An Act to amend the Foreign Service Act of 1946, as amended, and for other purposes
PL 84-22 (H.R.4941), enacted 04/05/1955

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PUBLIC LAW 22-APR. 5, 1955 
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7 u s e 1315. 
Acreage a l l o t -
ments. 
Excess harvest. 
53 Stat. 1261. 
7 u s e 1313. 
7 u s e 1313. 
False report. 
68 Stat. 270. 
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such redetermined quota, the Secretary of Agriculture shall, 
within thirty days after the date of the referendum, proclaim 
the result of the referendum and (1) no quota for hurley tobacco 
for the 1955-1956 marketing year shall be effective thereafter, 
and (2) no price support shall be made available on the 1955 crop 
of hurley tobacco. 
SEC. 2. Public Law 528, Eighty-second Congress (66 Stat. 597), 
is hereby amended, effective for the 1956 and subsequent crops of 
hurley tobacco, to read as follows: "The farm acreage allotment for 
hurley tobacco for any year shall not be less than the smallest of (1) 
the allotment established for the farm for the immediately preceding 
year, (2) five-tenths of an acre, or (3) 10 per centum of the cropland: 
Provided, hotoever^ That no allotment of seven-tenths of an acre or 
less shall be reduced more than one-tenth of an acre in any one year. 
Tlie additional acreage required under this Act shall be in addition 
to the State acreage allotments and the production on such acreage 
shall be in addition to the national marketing quota." 
SEC. ?). Section 313 (g) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 
1938, as amended, is amended by adding immediately after the first 
sentence thereof a new sentence to read as follows: "Any acreage of 
tobacco harvested in excess of the farm acreage allotment for the year 
1955, or any subsequent crop shall not be taken into account in estab-
lishing State and farm acreage allotments." 
SEC. 4. The last sentence of section 313 (g) of the Agricultural 
Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, is amended by adding in the 
last sentence thereof immediately following the language "if proof 
of the disposition of any amount of tobacco is not furnished as required 
by the Secretary" the language "or if any producer on the farm files, 
or aids or acquiesces in the filing of, any false report with respect to 
the acreage of tobacco grown on the farm required by regulations 
issued pursuant to this Act". 
SEC. 5. Section 314 (a) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, 
as amended, is hereby amended, effective July 1, 1955, with respect 
to flue-cured tobacco, and October 1,1955, with respect to other kinds 
of tobacco, by striking out the figure "50" therein and inserting in 
lieu thereof the figure "75". 
Approved March 31, 1955. 
April 5, 1955 
Public Law 22 
CHAPTER 23 
AN ACT 
April 5, i»5S 
[H» R. 4941] 
rj,Q ftiueiid the Foreign Service Act of 1946, as amended, and for other purposes 
Foreign Service 
A c t 
Amendments 
of 1955. 
60 Stat. 1003. 
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A p p o i n t i v e 
salary. 
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differ en-
Salary 
tial. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That this Act may 
be cited as the "Foreign Service Act Amendments of 1955". 
SEC. 2. Section 413 of the Foreign Service Act of 1946, as amended, 
is amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 413. A person appointed as a Foreign Service officer shall 
receive basic salary at one of the rates of the class to which he is 
appointed which the Secretary shall, taking into consideration his 
age, qualifications, and experience, determine to be appropriate for 
him to receive." 
SEC. 3. Section 443 of such Act is amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 443. The President may, under such regulations as he may 
prescribe, establish rates of salary differential, not exceeding 25 per 
centum of basic salary, for Foreign Service officers. Reserve officers, 
and staff' officers and employees assigned to posts involving extraor-
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dinarily diiRcult living conditions, excessive physical hardship, or 
notably unhealthful conditions. 
The Secretary shall prepare and 
maintain a list of such posts." 
SEC. 4. Section 517 of such Act is amended by striking out the first 
sentence and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "A person who 
lias not served in class 6 shall not be eligible for appointment as a 
Foreign Service officer of classes 1 to 5, inclusive, unless he has passed 
comprehensive mental and physical examinations prescribed by the 
Board of Examiners for the Foreign Service to determine his ntness 
and aptitude for the work of the Service; demonstrated his loyalty 
to the Government of the United States and his attachment to the 
principles of the Constitution; and rendered at least four years of 
actual service prior to appointment in a position of responsibility in 
the service of a Government agency, or agencies, except that, if he 
has reached the age of thirty-one years, the requirement as to service 
may be reduced to three years. After the date of enactment of the 
Foreign Service Act Amendments of 1955 and until otherwise provided 
by Act of Congress, not more than one thousand two hundred and 
fifty persons who have not served in class 6 may be appointed to classes 
1 to 5, inclusive; of such persons, not more than forty may be 
appointed who were not employed on March 1,1955, in the Department, 
including its Foreign Service Reserve and Foreign Service Staff 
personnel, and who have not also served in a position of responsibility 
in the Department, or the Service, or both, for the required period 
prior to appointment." 
SEC. 5. Section 522 of such Act is amended by striking out in para-
graphs (1) and (2) the word "four" wherever it appears therein and 
inserting the word "five" in lieu thereof; and by striking out in 
paragraph (1) the phrase "of a specialized character". 
SEC. 6. (a) Section 571 (a) of such Act is amended to read as 
follows: 
"SEC. 571. (a) Any officer or employee of the Service may, in the 
discretion of the Secretary, be assigned or detailed for duty in any 
Government agency, such an assignment or combination of assign-
ments to be for a period of not more than four years, except that under 
special circumstances the Secretary may extend this four-year period 
for not more than four additional years." 
(b) Section 571 is further amended by adding at the end thereof 
a new subsection (e) which shall read as follows: 
"(e) The salary of an officer or employee assigned pursuant to the 
terms of this section shall be paid from appropriations made available 
for the payment of salaries of officers and employees of the Service. 
Such appropriations may be reimbursed, however, when the Secretary 
enters into reimbursement agreements with heads of Government 
agencies for all or any part of the salaries of officers or employees 
assigned to such agencies and payment is received pursuant thereto, 
or when an officer or employee of the Service is assigned to a position 
the salary of which is payable from other funds available to the 
Department." 
SEC. 7. Sections 633 and 634 of such Act, and the headings thereto 
under "Part D", are hereby repealed and the following headings and 
sections are hereby enacted in lieu thereof: 
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Classes lr5> 
Admissioni 
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R e s e r v e 
off i-
cers. 
.^;>poliitment s. 
22 u s e 961. 
Detail to Gov't, 
asency. 
Salary appropria-
ion. 
Repeals. 
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1004. 
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SELECTION-OUT 
"SEC. 633. (a) The Secretary shall prescribe regulations con-
cerning— 
"(1) the maximum period during which any Foreign Service 
officer below the class of career minister shall be permitted to 
remain in class without promotion; and 
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"(2) the standard of performance which any such officer mnst 
maintain to remain in the Service. 
"(b) Any Foreign Service officer below the class of career minister 
who does not receive a promotion to a higher class within the specified 
period or who fails to meet the standard of performance required of 
officers of his class shall be retired from the Service and receive benefits 
in accordance with the provisions of section 634. 
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"SEC. 634. (a) Any Foreign Service officer in classes 1, 2, or 3 who 
is retired from the Service in accordance with the provisions of section 
633 shall receive retirement benefits in accordance Avith the ])rovisions 
of section 821. 
"(b) Any Foreign Service officer in classes 4 or 5 who is retired 
from the Service in accordance with the provisions of section 633 shall 
receive— 
"(1) one-twelfth of a year's salary at his then current salary 
rate for each year of service and proportionately for a fraction 
of a year, but not exceeding a total of one year's salary at his then 
current salary rate, payable without interest, in three equal install-
ments on the 1st day of January following the officer's retirement 
and on the two anniversaries of this date innnediately following; 
and 
" (2) a refund of the contributions made to the Foreign Service 
Retirement and Disability Fund, with interest thereon at 4 per 
centum, compounded aninially, except *\vdt in lieu of such refund 
such officer may elect to receive retirement benefits on reaching 
the age of sixty-two, in accordance with the provisions of section 
821. 
In the event that an officer who was separated from class 4 
and who has elected to receive retirement benefits dies before 
reaching the age of sixty-two, his death shall be considered a 
death in service within the meaning of section S32. In the event 
that an officer who was separated from class 5 and who has elected 
to receive retirement benefits dies before reaching the age of 
sixty-two, the total amount of his contributions made to the 
Foreign Service Retirement and Disability Fund, with interest 
thereon at 4 per centum, compounded annually, shall be paid in 
accordance with the provisions of section 841. 
"(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 3477 of the Revised 
Statutes, as amended (31 U. S. C. 203) or the provisions of any other 
law, a Foreign Service officer who is retired in accordance with the 
provisions of section 633 shall have the right to assign to any person 
or corporation the whole or any part of the benefits receivable by him 
pursuant to paragraph (b) (1) of this section. 
Any such assignment 
shall be on a form approved by the Secretary of the Treasury and a 
copy thei-eof shall be deposited with the Secretary of the Treasury 
by the officer executing the assignment." 
SEC. 8 (a) Section 852 (a) (2) of such Act is amended by inserting 
"Air Force," after "Marine Corps,". 
(b) Section 852 (b) of such Act is amended by deleting the period 
at the end of the first sentence thereof and adding the following: 
", except that no special contributions shall be required for periods of 
active military or naval service in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, 
Air Force, or Coast Guard of the United States prior to becoming a 
participant.". 
(c) A special contribution to the Foreign Service Retirement and 
Disability Fund made by any participant on or after April 1, '1948 
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for the purpose of obtaining service credit in accordance with the 
provisions of section 852 (a) (2) of the Foreign Service Act of 1946 
for periods of active military or naval service in the Army, Navy, 
Marine Corps, Air Force, or Coast Guard of the United States shall 
be refunded. 
Such refund shall not include any interest covering 
the period such special contribution, or any part thereof, was on 
deposit in the fund. 
SEC. 9. (a) Section 853 of such Act is amended by striking out the 
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period at the end of the first sentence thereof and adding the following 
clause: ", but no such extra credit for service at such unhealthful posts 
shall be credited to any participant who shall have been paid a salary 
differential in accordance with section 443, as amended, for such service 
performed subsequent to the date of enactment of the Foreign Service 
Act Amendments of 1955." 
(b) Section 853 is further amended by striking out the last sentence 
of that section. 
SEC. 10. (a) Section 901 (2) of such Act is amended by striking out 
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the phrase "his post of assignment" at the end of paragraph (ii) of 
that section and substituting in lieu thereof the phrase "any post of 
assignment abroad or at a post of assignment in the continental United 
States between assignments to posts abroad". 
(b) Section 901 (2) is further amended by adding at the end thereof 
a new paragraph (iv) which shall read as follows: 
"(iv) that extraordinary and necessary expenses, not other- depej^dentV.*"^''^ 
wise compensated for, must be incurred by an oiSicer or employee 
of the Service, by reason of his service abroad, in providing for 
adequate elementary and secondary education for his dependents; 
allowances under this subparagraph for any post shall not exceed 
the cost of obtaining such educational services as are ordinarily 
provided without charge by the public schools of the United States 
plus, in those cases where adequate schools are not available at 
the post, board and room, and periodic transportation between the 
post and the nearest locality where adequate schools are available; 
if any such oiRcer or employee employs a less expensive method of 
providing such education, any allowance paid to him shall be 
reduced accordingly; no allowance shall be paid under this sub-
paragraph for a dependent for whom a travel allowance has been 
paid under section 911 (9);". 
SEC. 11. Section 911 of such Act is amended by changing the period 
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in paragraph (8^ to a semicolon and by adding at the end of the 
section the following new paragraph: 
"(9) the travel expenses incurred by an officer or employee of 
the Service who is assigned to a foreign post, in transporting 
dependents to and from United States ports of entry designated 
by the Secretary,, to obtain an American secondary or college 
education, not to exceed one trip each way for each dependent 
for the purpose of obtaining each type of education." 
SEC. 12. Section 943 of such Act is amended by adding the phrase 
", and their dependents" after the words "United States and oefwe 
the comma, and again at the end of the section immediately before 
the period. 
SEC. 13. Sections 432 (c), 804, and 864 of such Act are amended IQM. Yio?. ®®^' 
respectively as follows: 
(1) Section 432 (c) is amended by striking out the phrase "or 634" 
in the third sentence thereof. 
(2) Section 804 is amended by striking out "633,". 
(3) Section 864 is amended by striking out "634 (b)" at the end of 
the section and inserting "634 (c)" in lieu thereof. 
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Rules ana regu-
lations* 
SEO. 14. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Act, existing rules, 
regulations of or applicable to the Foreign Service of the United 
States shall remain in effect until revoked or rescinded or until 
modified or superseded by regulations made in accordance with the 
provisions of this Act, unless clearly inconsistent with the provisions 
of this Act. 
Approved April 5, 1955. 
AorU. 11, 1955 
[H. R. 4436]^ 
Public Law 23 
CHAPTER 25 
AN ACT 
Relating to the use of storage space in the Clark Hill Reservoir for the purpose 
of providing the city of McformiVk, South Carolina, a regulated water supply. 
McCormlck. S.G. 
Water siq>ply« 
Clark Hill Dam. 
58 Stat. 894. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Chief of 
Engineers is hereby authorized to contract with the city of McCormick, 
South Carolina, upon such terms and for such period not to exceed 
fifty years as he may deem reasonable for the use of storage space in 
the Clark Hill Reservoir for the purpose of providing said city a 
regulated water supply in an amount not to exceed six hundred acre-
feet of water annually, and is authorized to grant to the city of 
McCormick at no cost easement over Government lands at Clark Hill 
for the sole purpose of constructing necessary pipeline and pumping 
station, and the project for Clark Hill Dam autliorized by the Act 
entitled "An Act authorizing the construction of certain public works 
on rivers and harbors for flood control, and for other purposes", 
approved December 22, 1944, is hereby modified accordingly: Pro-
vided^ That all moneys received shall be deposited in the Treasury of 
the United States as miscellaneous receipts: Provided further^ That 
nothing in this Act shall affect water rights under State law. 
Approved April 11, 1955. 
Aotil 22, 1955 
[H. R. 4903] 
Public Law 24 
CHAPTER 26 
AN ACT 
Making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1955, 
and for other purposes. 
Second 
Supple -
mental Appropria* 
tion Act, 1955. 
Be it eruLCted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the following 
sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not other-
wise appropriated, to supply supplemental appropriations (this Act 
may be cited as the "Second Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1955") 
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1955, and for other purposes, 
namely: 
CHAPTER I 
DEPARTMENT O F AGRICULTURE 
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE 
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SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for "Salaries and expenses" for plant and 
animal disease and pest control, $650,000, to be apportioned for use 
pursuant to section 3679 of the Revised Statutes, as amended, for the