An Act to amend the wheat marketing quota provisions of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, and for other purposes.
PL 83-117 (H.R.5451), enacted 07/14/1953

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PUBLIC LAW 117-JULY 14, 1953 
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National Cemetery, and to accept in exchange for said lands a con-
veyance by the Quincy-Graceland Cemetery Association of lands 
owned by said association which are located within the fenced area of 
said Quincy National Cemetery, and such lands of the Quincy-Grace-
land Cemetery Association lying between the southern boundary fence 
of said national cemetery and Emerj'^ Creek, all as set out on map 
designated as "Plat of Survey of a tract of land in the northwest 
quarter of section 5, township 2 south, range 8 west, of the fourth 
principal meridian, known as the Quincy National Cemetery, and 
located near Quincy, in Adams County, Illinois", dated August 1949, 
on file in the Office, Chief of Engineers, Department of the Army. 
Approved July 14, 1953. 
Public Law 117 
CHAPTER 194 
AN ACT 
To Huiend the wheat marketing quota provisions of the Agricultural Adjustment 
Act of 1938,. as amended, and for other purposes. 
July 14, 1953 
[H. R. 5451] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 334 of 
the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, is amended as 
follows: 
(a) By inserting in subsection (a) after the words "The national 
acreage allotment for wheat" the language ", less a reserve of not to 
exceed one per centum thereof for apportionment as provided in this 
subsection,". 
(b) By adding at the end of subsection (a) a new sentence to read 
as follows: "The reserve acreage set aside herein for apportionment 
by the Secretary shall be used to make allotments to counties, in addi-
tion to the county allotments made under subsection (b) of this 
section, on the basis of the relative needs of counties for additional 
allotment because of reclamation and other new areas coming into 
the production of wheat during the ten calendar years ending with 
the calendar year in which the national acreage allotment is 
proclaimed. 
(c) By inserting in subsection (b) after the words "The State 
acreage allotment for wheat" the language ", less a reserve of not to 
exceed 3 per centum thereof for apportionment as provided in sub-
section (c) of this section,". 
(d) By inserting in the first sentence of subsection (c) after the 
words "on the basis of" the language "past acreage of wheat,". 
(e) By striking out in the second sentence of subsection (c) the 
words "such county" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "the 
State". 
(f) By striking out in subsection (d) the figure "1940" and inserting 
in lieu thereof the figtire "1950", 
SEC. 2. Section 339 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, 
as amended (53 Stat. 65), is repealed. 
SEC. 3. Puolic Law 74, Seventy-seventh Congress (55 Stat. 203), 
as amended, is amended by striking out in the second sentence of para-
graph (2) the language "shall be 50 per centum of the basic rate of 
the loan on the commodity for cooperators for such marketing year 
under section 302 of the Act and this resolution." and inserting in 
lieu thereof the language "on wheat shall be 45 per centum of the 
parity price per bushel of wheat as of May 1 of the calendar year in 
which the crop is harvested.^. 
Wheat. 
M a r k e t i n g 
quotas. 
52 Stat. 53; 56 
Stat. 52. 
7 u s e 1334. 
Re serve acreage. 
National. 
State. 
52 Stat. 55. 
7 u s e 1339. 
7 U S e 
1 3 3 0 , 
1340. 
Marketing p e n-
alty. 
7 u s e 1302. 
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[67 STAT, 
1954 allotment. 
Referendum. 
7 u s e 1301. 
Carryovers, 
63 Stat. 1051. 
7 u s e 1421 note. 
50 u s e 98 note. 
SEC. 4. Notwithstanding any other provision of law (a) 
the 
national acreage allotment for the 1954 crop of wheat shall not be 
less than sixty-two million acres; and (b) the referendum with respect 
to the 1954 crop of wheat may be held as late as August 15, 1953. 
SEC. 5. Sections 1, 2, and 3 of this Act shall become effective with 
respect to the 1954 and subsequent crops of wheat. 
SEC. 6. Section 301 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, 
as amended, is amended by adding at the end thereof a new subsection 
" ( d ) " to read as follows: 
"(d) In making any determination under this Act or under the 
Agricultural Act of 1949 with respect to the carryover of any agri-
cultural commodity, the Secretary shall exclude from such determina-
tion the stocks of any commodity acquired pursuant to, or under the 
authority of, the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act 
(60 Stat. 596)." 
Approved July 14, 1953. 
Public Law 118 
CHAPTER 195 
July 16, 1953 
AN A C T 
[H. R. 5710] 
r^Q amend further the Mutual Security Act of 1951, as amended, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
Mutual Security United States of America in Congress assembled^ That this Act may be 
Act o
f 1953. 
^..^^^ ^g ^^^ "Mutual Security Act of 1953". 
65 Stat. 373. 
2 2 u s e 
1651 
note. 
CHAPTER I—MILITARY ASSISTANCE 
SEC. 101. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATION.—The Mutual Security 
Act of 1951, as amended, is amended by adding at the end thereof the 
following new section: 
a 
Post, 
p. 156. 
66 Stat. 141. 
22 u s e 1651(b). 
22 u s e 1691. 
22 u s e 1701. 
22 u s e 1711. 
AUTHORIZATION OP APPROPRIATIONS 
"SEC. 540. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the 
President for the fiscal year 1954 not to exceed $2,129,689,870 to be 
available under section 101 (a) (1) (relating to military assistance 
for Europe) : Provided^ That of the equipment and materials made 
available under section 101 (a) (1) with funds appropriated pursuant 
to the authorization contained in this section, 50 per centum shall be 
transferred to the organization referred to in clause (C) of section 
2 (b) or to the countries which become members thereof, unless the 
Congress, upon the recommendation of the President, shall hereafter 
otherwise provide; $305,212,637 to be available under section 201 
(relating to military assistance for the Near East and Africa) : 
$1,081,620,493 to be available under section 301 (relating to military 
and other assistance for Asia and the Pacific); and $15,000,000 to 
be available under section 401 (relating to military assistance for 
Latin America) " 
CHAPTER II—MUTUAL DEFENSE FINANCING 
SEC. 201. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— (a) The Mutual 
Security Act of 1951, as amended, is amended by adding after section 
540 the following new section: 
"SEC. 541. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the 
President for the fiscal year 1954 not to exceed $250,000,000 to carry