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An Act to amend section 405 of the District of Columbia Law Enforcement Act of 1953, to make available to the judges of such District the psychiatric and psychological services provided for in such section
PL 83-592 (H.R.9077), enacted 08/16/1954

730 
PUBLIC LAW 591-AUG. 16, 1954 
[68 ST A T 
August 16, 1954 
[H. R. 8300] 
Public Law 591 
CHAPTER 736 
AN ACT 
To revise the internal revenue laws of the United States. 
[This Act, known as the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, is printed 
as Volume 68A of the United States Statutes at Large.] 
August 16, 1954 
[H. R. 9077] 
Public Law 592 
CHAPTER 737 
AN ACT 
To amend section 405 of the District of Columbia Law Enforcement Act of 1953, 
to make available to the judges of such District the psychiatric and psychologi-
cal services provided for in such section. 
67 Stat. 105. 
D. C. Code 
106. 
24-
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 405 of 
the District of Columbia Law Enforcement Act of 1953 is amended by 
striking "(1) The probation officers" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"(1) In criminal cases, the judges of the district court and the proba-
tion officers". 
Approved August 16, 1954. 
August 16, 1954 
[S. 2389] 
Public Law 593 
CHAPTER 738 
AN ACT 
To amend the Act of December 3, 1942. 
Coast a n d 
detic 
Survey 
cers. 
Benefits* 
Geo-
offi-
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 2 of 
the Act of December 3, 1942 (56 Stat, 1038; 33 U. S. C. 855a), is 
amended to read as follows: 
"Commissioned officers of the Coast and Geodetic Survey who, in 
time of war or, national emergency declared by the President, are 
assigned to duty on projects for the military departments in areas 
determined by the Secretary of Defense to be of immediate military 
hazard, shall, while on such duty, be entitled to the rights and benefits 
provided by law for officers of the Coast and Geodetic Survey who are 
actually transferred to the service of the military departments: Pro-
vided, That the benefits of this section shall be applicable also to com-
missioned officers of the Coast and Geodetic Survey serving in the 
Philippine Islands on December 7, 1941." 
Approved August 16, 1954. 
August 16, 1954 
[S. 3506] 
Public Law 594 
CHAPTER 739 
AN ACT 
To repeal the Act approved September 25, 1914, and to amend the Act approved 
June 12,1934, both relating to alley dwellings in the District of Columbia. 
D. 
C. 
a l l e y 
dwellings. 
Repeals. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act entitled 
"All Act to provide, in the interest of public health, comfort, morals, 
and safety, for the discontinuance of the use as dwellings of buildings 
situated in the alleys in the District of Columbia", approved September 
25, 1914 (38 Stat. 716), as amended (sees. 5-101, 102, D. C. Code, 1951 
edition), is hereby repealed.
An Act to amend the act of December 3, 1942
PL 83-593 (S.2389), enacted 08/16/1954

730 
PUBLIC LAW 591-AUG. 16, 1954 
[68 ST A T 
August 16, 1954 
[H. R. 8300] 
Public Law 591 
CHAPTER 736 
AN ACT 
To revise the internal revenue laws of the United States. 
[This Act, known as the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, is printed 
as Volume 68A of the United States Statutes at Large.] 
August 16, 1954 
[H. R. 9077] 
Public Law 592 
CHAPTER 737 
AN ACT 
To amend section 405 of the District of Columbia Law Enforcement Act of 1953, 
to make available to the judges of such District the psychiatric and psychologi-
cal services provided for in such section. 
67 Stat. 105. 
D. C. Code 
106. 
24-
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 405 of 
the District of Columbia Law Enforcement Act of 1953 is amended by 
striking "(1) The probation officers" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"(1) In criminal cases, the judges of the district court and the proba-
tion officers". 
Approved August 16, 1954. 
August 16, 1954 
[S. 2389] 
Public Law 593 
CHAPTER 738 
AN ACT 
To amend the Act of December 3, 1942. 
Coast a n d 
detic 
Survey 
cers. 
Benefits* 
Geo-
offi-
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 2 of 
the Act of December 3, 1942 (56 Stat, 1038; 33 U. S. C. 855a), is 
amended to read as follows: 
"Commissioned officers of the Coast and Geodetic Survey who, in 
time of war or, national emergency declared by the President, are 
assigned to duty on projects for the military departments in areas 
determined by the Secretary of Defense to be of immediate military 
hazard, shall, while on such duty, be entitled to the rights and benefits 
provided by law for officers of the Coast and Geodetic Survey who are 
actually transferred to the service of the military departments: Pro-
vided, That the benefits of this section shall be applicable also to com-
missioned officers of the Coast and Geodetic Survey serving in the 
Philippine Islands on December 7, 1941." 
Approved August 16, 1954. 
August 16, 1954 
[S. 3506] 
Public Law 594 
CHAPTER 739 
AN ACT 
To repeal the Act approved September 25, 1914, and to amend the Act approved 
June 12,1934, both relating to alley dwellings in the District of Columbia. 
D. 
C. 
a l l e y 
dwellings. 
Repeals. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act entitled 
"All Act to provide, in the interest of public health, comfort, morals, 
and safety, for the discontinuance of the use as dwellings of buildings 
situated in the alleys in the District of Columbia", approved September 
25, 1914 (38 Stat. 716), as amended (sees. 5-101, 102, D. C. Code, 1951 
edition), is hereby repealed.
An Act to permit all civil actions against the United States for recovery of taxes erroneously or illegally assessed or collected to be brought in the district courts with right of trial by jury
PL 83-559 (S.252), enacted 07/30/1954

68 S T A T . ] 
PUBLIC LAW 559-JULY 30, 1954 
589 
expenditures as the Commission may deem advisable: Provided^ how-
ever^ That when the Commission ceases its activities it shall submit to 
the Appropriations Committees of the Senate and the House of Repre-
sentatives a statement of its fiscal transactions properly audited by 
the Comptroller General of the United States. 
(c) The Commission is authorized to secure from any department, fomatfin.*^ of in-
agency, or independent instrumentality of the Government any infor-
mation it deems necessary to carry out its functions under this Act; 
and each such department, agency, and instrumentality is authorized 
and directed to furnish such information to the Commission, upon 
request made by the Chairman or by the Vice Chairman when acting 
as Chairman. 
Approved July 29, 1954. 
Public Law 559 
CHAPTER 648 
AN ACT 
jyj 30^ 1954 
To permit all civil actions against the United States for recovery of taxes 
I-"' ^^^^ 
erroneously or illegally assessed or collected to be brought in the district 
courts with right of trial by jury. 
District covirts' 
jurisdiction. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of Amet^ca in Congress a^ssembled, That paragraph 
(1) of section 1346 (a) of title 28 of the United States Code is amended •'"6'2"statr"933; 63 
to read as follows : 
^^Tax^reVovery. 
"(1) Any civil action against the United States for the recovery 
of any internal-revenue tax alleged to have been erroneously or 
illegally assessed or collected, or any penalty claimed to have been 
collected without authority or any sum alleged to have been excessive 
or in any manner wrongfully collected under the internal-revenue 
laws;". 
SEC. 2. (a) Section 2402 of title 28 of the United States Code is 
^2 stat. 971. 
amended to read as follows: 
"§ 2402. Jury trial in actions against United States. 
"Any action against the United States under section 1346 shall be 
tried by the court without a jury, except that any action against the 
United States under section 1346 (a) (1) shall, at the request of either 
party to such action, be tried by the court with a jury." 
(b) The second item in the analysis of chapter 161 of title 28 of 
the United States Code is amended to read as follows: 
"2402. Jury trial in actions against United States." 
Approved July 30, 1954.
An Act granting the consent and approval of Congress to the Southeastern Interstate Forest Fire Protection Compact
PL 83-536 (S.2786), enacted 07/27/1954

68 S T A T . ] 
Public Law 535 
PUBLIC LAW 536-JULY 27, 1954 
CHAPTER 580 
AN ACT 
To indemnify against loss all persons whose swine were destroyed in July 1952 as 
a result of having been infected with or exposed to the contagious disease 
vesicular exanthema. 
563 
July 27, 1954 
[S. 2583] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary 
of Agriculture is authorized and directed to indemnify in an amount 
equal to 50 per centum of their loss, but not exceeding the indemnity 
paid by the State, all persons whose swine were destroyed under 
authority of law in July 1952 as a result of having been infected with 
or exposed to the contagious disease vesicular exanthema. 
SEC. 2. The payment of indemnities under the provisions of this 
Act shall be limited, in the absence of Federal appraisal, to those 
losses w^here required proof of such losses has been made to the State 
and 50 per centum of said loss has been paid by such State. 
SEC. 3. Payments made pursuant to the provisions of this Act shall 
be made from funds currently available to the Department of 
Agriculture. 
Approved July 27, 1954. 
S w i n e destruc-
tion. 
Indemnity paj^-
ments. 
Limitation. 
Funds. 
Public Law 536 
CHAPTER 581 
AN ACT 
Granting the consent and approval of Congress to the Southeastern Interstate 
Forest Fire Protection Compact. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the consent and 
approval of Congress is hereby given to the Southeastern Interstate 
Forest Fire Protection Compact, as hereinafter set out. 
Such com-
pact reads as follows: 
SOUTHEASTERN INTERSTATE FOREST FIRE 
PROTECTION COMPACT 
July 27,1954 
[S. 2786] 
Southeastern In-
t e r s t a t e 
Forest 
F i r e 
Protection 
Compact. 
Consent and ap-
p r o v a l r,t C o n -
gress. 
ARTICLE I. 
The purpose of this compact is to promote effective prevention and 
control of forest fires in the Southeastern region of the United States 
by the development of integrated forest fire plans, by the maintenance 
of adequate forest fire fighting services by the member states, by pro-
viding for mutual aid in fighting forest fires among the compacting 
states of the region and with states w^hich are party to other Regional 
Forest Fire Protection compacts or agreements, and for more adequate 
forest protection. 
ARTICLE II. 
This compact shall become operative immediately as to those states 
ratifying it whenever any two or more of the states of Alabama, 
Florida, Georgia, Kentuckj^, Mississippi, North Carolina, South 
Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia, which are con-
tiguous have ratified it and Congress has given consent thereto. 
Any 
state not mentioned in this article w^hich is contiguous with any mem-
ber state may become a party to this compact, subject to approval by 
the legislature of each of the member states.
An Act to provide for a White House Conference on Education
PL 83-530 (H.R.7601), enacted 07/26/1954

532 
PUBLIC LAW 530-JULY 26, 1954 
[68 S T A T . 
Public Law 530 
CHAPTER 575 
AN ACT 
^' ^^^^^— 
To provide for a White House Conference on Education. 
July 26, 1954 
tH. -
White House Con-
ference on Educa-
tion. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That appropriations 
are hereby authorized, as set forth in sections 2 and 3, to enable the 
President to hold in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, 
before November 30, 1955, a conference broadly representative of 
educators and other interested citizens from all parts of the Nation, 
to be called the White House Conference on Education, to consider and 
report to the President on significant and pressing problems in the 
field of education. 
Report. 
Availability. 
GRANTS FOR STATE CONFERENCES ON EDUCATION 
SEC. 2. (a) To assist each State to bring together, prior to the White 
House Conference on Education, educators and other interested citi-
zens to discuss educational problems in the State and make recom-
mendations for appropriate action to be taken at local. State, and 
Federal levels, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated the sum 
of $1,000,000. Sums appropriated pursuant to this section shall be 
allotted to the States on the basis of their respective populations 
according to the latest figures certified by the Department of Com-
merce, except that no State's allotment shall be less than $15,000. 
(b) The Commissioner of Education shall pay, through the disburs-
ing facilities of the Treasury Department, its allotment to each State 
which, through its Governor or other State official designated by the 
Governor, undertakes to accept and use the sums so paid exclusively 
for the purpose set forth in subsection (a), and to make a report of the 
findings and recommendations of the State conference for use of the 
White House Conference on Education. 
Sums appropriated pur-
suant to this section shall remain available until December 31, 1955, 
and any such sums remaining unpaid to the States or unobligated by 
them as of that date shall be returned to the Treasury. 
Commissioner of 
Education. 
Donations. 
FEDERAL ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
SEC. 3. There are also authorized to be appropriated to the Commis-
sioner of Education for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1955, and 
June 30, 1956, such sums as Congress determines to be necessary for 
the administration of this Act, including the expenses-of the Office 
of Education in making available to the public the findings and recom-
mendations of the conference. 
The Commissioner of Education is 
also authorized to accept funds, equipment, and facilities donated 
for purposes of the conference and to use the same in accordance with 
such purposes. 
DEFINITION OF STATE 
SEC. 4. For the purpose of this Act the term "State" includes the 
District of Columbia, Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin 
Islands. 
Approved July 26, 1954.
An Act to continue the effectiveness of the act of July 17, 1953 (67 Stat. 177)
PL 83-528 (H.R.9005), enacted 07/26/1954

68 S T A T . ] 
PUBLIC LAW 529-JULY 26, 1954 
531 
(d) of section 1 of the Act of March 3, 1925, as amended (43 Stat. 
1110; 50 U. S. C. sec. 161 (d)), is hereby revised to read as follows: 
"(d) To dispose, by lease or sale, of property, including wells, lands, 
or interests therein, not valuable for helium production, oil, gas, ancl 
byproducts of helium operations not needed for Government use, 
except that property determined by the Secretary of the Interior to 
be 'excess' within the meaning of section 3 (e) of the Federal Property 
and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended (40 U. S. C. sec. 
472 (e)), shall be disposed of in accordance with the provisions of 
that Act; and to issue leases to the surface of lands or structures 
thereon for grazing or other purposes when the same may be done 
without interfering with the production of helium." 
SEC. 2. That paragraph (13) of section 3 of the Act of October 
31, 1951 (65 Stat. 701, 708), is hereby repealed. 
SEC. 3. This Act shall be effective as of October 31, 1951. 
Approved July 26, 1954. 
P r o p e r t y 
posal. 
63 Stat. 378. 
Repeal. 
Effective date. 
Public Law 528 
CHAPTER 570 
AN ACT 
To continue the effectiveness of the Act of July 17, 1953 (67 Stat. 177). 
July 26, 1954 
TH. R. 90( 
9005] 
Be it enacted hy the 8enate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America, in Congress assemoled^ That the provisions 
of the Act of July 17, 1953 (67 Stat. 177), as amended below, shall 
remain in full force and effect until six months after the termination 
of the national emergency proclaimed by the President on December 
16,1950, or until such date as may be specified by a concurrent resolu-
tion of the Congress or until July 1, 1955, whichever is the earliest. 
SEC. 2. Section 1 of the Act of July 17, 1953 (67 Stat. 177), is 
amended by deleting the word "and" appearing immediately before 
the words "the Act of December 17, 1942 (56 Stat. 1053), as amended 
(50 U. S. C. App. 1201)", and inserting immediately after such words 
the following: "or by any other statute,". 
Approved July 26, 1954. 
Armed Forces. 
Construction au-
thority. 
117§. u s e 
app. 
Public Law 529 
CHAPTER 571 
AN ACT 
July 26, 1954 
To authorize the Secretary of the Army to donate twenty-eight paintings to the 
[H. R. 9006] 
Australian War Memorial. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That (a) the Secre-
tary of the Army is authorized to transfer to the Australian War 
Memorial in Canberra, Australia, without compensation, twenty-eight 
German war paintings depicting Australian troops which are now the 
property of the United States in the custody of the Secretary of the 
Army. 
(b) Nothing contained in this Act shall authorize the expenditure 
of any funds of the United States to defray any cost of transportation 
or handling incident to such transfer. 
Approved July 26, 1954. 
Australian War 
Memorial. 
T r a n s f e r 
ol 
paintings.
An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Army to donate twenty-eight paintings to the Australian War Memorial
PL 83-529 (H.R.9006), enacted 07/26/1954

68 S T A T . ] 
PUBLIC LAW 529-JULY 26, 1954 
531 
(d) of section 1 of the Act of March 3, 1925, as amended (43 Stat. 
1110; 50 U. S. C. sec. 161 (d)), is hereby revised to read as follows: 
"(d) To dispose, by lease or sale, of property, including wells, lands, 
or interests therein, not valuable for helium production, oil, gas, ancl 
byproducts of helium operations not needed for Government use, 
except that property determined by the Secretary of the Interior to 
be 'excess' within the meaning of section 3 (e) of the Federal Property 
and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended (40 U. S. C. sec. 
472 (e)), shall be disposed of in accordance with the provisions of 
that Act; and to issue leases to the surface of lands or structures 
thereon for grazing or other purposes when the same may be done 
without interfering with the production of helium." 
SEC. 2. That paragraph (13) of section 3 of the Act of October 
31, 1951 (65 Stat. 701, 708), is hereby repealed. 
SEC. 3. This Act shall be effective as of October 31, 1951. 
Approved July 26, 1954. 
P r o p e r t y 
posal. 
63 Stat. 378. 
Repeal. 
Effective date. 
Public Law 528 
CHAPTER 570 
AN ACT 
To continue the effectiveness of the Act of July 17, 1953 (67 Stat. 177). 
July 26, 1954 
TH. R. 90( 
9005] 
Be it enacted hy the 8enate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America, in Congress assemoled^ That the provisions 
of the Act of July 17, 1953 (67 Stat. 177), as amended below, shall 
remain in full force and effect until six months after the termination 
of the national emergency proclaimed by the President on December 
16,1950, or until such date as may be specified by a concurrent resolu-
tion of the Congress or until July 1, 1955, whichever is the earliest. 
SEC. 2. Section 1 of the Act of July 17, 1953 (67 Stat. 177), is 
amended by deleting the word "and" appearing immediately before 
the words "the Act of December 17, 1942 (56 Stat. 1053), as amended 
(50 U. S. C. App. 1201)", and inserting immediately after such words 
the following: "or by any other statute,". 
Approved July 26, 1954. 
Armed Forces. 
Construction au-
thority. 
117§. u s e 
app. 
Public Law 529 
CHAPTER 571 
AN ACT 
July 26, 1954 
To authorize the Secretary of the Army to donate twenty-eight paintings to the 
[H. R. 9006] 
Australian War Memorial. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That (a) the Secre-
tary of the Army is authorized to transfer to the Australian War 
Memorial in Canberra, Australia, without compensation, twenty-eight 
German war paintings depicting Australian troops which are now the 
property of the United States in the custody of the Secretary of the 
Army. 
(b) Nothing contained in this Act shall authorize the expenditure 
of any funds of the United States to defray any cost of transportation 
or handling incident to such transfer. 
Approved July 26, 1954. 
Australian War 
Memorial. 
T r a n s f e r 
ol 
paintings.
An Act to extend the authority of the President to enter into trade agreements under section 350 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended
PL 83-464 (H.R.9474), enacted 07/01/1954

360 
PUBLIC LAW 463-JUNE 30, 1954 
[68 S T A T , 
43 u s e 485f. 
43 u s e 485a. 
contract negotiated as provided in subsection (a) of section 7 of the 
Reclamation Project Act of 1939 (53 Stat. 1187) by the Secretary of 
the Interior with the Roza Irrigation District, and substantially in 
the form approved by the electors of that district at a water users 
election held on May 29,1953, is approved and the Secretary is author-
ized to execute it on behalf of the United States. 
SEC. 2. This Act is declared to be part of the Federal reclamation 
laws as those laws are defined in the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 
(53 Stat. 1187). 
Approved June 30, 1954. 
June 30, 1954 
[H. R. 8790] 
Public Law 463 
CHAPTER 437 
AN ACT 
To authorize certain veterans' benefits for persons disablefl in connection with 
reporting for final acceptance, induction, or entry into the active military or 
naval service. 
D is a b i l i t i e s 
prior to induction. 
58 Stat. 219. 
38 u s e ch. 12A. 
Restriction. 
Be it enacted ty the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assenyJbled^ That paragraph IV, 
part II, Veterans Regulation Numbered 1 (a), as amended, as added 
hy Public Law 300, Seventy-eighth Congress, May 11, 1944, is hereby 
redesignated paragraph "V", and is amended by deleting the words 
"termination of the present hostilities^ following the words "prior to", 
and inserting in lieu thereof the follQwing: "January 1,1947, or on or 
after June 27, 1950, and prior to such date as shall be determined by 
Presidential proclamation or concurrent resolution of the Congress". 
SEC. 2. Compensation shall not be paid for any period prior to the 
date of enactment of this Act to any person whose eligibility for com-
pensation is established solely by virtue of this Act. 
Approved June 30, 1964. 
Public Law 464 
CHAPTER 445 
T 1 , ,o=. 
AN ACT 
July 1, 1954 
[H. R. 9474] 
To extend the authority of the President to enter into trade agreements under 
section 350. of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended. 
T r a d e a g r e e -
ments extension. 
67 Stat. 472. 
61 Stat. pts. 
and 6. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the period dur-
ing which the President is authorized to enter into foreign-trade 
agreements under section 350 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 
and extended (19 U. S. C, sec. 1351), is hereby extended for a further 
period of one year from June 12, 1954. 
SEC. 2. No action shall be taken pursuant to such section 350 to 
decrease the duty on any article if the President finds that such reduc-
tion would threaten domestic production needed for projected national 
defense requirements. 
SEC. 3. The enactment of this Act shall not be construed to deter-
mine or indicate the approval or disapproval by the Congress of the 
Executive agreement known as the General Agreement on Tariffs and 
Trade. 
Approved July 1, 1954.