amendment to public law 355, eighty-third congress

amendment to public law 355, eighty-third congress Sec. 303. Section 1 of the Act entitled “An Act to authorize the care and treatment at facilities of the Public Health Service of narcotic addicts committed by the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, and for other purposes”, approved May 8, 1954 (68 Stat. 79) is amended to read as follows: “Sec. 1. In order to afford the District of Columbia the facilities required to carry out the Act of June 24, 1953 (Public Law 76, Eighty-third Congress), as amended, and to help it meet its responsibility for the detention, care, and treatment of noncriminal narcotic addicts, it is hereby declared to be the purpose of this Act to authorize the limited use of suitable Public Health Service facilities at the expense of the District of Columbia for such detention, care, and treatment.”