Public Law 27.

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69 Stat. 45 Public Law 27 chapter 29 AN ACT To amend the rice marketing quota provisions of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended.April 30, 1955 [[H. R. 2839](/us/bill/84/hr/2839)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Rice. [52 Stat. 61](/us/stat/52/61). [7 USC 1353](/us/usc/t7/s1353). That section 353 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, is amended, effective beginning with the 1955 crop of rice, by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection:

" “(e) Any part of the farm rice acreage allotment on which rice willReapportionment of surrendered allotment. not be planted and which is voluntarily surrendered to the county committee shall be deducted from the allotment to such farm and may be reapportioned by the county committee to other farms in the same county receiving allotments in amounts determined by the county committee to be fair and reasonable on the basis of the past production of rice by the producers on the farm or the past production of rice on the farm, as the case may be; acreage allotments previously established for the farm or for the producers on the farm, as the case may be; abnormal conditions affecting acreage; land, labor, water, and equipment available for the production of rice; crop-rotation practices; and tire soil and other physical factors affecting the production of rice.

Any allotment surrendered under this provision shall be regarded for the purposes of subsection

(b)of this section as having been planted on the farm from which surrendered, except that this shall not operate to make the farm from which the allotment was surrendered eligible for an allotment as having rice planted thereon, or to make any producer thereon eligible for an allotment as having produced rice, during the live-year base period.” " Approved April 30, 1955. Public Law 28: To amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, with respect to rice allotment history. Public Law 28 Public Law 28 69 Stat. 45 1955-04-30 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-01-02 84 1 public Public Law 28 chapter 30 AN ACT To amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, with respect to rice allotment history.April 30, 1955 [[H. R. 4356](/us/bill/84/hr/4356)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Rice. Allotment history. [63 Stat. 1059](/us/stat/63/1059). [7 USC 1353](/us/usc/t7/s1353). That section 353 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, is emended by adding to subsection

(c)thereof the following new paragraph: " “In determining the past production of rice by producers on a farm for the purpose of establishing farm acreage allotments for the 1956 and subsequent crops, the acreage of rice on the farm for any year for which farm acreage allotments were in effect shall be divided among the producers thereon in the proportion in which they contributed to the farm acreage allotment.” " Approved April 30, 1955. Public Law 29: To amend the the marketing quota provisions of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended. Public Law 29 Public Law 29 69 Stat. 45 1955-05-05 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-01-02 84 1 public Public Law 29 chapter 31 AN ACT To amend the the marketing quota provisions of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended.May 5, 1955 [[H. R. 4647](/us/bill/84/hr/4647)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Rice. [63 Stat. 1059](/us/stat/63/1059). [7 USC 1353](/us/usc/t7/s1353). That section 353 of 69 Stat. 46 the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, is amended by adding to subsection

(c)thereof, two new paragraphs reading as follows: " “(3) State allotments. Each of the State acreage allotments for 1955 heretofore proclaimed by the Secretary shall be increased by 2 per centum or by suchIncrease and apportionment. greater acreage as may be necessary to provide such State with an allotment equal to its 1950 allotment. In any State having county acreage allotments for 1955

(i)the increase in the State allotment shall be. apportioned among counties in the State on the same basis as the State allotment was heretofore apportioned among the counties, but without regard to adjustments for trends in acreage, and

(ii)the 1955 allotment for any county in which the 1950–1954 average planted plus diverted acreage of rice, adjusted for trends in acreage, exceeds the 1945–1949 average planted acreage of rice, similarly adjusted, by more than 2 per centum shall then be further increased by such additional acreage as may be necessary to provide such county with an allotment equal to its 1950 allotment. The increases in the county acreage allotments and the increases in the State allotments, where county allotments are not determined, shall be used to establish farm acreage allotments which are fair and reasonable in relation to the applicable allotment factors specified in subsection

(b)of this section and to correct inequities and prevent hardships. “(4) Reserve acreage. The reserve acreage made available for 1955 in any State for apportionment to farms operated by persons who have not produced rice during the preceding five years or on which rice has not been planted in the preceding five years shall not be less than five hundred acres; and the additional acreage necessary to provide such minimum reserve acreages shall be in addition to the National and State acreage allotments.” " Approved May 5, 1955. Public Law 30: To permit tile United States of America to release reversionary rights in a thirty-six and seven hundred and fifty-nine onethousand acre tract to the Vineland School District of the county of Kern, State of California. Public Law 30 Public Law 30 69 Stat. 46 1955-05-05 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-01-02 84 1 public Public Law 30 chapter 32 JOINT RESOLUTION To permit tile United States of America to release reversionary rights in a thirty-six and seven hundred and fifty-nine onethousand acre tract to the Vineland School District of the county of Kern, State of California.May 5, 1955 [[H. J. Res. 107](/us/bill/84/hjres/107)] *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Vineland School District, Calif. Conveyance. That, upon the written consent of the director of the California State Department of Agriculture, the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States is authorized and directed to convey, for a consideration of $1, by quitclaim deed to the Vineland School District, Bakersfield, county of Kern. State of California, anti its successors and assigns, all of the right, title, and interest reserved or retained by the quitclaim deed from the United States of America to the aforesaid Vineland School District dated November 28, 1947, Covering thirty-six and seven hundred and fifty-nine onethousandths acres, more or less, and recorded on December 10, 1947, in book 1341 of official records, page 424, in the office of the comity recorder, Keim County, California. Approved May 5, 1955. Public Law 31: To authorized the Atomic Energy Commission to construct a modern office building In or near the District of Columbia to serve as its principal office. Public Law 31 Public Law 31 69 Stat. 47 1955-05-06 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-01-02 84 1 public

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