Volume 71
Private Law 85–51
To authorize the Honorable John W. McCormack and the Honorable John J. Rooney, Members of the House of Representatives, to accept and wear the award of the Ecclesiastical Order of Saint Gregory the Great, with the rank of Knight Commander with Star.
Approved July 10, 1957
Statutory text
AN ACT
To authorize the Honorable John W. McCormack and the Honorable John J. Rooney, Members of the House of Representatives, to accept and wear the award of the Ecclesiastical Order of Saint Gregory the Great, with the rank of Knight Commander with Star.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the Honorable John W. McCormack, Representative from the State of Massachusetts and the Honorable John J. Rooney, Representative from the State of New York, are authorized to accept the award of the Ecclesiastical Order of Saint Gregory the Great, with the rank of Knight Commander with Star, together with any decorations and documents evidencing such award. The Department of State is authorized to deliver to the Honorable John W. McCormack and the Honorable John J. Rooney any such decorations and documents evidencing such award.
Sec. 2.
Notwithstanding section 2 of the Act of January 31, 1881 (ch. 32, 21 Stat. 604; 5 U. S. C. 114), or other provision of law to the contrary, the named recipients may wear and display the aforementioned decoration after acceptance thereof.
Approved July 10, 1957.