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An Act to increase the borrowing power of Commodity Credit Corporation
PL 83-754 (H.R.9756), enacted 08/31/1954

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the total use of water to which the State of California is entitled as 
limited by said compact, statutes, contract, and treaty. 
SEC. 6. Neither the enactment of this Act nor anything contained 
in it nor any action taken pursuant to it shall be deemed a recogni-
tion or admission of any obligation or liability whatsoever to the Palo 
Verde Irrigation District on the part of the United States. 
SEC. 7. All costs incurred under authority of this Act, except those 
to be repaid by the Palo Verde Irrigation District, shall be nonreim-
bursable. 
SEC. 8. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any 
moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of 
$7,099,000. 
Approved August 31, 1954. 
Nonliability. 
Nonreimbtjrs atile 
costs. 
Appropriation. 
Public Law 753 
CHAPTER 1171 
AN ACT 
To amend Revised Statutes 4426. 
August 31, 19£;4 
[H. R. 8647] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States 
of America 
in Congress assenibled^ That Revised 
Statutes 4426, as amended, is further amended by inserting a colon and 
the following before the period at the end of the third sentence: 
'"Provided., hoioever., That, until June JiO, 1956, no vessel registered or 
licensed as a vessel of the United States of fifteen gross tons or less on 
December 31, 1953, shall be deemed to be subject to the inspection 
provisions of this section notwithstanding the fact that such vessel 
may thereafter be found to have a tonnage in excess of fifteen gross 
tons, unless such finding results from an alteration in the length, 
breadth, or depth affected after December 31,1953." 
Approved August 31, 1954. 
46 u s e 404. 
I n s p e c t i o n of 
vessels. 
Public Law 754 
CHAPTER 1172 
AN ACT 
To increase tlie borrowing power of Commodity Credit Corporation. 
August 31, 1954 
[H. R. 9756] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled., That section 4 of 
the Act approved March 8, 1938 (52 Stat. 108), as amended, is 
amended by striking out "$8,500,000,000" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"$10,000,000,000". 
SEC. 2. Section 4 (i) of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter 
Act (62 Stat. 1070), as amended, is amended by striking out $8,500,-
000,000" and inserting in lieu thereof "$10,000,000,000". 
SEC. 3. (a) Section 8e of the Agricultural Adjustment Act (of 
1933), as amended, and as reenacted and amended by the Agricultural 
Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, as amended, is amended by insert-
ing after "avocados" a comma and the word "mangoes". 
(b) The amendment made by this section shall become effective 
upon the enactment of this Act or upon the enactment of the Agri-
cultural Act of 1954, whichever occurs later. 
Approved August 31, 1954. 
C o m i n o d i t 3 ^ 
Credit Corporationi. 
B orro wing p o weii 
15 u s e 713a-4. 
Ante, p. 30. 
15 u s e 714b(i). 
Imp ort ation of 
mangoes. 
Ante, p. 907.
An Act for the relief of the Federal Republic of Germany
PL 83-758 (H.R.9988), enacted 08/31/1954

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PUBLIC LAW 756-AUG. 31, 1954 
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56 Stat. 196. 
Applicability. 
the District of Columbia Circuit in accordance with the provisions of 
section 8 of the Act approved April 1, 1942 (sec. 11-773, D. C. Code, 
1951 edition)." 
SEC. 2. This Act shall apply only to decisions or orders of the 
above enumerated agencies rendered or entered on or after the effective 
date of this Act. 
Approved August 31, 1954. 
Public Law 756 
CHAPTER 1174 
August 31, 1954 
[H. R. 9115] 
Merchant marine 
c h ^ e l funds. 
Investment. 
62 Stat. 172. 
AN ACT 
To provide that contributions received under Public Law 485, Eightietli Congress, 
for the construction of a merchant marine chapel shall be invested in Govern-
ment obligations i)ending their use for such construction. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That funds accepted 
under Public Law 485, Eightieth Congress, as contributions to assist 
in defraying the cost of construction of the chapel provided for in 
that Act shall be invested by the Secretary of the Treasury in bonds 
or other obligations of, or in bonds or other obligations guaranteed 
as to principal and interest by, the United States, until such funds 
are needed for the purpose for which they were contributed. 
The 
yield obtained from such investments shall be considered to be a 
part of such funds. 
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Approved August 31, 1954, 
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August 31, 1954 
[H. R. 9868] 
Public Law 757 
CHAPTER 1175 
AN ACT 
To amend the Merchant Ship Sales Act of 1946 to provide for the charter of 
passenger ships in the domestic trade. 
(f). 
64 Stat. 309. 
50USCapp. 1738 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
Umted States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 5 (f) 
(1) of the Merchant Ship Sales Act, as amended, is amended by in-
serting before the period at the end thereof a comma and the follow-
ing: "and may charter any war-built passenger vessel owned by the 
United States for use in the domestic trade of the United States, under 
the conditions i)rescribed for the charter of war-built cargo vessels in 
subsection (e) of this section". 
Approved August 31, 1954. 
August 31, 1954 
[H. R. 9988] 
G e r m a n 
E m-
bassy. 
Appropri ation. 
Ante, p. 804. 
Public Law 758 
CHAPTER 1176 
AN ACT 
For the relief of the Federal Republic of Germany. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That in order to 
enable the Federal Republic of Germany to acquire and maintain a 
German Embassy in the District of Columbia, there is hereby author-
ized to be appropriated not to exceed $300,000. 
Approved August 31, 1954. 
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An Act to provide emergency credit
PL 83-727 (S.3245), enacted 08/31/1954

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PUBLIC LAW 72 7-AUG. 31, 1954 
999 
any specified class of information, allegation, or complaint: Provided^ 
That the provisions of this section shall not limit, in any way, the exist-
ing authority of the military departments to investigate persons or 
offenses over which the Armed Forces have jurisdiction under the Uni-
form Code of Military Justice: Provided further^ That the provisions 
of this section shall not limit, in any way, the primary authority of 
the Postmaster General to investigate postal offenses. 
SEC. 2. Section 3056 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by 
striking out the following: "detect and arrest any person violating 
any laws of the United States directly concerning official matters 
administered by and under the direct control of the Treasury 
Department;". 
Approved August 31, 1954. 
64 Stat, 107. 
50 u s e 551-741. 
62 Stat. 818. 
Public Law 726 
CHAPTER 1144 
AN ACT 
To modify the Act of October 8, 1940 (54 Stat. 1020) and the Act of July 24, 
1947 (61 Stat. 418) with respect to the recoupment of certain public school 
construction costs in Minnesota. 
August 3 1 , 1954 
[S.3108] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That, eff'ective on 
July 1, 1954, the recoupment requirements of the Act of October 8, 
1940 (54 Stat. 1020) and the Act of July 24, 1947 (61 Stat. 418), shall 
become inapplicable to the unrecouped balances of funds expended 
pursuant to such Acts. 
Approved August 31, 1954. 
Minnesota. 
School costs. 
Public Law 727 
CHAPTER 1145 
AN ACT 
To provide emergency credit. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That until June 
30, 1955, the Secretary is authorized to make emergency loans for 
any agricultural purposes, except for refinancing of existing indebted-
ness, aggregating not to exceed $15,000,000 to farmers and stockmen 
in any area or areas where the Secretary determines that there is a 
need for such credit which cannot be met for a temporary period from 
commercial banks, cooperative lending agencies, the Farmers Home 
Administration under its regular programs or under the Act of April 
6, 1949, or other responsible sources. 
SEC. 2, Loans under this Act shall (1) be made only to individuals 
or partnerships who are actively engaged in the operation of farms 
or ranches; (2) not exceed $15,000 in the case of any one loan; (3) 
not be made to any one borrower so as to increase the total indebted-
ness of such borroM-er under this Act to an amount in excess of $20,000 
(including principal and accrued interest) ; (4) be made at such 
rates of interest and on such terms and conditions as the Secretary 
shall prescribe for such area or areas; and (5) be secured by the 
personal obligation and available security of the producer or 
producers. 
SEC. 3. The Secretary may utilize the revolving fund created by sec-
tion 84 of the Farm Credit Act of 1933, as amended (12 U. S. C. 
August 31, 1954 
[S. 3245] 
A g r i c u l t u r a l 
loans. 
Emergency.
Joint resolution to authorize the President to proclaim the week of November 28, 1954, through December 4, 1954, as ""National Salvation Army Week""
PL 83-723 (S.J.Res.173), enacted 08/31/1954

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PUBLIC LAW 723-AUG. 31, 1954 
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TRANSITION PROVISIONS 
SEC. 2. (a) As used in this section, unless the context clearly requires 
otherwise— 
(1) "old law" means the unemployment compensation law prior 
to its amendment by this Act; 
(2) "new law-' means the unemployment compensation law as 
amended by this Act; and 
(3) "eiFective date" means the date upon which the new law 
becomes effective. 
(b) The benefit rights of any individual having a benefit year cur-
rent on or after the effective date shall be redetermined and benefits for 
calendar weeks ending subsequent to the effective date shall be paid in 
accordance with the new law: Provided, That no claimant shall have 
his benefits reduced or denied by redetermination resulting from the 
application of this provision. 
All initial and continued claims for 
benefits for weeks occurring within a benefit year which commences 
on or after the effective date shall be computed and paid in accordance 
with the new law. 
EFFECTIVE DATE 
SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect on January 1,1955. 
Approved August 31, 1954. 
Public Law 722 
CHAPTER 1140 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
To approve the conveyance by the Tennessee Valley Authority of certain public-
use terminal properties now owned by the United States. 
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress assemhled., That the Congress, pursuant 
to section 4 (k) (b) of the Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933, 
as amended (55 Stat. 599-600; 16 U. S. C. 831c (k) (b)), hereby 
approves the conveyance by the Tennessee Valley Authority in the 
name of the United States, by deed, lease, or otherwise, for the pur-
poses of said section 4 (k) (b) and on the basis of the fair sale or 
rental value determined by the Tennessee Valley Authority, of the 
public-use terminal properties now owned by the United States and 
in the custody of the Tennessee Valley Authority at Knoxville, Chat-
tanooga, and Harriman, Tennessee, and Decatur and Gunterville, 
Alabama. 
Approved August 31, 1954. 
August 31, 1954 
pS.J. Res. 170] 
TVA. 
Conveyance. 
Public Law 723 
CHAPTER 1141 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
To authorize the President to proclaim the week of November 28, 1954, through 
December 4, 1954, as "National Salvation Army Week". 
AVhereas in October of 1879 a lone woman Salvation Army officer. 
Lieutenant Eliza Shirley, encouraged the formation of an official 
party, comprising seven women officers and Commissioner George 
Scott Railton, to extend the work of the Salvation Army in the 
United States; and 
Whereas today the Salvation Army has grown into a huge operation 
with its three thousand nine hundred and ninety-six officers 
August 31, 1954 
[S.J. Res. 173]
Joint resolution to approve the conveyance by the Tennessee Valley Authority of certain public-use terminal properties now owned by the United States
PL 83-722 (S.J.Res.170), enacted 08/31/1954

68 
S T A T . ] 
PUBLIC LAW 723-AUG. 31, 1954 
997 
TRANSITION PROVISIONS 
SEC. 2. (a) As used in this section, unless the context clearly requires 
otherwise— 
(1) "old law" means the unemployment compensation law prior 
to its amendment by this Act; 
(2) "new law-' means the unemployment compensation law as 
amended by this Act; and 
(3) "eiFective date" means the date upon which the new law 
becomes effective. 
(b) The benefit rights of any individual having a benefit year cur-
rent on or after the effective date shall be redetermined and benefits for 
calendar weeks ending subsequent to the effective date shall be paid in 
accordance with the new law: Provided, That no claimant shall have 
his benefits reduced or denied by redetermination resulting from the 
application of this provision. 
All initial and continued claims for 
benefits for weeks occurring within a benefit year which commences 
on or after the effective date shall be computed and paid in accordance 
with the new law. 
EFFECTIVE DATE 
SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect on January 1,1955. 
Approved August 31, 1954. 
Public Law 722 
CHAPTER 1140 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
To approve the conveyance by the Tennessee Valley Authority of certain public-
use terminal properties now owned by the United States. 
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress assemhled., That the Congress, pursuant 
to section 4 (k) (b) of the Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933, 
as amended (55 Stat. 599-600; 16 U. S. C. 831c (k) (b)), hereby 
approves the conveyance by the Tennessee Valley Authority in the 
name of the United States, by deed, lease, or otherwise, for the pur-
poses of said section 4 (k) (b) and on the basis of the fair sale or 
rental value determined by the Tennessee Valley Authority, of the 
public-use terminal properties now owned by the United States and 
in the custody of the Tennessee Valley Authority at Knoxville, Chat-
tanooga, and Harriman, Tennessee, and Decatur and Gunterville, 
Alabama. 
Approved August 31, 1954. 
August 31, 1954 
pS.J. Res. 170] 
TVA. 
Conveyance. 
Public Law 723 
CHAPTER 1141 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
To authorize the President to proclaim the week of November 28, 1954, through 
December 4, 1954, as "National Salvation Army Week". 
AVhereas in October of 1879 a lone woman Salvation Army officer. 
Lieutenant Eliza Shirley, encouraged the formation of an official 
party, comprising seven women officers and Commissioner George 
Scott Railton, to extend the work of the Salvation Army in the 
United States; and 
Whereas today the Salvation Army has grown into a huge operation 
with its three thousand nine hundred and ninety-six officers 
August 31, 1954 
[S.J. Res. 173]
An Act to increase by 5 per centum the rates of pensions payable to veterans and their dependents.
PL 83-698 (H.R.9962), enacted 08/28/1954

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PUBLIC LAW 697-AUG. 28, 1954 
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Secretary concerned may revoke an election made by him on behalf of 
a mentally incompetent member when it is established to his satisfac-
tion that such election has resulted in undue hardship. 
A retired 
member whose election is revoked under this Act shall have refunded 
to him a sum which represents the difference between the amount by 
which his retired pay has been reduced in accordance with his election 
and the cost of an amount of term insurance which is equal to the 
protection provided his dependents during the period his election was 
in effect. 
A retired member whose election is revoked under this Act 
shall not thereafter be permitted to be covered in any way under the 
Uniformed Services Contingency Option Act of 1953. 
SEC. 2. Terms used in this Act shall have the meaning assigned to 
them by the Uniformed Services Contingency Option Act of 1953. 
SEC. 3. Payments of the refunds authorized by this Act may be made 
from appropriate current appropriations. 
Approved August 28, 1954. 
August 28, 19S4 
[H. R. 9790] 
Public Law 697 
CHAPTER 1048 
AN ACT 
To amend the Act of June 30, 1948, so as to extend for one year the authority 
of the Secretary of the Interior to issue patents for certain public lands in 
Monroe County, Michigan, held under color of title. 
Monroe 
Mich. 
County, 
Land patents. 
^ 67 Stat. 581. 
Effective date. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled.^ That the Act en-
titled "An xlct authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to issue pat-
ents for lands held under color of title", approved June 30,1948 (Pub-
lic Law 856, Eightieth Congress), as amended, is amended by strik-
ing out "within six years after passage of this Act" and inserting in 
lieu thereof "within seven years after passage of this Act". 
SEC. 2. The amendment made by the first section of this Act shall 
take effect as of June 29, 1954. 
Approved August 28, 1964. 
Public Law 698 
CHAPTER 1049 
August 28, 1954 
^^ 
^^^ 
[H. R. 9962] 
To increase by 5 per centum the rates of pension payable to veterans and their 
dependents. 
Veterans' 
iions. 
Increase. 
Effective date. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That (a) all monthly 
rates of pension for disability, age, or death payable to veterans or 
their dependents under any public law administered by the Veterans' 
Administration are hereby increased by 5 per centum, subject to the 
provisions of subsection (b) of this section. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to pension payable under sec-
tions 4756 or 4757 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (38 U. S. C. 
229, 230), the Act of April 27, 1916 (39 Stat. 53), as amended (38 
U. S. C. 391 and the following), or the Act of February 28, 1929 
(45 Stat. 1409). 
SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect on the first day of the second 
calendar month following the date of its enactment. 
Approved August 28, 1954.
An Act to provide survivor benefits for widows of the Chief Justice and the Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States.
PL 83-702 (S.3873), enacted 08/28/1954

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PUBLIC LAW 702-AUG. 28, 1954 
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August 28, 1954 
[S. 3873] 
Public Law 702 
CHAPTER 1053 
AN ACT 
To provide survivor benefits for widows of the Chief Justice and the Associate 
Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
ju^s'ticls!* ^°"'"* United States of America in Congress assembled, That chapter 17 of 
Survivor bene- title 28, of the United States Code, as amended, is amended by adding 
62 Stat. 903. 
at the end thereof the following new section: 
"§ 375. Annuities to widows of the Chief Justice and Associate Jus-
tices of the Supreme Court of the United States 
"(a) The Director of the Administrative Office of the United States 
Courts shall pay to the surviving widow, if any, of a Justice of the 
United States who has died or who dies while in regular active service, 
or who has died or who dies after having retired or resigned under 
the provisions of this chapter, an annuity in the amount payable to 
the beneficiary under the Act of January 14,1937 (50 Stat. 923, chap-
ter 3). 
"(b) An annuity granted under the provisions of this section shall 
accrue monthly and shall be due and payable in monthly installments 
on the first business day of the month following the month for which 
the annuity shall have accrued. 
Such annuity shall commence on 
the first day of the month in which any such Justice dies, or on the 
first day of the month in which this section is enacted, whichever is 
later, and shall terminate upon the death or remarriage of the 
annuitant." 
SEC. 2. The analysis of chapter 17 of title 28, of the United States 
Code, immediately preceding section 371, is amended by inserting at 
the end thereof the following: 
"375. Annuities to widows of the Chief Justice and Associate Justices of the 
•' e 
Supreme Court of the United States." 
Approved August 28, 1954.
Joint resolution fixing the time of assembly of the Eighty-fourth Congress
PL 83-700 (H.J.Res.585), enacted 08/28/1954

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Public Law 699 
CHAPTER 1050 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
Authorizing the President to invite the States of the Union and foreign countries 
to participate in the First International Instrument Congress and Exposition 
to be held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from September 13 to September 2ii, 
1954. 
August 28, 1954 
[H. J. Res. 257] 
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States 
of America 
in Congress assembled, That the President of 
til^\nsttnmttnt 
the United States is authorized, by proclamation or in such other ^^^^^'^^^ ^"'^ ^*" 
manner as he may deem proper, to invite the States of the Union and 
foreign countries to participate in the First International Instrument 
Congress and Exposition, to be held at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 
from September 18 to September 25,1954, inclusive, for the purpose of 
exhibiting instruments and devices for measurement, inspection, test-
ing, and automatic control (including analytical instruments, astro-
nomical instruments, aviation instruments, automatic control valves, 
cameras, drafting instruments, electrical and electronic components, 
electrical and electronic measuring instruments, electronic computers, 
geophysical instruments, machine-shop gages and inspection devices, 
measuring pumps, meteorological instruments, scales and balances, 
servomechanisms, surveying instruments, watches, timers and time-
pieces, and other precision devices and machinery for precision work-
ing), and for the purpose of bringing together buyers and sellers for 
the promotion of foreign and domestic trade and commerce in suclt 
products. 
Approved August 28, 1954. 
Public Law 700 
CHAPTER 1051 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
Fixing the time of assembly of the Eighty-fourth Congress. 
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, That the Eighty-fourth Con-
gress shall assemble at noon on Wednesday, January 6, 1955. 
Approved August 28, 1954. 
August 28, 1954 
[H. J. Res. 585] 
Public Law 701 
CHAPTER 1052 
AN ACT 
To validate certain payments for accrued leave made to members of the Armed 
Forces vpho accepted discharges for the purpose of immediate reenlistment for 
an indefinite period. 
August 28, 1954 
[S. 22] 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
the United States of A^nerica in Congress assembled,. That (a), not- 
OTuda°*i'o^*of 
withstanding the provisions of section 4 (c) of the Armed Forces Leave leavt payment". ° 
Act of 1946, as amended (3T U. S. C. 33 (c)), any payments for accrued 
" ^*^*- ^'*** 
leave heretofore erroneously made to any member of the Armed Forces 
who was discharged after August 31,1946, for the purpose of immedi-
ate reenlistment for an indefinite period are hereby validated. 
(b) The Comptroller General of the United States is hereby author-
ized and directed to allow credit in the accounts of disbursing officers 
for any payment validated by this Act. 
Approved August 28, 1954.