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An Act to increase the borrowing power of Commodity Credit Corporation
PL 83-312 (S.2714), enacted 03/20/1954

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PUBLIC LAW 312-MAR. 20, 1954 
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March 20,1954 
[S. 2714] 
Public Law 312 
CHAPTER 102 
AN ACT 
To increase the borrowing power of Commodity Credit Corporation. 
C o m m o d i t y 
Credit 
C o r p o r a -
tion. 
15 u s e 713a-4. 
52 Stat. 107. 
15 u s e 713a-l. 
15 u s e 714b. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Refvesentatwes 
of the 
United States of America in Congress asserribled^ 'J'hat (a) section 4 
of the Act approved March 8, 1938 (52 Stat. 108), as amended, is 
amended by striking out "$6,750,000,000" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"$8,500,000,000". 
(b) (1) The first section of such Act is amended by striking out 
the following: ", or insofar as practicable, the average market price 
of such assets during the last month of the fiscal year covered by the 
appraisal, whichever is the lower,". 
(2) Such section is further amended by adding at the end thereof 
the following: "Such capital impairment shall be restored with appro-
priated funds as provided herein rather than through the cancellation 
of notes." 
SEC. 2. Section 4 (i) of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter 
Act (62 Stat. 1070), as amended, is amended by striking out 
"$6,750,000,000", and ijiserting in lieu thereof "$8,500,000,000". 
Approved March 20, 1954. 
March 23. 1954 
[H. R. 5509] 
Public Law 313 
CHAPTER 103 
AN ACT 
To amend tlie Army-Navy Medical Services Corps Act of 1947 relating to the 
per centum of colonels in the Medical Service Corps, Kegular Army. 
10 u s e 156a. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Army-
Navy Medical Services Corps Act of 1947 (61 Stat. 734), as amended, 
is hereby amended by deleting the proviso to section 101 and substi-
tuting a period for the colon immediately preceding such proviso. 
Approved March 23, 1954. 
March 23,1954 
[H. R. 4559] 
Public Law 314 
CHAPTER 104 
AN ACT 
To amend section 501 of the Communications Act of 1934, so that any offeiise 
punishable thereunder, except a second or subsequent offense, shall constitute 
a misdemeanor rather than a felony. 
48 Stat. 1100. 
47 u s e 501. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled^ That section 501 of 
the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, is amended to read as 
follows: 
"GENERAL PENALTY 
"SEC. 501. Any person who willfully and knowingly does or causes 
or suffers to be done any act, matter, or thing, in this Act prohibited 
or declared to be unlawful, or who willfully and knowingly omits 
or fails to do any act, matter, or thing in this Act required to be done, 
or willfully and knowingly causes or suffers such omission or failure, 
shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished for such offense, for which 
no penalty (other than a forfeiture) is provided in this Act, by a 
fine of not more than $10,000 or by imprisonment for a term not
An Act to amend the act of July 26, 1947 (61 Stat. 493), relating to the relief of certain disbursing officers
PL 83-310 (H.R.2567), enacted 03/17/1954

STAT«] 
PUBLIC LAW 311-MAR. 17, 1954 
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Public Law 310 
CHAPTER 99 
AN A C T 
To amend the Act of July 26,1947 (61 Stat. 493), relating to the relief of certain 
disbursing officers. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Act of 
July 26, 1947 (61 Stat. 493), is hereby amended to read as follows: 
"That the Comptroller General of the United States be, and he hereby 
is, authorized, through such officer as he may designate, (a) to relieve 
disbursing and certifying officers, including special disbursing agents 
of the Department of the Army, Department of the Navy, Depart-
ment of the Air Force, and of the Coast Guard, from accountability 
or responsibility for losses, occurring between September 8, 1939, and 
July 1, 1948, of funds, or of accounts, papers, records, vouchers, or 
data pertaining to said funds, for which said officers or agents were 
accountable or responsible; and (b) to allow credits, in the settlement 
of accounts of said officers or agents, for payments made in good faith 
on public account during said period, notwithstanding failure to com-
ply with the requirements of existing law or regulations pursuant 
thereto: Provided^ That in cases of losses or payments involving more 
than $2,500 the Comptroller General shall exercise the authority 
herein only upon the written recommendation of the Secretary of the 
Army, the Secretary of the Navy, the Secretary of the Air Force, or 
the Secretary of the Treasury, which recommendations shall be con-
curred in by the Attorney General if the amount exceeds $10,000 and 
which recommendation shall also set forth the facts relative to such 
loss or payment and shall state that such transaction, expenditure, 
loss, or payment appears to be free from fraud or collusion and in-
curred or made in good faith: Provided further^ That the Comptrol-
ler General in all cases shall certify that such transaction, expenditure, 
loss, or payment appears to be free from fraud or collusion and in-
curred or made in good faith." 
Approved March 17, 1954. 
March 17, 1954 
[H. R. 2567] 
Armed F o r c e s 
disbursing o f f i> 
cers. 
31 u s e 95a note. 
Public Law 311 
CHAPTER 100 
• ' ^ ^^^ 
March 17,1954 
To prohibit reduction of any rating of total disal)ility or permanent total dis- 
[H. R. 2984] 
ability for compensation, pension, or insurance purposes which has been in 
effect for twenty or more years. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That a rating of 
total disability or permanent total disability which has been made 
for compensation, pension, or insurance purposes under laws admin-
istered by the Veterans' Administration, and which has been continu-
ously in force for tAventy or more years shall not be reduced there-
after, except upon a showing that such rating was based on fraud. 
Approved March 17, 1954. 
Veterans. 
DisabUity 
ings.
An Act to amend the act of August 3, 1950, as amended, to continue in effect the provisions thereof relating to the authorized personnel strength of the Armed Forces
PL 83-307 (H.R.2326), enacted 03/15/1954

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PUBUC LAW 307-MAR. 15, 1954 
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ariu interest of the United States in and to that tract of land situate 
in the county of Pima, State of Arizona, described as that portion of 
the northwest quarter of the northwest quarter of section 24, township 
14 south of range 13 east, Gila and Salt River base and meridian, Pima 
County, Arizona, more particularly described as follows: 
Beginning at a point on the south line of the northwest quarter 
of the northwest quarter of said section 24, distant three hundred 
forty-five and nine-tenths feet westerly from the southeast corner 
of said northwest quarter of the northwest quarter; run thence 
westerly along said south line, a distance of one hundred forty-
four and one-tenth feet to a point; run thence northerly and 
parallel with the east line of said northwest quarter of the 
northwest quarter, a distance of two hundred ninety and four-
tenths feet to a point; run thence easterly and parallel with the 
south line of said northwest quarter of the northwest quarter, a 
distance of one hundred forty-three and fifty-five one-hundredths 
feet to a point; run thence southerly a distance of two hundred 
ninety and four-tenths feet, more or less, to the point of beginning; 
and to accept in exchange therefor a conveyance in fee simple to the 
United States by the city of Tucson, Arizona, a municipal corporation, 
of the following described real property situate in Pima County, 
Arizona: 
The east one hundred and ninety feet of the south two hundred 
ninety and four-tenths feet of the northwest quarter of the north-
west quarter of section 24, township 14 south of range 13 east, 
Gila and Salt River base and meridian, Pima County, Arizona. 
SEC. 2. The deed of the land conveyed by the Secretary of the 
Interior pursuant to the provisions of the first section of this Act 
shall contain express conditions— 
(a) that the city of Tucson shall agree, upon the receipt of 
the deed from the Secretary of the Interior, to demolish the exist-
ing structure on such land; and 
(b) that all salvage therefrom may be removed by the Papago 
Council of the Papago Tribe of Indians without the council 
paying for the same. 
Approved March 12, 1954. 
Public Law 307 
CHAPTER 79 
AN ACT 
To amend the Act of August 3, 1950, as amended, to continue in effect the pro-
visions thereof relating to the authorized personnel strengths of the Armed 
Forces. 
March 15,1954 
[H. R. 2326] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United /States of America in Congress assembled, That section 1 of 
the Act of August 3, 1950 (64 Stat. 408), as amended by section 3 of 
the 1951 Amendments to the Universal Military Training and Service 
Act (65 Stat. 88), is further amended by striking out the date "July 
31,1954" and inserting in lieu thereof the date "July 31, 1957". 
Approved March 15, 1954. 
Armed Forces. 
P e r s o n n e l 
strength. 
10 u s e 20Jnote.
Joint resolution amending Public Law 207, Eighty-third Congress
PL 83-293 (H.J.Res.354), enacted 02/09/1954

PUBUC LAW 293-FEB. 9, 1954 
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of the first sentence of such section beginning with the words "by April 
30, 1949" and inserting in lien thereof the following: "not later than 
one year from the enactment of this amendment, or two years from 
the resting of the property or interest in respect of which the claim is 
made, whichever is later'.'. 
Approved February 9, 1954. 
February g, 1954 
[H. J. Res. 354] 
67 Stat. 427. 
Public Law 293 
CHAPTER 5 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
Amendiug Public Law 207, Eighty-third Congress. 
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, That the limitation on the 
amount available for expenses of travel under the appropriation for 
"Salaries and expenses" of the Commission on Organization of the 
Executive Branch of the Government, contained in chapter VII of the 
Supplemental Appropriations Act of 1954 (Public Law 207, Eighty-
third Congress, approved August 7, 1953) is hereby increased to 
$60,000. 
Approved February 9, 1954. 
Public Law 294 
CHAPTER 6 
February lO, 1954 
A N 
A C T 
P* ^^3 
To provide for tlie apitointiuent of additional circuit and district judges, and 
for other purposes. 
U. S. Courts. 
Circuit judges. 
62 Stat. 871. 
District judges. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President 
shall appoint, hj and with the advice and consent of the Senate, one 
additional circuit judge for the fifth circuit and two additional circuit 
judges for the ninth circuit. 
In order that the table contained in 
section 44 (a) of title 28 of the United States Code will reflect the 
changes made by this section in the number of circuit judges for said 
circuits, such table is amended to read as follows with respect to said 
circuits: 
"Circuits 
Fifth__. 
Number of judges 
* 
* 
: 
• 
• 
* 
* 
Seven 
* 
*
*
*
*
*
* 
Ninth 
Nine 
*
*
*
*
*
* 
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SEC. 2. (a) (1) The President shall appoint, by and with the advice 
and consent of the Senate, one additional district judge for the southern 
district of California, one additional district judge for the district of 
Colorado, one additional district judge for the district of Delaware, one 
additional district judge for the southern district of Florida, one 
additional district judge for the district of Idaho, one additional dis-
trict judge for the northern district of Indiana, one additional district 
judge for the southern district of Indiana, one additional district judge 
for the western district of Kentucky, one additional district judge for 
the district of Massachusetts, one additional district Judge for the 
eastern district of Michigan, one additional district ]udge for the
An Act to provide that certain costs and expenses incurred in connection with certain repayment contracts with irrigation districts approved by the Acts of Congress of May 6, 1949 (63 Stat. 62), October 27, 1949 (63 Stat. 941), and June 23, 1952 (66 Stat. 151, 153), shall be nonreimbursable
PL 83-289 (S.727), enacted 01/30/1954

Public Laws 
ENACTED 
DURING 
THE 
SECOND SESSION OF THE EIGHTY-THIRD CONGRESS 
OF THE 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 
Begun and held at the City of Washington 
on Wednesday, January 
6, 1954, the 
House of Representatives adjourning sine die on Friday, August 20, 1964, and the 
Senate adjourning sine die on Thursday, December 2, 1954. 
DWIGHT D . EISENHOWER, 
President; RICHARD M . NIXON, Vice President; JOSEPH W . MARTIN, Jr., Speaker oj the 
House oj Representatives. 
Public Law 289 
CHAPTER 1 
AN ACT 
To provide that certain costs siiul expenses incurred in connection with certain 
repayment contracts with irrigation districts approved by the Acts of Congress 
of May 6, 1949 ((J3 Stat. 62), Octol)er 27, 1949 (63 Stat. 941), and June 23, 
1652 (66 Stat. 151, 153), shall be nonreimbursable. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That all costs and 
expenses, not in excess of a total of $100,000, incurred by the United 
States in negotiating and completing contracts with the Deaver, Pros-
ser, and Belle Fourche irrigation districts approved by the Act of 
Congress of October 27, 1949 (63 Stat. 941), and with the Willwood, 
Bitterroot, Kittitas, and Okanogan irrigation districts approved by 
the Act of Congress of May 6,1949 (63 Stat. 62), and with the French-
town irrigation district approved by the Act of Congress of June 
23, 1952 (66 Stat. 151, 153) in making the investigation in connection 
therewith, and in future determinations under said contracts with 
respect to the productivity of temporarily unproductive lands shall 
be, to the extent that such costs and expenses have not been included 
in the restated repayment obligations of the irrigation districts 
involved, nonreimbursable and nonreturnable under the Federal 
reclamation laws (Act of June 17, 1902, 32 Stat. 388, and Acts amend-
atory thereof or supplementary thereto). 
Approved January 30, 1954. 
3 
January 30, 1954 
[S. 72^] 
Irr i gat ion 
tricts. 
Repayment 
tracts. 
d i s-
con-
43 u s e 371.
An Act to amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act, as amended
PL 83-261 (S.1367), enacted 08/13/1953

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S T A T . ] 
PUBLIC LAW 262-AUG. 13, 1963 
575 
city would agree to convey to the United States such hydroelectric 
and other properties, including water rights, as the Secretary has 
determined should be acquired by the United States in connection 
with the Eklutna project, and whereby in consideration therefor the 
United States would agree to deliver to said city electric energy upon 
terms which in the Secretary's judgment would accord said city just 
compensation for the properties agreed to be conveyed." 
(3) By amending the last sentence of section 2 to read as follows: 
"All receipts from the transmission and sale of electric power and 
energy generated at said project shall be covered into the Treasury 
of the United States to the credit of miscellaneous receipts." 
(4) By amending section 6 to read as follows: "There are authorized 
to be appropriated the sum of $33,000,000 for the construction of the 
Eklutna project, and, in addition, such sums as ma*y be necessary for 
the operation and maintenance of such project." 
Approved August 13, 1953. 
Appropriation. 
Public Law 261 
CHAPTER 431 
AN ACT 
To amend tlxe Federal Crop Insurance Act, as amended. 
August 13, 1953 
[S.1367] 
Be it enacted by the SertMe and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of Arnerica in Congress assembled^ That section 508 (a) 
of the Federal Crop Insurance Act, as amended (7 U. S. C. 1508 (a)), 
is amended as follows: 
(a) By striking out the fourth sentence and inserting in lieu thereof 
"Beginning with crops planted for harvest in 1954, crop insurance 
may be offered each year in not to exceed 100 counties in addition to 
the number of counties in which such insurance was offered in the 
preceding year. 
In determining the new counties in which such 
insurance is to be offered and the commodities to be insured, the 
Corporation shall take into consideration the demand of farmers for 
such insurance, the extent to which such insurance is available to 
commercial producers of insured commodities, and the anticipated 
risk of loss to the Corporation." 
(b) By striking out the period at the end of the next to the last 
sentence and inserting ", except that insurance may be provided for 
producers on farms situated in a local producing area bordering on 
a county with a crop-insurance program." 
Approved August 13, 1953. 
Crop insurance. 
52 Stat. 74. 
Increase in num-
ber of counties. 
Public Law 262 
CHAPTER 432 
AN ACT 
To amend section 9 (b) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1946 relating to the exemp-
tion of activities, of the Atomic Energy Commission from State and local 
taxation. 
August 13, 1953 
[S. 671] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and Hoiise of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled^ That section 9 (b) 
of the Atomic Energy Act of 1946 is amended by striking out the last 
sentence thereof. 
SEC. 2. This amendment shall be effective only as to tax liabilities 
which accrue on or after October 1,1953. 
Approved August 13, 1953. 
60 Stat. 765. 
42 u s e 1809.
An Act to amend section 47c of the National Defense Act
PL 83-244 (H.R.6039), enacted 08/08/1953

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PUBLIC LAW 245-AUG. 8, 1953 
521 
SAVING CLAUSE 
SEC. 23. Except as may be otherwise provided for in this Act, the 
repeal of existing law or modifications thereof embraced in this Act 
shall not affect any act done, or any right accruing or accrued, or 
any suit or proceeding had or commenced in any civil or criminal 
case prior to such repeal or modification, but all liabilities under such 
laws shall continue, except as otherwise specifically provided in this 
Act, and may be enforced in the same manner as if such repeal or 
modification had not been made. 
Approved August 8, 1953. 
Public Law 244 
CHAPTER 398 
AN ACT 
To aiueufl section 47c of the National Defense Act. 
August 8.1953 
[H. R. 6039] 
Be it enacted hy the Se7iate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of Atnerica in Congress assembled, That section 47c 
of the National Defense Act, as amended (10 U. S. C. 383, 384, 385a, 
386a, 387, 387a, 443), is further amended by changing the period at 
the end thereof to a semicolon and adding the follow'ing: '•^Provided 
further, That, to the extent provided in regulations prescribed by the 
Secretary of the Army, military training in the junior division, 
Reserve Officers' Training Corps, or military training at an educa-
tional institution conducted under section 55c of the National Defense 
Act; as amended (10 U. S. C. 1180, 1181), when either is received 
under the direction of an officer of the Army on active duty detailed 
to such institution as a professor of military science and tactics, or 
under the direction of a retired or Reserve officer of the Army not on 
active duty employed by such institution as an instructor of military 
science and tactics with the approval of the Secretary of the Army, 
may be credited toward completion of the two academic years of 
service in the senior division, Reserve Officers' Training Corps, 
required for admission to the advanced course of that division and for 
commutation of subsistence, as provided for herein, if the military 
training received is substantially equivalent to that for which credit 
is to be allowed." 
SEC. 2. The Act of September 8, 1916 (ch. 478, 39 Stat. 853; 10 
U. S. C. 388), is hereby repealed. 
Approved August 8, 1953. 
Armed Forces. 
ROTC training. 
41 Stat. 7 78. 
10 u s e 443. 
41 Stat. 780. 
Repeal. 
Public Law 245 
CHAPTER 399 
AN ACT 
To amend the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 to 
extend until June 30, 1954, the period during which the General Services 
Administration may conduct negotiated sales of surplus property. 
August 8, 1953 
[H. R. 6382] 
Be it etiacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 203 (e) 
of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, 
as amended (40 U. S. C., sec. 484 (e)), is amended by striking out 
''June 30, 1953" and inserting in lieu thereof "June 30, 1954". 
Approved August 8, 1953. 
Surplus property 
disposal. 
66 Stat. 5 93.
An Act to provide for a continuance of civil government for the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
PL 83-229 (S.J.Res.6), enacted 08/08/1953

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PUBLIC LAW 22 8-AUG. 8, 1953 
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Scrapie and blue Cattle, douriiie ill hoFses, scrapie and blue tongue in sheep, incipient or 
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T outbreaks, potentially serious minor outbreaks of diseases of animals, and con-
tagious or infectious diseases of animals (such as foot-and-mouth 
disease, rinderpest, and contagious pleuropneumonia) which in the 
opinion of the Secretary constitute an emergency and threaten the 
livestock industry of the country, including the purchase and destruc-
tion of diseased or exposed animals (including poultry), or the 
destruction of such animals and the payment of indemnities therefor, 
in accordance with such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe. 
As used in this section, the term 'State' includes the District of 
Columbia and the Territories and possessions of the United States." 
Approved August 8, 1953. 
August 8, 1953 
[S.2434] 
Public Law 228 
CHAPTER 382 
AN ACT 
To amend the Northern Pacific Halibut Act of 1937. 
Effective date. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 2 of 
the Northern Pacific Halibut Act of 1937 (50 Stat. 325, 16 U. S. C. 
772) is amended as follows: 
Subsection (a) is amended by deleting the words "29th day of 
January 1937" and substituting in lieu thereof "2d day of March 
1953 and any other treaty or convention which modifies or replaces 
that Convention" and by deleting the words "of the International 
Fisheries Commission". 
Subsection (b) is amended by deleting the words "International 
Fisheries Commission provided for by article I I I of the Convention", 
and substituting in lieu thereof "Commission provided for in the 
Convention". 
This Act shall take effect on the date of entry into force of the 
Convention between the United States of America and Canada for 
the Preservation of the Halibut Fishery of the Northern Pacific 
Ocean and Bering Sea, signed at Ottawa, March 2, 1953. 
Approved August 8, 1953. 
August 8, 1953 
Public Law 229 
CHAPTER 383 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
[S. J. Res. 6] 
ffQ provide for a continuance of civil government for the Trust Territory of the 
Pacific Islands, 
61 Stat. 397. 
3 C F R, 
1 9 4 7 
Supp., p. 160. 
48 u s e note prec. 
1451. 
Wliereas, pursuant to the authority of Public Law 204, Eightieth 
Congress, of July 18, 1947, the President approved the trusteeship 
agreement for the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands between 
the United States and the United Nations, effective July 18, 1947; 
and 
Whereas responsibility for civil administration of the Trust Terri-
tory was vested in the Secretary of the Navy by Executive Order 
Numbered 9875 of July 18,1947; and 
Whereas responsibility for such civil administration was transferred 
to the Secretary of the Interior, effective July 1, 1951, by Executive 
Order Numbered 10265 of June 29,1951; and 
Whereas organic legislation for the Trust Territory is now pending 
before the Congress: It is hereby