[PUBLIC-No. 9-76TH CONGRESS] [CHAPTER 15-1ST SESSION] [S. 1098] AN ACT To amend section 12 of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act, as amended, by authorizing advances for crop insurance. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 12 of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act, as amended, is amended by designating the existing provisions of said section 12 as subsection (a) and by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection (b): "The Secretary is authorized to make advances to producers for the purpose of assisting them to insure their crops with the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation. The Secretary shall remit the amount of any such advances to a producer directly to such Corporation in payment of the premium on the insurance for which the producer has made application. Advances shall only be made to producers who are participating or who agree to participate in a program formulated pursuant to section 8. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the terms and conditions of such advances shall be fixed by the Secretary. The appropriation made in the Department of Agriculture Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1939, under the item entitled 'Conservation and Use of Agricultural Land Resources, Department of Agriculture', shall be available during the fiscal year 1939 for advances authorized by this subsection." Approved, March 25, 1939. [PUBLIC-No. 30-76TH CONGRESS] [CHAPTER 48-1ST SESSION] AN ACT To repeal subsection (4) of subsection (c) of section 101 of the Agricultural Adjust ment Act of 1938. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That subsection (4) of subsection (c) of section 101 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, which reads as follows: "(4) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subsection, if, for any reason other than flood or drought, the acreage of wheat, cotton, corn, or rice planted on the farm is less than 80 per centum of the farm acreage allotment for such commodity for the purpose of payment, such farm acreage allotment shall be 25 per centum in excess of such planted acreage"; is hereby repealed. Approved, April 10, 1939. [PUBLIC-No. 91-76TH CONGRESS] [CHAPTER 150-1ST SESSION] [S. 1579] AN ACT To extend the time during which orders and marketing agreements under the Agricultural Adjustment Act, as amended, may be applicable to hops. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 3 of the Act entitled "An Act to amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act, as amended, by including hops as a commodity to which orders under such Act are applicable", approved April 13, 1938, is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 3. No orders issued pursuant to section 8c of the Agricultural Adjustment Act, as amended, shall be applicable to hops after September 1, 1942." Approved, May 26, 1939. [PUBLIC NO. 98-76TH CONGRESS] [CHAPTER 157-1ST SESSION] [S. 1096] AN ACT To amend the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, as amended, to make its provisions applicable to apples produced in the States of Washington, Oregon, and Idaho. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 2 of the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, as amended, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "(m)". Paragraphs (2) and (6) of section 8c are amended by inserting after the word "apples" the words ", other than apples produced in the States of Washington, Oregon, and Idaho,". Approved, May 31, 1939. [PUBLIC-No. 149-76TH CONGRESS] [CHAPTER 238-1ST SESSION] AN ACT To amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That paragraph (1) of subsection (e) of section 344 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended (relating to minimum county allotments of acreage), is amended by striking out "For 1938 and 1939" and inserting in lieu thereof "For 1938, 1939, and any subsequent year". SEC. 2. Subsection (g) of section 344 of such Act, as amended (relating to the 4 per centum allotment to farms), is amended by striking out "For each of the years 1938 and 1939" and inserting in lieu thereof "For 1938, 1939, and each subsequent year". SEC. 3. Subsection (h) of section 344 of such Act, as amended (relating to providing an acreage to farms of not less than 50 per centum of 1937 planted acreage plus diverted acreage), is amended by striking out "for each of the years 1938 and 1939" and inserting in lieu thereof "for 1938, 1939, and each subsequent year". Approved, June 22, 1939. [PUBLIC NO. 159-76TH CONGRESS] [CHAPTER 253-18T SESSION] [H. R. 5269] AN ACT Making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture and for the Farm Credit Administration for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1940, and for other purposes. CONSERVATION AND USE OF AGRICULTURAL LAND RESOURCES, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 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 (16 U. S. C. 590g-590q), and the provisions of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (52 Stat. 81-70) (except the making of payments pursuant to sections 303 and 381 and the provisions of titles IV and V), including the employment of persons and means in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; rent in the District of Columbia; not to exceed $50,000 for the preparation and display of exhibits, including such displays at State, interstate, and international fairs within the United States; purchase of law books, books of reference, periodicals, and newspapers, $429,560,000, together with not to exceed $70,000,000 of the unobligated balance of the appropriation made under this head by the Department of Agriculture Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1938, in all, not to exceed $499,560,000, to remain available until June 30, 1941, for compliances under said Act of February 29, 1936, as amended, pursuant to the provisions of the 1939 programs carried out during the period October 1, 1938, to December 31, 1939, inclusive: Provided, That no part of such amount shall be available for carrying out the provisions of section 202 (f) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, and not to exceed $3,200,000 shall be available under the provisions of section 202 (a) to 202 (e), inclusive, of said Act, including research on food products of farm commodities: Provided further, That no part of such amount shall be available after June 30, 1940, for salaries and other administrative expenses except for payment of obligations therefor incurred prior to July 1, 1940: Provided further, That such amount shall be available for salaries and other administrative expenses in connection with the formulation and administration of the 1940 programs or plans now or hereafter authorized under section 7 or 8, or both, of said Act of February 29, 1936, or under said provisions of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938: 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: Provided further, That such amount shall be available for the purchase of seeds, fertilizers, lime, trees, or any other farming materials and making grants thereof to agricultural producers to aid them in carrying out farming practices approved by the Secretary of Agriculture in the 1939 and 1940 programs under said Act of February 29, 1936, as amended; for the reimbursement of the Tennessee Valley Authority or any other Government agency for fertilizers, seeds, lime, trees, or other farming materials furnished by such agency; and for the payment of all expenses necessary in making such grants including all or part of the costs incident to the delivery thereof: And provided further, That the funds provided by section 32 of the Act entitled "An Act to amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act and for other purposes", approved August 24, 1935 (7 U. S. C. 612c), shall be available during the fiscal year 1940 for administrative expenses, in accordance with the provisions of section 392 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, in carrying out the provisions of said section 32, including the employment of persons and means in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, in accordance with the provisions of law applicable to the employment of persons and means by the Agricultural Adjustment Administration. PARITY PAYMENTS To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to make parity payments to producers of wheat, cotton, corn (in the commercial corn-producing area), rice, and tobacco pursuant to the provisions of section 303 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, $225,000,000: Provided, however, That in expending the appropriation in this paragraph the rate of payment with respect to any commodity shall not exceed the amount by which the average farm price of the commodity is less than 75 per centum of the parity price: Provided further, That such payments with respect to any such commodity shall be made with respect to a farm only in the event that the acreage planted to the commodity for harvest on the farm in 1940 is not in excess of the farm acreage allotment established for the commodity under the agricultural conservation program.. DISPOSAL OF SURPLUS COMMODITIES To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to further carry out the provisions of section 32, as amended, of the Act entitled "An Act to amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act, and for other purposes", approved August 24, 1935, and subject to all provisions of law relat ing to the expenditure of funds appropriated by such section, $113,000,000. Such sum shall be immediately available and shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, other appropriations made by such section or for the purpose of such section: Provided, That not in excess of 25 per centum of the funds herein made available may be devoted to any one agricultural commodity: Provided further, That of that part of the funds appropriated in this paragraph which may be allocated for expenditure in connection with cotton not less than 50 per centum shall be allocated for use in carrying out clause (3) of such section, or in carrying out clause (2) of such section, which clause (2) is hereby amended by inserting before the semicolon after "commerce" the following: "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." Approved, June 30, 1939. |