An Act to amend Public Law 83, 83rd Congress.
PL 84-360 (S.2098), enacted 08/11/1955

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ment is made by or under the authority of the United States, except 
where such damage, destruction, or loss results from the negligence of 
the United States, its permittees and licensees. 
SEC. 4. The owner of any unpatented mining claim located on land 
described in section 2 of this Act shall file for record in the United 
States district land office of the land district in which the claim is 
situated (1) within one year after the effective date of this Act, as 
to any or all locations heretofore made, or within sixty days of location 
as to locations hereafter made, a copy of the notice of location of the 
claim; (2) within sixty days after the expiration of any annual as-
sessment year, a statement as to the assessment work done or improve-
ments made during the previous assessment year. 
SEC. 5. Nothing in this Act contained shall be construed to limit or 
restrict the rights of the owner or owners of any valid mining claim 
located prior to the date of withdrawal or reservation: Provided^ 
That nothing in this Act shall be construed to limit or restrict the 
rights of the owner or owners of any mining claim who are diligently 
working to make a discovery of valuable minerals at the time any 
future withdrawal or reservation for power development is made. 
SEC. 6. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Act, all mining 
claims and mill sites or mineral rights located under the terms of this 
Act or otherwise contained on the public lands as described in section 2 
shall be used only for the purposes specified in section 2 and no facility 
or activity shall be erected or conducted thereon for other purposes. 
Approved August 11, 1955. 
Public Law 360 
CHAPTER 798 
AN ACT 
To amend Public Law 83, Eighty-third Congress. 
August 11, 1955 
[S. 2098] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Smith-
Lever Act, as amended (7 U. S. C. 341 and the following, supp. 1), 
is further amended as follows: 
i 
(a) By adding a new section, following section 7, to read as follows: 
"SEC. 8. (a) The Congress finds that there exists special circum-
stances in certain agricultural areas which cause such areas to be at 
a disadvantage insofar as agricultural development is concerned, which 
circumstances include the following: (1) There is concentration of 
farm families on farms either too small or too unproductive or both; 
(2) such farm operators because of limited productivity are unable 
to make adjustments and investments required to establish profitable 
operations; (3) the productive capacity of the existing farm unit 
does not permit profitable employment of available labor; (4) because 
of limited resources, many of these farm families are not able to 
make full use of current extension programs designed for families 
operating economic units nor are extension facilities adequate to pro-
vide the assistance needed to produce desirable results. 
"(b) In order to further the purposes of section 2 in such areas 
and to encourage complementary development essential to the welfare 
of such areas, there are hereby authorized to be appropriated such 
sums as the Congress from time to time shall determine to be neces-
sary for payments to the States, Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico 
on the basis of special needs in such areas as determined by the Sec-
retary of Agriculture. 
"(c) In determining that the area has such special need, the Secre-
tary shall find that it has a substantial number of disadvantaged farms 
Smith-Lever Act 
amendment s. 
38 Stat. 372. 
7 u s e 
341-343, 
344*348. 
D i s a d vantage d 
farms. 
Appropriation. 
Assistance. 
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or farm families for one or more of the reasons heretofore enumerated. 
The Secretary shall make provisions for the assistance to be extended 
to include one or more of the following: (1) Intensive on-the-farm 
educational assistance to the farm family in appraising and resolving 
its problems; (2) assistance and counseling to local groups in apprais-
ing resources for capability of improvement in agriculture or intro-
duction of industry designed to supplement farm income; (3) coop-
eration with other agencies and groups in furnishing all possible 
information as to existing employment opportunities, particularly to 
farm families having underemployed workers; and (4) in cases where 
the farm family, after analysis of its opportunities and existing 
resources, finds it advisable to seek a new farming venture, the pro-
viding of information, advice, and counsel in connection with making 
such change. 
"(d) No more than 10 per centum of the sums available under this 
section shall be allotted to any one State. The Secretary shall use 
project proposals and plans of work submitted by the State Exten-
sion directors as a basis for determining the allocation of funds appro-
priated pursuant to this section. 
"(e) Sums appropriated pursuant to this section shall be in addi-
tion to, and not in substitution for, appropriations otherwise avail-
able under this Act. The amounts authorized to be appropriated pur-
suant to this section shall not exceed a sum in any year equal to 
10 per centum of sums otherwise appropriated pursuant to this Act." 
(b) By renumbering section 8 to read section 9. 
Approved August 11, 1955. 
Public Law 361 
CHAPTER 799 
August 11, 1955 
^ ^ ACT 
[S. 2296] 
IJIQ amend section 313 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, with respect 
to tobacco allotments. 
Tobacco. 
65 Stat. 422. 
7 u s e 1313. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and. House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 313 of 
the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, is amended by 
adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: 
" (j) The production of tobacco on a farm in 1955 or any subsequent 
year for which no farm acreage allotment was established shall not 
make the farm eligible for an allotment as an old farm under sub-
sections (b) and (g) hereof: Provided^ however^ That by reason of 
such production the farm need not be considered as ineligible for a 
new farm allotment under subsections (c) and (g) hereof, but such 
production shall not be deemed past tobacco experience for any 
producer on the farm." 
Approved August 11, 1955. 
Public Law 362 
CHAPTER 800 
Augu.t 11. 1955 
A N A C T 
[H.R. 7018] 
To authorize subpenas in connection with the enforcement of the narcotic laws, 
and for other purposes. 
Narcotic laws. 
Subpenas. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress a^sembled^ That, for the purpose 
of any investigation which, in the opinion of the Secretary of the 
Treasury, is necessary and proper to the enforcement of the laws of the