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Sec. 101. Sale of agricultural commodities for dollars on credit or for foreign
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Agricultural Act of 1949. Sec. 404. Utilization of Commodity Credit Corpora-
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Agriculture Act of 1949. Sec. 202. Transfer of dairy products to the military and

veterans hospitals.

Act of September 13, 1960. Surplus foods for home economic courses.
Act of August 19, 1958. Donations of processed grain food products
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SUBPART H. GRAIN FOR WILD FOWL

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Act of July 16, 1943. Sec. 4. Reimbursement by other agencies.

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Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938. Sec. 391(c). Crop insurance premium and
conservation material advances_

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Department of Agriculture Appropriation Act, 1950. Classing or grading with-
out charge for producers obtaining price support.
Department of Agriculture Appropriation Act, 1952. Classing or grading with-
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Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938. Sec. 383. Insurance of cotton and recon-
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Agricultural Act of 1954. Sec. 601. Agricultural attaches

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SOIL CONSERVATION AND LAND USE PROGRAMS

SUBPART A. SOIL CONSERVATION AND DOMESTIC
ALLOTMENT ACT

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Sections 1 to 6, which were enacted April 27, 1935 (49 Stat. 163), vested certain powers in the Secretary of Agriculture with respect to the control and prevention of soil erosion and provided for the Soil Conservation Service to be established as the agency to exercise such powers.

Sections 7 to 17 were enacted February 29, 1936 (49 Stat. 1148), to replace, in part, certain provisions of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933 which were invalidated by the Supreme Court on January 6, 1936. Section 17 provides that the entire Act may be cited as the "Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act." Under the agricultural conservation program formulated pursuant to sections 7 to 17 of the Act, farmers are assisted through payments and grants of aid in carrying out approved soil and water conservation measures. Originally the States were given the opportunity to submit State plans for the administration of the conservation program pursuant to section 7 of the Act. However, only one State submitted a plan, and it was unacceptable. The Congress had on many occasions extended the authority of the Secretary to conduct the conservation program, pursuant to section 7 of the Act so as to provide the States additional time to submit these plans. The Secretary's authority was to expire on December 31, 1962, and the Congress repealed the State Plans provisions of the Act and granted the Secretary continuing authority to carry out the agricultural conservation program on a national basis. (Pub. L. 87-703, 76 Stat. 605.)

Section 16(b) was enacted August 7, 1956 (70 Stat. 1115), to provide specifically for a conservation program in the States of the Great Plains

area.

Secton 16(e), providing for long-term cropland conversion contracts, was added by Pub. L. 87-703, 76 Stat. 606, approved September 27, 1962.

Section 8 was substantially amended by Section 1501 of the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977 (Pub. L. 95-113, 91 Stat. 1019, September 29, 1977) to provide for financial assistance to agricultural producers for carrying out enduring conservation and environmental enhancement measures. Section 8 was also amended (1) to set forth the factors which the Secretary of Agriculture shall take into consideration in establishing a national program and (2) to provide that the Secretary is authorized to establish the maximum payment which may be made to any person under the program.

Section 15 was also amended by Section 1501 of the 1977 Act to provide, among other things, that a specified percentage of the appropriations for the program shall be designated for long term agreements and that amounts appropriated for the program shall remain available until expended.

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