[PUBLIC-No. 165-75TH CONGRESS] [CHAPTER 385-1ST SESSION] (S. 2439] AN ACT To extend the time for purchase and distribution of surplus agricultural commodities for relief purposes and to continue the Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in carrying out the provisions of clause (2) of section 32 of the Act approved August 24, 1935 (49 Stat. 774), as amended, the Secretary of Agriculture may transfer to the Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation, which Corporation is hereby continued, until June 30, 1939, as an agency of the United States under the direction of the Secretary of Agriculture, such funds, appropriated by said section 32, as may be necessary for the purpose of effectuating said clause (2) of section 32: Provided, That such transferred funds, together with other funds of the Corporation, may be used for purchasing, exchanging, processing, distributing, disposing, transporting, storing, and handling of agricultural commodities and products thereof and inspection costs, commissions, and other incidental costs and expenses, without regard to the provisions of existing law governing the expenditure of public funds and for administrative expenses, including rent, printing and binding, and the employment of persons and means, in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, such employment of persons to be in accordance with the provisions of law applicable to the employment of persons by the Agricultural Adjustment Administration. In carrying out clause (2) of section 32, the funds appropriated by said section may be used for the purchase, without regard to the provisions of existing law governing the expenditure of public funds, of agricultural commodities and products thereof, and such commodities, as well as agricultural commodities and products thereof purchased under the preceding paragraph hereof, may be donated for relief purposes. Approved, June 28, 1937. [PUBLIC NO. 246-75TH CONGRESS] [CHAPTER 567-1ST SESSION] [S. 2147] AN ACT To amend provisions of the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937. 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 is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsections: "(k) Section 8c (2) is amended by inserting after the words 'except the products of naval stores' the words 'and the products of honeybees' and after 'soybeans' the following: ', honeybees' ". "(1) Section 8c (6) is amended by inserting after 'soybeans and their products,' the following: 'honeybees,." Approved, August 5, 1937. [EXTRACT FROM PUBLIC-No. 67-73D CONGRESS] APPLICATION OF AGRICULTURAL ADJUSTMENT ACT SEO. 8. (a) This title shall not be construed to repeal or modify any of the provisions of title I of the Act entitled "An Act to relieve the existing national economic emergency by increasing agricultural purchasing power, to raise revenue for extraordinary expenses incurred by reason of such emergency, to provide emergency relief with respect to agricultural indebtedness, to provide for the orderly liquidation of joint-stock land banks, and for other purposes ", approved May 12, 1933; and such title I of said Act approved May 12, 1933, may for all purposes be hereafter referred to as the "Agricultural Adjustment Act." (b) The President may, in his discretion, in order to avoid conflicts in the administration of the Agricultural Adjustment Act and this title, delegate any of his functions and powers under this title with respect to trades, industries, or subdivisions thereof which are engaged in the handling of any agricultural commodity or product thereof, or of any competing commodity or product thereof, to the Secretary of Agriculture. APPROPRIATION SEC. 220. For the purposes of this Act, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $3,300,000,000. The President is authorized to allocate so much of said sum, not in excess of $100,000,000, as he may determine to be necessary for expenditures in carrying out the Agricultural Adjustment Act and the purposes, powers, and functions heretofore and hereafter conferred upon the Farm Credit Administration. SEC. 221. Section 7 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act, approved May 12, 1933, is amended by striking out all of its present terms and provisions and substituting therefor the following: "SEC. 7. The Secretary shall sell the cotton held by him at his discretion, but subject to the foregoing provisions: Provided, That he shall dispose of all cotton held by him by March 1, 1936. Provided further, That notwithstanding the provisions of section 6, the Secretary shall have authority to enter into option contracts with producers of cotton to sell to the producers such cotton held by him, in such amounts and at such prices and upon such terms and conditions as the Secretary may deem advisable, in combination with rental or benefit payments provided for in part 2 of this title. "Notwithstanding any provisions of existing law, the Secretary of Agriculture may in the administration of the Agricultural Adjustment Act make public such information as he deems necessary in order to effectuate the purposes of such Act." [PUBLIC-No. 86-73D CONGRESS] [8. 2284] AN ACT Relating to contracts and agreements under the Agricultural Adjustment Act. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the provisions of section 3741 of the Revised Statutes (U.S.C., title 41, sec. 22) and sections 114 and 115 of the Criminal Code of the United States (U.S.C., title 18, secs. 204 and 205) shall not apply to any contracts or agreements heretofore or hereafter entered into under the Agricultural Adjustment Act. Approved, January 25, 1934. [PUBLIC NO. 381-75TH CONGRESS] [S. 2229] AN ACT To permit Members of Congress to enter into agreements under agricultural programs. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act entitled "An Act relating to contracts and agreements under the Agricultural Adjustment Act", approved January 25, 1934, as amended, is amended by inserting before the period at the end thereof a comma and the following: "and shall not apply to contracts or agreements of a kind which the Secretary of Agriculture may enter into with farmers: Provided, That such exemption shall be made a matter of public record". Approved, August 26, 1937. [PUBLIC-No. 20-74TH CONGRESS] [H. R. 5221] AN ACT To amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act with respect to rice, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That subsection (a) of section 9 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act, as amended, is further amended by striking out the comma after the words "except that" in the second sentence and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "(1)"; and by striking out the period at the end of said second sentence and inserting a comma and the following: "and (2) in the case of rice, the Secretary of Agriculture shall, before April 1, 1935, proclaim that rental or benefit payments are to be made with respect thereto, and the processing tax shall be in effect on and after April 1, 1935." SEC. 2. Subsection (a) of section 9 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act, as amended, is further amended by inserting at the end of the third sentence the following: "In the case of rice, the period from August 1 to July 31, both inclusive, shall be considered to be the marketing year." SEC. 3. Subsection (b) of section 9 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act, as amended, is further amended by inserting after the words "except that" in the first sentence the following: "(1)"; by striking out the period at the end of said first sentence and the word "If" at the beginning of the second sentence and inserting in lieu thereof a comma and the words "and if "; and by striking out the period at the end of said second sentence and inserting in lieu thereof a comma and the following: "and (2) for the period from April 1, 1935, to July 31, 1936, both inclusive, the processing tax with respect to rice shall be at the rate of 1 cent per pound of rough rice, subject, however, to any modification of such rate which may be made pursuant to any other provision of this title." SEC. 4. Subsection (b) of section 9 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act, as amended, is further amended by inserting after the third sentence the following: "In the case of rice, the weight to which the rate of tax shall be applied shall be the weight of rough rice when delivered to a processor, except that where the producer processes his own rice, the weight to which the rate of tax shall be applied shall be the weight of rough rice when delivered to the place of processing." SEC. 5. Subsection (d) of section 9 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act, as amended, is further amended by striking out the word "rice" and the commas which precede and follow said word in the two places in which the word occurs in paragraph (1). SEC. 6. Subsection (d) of section 9 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act, as amended, is further amended by renumbering paragraph (7) as paragraph (8) and by inserting after paragraph (6) the following: |