An Act to amend certain provisions of part II of the Interstate Commerce Act so as to authorize regulation, for purposes of safety and protection of the public, of certain motor-carrier transportation between points in foreign countries, insofar as such transportation takes place within the United States
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PUBLIC LAW 522-JULY 22, 1954 
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Loan protection, 
etc. 
60 Stat. 1062. 
7 u s e 1001 note. 
63 Stat. 43; 50 
Stat. 881. 
12 u s e 1148a-l 
to 1148a-3; 7 USe 
343f, 343g. 
62 Stat. 1038. 
7 u s e 1017. 
(e) Section 51 of said Act (7 U. S. C. 1025) is amended to read aS 
follows, except insofar as said section affects title I I I of the Bankhead-
Jones Farm Tenant Act, as amended: 
"The Secretary is authorized and empowered to make advances to 
preserve and protect the security for, or the lien or priority of the lien 
securing, any loan or other indebtedness owing to or acquired by the 
Secretary under this Act, the Act of August 14,1946, the Act of April 
6, 1949, the Act of August 28, 1937, or the item 'Loans to Farmers, 
1948, Flood Damage' in the Act of June 25, 1948, as those Acts are 
heretofore or hereafter amended or extended; to bid for and purchase 
at any foreclosure or other sale or otherwise acquire property pledged, 
mortgaged, conveyed, attached, or levied upon to secure the payment 
of any such indebtedness; to accept title to any property so purchased 
or acquired; to operate for a period not in excess of one year from 
the date of acquisition, or lease such property for such period as 
may be deemed necessary to protect the investment therein; and to sell 
or otherwise dispose of such property in a manner consistent with the 
provisions of section 43 of this Act." 
Approved July 22, 1954. 
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July 22, 1954 
[H. R. 7468] 
Public Law 522 
CHAPTER 563 
AN ACT 
To amend certain provisions of part II of the Interstate Commerce Act so as to 
authorize regulation, for purposes of safety and protection of the public, of 
certain motor-carrier transportation between points in foreign countries, 
insofar as such transportation takes place within the United States. 
S a f e t y 
regula-
tions. 
64 Stat. 574 
49 u s e 
303 
(11). 
"Foreign 
merce." 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That paragraph (11) 
of section 203 (a) of the Interstate Commerce Act is amended by 
^
^
^ adding at the end thereof the following new sentence: "The term 
•"• 'foreign commerce' also includes transportation between places in a 
foreign country, or between a place in one foreign country and a place 
in another foreign country, insofar as such transportation takes place 
within the United States, but only for purposes of the application, to 
carriers engaged in such transportation, of the following provisions 
of this part: Section 215 (which relates to insurance for the protec-
49 use315,321, ^iou of the public), section 221 (which relates to designation of an 
agent for service of process), and those provisions of section 204 
which relate to qualifications and maximum hours of service of 
employees and safety of operation and equipment." 
SEC. 2. Section 215 of the Interstate Commerce Act is amended by 
adding at the end thereof the following sentence: "The Comniission 
may prescribe, with respect to motor carriers operating Avithin the 
United States in the course of engaging in transportation between 
places in a foreign country or between a place in one foreign country 
and a place in another foreign country, such reasonable regulations 
concerning security for the protection of the public as the Commission 
is authorized, by this section, to prescribe for other motor carriers." 
SEC. 3. Subsection (c) of section 221 of the Interstate Commerce Act 
is amended to read as follows: 
"(c) Every motor carrier (including any motor carrier operating 
within the United States in the course of engaging in transportation 
between places in a foreign country or between a place in one foreign 
country and a place in another foreign country) shall also file with the 
board of each State in which it operates and with the Interstate Com-
merce Commission a designation in writing of the name and post-office 
49 Stat. 557. 
49 u s e 315. 
S u r e t y 
bonds, 
etc. 
49 u s e 321(c). 
Service of proc-
e s s . 
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address of a person in such State upon whom process issued by or under 
the authority of any court having jurisdiction of the subject matter 
may be served in any proceeding at law or equity brought against such 
carrier. 
Such designation may from time to time be changed by like 
writing similarly filed. In the event such carrier fails to file such 
designation, service may be made upon any agent of such motor 
carrier within such State." 
Approved July 22, 1954. 
Public Law 523 
CHAPTER 565 
AN ACT 
To provide for the restoration and maintenance of the United States ship Con-
stitution and to authorize the disposition of the United States ship Constellation, 
United States ship Hartford, United States ship Olympia, and United States 
ship Oregon, and for other purposes. 
July 23, 1954 
[H. R. 8247] 
U. S. S. Constel-
lation. 
T r a n s f e r to 
B a l t i m o r e , Md., 
etc. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Secretary 
u^|*s'^*coMtitu-
of the Navy is authorized to repair, equip, and restore the United States tion. ' 
ship Constitution, as far as may be practicable, to her original condi- 
Restoration, 
tion, but not for active service, and thereafter to maintain the United 
States ship Constitution at Boston, Massachusetts. 
SEC. 2. The Secretary of the Navy is authorized— 
(a) to make minimum repairs to the United States ship Con-
stellation so as to enable that vessel to be safely transported, by 
towing or otherwise, from its present berth to the harbor of 
Baltimore, Maryland; 
(b) to transport, by towing or otherwise, the United States ship 
Constellation from its present berth to the harbor of Baltimore, 
Maryland; and 
(c) to transfer by gift the United States ship Constellation to 
the State of Maryland, the city of Baltimore, or to a corporation 
or association located in Baltimore whose charter or articles of 
agreement denies it the right to operate for profit, for restoration 
as a public memorial at Baltimore, Maryland. 
SEC. 3. The Secretary of the Navy is authorized— 
(a) to make minimum repairs to the United States ship Hart-
ford so as to enable that vessel to be safely transported, by towing Mobile"/Aia.) etV 
or otherwise, from its present berth to the liarbor of Mobile, 
Alabama; 
(b) to transport, by towing or otherwise, the United States ship 
Hartford, from its present berth to the harbor of Mobile, Alabama; 
and 
(c) to transfer by gift the United States ship Hartford to the 
State of Alabama, the city of Mobile, or to a corporation or 
association located in Mobile whose charter or articles of agree-
ment denies it the right to operate for profit, for restoration as a 
public memorial at Mobile, Alabama. 
SEC 4. The Secretary of the Navy is authorized to make the trans-
fers authorized in subsections 2 (c) and 3 (c) under such terms and 
conditions as he shall prescribe, such terms and conditions to include 
but not be limited to the following: 
(a) Application for transfer hereunder will not be considered 
unless received within one year of the enactment of this Act; 
(b) Each transferee shall take delivery of the vessel within one 
year of enactment of this Act; 
(c) On failure to take delivery within one year of enactment 
U.S.S. Hartford. 
T r a n s f e r 
to 
Terms 
ditions. 
and con-