Chapter 580 1st Session S. 2375 AN ACT All 69 Stat. 539. To provide for five-year terms of office for members of the Subversive Activities Control Board Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 12 (a) Subversive of the Subversive Activities Control Act of 1950 is amended by strik- Activities ing out the third sentence and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "The terms of office of the members of the Board in office on the date of enactment of the Subversive Activities Control Board Tenure Act 50 USC 791. shall expire at the time they would have expired if such Act had not been enacted. The term of office of each member of the Board appointed after the date of enactment of the Subversive Activities Control Board Tenure Act shall be for five years from the date of expiration of the term of his predecessor, except that (1) the term of office of that member of the Board who is designated by the President and is appointed to succeed one of the two members of the Board whose terms expire on August 9, 1955, shall be for four years from the date of expiration of the term of his predecessor, and (2) the term of office of any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which his predecessor was appointed shall be for the remainder of the term of his predecessor. Upon the expiration of his term of office a member of the Board shall continue to serve until his successor shall have been appointed and shall have qualified." SEC. 2. This Act may be cited as the "Subversive Activities Control Board Tenure Act". Approved August 5, 1955. Chapter 381 1st Session H. R. 4753 AN ACT All 69 Stat. 375. To amend subsection (e) (1) of section 13A of the Subversive Activities Control Act of 1950 to change from two years to three years the standard contained therein with respect to the past affiliations of individuals conducting the management of certain organizations. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That paragraph (1) of subsection (e) of section 13A of the Subversive Activities Control 68 Stat. 778. Act of 1950 is amended by striking out "two years" and inserting "three years" in lieu thereof. Approved July 26, 1955. (386) 50 USC 7928. To provide for five-year terms of office for members of the Subversive Activities Subversive Control Board Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 12 (a) of the Subversive Activities Control Act of 1950 is amended by strik- Activities ing out the third sentence and inserting in lieu thereof the following: Tenure Act. "The terms of office of the members of the Board in office on the date 64 Stat. 997. of enactment of the Subversive Activities Control Board Tenure Act 50 USC 791. shall expire at the time they would have expired if such Act had not been enacted. The term of office of each member of the Board appointed after the date of enactment of the Subversive Activities Control Board Tenure Act shall be for five years from the date of expiration of the term of his predecessor, except that (1) the term of office of that member of the Board who is designated by the President and is appointed to succeed one of the two members of the Board whose terms expire on August 9, 1955, shall be for four years from the date of expiration of the term of his predecessor, and (2) the term of office of any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which his predecessor was appointed shall be for the remainder of the term of his predecessor. Upon the expiration of his term of office a member of the Board shall continue to serve until his successor shall have been appointed and shall have qualified." SEC. 2. This Act may be cited as the "Subversive Activities Control Board Tenure Act". Approved August 5, 1955. Chapter 519 2d Session AN ACT To provide punishment for certain confidence game swindles. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in the United States of America in Congress assembled. That section 2314 of title 18, United States Code, be, and it is hereby, amended 62 Stat. 806. by inserting therein immediately after the first paragraph thereof, a new paragraph to read as follows: "Whoever, having devised or intending to devise any scheme or artifice to defraud, or for obtaining money or property by means of false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promises, transports or causes to be transported, or induces any person to travel in, or to be transported in interstate commerce in the execution or concealment of a scheme or artifice to defraud that person of property having a value of $5,000 or more; or". Approved July 9, 1956. (390) money or 70 Stat. 507. 70 Stat. 508. Chapter 595 - 2d Session AN ACT To punish the willful damaging or destroying of aircraft or motor vehicles, and their facilities, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That title 18 of the Title 18, U. S. United States Code is amended by inserting immediately after section Code, amendment. 14 thereof the following new chapter: "CHAPTER 2.-AIRCRAFT AND MOTOR VEHICLES 62 Stat. 686. 70 Stat. 538. 70 Stat. 539. "Sec. "31. Definitions. "32. Destruction of aircraft or aircraft facilities. 33. Destruction of motor vehicles or motor vehicle facilities. "34. Penalty when death results. 35. Imparting or conveying false information. "§ 31. Definitions "When used in this chapter the term "Aircraft engine', 'air navigation facility', 'appliance', 'civil aircraft', 'foreign air commerce', 'interstate air commerce', 'landing area', 'overseas air commerce', 'propeller', and 'spare part shall have the meaning ascribed to those terms in the Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938, 52 Stat. 973. as amended. "Motor vehicle' means every description of carriage or other contrivance propelled or drawn by mechanical power and used for commercial purposes on the highways in the transportation of passengers, or passengers and property; 'Destructive substance' means any explosive substance, flammable material, infernal machine, or other chemical, mechanical, or radioactive device or matter of a combustible, contaminative, corrosive, or explosive nature; and 'Used for commercial purposes' means the carriage of persons or property for any fare, fee, rate, charge or other consideration, or directly or indirectly in connection with any business, or other undertaking intended for profit. "§ 32. Destruction of aircraft or aircraft facilities "Whoever willfully sets fire to, damages, destroys, disables, or wrecks any civil aircraft used, operated, or employed in interstate, overseas, or foreign air commerce; or "Whoever willfully sets fire to, damages, destroys, disables, or wrecks any aircraft engine, propeller, appliance, or spare part with intent to damage, destroy, disable, or wreck any such aircraft; or "Whoever, with like intent, willfully places or causes to be placed any destructive substance in, upon, or in proximity to any such aircraft, or any aircraft engine, propeller, appliance, spare part, fuel, lubricant, hydraulic fluid, or other material used or intended to be used in connection with the operation of any such aircraft, or any cargo carried or intended to be carried on any such aircraft, or otherwise makes or causes to be made any such aircraft, aircraft engine, propeller, appliance, spare part, fuel, lubricant, hydraulic fluid, or other material unworkable or unusable or hazardous to work or use; or "Whoever, with like intent, willfully sets fire to, damages, destroys, disables, or wrecks, or places or causes to be placed any destructive substance in, upon, or in proximity to any shop, supply, structure, station, depot, terminal, hangar, ramp, landing area, air-navigation facility or other facility, warehouse, property, machine, or apparatus used or intended to be used in connection with the operation, loading, or unloading of any such aircraft or making any such aircraft ready 49 USC 681. |