"(c) Any payment or grant of aid made under subsection (b) shall be conditioned upon the utilization of the land, with respect to which such payment is made, in conformity with farming practices which the Secretary finds tend to effectuate the purposes specified in clause (1), (2), (3), or (4) of section 7 (a).

"SEC. 9. The Secretary is authorized to conduct surveys, investigations, and research relating to the conditions and factors affecting, and methods of accomplishing most effectively, the policy and purposes of section 7 (a). Notwithstanding any provision of existing law, the Secretary is authorized to make public such information as he deems necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.

"SEC. 10. The term 'agricultural commodity' as used in this Act means any such commodity and any regional or market classification, type, or grade thereof.

"SEC. 11. All funds available for carrying out this Act shall be available for allotment to the bureaus and offices of the Department of Agriculture and for transfer to such other agencies of the Federal or State Governments as the Secretary may request to cooperate or assist in carrying out this Act.

"SEC. 12. Whenever the Secretary finds that the exercise of the powers conferred in this section will tend to carry out the purpose specified in clause (5) of section 7 (a), or will tend to provide for and maintain a contínuous and stable supply of agricultural commodities adequate to meet consumer demand at prices fair to both producers and consumers, or both, he shall use such part as he deems necessary of the sums appropriated to carry out this Act for the expansion of domestic and foreign markets or for seeking new or additional markets for agricultural commodities or the products thereof or for the removal or disposition of surpluses of such commodities or the products thereof.

"SEC. 13. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Act, the Secretary is authorized and directed to provide for the execution by the Agricultural Adjustment Administration of such powers conferred upon him under sections 7 to 14, inclusive, of this Act as he deems may be appropriately exercised by such Administration, and for such purposes the provisions of law applicable to the appointment and compensation of persons employed by the Agricultural Adjustment Administration shall apply.

"SEC. 14. The facts constituting the bases for any payment or grant or the amount thereof authorized to be made under section 7 or 8 hereof, when officially determined in conformity with rules or regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Agriculture, shall be reviewable only by the Secretary of Agriculture.

"SEC. 15. To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out the purposes of sections 7 and 8 there is hereby authorized to be appropriated for any fiscal year not exceeding $500,000,000.

"SEC. 16. The obligations incurred for the purpose of carrying out, for any calendar year, the provisions of sections 7 to 14, inclusive, of this Act shall not exceed $500,000.000.

"SEC. 17. (a) This Act shall apply to the United States, the Territories of Alaska and Hawaii, and the possession of Puerto Rico, and as used in this Act, the term 'State' includes Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico.

"(b) This Act may be cited as the 'Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act'."

SEC. 2. Section 32 of the Act to amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act, and for other purposes, approved August 24, 1935, is amended by striking out clause (3) and inserting in lieu thereof, "(3) reestablish farmers' 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." and by striking out that part of the last sentence thereof which precedes the second proviso and inserting in lieu thereof: "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 in such amounts as the Secretary of Agriculture finds will effectuate substantial accomplishment of any one or more of the purposes of this section :".

SEC. 3. The unexpended balance of the funds appropriated by the second paragraph of Public Resolution Numbered 27, Seventy-third Congress, approved May 25, 1934, to carry out section 2 and section 6 of the Act entitled "An Act to amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act so as to include cattle and other products as basic agricultural commodities, and for other purposes", approved April 7, 1934, and the unexpended balance of the funds appropriated or reappropriated by section 37 of Public Act Numbered 320, Seventy-fourth Congress, entitled "An Act to amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act, and for other purposes", is authorized to be made available for the purposes enumerated in said Acts until June 30, 1937. The authorization, which is limited to June 30, 1936, contained in section 37 of Public Act Numbered 320, Seventy-fourth Congress, is likewise extended so that the funds therein authorized are authorized to be made available until June 30, 1937.

SEC. 4. The sum of $2,000,000 of the unobligated balance of the appropriation for relief purposes contained in the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935, approved April 8, 1935, is hereby made available to the Secretary of Agriculture for allocation and payment to the States in the Southern Great Plains area, or to farmers therein, for wind erosion control, under plans to be approved by the Secretary of Agriculture.

SEC. 5. Section 22 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act, as amended, is amended by inserting after the words "this title" wherever they appear the following: "or the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act, as amended"; and by striking out the words "an adjustment" wherever they appear and inserting in lieu thereof the word "any".

Approved, February 29, 1936.

[CHAPTER 395-1ST SESSION]

[H. R. 3687]

AN ACT

To extend the period during which the purposes specified in section 7 (a) of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act may be carried out by payments by the Secretary of Agriculture to producers.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) section 8 (a) of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act, as amended, is amended by

(1) Striking out "January 1, 1938" wherever appearing therein and inserting in lieu thereof "January 1, 1942"; and

(2) Striking out "December 31, 1937" and inserting in lieu thereof "December 31, 1941".

(b) Section 7 (g) of such Act, as amended, is amended by striking out "apportionments of funds available for carrying out the purposes specified in this section for the year 1936 may be made at any time during 1936, and apportionments for 1937 may be made. at any time during 1937" and inserting in lieu thereof "any such apportionment of funds available for carrying out State plans during any year prior to 1942 may be made at any time prior to or during the year to which such plans relate".

SEC. 2. Section 9 of such Act is amended by inserting at the end thereof the following: "The Secretary shall transmit to the Congress a report, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1937, and for each fiscal year thereafter, of the operations for such year under sections 7 to 14, inclusive, of this Act, which report shall include a statement of the expenditures made and obligations incurred, by classes and amounts."

Approved, June 28, 1937.

[PUBLIC RESOLUTION-No. 131-74TH CONGRESS]

[S. J. Res. 291]

JOINT RESOLUTION

Amending section 11 of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 11 of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act (Public, Numbered 461, Seventy-fourth Congress), is amended by striking out the period at the end thereof and adding the following: "And for payments to committees or associations of producers in any region. or regions to cover the estimated administrative expenses to be incurred by any such committee or association in cooperating in carrying out this Act: Provided, That the Secretary may prescribe that all or part of such estimated expenses of any such committee or association may be deducted pro rata from the payments or grants made to the members thereof: And provided further, That the Secretary may make such payments in advance of determination of performance.

Approved, June 24, 1936

[EXTRACT FROM PUBLIC-No. 479-74TH CONGRESS]

SEC. 2. To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to carry into effect the provisions of sections 7 to 17, inclusive, of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act, approved February 29, 1936 (Public No. 461, 74th Congress), including the employment of personal services and rent in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, printing and binding, purchase of law books, books of reference, periodicals and newspapers, and other necessary expenses, $440,000,000, together with not to exceed $30,000,000 of the funds made available under the head "Payments for Agricultural Adjustment" in the Supplemental Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1936, approved February 11, 1936 (Public No. 440, 74th Congress); to be immediately available and to remain available until June 30, 1938, for compliances under said Act in the calendar year 1936: Provided, That no part of such amount shall be available after June 30, 1937, for salaries and other administrative expenses except for payment of obligations therefor incurred prior to July 1, 1937: Provided further, That the Secretary of Agriculture may, in his discretion, from time to time transfer to the General Accounting Office such sums as may be necessary to pay administrative expenses of the General Accounting Office in auditing payments under this item.

Approved, March 19, 1936.

[CHAPTER 143-3D SESSION]

[H. R. 7836]

AN ACT

To amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act, as amended, by including hops as a commodity to which orders under such Act are applicable.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 8 c (2) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act, as amended, is amended by inserting after "soybeans" the following: ", hops,”.

SEC. 2. Section 8 c (6) of such Act, as amended, is amended by inserting after "soybeans and their products", the following: ", hops,".

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SEC. 3. No order issued pursuant to section 8c of the Agricultural Adjustment Act, as amended, shall be applicable to hops except during the two crop years next succeeding the date of enactment of this Act.

Approved, April 13, 1938.