An Act to provide incentives for members of the uniformed services by increasing certain pays and allowances
PL 84-20 (H.R.4720), enacted 03/31/1955

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PUBLIC LAW 20-MAR. 31, 1955 
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5 0 u s e 
app. 
194 If. 
Limitationa 
Any of such tank cars not sold or under lease or transferred as here-
inabove provided shall be placed and maintained in adequate standby 
condition pursuant to the r)rovisions of section 8 of the Rubber Pro-
ducing Facilities Disposal Act of 1953. 
SEC. 1. The provisions of this Act shall not be applicable to the 
disposal of any Government-owned rubber-producing facilities other 
than Plancor Numbered 877 and 448 pressure tank cars (ICC Classi-
fication-ICC 
104AW) ; and all action taken pursuant to the provi-
sions of the Rubber Producing Facilities Disposal Act of 1953 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 March 31, 1955. 
Public Law 20 
CHAPTER 20 
March 31.1955 
AN ACT 
[H. R. 4720] 
To provide incentives for members of the unifoi'uied services by increasing 
certain pays and allowances. 
C a r e e r 
Incen-
tive Act of 1955. 
37 u s e 231 note. 
37 u s e 232. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That this Act may 
be cited as the "Career Incentive Act of 1955". 
SEC. 2. The Career Compensation Act of 1949 (63 Stat. 804), as 
amended, is further amended as follows: 
(1) Section 201 (a) is amended by striking out the tables therein 
and inserting the following in lieu thereof: 
'COMMISSIONED OFFICERS 
"Pay grade 
0-8 
0-7 
0-6 
0-5 
0-4 
0-3 
0-2 
0-1 
Years of service 
Under 2 
$963.30 
800.28 
592.80 
474.24 
400.14 
326.04 
259.36 
222.30 
Over 2 
$963.30 
800.28 
592.80 
474. 24 
400.14 
326.04 
274.18 
237.12 
Overs 
$1,021.80 
850.20 
631.80 
507.00 
429.00 
351.00 
335.40 
296.40 
Over 4 
$1,021. 80 
850.20 
631.80 
507.00 
429.00 
374.40 
335.40 
296.40 
Over 6 
$1,021. 80 
850.20 
631.80 
507.00 
429.00 
405.60 
351.00 
312.00 
Overs 
$1,021.80 
850.20 
631.80 
507.00 
452.40 
421.20 
366.60 
327.60 
Over 10 
$1,021.80 
850.20 
631.80 
507.00 
483.60 
436.80 
382.20 
343.20 
"Pay grade 
Years of service 
Over 12 
Over 14 
Over 16 
Over 18 
Over 22 
Over 26 
Over 30 
0-8 
0-7 
0-6 
0-5. 
0-4 
0-3 
0-2 
0-1. 
$1,021.80 
850.20 
631.80 
530.40 
499. 20 
452. 40 
397. 80 
358.80 
$1,021. 80 
850.20 
631.80 
561.60 
514.80 
468.00 
413. 40 
374.40 
$1,021.80 
850.20 
655.20 
577. 20 
530.40 
483.60 
413.40 
374.40 
$1,021.80 
850.20 
717.60 
608.40 
561.60 
499.20 
413.40 
374.40 
$1, 021.80 
850.20 
748.80 
639.60 
577.20 
514.80 
413.40 
374.40 
$1, 021.80 
904.80 
780.00 
670.80 
592. 80 
514.80 
413.40 
374. 40 
$1,076.40 
967.20 
811.20 
670.80 
592.80 
514.80 
413. 40 
374.40 
" W A R R A N T 
OFFICERS 
"Pay grade 
W-4 
W-3 
W-2 
W-1 
Years of service 
Under 2 
$332.90 
302.64 
264.82 
219.42 
Over 2 
$354.90 
323.70 
280.80 
251.20 
Over 3 
$354.90 
323.70 
280.80 
251.20 
Over 4 
$354.90 
323.70 
280.80 
251.20 
Over 6 
$370.50 
331.50 
288.60 
266.80 
Overs 
$386.10 
339.30 
304.20 
286.30 
Over 10 
$401.70 
347.10 
319.80 
294.10 
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PUBLIC LAW 20-MAR. 31. 1955 
"WARRANT OFFICERS- Continued 
"Pay grade 
W-4-.-
W-3 
W-2 
W-1 
Years of service 
Over 12 
$421. 20 
358.80 
335.40 
305.80 
Over 14 
$452.40 
374.40 
350.00 
313.60 
Over 16 
$468.00 
382. 20 
357.80 
321.40 
Over 18 
$483.60 
405.60 
373. 40 
337.00 
Over 22 
$499.20 
428.00 
389.00 
352.60 
Over 26 
$514.80 
443.60 
404.60 
368.20 
Over 30 
$530.40 
459.20 
420.20 
368.20 
"ENLISTED PERSONS 
"Pay grade 
E-7 
E-6 
E-5 
E-4 
E-3 
E-2 
E-1 
E-1 
(under 
4 
months) 
Years of service 
Under 2 
$206.39 
175.81 
145.24 
122.30 
99.37 
85.80 
83.20 
78.00 
Over 2 
$222.30 
187.20 
163.80 
140.40 
117.00 
101.40 
98.80 
Over 3 
$222.30 
187.20 
163.80 
140.40 
117.00 
101.40 
Over 4 
$230.10 
195.00 
183.30 
159.90 
132.60 
109.20 
106.60 
Over 6 
$237.90 
214.50 
191.10 
167. 70 
140.40 
117.00 
106.60 
Overs 
$253. 50 
222.30 
202.80 
179. 40 
148.20 
124.80 
106.60 
Over 10 
$261.30 
234.00 
210.60 
187.20 
156.00 
132.60 
106.60 
"Pay grade 
E-7 
E-6 
E-5 
E-4 
E-3 
E-2 
E-1 
Years of service 
Over 12 
$273.00 
241.80 
218.40 
195.00 
159.90 
132.60 
106.60 
Over 14 
$280.80 
249. 60 
226.20 
202.80 
163.80 
132.60 
106.60 
Over 16 
$288.60 
257.40 
234.00 
210.60 
163.80 
132.60 
106.60 
Over 18 
$304.20 
273.00 
241.80 
218.40 
163.80 
132.60 
106.60 
Over 22 
$319.80 
288.60 
257.50 
218.40 
163.80 
132.60 
106.60 
Over 26 
$335.40 
288.60 
267.50 
218.40 
163.80 
132.60 
106.60 
Over 30 
$335.40 
288.60 
257.50 
218.40 
163.80 
132.60 
106.60" 
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(2) Section 201 is further amended by redesignating subsections 
" (d)" and " (e)" as " (c)" and " (d)", respectively. 
(3) Section 201 is further amended by adding the following new 
subsections: 
"(e) Aviation cadets enlisted or appointed under the Army Avia-
tion Cadet Act (55 Stat. 239), as amended, or under the Naval Avia-
tion Cadet Act of 1942 (56 Stat. 737), as amended, are entitled to 
monthly pay at the rate of 50 per centum of the basic pay of a com-
missioned officer in pay grade 0-1 with under two cumulative years 
of service. 
"(f) Any officer serving on active duty in the grade of lieutenant 
general or vice admiral shall, in addition to the pay and allowances 
to which he is entitled by the provisions of this Act, be entitled to an 
additional increment of basic pay in an amount of $100 per month. 
Any officer serving on active duty in the grade of general or admiral 
shall, in addition to the pay and alloM^ances to which he is entitled 
by the provisions of this Act, be entitled to an additional increment 
of basic pay in an amount of $200 per month. The additional incre-
ments provided by this subsection shall not be considered a part of 
the active duty pay or of the monthly basic pay of these grades for 
the purpose of the computation of retired pay.". 
(4) Section 204 (a) is amended by— 
(A) striking out the word "part" in clause (3) and inserting 
the word "clause" in lieu thereof; 
(B) striking out the word "and" at the end of clause (8); 
(C) striking out the period at the end of clause (9) and 
inserting a semicolon in lieu thereof; and 
37 use 232. 
10 use ch. 18, 
passim. 
34 u s e 
8S0a 
note* 
H a z a r d o u s 
duties* 
37 u s e 235. 
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37 use 235. 
(D) adding the following new clauses: 
"(10) duty as low-pressure chamber inside observer: 
''(11) duty as human acceleration or deceleration experimental 
subject: and 
"(12) duty involving the use of helium-oxvgen for a breathing 
mixture in the execution of deep-sea diving.'. 
(5) Section 204 (b) is amended to read as follows: 
*'(b) For the performance of hazardous duty as prescribed in clause 
( 1) or (2) of subsection (a) of this section, a member of a uniformed 
service qualifying for incentive pay thereunder is entitled to pay at a 
monthly rate as follows: 
"INCENTIVE PAY FOR HAZARDOUS DUTY PERFORMED UNDER SECTION 204 (A) 
(1) AND (2) 
"COMMISSIONED OFFICERS 
"Pay grade 
0-8 
0-7 
0-6 
0-5 
0-4 
0-3 
0-2 
-
0-1 
Under 2 
$155.00 
150.00 
200.00 
190.00 
170.00 
145.00 
115.00 
100.00 
Over 2 
$155.00 
150.00 
200.00 
190.00 
170.00 
145.00 
125.00 
105.00 
Years of service 
Overs 
$165.00 
160.00 
215.00 
206.00 
185.00 
155.00 
150.00 
135.00 
Over 4 
$165.00 
160.00 
215.00 
205.00 
185.00 
165.00 
150.00 
135.00 
Over 6 
$165.00 
160.00 
215.00 
205.00 
185.00 
180.00 
160.00 
140.00 
Overs 
$165.00 
160.00 
215.00 
205.00 
195.00 
185.00 
165.00 
145.00 
Over 10 
$165.00 
160.00 
215.00 
205.00 
210.00 
190.00 
170.00 
155.00 
"Pay grade 
0-8 
0-7 
0-6 
0-5 
0-4. 
0-3 
0-2 
0-1 
Years of service 
Over 12 
$165.00 
160.00 
215.00 
210.00 
215.00 
200.00 
180.00 
160.00 
Over 14 
$165.00 
160.00 
215.00 
225.00 
220.00 
205.00 
185.00 
170.00 
Over 16 
$165.00 
160.00 
220.00 
230.00 
230.00 
205.00 
185.00 
170.00 
Over 18 
$166.00 
160.00 
245.00 
245.00 
240.00 
205.00 
185.00 
170.00 
Over 22 
$165.00 
160.00 
245.00 
245.00 
240.00 
205.00 
185.00 
170.00 
Over 26 
$165.00 
160.00 
245.00 
245.00 
240.00 
205.00 
185.00 
170.00 
Over 30 
$165.00 
160.00 
245.00 
245.00 
240.00 
205.00 
185.00 
170.00 
'WARRANT OFFICERS 
"Pay grade 
W-4 
W-3 
-
W-2 
W-1 
-.-
Years of service 
Under 2 
$115.00 
110.00 
105.00 
100.00 
Over 2 
$115.00 
115.00 
110.00 
105.00 
Overs 
$115.00 
115.00 
110.00 
105.00 
Over 4 
$115.00 
115.00 
110.00 
105.00 
Over 6 
$120.00 
120.00 
115.00 
110.00 
Overs 
$125.00 
120.00 
120.00 
120.00 
Over 10 
$135.00 
125.00 
125.00 
125.00 
"Pay grade 
W-4 
W-3 
W-2 
-
W-1 
Years of service 
Over 12 
$145.00 
135.00 
130.00 
130.00 
Over 14 
$155.00 
140.00 
135.00 
130.00 
Over 16 
$160.00 
140.00 
135.00 
130.00 
Over 18 
$16.5.00 
140.00 
135.00 
130.00 
Over 22 
$165.00 
140.00 
135.00 
130.00 
Over 26 
$165.00 
140.00 
135.00 
130.00 
Over 30 
$165.00 
140.00 
135.00 
130.00 
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P U B L I C LAW 20-MAR. 3 1 , 1955 
01 
"INCENTIVE 
PAY 
FOB 
HAZARDOUS 
DUTY 
PERB'ORMED 
UNDER 
SECTION 
204 
( A ) 
(1) AND (2)—Continued 
"ENLISTED PERSONNEL 
"Pay grade 
E-7 
E-6 
E-5 
E - 4 
E-3 
E-2 
E - 1 . . 
E-1 ( u n d e r 4 
months) 
Years of service 
Under 2 
$80.00 
70.00 
60.00 
55.00 
55.00 
50.00 
50.00 
60.00 
50.00 
Over 2 
$85.00 
75.00 
70.00 
65.00 
60.00 
60.00 
55.00 
Over 3 
$85.00 
75.00 
70.00 
65.00 
60.00 
60.00 
66.00 
Over 4 
$86.00 
80.00 
80.00 
70.00 
60.00 
60.00 
55.00 
Over 6 
$90.00 
86.00 
80.00 
75.00 
60.00 
60.00 
56.00 
Overs 
$95.00 
90.00 
85.00 
80.00 
60.00 
60.00 
55.00 
Over 10 
$100.00 
95.00 
90.00 
80.00 
60.00 
60.00 
65.00 
" P a y grade 
E-7 
--. 
E-6-
E-5 
E-4. 
E-3 
E - 2 - . 
E-1 
Years of service 
Over 12 
$105.00 
95.00 
95.00 
80.00 
60.00 
60.00 
55.00 
Over 14 
$105.00 
100.00 
95.00 
80.00 
60.00 
60.00 
55.00 
Over 16 
$105. 00 
100.00 
95.00 
80.00 
60.00 
60.00 
55.00 
Over 18 
$105.00 
100.00 
95.00 
80.00 
60.00 
60.00 
55.00 
Over 22 
$105.00 
100. 00 
95.00 
80.00 
60.00 
60.00 
55.00 
Over 26 
$105.00 
100.00 
95.00 
80.00 
60.00 
60.00 
55.00 
Over 30 
$105.00 
100.00 
95.00 
80.00 
60.00 
60.00 
55.00" 
(6) Section 204 (c) is amended to read as follows: 
"(c) Officers and enlisted persons of the uniformed services who are 
qualified for the incentive pay authorized under subsection (a) are 
entitled to be paid at the rate of $110 and $55 per month, respectively, 
for the performance of any hazardous duty described in clauses (3) to 
(12) of subsection (a)." 
(7) Section 204 (e) is repealed and subsection " ( f ) " is redesignated 
as"(e)''. 
(8) Section 205 (a) is amended by striking out the figures "$5" and 
"$30" and inserting in lieu thereof the figures "$5.50" and "$33", 
respectively. 
(9) Section 205 (b) is amended by striking out the figure "$5" 
and inserting the figure "$5.50" in lieu thereof. 
(10) Section 205 (c) is amended by adding the following at the end 
thereof: "However, receipt of incentive pay under that section does not 
bar the member from entitlement to $p.50 for each hour or fraction 
thereof in addition to basic pay, as authorized by subsection (b) of this 
section.". 
(11) The last sentence of section 303 (a) is amended by striking out 
the figure "$9" in clause (2) and inserting in lieu thereof the 
figure "$12". 
(12) Section 303 (c) is amended by inserting the following at the 
end of the first sentence thereof: "Under such regulations as may be 
api:)roved by the Secretary concerned, a member of a uniformed service 
whose dependents are authorized to move and actually move in con-
nection Avith his permanent change of station shall be entitled to a 
dislocation allowance equal to his monthly basic allowance for quarters. 
37 u s e 235. 
37 u s e 236. 
Travel and trans-
portation 
a l l o w -
ances. 
37 u s e 253. 
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Cadets and mid-
shipmen< 
37 u s e 308. 
Creditable serv-
ice. 
37 u s e 233. 
47 Stat. 150. 
10 u s e 1028c. 
63 Stat. 837. 
63 Stat. 837. 
Retired pay. 
37 u s e 232. 
However, the member shall be entitled to the payment of a dislocation 
allowance for not more than one permanent change of station during 
any fiscal year, except on the finding of the Secretary of the Depart-
ment concerned that the exigencies of the service require more than 
one such change of station during any fiscal year. 
This limitation 
upon the payment of a dislocation allowance shall not apply to mem-
bers of the uniformed services ordered to service schools as a per-
manentx.'hange of station. In addition, this limitation shall not be 
applicable in time of war or national emergency declared after the 
effective date of this amendatory Act. A member is not entitled to 
payment of a dislocation allowance when ordered from home to first 
duty station or from last duty station to home.". 
(13) Section 303 (c) of the Career Compensation Act is amended 
by adding at the end of such subsection the following: "In lieu of 
transportation of baggage and household effects, a member of a uni-
formed service who transports a house trailer or mobile dwelling 
within the continental United States for use as a residence and who 
would otherwise be entitled to transportation of baggage and house-
hold effects, under this section, shall under regulations prescribed 
by the Secretary concerned be entitled to a reasonable allowance, not 
to exceed 20 cents per mile, or to the dislocation allowance authorized 
in this section, whichever he shall elect.". 
(14) Section 508 is further amended to read as follows: 
"Cadets at the United States Military Academy, midshipmen at 
the United States Naval Academy, cadets at the United States Air 
Force Academy, and cadets at the Coast Guard Academy shall be 
entitled to receive pay at the rate of 50 per centum of the basic pay 
established for a commissioned officer in pay grade 0-1 with under 
two cumulative years' service, and to receive allowances as now or here-
after provided by law for midshipmen in the Navy, and to trans-
portation, including reimbursement of traveling expenses, while 
traveling under orders as a cadet or midshipman." 
(15) Section 202 (d) is amended by striking out the period at the 
end thereof, inserting a comma and adding the following: "including 
retii'ed enlisted men advanced to commissioned officer rank on the 
retired list by virtue of the Act of May 7, 1932 (Public Law 123, 
Seventy-second Congress).". 
SEC. 3. Section 4 of the Naval Aviation Cadet Act of 1942, as 
amended (34 U. S. C. 850c), is amended by— 
(1) striking out the first sentence; and 
(2) amending the second sentence to read as follows: "Aviation 
cadets, while on active duty, are entitled to the same allowances for 
subsistence now or hereafter provided for officers of the Navy, and 
shall, while on active duty, be furnished quarters, medical care, 
and hospitalization, and have issued to them uniforms, clothing, 
and equipment at Government expense.". 
SEC. 4. Section 4 of the Army Aviation Cadet Act, as amended (10 
U. S. C. 303, 304, 304b), is amended by— 
(1) striking out the first sentence; and 
(2) amending the second sentence to read as follows: "Aviation 
cadets, while on active duty, are entitled to the same allowances 
for subsistence now or hereafter provided for officers of the Army, 
and shall, while on active duty, be furnished quarters, medical 
care, and hospitalization, and have issued to them uniforms, cloth-
ing, and equipment at Government expense.". 
SEC. 5. Any person now or hereafter entitled to retired pay, retire-
ment pay, retainer pay, or equivalent pay (including persons entitled 
to temporary disability retirement pay) computed at the rates pre-
scribed in section 201 (a) of the Career Compensation Act of 1949 
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shall be entitled to have his pay computed at the rates prescribed by 
that section, as amended by this Act. For the purposes of that com-
putation, an oiRcer with less than three years of service for pay pur-
poses, or a warrant officer or an enlisted person with less than two 
years of service for pay purposes, retired for physical disability or 
placed on the temporary disability retired list, shall have those rates 
increased by 6 per centum. 
SEC. 6. Members and former members of the uniformed services who 
are entitled to receive retired pay, retirement pay, retainer pay, or 
equivalent pay under laws in effect prior to October 1, 1949, shall be 
entitled to an increase of 6 per centum of the retired pay, retirement 
pay, retainer pay, or equivalent pay, to which they are now entitled. 
SEC. 7. This Act shall become effective on the first day of the month 
following the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 8. No person, active or retired, in any of the uniformed serv-
ices, including a reserve component thereof and the National Guard, 
shall suffer by reason of this Act an}' reduction in basic or retired 
pay to which he was entitled upon the effective date of this Act. 
Approved March 31, 1955. 
Effective date. 
Restriction. 
Public Law 21 
CHAPTER 21 
AN ACT 
Directing a redetermination of the national marketing quota for hurley tohacco 
for the 1955-1956 marketing year, and for other purposes. 
March 31, 1955 
[H. R. 4951] 
Be it enacted iy the Senate and House of Representatwes 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That notwithstand-
ing any other provision of law— 
(1) The Secretary of Agriculture shall, within ten days after 
enactment of this Act, redetermine the national marketing quota 
for hurley tobacco for the 1955-1956 marketing year on the basis 
of the latest available statistics of the Federal Government, appor-
tion such quota among States, convert the State quotas to State 
acreage allotments, and allot the same among farms pursuant to 
and in accordance with applicable provisions of law: Provided, 
That hurley tobacco marketing quotas and acreage allotments 
heretofore established for the 1955-1956 marketing year shall not 
be effective, but the preliminary hurley tobacco acreage allotment 
for any farm determined under section 725.616 of the hurley and 
flue-cured tobacco marketing quota regulations, 1955-1956 market-
ing year, issued by the Secretary of Agriculture (19 Federal 
Register 3549), shall not be reduced by more than 25 per centum 
(except for reductions under section 725.619 of said regulations); 
(2) Burley tobacco farm acreage allotments of seven-tenths 
of an acre or less heretofore determined for the 1955-1956 market-
ing year when redetermined pursuant to paragraph (1) of this 
Act may ])e reduced but not more than one-tenth acre: Provided, 
however, That no allotment of five-tenths of an acre or less shall 
be reduced under this section; 
(3) Within twenty days after the issuance of the proclamation 
of the national marketing quota for burley tobacco for the 1955-
1956 marketing year as redetermined pursuant to paragraph (1) 
of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall conduct a refer-
endum of farmers who were engaged in the production of the 
1954 crop of burley tobacco to determine whether such farmers 
are in favor of or opposed to such redetermined quota. If more 
than one-third of the farmers voting in the referendum oppose 
Burley tobacco.i 
Redetermination 
of marketing quotib 
Referendum.