An Act to continue the existing method of computing parity prices for basic agricultural commodities, and for other purposes.
PL 82-585 (H.R.8122), enacted 07/17/1952

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PUBLIC LAW 583-JULY 17, 1952 
[66 ST A T . 
July 17, 1952 
[H.R. 7722] 
Public Law 583 
CHAPTER 931 
AN ACT 
To amend the Public Health Service Act so as to provide for equality of grade, 
pay, and allowance between the Chief Medical OflBcer of the Coast Guard and 
comparable officers of the Army. 
58 Stat. 684. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the first sen-
tence of subsection (a) of section 206 of the Public Health Service 
Act, as amended (42 U. S. C, sec 207), is amended by inserting after 
"Deputy Surgeon General" the following: "and the Chief Medical 
Officer of the United States Coast Guard,". 
Approved July 17, 1952. 
July 17, 1952 
[H.R. 7806] 
Public Law 584 
CHAPTER 932 
AN ACT 
To authorize the participation by certain Federal employees, without loss of 
pay or deduction from annual leave, in funerals for deceased members of the 
Armed Forces returned to the United States from abroad for burial and 
relating to the General Counsel of the Department of Commerce. 
Veterans. 
Participation 
funerals. 
63 Stat. 608. 
5 u s e 30 note. 
General Counsel 
of D e p a rtment of 
Commerce. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act en-
titled "An Act to grant time to employees in the executive branch 
of the Government to participate, wdthout loss of pay or deduction 
from annual leave, in funerals for deceased members of the Armed 
Forces returned to the United States for burial", approved August 
16,1949, is amended to read as follows: 
"That employees in the executive branch of the Government who 
are veterans of any war, campaign, or expedition (for which a cam-
paign badge has been authorized), or members of honors or ceremonial 
groups of organizations of such veterans may be excused from duty 
without loss of pay or deduction from their annual leave, for such time 
as may be necessary, but not in excess of four hours in any one day, 
to enable them to participate as active pallbearers or as members of 
firing squads or guards of honor in funeral ceremonies for members 
of the Armed Forces of the United States whose remains are returned 
from abroad for final interment in the United States." 
SEO. 2. The Solicitor of the Department of Commerce shall here-
after be designated as the General Counsel of the Department of 
Commerce, and all laws and orders relating or referring to the 
Solicitor of the Department of Commerce shall be deemed to relate 
or refer to the General Counsel of the Department of Commerce. 
Approved July 17, 1952. 
Public Law 585 
CHAPTER 933 
July 17, 1952 
^ ^ ACT 
[H. R. 8122] 
To continue the existing method of computing parity prices for basic agricultural 
commodities, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and H&ase of Representatives 
of the 
commo'dities*"'^^^ United Statcs of America in Congress assembled, That section 301 
Parity prices. 
(a) (1) (G) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 is amended 
fvic'izol?' 
to read as follows: 
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"(G) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, 
the parity price for any basic agricultural commodity, as of any date 
during the six-year period beginning January 1, 1950, shall not be 
less than its parity price computed in the manner used prior to the 
enactment of the Agricultural Act of 1949." 
SEC. 2. Section 101 of the Agricultural Act of 1949 is amended by 
adding the following paragraph at the end of section 101 (d) thereof: 
"(6) The level of support of cooperators shall be 90 per centum of 
the parity price for the 1953 and 1954 crops of any basic agricultural 
commodity with respect to which producers have not disapproved 
marketing quotas." 
SEC. 3. The Agricultural Act of 1949, as amended, is amended as 
follows: 
1. Add a new subsection (f) at the end of section 101 of such Act, 
as follows: 
"(f) The provisions of this Act relating to price support for cotton 
shall apply severally to (1) American upland cotton and (2) extra 
long staple cotton described in subsection (a) and ginned as required 
by subsection (e) of section 347 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 
1938, as amended, except that the level of price support which shall be 
made available to cooperators for extra long staple cotton of the 1953 
crop if producers have not disapproved marketing quotas therefor 
shall be at a level bearing the same relationship to the level of price 
support determined for American upland cotton as the average farm 
price for extra long staple cotton during the period 1936-1942, inclu-
sive, bore to such price for American upland cotton. 
Disapproval 
by producers of the quota proclaimed under such section 347 shall 
place into effect the provisions of section 101 (d) (3) of this Act 
with respect to the extra long staple cotton described in subsection 
(a) of such section 347. Nothing contained herein shall affect the 
authority of the Secretary under section 402 to make support avail-
able for extra long staple cotton in accordance with such section 402." 
2. Add a new section 420 to such Act, reading as follows: 
"SEO. 420. Any price support program in effect on cottonseed or any 
of its products shall be extended to the same seed and products of the 
cottons defined under section 347 (a) of the Agricultural Adjustment 
Act of 1938, as amended." 
SEO. 4. Section 347 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, 
as amended, is amended to read as follows: 
7 u s e 1441. 
Cooperators. 
Cotton. 
Infra. 
7 u s e 1422. 
Long staple cot-
ton. 
63 Stat. 675. 
7 u s e 1347. 
a-
LONG STAPLE COTTON 
"SEC. 347. (a) Except as otherwise provided by this section, the 
provisions of this part shall not apply to extra long staple cotton 
which is produced from pure strain varieties of the Barbadense species, 
or any hybrid thereof, or other similar types of extra long staple cotton 
designated by the Secretary having characteristics needed for various 
end uses for which American upland cotton is not suitable, and grown 
in irrigated cotton-growing regions of the United States designated 
by the Secretary or other areas designated by the Secretary as suitable 
for the production of such varieties or types. 
"(b) Whenever during any calendar year, not later than October 15, 
the Secretary determines that the total supply of cotton described in 
subsection (a) for the marketing year beginning in such calendar year 
will exceed the normal supply thereof for such marketing year by 
more than 8 per centum, the Secretary shall proclaim such fact and 
a national marketing quota shall be in effect for the crop of such 
cotton produced in the next calendar year. The Secretary shall also 
determine and specify in such proclamation the amount of the national 
Exemptions. 
National market-
ing quotas. 
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S T A T . 
63 Stat. 670. 
7 u s e 
1 3 4 2 , 
1344. 
7 u s e 1346. 
marketing quota in terms of the quantity of cotton described in subsec-
tion (a) adequate to make available a normal supply of such cotton, 
taking into account (1) the estimated carry-over at the beginning of 
the marketing year which begins in the next calendar year, and (2) 
the estimated imports during such marketing year. 
The national 
marketing quota for cotton described in subsection (a) for any year 
shall not be less than the larger of thirty thousand bales or a number 
of bales equal to 30 per centum of the estimated domestic consumption 
plus exports of such cotton for the marketing year beginning in the 
calendar year in which such quota is proclaimed. 
"(c) All provisions of this Act, except section 342, subsections (h), 
(k), and (1) of section 344, the parenthetical provisions relating to 
acreages regarded as having been planted to cotton, and the provisions 
relating to minimum small farm allotments, shall, insofar as appli-
cable, apply to marketing quotas and acreage allotments authorized 
by this section: Provided^ That the applicable penalty rate for such 
cotton under section 346 shall be the higher of 50 per centum of the 
parity price or 50 per centum of the support price for extra long staple 
cotton as of the date specified therein. 
"(d) Unless marketing quotas are in effect under subsection (b) 
of this section, the penalty provisions of section 346 shall not apply 
to any cotton the staple of which is one and one-half inches or more 
in length. 
"(e) The exemptions authorized by subsections (a) and (d) of this 
section shall not apply unless (1) the cotton is ginned on a roller-type 
gin or (2) the Secretary authorizes the cotton to be ginned on another 
type gin for experimental purposes or to prevent loss of the cotton 
due to frost or other adverse condition." 
Approved July 17, 1952. 
July 17,1952 
[S. 241] 
Public Law 586 
CHAPTER 939 
AN ACT 
To amend the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended, to further promote the 
development and maintenance of the American merchant marine, and for 
other purposes. 
M e r c h a n t Ma-
r i n e Ac t, 19 3 6, 
amendments. 
49 Stat. 1995. 
46 u s e 1151. 
C o n s t r u e tion-
differential 
sub-
sidy. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress asse^nbled, That section 501 (a) 
of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended, is amended to read as 
follows: 
"(a) Any citizen of the United States may make application to the 
Commission for a construction-differential subsidy to aid in the con-
struction of a new vessel to be used in the foreign commerce of the 
United States. 
No such application shall be approved by the Com-
mission unless it determines that (1) the plans and specifications call 
for a new vessel which will meet the requirements of the foreign 
commerce of the United States, will aid in the promotion and develop-
ment of such commerce, and be suitable for use by the United States 
for national defense or military purposes in time of war or national 
emergency; (2) the applicant possesses the ability, experience, finan-
cial resources, and other qualifications necessary to enable it to operate 
and maintain the proposed new vessel, and (3) the granting of the 
aid applied for is reasonably calculated to replace worn-out or obso-
lete tonnage with new and modern ships, or otherwise to carry out 
effectively the purposes and policy of this Act. 
The contract of sale, 
and the mortgage given to secure the payment of the unpaid balance