for use in the assistance of needy persons outside the United States. Commodity Credit Corporation may incur such additional costs with respect to such oil as it is authorized to incur with respect to food commodities disposed of under section 416 of the Agricultural Act of 1949."

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION
APPROPRIATION ACT 1960

(Public Law 86-80 July 8, 1959 73 Stat. 173)

The conference report includes the following: "*** The conferees direct that the full amount of these transferred funds be used to purchase foods necessary to provide balanced diets for the schoolchildren. In making such purchases, attention should be given to the needs of the schools for red meats and other high protein foods. As far as possible, foods in surplus supply should be given priority. The necessary foods should be supplied from these funds, however, regardless of whether or not they are determined by the Secretary to be in surplus supply.

SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM

"For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751–1760), $110,000,000: Provided, That no part of this appropriation shall be used for nonfood assistance under section 5 of said Act: Provided further, That $43,657,248 shall be transferred to this appropriation from funds available under section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935, for purchase and distribution of agricultural commodities and other foods pursuant to section 6 of the National School Lunch Act."

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION
APPROPRIATION ACT, 1961

(Public Law 86-832, June 29, 1960, 74 Stat. 238)

"For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751-1760), $110,000,000: Provided, That no part of this appropriation shall be used for nonfood assistance under section 5 of said Act: Provided further, That $45,000,000 shall be transferred to this appropriation from funds available under section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935, for purchase and distribution of agricultural commodities and other foods pursuant to section 6 of the National School Lunch Act."

MUTUAL SECURITY ACT OF 1959

(Public Law 86-108, Approved July 24, 1959, 73 Stat. 250)

The conference report contained the following comment: "The House conferees *** were impressed with the argument that it was desirable that surplus food commodities or the products thereof made available either for grant or for sale for foreign currencies abroad under section 402 of the Mutual Security Act or any other act be provided to the maximum extent practicable to eligible domestic recipients under already authorized relief feeding programs in order to eliminate any possibility that needy people in the United States should be at any disadvantage compared to people of foreign nations with respect to the distribution of such commodities. The provision does not authorize any additional funds for domestic relief purposes. It relates only to the designation of commodities which would be available under already existing authority and available funds for such domestic relief programs.

The committee of conference recognized that too rigid a requirement might impede the effective disposal of surplus food commodities abroad as well as unnecessarily interfere with the existing procedures for domestic distribution. The language of the provision as agreed to allows sufficient flexibility in the administration of the program and at the same time indicates the intent of Congress that our own people should not be at any disadvantage in sharing surplus food commodities."

(c) In section 402, which relates to earmarking of funds, strike out "1959" In the first sentence and substitute "1960"; in the same sentence, after the words "foreign currencies" insert the words "or the grant", and at the end

of the section, add the following new sentences: "Surplus food commodities or products thereof made available for transfer under this Act (or any other Act) as a grant or as a sale for foreign currencies may also be made available to the maximum extent practicable to eligible domestic recipients pursuant to section 416 of the Agricultural Act of 1949, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1431), or to needy persons within the United States pursuant to clause (2) or section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935, as amended (7 U.S.C. 612c). Section 416 of the Agricultural Act of 1949, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1431), is amended by inserting 'whether in private stocks or' after 'commodities' the first time that word appears."

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION APPROPRIATION ACTS

The following language in the annual appropriation acts authorized transfers to the Foreign Agricultural Services as follows: 1960, $2,493,000; 1961, $2,539,000.

For necessary expenses for the Foreign Agricultural Service, include carrying out title VI of the Agricultural Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1761-1768), and for enabling the Secretary to coordinate and integrate activities of the Department in connection with foreign agriculaural work, *** Provided further, That, in addition, not to exceed of the funds appropriated by section 32

of the Act of August 24, 1935, as amended (7 U.S.C. 612c), shall be merged with this appropriation and shall be available for all expenses of the Foreign Agricultural Service in carrying out the purposes of said section 32.

SECOND SUPPLEMENT APPROPRIATION ACT, 1961

(Public Law 86-722, Sept. 8, 1960, 74 Stat. 821)

FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE

For an additional amount for "Salaries and Expenses," $137,500; and in addition, $100,000 of the funds appropriated by section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935, as amended (7 U.S.C. 612c) shall be merged with this appropriation and shall be available for all expenses of the Foreign Agricultural Service in carrying out the purposes of said section 32.

AGRICULTURAL TRADE DEVELOPMENT AND ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1954, AS AMENDED

(Public Law 86-341, Sept. 21, 1959)

Section 306 (a new section under title III) authorizes the establishment of a permissive 2-year food stamp plan for the distribution of $250 million worth of surplus food per year to needy people in the United States.

"SEC. 306. (a) In order to promote the general welfare, raise the levels of health and of nourishment for persons whose incomes prevent them from enjoying adequate diets, and dispose in a beneficial manner of food commodities acquired by the Commodity Credit Corporation or the Department of Agriculture in carrying out price support operations or diverted from the normal channels of trade and commerce under section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935, as amended, the Secretary of Agriculture (in this section referred to as the 'Secretary') is hereby authorized to promulgate and put into operation a program to distribute to needy persons in the United States, including needy Indians, through a food stamp system such surplus food commodities. Such program shall provide for the distribution of such surplus food commodities only during the period beginning February 1, 1960 and ending January 31, 1962. The cost of such program, including the cost to the Federal Government of acquiring, storing, and handling such surplus food comomdities, shall not exceed $250,000,000 in any 12-month period beginning February 1 and ending January 31. "(b) In carrying out such program, the Secretary shall

"(1) distribute surplus food made available by the Secretary for distribution under this program only when requested to do so by a State or political subdivision thereof;

"(2) issue, or cause to be issued, pursuant to subsection (c), food stamps redeemable by eligible needy persons for such types and quantities of surplus food as the Secretary shall determine;

"(3) distribute surplus food in commercially packaged form, preferably through normal channels of trade;

"(4) establish standards under which, pursuant to subsection (c), the welfare authorities of any State or political subdivision thereof may participate in the food stamp plan for the distribution of surplus foods to the needy;

"(5) consult the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, and the Secretary of Labor, in establishing standards for eligibility for surplus foods and in the conduct of the program generally to assure achievement of the goals outlined in subsection (a) of this section; and

"(6) make such other rules and regulations as he may deem necessary to carry out the purpose of this section.

"(c) The Secretary shall issue, to each welfare department or equivalent agency of a State or political subdivision requesting the distribution of surplus food under subsection (b)(1), food stamps for each kind of surplus food to be distributed, in amounts based on the total amount of surplus food to be distributed and on the total number of needy persons in the various States and political subdivisions eligible to receive such food. The food stamps shall be issued by each such welfare department or equivalent agency to needy persons receiving welfare assistance, or in need of welfare assistance but ineligible because of State or local law, and shall be redeemable by such needy persons at local distribution points to be determined by the Secretary under subsection (b) (3).

"(d) Receipt by any person of benefits under this section shall not be deemed to be income or resources under the provisions of the Social Security Act or any other Federal legislation pertaining to the security of the aged, blind, disabled, dependent children, unemployed, or other similar groups. Any State or local subdivision thereof which decreases the cash or other assistance extended to any person or group as a consequence of the assistance made available under this section shall be ineligible for further participation under this section. "(e) Surplus foods to be distributed under this section shall be limited to surplus foods acquired under the Agricultural Act of 1949 or diverted from the normal channels of trade under section 32 of Public Law 320, Seventyfourth Congress.

"(f) For the purposes of this section, a needy person is anyone receiving welfare assistance (financial or otherwise) from the welfare department or equivalent agency of any State or political subdivision thereof, or who is, in the opinion of such agency or agencies, in need of welfare assistance but is ineligible to receive it because of State or local law.

"(g) The Secretary of Agriculture, in consultation with the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare and the Secretary of Labor, shall make a study of, and shall report to Congress within six months after the date of enactment of this section, on the feasibility of, the costs of, and the problems involved in, extending the scope of the food stamp plan established by this section to include persons receiving unemployment compensation, receiving old-age and survivors insurance (social security) pensions, and other low-income groups not eligible to receive food stamps under this section.

"(h) There are hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this section."

Section 307 (a new section under title III) requires the Secretary of make any surplus food commodity available for domestic relief in such quantities as he determines are reasonably necessary before making such quantities available for sale under title I.

"SEC. 307. Whenever the Secretary of Agriculture determines under section 106 of this Act that any food commodity is a surplus agricultural commodity, insofar as practicable he shall make such commodity available for distribution to needy families and persons in the United States in such quantities as he determines are reasonably necessary before such commodity is made available for sale for foreign currencies under Title I of this Act."

ACT OF SEPTEMBER 13, 1960

(Public Law 86-756, 74 Stat. 899)

Use of section 32 foods in training students in home economics. "Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That schools receiving surplus foods

pursuant to clause (3) of section 416 of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1431) or section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935, as amended (7 U.S.C. 612c) are authorized to use such foods in training students in home economics.

SECTION 32-ACT OF AUGUST 24, 1935, AS AMENDED

(Public Law 320, 74th Cong. as amended, 7 U.S.C. 612c)

"SEC. 32. There is hereby appropriated for each fiscal year beginning with the fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, an amount equal to 30 per centum of the gross receipts from duties collected under the customs laws during the period January 1, to December 31, both inclusive, preceding the beginning of each such fiscal year. Such sums shall be maintained in a separate fund and shall be used by the Secretary of Agriculture only to (1) encourage the exportation of agricultural commodities and products thereof by the payment of benefits in connection with the exportation thereof or of indemnities for losses incurred in connection with such exportation or by payments to producers in connection with the production of that part of any agricultural commodity required for domestic consumption; (2) encourage the domestic consumption of such commodities or products by diverting them by the payment of benefits or indemnities or by other means, from the normal channels of trade and commerce or by increasing their utilization through benefits, indemnities, donations, or by other means, among persons in low income groups as determined by the Secretary of Agriculture; and (3) reestablish farmer's purchasing power by making payments in connection with the normal production of any agricultural commodity for domestic consumption. Determinations by the Secretary as to what constitutes diversion and what constitutes normal channels of trade and commerce and what constitutes normal production for domestic consumption shall be final."

The sums appropriated under this section shall be expended for such one or more of the above-specified purposes, and at such times, in such manner, and such amounts as the Secretary of Agriculture finds will effectuate substantial accomplishment of any one or more of the purposes of this section. Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the amount that may be devoted, during any fiscal year after June 30, 1939, to any one agricultural commodity or the products thereof in such fiscal year, shall not exceed 25 percent of the funds available under this section for such fiscal year. The sums appropriated under this section shall be devoted principally to perishable nonbasic agricultural commodities (other than those receiving price support under section 1446 of this title) and their products. The sums appropriated under this section shall, notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, continue to remain available for the purposes of this section until expended; but any excess of the amount remaining unexpended at the end of any fiscal year over $300 million shall, in the same manner as though it had been appropriated for the service of such fiscal year, be subject to the provisions of sections 712 and 713 of title 31.

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATION ACT, 1962 (Public Law 87-112, July 26, 1961, 75 Stat. 231; 75 Stat. 232) SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM

"For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751-1760), $125,000,000: Provided, That no part of this appropriation shall be used for nonfood assistance under section 5 of said Act: Provided further, That $45,000,000 shall be transferred to this appropriation from funds available under section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935, for purchase and distribution of agricultural commodities and other foods pursuant to section 6 of the National School Lunch Act: Provided further, That $10,000,000 of this appropriation shall be available for assistance under section 6 of the National School Lunch Act, in addition to amounts normally expended for commodity procurement under that section, $2,500,000 of which may be distributed to provide special assistance to needy schools which because of poor local economic conditions (1) have not been operating a school lunch program or

(2) have been serving free or at substantially reduced prices at least 20 percent of the lunches to the children.

FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE SALARIES AND EXPENSES

"For necessary expenses for the Foreign Agricultural Service, including carrying out title VI of the Agricultural Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1761-1768), market development activities abroad, and for enabling the Secretary to cordinate and integrate activities of the Department in connection with foreign agricultural work, including not to exceed $35,000 for representation allowances and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of the Act approved August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), $12,457,000: Provided, That not less than $255,000 of the funds contained in this appropriation shall be available to obtain statistics and related facts on foreign production and full and complete information on methods used by other countries to move farm commodities in world trade on a competitive basis: Provided further, That, in addition, not to exceed $3,117,000 of the funds appropriated by section 32 of the act of August 24, 1935, as amended (7 U.S.C. 612c), shall be merged with this appropriation and shall be available for all expenses of the Foreign Agricultural Service."

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATION ACT, 1963 (Public Law 87-879, 87th Congress, October 24, 1962, 76 Stat. 1208 and 1209)

SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM

"For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751-1760), $125,000,000: Provided, That no part of this appropriation shall be used for nonfood assistance under section 5 of said Act: Provided further, That $45,000,000 shall be transferred to this appropriation from funds available under section 32 of the act of August 24, 1935, for purchase and distribution of agricultural commodities and other foods pursuant to section 6 of the National School Lunch Act."

FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE-SALARIES AND EXPENSES

"For necessary expenses for the Foreign Agricultural Service, including carrying out title VI of the Agricultural Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1761-1768), market development activities abroad, and for enabling the Secretary to coordinate and integrate activities of the Department in connection with foreign agricultural work, including not to exceed $35,000 for representation allowances and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of the Act, approved August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), $16,895,000: Provided, That not less than $255,000 of the funds contained in this appropriation shall be available to obtain statistics and related facts on foreign production and full and complete information on methods used by other countries to move farm commodities in world trade on a competitive basis: Provided further, That, in addition, not to exceed $3,117,000 of the funds appropriated by section 32 of the act of August 24, 1935, as amended (7 U.S.C. 612c) shall be merged with this appropriation and shall be available for all expenses of the Foreign Agricultural Service."

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATION ACTS

(75 Stat. 251; 76 Stat. 340)

Fiscal Years 1962 and 1963

SECTION 32 COMMODITIES TO BE DONATED TO TRUST TERRITORY OF THE

PACIFIC ISLANDS

"Provided further, That notwithstanding the provisions of any law, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands is authorized to receive, during the current fiscal year, from the Department of Agriculture for distribution on the same basis as domestic distribution in any State, territory, or possession of the United States, without exchange of funds, such surplus food commodities as may be available pursuant to section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935, as amended (7 U.S.C. 612c) and section 416 of the Agricultural Act of 1949, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1431)."