An Act to amend the act of April 6, 1949, to extend the period for emergency assistance to farmers and stockmen
PL 84-166 (H.R.4915), enacted 07/15/1955

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PUBLIC LAW 166-JULY 15, 1955 
[69 STAT. 
General, the Director of Central Intelligence, and of one member of 
the Atomic Energy Commission designated by that Commission, shall 
determine whether any person furnishing information to the United 
States is entitled to any award and the amount thereof to be paid 
pursuant to section 2. In determining whether any person furnishing 
information to the United States is entitled to an award and the 
amount of such award, the Board shall take into consideration— 
(a) whether or not the information is of the type specified in 
section 2, and 
(b) whether the person furnishing the information was an 
officer or employee of the United States and, if so, whether the 
furnishing of such information was in the line of duty of that 
person. 
Any reward of $50,000 or more shall be approved by the President. 
SEC. 4. If the information leading to an award under section 3 is 
furnished by an alien, the Secretary of State, the Attorney General, 
and the Director of Central Intelligence, acting jointly, may determine 
that the entry of such alien into the United States is in the public 
interest and, in that event, such alien and the members of his im-
mediate family may receive immigrant visas and may be admitted to 
the United States for permanent residence, notwithstanding the re-
quirements of the Immigration and Nationality Act. 
SEC. 5, The Board established under section 3 is authorized to hold 
such hearings and make, promulgate, issue, rescind, and amend such 
rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the purposes 
of this Act. 
SEC. 6. Any awards granted under section 3 of this Act shall be 
certified by the Awards Board and, together with the approval of 
the President in those cases where such approval is required, trans-
mitted to the Director of Central Intelligence for payment out of 
funds appropriated or available for the administration of the National 
Security Act of 1947, as amended. 
SEC. 7. As used in this Act— 
(a) The term "atomic energy" means all forms of energy released 
in the course of nuclear fission or nuclear transformation. 
(b) The term "atomic weapon*' means any device utilizing atomic 
energy, exclusive of the means for transporting or propelling the de-
vice (where such means is a separable and divisible part of the device), 
the principal purpose of which is for use as, or for development of, a 
weapon, a weapon prototype, or a weapon test device. 
(c) The term "special nuclear material" means plutonium, or ura-
nium enriched in the isotope 233 or in the isotope 235, or any other 
material which is found to be special nuclear material pursuant to 
the provisions of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954. 
(d) The term "United States," when used in a geographical sense, 
includes Puerto Rico, all Territories and possessions of the United 
States and the Canal Zone; except that in section 4, the term "United 
States" when so used shall have the meaning given to it in the Immi-
gration and Nationality Act. 
Approved July 15, 1955. 
Public Law 166 
CHAPTER 373 
July 15, 1955 
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[H. R. 4915] 
rp,j amend the Act of April 6, 1949, to extend the period for eniergsncy assistance 
to farmers and stockmen. 
61 Stat. 495. 
5 u s e 171 note. 
F a r m e r s 
a n d 
stoclcmen. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled^ That section 2 (c) 
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of the Act of April 6,1949, as amended, is further amended by striking 
the word "two" from the first sentence of said subsection and inserting 
the word "four" and by adding after the first sentence of the said sub-
section the following new sentence: "After the expiration of the 
period specified herein, such loans may be made only for supple-
mentary advances to producers indebted for loans made under this 
subsection, but no such loan shall be made in any event after July 14, 
1959.". 
Approved July 15, 1955. 
Loans. 
67 Stat. 149. 
12 use 11488-2. 
Public Law 167 
CHAPTER 375 
AN ACT 
To amend the Act of July HI, 1947 (61 Stat. 6S1) and the mining laws to provide 
for multiple use of the surface of the same tracts of the public lands, and for 
other purposes. 
July 23, 1955 
{H. R. 5891] 
Be it enacted hy the Se')iate and House of Representative!^ of the 
United States of America in Congress assejnbled, That section 1 of the 
Act of July ol, 1947 (61 Stat. 681), is amended to read as follows: 
"SECTIOX 1. The Secretary, under such rules and regulations as he 
may prescribe, may dispose of mineral materials (including but not 
limited to common varieties of the following: sand, stone, gravel, 
pumice, pumicite, cinders, and clay) and vegetative materials (includ-
ing but not limited to yucca, manzanita, mesquite, cactus, and timber 
or other forest products) on public lands of the United States, includ-
ing, for the purposes of this Act, land described in the Acts of August 
•28, 19:57 (50 Stat. 874), and of June 24,1954 (68 Stat. 270), if the dis-
posal of such mineral or vegetative materials (1) is not otherwise 
expressly authorized bv law, including, but not limited to, the Act of 
June 28, 19H4 (48 Stat. 1269), as amended, and the United States 
mining laws, and (2) is not expressly prohibited by laws of the United 
States, and (o) would not be detrimental to the public interest. Such 
materials may be disposed of only in accordance with the provisions 
of this Act and upon the payment of adequate compensation therefor, 
to be determined by the Secretary: Provided, however. That, to the 
extent not otherAvise authorized by law, the Secretary is authorized in 
iiis discretion to permit any Federal, State, or Territorial agency, unit 
or subdivision, including municipalities, or any association or corpora-
tion not organized for i)rofit, to take and remove, without charge, mate-
rials and resources suDJect to this Act, for use other than for com-
mercial or industrial purposes or resale. AYhere the lands have been 
withdrawn in aid of a function of a Federal department or agency 
other than the department headed by the Secretary or of a State, 
Territory, county, municipality, water district or other local govern-
mental subdivision or agency, the Secretary may make disposals under 
this Act only with the consent of such other Federal department or 
agency or of such State, Territory, or local governmental unit. Noth-
ing in this Act shall be construed to apply to lands in any national 
park, or national monument or to any Indian lands, or lancls set aside 
or held for the use or benefit of Indians, including lands over which 
jurisdiction has been transferred to the Department of the Interior by 
Executive order for the use of Indians. As used in this Act, the word 
"Secretary" means the Secretary of the Interior except that it means 
the Secretary of Agriculture where the lands involved are admin-
istered by him for national forest purposes or for the purposes of title 
III of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act or where withdrawn for 
the purpose of any other function of the Department of Agriculture." 
Public lands. 
43 use 1185. 
Materia Is dis-
posal. 
43 u s e 
USlj. 
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43 
seq.. u s e 315 et 
1171. 
50 Stat. 525. 
7 u s e 
1010 et 
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