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Volume 69

Public Law 84–319

To amend title V of the Agricultural Act of 1949, as amended.

Approved August 9, 1955

Statutory text

AN ACT

To amend title V of the Agricultural Act of 1949, as amended.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

That section 509 of the Agricultural Act of 1949, as amended, is amended by striking out “December 31, 1955” and inserting “June 30, 1959”.

Sec. 2.

Subsection 3 of section 502 of such Act, as amended, is amended by inserting before the period at the end thereof the following: “: Provided, however, That if the employer can establish to the satisfaction of the Secretary of Labor that the employer has provided or paid to the worker the cost of return transportation and subsistence from the place of employment to the appropriate reception center, the Secretary under such regulations as he may prescribe may relieve the employer of his obligation to the United States under this subsection.”

Sec. 3.

Section 503 of such Act, as amended, is amended by adding

7 USC 1463.

at the end thereof the following:

“In carrying out the provisions of (1) and (2) of this section, provision shall be made for consultation with agricultural employers and workers for the purpose of obtaining facts relevant to the supply o domestic farm workers and the wages paid such workers engaged in similar employment. Information with respect to certifications under (1) and (2) shall be posted in the appropriate local public employment offices and such other public places as the Secretary may require.”

Approved August 9, 1955.

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