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An Act to reemphasize trade development as the primary purpose of title I of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954
PL 84-387 (S.2253), enacted 08/12/1955

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PUBLIC LAW 388-AUG. 12, 1955 
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SEC. (). There are hereby authorized to be appropriated for con-
struction of the Trinity River division $225,000,000, plus or minus 
such amounts, if any, as may be justified by reason of ordinary 
fluctuations 
in construction costs as indicated by engineering cost 
indexes applicable to the type of construction involved herein, and, 
in addition thereto, such sums as may be required to carry out the 
provisions of section 5 of this Act and to operate and maintain the 
said development. 
Approved August 12, 1955. 
Appropriation. 
Public Law 387 
CHAPTER 873 
AN ACT 
To reempbasize trade development as the primary purpose of title I of the 
Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954. 
August 12, 1955 
[S, 2253] 
Be it enojcted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled. That section 103 (b) 
of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 is 
amended by striking out "$700,000,000-' and inserting in lieu thereof 
""$1,500,000,000. This limitation shall not be apportioned by year or 
by country, but shall be considered as an objective as well as a limita-
tion, to be reached as rapidly as possible so long as the purposes of 
this Act can be achieved within the safeguards established." 
SEC. 2. Section 106 of such Act is amended by adding the following: 
"The Secretary of Agriculture is also authorized to determine the 
nations with whom agreements shall be negotiated, and to determine 
the commodities and quantities thereof which may be included in the 
negotiations with each country after advising with other agencies of 
Government affected and within broad policies laid down by the Presi-
dent for implementing this Act." 
Approved August 12, 1955. 
A gri c u l t u r e I 
trade developments 
68 Stat. 456. 
7 u s e 170 3(b). 
68 Stat. 457. 
7 u s e 1706. 
Public Law 388 
CHAPTER 
874 
AN ACT 
August 12, 1955 
[H. R. 6182] 
To amend the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 to 
make temporary provision for making payments in lieu of taxes with respect 
to certain real property transferred by the Reconstruction Finance Corpora-
tion and its subsidiaries to other Government departments. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and, House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the table of tran**8ffr?ed^f%m 
contents contained in the first section of the Federal Property and RFC. 
Administrative Services Act of 1949 is hereby amended by inserting st^f. Issl* ^^^' ^^ 
immediately below "Sec. 605. Effective date." 
40 use 47 mote, 
the follow^ing: 
"TITLE 
VII—PROPERTY TRANSFERRED FROM THE RECONSTRUCTION 
FINANCE CORPORATION 
"Sec. 
"Sec. 
"Sec. 
"Sec. 
"Sec. 
701. Declaration of Policy. 
702. Definitions. 
703. Property transferred by the Reconstruction Finance Cor-
poration. 
704. Limitations. 
705. Effective date." 
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An Act to repeal the manufacturers excise tax on motorcycles
PL 84-379 (H.R.5647), enacted 08/12/1955

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PUBLIC LAW 380-AUG. 12, 1955 
709 
(a) a statement of each claim submitted to the Secretary of the 
Army in accordance with this Act which has not been settled by 
him, with supporting papers and a report of his findings of facts 
and recommendations; and 
(b) a report of each claim settled by him and paid pursuant to 
this Act. The reports shall contain a brief statement concern-
ing the character and justice of each claim, the amount claimed, 
and the amount approved and paid. 
SEC. 11. Attorney and agent fees shall be paid out of the awards 
hereunder. Xo attorney or agent on account of services rendered in 
connection with each claim shall receive in excess of 10 per centum 
of the amount paid, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. 
Whoever violates the provisions of this Act shall be fined a sum 
not to exceed $5,000. 
SEC. 12. If any particular provision of this Act or the application 
thereof to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the remainder 
of the Act shall not be affected thereby. 
Approved August 12, 1955. 
Att o r n e y a n d 
agent fees. 
Penalty for vio-
1 ations. 
Separability; 
Public Law 379 
CHAPTER 865 
AN ACT 
To repeal the miuiufacturers excise tax on motorcycles. 
August 12, 1955 
[H. R. 5647] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Rejyresentatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 4061 
(a) (2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 (relating to tax on 
certain motor vehicles) is hereby amended by striking out "Motor-
cycles.". 
SEC. 2. The amendment made by the first section of this Act shall 
apply only with respect to articles sold on or after the first day of the 
first month which begins more than ten days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
Approved August 12, 1955. 
68A Stat. 481. 
26 u s e 4061. 
Public Law 380 
CHAPTER 866 
^^ ^^^ 
August 12, 1955 
To provide for the granting of career-conditional and career appointments to 
[S. 1849] 
certain qualified employees. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and Hmise of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the appoint-
ment of each employee of the Federal Government or the municipal 
government of the District of Columbia who— 
(1) on the effective date of this Act is serving under an indefi-
nite or temporary appointment in a position in the competitive 
civil service other than a position for which the salary is fixed by 
the Postal Field Service Compensation Act of 1955 (Public Law 
68, Eighty-fourth Congress); 
(2) on January 23, 1955, was serving in a position in the com-
petitive civil service; 
(3) from January 23, 1955, to the effective date of this Act, 
served in a position or positions in the competitive civil service 
without break in service; 
(4) (A) during the period beginning June 3,1950, and ending 
January 23, 1955, passed a qualifying examination for a position 
Government en> 
ployees. 
C a r e et^condi-
tional and career 
appo int me nt s. 
Ante, p. 88<
An Act to remit the duty on certain bells to be imported for addition to the carillons of  The Citadel, Charleston, S. C.
PL 84-331 (H.R.6122), enacted 08/09/1955

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PUBLIC LAW 329-AUG. 9, 1955 
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Public Law 329 
CHAPTER 689 
August 9, 1955 
AN ACT 
[H. R. 6102] 
rjiy change the name of Garza-Little Elm Dam, located in Denton County, 
Texas, to Lewisville Dam. 
LewlsvlUe Dam, 
Tex. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the dam, known 
as Garza-Little Elm Dam, in Denton County, Texas, shall hereafter 
be known as lewisville Dam and any law, regulation, document, or 
record of the United States in which such dam is designated or 
referred to under the name Garza-Little Elm Dam shall be held to 
refer to such dam under and by the name of Lewisville Dam. 
Approved August 9,1955. 
Aiigust 9, 1955 
[H. R. 6122] 
The Citadel, S.C. 
Carillon bells. 
Public Law 331 
CHAPTER 691 
AN ACT 
To remit the duty on certain bells to be imported for addition to the carillons of 
The Citadel, Charleston, South Carolina. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary 
of the Treasury is authorized and directed to admit free of duty twelve 
bells imported for addition to the carillons possessed by The Citadel, 
an educational institution situated in Charleston, South Carolina. 
Approved August 9, 1955. 
Public Law 330 
CHAPTER 690 
August 9, 1955 
[H. R. 6590] 
Government em-
ployment. 
Disloyalty pro-
hibition, etc. 
Affidavit. 
AN ACT 
To prohibit the employment by the Government of the United States of persons 
who are disloyal or who participate in or assert the right to strike against 
the Government of the United States, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That no person shall 
accept or hol.d office or employment in the Government of the United 
States or any agency thereof, including wholly owned Government 
corporations, who— 
(1) advocates the overthrow of our constitutional form of 
government in the United States; 
(2) is a member of an organization that advocates the over-
throw of our constitutional form of government in the United 
States, knowing that such organization so advocates; 
(3) participates in any strike or asserts the right to strike 
against the Government of the United States or such agency; or 
(4) is a member of an organization of Government employees 
that asserts the right to strike against the Government of the 
United States or such agencies, knowing that such organization 
asserts such right. 
SEC. 2. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), every person who 
accepts office or employment in the Government of the United States 
after the date of enactment of this Act, shall, not later than sixty days 
after he accepts such office or employment, execute an affidavit that his 
acceptance and holding of such office or employment does not or (if the 
affidavit is executed prior to acceptance of such office or employment)
An Act to change the name of Garza Little Elm Dam, located in Denton County, Tex., to Lewisville Dam
PL 84-329 (H.R.6102), enacted 08/09/1955

624 
PUBLIC LAW 329-AUG. 9, 1955 
[69 S T A T 
Public Law 329 
CHAPTER 689 
August 9, 1955 
AN ACT 
[H. R. 6102] 
rjiy change the name of Garza-Little Elm Dam, located in Denton County, 
Texas, to Lewisville Dam. 
LewlsvlUe Dam, 
Tex. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the dam, known 
as Garza-Little Elm Dam, in Denton County, Texas, shall hereafter 
be known as lewisville Dam and any law, regulation, document, or 
record of the United States in which such dam is designated or 
referred to under the name Garza-Little Elm Dam shall be held to 
refer to such dam under and by the name of Lewisville Dam. 
Approved August 9,1955. 
Aiigust 9, 1955 
[H. R. 6122] 
The Citadel, S.C. 
Carillon bells. 
Public Law 331 
CHAPTER 691 
AN ACT 
To remit the duty on certain bells to be imported for addition to the carillons of 
The Citadel, Charleston, South Carolina. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary 
of the Treasury is authorized and directed to admit free of duty twelve 
bells imported for addition to the carillons possessed by The Citadel, 
an educational institution situated in Charleston, South Carolina. 
Approved August 9, 1955. 
Public Law 330 
CHAPTER 690 
August 9, 1955 
[H. R. 6590] 
Government em-
ployment. 
Disloyalty pro-
hibition, etc. 
Affidavit. 
AN ACT 
To prohibit the employment by the Government of the United States of persons 
who are disloyal or who participate in or assert the right to strike against 
the Government of the United States, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That no person shall 
accept or hol.d office or employment in the Government of the United 
States or any agency thereof, including wholly owned Government 
corporations, who— 
(1) advocates the overthrow of our constitutional form of 
government in the United States; 
(2) is a member of an organization that advocates the over-
throw of our constitutional form of government in the United 
States, knowing that such organization so advocates; 
(3) participates in any strike or asserts the right to strike 
against the Government of the United States or such agency; or 
(4) is a member of an organization of Government employees 
that asserts the right to strike against the Government of the 
United States or such agencies, knowing that such organization 
asserts such right. 
SEC. 2. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), every person who 
accepts office or employment in the Government of the United States 
after the date of enactment of this Act, shall, not later than sixty days 
after he accepts such office or employment, execute an affidavit that his 
acceptance and holding of such office or employment does not or (if the 
affidavit is executed prior to acceptance of such office or employment)
An Act to convey by quitclaim deed certain land to the State of Texas
PL 84-307 (H.R.593), enacted 08/09/1955

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PUBLIC LAW 307-AUG. 9, 1955 
605 
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.
An Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code
PL 84-306 (H.R.542), enacted 08/09/1955

69 S T A T . ] 
PUBLIC LAW 307-AUG. 9, 1955 
605 
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.
An Act to amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended
PL 84-288 (S.2511), enacted 08/09/1955

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PUBLIC LAW 288-AUG. 9, 1955 
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after shall include the following described land comprising approxi-
mately one hundred and fifty-five acres, which the Secretary of the 
Interior is authorized to procure in such manner as he shall find to be 
in the public interest: 
SIXTH PRINCIPAL, MERIDIAN 
Township 53 north, range 65 west, section 18, south half northeast 
quarter, southeast quarter northwest quarter, north half southeast 
quarter, those parts lying north of and within a loop of the left bank 
of the Belle Fourche Eiver; southwest quarter northwest quarter, that 
part lying west of the left bank of the Belle Fourche River; 
Township 53 north, range 66 west, section 13, south half northeast 
quarter. 
SEC. 2. For land exchange purposes, the Secretary of the Interior 
is authorized to accept title to any land or interests therein situated 
within the area added to the national monument by this Act, and, in 
exchange for land or interests therein so accepted, to convey any 
national monument land or interests therein of approximately equal 
value situated in the northeast quarter of section 18, township 53 
north, range 65 west, and lying east of the Belle Fourche River. 
National monument lands so conveyed for exchange purposes shall be 
excluded from the national monument. 
Approved August 9, 1955, 
August 9, 1955 
[S. 2511] 
Rice. 
52 Stat. 60. 
7 u s e 1352. 
Public Law 288 
CHAPTER 648 
AN ACT 
To amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 as amended. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of AmeHca in Congress assembled, That section 352 
of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, is amended 
by striking out the period at the end of the first sentence thereof and 
inserting: ": Provided, however. That for 1956 no national acreage 
allotment shall be established which is less than 85 per centum of the 
final allotment established for the immediately preceding year.". 
Approved August 9, 1955. 
August 9, 1955 
[S. 2514] 
West River. 
N o n n a v i g able 
stream. 
Public Law 289 
CHAPTER 649 
AN ACT 
To declare the portion of the waterway of West Haven and New Haven, Connecti-
cut, liuown as the West River, northerly of a line running north 85 degrees 
54 minutes 43.5 seconds east from a point whose coordinates in the Corps of 
Engineers Harbor Line System are north 4,616.76 and west 9,450.80, a non-
navigable stream. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled. That the portion of 
the waterway in which is located the West River in the town of West 
Haven, Connecticut, and the city of New Haven, Connecticut, lying 
northerly of a line extending north 85 degrees 54 minutes 43.5 seconds 
east, from a point (1,158.535 feet from the most westerly corner of the 
existing bulkhead and pier line) whose coordinates in the Corps of 
Engineers Harbor Line System are north 4,616.76 and west 9,450.80, 
is hereby declared to be a nonnavigable water of the LTnited States