An Act to amend section 47 of the National Defense Act concerning the requirement for bond covering certain property issued by the United States for use by Reserve Officers' Training Corps units maintained at educational institutions
PL 83-688 (H.R.7734), enacted 08/28/1954

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PUBUC LAW 688-AUG. 28, 1954 
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of the Interior may, in- his discretion and notwithstanding the pro-
vision of any other law, adjust or cancel any charges, including pen-
alties, which have accrued, or which will hereafter accrue, under Pub-
lic Notice Numbered 5, Milk River project, Montana. 
Approved August 28, 1954. 
August 28, 1954 
[H. R. 7734] 
Public Law 688 
CHAPTER 1039 
AN ACT 
To amend section 47 of the National Defense Act concerning the requirement 
for bond covering certain property issued by the United States for use by 
Reserve Officers' Training Corps units maintained at educational institutions. 
ROTC. 
B o n d for prop-
erty. 
41 Stat. 777. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 47 of 
the National Defense Act, as amended (10 U. S. C. 389), is further 
amended by deleting the last sentence thereof and substituting in lieu 
thereof the following: "The Secretary of the Army, or the Secretary 
of the Air Force in the case of property of the Department of the 
Air Force, shall require a bond or other indemnity in such amount as 
he considers adequate, but in no event less than $5,000, for the care 
and safekeeping of all such Government property issued to an educa-
tional institution, except uniforms, expendable articles, and supplies 
expended in operation, maintenance and instruction." 
A bond with-
out surety thereon may be accepted by the Secretary of the Army 
or the Secretary of the Air Force, provided the institution to which 
the property is issued furnishes to the Secretary concerned satis-
factory evidence of its financial responsibility. 
Approved August 28, 1954. 
August 28, 1954 
[H. R. 8628] 
Public Law 689 
CHAPTER 1040 
AN ACT 
To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to insure that crude silicon carbide imported 
into the United States will continue to be exempt from duty, and with respect 
to the duties applicable to certain prepared fish. 
Silicon carbide. 
46 Stat. 677. 
19 u s e 1201, par. 
1672. 
46 Stat. 633. 
Fish sticks. 
Effectivity. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That paragraph 
1672 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as ameiided, is amended by inserting 
"crude silicon carbide," after "corundum ore,". 
SEC. 2. (a) Paragraph 720 of title I of the Tariff Act of 1930 
(U. S. C, 1952 edition, title 19, sec. 1001, par. 720), is amended by 
adding at the end thereof the following subparagraph: 
"(d) Fish sticks and similar products of any size or shape, fillets, 
or other portions of fish, if breaded, coated with batter, or similarly 
prepared, but not packed in oil or in oil and other substances, whether 
in bulk or in containers of any size or kind, and whether or not 
described or provided for elsewhere in this Act, if uncooked, 20 per 
centum ad valorem; cooked in any degree, 30 per centum ad valorem." 
(b) The foregoing amendment shall enter into effect as soon as 
practicable on a date to be specified by the President in a notice to the 
Secretary of the Treasury follow'ing such negotiations as may be 
necessary to effect a modification or a termination of the international 
obligations of the United States with which the amendment would be 
in conflict. 
Approved August 28, 1954.