Joint resolution making temporary appropriations for the fiscal year 1955, and for other purposes
PL 83-475 (H.J.Res.552), enacted 07/06/1954

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PUBLIC LAW 47a-JULY 2, 1954 
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S T A T . 
Public Law 473 
CHAPTER 458 
July 2, 1954 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
[H. J. Res. 4S8] 
To authorize and direct the Secretary of Agriculture to quitclaim retained 
rights in a certain tract of land to the Board of Education of Irwin County, 
Georgia, and for other purposes. 
Irwin C o u n t y , 
Ga. 
Quitclaim deed. 
Resolved 
hy the Senate 
and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Secretary 
of Agriculture is authorized and directed to execute and deliver to the 
Board of Education of Irwin County, Georgia, its successors and 
assigns,'a quitclaim deed conveying and releasing unto the said Board 
of Education of Irwin County, Georgia, its successors and assigns, all 
of the right, title, and interest of the United States of America in and 
to that certain tract of land containing eight and forty-eight one-
thousandths acres, more or less, in Irwin County, Georgia, and more 
particularly described in the quitclaim deed from the United States 
of America to the Board of Education of Irwin County, Georgia, dated 
December 6, 1945, and recorded on December 19, 1945, in deed book 
19, pages 428-429, in the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of 
Irwin County, Georgia. 
Approved July 2, 1954. 
July 5, 1954 
[H. R. 9315] 
P h i l i p pine re-
ciprocal trade. 
Extension. 
22 u s e 
1252. 
1 2 5 1, 
Public Law 474 
CHAPTER 459 
AN ACT 
To provide for an extension on a reciprocal basis of the period of the free 
entry of Philippine articles in the United States. 
Be it en/wted hy the Senate a/nd House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the duty-free 
treatment provided for in section 201 of the Philippine Trade Act of 
1946 (60 Stat. 143) shall apply in lieu of the treatment specified in 
paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a) of section 202 of that Act, 
to Philippine articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, in the 
United States for consumption during such period after July 3,1954, 
but not after December 31, 1955, as the President may declare by 
proclamation to be a period during which United States articles, as 
defined in that Act, will be admitted into the Republic of the Philip-
pines free of ordinary customs duty, as such duty is defined in that 
Act. 
Notwithstanding any such proclamation, paragraph (2) of 
such subsection shall be considered as having been in effect for the 
purpose of applying the provisions of paragraph (3) of such 
subsection. 
Approved July 5, 1954. 
Public Law 475 
CHAPTER 460 
, , ^ ,„,, 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
July 6, 1954 
[H. J. Res. 552] Making temporary appropriations for the fiscal year 1955, and for other purposes. 
Resolved 
by the Senate 
and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That there are hereby 
appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appro-
priated, and out of applicable corporate or other revenues, receipts, and 
funds, for the several, departments, agencies, corporations, and other 
organizational units in the executive branch of the Government, such 
T emp orary ap-
propriations, 1955. 
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amounts as may be necessary for continuing the projects or activities 
enumerated in this section as follows: 
(a) At a rate not in excess of the current rate or, in the case of any 
such project or activity for which a budget estimate is pending, at a 
rate not in excess of the current rate or the rate permitted by the budget 
estimate, whichever is lower: 
Refugee relief; 
Civilian relief in Korea; 
Government and relief in occupied areas; 
Government in occupied areas; 
Federal Civil Defense Administration, Operations; 
Washington National Airport; 
Rubber, tin, and abaca programs. 
(b) Mutual Security Programs, $290,000,000, to be derived from 
unobligated balances of appropriations heretofore made for such pur-
poses and to be expended in accord with provisions of laws applicable 
to such programs during the fiscal year ending June 30,1954: Provided^ 
That the rate hereunder for any individual program shall not exceed 
the current rate: Provided further^ That administrative expenses for 
such programs shall not exceed $4,000,000. 
(c) Relief and Rehabilitation in Korea, the unobligated balance of 
the appropriation available in fiscal year 1954 is continued available. 
SEC. 2. (a) Except as otherwise herein provided, appropriations and 
funds made available and authority granted pursuant to this joint 
resolution shall be subject to the General Provisions of Chapter X I I I 
of the Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1954, to the same extent as 
the comparable appropriations, funds, and authority were subject to 
such provisions in the fiscal year 1954. 
(b) Except as otherwise specifically provided therein, appropria-
tions and funds made available and authority granted pursuant to 
any regular annual appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1955 shall be 
subject to the General Provisions of Chapter X I I I of the Supple-
mental Appropriation Act, 1954, to the same extent as the comparable 
appropriations, funds, and authority were subject to such provisions 
in the fiscal year 1954. 
SEC. 3. Appropriations and funds made available and authority 
granted pursuant to this joint resolution shall remain available until 
(a) enactment into law of an appropriation for any project or 
activity provided for herein, or (b) enactment of the applicable 
appropriation Act by both Houses without any provision for such 
project or activity, or (c) July 31, 1954, whichever first occurs. 
SEC. 4. Appropriations and funds made available and authority 
granted pursuant to this joint resolution may be used without regard 
to the time limitations set forth in subsection (d) (2) of section 3679, 
Revised Statutes, and expenditures therefrom shall be charged to any 
applicable appropriation, fund, or authorization whenever a bill in 
which such applicable appropriation, fund, or authorization is 
contained is enacted into law. 
SEC. 5. No appropriation or fund made available or authority 
granted pursuant to this joint resolution shall be used to initiate or 
resume any project or activity which was not being conducted during 
the fiscal year 1954- Appropriations made and authority granted 
pursuant to this joint resolution shall cover all obligations or 
expenditures incurred for the pertinent project or activity. 
Approved July 6, 1954. 
67 Stat. 435. 
5 use 59c; 40 
use 33a, 483b. 
Termination. 
31 u s e 665. 
Restriction. 
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