PUBLIC LAW 479-JULY 8, 1954
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expended for the purpose of relocating the members of the Yankton Sioux Tribe, South Dakota, who reside or have resided, on tribal and allotted lands acquired by the United States for the Fort Randall Dam and Reservoir project, Missouri River Development, in a manner that will reestablish and protect their economic, social, religious, and community life. Title to any lands acquired within Indian country pursuant to this section shall be taken in the name of the United States m trust for the Yankton Sioux Tribe or members thereof. The said sum of $106,500 shall be assessed against the costs of the Fort Randall Dam and Reservoir, Missouri River Development. Approved July 6, 1954. Public Law 479 July 8, 1954 [H. R. 6465]
CHAPTER 466 AN ACT
To amend paragraph 1530 of the TarifE Act of 1930 with respect to footwear.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the footwearf*"'"^*** United States of America in Congress assembled, That paragraph Duty. 1530 (e) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, is amended by adding 19 USC'ioorpar. at the end thereof the following: "For the purposes of this paragraph 1530(e). and any existing or future proclamation of the President relating thereto, footwear of which a major portion, in area, of the basic wearing surface of the outer soles (that part of the article, not including the heel, that is designed to be the basic wearing surface and to resist wear on contact with any surface) is composed of india rubber or any substitute for rubber, or both, shall be deemed to have soles wholly Effective date. or in chief value of india rubber or substitutes for rubber." The foregoing amendment shall enter into force as soon as practicable, on a date to be specified by the President in a notice to the Secretary of the Treasury following such negotiations as may be necessary to effect a modification or termination of any international obligations of the United States with which the amendment might conflict, but in any event not later than one hundred and eighty days after the passage of this Act. Approved July 8, 1954.
Public Law 480 July 10, 1954 [S.2475]
Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954.
CHAPTER 469
AN ACT To increase the consumption of United States agricultural commodities in foreign countries, to improve the foreign relations of the United States, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the /Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954". SEC, 2. I t is hereby declared to be the policy of Congress to expand international trade among the United States and friendly nations, to facilitate the convertibility of currency, to promote the economic stability of American agriculture and the national welfare, to make maximum efficient use of surplus agricultural commodities in furtherance of the foreign policy of the United States, and to stimulate and facilitate the expansion of foreign trade in agricultural commodities produced in the United States by providing a means whereby surplus agricultural commodities in excess of the usual marketings of such
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