An Act to amend the Mutual Security Act of 1954, and for other purposes.
PL 84-138 (S.2090), enacted 07/08/1955

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laws it may sue therefor in the United States district court for the 
district in which the defendant resides or is found or has an agent, 
without respect to the amount in controversy, and shall recover actual 
damages by it sustained and the cost of suit. 
"SEC. 4 B . Any action to enforce any cause of action under sections 
4 or 4A shall be forever barred unless commenced within four years 
after the cause of action accrued. 
No cause of action barred under 
existing law on the effective date of this Act shall be revived by this 
Act." 
SEC. 2. Section 5 of the Act entitled "An Act to supplement existing 
laws against unlawful restraints and monopolies, and for other pur-
poses", approved October 15, 1914 (38 Stat. 731; 15 U. S. C. 16), is 
amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 5. (a) A final judgment or decree heretofore or hereafter 
rendered in any civil or criminal proceeding brought by or on behalf 
of the United States under the antitrust laws to the effect that a 
defendant has violated said laws shall be prima facie evidence against 
such defendant in any action or proceeding brought by any other party 
against such defendant under said laws or by the United States under 
section 4A, as to all matters respecting which said judgment or decree 
would be an estoppel as between the parties thereto: Provided^ That 
this section shall not apply to consent judgments or decrees entered 
before any testimony has been taken or to judgments or decrees entered 
in actions under section 4A. 
"(b) Whenever any civil or criminal proceeding is instituted by the 
United States to prevent, restrain, or punish violations of any of the "o" 
antitrust laws, but not including an action under section 4A, the 
running of the statute of limitations in respect of every private right 
of action arising under said laws and based in whole or in part on any 
matter complained of in said proceeding shall be suspended during 
the pendency thereof and for one year thereafter: Provided^ however,, 
That whenever the running of the statute of limitations in respect of 
a cause of action arising under section 4 is suspended hereunder, any 
action to enforce such cause of action shall be forever barred unless 
commenced either within the period of suspension or within four years 
after the cause of action accrued." 
SEC. 3. Section 7 of the Act approved July 2, 1890 (26 Stat. 210), 
is repealed. 
SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect six months after its enactment. 
Approved July 7, 1955. 
Time limitation,! 
Final judgments 
or decrees. 
S u s p e n s ion of 
statute of limita-
Repeal. 
Effective date. 
Public Law 138 
CHAPTER 301 
AN ACT 
July 8,1955 
To amend the Mutual Security Act of 1
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[S. 2090] 
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 "Mutual Security Act of 1955". 
SEC, 2, Title I, chapter 1, of the Mutual Security Act of 1954, which 
relates to military assistance, is amended as follows: 
(a) In section 103 (a), w^hich relates to authorizations, add "(1)" 
after " (a)", and add the following new paragraph: 
"(2) In addition, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated to 
the President to carry out the purposes of this chapter not to exceed 
$1,133,000,000, to remain available until expended." 
(b) In section 103 (b), after the word "chapter", insert "and of 
section 124". 
Mutual 
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(c) Section 103 (c) is hereby repealed, and the following is 
substituted therefor: 
"(c) When appropriations made pursuant to subsection (a) of 
this section are used to furnish military assistance on terms of 
repayment within ten years or earlier such assistance may be fur-
nished, notwithstanding sections 105, 141, and 142, to nations eligible 
to purchase military equipment, materials, and services under sec-
tion 106.-' 
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^(j) Amend section 105 (b) (1), which relates to conditions appli-
cable to military assistance, to read as follow: 
"(1) The Congress welcomes the recent progress in European 
cooperation and reaffirms its belief in the necessity of further efforts 
toward political federation, military integration, and economic uni-
fication as a means of building strength, establishing security, and 
preserving peace in the North Atlantic area. 
In order to provide 
further encouragement to such efforts, the Congress believes it essen-
tial that this Act should be so administered as to support concrete 
measures to promote greater political federation, military integration, 
and economic unification in Europe." 
(e) In paragraphs (2) and (3) of section 105 (b), strike out "Near 
East, Africa, and South Asia" and "the Far East and the Pacific" 
and insert "Near East and Africa" and "Asia," respectively. 
(f) In paragraphs (2) and (3) of section 105 (c), ^vhich relates to 
geographic delivery ceilings, strike out ", Africa, and South Asia" 
and "the Far East and the Pacific" and insert "and Africa" and 
"Asia", respectively. 
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(g) ii^ section 108, which relates to transfer of military equipment 
to Japan, strike out "1955" and insert "1956". 
SEC. 3. Title I, chapter 2, of the Mutual Security Act of 1954, 
which relates to southeast Asia and the western Pacific, and direct 
forces support, is amended as follows: 
(a) In section 121, which relates to southeast Asia and the Vv-estern 
Pacific, strike out the fourth word of the third sentence, "section", 
and insert "title". 
(b) Add after section 123 the following new section: 
"SEC. 124. DIRECT FORCES SUPPORT.—There is hereby authorized 
to be appropriated to the President for the fiscal year 1956 not to 
exceed $317,200,000 to provide assistance in the form of direct forces 
support to be delivered or rendered directly to the military forces of 
nations eligible for military assistance under chapter 1 of this title. 
The President may, notwithstanding the provisions of section 501, 
consolidate all or any part of appropriations made pursuant to this 
section with appropriations made pursuant to section 103. Programs 
authorized by this section may be administered in accordance with 
the provisions of chapter 1 or chapter 3 of this title." 
SEC. 4. Title I, chapter 3, of the Mutual Security Act of 1954, 
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which relates to defense support, is amended by adding to section 131 
the following new subsections: 
"(c) There is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Presi-
dent for the fiscal year 1956 to carry out the provisions of this section, 
not to exceed— 
"(1) $92,000,000 for Europe (excluding Greece and Turkey) ; 
"(2) $102,500,000 for the Near East 
(including Greece and 
Turkey) and Africa; and 
"(3) $827,800,000 for Asia. 
"Funds made available for assistance to Korea from appropria-
tions authorized by this section may be used in accordance with the 
applicable provisions of section 132 of this Act. 
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ance. 
"(d) In providing assistance in the procurement of commodities in 
the United States, United States dollars shall be made available for 
marine insurance on such commodities where such insurance is placed 
on a competitive basis in accordance with normal trade practice pre-
vailing prior to the outbreak of World War I I : Provided^ That in 
the event a participating country, by statute, decree, rule, or regula-
tion, discriminates against any marine insurance company authorized 
to do business in any State of the United States, then commodities 
purchased with funds provided hereunder and destined for such coun-
try shall be insured in the United States against marine risk with a 
company or companies authorized to do a marine insurance business 
in any State of the United States." 
SEC, 5. Title I, chapter 4, of the Mutual Security Act of 1954, which 
relates to general provisions relating to mutual defense assistance, is 
amended by changing section 142, which relates to agreements, as 
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follows: After "SEC. 142. AGREEMENTS.—" insert" (a)"; in paragraph 
10 strike out the comma and the word "or" where they appear after 
the phrase "any such assistance", and insert in lieu thereof "and"; 
strike out the word "and" at the end of paragraph (10) and change 
the semicolon preceding that word to a period; and change the portion 
of paragraph (11) preceding subparagraph (i) thereof to read as 
follows: 
"(b) In cases where any commodity is to be furnished on a grant 
basis under chapter 2 or chapter 3 of title I or under title II of this 
Act under arrangements which will result in the accrual of proceeds 
to the recipient nation from the import or sale thereof, such assistance 
shall not be furnished unless the recipient nation shall have agreed to 
establish a special account, and—". 
SEC. 6. Title I I of the Mutual Security Act of 1954, which relates 
to development assistance, is amended as follows: 
(a) (1) In section 201 (a), which relates to authorization, strike 
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out "South Asia" in paragraph 2 and insert "Asia"; before the period 
in paragraph 3 insert "and to assist in maintaining economic and 
])olitical stability in the area"; and in lieu of the last sentence insert 
the following: "Such assistance may l)e furnished on such terms and 
conditions as the President may specify and shall emphasize loans 
rather than grants wherever possible.". 
(2) Add to section 201 the following new subsection: 
"(c) There is hereby authorized to oe appropriated to the Presi-
dent for the fiscal year 1956 not to exceed $73,000,000, $71,000,000, and 
$38,000,000 to furnish assistance under paragraphs (1), (2), and (3), 
respectively of subsection (a) of this section." 
(b) In section 202 which relates to administration, add at the end 
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thereof the following new sentence: "The authority provided in sec-
tion 307 may be exercised for purposes of furnishing assistance under 
section 201." 
SEC. 7. Title I I I of the Mutual Security Act of 1954, which relates 
to technical cooperation, is amended as follows: 
(a) In section 304, which relates to authorization, insert " ( a ) " 
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before the first sentence and add the following new subsection: 
"(b) There is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Presi-
dent for the fiscal year 1956 not to exceed $146,500,000 for technical 
cooperation programs in the Near East and Africa, Asia and Latin 
America." 
(b) In section 306, which relates to multilateral technical coopera- 
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tion: 
(1) Insert the following before the semicolon at the end of para-
graph (a) : "; in addition, $24,000,000 for the fiscal year 1956 for 
contributions to the United Nations Expanded Program of Technical 
Assistance". 
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(2) Insert the following before the period at the end of paragraph 
(b) :"; in addition, $1,500,000 for the fiscal year 1956 for contributions 
to the technical cooperation programs of the Organization of Amer-
ican States". 
(c) In section 308, which relates to the International Development 
Advisory Board, insert ", or at the applicable rate prescribed in the 
Standardized Government Travel Regulations, as amended from time 
to time, whichever is higher," after "not to exceed $10 per diem". 
SEC. 8. Title IV of the Mutual Security Act of 1954, which relates 
to other programs, is amended as follows: 
(a) In section 401, which relates to special fund, insert " ( a ) " 
before the first sentence; strike out "$150,000,000" in the first sentence 
and insert "$50,000,000, in addition to the funds authorized to be appro-
priated under subsection (b) hereof,"; in the next to last sentence 
strike out "section" and insert "Act"; and add the following new 
subsection at the end thereof: 
"(b) There is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the President 
for the fiscal year 1956 $100,000,000 for use in accordance with sub-
section (a) of this section." 
(b) In section 402, which relates to the sale of surplus agricultural 
commodities, strike out "not less than $350,000,000" and insert in lieu 
thereof "for the fiscal year 1956, not less than $300,000,000". 
(c) In section 403, which relates to special assistance in joint control 
areas, insert " ( a ) " before the first sentence; insert "at the time of the 
enactment of this Act" in the first sentence after "responsibility^'; and 
add the following new subsection: 
"(b) There is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the President 
for the fiscal year 1956 not to exceed $21,000,000 to carry out this 
section." 
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^(j^ Amend section 405, which relates to movement of migrants and 
refugees, as follows: 
(1) Change the heading to "MIGRANTS, REFUGEES, AND ESCAPEES". 
(2) Amend subsection (c) to read as follows: 
"(c) There is hereby authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal 
year 1956 not to exceed $1,400,000 for contributions to the United 
Nations Refugee Fund." 
(3) Add the following new subsection: 
Escapees. 
"(d) There is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the President 
for the fiscal year 1956 not to exceed $6,000,000 for continuation of 
activities, including care, training, and resettlement, which have been 
undertaken for selected escapees under section 401 of this Act." 
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^g^ jj^ section 406, which relates to children's welfare, insert " ( a ) " 
before the first sentence and add the following new suDsection: 
"(b) There is hereby authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal 
year 1956 not to exceed $14,500,000 for contributions to the United 
Nations Children's Fund." 
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^j^^ jj^ section 407, which relates to Palestine refugees in the Near 
East, insert " ( a ) " before the first sentence and add the following new 
subsection: 
" (b) There is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the President 
for the fiscal year 1956 not to exceed $65,000,000 to be used to make 
contributions to the United Nations Relief and AVorks Agency for 
Palestine Refugees in the Near East." 
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^^^ Amend section 409, which relates to ocean freight charges, 
as follows: 
(1) Insert the following new sentence at the end of subsection (c), 
which relates to ocean freight charges on shipments by United States 
voluntary nonprofit relief agencies: "There is hereby authorized to 
be appropriated to the President for the fiscal year 1956 not to exceed 
$2,000,000 to carry out the purposes of this section." 
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(2) Amend subsection (d) to read as follows: 
"(d) There is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the President 
for the fiscal year 1956 not to exceed $18,000,000 to pay ocean freight 
charges on shipments of surplus agricultural commodities, including 
commodities made available pursuant to any Act for the disposal 
abroad of United States agricultural surpluses. 
In addition, any 
funds made available under this Act may be used, in amounts deter-
mined by the President, for the purposes of this subsection." 
(h) In section 410, Avhich relates to (''ontrol Act expenses, insert 
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", and for the fiscal year 1956 not to exceed $1,175,000," after 
"$1,300,000". 
(i) (1) Change the title of section 411, which relates to admin-
istrative expenses to read "ADMINISTRATIVE AND OTHER EXPENSES". 
(2) Amend section 411 (b) to read as follows: 
"(b) There is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Presi-
dent for the fiscal year 1955 not to exceed $34,700,000, and for the 
fiscal year 1956 not to exceed $35,225,000, for all necessary adminis-
trative expenses incident to carrying out the provisions of this Act 
other than chapter 1 of title I and section 124." 
(3) Add to section 411 the following new subsection: 
"(c) Funds made available for the purposes of this Act may be 
used for compensation, allowances, and travel of personnel, including 
Foreign Service personnel whose services are utilized primarily for 
the purposes of this Act, and without regard to the provisions of any 
other law, for printing and binding, and for expenditures outside the 
continental limits of the United States for the procurement of sup-
plies and services and for other administrative and operating pur-
poses (other than compensation of personnel) without regard to such 
laws and regulations governing the obligation and expenditure of 
Government funds as may be necessary to accomplish the purposes of 
this Act." 
(j) Add the following new sections: 
"SEC. 418. 
PRESIDENT'S FTTND FOR ASIAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMEN T.— 
(a) The Congress of the United States reaffirms the policy of the 
United States to contribute to international peace and security 
through assisting the peoples of free Asia in their efforts to attain 
economic and social well-being, to safeguard basic rights and liberties, 
and to protect their security and independence. The Congress hereby 
recognizes that fundamental to these goals is an expanding economic 
growth of the free Asia area based upon self-help and mutual coop-
eration and full utilization of already existing resources and knowl-
edge. The Congress expresses the willingness of the people of the 
United States to support the foregoing objectives to the extent to 
M^hich the countries in the area continue to make effective use of their 
own resources and external resources otherwise available to them. 
"(b) In order to carry out the purposes of this section, there is 
hereby authorized to be established a fund, to be known as the 'Presi-
dent's Fund for Asian Economic Development' (hereinafter referred 
to as 'the Fund'), and there is hereby authorized to be appropriated 
to the President for the Fund an amount of $200,000,000, such amount 
to remain available until June 30, 1958. 
"(c) The President is authorized to utilize the appropriations made 
available for the Fund to accomplish in the free Asian area the policies 
and purposes declared in this Act and to disburse them on such terms 
and conditions, including transfer of funds, as he may specify to any 
person, corporation, or other body of persons however designated, or 
to any friendly foreign government, agency, or organization or group 
of friendly governments or agencies as may be appropriate: Provided^ 
however. That such assistance shall emphasize loans rather than 
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grants wherever possible, and not less than 50 per centum of the funds 
appropriated pursuant to this section shall be available only for fur-
nishing assistance on terms of repayment in accordance with the 
l)rovisions of section 505, and not more than 25 per centum of said 
funds may be allocated for assistance to any one nation. 
"(d) In utilizing the Fund the President shall give preference to 
projects or programs that will clearly contribute to promoting greater 
economic strength in the area as a whole or among a group or groups 
of countries of the area. 
"SEC. 419. WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION.—Section 3 (a) of Public 
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Law 643, Eightieth Congress, approved June 14, 1948, as amended, is 
hereby amended to read as follows: 
"'(a) such sums as may be necessary for the payment by the United 
States of its share of the expenses of the Organization as apportioned 
by the Health Assembly in accordance with article 56 of the consti-
tution of the Organization, except that payments by the United States 
for any fiscal year of the Organization after 1958 shall not exceed 33l^ 
per centum of the total assessments of active members of the Organiza-
tion for such fiscal year; and'." 
SEC. 9. Title V, chapter 1, of the Mutual Security Act of 1954, which 
relates to general provisions, is amended as follows: 
(a) In section 502, which relates to use of foreign currency, in 
subsection (b) after the word "amended,*' insert the words "and to the 
Joint Committee on Atomic Energy and the Joint Committee on the 
Economic Report,"; and in the proviso after the word "Senate" the 
second time such word occurs, insert the words "or a joint committee 
of the Congress". 
(b) In section 503, subsection (b) is hereby repealed and subsection 
(c) is redesignated as "(b)". 
(c) (1) Change the heading of section 505 to "LOAN ASSISTANCE 
AND SALES" 
(2) Amend section 505 (a) by inserting before the period at the 
end thereof the following: "and shall emphasize loans rather than 
grants wherever possible". 
(3) Add the following sentence at the end of subsection (a) of 
section 505: "Whenever commodities or services are sold for foreign 
currencies the President, notwithstanding section 1415 of the Supple-
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mental Appropriation Act, 1953, or any other provision of law, may 
use or enter into arrangements with friendly nations or organizations 
of nations to use such currencies for the purposes for which the funds 
providing the commodities or services which generated the currencies 
were appropriated." 
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^(j^ jj^ section 509, which relates to shipping on United States ves-
sels, add the following sentence at the end thereof: "The ocean trans-
portation between foreign countries of commodities, materials, and 
equipment procured out of local currency funds made available or 
derived from funds made available under this Act shall not be gov-
erned by the provisions of section 901 (b) of the Merchant Marine 
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of 1936, or any other law relating to the ocean transportation of 
commodities, materials, and equipment on United States fiag vessels." 
SEC. 10. Title V, chapter 2, of the Mutual Security Act of 1954, 
which relates to organization and administration, is amended as 
follows: 
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^.^^ jj^ section 524 (a), amend subparagraph (3) to read as follows: 
"(3) the supervision of end-item use by the recipient countries;", 
(b) In the second sentence of section 525, which relates to the For-
eign Operations Administration, after "Foreign Operations Admin-
istration" insert "(including any function, office or entity thereof 
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transferred to any other agency)"; and insert, before the period at 
tlie end of said second sentence, the following: ": Provided^ That such 
authority conferred by this sentence shall be exercised in accordance 
with applicable laws and regulations relating to the Civil Service and 
Veterans' Preference"'. 
(c) Add at the end of section 526, which relates to missions and 
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staffs abroad, the following new sentence: "If a P'oreign Service 
Officer shall be appointed by the President to a position under this 
section, the period of his service in such capacity shall be considered 
as constituting an assignment for duty within the meaning of section 
571 of the Foreign Service Act of 1946, as amended, and such person 
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shall not, by virtue of his acceptance of such an assignment, lose his 
status as a Foreign Service Officer." 
(d) In section 530 (a), which relates to experts and consultants or 
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organizations thereof, insert "or at the applicable rate prescribed in 
the Standardized Government Travel Regulations, as amended from 
time to time, whichever is higher,'" after "at a rate not to exceed $10". 
(e) In section 534, which relates to reports, strike out "sections 504 
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and 413 (b)"' in the last sentence and insert "sections 504, 413 (b), 
and 418"'. 
SEC. 11. Title V, chapter 3, of the Mutual Security Act of 1954, 
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which relates to repeal and miscellaneous provisions, is amended by 
adding after section 547, the following new sections: 
"SEC. 548. I^NEXPENDED BALANCES.—ITnexpended balances of funds 
heretofore made available under authority of this Act are hereby 
authorized to be continued available for the general purposes for 
which appropriated, and may be consolidated with appropriations 
made available beginning in fiscal year 1956 for the same general 
j)urposes under the authority of this Act: Provided^ however^ That 
unexpended balances in excess of $200,000,000 not obligated by June 
30, 1955, in accordance with the provisions of section 1311 of the 
Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1955 (Public Law 663, Eighty-
third Congress), or reserved in accordance with the provisions of 
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section 110 of the Mutual Security Appropriation Act, 1955 (Public 
Law 778, Eighty-third Congress), are not authorized to be continued 
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available after such date. 
"SEC. 549. 
(a) 
STATEMENT OF CONGRESSIONAL POLICY.—It is 
the 
sense of the Congress that inasmuch as— 
"(1) the United States, through mutual security programs, has 
made substantial contributions to the economic recovery and reha-
bilitation of the nations of western Europe; 
"(2) due in part to those programs, it has been possible for such 
nations to achieve complete economic recovery and to regain their 
military strength; and 
" (3) certain other friendly nations of the world remain in need of 
assistance in order that they may defend themselves against aggres-
sion and contribute to the security of the free world, 
those nations that have been assisted in their recovery should, in the 
future, share with the United States to a greater extent the financial 
burden of providing aid to those countries which are still in need of 
assistance of the type provided under this Act. 
"(b) It is the sense of the Congress that assistance under this Act 
shall be administered so as to assist other peoples in their efforts to 
achieve self-government or independence under circumstances which 
will enable them to assume an equal station among the free nations of 
the world and to fulfill their responsibilities for self-government or 
independence." 
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SEC. 12. It is hereby declared to be the continuing sense of the Con-
gress that the Communist regime in China has not demonstrated its 
willingness to fulfill the obligations contained in the Charter of the 
United Nations and should not be recognized to represent China in the 
United Nations. 
Approved July 8, 1955. 
J u l y H , 1955 
[S. 727] 
Public Law 139 
CHAPTER 302 
AN ACT 
To adjust the salaries of judges of the Municipal Court of Appeals for the 
District of Columbia, the salaries of the judges of the Municipal Court for the 
District of Columbia, the salary of the judge of the District of Columbia Tax 
Court, and the salary of the judge of the Juvenile Court of the District of 
Columbia. 
D. C. judges. 
Salaries. 
63 Stat. 483. 
63 Stat. 482. 
66 Stat. 547. 
52 Stat. 601. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the fourth 
sentence of the sixth paragraph of section 6 of the Act entitled "An 
Act to consolidate the Police Court of the District of Columbia and 
the Municipal Court of the District of Columbia, to be known as 
'The Municipal Court for the District of Columbia', to create 'The 
Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia', and for 
other purposes", approved April 1,1942, as amended (I). C. Code, sec. 
11-771), is amended by striking out "$14,500" and inserting in lieu 
thereof "$19,000", and by striking out "$14,000" and inserting in lieu 
thereof "$18,500". 
SEC. 2. The fourth sentence of section 2 of such Act of April 1, 
1942, as amended (D. C. Code, sec. 11-753), is amended by striking 
out "$13,500" and inserting in lieu thereof "$18,000", and by striking 
out "$13,000" and inserting in lieu thereof "$17,500". 
SEC. 3. The first sentence of the second paragraph of section 2 of 
title I X of the District of Columbia Revenue Act of 1937, as amended 
(D. C. Code, sec. 47-2402), is amended by striking out "$13,000" and 
inserting in lieu thereof "$17,500". 
SEC. 4. The last sentence of section 19 of the Juvenile Court Act 
of the District of Columbia (D. C. Code, sec. 11-920) is amended 
to read as follows: "The salary of the judge shall be $17,500 per 
annum." 
Approved July 11, 1955. 
Public Law 140 
CHAPTER 303 
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AN ACT 
July 11, 1955 
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To provide that all United States currency shall bear the inscription "In God 
We Trust". 
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currency 
i p tion on 
and coins. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That at such time as 
new dies for the printing of currency are adopted in connection with 
the current program of the Treasury Department to increase the 
capacity of presses utilized by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, 
the dies shall bear, at such place or places thereon as the Secretary 
of the Treasury may determine to be appropriate, the inscription "In 
God We Trust", and thereafter this inscription shall appear on all 
United States currency and coins. 
Approved July 11, 1955,