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 PUBLIC LAW 944-AUG. 3, 1956 Taxes.

S e n a t e Office Building Commission. 67 Stat. 328. 40 USC 174b-l note.

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International Wheat Agreement. 63 Stat. 945. 7 USC 1641.

63 Stat. 2173.

Be it enacted, ty the SeTmte and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the membershij) of the Senate Office Building Commission, created by the Sundry Civil Appropriation Act of April 28, 1904 (33 Stat. 481), as amended by Public Law 178, Eighty-third Congress, approved August 3, 1953, is hereby increased from seven to nine members, such additional members to be appointed by the President of the Senate. Approved August 3, 1956. CHAPTER 9 1 1

AN ACT To amend the International Wheat Agreement Act of 1949. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 2 of the International Wheat Agreement Act of 1949, as amended, is amended by inserting before the parenthesis at the end of the first sentence thereof the following: "and the Agreement (International Wheat Agreement, 1956) further revising and renewing the International Wheat Agreement for a period ending July 31, 1959, signed by Argentina, Australia, Canada, France, Sweden, the United States, and certain wheat importing countries". SEC. 2. Reference in any law to the International Wheat Agreement of 1949 shall be deemed to include the Agreement (International Wheat Agreement, 1956) revising and renewing the International Wheat Agreement for a period ending July 31, 1959. Approved August 3, 1956. Public Law 946

Atxgust 3, 1956 [H. J. Res. 511]

CHAPTER 910

AN ACT To increase the membership of the Senate OfBce Building Commission.

Public Law 945 Vugus

ST A T.

(b) No property distributed under the provisions of this Act shall at the time of distribution be subject to Federal or State income tax. Following any distribution of property made under the provisions of this Act, such property and any income derived therefrom by the individual, corporation, or other legal entity shall be subject to the same taxes, State and Federal, as in the case of non-Indians: Provided, That for the purpose of capital gains or losses the base value of the property shall be the value of the property when distributed to the individual, corporation, or other legal entity. Approved August 3, 1986.

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CHAPTER 912

JOINT RESOLUTION Granting the consent of Congress to the States of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut to confer certain additional powers upon the Interstate Sanitation Commission, established by said States pursuant to Public Resolution 62, Seventy-fourth Congress, August 27, 1935.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Interstate Sani- States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act of August 27, st'^din' of SV 1935 (49 Stat. 932) is amended by striking out section 2 thereof and pollution. inserting the following new sections;

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