An Act to adjust the salaries of judges of United States courts, United States attorneys, Members of Congress, and for other purposes
PL 84-9 (H.R.3828), enacted 03/02/1955

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ii EXPIKATION OF ALL EDUCATION AND TRAINING 
"SEC. 213. No education or training sliall be afforded an eligible 
veteran under this title beyond eight years after either his discharge 
or release from active service or the end of his basic service period, 
whichever is earlier, and in no event shall education or training be 
att'orded under this title after January 31,1965." 
(e) Section 214 (a) of such Act (38 IT. S. C , sec. 919 (a)) is hereby 
amended by striking out "the basic service period" and inserting in 
lieu thereof "his basic service period". 
SEC. 2. The amendments made by this Act shall take effect as of 
Januai-y 31, 1955. 
Approved February 15, 1955. 
Effective date. 
Public Law 8 
CHAPTER 8 
A N A C T 
February 19. 1955 
To amend the wheat marketing quota proVisions of the Agricultural Adjustment 
[s. 145] 
Act of 1938, as amended. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That subsection (e) 
of section 334 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended 
(7 U. S. C. 1334 (e)), is amended, beginning with the 1955 crop of 
wheat, to read as follows: 
"(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the Secretary 
shall increase the farm marketing quotas and acreage allotments for 
the 1955 crop of wheat for farms located in counties in the States of 
Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota designated by 
the Secretary as counties which (1) are capable of producing class I I 
durum wheat and (2) have produced such wheat for commercial food 
products during one or more of the ten years 1945 through 1954: 
Provided, That the increase in the wheat acreage allotment for any 
farm shall not exceed the difference between the acreage of cropland 
on the farm suitable for the production of wheat and the wheat acreage 
allotment, if any, determined without regard to this subsection, and 
the increase in allotment shall be conditioned upon the production 
thereon of class I I durum wheat. 
The increase in wheat acreage allot-
ments authorized by this subsection shall be in addition to the National, 
State, and county wheat acreage allotments, and the acreage of class 
I I durum wheat thereon shall not be considered in establishing future 
State, county, and farm acreage allotments." 
Approved February 19, 1955. 
Durum wheat. 
Allotments. 
68 Stat. 6. 
Public Law 9 
CHAPTER 9 
AN ACT 
To adjust the salaries of judges of United States couits. United States attorneys, 
Members of Congress, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Re])rese7itatives of the 
United States of AmeHca in Congress assembled, That (a) section 5 of 
title 28, United States Code, relating to the Chief Justice of the United 
States and to the Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the 
United States, is amended by striking out "$25,500" and substituting 
therefor "$35,500", and by striking out "$25,000" and substituting 
therefor "$35,000". 
March 2, 1955 
[H. R. 3828] 
J u d i c i al a nd 
Co n g r e s s i o n a l 
salaries. 
62 Stat. 870. 
62 Stat. 897. 
62 Stat. 898. 
62 Stat. 899. 
62 Stat. 987. 
68A Stat. 879. 
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62 Stat. 871. 
^^^j Section 44 (d) of title 28, United States Code, relating to 
circuit judges, is amended by striking out "$17,500" and substituting 
therefor "$25,500". 
(c) Section 135 of title 28, United States Code, relating to district 
judges, is amended by striking out "$15,000" and substituting therefor 
"$22,500", and by striking out "$15,500" and substituting therefor 
"$23,000". 
(d) Section 173 of title 28, United States Code, relating to judges of 
the Court of Claims, is amended by striking out "$17,500" and sub-
stituting therefor "$25,600". 
62 Stat. 899. 
(g) SectJou 213 of title 28, United States Code, relating to judges 
of the Court of Customs and Patent Apj^eals, is amended by striking 
out "$17,500" and substituting therefor "$25,500". 
(f) Section 252 of title 28, United States Code, relating to judges of 
the Customs Court, is amended bA' striking out "$15,000" and substitut-
ing therefor "$22,500". 
(g) The first paragraph of section 4 of the Act approved June 6, 
1900 (31 Stat. 322; 48 U. S. C, sec. 101), as amended, relating to the 
District Court for the District of Alaska, is amended by striking out 
"$15,000" and substituting therefor "$22,500". 
(h) Section 7443 (c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, relating 
to judges of the Tax Court of the United States, is amended to read as 
follows: 
"(c) Salary: Each judge shall receive salary at the rate of $22,500 
per annum, to be paid in monthly installments." 
50 use 65^4.' 
(i) (1) Article 67 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, relating 
to judges of the Court of Military Appeals, is amended by striking out 
"$17,500" and substituting therefor "$25,500". 
Travel expenses. 
^2) Such article is further amended by adding at the end of sub-
division (a) (1) thereof the following: "Each judge shall, upon his 
certificate, be paid by the Secretary of Defense all necessary traveling 
expenses, and also his reasonable maintenance expenses actually 
incurred, not exceeding $15 per day, while attending court or trans-
acting official business at a place other than his official station. 
The 
official station of such judges for such purpose shall be the District 
of Columbia." 
62 Stat. 910. 
gEC. 2. (a) Section 508 of title 28, United States Code, is amended 
to read as follows: 
"§ 508. Salaries 
"The Attorney General shall fix the annual salaries of United States 
attorneys, assistant United States attorneys, and attorneys appointed 
under section 503 of this title within the following limitations: 
"United States attorneys—not less than $12,000 or more than 
$20,000; and 
"Assistant United States attorneys and attorneys appointed under 
section 503 of this title—not more than $15,000." 
(b) The salaries of United States attorneys and assistant United 
States attorneys for the districts of Alaska, Canal Zone, and the Virgin 
Islands are, subject to the provisions of section 508 of title 28, United 
States Code. 
SEC. 3. (a) The compensation of the Deputy Attorney General shall 
be at the rate of $21,000 per annum. 
(b) The compensation of the Solicitor General shall be at the rate 
of $20,500 per annum. 
(c) The compensation of each Assistant Attorney General, other 
than the Administrative Assistant Attorney General, shall be at the 
rate of $20,000 per annum. 
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SEC. 4. (a) Section 601 (a) of the Legislative Reorganization Act 
of 1946, as amended, is amended to read as follows: 
"(a) The compensation of Senators, Representatives in Congress, 
Delegates from the Territories, and the Resident Commissioner from 
Puerto Rico shall be at the rate of $22,500 per annum each; and the 
compensation of the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall be 
at the rate of $35,000 per annum." 
(b) Section 601 (b) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, 
as amended (relative to expense allowances of Members of Congress), 
is hereby repealed. 
(c) Section 104 of title 3 of the United States Code (relating to the 
compensation of the Vice President) is amended by striking out 
"$30,000" and substituting therefor "$35,000". 
SEC. 5. The provisions of this Act shall take elfect on March 1,1955. 
Approved March 2, 1955. 
60 Stat. 850. 
2 use 31. 
Repeal. 
2 u s e 31a. 
63 Stat. 4. 
Effective date* 
Public Law 10 
CHAPTER 10 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
To amend the National Housing Act, as amended. 
March 11, 1955 
[S. J. Res. 42] 
Resolved ly the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America 
in Congress assembled^ That section 217 of the 
National Housing Act, as amended, is hereby amended by striking out 
"$1,500,000,000, except that with the approval of the President such 
aggregate amount may be increased by not to exceed $500,000,000" and 
inserting in lieu thereof "$3,500,000,000". 
Approved March 11, 1955. 
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mortgage 
insurance. 
68 Stat. 596. 
12 u s e 1715h. 
Public Law 11 
CHAPTER 11 
AN ACT 
To authorize personnel of the Armed Forces to train for, attend, and participate 
in the Second Pan-American Games, the Seventh Olympic Winter Games, Games 
of the XVI Olympiad, future Pan-American Games and Olympic Games, and 
certain other international amateur sports competitions, and for other purposes. 
March 14, 1955 
[S. 829] 
etc. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled^ That the Act of July 
p^lcipation**in 
1, 1947 (Public Law 159, Eightieth Congress; 61 Stat. 243), is hereby oj;ympic Games, 
amended to read as follows: "That as used in this Act, the term 
'Secretary' means the Secretary of Defense, and, with respect to the 
Coast Guard when it is not operating as a part of the Navy, the 
Secretary of the Treasury, as the case may be. 
"SEC. 2. (a) The Secretary concerned is authorized (1) to permit 
personnel of the Armed Forces to train for, attend, and participate in 
the Second Pan-American Games, the Seventh Olympic Winter 
Games, the Games of the XVI Olympiad, future Pan-American Games 
and Olympic Games, and (2) subject to the limitation contained in 
subsection (b) herein, to permit personnel of the Armed Forces to 
train for, attend, and participate in other international amateur sports 
competition not specified in (1) above, if the Secretary of State deter-
mines that the interests of the United States will be served by 
participation therein. 
"(b) Tlie Secretary of Defense shall, not later than thirty days prior 
to the commitment of personnel pursuant to the authority contained 
in subsection (a) (2) liereof, furnish to the Committees on Armed 
Report to C o n-
gress.