An Act to amend the Rubber Producing Facilities Disposal Act of 1953, as heretofore amended, so as to permit the disposal thereunder of Plancor No. 980 at Institute, W. Va.
PL 84-336 (H.R.7301), enacted 08/09/1955

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PUBLIC DAW 336-AUG. 9, 1955 
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Penalty. 
C o u r t jurisdic-
tion. 
Effective dates. 
has filed a statement with the tobacco tax administrator under sub-
section (a) (1) of this section, be presumptive evidence (1) that such 
cigarettes were sold, or transferred for profit, by such person, and 
(2) that such sale or transfer was to other than a distributor licensed 
by or located in such State. 
"SEC. 3. Whoever violates any provision of this Act shall be guilty 
of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not more than $1,000, or im-
prisoned not more than 6 months, or both. 
"SEC. 4. The United States district courts shall have jurisdiction 
to prevent and restrain violations of this Act." 
SEC. 2. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the amendments 
made by this Act shall take effect thirty days after the date of its en-
actment. 
(b) The provisions of section 2 (a) of the Act of October 19, 1949, 
as aniended by this Act, insofar as it requires the filing of memoranda 
or copies of invoices with the appropriate tax administrator for ship-
ments of cigarettes into the District of Columbia, Alaska, Hawaii, 
and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, shall apply in respect of 
memoranda or copies of invoices covering shipments made during 
calendar months beginning after the month in which this Act is 
enacted. 
Approved August 9, 1955. 
August 9, 1955 
[H. R. 7301] 
Public Law 336 
CHAPTER 696 
AN ACT 
To amend the Rubber Producing Facilities Disposal Act of 1953, as lieretofore 
amended, so as to permit the disposal thereunder of Plancor Numbered 980 
at Institute, West Virginia. 
Rubber facility. 
67 Stat. 408. 
50 u s e app. 1941 
note. 
Plancor 980. In-
stitute, W. Va. 
50 U S C app. 
194 le. 
Negotiation p e -
riod. 
R e p o r t to Con-
gress. 
s o u s e 
a p p . 
194 Ig. 
Transfer period. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Rubber 
Producing Facilities Disposal Act of 1953, as heretofore amended, is 
amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: 
"SEC. 26. (a) Notwithstanding the second sentence of section 7 (a), 
the period for receipt of proposals for the purchase of the Govern-
ment-owned rubber-producing facility at Institute, West Virginia, 
known as Plancor Numbered 980, shall not expire until the end of 
the sixty-day period which begins on the date of the enactment of 
this section. 
"(b) If one or more proposals are received for the purchase of 
Plancor Numbered 980 within the time period specified in subsection 
(a), the Commission, notwithstanding the expiration of the period 
for negotiation specified in section 7 (f), shall negotiate with those 
submitting the proposals for a period of not to exceed seventy-five days 
for the purpose of entering into a definite contract of sale. 
"(c) Within ten days after the termination of the actual nego-
tiation period referred to in subsection (b), or, if Congress is not then 
in session, within ten days after Congress next convenes, the Com-
mission shall prepare and submit to the Congress a report containing, 
with respect to the disposal under this section of Plancor Numbered 
980, the information described in paragraphs (1) to (5), inclusive, 
and paragraph (8) of section 9 (a). Unless the contract is disap-
proved by either House of the Congress by a resolution prior to the 
expiration of thirty days of continuous session (as defined in sec-
tion 9 (c)) of the Congress following the date upon which the 
report is submitted to it, upon the expiration of such thirty-day period 
the contract shall become fully effective and the Commission shall 
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proceed to carry it out, and transfer of possession of the facility sold 
shall be made as soon as practicable but in any event within thirty 
days after the expiration of such thirty-day period. The failure to 
cpmplete transfer of possession within thirty days after the expira-
tion of the period for cong:ressional review shall not give rise to or 
be the basis of rescission of the contract of sale. 
"(d) If, upon termination of the transfer period provided for in 
subsection (c), no contract for the sale of Plancor Numbered 980 
has become effective, the operating agency last designated by the 
President shall continue to maintain said Plancor in adequate standby 
condition under the provisions of section 8 of the Rubber Producing 
Facilities Disposal Act of 1953." 
SEC. 2. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 3 (d) of the 
Rubber Producing Facilities Disposal Act of 1953, the Rubber Pro-
ducing Facilities Disposal Commission (hereinafter referred to as 
the "Commission") before submission to the Congress of its report 
relative to Plancor Numbered 980, shall submit it to the Attorney 
General, who shall, within seven days after receiving the report, 
advise the Commission whether, in his opinion, the proposed disposi-
tion, if carried out, will violate the antitrust laws. 
SEC. 3. Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 14 and/^2 of 
the Rubber Producing Facilities Disposal Act of 1953, the Rubber 
Act of 1948, as amended, is hereby extended with respect to the 
rubber-producing facilities covered by this Act, to the close of the 
day of transfer of possession of Plancor Numbered 980 to a purchaser 
in accordance with the provisions of section 26 of the Rubber Pro-
ducing Facilities Disposal Act. 
SEC. 4. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 4 of Public Law 
19, approved March 31, 1955, and notwithstanding the provisions of 
section 20 of the Rubber Producing Facilities Disposal Act of 1953, 
the Commission established by the latter Act shall cease to exist at 
the close of the thirtieth day following the termination of the transfer 
period provided fon in section 26 (c) of that Act, unless no sale of 
Plancor Numbered 980 is recommended by the Commission pursuant 
to section 26 (c) of that Act, in which event the Commission shall 
cease to exist at the close of the one hundred and thirtieth day follow-
ing the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 5. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, disposal of Plancor 
Numbered 980 shall be fully subject to all the provisions of the Rubber 
Producing Facilities Disposal Act of 1953 and such criteria as have 
been established by the Commission in handling disposal of other 
Government-owned rubber producing facilities under that Act: Pro-
vided^ That the provisions of sections 7 (j), 7 (k), 9 (d), 9 (f), 10,11, 
15, and 24 of that Act shall not apply to the disposal of Plancor 
Numbered 980. As promptly as practicable following the date of 
transfer of possession of Plancor Numbered 980 to a purchaser under 
this Act, the operating agency last designated by the President shall 
offer for sale to such purchaser the end products at such plant and 
held in inventory for Government account on the day of such trans-
fer of possession, together with the feedstocks then located at such 
plant or purchased by the operating agency for use at such plant. 
Sale of such end products shall be made at the Government sales price 
prevailing on the business day next preceding the date of transfer of 
possession of such plant. Sale of such feedstocks shall be made at not 
less than their cost to the Government. In the event the purchaser de-
clines to purchase such end products or feedstocks when first offered to 
it by the operating agency, they may be thereafter disposed of in such 
manner as the operating agency deems advisable. In the event Plancor 
standby c o n d i -
tion. 
50 U S C app. 
194 If. 
T r a n s m i t t a l of 
report to Attorney 
General. 
50 U S C app. 
1941a. 
50 u s e 
app. 
1941/, 1941t. 
62 Stat. 101. 
50 u s e app. 
1921 note. 
T e r m i nation of 
Commission. 
Ante, p. 16. 
50 U S e 
app. 
1941r. 
D i s p o s a l 
cri-
teria. 
s o u s e 
a p p . 
1941 note 
Endproducts and 
feedstocks. 
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Limitation. 
50 U S C a p p . 
1941 note; ante,p. 
15. 
Numbered 980 is not sold under the provisions of this Act, any end 
products at such plant and held in inventory for Government account 
and any feedstocks located at such plant or purchased by the operating 
agency for use at such plant shall be disposed of in such manner as 
the operating agency deems advisable, at the prevailing market price 
for such end products and feedstocks. 
SEC. 6. The provisions of this Act shall not be applicable to the dis-
posal of any Government-owned rubber-producing facilities other 
than Plancor Numbered 980; and all action taken pursuant to the pro-
visions of the Kubber Producing Facilities Disposal Act of 1953, or the 
amendment thereto known as Public Law 19, enacted March 31, 1955, 
prior to the enactment of this Act shall be governed by the provisions 
of that Act as it existed prior to the enactment of this Act and shall 
have the same force and effect as if this Act had not been enacted. 
Approved August 9, 1955. 
August 9, 1955 
[H. R. 7684] 
Public Law 337 
CHAPTER 697 
AN ACT 
To authwize the Atomic Energy Commission to pay the salary of a Commissioner 
during the recess of the Senate, and for other purposes. 
Atomic E n e r g y 
Commissioner. 
Salary 
d u r i n g 
Senate recess. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ 
AUTHORIZATION 
SECTION 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of the Act of June 7, 
1924 (43 Stat. 669; 5 U. S. C. 56), the United States Atomic Energy 
Commission is authorized to pay the salary of any person appointed 
by the President during the recess of the Senate to fill the presently 
existing vacancy on the Atomic Energy Commission: Provided^ That 
a nomination to fill such vacancy shall be submitted to the Senate not 
Jater than forty days after the commencement of the next succeeding 
session of the Senate. 
LIMITATION 
68 Stat. 924. 
42 u s e 2031. 
SEC. 2. The authority granted in section 1 hereof shall not extend 
beyond the recess of the Senate next following the session of Congress 
(luring which this Act is enacted. 
SEC. 3. The fifth sentence of section 21 of the xVtomic Energy Act 
of 1954 is amended to read as follows: "Each member of the Commis-
sion, including the Chairman, shall have equal responsibility and 
authority in all decisions and actions of the Commission, shall have 
full access to all information relating to the performance of his duties 
or' responsibilities, and shall have one vote. 
Approved August 9, 1955. 
August 9, 1955 
[H. R. 7244] 
Public Law 338 
CHAPTER 698 
AN ACT 
To provide for the striking of medals in commemoration of the one hundred and 
twentieth anniversary of the signing of the Texas Declaration of Independence 
and the Battles of the Alamo, Goliad, and San Jacinto in the year 1836. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
Fowation*to°.^* United States of America in Congress assembled^ That in commem-
^^°j'^««en>orative oratiou of the ouc hundred and twentieth anniversary of the signing