[PUBLIC LAW 620-77TH CONGRESS] [CHAPTER 432-2D SESSION] [H. R. 6634) AN ACT To facilitate the employment by defense contractors of certain former members of the land and naval forces, including the Coast Guard, of the United States. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That no defense contractor shall deny employment, on account of failure to produce a birth certificate, to any person who submits, in lieu of a birth certificate, an honorable discharge certificate or certificate issued in lieu thereof from the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard of the United States, unless such honorable discharge certificate shows on its face that such person may have been an alien at the time of its issuance. SEC. 2. As used in this Act the term "defense contractor" means an employer engaged in (1) the production, maintenance, or storage of arms, armament, ammunition, implements of war, munitions, machinery, tools, clothing, food, fuel, or any articles or supplies, or parts or ingredients of any articles or supplies; or (2) the construction, reconstruction, repair, or installation of a building, plant, structure, or facility; under a contract with the United States or under any contract which the President, the Secretary of War, the Secretary of the Navy, or the United States Maritime Commission certifies to such employer to be necessary to the national defense. Approved, June 22, 1942. (379) (EXTRACT FROM) [PUBLIC LAW 651-77TH CONGRESS] [CHAPTER 479-2D SESSION] [H. J. Res. 824] JOINT RESOLUTION Making appropriations for work relief and relief for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1943. SEC. 17. The provisions of the Act of February 15, 1934 (48 Stat. 851), as amended, relating to disability or death compensation and benefits shall apply to persons (except administrative employees qualifying as civil employees of the United States) receiving compensation from the appropriations in this joint resolution for services rendered as employees of the United States: Provided, That this section shall not apply in any case coming within the purview of the workmen's compensation law of any State, Territory, or possession, or in which the claimant has received or is entitled to receive similar benefits for injury or death: Provided further, That any funds appropriated under the head "Employees' Compensation Fund, Emergency Relief," shall be available for carrying out the provisions of this section. Approved, July 2, 1942. (380) [PUBLIC LAW 670-77TH CONGRESS] [CHAPTER 507-2D SESSION] [S. 2032] AN ACT To amend section 7 (a) of the Act of May 21, 1920 (41 Stat. 613), as amended by section 601 of the Act of June 30, 1932 (47 Stat. 417), to authorize interdepartmental procurement by contract, upon orders placed by the War Department, Navy Department, Treasury Department, Civil Aeronautics Administration, and the Maritime Commission. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 7 (a) of the Act entitled "An Act making appropriations for fortifications and other works of defense, for the armament thereof, and for the procurement of heavy ordnance for trial and service, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1921, and for other purposes", approved May 21, 1920 (41 Stat. 613), as amended by section 601 of the Act of June 30, 1932 (47 Stat. 417; 31 U. S. C. 686), entitled "An Act making appropriations for the Legislative Branch of the Government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1933, and for other purposes", is hereby amended to read as follows: "SEC. 7. (a) Any executive department or independent establishment of the Government, or any bureau or office thereof, if funds are available therefor and if it is determined by the head of such executive department, establishment, bureau, or office to be in the interest of the Government so to do, may place orders with any other such department, establishment, bureau, or office for materials, supplies, equipment, work, or services, of any kind that such requisitioned Federal agency may be in a position to supply or equipped to render, and shall pay promptly by check to such Federal agency as may be requisitioned, upon its written request, either in advance or upon the furnishing or performance thereof, all or part of the estimated or actual cost thereof as determined by such department, establishment, bureau, or office as may be requisitioned; but proper adjustments on the basis of the actual cost of the materials, supplies, or equipment furnished, or work or services performed, paid for in advance, shall be made as may be agreed upon by the departments, establishments, bureaus, or offices concerned: Provided, That the War Department, Navy Department, Treasury Department, Civil Aeronautics Administration, and the Maritime Commission may place orders, as provided herein, for materials, supplies, equipment, work, or services, of any kind that any requisitioned Federal agency may be in a position to supply, or to render or to obtain by contract: Provided further, That if such work or services can be as conveniently or more cheaply performed by private agencies such work shall be let by competitive bids to such private agencies. Bills rendered, or requests for advance payments made, pursuant to any such order, shall not be subject to audit or certification in advance of payment.' Approved, July 20, 1942. [PUBLIC LAW 685-77TH CONGRESS] [H. R. 5839] AN ACT To amend the Act entitled "An Act to provide compensation for employees of the United States suffering injuries while in the performance of their duties, and for other purposes", as amended. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 42 of the Act entitled "An Act to provide compensation for employees of the United States suffering injuries while in the performance of their duties, and for other purposes", as amended, Le, and it is hereby, amended by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph: "The minimum limit on the monthly compensation for disability as established by section 6 and the minimum límit on the monthly pay on which death compensation is to be computed as established by clause (K) of section 10, shall not apply in the case of employees of the United States who are not citizens of the United States, or of any class or classes of such noncitizen employees, who sustain injury outside of the United States: Provided, That the Commission may in its discretion establish a minimum monthly pay on which death compensation shall be computed in the case of any class or classes of such noncitizen employees. The Commission is further authorized, in its discretion, to arrange and provide for the making of initial payments of compensation and the initial furnishing of other benefits provided in this Act in the cases of employees injured outside of the United States, by any officer or agent of the United States designated by the Commission for such purpose in the locality in which the employee was employed or the injury occurred. The provisions of this paragraph shall apply also in the cases of citizens of Puerto Rico, except those citizens of the United States who by residence have acquired or shall acquire citizenship in Puerto Rico under the provisions of section 733 (a) of title 48, United States Code." Approved. July 29. 1942. (382) [PUBLIC LAW 770-77TH CONGRESS] [CHAPTER 636-2D SESSION] [H. R. 7621] AN ACT To amend the District of Columbia Unemployment Compensation Act. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the District of Columbia Unemployment Compensation Act, approved August 28, 1935, as amended, is further amended to read as follows: In section 3 (c), on the second line, between the words "year" and "on", strike out the figures "1943" and insert in lieu thereof the figures "1944". Approved, November 9, 1942. (383) |