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date. By this action Cabinet representation was accorded to Gov- 

 ernment functions in health, education and welfare. 



June 26, 1953: An Act redefining Federal assistance for cooperative 

 agricultural extension work, and repealing a number of acts 

 which amended the Smith-Lever Act of May 8, 1941. (Public Law 

 83; 67 Stat. 83) 



July 10, 1953: A new Commission on Organization of the Executive 

 Branch (Second Hoover Commission) was set up by this act to 

 study and recommend regarding functions which are not neces- 

 sary to Government efficiency or which compete with private en- 

 terprise. (Public Law 108; 67 Stat. 142) 



August 8, 1953: By legislation approved this date, the limitation in 

 the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 which restricted its 

 appropriation to $15 million in any fiscal year was removed. 

 (Public Law 88-233; 67 Stat. 488) 



August 13, 1953: Created a national advisory committee to study 

 public and private methods of weather control and modification. 

 (Public Law 256; 67 Stat. 559) 



March 17, 1954: President Eisenhower issued E.O. 10521, which 

 clarified and defined Federal agencies' responsibilities for re- 

 search and development, and specified a broader role for the 

 NSF than that in its 1950 charter by providing that the Founda- 

 tion "shall from time to time recommend to the President poli- 

 cies for the Federal Government which will strengthen the na- 

 tional scientific effort and furnish guidance toward defining the 

 responsibilities of the Federal Government in the conduct and 

 support of scientific research." 



May 13, 1954: This act created the Saint Lawrence Seaway Devel- 

 opment Corporation and authorized U.S. participation with 

 Canada in development of a St. Lawrence Seaway. (Public Law 

 358; 68 Stat. 92) 



May 27, 1954: Authorized construction of certain aeronautical re- 

 search facilities by National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics 

 to be used for research for ICBM fuel and high-speed seaplane 

 figures. (Public Law 371; 68 Stat. 142) 



July 28, 1954: Authorized research work of the Department of Agri- 

 culture to be conducted by private contracts. Amended Act of 

 June 29, 1935 (the Bankhead-Jones Act). (Public Law 545; 68 

 Stat. 574) 



August 26, 1954: The Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1955, ap- 

 propriated $2 million to the National Science Foundation to sup- 

 port the U.S. International Geophysical Year program sponsored 

 and coordinated by the National Academy of Sciences. This was 

 the initial appropriation for the IGY program. (Public Law 663; 

 58 Stat. 818) 



August 30, 1954: The Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to amend the 

 Atomic Energy Act of 1946. Facilitated industrial uses of atomic 

 energy: authorized exchange of information with friendly free 

 governments and encouraged formulation of an international 

 atomic pool for peaceful purposes. This was the first major 

 amendment of the Atomic Energy Act of 1946. (Public Law 83- 

 703; 68 Stat. 919) 



May 23, 1955: Still another evidence of recognition of the need to 

 promote aeronautical research for defense purposes was this au- 



