An Act to amend paragraph 1530 of the Tariff Act of 1930 with respect to footwear
PL 83-479 (H.R.6465), enacted 07/06/1954

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PUBLIC LAW 479-JULY 8, 1954 
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expended for the purpose of relocating the members of the Yankton 
Sioux Tribe, South Dakota, who reside or have resided, on tribal and 
allotted lands acquired by the United States for the Fort Randall 
Dam and Reservoir project, Missouri River Development, in a manner 
that will reestablish and protect their economic, social, religious, and 
community life. 
Title to any lands acquired within Indian country 
pursuant to this section shall be taken in the name of the United States 
m trust for the Yankton Sioux Tribe or members thereof. The said 
sum of $106,500 shall be assessed against the costs of the Fort Randall 
Dam and Reservoir, Missouri River Development. 
Approved July 6, 1954. 
July 8, 1954 
[H. R. 
Public Law 479 
CHAPTER 466 
AN ACT 
6465] 
To amend paragraph 1530 of the TarifE Act of 1930 with respect to footwear. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
footwearf*"'"^*** United States of America in Congress assembled^ That paragraph 
Dutv. 
1530 (e) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, is amended by adding 
19 usc'iooi'par. at the end thereof the following: "For the purposes of this paragraph 
1530(e). 
Effective date. 
and any existing or future proclamation of the President relating 
thereto, footwear of which a major portion, in area, of the basic wear-
ing surface of the outer soles (that part of the article, not including 
the heel, that is designed to be the basic wearing surface and to resist 
wear on contact with any surface) is composed of india rubber or any 
substitute for rubber, or both, shall be deemed to have soles wholly 
or in chief value of india rubber or substitutes for rubber." 
The 
foregoing amendment shall enter into force as soon as practicable, 
on a date to be specified by the President in a notice to the Secretary 
of the Treasury following such negotiations as may be necessary to 
effect a modification or termination of any international obligations 
of the United States with which the amendment might conflict, but 
in any event not later than one hundred and eighty days after the 
passage of this Act. 
Approved July 8, 1954. 
July 10,1954 
[S.2475] 
Public Law 480 
CHAPTER 469 
AN ACT 
To increase the consumption of United States agricultural commodities in foreign 
countries, to improve the foreign relations of the United States, and for other 
purposes. 
Trade 
D e v e l o p -
m e n t and Assist-
ance Act of 1954. 
Be it enacted by the /Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be 
cited as the "Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 
1954". 
SEC, 2. It is hereby declared to be the policy of Congress to expand 
international trade among the United States and friendly nations, to 
facilitate the convertibility of currency, to promote the economic sta-
bility of American agriculture and the national welfare, to make maxi-
mum efficient use of surplus agricultural commodities in furtherance 
of the foreign policy of the United States, and to stimulate and facili-
tate the expansion of foreign trade in agricultural commodities pro-
duced in the United States by providing a means whereby surplus 
agricultural commodities in excess of the usual marketings of such