An Act to amend the Civil Service Retirement Act, as amended
PL 83-730 (S.3627), enacted 08/31/1954

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PUBLIC LAW 730-AUG. 31, 1954 
[68 STAT. 
and the dealer who fills such prescription shall be required to 
inscribe such information on the written record of the prescrip-
tion made, filed and preserved by him, and shall inscribe on the 
label of the container of the narcotic drug or compound of a 
narcotic drug the same information as is required in filling a 
written prescription. 
An oral prescription shall not be refilled. 
"(C) If the Secretary or his delegate shall subsequently deter-
mine that a narcotic drug or a compound of a narcotic drug, to 
which the oral prescription procedure described in the preceding 
subparagraph has been made applicable, possesses a degree of drug 
addiction liability that, in his opinion, results in abusive use of 
^Publication in 
svLch procedure, he shall by regulation publish the determination 
in the Federal Register. The determination shall be final, and 
after the expiration of a period of six months from the date of its 
publication, the oral prescription procedure described in the pre-
ceding subparagraph shall cease to apply to the particular narcotic 
drug or to the particular compound of a narcotic drug which is 
the subject of the determination." 
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A Stat. 551. 
SEC. 8. Scctiou 4704 (b) (1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 is 
amended to read as follows: 
" (1) PRESCRIPTIONS.—To any person having in his or her posses-
sion any narcotic drugs or compounds of narcotic drug which have 
been obtained from a registered dealer in pursuance of a written 
68A Stat. 551. 
or oral prescription referred to in section 4705 (c) (2), issued for 
legitimate medical uses by a physician, dentist, veterinary sur-
68A Stat. 555. 
geou, or Other practitioner registered under section 4722; and 
where the bottle or other container in which such narcotic drug or 
compound of a narcotic drug may be put up by the dealer upon 
said prescription bears the name and registry number of the drug-
gist, and name and address of the patient, serial number of pre-
scription, and name, address, and registry number of the person 
issuing said prescription; or". 
68A Stat. 567. 
§^0. 9. Sectioii 4773 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 is 
amended by striking out "prescriptions required" and inserting in lieu 
thereof "prescriptions, including the written record of oral prescrip-
tions, required". 
68A Stat. 556. 
s^c. 10. Sectiou 4724 (b) (5) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 
is amended to read as follows: 
"(5) to any person carrying any narcotic drug or compound 
of a narcotic drug which has been obtained by the person from a 
registered dealer in pursuance of a written or oral prescription 
68Astat. 551. 
referred to in section 4705 (c) (2), issued for legitimate medical 
uses by a physician, dentist, veterinary surgeon, or other practi-
68A Stat. 555. 
tioiicr registered under section 4722, if the bottle or other container 
in which such drug or compound of a narcotic drug is carried 
bears the name and registry number of the druggist, serial num-
ber of prescription, name and address of the patient, and name, 
address, and registry number of the person issuing such prescrip-
tion;" 
Approved August 31, 1954. 
Public Law 730 
CHAPTER 1148 
August 31, 1954 
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[s. 3627] 
To amend the Civil Service Retirement Act, as amended. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
civu service re- Jjnited States of America in Congress assembled. That section 5 of 
tirement. 
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the Civil Service Retirement Act of May 29, 1930, as amended, is 
amended by adding at the end thereof the following: 
"Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, title to 
annuity payable from the civil service retirement and disability fund 
shall not arise from any separation unless the officer or employee so 
separated has, within the two-year period immediately preceding such 
separation, completed at least one year of creditable civilian service 
during which he was subject to this Act. Any annuity rights based 
on a separation which (a) terminated service meeting this require-
ment, or (b) occurred prior to this amendment, shall be restored upon 
separation from subsequent service which fails to meet said require-
ment. Any officer or employee who shall have given notice of his desire 
to come within the purview of this Act pursuant to the last paragraph 
of section 3 (a) of this Act shall be deemed for the purposes of this 
requirement to have been subject to the provisions of this Act during 
any period of service or part thereof ending not later than September 
30, 1954, with respect to which there shall have been deposited the 
amounts specified in section 9. 
"No credit shall be allowed for any service subsequent to the date 
of the separation on which title to annuity is based. Any amounts 
deducted from salary for retirement purposes during such service 
shall upon separation be refunded to such officer or employee without 
interest, and shall be subject to redeposit as provided in section 12 (b) 
(2) of this Act. Any such amount not so refunded to the officer or 
employee before his death shall be paid in the order of precedence 
prescribed in section 12 (e)." 
Approved August 31, -1954. 
46 Stat. 472. 
5 u s e 707. 
5 XJSC 693. 
5 u s e 736b. 
5 u s e 724. 
Public Law 731 
CHAPTER 1149 
AN ACT 
To amend Public Law 815, Eighty-first Congress, in order to extend for two addi-
tional years the program of assistance for school construction under title III 
of that Act. 
August 31. 19<>4 
[S.3628] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the last sen-
tence of section 301 of the Act of September 23, 1950 (Public Law 
815, Eighty-first Congress), as amended, is amended to read as fol-
lows: "There are hereby authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal 
year ending June 30, 1954, and for the three succeeding fiscal years, 
such sums as the Congress may determine to be necessary for such 
purpose." 
SEC. 2. The first sentence of section 303 of such Act is amended 
by striking out "1954" and inserting in lieu thereof "1956". 
SEC. 3. The first sentence of section 304 of such Act is amended by 
striking out "regular school year 1953-1954" and inserting in lieu 
thereof "regular school year 1955-1956". 
SEC. 4. Section 305 of such Act is amended (1) by striking out 
"regular school year 1953-1954" wherever appearing in such section 
and inserting in lieu thereof "regular school year 1955-1956"; and 
(2) by striking out "regular school year 1951-1952" wherever appear-
ing in such section and inserting in lieu thereof "regular school year 
1953-1954". 
SEC. 5. Section 305 (d) of such Act is amended by striking out 
"school years 1951-1952 and 1953-1954" and inserting m lieu thereof 
"school years 1953-1954 and 1955-1956". 
School construc-
tion. 
F e d e r a l l y - a f -
fected areas. 
67 Stat. 522. 
20 u s e 291. 
20 u s e 293. 
20 u s e 294. 
20 u s e 295.