Joint resolution to provide for the continuation in office of certain members of the Commission on Governmental Operations
PL 84-2 (S.J.Res.4), enacted 01/20/1955

Public Laws 
ENACTED DURING THE 
FIRST SESSION OF THE EIGHTY-FOURTH CONGRESS 
OF THE 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 
Begun and held at the City of Washington 
on ^Wednesday, January 5, 1955, and 
adjourned sine die on Tuesday, August 2, 1955. 
DWIGHT D . EISENHOWER, President; 
RICHARD M . 
NIXON, Vice President; 
SAM RAYBURN, Speaker of the House of 
Representatives. 
68A Stat. 860. 
P u b l i c L a w 1 
C H A P T E R 1 
AN A C T 
January 20. 1955 
To amend section 7237 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954. 
[ a R. 2369] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Repi'esentati'ves of the 
United States of America in Congress asseinhled., Tliat the first sen- gj^^'=°"'= drugs, 
tence of subsection (a) of section 7237 of the Internal Revenue Code 
v^oiation.^ 
of 1954 is hereby amended by striking out "subpart C of j)art I," and 
inserting in lieu thereof "part I". 
Subsection (b) of such section is 
liereby amended by striking out "subpart C of". 
Approved January 20, 1955. 
Public Law 2 
CHAPTER 2 
J O I N T RESOLUTION 
January 20,1955 
To provide for the continuation in office of certain members of the Conunission on 
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Governmental Operations. 
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of Am-eiica in Congress assembled^ That section 3 of the Act oo^e^SSInt^ c^ 
entitled "An Act for the establishment of a Commission on Govern- ^'•f'i?|'<2*, 30 ,30. 
mental Operations", approved July 10, 1953 (67 Stat. 143), is note. 
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amended, effective December 31,1954, by adding at the end thereof the 
following new subsection: 
"(c) 
CONTINUATION OF MEMBERSHIP UPON CHANGE OF STATUS.— 
Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), a person appointed 
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[69 STAT. 
to the Commission in the status of a Member of Congress or in the 
status of a person in the executive branch of the Government, but 
who thereafter ceases to have such status, shall nevertheless continue 
as a member of the Commission. If such person returns to private 
life (except for his membership on the Commission), he shall, from 
and after such change of status, receive the same compensation as a 
person originally appointed to the Commission from private life." 
Approved January 20, 1955, 
Public Law 3 
CHAPTER 3 
January 25, 1955 
^ ^ A C T 
[H. R. 2091] 
Making appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1955, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
ci^iJ^y* A^PJOT/I» United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the following 
tion Act, 195^ 
sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, to supply appropriations (this Act may be cited as the 
"Urgent Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1955") for the fiscal year 
ending June 30,1955, and for other purposes, namely: 
CHAPTER I 
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 
SENATE 
For payment to Harriet McCarran, widow of Pat McCarran, late a 
Senator from the State of Nevada, $12,500. 
For payment to Mary R. P. Maybank, widow of Burnet R. Maybank, 
late a Senator from the State of South Carolina, $12,500. 
SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES 
The appropriation for salaries of officers and employees of the 
68 Stat. 397. 
Senate contained in the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1955, 
is made available for the employment of additional clerical assistants 
for each Senator from the State of Kentucky, so that the allowance for 
administrative and clerical assistants for such Senators will be equal to 
that allowed other Senators from States having a population of more 
than three million but less than five million, the population of said 
State having exceeded three million inhabitants. 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
Office of the Secretary: For an additional amount for the^ffice of 
the Secretary, $4,845: Provided^ That effective February 1, 1955, the 
basic amount available for clerical assistance and readjustment of 
salaries in the disbursing office is increased by $6,600 per annum. 
<X)NTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE SENATE 
Senate policy committees: For an additional amount for the Senate 
policy committees, for agency contribution for Federal Employees 
Group Life Insurance, as authorized by Public Law 598, Eighty-third 
t%fi^^^na^^\* Congress, $220 for each such committee: in all, $440. 
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Joint Committee on Printing: I'or an additional amount for the 
Joint Committee on Printing, for agency contribution for Federal