An Act to provide for strengthening of the Reserve Forces, and for other purposes
PL 84-305 (H.R.7000), enacted 08/09/1955

50 u s e 928. 
R e a d y Reserve 
members. 
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[69 STAT. 
Public Law 305 
CHAPTER 665 
A 
»»o ,oc= 
AN A C T 
August 9,1955 
[H. R. 7000] 
TQ provide for strengthening of tlie Reserve Forces, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatwes 
of the 
Act'oi^9s^°"^^^ 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That tliis Act may 
be cited as the "Reserve Forces Act of 1955". 
AMENDMENTS TO T H E ARMED FORCES RESERVE ACT OF 19 o 2 
SEC. 2. (a) Section 205 (b) of the Armed Forces Reserve Act of 
66 Stat. 483. 
195.2 (50 U. S. C. 925 (b)) is amended by striking out the words "one 
million five hundred thousand" and inserting in lieu thereof the words 
"two million nine hundred thousand. 
Until July 1, 1957, this total 
shall not include any person who has a reserve obligation on the date 
of enactment of the Reserve Forces Act of 1955 whenever such person 
is not participating satisfactorily in an accredited training program 
in the Ready Reserve, as prescribed by the appropriate Secretary". 
(b) Section 208 of such Act is amended by (1) redesignating sub-
sections (f), (g), (h),and (i) thereof as subsections (g), (h), (i), and 
(j), respectively, and (2) inserting, immediately after subsection (e) 
thereof, the following new subsection: 
"(f) Except as specifically provided by regulations prescribed by 
Training duty. 
the Secretary of Defense (or the Secretary of the Treasury with re-
spect to the United States Coast Guard), (1) each person inducted, 
enlisted, or appointed in any armed force of the United States or any 
component thereof under any provision of law after the date of enact-
ment of the Reserve Forces Act of 1955 who becomes a member of the 
Ready Reserve by reason of any provision of law other than section 
208 (c) of this Act, and (2) each person who after the date of enact-
ment of the Reserve Forces Act of 1955 becomes a member of the 
Ready Reserve under section 263 of this Act, shall be required, while 
a member of the Ready Reserve, to (A) participate in not less than 
forty-eight scheduled drills or training periods, and to perform not 
more than seventeen days of active duty for training, during each 
year, or (B) perform annually not more than thirty days of active 
duty for training. Any such member of the Ready Reserve (except 
any member enlisted therein under section 6 (c) (2) (C) of the 
Post, p. 603. 
Universal Military Training and Service Act) who in any year fails 
to perform such training duty satisfactorily, as determined by the 
appropriate Secretary pursuant to regulations prescribed by the Sec-
retary of Defense, may be ordered, without his consent, to perform 
additional active duty for training for not more than forty-five days. 
If such failure occurs during the final year of any period of obligatory 
membership in the Ready Reserve, such membership shall be extended 
for such time, not exceeding six months, as may be required for the 
performance by such member of such additional active duty for 
training." 
(c) Section 208 (g) of such Act, as amended by the preceding sub-
section of this Act, is amended by— 
(1) redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) thereof as 
paragraphs (3), (4), and (5), respectively; and 
(2) inserting, immediately after paragraph (1) thereof, the 
following new paragraph: 
"(2) if he (A) has served on active duty in the Armed Forces 
of the United States for not less than twelve months, and has 
served satisfactorily as a member of a unit of the Ready Reserve 
Post, p. 602. 
pursuant to a transfer made under section 263 (a) of this Act for 
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a period which, when added to the period of his active duty, totals 
four years, or (B) has satisfactorily completed an enlistment 
under section 263 (b) of this Act;". 
(d) Section 208 of such Act (50 U. S. C. 928) is further amended 
by adding at the end thereof the following new subsections: 
"(k) Under regulations prescribed by the President, each Armed 
Force of the United States shall provide a system of continuous screen-
ing of units and members of the Ready Reserve to insure that— 
"(1) no significant attrition will occur to those members or 
units during a mobilization; 
"(2) there will be a proper balance of military skills; 
"(3) members of the Reserve Forces possessing critical civilian 
skills will not be retained in numbers beyond the requirements 
for those skills except for persons who have military skills for 
which there is an overriding requirement; 
"(4) with due respect to national security and military require-
ments, recognition is given to participation in combat; and 
"(5) members of the Reserve Forces whose mobilization in an 
emergency would result in extreme personal or community hard-
ship are not retained in the Ready Reserve. 
"(1) Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense (or 
the Secretary of the Treasury with respect to the United States Coast 
Guard), any member of the Standby Reserve who has not completed 
his obligated period of military service in the Ready Reserve may 
be transferred to the Ready Reserve whenever the reason for his trans-
fer to the Standby Reserve no longer exists." 
(e) Section 233 (a) of such Act (50 U. S. C. 961 (a)) is amended 
by adding at the end thereof the following new sentence: "No member 
of the Standby Reserve may be ordered to active duty under this sub-
section until the Director of Selective Service has determined that 
such member is available for active duty." 
(f) The proviso contained in section 233 (b) (1) of such Act 
(50 U. S. C. 961 (b) (1)) is amended to read as follows: ''Provided, 
That not more than one million members of the Ready Reserve of 
all reserve components may be required to perform active duty invol-
untarily at any time unless the Congress shall have authorized the 
exercise of the authority contained in this subsection with respect to 
a larger number". 
(g) Section 233 of such Act (50 U. S. C. 961) is further amended 
by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: 
"(h) Under such regulations as the Secretary of Defense shall pre-
scribe any person who, while a member of a reserve component, 
becomes a regular or duly ordained minister of religion shall be 
entitled upon his request to a discharge from the reserve component 
of which he is a member. No member of any reserve component shall 
be required to serve on active duty, or to participate in active training 
and service, active duty for training, or inactive duty training, while 
preparing for the ministry in a recognized theological or divinity 
school." 
(h) Chapter 7 of part I I of such Act is amended by inserting, 
immediately after section 259 thereof, the following new section: 
"SEC. 260. (a) Under such regulations as the Secretary of Defense 
shall prescribe, each military department of the Department of De-
fense shall cause to be prepared and maintained an accurate record 
of the number of members of each class of each reserve component who 
during each fiscal year have satisfactorily participated in (1) active 
duty for training, and (2) inactive duty training with pay. 
"(b) In January of each year the Secretary of Defense shall trans-
mit to the President and to the Congress a report which shall contain 
S c r e e n i n g 
of 
units and members. 
T r a n s f e r from 
Standby Reserve to 
Ready Reserve. 
Selective recall. 
Ministers of re-
ligion. 
50 u s e 
100 1-
1010. 
Records. 
Report of Secre-
tary of Defense. 
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65 
62 Stat. 604; 
Stat. 75. 
50 u s e a p p 
451. 
Enlistment 
p e -
riod; service. 
A c c e p t ance of 
enlistments. 
E n 11 s tment pe-
riod; service. 
an account of the status of training of each reserve component of the 
Armed Forces, and the progress made in the strengthening of the re-
serve components, during the preceding fiscal year." 
(i) Part I I of such Act, as amended by preceding subsections of this 
section, is amended by inserting at the end thereof the following new 
chapter: 
"CHAPTER 8—SPECIAL ENLISTMENT PROGRAMS 
"SEC. 261. (a) Under such regulations as the appropriate Secretary 
shall prescribe, any person who is qualified for enlistment for active 
duty in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, or Coast Guard, 
and who has not been ordered to report for induction into the Armed 
Forces under the Universal Military Training and Service Act, may 
be enlisted in the Army Reserve, Naval Reserve, Marine Corps Reserve, 
Air Force Reserve, or Coast Guard Reserve, respectively, pursuant 
to the provisions of this section. 
" (b) Each enlistment under this section shall be for a period of six 
years. Each person so enlisted shall be required during such enlist-
ment to perform— 
" (1) active duty for a period of two years; 
" (2) satisfactory service as a member of the Ready Reserve for 
a period which, when added to service rendered under paragraph 
(1) of this subsection, will total five years; and 
"(3) the remainder of such period of enlistment as a member 
of the Standby Reserve. 
"SEC. 262. (a) Until August 1, 1959, whenever the President deter-
mines that the enlisted strength of the Ready Reserve of the Army 
Reserve, Naval Reserve, Marine Corps Reserve, xVir Force Reserve, or 
Coast Guard Reserve cannot be maintained at the level which he deter-
mines to be necessary in the interest of national defense, he may author-
ize the acceptance of enlistments in units of such Ready Reserve pur-
suant to the provisions of this section under regulations prescribed 
by the Secretary of Defense. 
Enlistments under this section may be 
accepted only within quotas (which quotas shall not exceed a total of 
250,000 persons annually) prescribed by the appropriate Secretary 
with the approval of the Secretary of Defense. No enlistment shall be 
accepted under this section in the Ready Reserve of any reserve com-
ponent if such enlistment would cause the strength of such Ready 
Reserve to exceed the authorized strength of such Ready Reserve. 
"(b) Enlistments under this section may be accepted from persons 
w^ho— 
"(1) are physically and mentally qualified for service in the 
Armed Forces; 
"(2) have not been ordered to report for induction into the 
Armed Forces under the Universal Military Training and Service 
Act; and 
"(3) have not attained the age of eighteen years and six months. 
In addition, the President, under such rules and regulations as he 
may prescribe, may authorize the enlistment under this section, with-
out regard to the provisions of paragraphs (2) and (3), of persons 
who fulfill the requirements of paragraph (1) and who have critical 
skills and are engaged in civilian occupations in any critical defense-
supporting industry or in any research activity affecting national 
defense. 
"(c) Each enlistment under this section shall ]be for a period of 
eight years. 
Each person so enlisted shall be required during such 
enlistment (1) to perform an initial period of active duty for training 
of not less than three months or more than six months, and (2) there-
after to perform satisfactorily all training duty prescribed by section 
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208 (f) of this Act, except that (A) performance of such initial period 
of active duty for training by any person enlisted under this section 
while satisfactorily pursuing a course of instruction in a high school 
shall be deferred until such person ceases to pursue such course satis-
factorily, graduates from such course, or attains the age of twenty 
years, whichever first occurs, and (B) persons specially enlisted 
because of their possession of critical skills may be relieved of any 
obligation to perform the training duty prescribed by section 208 (f). 
Each such person shall be deferred from training and service under 
the Universal Military Training and Service Act, as amended, so long 
as he continues to serve satisfactorily, as determined under regulations 
prescribed by the appropriate Secretary, and upon the completion 
of eight years of such satisfactory service pursuant to such enlistment 
shall be exempt from further liability for induction for training and 
service under such Act, except after a declaration of war or national 
emergency made by the Congress after the date of enactment of this 
subsection. 
"(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any person per-
forming the period of active duty for training required by clause (1) 
of subsection (c) of this section shall— 
" (1) during such period, and during any period of hospitaliza-
tion incident to the performance of such duty, receive pay at the 
rate of $50 per month; 
"(2) be deemed to be serving in pay grade E-1 (under four 
months) for the purpose of determining his eligibility to receive 
allowances for subsistence or for travel and transportation, or to 
receive any benefit under title IV of the Career Compensation Act 
of 1949, as amended; and 
"(3) be deemed to be a member of a reserve component called 
or ordered into active service for extended service in excess of 
thirty days for the purpose of determining eligibility for any 
benefit made available to members of reserve components by the 
Act entitled 'An Act to provide for members of the reserve com-
ponents of the Armed Forces who suffer disability or death from 
injuries incurred while engaged in active duty training for 
periods- of less than thirty days or while engaged in active duty 
training', approved June 20, 1949 (63 Stat. 201), except that (A) 
no such person shall be entitled to any benefit under section 621 of 
the National Service Life Insurance Act of 1940, as amended, and 
(B) the indemnity accorded to such person under the Service-
men's Indemnity Act of 1951, as amended, shall terminate thirty 
days after the release of such person from such period of active 
duty for training. 
Except as specifically provided by this subsection, no person shall 
become entitled, by reason of his performance of a period of active 
duty for training required by clause (1) of subsection (c) of this sec-
tion, to any right, benefit, or privilege provided by law for persons 
who have performed active duty in the Armed Forces. 
"(e) The National Security Training Commission shall advise the 
President and the Secretary of Defense, and shall report annually to 
the Congress, with respect to the welfare of persons performing 
periods of active duty for training under clause (1) of subsection (c) 
of this section, but shall have no authority with respect to the military 
training of such persons during such periods. 
Within sixty days 
after the date of enactment of the Reserve Forces Act of 1955, the 
National Security Training Commission shall submit to the Secretary 
of Defense a program containing recommendations for the personal 
safety, health, welfare, and morals of the members of the Ready 
62 Stat. 604; 65 
Stat. 75. 
5 0 u s e 
app. 
451. 
Pay, allowances, 
and benefits. 
63 Stat. 816. 
37 u s e 271-285. 
65 Stat. 36. 
38 u s e 822. 
65 Stat. 33. 
38 u s e 851 note. 
National Security 
Training eommis-
sion. 
A d v i c e and re-
port. 
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Reemployment 
r i g h t s and bene-
fits. 
62 Stat. 614. 
50 U S C app. 
459. 
58 Stat. 387. 
5 u s e 851 note. 
Release from ac-
tive duty. 
Annual total. 
Enlistments. 
Reserve while performing such active duty for training, including 
regulations concerning the dispensing of alcoholic beverages on train-
ing establishments, in conformity with the laws of the several States. 
"(f) Any person who completes satisfactorily the period of active 
duty for training required of him by clause (1) of subsection (c) 
of this section during any enlistment pursuant to this section shall 
be entitled, upon application for reemployment within sixty days 
after (A) his release from such required period of active duty for 
training after satisfactory completion thereof, or (B) his discharge 
from hospitalization incident to such duty continuing after such 
release for a period of not more than six months, to all reemployment 
rights and benefits provided by section 9 of the Universal Military 
Training and Service Act for individuals inducted under the provi-
sions of such Act, except that (1) any person so restored to a position 
in accordance with the provisions of this section shall not be dis-
charged from such position without cause within six months after 
such restoration, and (2) no reemployment rights granted by this 
subsection shall entitle any person to retention, preference, or displace-
ment rights over a veteran with a superior claim under the Veterans 
Preference Act of 1944, as amended. 
"SEC. 263. (a) Until July 1,1957, the Secretaries of the Army, Navy, 
and Air Force with the approval of the Secretary of Defense (and the 
Secretary of the Treasury with respect to the United States Coast 
Guard) may provide by regulations, which shall be as nearly uniform 
as practicable, for the release from active duty in the Armed Forces 
prior to serving the periods for which inducted or enlisted, but in 
no case before serving a minimum of twelve months, of individuals 
who w^ere on active duty in the Armed Forces on the date of enactment 
of the Reserve Forces Act of 1955 and who volunteer for transfer to 
units of the Army Reserve, Naval Reserve, Marine Corps Reserve, 
Air Force Reserve, or Coast Guard Reserve. Each such individual 
shall be required to participate in the Ready Reserve under the pro-
visions of section 208 (f) of this Act for a period which, when added 
to the period of his active duty, totals four years. The total number of 
individuals released from active duty under this subsection shall not 
exceed one hundred and fifty thousand annually. 
" (b) Until July 1,1957, the Secretaries of the Army, Navy, and Air 
Force, with the approval of the Secretary of Defense (and the Secre-
tary of the Treasury with respect to the United States Coast Guard) 
may accept enlistments in units of the Army Reserve, Naval Reserve, 
Marine Corps Reserve, Air Force Reserve, and Coast Guard Reserve 
for a period of one year from individuals released from active duty 
after the date of enactment of the Reserve Forces Act of 1955. 
Persons 
so enlisting shall be required during such enlistments to participate 
in the Ready Reserve under the provisions of section 208 (f) of this 
Act." 
UNIVERSAL MILITARY TRAINING AND SERVICE ACT AMENDMENTS 
Eight-year obli-
gation. 
50 u s e app. 454. 
SEC. 3. (a) Section 4 (d) (3) of the Universal Military Training 
and Service Act, as amended, is amended by striking out the first sen-
tence thereof and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "Each person 
who, subsequent to the date of enactment of this paragraph and on or 
before the date of enactment of the Reserve Forces Act of 1955, is 
inducted, enlisted, or appointed, under any provision of law, in the 
Armed Forces, including the reserve components thereof, or in the 
National Security Training Corps prior to attaining the twenty-sixth 
anniversary of his birth, shall be required to serve on active training 
and service in the Armed Forces or in training in the National Security 
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Training Corps, and in a reserve component, for a total period of eight 
years, unless sooner discharged on the grounds of personal hardship, 
in accordance with regulations and standards prescribed by the Secre-
tary of Defense (or the Secretary of the Treasury with respect to the 
United States Coast Guard). 
Each person who, subsequent to the date 
of enactment of the Reserve Forces Act of 1955, is inducted, enlisted, 
or appointed, under any provision of law, in the Armed Forces, includ-
ing the reserve components thereof, except a person enlisting pursuant 
to the provisions of section 262 of the Armed Forces Reserve Act of 
1952, or a person deferred under the next to the last sentence of section 
6 (d) (1) of this Act, as amended, prior to attaining the twenty-sixth 
anniversary of his birth, shall be required to serve on active training 
and service in the Armed Forces and in a reserve component, for a 
total period of six years, unless sooner discharged on the grounds of 
personal hardship, in accordance AVith regulations and standards 
prescribed by the Secretary of Defense (or the Secretary of the Treas-
ury with respect to the United States Coast Guard)." 
(b) Section 6 (c) (2) of such Act, as amended (50 U. S. C. App. 
456 (c) (2)), is amended by— 
(1) adding at the end of clause (A) thereof the following new 
sentence: "No such person who has completed eight years of satis-
factory service as a member of an organized unit of the National 
Guard, and who during such service has performed active duty 
for training with an armed force for not less than three consecu-
tive months, shall be liable for induction for training and service 
under this Act, except after a declaration of war or national 
emergency made by the Congress after the date of enactment of 
the Reserve Forces Act of 1955/'; 
(2) striking out in clause (B) thereof the words "or clause 
(A)" and inserting in lieu thereof a comma and the words "or 
clause (A), clause (C), or clause (D)"; and 
(3) adding at the end thereof the following new clauses: 
"(C) Whenever the President determines that the enlisted 
strength of the Ready Reserve of the Army Reserve, Naval Re-
serve, Marine Corps Reserve, Air Force Reserve, or Coast Guard 
Reserve cannot be maintained at the level which he determines 
to be necessary in the interest of national defense, he may author-
ize the acceptance of enlistments in organized units of such Ready 
Reserve under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense. 
Enlistments authorized by this clause may be accepted only (i) 
within quotas prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, and (ii) 
from persons who have not been ordered to report for induction 
under this Act and who have not attained the age of eighteen years 
and six months. Any person so enlisted shall be deferred from 
training and service under this Act so long as he continues to serve 
satisfactorily as a member of an organized unit of such Ready 
Reserve. 
No person deferred under the provisions of this clause 
shall by reason of such deferment be liable for training and service 
in the Armed Forces by reason of subsection (h) of this section 
after he has attained the twenty-eighth anniversary of the date 
of his birth. 
"(D) Within the quotas prescribed pursuant to section 262 of 
the Armed Forces Reserve Act of 1952, as amended, each person 
deferred pursuant to the provisions of clause (C) hereof may 
volunteer to perform a period of active duty for training pursuant 
to clause (1) of subsection (c) thereof subject to the provisions 
of subsection (d) of such section. 
No such person who has com-
pleted eight years of satisfactory service as a member of an or-
ganized unit of the Ready Reserve, and who during such service 
Six-year 
tion« 
obliga-
Ante, p. 600. 
Post, p. 604. 
National G u a r d 
service. 
A c c e p t ance of 
enlistments. 
Ante, p. 600. 
604 
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U n s a t i sfactory 
service i n Ready 
Reserve. 
Ante, p. 600. 
Commissions. 
Revocation. 
Deferment. 
has performed such period of active duty for training, shall be 
liable for induction for training and service under this Act, except 
after a declaration of war or national emergency made by the 
Congress after the date of enactment of this clause. 
"(E) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the 
President, under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe, 
may provide that any person enlisted or appointed in the Ready 
Reserve of any reserve component of the Armed Forces pursuant 
to authority conferred by this subsection or under section 262 of 
the Armed Forces Reserve Act of 1952, as amended, who fails 
to serve satisfactorily as a member of such Ready Reserve may be 
selected for training and service and inducted into the armed 
force of which such reserve component is a part, prior to the selec-
tion and induction of other persons liable therefor.". 
(c) Section 6 (d) (1) of such Act (50 U. S. C, App. 456 (d) (1)) 
is amended by— 
(1) striking out in clause (C) of the first sentence thereof the 
words "subsection (d) of section 4 of this title", and inserting in 
lieu thereof the words "the first sentence of section 4 (d) (3) of 
this Act, or until the sixth anniversary of the receipt of a com-
mission in accordance with his obligation under the second sen-
tence of section 4 (d) (3) of this Act"; and 
(2) inserting at the end thereof the following: "Upon the suc-
cessful completion by any person of the required course of instruc-
tion under any program listed in clause (A) of the first sentence 
of this paragraph, such person shall be tendered a commission in 
the appropriate reserve component of the Armed Forces if he is 
otherwise qualified for such appointment. 
If, at the time of 
such appointment, the armed force in which such person is com-
missioned does not require his service on active duty in fulfillment 
of the obligation undertaken by him in compliance with clause (B) 
of the first sentence of this paragraph, such person shall be ordered 
to active duty for training with such armed force in the grade in 
which he was commissioned for a period of six months. 
Upon 
completion of such period of active duty for training, such per-
son shall be returned to inactive duty and shall be assigned to 
an appropriate reserve unit until the eighth anniversary of the 
receipt of a commission pursuant to the provisions of this section. 
So long as such person performs satisfactory service in such unit, 
as determined under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of 
Defense, he shall be deferred from training and service under 
the provisions of this Act. 
If such person fails to perform satis-
factory service in such unit, and such failure is not excused under 
regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, his commission 
may be revoked by the Secretary of the military department 
concerned." 
(d) Section 6 (d) (2) of such Act is amended by adding at the end 
thereof the following: "Any person heretofore or hereafter enlisted 
in the Army Reserve, the Naval Reserve, the Marine Corps Reserve, 
the Air Force Reserve, or the Coast Guard Reserve who thereafter 
has been or may be commissioned therein upon graduation from an 
Officers' Candidate School of such Armed Force shall, if not ordered 
to active duty as a commissioned officer, be deferred from training 
and service under the provisions of this Act so long as he performs 
satisfactory service as a commissioned officer in an appropriate unit 
of the Ready Reserve, as determined under regulations prescribed 
by the Secretary of the department concerned. 
If such person fails 
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to perform satisfactory service in such unit, and such failure is not 
excused under such regulations, his commission may be revoked by 
such Secretary." 
Approved August 9, 1955. 
Public Law 306 
CHAPTER 
666 
AN ACT 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code. 
August 9, 1955 
[H.R. 542] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assenibled^ That the terms 
used in this Act shall have the same meaning as when used in the 
Internal Revenue Code. 
SEC. 2. COLLECTION OF INCOME TAX AT SOURCE ON WAGES. 
Section ,3402 of the Internal Revenue Code is hereby amended as 
follows: 
(a) By inserting "(except as provided in subsection (j))" immedi-
ately after the words "shall deduct and withhold upon such wages" 
in subsection (a) thereof; and 
(b) By adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: 
"(j) 
NONCASH REMUNERATION TO RETAIL COMMISSION SALESMAN.— 
In the case of remuneration paid in any medium other than cash 
for services performed by an individual as a retail salesman for a 
person, where the service performed by such individual for such 
person is ordinarily performed for remuneration solely by way of 
cash commission an employer shall not be required to deduct or with-
hold any tax under this subchapter with respect to such remuneration, 
provided that such employer hies with the Secretary or his delegate 
such information with respect to such remuneration as the Secretary 
or his delegate may by regulation prescribe." 
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
The amendment made by section 2 shall be applicable only with 
respect to remuneration paid after the date of enactment of this Act. 
Approved August 9, 1955. 
68A Stat. 457. 
26 u s e 3402. 
Public Law 307 
CHAPTER 667 
AN ACT 
To convey by quitclaim deed certain land to the State of Texas. 
August 9,1955 
[H.R. 593] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary 
of the Army is hereby authorized to convey by quitclaim deed to the 
State of Texas, for public park and recreational purposes only, such 
areas within the portion of Whitney Dam and Reservoir project, 
Texas, designated by the Corps of Engineers as Towash Park and 
designated by the State of Texas Parks Board as Lake Whitney State 
Park, as he shall deem essential to provide building sites for perma-
nent buildings and other improvements for public park and recrea-
tional purposes, but not to exceed one hundred acres, at fair market 
value as determined by him, which in no event shall be less than the 
cost to the Government of acquiring such areas, and under such terms 
and conditions as he shall deem advisable to assure that the use of 
Lake 
W h i t n e y 
State Park, Tex. 
Conveyance.