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PUBLIC LAW 5 1 6 - J U L Y 22, 1954
Treasury Dept*
44 Stat. 237.
2 7 Stat. 752.
4 2 Stat. 3 66. Under Secretary. Under Secretary for Monetary Affairs.
Assistant S e c retaries.
STAT,
shall be eligible to take the oath prescribed by section 337 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, unless he shall first take an oath before any naturalization court specified in subsection (a) of section 310 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, or before any diplomatic or consular officer of the United States abroad, that he has done nothing to promote the cause of communism. Naturalization procured under this Act shall be subject to revocation as provided in section 340 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, and subsection (f) of that section shall apply to any person claiming United States citizenship through the naturalization of an individual under this Act. Approved July 20, 1954. Public Law 516
July 22, 1954 [S.3605]
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CHAPTER 557
AN ACT To abolish the offices of Assistant Treasurer and Assistant Register of the Treasury and to provide for an Under Secretary for Monetary Affairs and an aXiditional Assistant Secretary in the Treasury Department.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) section 303 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (31 U.S.C. 143), establishing the office of Assistant Treasurer of the United States, and the Act approved April 9, 1926 (31 U.S.C. 143a) designating the Deputy Assistant Treasurer as Assistant Treasurer, are repealed. (b) Section 304 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (31 U.S.C. 144), is amended (1) by striking out "Treasurer may, in his discretion, and with the consent of the Secretary of the Treasury, authorize the Assistant Treasurer to act in the place and discharge any or all of the duties of the Treasurer of the United States; and the", and (2) by striking out "both the Treasurer and Assistant Treasurer" and inserting in lieu thereof "the Treasurer". SEC. 2. Sections 314 and 315 of the Revised Statutes, as amended, and the joint resolution approved December 13, 1892 (31 U.S.C. 164, 165, and 166), establishing the office of Assistant Register of the Treasury, specifying the duties of the office, and providing for the appointment of an Acting Assistant Register, are repealed. SEC. 3. The provision in the Act of February 17, 1922, which established the office of Under Secretary of the Treasury, as amended and supplemented (5 U.S.C. 244), is amended to read as follows: "There shall be in the Department of the Treasury an Under Secretary and an Under Secretary for Monetary Affairs, each to be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The compensation of the Under Secretary and the Under Secretary for Monetary Affairs shall be at the rate of $17,500 each per annum. They shall perform such duties in the Office of the Secretary as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury." SEC. 4. Section 234 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (5 U.S.C. 246), is further amended to read as follows: "SEC. 234. There shall be in the Department of the Treasury three Assistant Secretaries of the Treasury, who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate." Approved July 22, 1954.
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