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An Act to reclassify dictaphones in the Tariff Act of 1930
PL 83-693 (H.R.8932), enacted 08/28/1954

68 
S T A T . ] 
PUBLIC LAW 693-AUG. 28, 1954 
913 
SEC. 710. (a) The third sentence of section 2 (a) of the Commodity 
Exchange Act, as amended, is amended by inserting "wool," after the 
comma following "(Irish potatoes)". 
(b) The amendment made by this section shall become effective sixty 
days after the date of enactment of this Act. 
Approved August 28, 1954. 
49 Stat. 1491. 
7 use 2. 
Effective date. 
Public Law 691 
CHAPTER 1042 
AN ACT 
August 28, 1954 
[H. R. 8205] 
To authorize the conveyance by the Seci*etary of the Interior to Virginia Electric 
and Power Company of a perpetual easement of right-of-way for electric trans-
mission line purposes across lands of the Richmond National Battlefield Park, 
Virginia, such easement to be granted in exchange for, and in consideration of, 
the conveyance for park purposes of approximately six acres of land adjoining 
the Park. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assetnbled, That the Secre- ti^af'^s'au'ie'fi^id 
tary of the Interior is hereby authorized to grant and convey to Vir- P^'^, va, 
ginia Electric and Power Company a perpetual easement of right-
of-way for electric transmission line purposes over, npon, and across 
fifty-five one-hundredths of an acre of land on the western side of 
Parker's battery site in the Richmond National Battlefield Park, Vir-
ginia, subject to such terms and conditions as the Secretary may deem 
desirable, and to accept in exchange therefor the conveyance of six 
and fifty-seven one-hundredths acres of land adjoining the Parker's 
battery area, Richmond National Battlefield Park. 
Approved August 28, 1954. 
Public Law 692 
CHAPTER 1043 
AN ACT 
To convey the reversionary interest of the United States in certain lands to the 
city of Pawnee, Oklahoma. 
August 28, 1954 
[H. R. 8859] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Secretary 
of the Interior is authorized and directed to convey by quitclaim deed, 
to the city of Pawnee, Oklahoma, all of the right, title, and interest of 
the United States in and to the tract of land in Pawnee County, Okla-
homa, known as "Mission Park", and more particularly described as 
follows: Lot 1 of section 32, in township 22 north of range 5 east of 
the Indian meridian, Oklahoma, containing eighty-eight and forty-
three one-hundredths acres, according to the official plat of the survey 
of the said lands, returned to the General Land Office by the Surveyor 
General. 
Approved August 28, 1954. 
Pawnee, Okla. 
Conveyance. 
Public Law 693 
CHAPTER 1044 
AN ACT 
To reclassify dictophones in the Tariff Act of 1930. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That paragraph 
372 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U. S. C, sec. 1001, par. 372) is hereby 
amended by inserting after "cash registers, 25 per centum ad valo-
August 28, 1954 
[H. R, 8932] 
Dictophones. 
46 Stat. 625. 
39777 0— 55—pt. 1-
An Act authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to adjust or cancel certain charges on the Milk River project
PL 83-687 (H.R.7813), enacted 08/28/1954

Report to C on-
gress. 
68 S T A T . ] 
PUBLIC LAW 687-AUG. 28, 1954 
895 
accounts, financial records, reports, files, and all other papers, things, 
or property belonging to or in use by the corporation and necessary 
to facilitate the audit shall be made available to the person or persons 
conducting the audit; and full facilities for verifying transactions 
with the balances or securities held by depositories, fiscal agents, and 
custodians shall be afforded to such person or persons. 
(b) A report of such audit shall be made by the corporation to the 
Congress not later than March 1 of each year. The report shall set 
forth the scope of the audit and shall include a verification by the 
person or persons conducting the audit of statements of (1) assets 
and liabilities, (2) capital and surplus or deficit, (3) surplus or deficit 
analysis, (4) income and expense, and (5) sources and application of 
funds. Such report shall not be printed as a public document. 
USE o r ASSETS ON DISSOLUTION OR LIQUIDATION 
SEC. 15. Upon dissolution or final liquidation of the corporation, 
after discharge or satisfaction of all outstanding obligations and 
liabilities, the remaining assets, if any, of the corporation shall be dis-
tributed in accordance with the determination of the board of directors 
of the corporation and in compliance with the constitution and bylaws 
of the corporation and all Federal and State laws applicable thereto. 
TRANSFER OF ASSETS 
SEC. 16. The corporation may acquire the assets of the National 
Fund for Medical Education, Incorporated, a corporation organized 
under the laws of the State of New York, upon discharging or satis-
factorily providing for the payment and discharge of all of the liabil-
ity of such corporation and upon complying with all laws of the 
State of New York applicable thereto. 
RESERVATION OF RIGHT TO AMEND OR REPEAL CHARTER 
SEO. 17. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is expressly 
reserved. 
Approved August 28, 1954. 
Public Law 686 
CHAPTER 1037 
^^ 
A C T 
August 28, 1954 
[H. R. 6672] 
To provide for a tempoi'ary increase in the public debt limit. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That during the 
period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act and ending on 
June 30, 1955, the public debt limit set forth in the first sentence of 
section 21 of the Second Liberty Bond Act, as amended, shall be tem- 
^\ ^^^ ^^:^ 
porarily increased by $6,000,000,000. 
Approved August 28, 1964. 
Public Law 687 
CHAPTER 1038 
- ' ^ ^ ^ " ^ 
August 28, 1954 
Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to adjust or cancel certain charges on 
[R- R- 7813] 
the Milk River project. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled. That the Secretary ect^^^Monlr" ^'°^'
An Act to amend section 2201 of title 28, United States Code, to extend the Federal Declaratory Judgments Act to the Territory of Alaska
PL 83-682 (H.R.1975), enacted 08/28/1954

890 
PUBLIC LAW 682-AUG. 28, 1954 
[68 ST A T . 
Effective date. 
from the date on which the owner of such property receives notice that 
such order has been affirmed or modified by the latter Board. 
"SEC. 20. This Act shall take effect thirty days after its approval." 
Approved August 28, 1954. 
Public Law 682 
CHAPTER 1033 
August 28, 1954 
[H. R. 1975] 
Alaska. 
Federal Declar-
a t o r y Judgments 
Act. 
62 Stat. 964. 
AN,ACT 
To amend section 2201 of title 28, United States Code, to extend the Federal 
Declaratory Judgments Act to the Territory of Alaska. 
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 section 2201 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by 
inserting after the words "any court in the United States" the words 
"and the District Court for the Territory of Alaska", so that the 
sentence will read as follows: 
"§ 2201. Creation of remedy 
"In a case of actual controversy within its jurisdiction, except with 
respect to Federal taxes, any court of the United States and the District 
Court for the Territory of Alaska, upon the filing of an appropriate 
pleading, may declare the rights and other legal relations of any 
interested party seeking such declaration, whether or not further relief 
is or could be sought." 
Approved August 28, 1954. 
August 28, 1954 
[H. R. 4721] 
43 u s e 423e. 
58 Stat. 891. 
Public Law 683 
. 
. . 
, 
CHAPTER 1034 
AN ACT 
To provide that the excess-land provisions of the Federal reclamation laws shall 
not apply to lands in the Owl Creek unit of the Missouri Basin project. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the excess-
land provisions of the Federal reclamation laws shall not apply to 
lands in the Owl Creek unit of the Missouri Basin project, authorized 
in section 9 (a) of Public Law 534, Seventy-eighth Congress, ap-
proved December 22,1944 (58 Stat. 887). 
Approved August 28, 1954. 
Public Law 684 
CHAPTER 1035 
August 28, 1954 
[H. R. 5718] 
F e d er a l 
e m -
ployees. 
Dual compensa-
tion. 
AN ACT 
To limit the period for collection by the United States of compensation received 
by officers and employees in violation of the dual compensation laws. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the United 
States hereby waives all claims against any person arising out of the 
receipt by such person of compensation from the United States in-
cluding Government owned or controlled corporations or from the 
government of the District of Columbia in violation of any provision of 
law prohibiting or restricting the receipt of dual compensation, which 
has not been reported to the General Accounting Office for collection 
within six years from the last date of any period of dual compensation. 
Approved August 28, 1964.
An Act to limit the period for collection by the United States of compensation received by officers and employees in violation of the dual compensation laws
PL 83-684 (H.R.5718), enacted 08/28/1954

890 
PUBLIC LAW 682-AUG. 28, 1954 
[68 ST A T . 
Effective date. 
from the date on which the owner of such property receives notice that 
such order has been affirmed or modified by the latter Board. 
"SEC. 20. This Act shall take effect thirty days after its approval." 
Approved August 28, 1954. 
Public Law 682 
CHAPTER 1033 
August 28, 1954 
[H. R. 1975] 
Alaska. 
Federal Declar-
a t o r y Judgments 
Act. 
62 Stat. 964. 
AN,ACT 
To amend section 2201 of title 28, United States Code, to extend the Federal 
Declaratory Judgments Act to the Territory of Alaska. 
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 section 2201 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by 
inserting after the words "any court in the United States" the words 
"and the District Court for the Territory of Alaska", so that the 
sentence will read as follows: 
"§ 2201. Creation of remedy 
"In a case of actual controversy within its jurisdiction, except with 
respect to Federal taxes, any court of the United States and the District 
Court for the Territory of Alaska, upon the filing of an appropriate 
pleading, may declare the rights and other legal relations of any 
interested party seeking such declaration, whether or not further relief 
is or could be sought." 
Approved August 28, 1954. 
August 28, 1954 
[H. R. 4721] 
43 u s e 423e. 
58 Stat. 891. 
Public Law 683 
. 
. . 
, 
CHAPTER 1034 
AN ACT 
To provide that the excess-land provisions of the Federal reclamation laws shall 
not apply to lands in the Owl Creek unit of the Missouri Basin project. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the excess-
land provisions of the Federal reclamation laws shall not apply to 
lands in the Owl Creek unit of the Missouri Basin project, authorized 
in section 9 (a) of Public Law 534, Seventy-eighth Congress, ap-
proved December 22,1944 (58 Stat. 887). 
Approved August 28, 1954. 
Public Law 684 
CHAPTER 1035 
August 28, 1954 
[H. R. 5718] 
F e d er a l 
e m -
ployees. 
Dual compensa-
tion. 
AN ACT 
To limit the period for collection by the United States of compensation received 
by officers and employees in violation of the dual compensation laws. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the United 
States hereby waives all claims against any person arising out of the 
receipt by such person of compensation from the United States in-
cluding Government owned or controlled corporations or from the 
government of the District of Columbia in violation of any provision of 
law prohibiting or restricting the receipt of dual compensation, which 
has not been reported to the General Accounting Office for collection 
within six years from the last date of any period of dual compensation. 
Approved August 28, 1964.
An Act to provide for a temporary increase in the public debt limit
PL 83-686 (H.R.6672), enacted 08/28/1954

Report to C on-
gress. 
68 S T A T . ] 
PUBLIC LAW 687-AUG. 28, 1954 
895 
accounts, financial records, reports, files, and all other papers, things, 
or property belonging to or in use by the corporation and necessary 
to facilitate the audit shall be made available to the person or persons 
conducting the audit; and full facilities for verifying transactions 
with the balances or securities held by depositories, fiscal agents, and 
custodians shall be afforded to such person or persons. 
(b) A report of such audit shall be made by the corporation to the 
Congress not later than March 1 of each year. The report shall set 
forth the scope of the audit and shall include a verification by the 
person or persons conducting the audit of statements of (1) assets 
and liabilities, (2) capital and surplus or deficit, (3) surplus or deficit 
analysis, (4) income and expense, and (5) sources and application of 
funds. Such report shall not be printed as a public document. 
USE o r ASSETS ON DISSOLUTION OR LIQUIDATION 
SEC. 15. Upon dissolution or final liquidation of the corporation, 
after discharge or satisfaction of all outstanding obligations and 
liabilities, the remaining assets, if any, of the corporation shall be dis-
tributed in accordance with the determination of the board of directors 
of the corporation and in compliance with the constitution and bylaws 
of the corporation and all Federal and State laws applicable thereto. 
TRANSFER OF ASSETS 
SEC. 16. The corporation may acquire the assets of the National 
Fund for Medical Education, Incorporated, a corporation organized 
under the laws of the State of New York, upon discharging or satis-
factorily providing for the payment and discharge of all of the liabil-
ity of such corporation and upon complying with all laws of the 
State of New York applicable thereto. 
RESERVATION OF RIGHT TO AMEND OR REPEAL CHARTER 
SEO. 17. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is expressly 
reserved. 
Approved August 28, 1954. 
Public Law 686 
CHAPTER 1037 
^^ 
A C T 
August 28, 1954 
[H. R. 6672] 
To provide for a tempoi'ary increase in the public debt limit. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That during the 
period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act and ending on 
June 30, 1955, the public debt limit set forth in the first sentence of 
section 21 of the Second Liberty Bond Act, as amended, shall be tem- 
^\ ^^^ ^^:^ 
porarily increased by $6,000,000,000. 
Approved August 28, 1964. 
Public Law 687 
CHAPTER 1038 
- ' ^ ^ ^ " ^ 
August 28, 1954 
Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to adjust or cancel certain charges on 
[R- R- 7813] 
the Milk River project. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled. That the Secretary ect^^^Monlr" ^'°^'
An Act to provide that the excess-land provisions of the Federal reclamation laws shall not apply to lands in the Owl Creek unit of the Missouri Basin project
PL 83-683 (H.R.4721), enacted 08/28/1954

890 
PUBLIC LAW 682-AUG. 28, 1954 
[68 ST A T . 
Effective date. 
from the date on which the owner of such property receives notice that 
such order has been affirmed or modified by the latter Board. 
"SEC. 20. This Act shall take effect thirty days after its approval." 
Approved August 28, 1954. 
Public Law 682 
CHAPTER 1033 
August 28, 1954 
[H. R. 1975] 
Alaska. 
Federal Declar-
a t o r y Judgments 
Act. 
62 Stat. 964. 
AN,ACT 
To amend section 2201 of title 28, United States Code, to extend the Federal 
Declaratory Judgments Act to the Territory of Alaska. 
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 section 2201 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by 
inserting after the words "any court in the United States" the words 
"and the District Court for the Territory of Alaska", so that the 
sentence will read as follows: 
"§ 2201. Creation of remedy 
"In a case of actual controversy within its jurisdiction, except with 
respect to Federal taxes, any court of the United States and the District 
Court for the Territory of Alaska, upon the filing of an appropriate 
pleading, may declare the rights and other legal relations of any 
interested party seeking such declaration, whether or not further relief 
is or could be sought." 
Approved August 28, 1954. 
August 28, 1954 
[H. R. 4721] 
43 u s e 423e. 
58 Stat. 891. 
Public Law 683 
. 
. . 
, 
CHAPTER 1034 
AN ACT 
To provide that the excess-land provisions of the Federal reclamation laws shall 
not apply to lands in the Owl Creek unit of the Missouri Basin project. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the excess-
land provisions of the Federal reclamation laws shall not apply to 
lands in the Owl Creek unit of the Missouri Basin project, authorized 
in section 9 (a) of Public Law 534, Seventy-eighth Congress, ap-
proved December 22,1944 (58 Stat. 887). 
Approved August 28, 1954. 
Public Law 684 
CHAPTER 1035 
August 28, 1954 
[H. R. 5718] 
F e d er a l 
e m -
ployees. 
Dual compensa-
tion. 
AN ACT 
To limit the period for collection by the United States of compensation received 
by officers and employees in violation of the dual compensation laws. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the United 
States hereby waives all claims against any person arising out of the 
receipt by such person of compensation from the United States in-
cluding Government owned or controlled corporations or from the 
government of the District of Columbia in violation of any provision of 
law prohibiting or restricting the receipt of dual compensation, which 
has not been reported to the General Accounting Office for collection 
within six years from the last date of any period of dual compensation. 
Approved August 28, 1964.
An Act to incorporate the Foundation of the Federal Bar Association
PL 83-662 (H.R.9882), enacted 08/24/1954

68 S T A T . ] 
PUBLIC LAW 662-AUG. 24, 1954 
795 
SEC. 3. The last three provisos to the portion of the Act of June 5, 
1924 (43 Stat. 390, 416), relating to the Boise project, and the proviso 
to the portion of the Act of March 4, 1929 (45 Stat. 1562, 1590), 
also relating thereto, are hereby repealed. 
SEC. 4. As used in this Act, the term "Federal reclamation laws" 
means the Act of June 17, 1902 (32 Stat. 388), and Acts amendatory 
thereof or supplementary thereto. 
SEC. 5. This Act is declared to be a supplement of the Federal 
reclamation laws. 
Approved August 24, 1954. 
Repeals 
43 u s e 371 note,. 
Public Law 661 
CHAPTER 910 
AN ACT 
To amend titles 18 and 28 of the United States Code. 
August 24, 1954 
[H. R. 9821] 
Be it enacted hy the Setiate and House of Representatives 
of the 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 1162, 
title 18. United States Code, is amended by striking therefrom the 
words "except the Menominee Reservation" and the comma preceding 
those words. 
SEC. 2. Section 1360, title 28, United States Code, is amended by 
striking therefrom the words "except the Menominee Reservation" 
and the comma preceding those words. 
Approved August 24, 1954. 
Menominee 
ervation« 
67 Stat. 588. 
67 Stat. 589. 
Res-
Public Law 662 
CHAPTER 911 
AN ACT 
To incorporate the Foundation of the Federal Bar Association. 
August 24, 1954 
[H. R. 9882] 
Be it enxwted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assetnhled, That the following-
named persons, Justin Miller, California; William L. Ellis, Michi-
gan; Bettin Stalling, Illinois; William S. Tyson, North Carolina; 
Kennedy C. Watkins, District of Columbia; Martin C. Epstein, New 
York; Laurence H. Axman, District of Columbia; Julian R. Eagle, 
Pennsylvania; William F. Farrell, Texas; Barratt O'Hara, Junior, 
Illinois; Joseph F. Brodie, California; Spurgeon E. Paul, Colorado; 
J. Edward Hauk, Maryland; Ida I. Kloze, Maryland; William R. 
Vallance, New York; Clyde Baggarly, Virginia; Charles W. Freeman. 
California; William A. Roberts, District of Columbia; Ralph G. 
Cornell, Maryland; Horace Russell, Illinois; 
Robert E. Freer, Ohio; Frank J. Delany, Illinois; William N. 
Morell, Minnesota; Heber H. Rice, Maryland; William E. Reese, Vir-
ginia; Robert N. Anderson, Virginia; Marguerite Rawalt, Texas; 
Robert H. Shields, Maryland; Harold Lee, New York; James E. 
Palmer, Junior, Virginia; John A. Mclntire, Maryland; Major Gen-
eral E. M. Brannon, District of Columbia; Maxwell H. Elliott, New 
York; Edwin L. Fisher, Maryland; Edward E. Odom, California; 
Rear Admiral Ira H. Nunn, Arkansas; Herman Phleger, California; 
Arthur J. Klayman, Illinois; F. Joseph Donohue, District of Colum-
bia; Frank J. Parker, New York; Ernest Votaw, Pennsylvania; T. 
Wade Harrison, Florida; Admiral O. S. Colclough, Pennsylvania; 
J. Lee Rankin, Nebraska; Stanley N. Barnes, California; Newell 
Blair, Virginia; 
The Foundation 
of the Federal B ar 
Association. 
Incorporation.