INDEX-DIGEST

ACCRETION.

Title to naturally-made lands. *Submerged Lands Act of 1953. 241.
"ACTING" PRESIDENT.

Inability of President to discharge powers and duties. *Presi-
dent. 69.

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW.

Implied authority to issue implementing regulations. *Importa-
tions. 317.

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGES.

Administrative Procedure Act, promotion to Chief Hearing
Examiner. *Civil Service. 289.

ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE ACT.

Promotion to Chief Hearing Examiner. *Civil Service.

289.

ADMINISTRATOR OF HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE
AGENCY.

Approval of loan or private flotation. *Bonds. 305.

ADVISERS.

Conflict-of-interest statutes. *Intermittent Consultants or Ad-
visers. 111.

AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT GUARAN-
TIES.

Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended.

Unrestricted guaranties issued by the Agency for Inter-
national Development under section 221(b) or 224 of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended (22 U.S.C.
2181-2184), are general obligations of the United States,
and the full faith and credit of the United States is pledged
to their redemption.

The pledge of the full faith and credit of the United States
to an unrestricted guaranty, other than an informational
media guaranty, issued by a foreign aid agency of the Govern-
ment which preceded the Agency for International Develop-
ment is evidenced by the provisions of the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961, as amended. 183.

AGRICULTURAL ACT OF 1949.

Subsidies. *Export Sales of Agricultural Commodities. 229.

NOTE.-The asterisk (*) means See, indicating where the opinion is digested, e.g.-
ACCRETION.

Title to naturally-made lands. *Submerged Lands Act of 1953.

This means that the opinion is digested herein under "Submerged Lands Act of 1953"
and that the text of the opinion appears at page 241.

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493

AGRICULTURAL ACT OF 1961.

Credit sales. *Export Sales of Agricultural Commodities. 229.
Policy of Congress. *Shipping. 301.

AGRICULTURAL TRADE DEVELOPMENT AND ASSISTANCE
ACT OF 1954.

Restrictions on authority to reschedule debts arising from sales
thereunder. *Rescheduling of Indonesian Debt to United
States. 421.

Sale of agricultural surplus commodities on credit. *Cargo
Preference Act. 203.

Subsidies. *Export Sales of Agricultural Commodities. 229.
AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT.

Applicability of inspection, sanitation, adulteration, and misbrand-
ing requirements of Federal Meat Inspection Act to retail
establishments. *Federal Meat Inspection Act. 459.
Exclusion of meat exposed to disease. *Importations. 317.
AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF.

Rights-of-way. *National Forests. 127.

AGRICULTURE, SECRETARY OF.

AID.

Duties and discretion. *Importations. 317.
Rights-of-way. *National Forests. 127.

Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. *Agency for Interr ational
Development Guaranties.

AIRPORTS.

*Public Parks. 269.

AIRPORT PURPOSES.

*Public Parks. 269.

ALABAMA ADMISSION ACT.

183.

Title to naturally-made lands. *Submerged Lands Act of
1953. 241.

ALIENS.

Exemption from military service pursuant to treaty and bar to
citizenship.

The United States must honor certain treaties which
include provisions creating an obligation of the United States
to exempt foreign nationals residing here from military
service.

Certain language written into the selective service law in
1951 (June 10, 1951, c. 144, 65 Stat. 75, 83), does not pro-
hibit the exemption under such treaties of aliens admitted
for permanent residence.

An alien who applies for and is granted such exemption
will be subject to the bar against eligibility for citizenship
imposed by section 315 of the Immigration and Nationality
Act (June 27, 1952, c. 477, 66 Stat. 163, 242; 8 U.S.C.
1426). 373.

ALLEGIANCE.

Transfer or abandonment. *Expatriation. 397.

APPOINTMENT.

381.

Member of Congress to civil office. *Member of Congress.
APPROPRIATIONS.
Commerce, Maritime Commission, and Atomic Energy Commis-
sion. Waiver of Sovereign Immunity and Limitation of Ship-
owner's Liability: NS Savannah. *Executive Agreements. 3.
Conditional appropriation of money where if the condition is
not complied with the appropriated funds are no longer avail-
able or the extension by Congress of an option to the States
which they are free to accept or reject. *Highway Beautifi-
cation Act of 1965. 331.

Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. *Agency for International De-
velopment Guaranties. 183.

Power of President to limit expenditure of funds appropriated.
*Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956. 347.

ARMED SERVICES PROCUREMENT ACT.

Nondiscrimination. *Contracts. 97.

ATOMIC ENERGY ACT OF 1954 AS AMENDED.

Conflict-of-interest statutes. *Intermittent Consultants or Ad-
visers. 111.

Waiver of sovereign immunity and limitation of shipowner's
liability: NS Savannah. *Executive Agreements. 3.

ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION.

Waiver of sovereign immunity and limitation of shipowner's
liability: NS Savannah. *Executive Agreements. 3.

ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION INDEMNITY ACT OF 1957.
Waiver of sovereign immunity and limitation of shipowner's
liability: NS Savannah. *Executive Agreements. 3.

ATOMS FOR PEACE PROGRAM.

Construction of the NS Savannah. Waiver of sovereign immunity
and limitation of shipowner's liability: NS Savannah. *Ex-
ecutive Agreements. 3.

ATTORNEY GENERAL.

Effect of opinions. *Equal Employment. 405.

Export sales to countries in default in payment of their obliga-
tions to the United States. *Johnson Act. 357.

Guaranty of participation certificates by the United States. *Sec-
ond Liberty Bond Act-Participation Certificates. 341.
Hypothetical questions.

43.

The Attorney General will not answer questions which are
hypothetical in nature or the solution of which depends upon
facts which have not been made available to him.
Inability of President to discharge powers and duties. *Con-
stitutional Law.

69.

ATTORNEY GENERAL Continued

Judicial questions.

Obligation to depart from normally applicable rule of
declining to render an opinion where the issues presented
are likely to become subject of litigation. 127.
Prior Opinions.

The consistent practice of the Attorneys General has
been not to reexamine questions definitively answered by
their predecessors, at least unless exceptional circumstances
are present or it is demonstrated that the earlier ruling was
clearly erroneous. 301.

Responsibility with the Secretary of State under the Suits in
Admiralty Act. Waiver of sovereign immunity and limitation of
shipowner's liability: NS Savannah. *Executive Agreements. 3.

BANKS.

Export sales to countries in default to the United States. *John-
son Act. 357.

BATTLE ACT.

Subsidies. *Export Sales of Agricultural Commodities. 229.

BONDS.

Export sales to countries in default to the United States. *John-
son Act.

357.

Guarantees by the United States.

Certificates. 323.

Public Housing.

*Guarantees: Participation

The obligation of the United States under a contract or
requisition agreement that secures bonds or notes issued
by a local urban renewal or public housing agency is fully
binding under section 302 of the Housing Act of 1961 (75
Stat. 166, 42 U.S.C. 1421a(c), 1452(c)) even if litigation
attacking the authority of the agency or the validity of the
bonds or notes is pending at the time of issue.

Nothing in the Department of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment Act (Public Law 89-174), (September 9, 1965, 79
Stat. 667) requires a different conclusion. 305.

Second Liberty Bond Act.

The Secretary of the Treasury has authority under the
Second Liberty Bond Act of September 24, 1917 (40 Stat.
288), as amended, to issue bonds for cash, exchange, or on
advance refunding at a discount which would raise the
effective rate, investment yield, or cost to the Treasury
of those bonds above the rate of 44 percent, provided that the
coupon rate does not exceed the statutory interest limit of
44 percent. 27.

BOSKE DOCTRINE OF CENTRALIZED RECORD CONTROL.
Authority over voluntary disclosure of records pertaining to

Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. *Government
Records. 281.