An Act to amend title V of the Agricultural Act of 1949, as amended
PL 84-319 (H.R.3822), enacted 08/09/1955

69 STAT.] 
PUBLIC LAW 319-AUG. 9, 1955 
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commissioned grade, including a commissioned warrant grade, 
hy an officer whose permanent status is enlisted."; and 
(c) deleting section 7 (c). 
SKC. 2. (a) Any person who, on the date of enactment of this Act, 
is a member of the Fleet Reserve or Fleet Marine (^orps Reserve and 
who prior to his transfer thereto— 
(1) was serving under a temporary appointment in a cc>m-
missioned grade, and 
(2) had completed more than twenty years of active service in 
tlie Navy, Marine (^orps, Army, Air Force, or (""oast Guard, or 
the reserve components thereof, including active duty for train-
ing, at least ten years of which was active commissioned service, 
may, in the discretion of the President, be placed on the retired list 
with the highest rank in which he served satisfactorily before his 
Transfer to the Fleet Reserve or Fleet Marine Corps Reserve, if appli-
cation therefor is made wdthin ninety days after the enactment of 
tliis Act. 
(b) Any ])erson tram^ferred to the retired list under subsection (a) 
is entitled to retired pay at the rate of 2i/^ i)er centum of the active 
duty pay, with longevity credit, of the grade in which he is placed 
on the retired list, multiplied by the number of years of service for 
which entitled to credit in the com])utation of his active duty pay 
at the time of transfer to the Fleet Reserve or Fleet Marine Corps 
Reserve, not to exceed a total of 75 per centum of the active duty pay 
of that rank. 
A fractional year of six months or more shall be 
considered a full year in computing the number of years of service 
by which the rate of 21/2 per centum is multiplied. 
Approved August 9, 1955. 
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Public Law 319 
CHAPTER 679 
AN ACT 
To amend title V of the Agricultural Act of 1949, as amended. 
August 9,1955 
[H. R. 3822] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 509 
of the Agricultural Act of 1949, as amended, is amended by striking 
out "December 31, 1955" and inserting "June 30, 1959". 
SEC. 2. Subsection 3 of section 502 of such Act, as amended, is 
amended by inserting before the period at the end thereof the follow-
ing : ": Provided, 
however, That if the employer can establish to 
the satisfaction of the Secretary of Labor that the employer has 
provided or paid to the worker the cost of return transportation and 
subsistence from the place of employment to the appropriate re-
ception center, the Secretary under such regulations as he may pre-
scribe may relieve the employer of his obligation to the United 
States under this subsection." 
SEC. 3. Section 503 of such Act, as amended, is amended by adding 
at the end thereof the following: 
"In carrying out the provisions of (1) and (2) of this section, 
provision shall be made for consultation with agricultural employers 
and workers for the purpose of obtaining facts relevant to the 
supply of domestic farm workers and the wages paid such workers 
engaged in similar employment. Information with respect to certifi-
cations under (1) and (2) shall be posted in the appropriate local 
public employment offices and such other public places as the Secre-
tary may require." 
Approved August 9, 1955. 
Mexican labor. 
Extension, etc. 
67 Stat. 500. 
7 u s e 1461 note. 
65 Stat. 119. 
7 u s e 1462. 
7 u s e 1463.