"The signatory states agree to appropriate for compensation of agents and employees of the commission for office, administrative, travel and other expenses on recommendation of the commission subject to limitations as follows:-The Commonwealth of Massachusetts obligates itself to not more than seventeen thousand five hundred dollars for the first year and to not more than fourteen thousand dollars in any one year thereafter, the State of New Hampshire obligates itself to not more than seven thousand five hundred dollars for the first year and to not more than six thousand dollars in any one year thereafter. "ARTICLE VIII. "Should any part of this compact be held to be contrary to the constitution of either signatory state or of the United States, all other parts thereof shall continue to be in full force and effect. "ARTICLE IX. "This compact shall become operative and effective when ratified by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the State of New Hampshire, and approved by the Congress of the United States. Notice of ratification shall be given by the governor of each state to the governor of the other state and to the President of the United States, and the President of the United States is requested to give notice to the governors of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the State of New Hampshire of approval by the Congress of the United States." SEC. 2. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is expressly reserved. Approved April 23, 1957. Public Law 85-24 AN ACT To prohibit the payment of pensions to persons confined in penal institutions for periods longer than sixty days. April 25, 1957 [H. R. 71] Pension payments to certain Post, p. 172. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That no pension under public or private laws administered by the Veterans' Adminis- prisoners. tration shall be paid to or for an individual who has been imprisoned in a Federal, State, or local penal institution as the result of conviction of a felony or misdemeanor for any part of the period beginning sixtyone days after his imprisonment begins and ending when his imprisonment ends. SEC. 2. (a) Where any veteran is disqualified for pension for any period solely by reason of the first section of this Act, the Administrator may apportion and pay to his wife or children the pension which such veteran would receive for that period but for this Act. (b) Where any widow or child of a veteran is disqualified for pension for any period solely by reason of the first section of this Act, the Administrator may (1) if the widow is disqualified, pay to the child, or children, the pension which would be payable if there were no such widow or (2) if a child is disqualified, pay to the widow the pension which would be payable if there were no such child. SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect on the first day of the second calendar month which begins after the date of its enactment. Approved April 25, 1957. Veterans' wives or children. Effective date. April 25, 1957 (H. R. 2367] Agriculture. Grazing program. 64 Stat. 1109. USC 1855g. Public Law 85-25 AN ACT To establish a deferred grazing program as part of the relief available to drought stricken areas under Public Law 875, Eighty-first Congress, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, in connection with any major disaster due to drought determined by the President to warrant assistance 421855- by the Federal Government under Public Law 875, Eighty-first Congress, as amended, the President is authorized and directed as part of the assistance provided pursuant to such Act to formulate and carry out, through the facilities of the Department of Agriculture, a deferred grazing program, which shall include nonuse or limited use, or any needed combination thereof, in any county affected by such disaster in which the Secretary of Agriculture determines grazing of native rangeland is a substantial factor in agricultural production, and finds that limited or deferred grazing is necessary and appropriate for the reestablishment or conservation of grass for grazing. Such program shall be applicable only to nonfederally owned land which is normally used for grazing. Within thirty days (1) after the date of enactment of this Act, or (2) after any subsequent designation of any such area as a disaster area by the President, the Secretary shall designate the counties in any such area in which this program shall be available, and the program shall remain available in each such county for a period of not more than five years after the date of enactment of this Act. Payments. Conditions. Appropriation. SEC. 2. The program shall provide for payment for deferred grazing to farmers and ranchers at rates equal to the fair rental value of the land for the grazing use withheld under the program, as determined by the Secretary on the basis of the normal grazing capacity of the land during periods of adequate precipitation. No payment shall be made under the program if it is determined that a shift of livestock from the deferred areas to other land results in overgrazing nondeferred areas. Payment to any person for deferred grazing on land in any one county or land in more than one county operated as a single unit shall not exceed $5,000 for any one year. SEC. 3. The program authorized herein may include such terms and conditions, in addition to those specifically provided for herein, as are determined desirable to effectuate its purposes and to facilitate practical administration. The program authorized herein for any county shall be supplemental to the agricultural conservation program, and not in substitution of, other programs in such county authorized by any other law, except that no payment shall be made concurrently on the same land for deferred grazing under this and any other program. SEC. 4. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated, in addition to other funds authorized to be appropriated for the purposes of 42 USC 1855 Public Law 875, Eighty-first Congress, such funds as are necessary to carry out the program authorized herein. 1855g. Approved April 25, 1957. Public Law 85-26 AN ACT To provide a temporary extension of certain special provisions relating to April 25, 1957 [H. R. 3035] State aid to the blind. 64 Stat. 554. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 344 (b) of the Social Security Act Amendments of 1950 (Public Law 734, Eighty-first Congress), as amended by section 302 of the Social Security Amendments of 1954 (Public Law 761, Eighty-third Congress), is amended by striking out "June 30, 1957" and inserting in lieu note. thereof "June 30, 1959". Approved April 25, 1957. Public Law 85-27 AN ACT To continue until the close of June 30, 1958, the suspension of duties and import taxes on metal scrap, and for other purposes. 68 Stat. 1097. April 25, 1957 [H. R. 4686] Metal scrap. 70 Stat. 553. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the SEC. 2. The amendment made by the first section of this Act shall Public Law 85-28 AN ACT To amend the Agricultural Act of 1949 with respect to price support for extra long staple cotton. Copper scrap. 65 Stat. 44. April 25, 1957 [S. 812] Cotton price support. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the first sentence of section 101 (f) of the Agricultural Act of 1949, as amended, Stat. 759; 68 is amended to read as follows: "The provisions of this Act relating to price support for cotton shall apply severally to (1) American upland cotton and (2) extra long staple cotton described in subsection (a) and ginned as required by subsection (e) of section 347 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, except that, notwithstanding any of the foregoing provisions of section 101 of this Act, the level of support to cooperators for the 1957 and each subsequent crop of extra long staple cotton, if producers have not disapproved marketing quotas therefor, shall be the same per centum of the parity price as for the 1956 crop." Approved April 25, 1957. 66 Stat. 899. 7 USC 144 1. 66 Stat. 759. 7 USC 1347. May 14, 1957 (H. R. 4803] Commerce and In dustry Exposition. Free entry for exhibits. Public Law 85-29 AN ACT To permit articles imported from foreign countries for the purpose of exhibition at the Chicagoland Commerce and Industry Exposition, to be held at Chicago, Illinois, to be admitted without payment of tariff, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Chicagoland United States of America in Congress assembled. That any article which is imported from a foreign country for the purpose of exhibition at the Chicagoland Commerce and Industry Exposition (hereinafter in this Act referred to as the "exposition") to be held at Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois, from June 28, 1957, to July 14, 1957, inclusive, by the Chicagoland Commerce and Industry Exposition, Incorporated, a corporation, or for the use in constructing, installing, or maintaining foreign exhibits at the exposition, upon which article there is a tariff or customs duty, shall be admitted without payment of such tariff or customs duty or any fees or charges under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe. Marking requirements. Abandonment of articles. Transfers. Payment of customs charges, etc. SEC. 2. It shall be lawful at any time during or within three months after the close of the exposition to sell within the area of the exposition any articles provided for in this Act, subject to such regulations for the security of the revenue and for the collection of import duties as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe. All such articles, when withdrawn for consumption or use in the United States, shall be subject to the duties, if any, imposed upon such articles by the revenue laws in force at the date of their withdrawal; and on such articles which shall have suffered diminution or deterioration from incidental handling or exposure, the duties, if payable, shall be assessed according to the appraised value at the time of withdrawal from entry under this Act for consumption or entry under the general tariff law. SEC. 3. Imported articles provided for in this Act shall not be subject to any marking requirements of the general tariff laws, except when such articles are withdrawn for consumption or use in the United States, in which case they shall not be released from customs custody until properly marked, but no additional duty shall be assessed because such articles were not sufficiently marked when imported into the United States. SEC. 4. At any time during or within three months after the close of the exposition, any article entered under this Act may be abandoned to the United States or destroyed under customs supervision, whereupon any duties on such articles shall be remitted. SEC. 5. Articles which have been admitted without payment of duty for exhibition under any tariff law and which have remained in continuous customs custody or under a customs exhibition bond and imported articles in bonded warehouses under the general tariff law may be accorded the privilege of transfer to and entry for exhibition at the exposition, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe. SEC. 6. The Chicagoland Commerce and Industry Exposition, Incorporated, shall be deemed, for customs purposes only, to be the sole consignee of all merchandise imported under this Act. The actual and necessary customs charges for labor, services, and other expenses in connection with the entry, examination, appraisement, release, or custody, together with the necessary charges for salaries of customs officers and employees in connection with the supervision, custody of, and accounting for, articles imported under this Act, shall be reimbursed by the Chicagoland Commerce and Industry Exposition, Incorporated, to the United States under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury. Receipts from such reimbursement Public Law 85-30 AN ACT To extend for a period of two years the privilege of free importation of gifts from members of the Armed Forces of the United States on duty abroad. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act of December 5, 1942, entitled "An Act to accord free entry to bona fide gifts from members of the armed forces of the United States on duty abroad", as amended (U. S. C., title 50 App., secs 846 and 847), is amended to read as follows: "That under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe so much of any shipment as does not exceed $50 in value, with such further limitation on the importation of alcoholic beverages and tobacco products as the Secretary may prescribe, shall be admitted into the United States or its Territories or possessions or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico free of all customs duties, charges, or exactions, or internal-revenue taxes imposed upon or by reason of importation, if there is filed in connection with the entry satisfactory evidence that the articles for which free entry is claimed were purchased in or through authorized agencies of the Armed Forces of the United States or in accordance with regulations prescribed by the major geographical commands of the United States Armed Forces, and are bona fide gifts from a member of the Armed Forces of the United States on duty outside the continental limits of the United States. "SEC. 2. This Act shall be effective with respect to articles entered for consumption or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption on or after the day following the date of its enactment and before July 1, 1959." Approved May 14, 1957. Public Law 85-31 AN ACT To amend the Act of June 4, 1953 (67 Stat. 41), and for other purposes. Indians. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act of June 4, 1953 (67 Stat. 41) is amended by adding at the end school lands. thereof the following sentence: "If the grantee of such land fails for a period of one year to observe the provisions of the transfer agreement and the Secretary of the Interior fails to declare a forfeiture of the conveyance, the former beneficial owner, if an individual Indian or an Indian tribe, may petition the United States District Court for the district where the land is located to declare a forfeiture of the conveyance and to vest the title in the United States, in the same trust status as previously existed." Approved May 16, 1957. 84352 O-58-5 |