An Act to suspend for two years the import duties on certain lathes used for shoe last roughing or for shoe last finishing, and to permit substitution for drawback purposes in the case of printing papers
PL 84-1012 (H.R.10177), enacted 08/06/1956

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PUBLIC LAW 1012-AUG. 6, 1956 
[70 ST 
A T . 
August 6, 1956 
[H. R. 10177] 
Public Law 1012 
CHAPTER 1021 
AN ACT 
To suspend for two years the import duties on certain lathes used for shoe last 
roughing or for shoe last finishing, and to permit substitution for drawback 
purposes in the case of printing papers. 
Shoe last lathes. 
Import duty sus-
pension. 
46 Stat. 676. 
I 9 u s e 
120 1, 
par. 1643. 
Printing papers. 
65 Stat. 175. 
19 u s e 1313. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That paragraph 1643 
of the Tariff Act of 1930 is amended by inserting immediately after 
"shoe machinery," the following: "copying lathes used for making 
rough or finished shoe lasts from models of shoe lasts and, in addition, 
capable of producing more than one size shoe last from a single size 
model of a shoe last,'. 
SEC. 2. The amendment made by this Act shall apply only in the 
case of articles entered for consumption, or withdrawn from ware-
house for consumption, on or after the date of enactment of this 
Act and prior to the expiration of two years after such date. 
Section 313 (b) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, is amended 
by inserting after "linseed oil," wherever it appears the following: 
"or printing papers, coated or uncoated,". 
Approved August 6, 1956. 
August 7, 1956 
[S. 3616] 
Public Law 1013 
CHAPTER 1022 
AN ACT 
To amend the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937 to provide increases in benefits 
and for other purposes. 
Railroad Retire-
m e n t A c t , 
1937, 
amendments. 
50 Stat. 310. 
45 u s e 228c. 
65 Stat. 687. 
45 u s e 228e. 
45 u s e 228f. 
49 Stat. 967. 
45 u s e 215-228 
note. 
Effectlvity. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) section 3 
(a) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937 is amended by striking 
out '-2.76", "2.07", and "1.38" and inserting in lieu thereof "3.04", 
"2.28", and "1.52", respectively. 
(b) So much of section 3 (e) of such Act as precedes "Provided, 
however" is amended to read as follows: "(e) In the case of an indi-
vidual having a current connection with the railroad industry, the 
minimum annuity payable shall, before any reduction pursuant to 
section 2 (a) 3, be whichever of the following is the least: (1) $4.55 
multiplied by the number of his years of service; or (2) $75.90; or (3) 
his monthly compensation:". 
SEC. 2. (a) Section 5 (h) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937 
is amended by striking out "$30", "$160", and "$14" wherever they 
appear and inserting in lieu thereof "$33", "$176", and "$15.40'\ 
respectivelv. 
(b) Section 5 (1) (10) of such Act is amended by striking out "40", 
"10", "$14", "$33.33", "$25", and "$13.33" wherever they appear and 
inserting in lieu thereof "44", "11", "$15.40", "$36.66", "$27.50", and 
"$14.66", respectively. 
SEC 3. All pensions under section 6 of the Railroad Retirement Act, 
all joint and survivor annuities and survivor annuities deriving from 
joint and survivor annuities under that Act awarded before July 1, 
1956, and all annuities under the Railroad Retirement Act of 1935 
are increased by 10 per centum. 
SEC. 4. The amendments made by the first section of this Act and 
by subsection (a) of section 2 shall be effective only with respect to 
annuities (not including annuities to which section 3 applies) accru-
ing for months after June 1956. The amendments made by subsection