948-_- Jan. 19, 1948__- Jan. 19,1948--_ Jan. 26, 1948___ Jan. 26, 1948--- Jan. 27,1948___ Jan. 27,1948--- Jan. 28, 1948--- Jan. 31,1948___ Feb. 2, 1948-_ _ Feb. 5, 1948___ Feb. 5, 1948__ - Feb. 5, 1948_- - Feb. 6, 1948_- - Feb. 10, 1948__ Feb. 14, 1948--- v Page 3 4 4 4 5 5 6 15 16 16 17 17 18 19 19 19
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