An Act to amend the Export Control Act of 1949 to continue for an additional period of 2 years the authority provided thereunder for the regulation of exports.
PL 84-631 (H.R.9052), enacted 06/29/1956

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of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 is hereby amended by inserting 
at the end thereof 
"Sec. 177. Trademark and trade name expenditures." 
(c) Subsection (a) of section 1016 of the Internal Revenue Code 
of 1954 (relating to adjustments to basis) is hereby amended by 
striking out the period at the end of paragraph (15) and inserting in 
lieu thereof a semicolon, and by adding at the end of such subsection 
the following new paragraph: 
"(16) for amounts allowed as deductions for expenditures 
treated as deferred expenses under section 177 (relating to trade-
mark and trade name expenditures) and resulting in a reduction 
of the taxpayer's taxes under this subtitle, but not less than the 
amounts allowable under such section for the taxable year and 
prior years." 
SEC. 5. LIVESTOCK SOLD ON ACCOUNT OF DROUGHT. 
(a) Section 1033 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 (relating 
to involuntary conversions) is hereby amended by redesignating sub-
section (f) thereof as subsection (g) and by inserting after subsection 
(e) of such section the following new subsection: 
"(f) LIVESTOCK SOLD ON ACCOUNT OF DROUGHT.—For purposes of 
this subtitle, the sale or exchange of livestock (other than poultry) 
held by a taxpayer for draft, breeding, or dairy purposes in excess 
of the number the taxpayer would sell if he followed his usual business 
practices shall be treated as an involuntary conversion to which this 
section applies if such livestock are sold or exchanged by the tax-
payer solely on account of drought." 
(b) The amendment made by this section shall apply with respect 
to taxable years ending after December 31, 1955, but only in the case 
of sales and exchanges of livestock after December 31, 1955. 
Approved June 29, 1956. 
68A Stat. 45. 
68A Stat, 300. 
26 u s e 1016. 
68A Stat. 306. 
2 6 u s e 1033. 
Effective date. 
Public Law 630 
CHAPTER 465 
AN ACT 
Adopting and anthorizinj? the imin-ovement of Rockland Harbor, Maine. 
June 29, 1956 
[S. 1749] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and Ilou^se of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in (•ongtess a-ssenibled^ That the modifica-
tion of the project for im])rovement of Rockland Harbor, Maine, is 
hereby adopted and authorized substantially in accordance with the 
recommendations of the Chief of Engineers contained in Senate Docu-
ment 3s'uinbered 82, Eighty-fourth Congress, first session, at an esti-
mated cost of $710,000, and subject to the conditions set forth therein, 
the work to be prosecuted under the direction of the Secretary of the 
Army and the supervision of the Chief of Engineers. 
SEC. 2. There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may 
be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. 
Approved June 29, 1956. 
Rockland 
bor, Maine. 
Appropriation. 
Public Law 631 
CHAPTER 473 
AN ACT 
To amend tlie Export Control Act of 1949 to continue for an additional period 
of two years the authority provided thereunder for the regulation of exports. 
June 29, 1956 
[H. R. 9052] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assernhled, That section 12 of 
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PUBLIC LAW 63a-JUNE 29, 1956 
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SO u s e 
app. 
2032. 
I r o n a n d steel 
scrE^. 
Survey; reports 
to Congress. 
64 Stat. 819. 
50 U S C a p p . 
2160. 
the Export Control Act of 1949 (63 Stat. 7), as amended by Public 
Law 33, Eighty-second Congress (65 Stat. 43), and Public Law 62, 
Eighty-third Congress (67 Stat. 62), is hereby amended by striking out 
"1956" and inserting in lieu thereof ''"1958". 
SEC. 2. The Secretary of Commerce is hereby directed to immediately 
make a complete survey of the iron and steel scrap available and poten-
tially available and to file with the Congress an interim report within 
three months and a final report not later than January 31, 1957. The 
Secretary may contract with any private organization for the collection 
of information necessary to such survey, but any conclusions or recom-
mendations in any report to the Congress under this section shall be 
made by a full-time officer or employee of the Department of Com-
merce, and no person employed under section 710 (b) of the Defense 
Production Act of 1950, as amended, shall in any manner participate 
in such survey. 
Approved June 29, 1956. 
Public Law 632 
CHAPTER 474 
June 29, 1956 
AN A C T 
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H R 98521 
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i— To extend the Defense Production Act of 11)50, as amended, and for other purposes. 
Defense Produc-
tion Act of 1950, 
amendments. 
65 Stat. 144; 64 
Stat. 822. 
5 0 u s e 
app. 
2166. 
50 u s e 
app. 
2093. 
50 U S C app. 
2162. 
Nickel. 
Report to C o n -
gress. 
5 0 u s e a p p . 
2062. 
Dispersal of in-
dustrial facilities. 
Be it enaoted hy the Senate and Home of Reirresentatives 
of the 
Vnited States of America in Conffress assembled^ That the first sen-
tence of subsection (a) of section 717 of the Defense Production Act of 
1950, as amended, is hereby amended by striking out "June 30, 1956" 
and inserting in lieu tliereof "June 30,1958". 
SEC. 2. Subsection (b) of section 303 of the Defense Production Act 
of 1950, as amended, is hereby amended by striking out "June 30,1963" 
and inserting in lieu thereof "June 30, 1965". 
SEC. 3. Section 712 of the Defense Production Act of 1950 is 
amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: 
"(f) The Secretary of Commerce shall make a special investigation 
and study of the production, allocation, distribution, use of nickel, of 
its resale as scrap, and of other aspects of the current situation with 
respect to supply and marketing of nickel, with particular attention to, 
among other things, the adequacy of the present system of nickel allo-
cation betMeen defense and civilian users. The Secretary of Com-
merce shall consult with the Joint Committee on Defense Production 
during the course of such investigation and study with respect to the 
progress achieved and the results of the investigation and study, and 
shall make an interim report on the results of the investigation and 
study on or before August 15,1956, and shall, on or before December 31, 
1956, make a final report on the results of such investigation and study, 
together with such recommendations as the Secretary of Commerce 
deems advisable. 
Such reports shall be made to the Senate (or to the 
Secretary of the Senate if the Senate is not in session) and to the House 
of Representatives (or to the Clerk of the House of Representatives if 
the House is not in session)." 
SEC. 4. Section 2 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended, 
is hereby amended by inserting at the end thereof the following new 
paragraph: 
"In order to insure productive capacity in the event of such an 
attack on the United States, it is the policy of the Congress to encour-
age the geographical dispersal of the industrial facilities of the United 
States in the interest of the national defense, and to discourage the con-
centration of such productive facilities within limited geographical 
areas which are vulnerable to attack by an enemy of the United States.