sede or impair any authority otherwise granted to any officer or executive department or agency of the United States to sell, exchange, or otherwise dispose of any bonds, notes, or other securities, acquired by the United States under judicial process or otherwise. Approved April 3, 1945. [CHAPTER 52] JOINT RESOLUTION Relative to determination and payment of certain claims against the Government of Mexico. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 5 of the Settlement of Mexican Claims Act of 1942, approved December 18, 1942 (56 Stat. 1058), is amended by adding a new subsection numbered (d) and reading as follows: (d) In any case in which the Commission shall enter an award, it shall, as soon as practicable, certify such award to the Secretary of the Treasury." Supra. Transmittal of data upon completion of SEC. 2. Section 5 (d) of such Act is amended to read as follows: "(e) The Commission shall, upon the completion of its work, transmit in duplicate to the Secretary of State and to the Secretary work. of the Treasury the following: "(1) A list of all claims disallowed; "(2) A list of all claims allowed, in whole or in part (together with the amount of each claim and the amount awarded thereon); and "(3) A copy of the decision rendered in each case." SEC. 3. Section 8 (c) of such Act is amended to read as follows: "(c) The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed, out of the sums covered into the fund pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, and after making the deduction provided for in section 10 (b), to make payments on account of awards and appraisals certified pursuant to sections 4 (b), 4 (c), and 6 (b) of this Act, prior to the date of the enactment of the Settlement of Mexican Claims Act Amendments of 1945 of an amount not to exceed 30 per centum of the award or appraisal in each case, exclusive of interest; and, on and after July 1, 1945, the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed, out of the sums covered into the fund pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, and after making the deduction provided for in section 10 (b), to make an additional payment on account of awards and appraisals certified pursuant to sections 4 (b), 4 (c), and 6 (b) of this Act prior to the date of the enactment of the Settlement of Mexican Claims Act Amendments of 1945, of an amount not to exceed 10 per centum of the award or appraisal in each case, exclusive of interest." 56 Stat. 1059. 22 U. S. C., Supp. IV, § 663 (b). Notice of appraisal. Acceptance or petition for review. SEC. 4. Section 4 (b) of such Act is amended to read as follows: "(b) In connection with such cases, the Commission shall, as soon as practicable, notify each claimant, or his attorney, by registered mail to his last-known address, of the appraisals so made. Within a period of thirty days after the mailing of such notice, the claimant shall notify the Commission in writing whether the appraisal so made is accepted as final and binding, or whether a petition for review will be filed as provided in subsection (c). If the claimant fails to so notify the Commission in writing within such period, or if the Com- appraisal. mission is notified within such period of the final acceptance of such appraisal, it shall, at the expiration of such period, enter an award on the basis of such appraisal: Provided, That if the Commission's efforts to notify the respective claimants, or their attorneys have failed ants. to disclose their whereabouts, the Commission may, at the expiration of a period of thirty days from the date of the enactment of the Settle 66347°-46-PT. I- 4 Post, p. 50. Failure to discover whereabouts of claim 56 Stat. 1058. 22 U. S. C., Supp. IV, § 661 (d). Termination authority. 56 Stat. 1062. of ment of Mexican Claims Act Amendments of 1945, enter an award on the basis of such appraisal." SEC. 5. Section 2 (d) of such Act is amended to read as follows: "(d) The authority of the Commission under this Act, and the terms of office of its members, shall terminate at the expiration of four years after the date on which a majority of its members first appointed take office, but the President may by Executive order fix an earlier termination date. Upon the termination of the authority of the Commission, all books, records, documents, and other papers in the possession of the Commission shall be deposited with the Department of State." SEC. 6. So much of section 8 (d) of such Act as precedes paragraph 22 U67SC., Supp. (2) is amended to read as follows: IV, § (d). Payments of designated awards. "(d) On or after July 1, 1945, the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed, to the extent that it may be possible to do so out of the sums covered into the fund pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, and after making the deduction provided for in section 22 U. S. C., Supp. 10 (b)— IV, § 669 (b). Ante, p. 49. 56 Stat. 1060. 22 U. S. C., Supp. IV, § 663 (c). "(1) to make similar payments of not to exceed 40 per centum on account of the principal amount of the awards certified pursuant to section 5 (d) of this Act." SEC. 7. Section 4 (c) of such Act is amended to read as follows: "(c) In any case in which the Commission is so notified in writing Petition for review. that a petition for review will be filed, the Commission shall prescribe a reasonable period, which may be extended in the discretion of the Commission, within which such petition, together with written legal contentions in support thereof, shall be filed. If no petition for review is filed within the period or any extension thereof prescribed by the Commission, it shall enter an award on the basis of the appraisal in such case. Short title. April 12, 1945 [S. 298] [Public Law 30] Commodity Credit Corporation, obliga- 15 U. 8. C., Supp. IV, § 713a-4. Sale of certain acquired cotton. tion on farm commod ities. SEC. 8. This joint resolution may be cited as the "Settlement of Mexican Claims Act Amendments of 1945". Approved April 3, 1945. [CHAPTER 54] AN ACT To continue Commodity Credit Corporation as an agency of the United States, increase its borrowing power, revise the basis of the annual appraisal of its assets, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 4 of the Act approved March 8, 1938 (52 Stat. 108), as amended, is amended by striking out "$3,000,000,000" and inserting in lieu thereof "$4,750,000,000". SEC. 2. The provisions of subsection (c) of section 381 of the 7U.S. C. 1381 (c). Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (52 Stat. 67) are suspended until the expiration of the two-year period beginning with the 1st day of January immediately following the date on which the President, by proclamation, or the Congress, by concurrent resolution, declares that Parity price restric- hostilities in the present war have terminated. During the period of such suspension the Commodity Credit Corporation shall not sell any farm commodity owned or controlled by it at less than the parity or comparable price therefor, except that the foregoing restriction shall not apply to (1) sales for new or byproduct uses; (2) sales of peanuts for the extraction of oil; (3) sales for export; (4) sales for seed or Wheat or corn for feed: Provided, That no wheat or corn shall be sold for feed at less than parity price for corn at the time such sale is made: And provided further, That in making regional adjustments in the sale price of corn or wheat for feed, the minimum price need not be higher in any area Exceptions. feed. Parity price deter than the United States average parity price for corn; (5) sales of commodities which have substantially deteriorated in quality or of nonbasic perishable commodities where there is danger of loss or waste through spoilage; or (6) sales for the purpose of establishing claims against persons who have committed fraud, misrepresentation, or other wrongful acts with respect to the commodity. The method that is now used for the purposes of Commodity Credit Corporation loans for mination for cotton. determining the parity price or its equivalent for seven-eighths-inch Middling cotton at the average location used in fixing the base loan rate for cotton shall also be used for determining the parity price for seven-eighths-inch Middling cotton at such average location for the purposes of this section. CCC subsidy operations. 58 Stat. 635. Payments and losses. Post, p. 506. SEC. 3. The last paragraph of section 2 (e) of the Emergency Price Control Act of 1942, as amended by the Stabilization Extension Act of 1944, shall not apply to the operations of the Commodity Credit Corpo- IV, app. 8902(e). ration for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1946: Provided, That the making of subsidy payments and the buying of commodities for resale at a loss, by the Commodity Credit Corporation, shall be limited as follows: Obligations for making such payments and absorbing such losses may be incurred and paid by the Commodity Credit Corporation (a) in such amounts as may be necessary (1) to complete operations with respect to 1944 and prior year crop programs and (2) to fulfill obligations incurred prior to July 1, 1945, with respect to 1945 and prior fiscal year noncrop programs; and (b) in amounts which do not involve subsidy payments or losses in excess of (1) $568,000,000 for operations during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1946, with respect to the dairy production payment program, (2) $120,000,000 for operations during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1946, with respect to other noncrop programs, including the feed-wheat program, and (3) $225,000,000 with respect to the 1945 crop program operations: Provided, That not to exceed 10 percentum of each amount specified in clauses (b) (1), (2), and (3) shall be available interchangeably for the operations described in such clauses but in no case shall the total subsidy payments and losses absorbed under any one of such clauses be increased by more than 10 per centum: Provided further, That in carrying out the dairy production payment program, beginning April 1, 1945, the rate of payment per pound of butterfat delivered shall not be less than 25 per centum of the national weighted average rate of payment per one hundred pounds of whole milk delivered. SEC. 4. The first two sentences of section 1 of the Act approved March 8, 1938 (52 Stat. 107), as amended, are amended to read as follows: "As of the 30th of June in each year and as soon as possible thereafter, beginning with June 30, 1945, an appraisal of all of the assets and liabilities of the Commodity Credit Corporation for the purpose of determining the net worth of the Commodity Credit Corporation shall be made by the Secretary of the Treasury. The value of assets shall be determined on the basis of the cost of such assets to the Commodity Credit Corporation, or insofar as practicable, the average market price of such assets during the last month of the fiscal year covered by the appraisal, whichever is the lower, and a report of any such appraisal shall be submitted to the President as soon as possible after it has been made." Interchangeability of amounts. Butterfat, payment. 15 U. S. C., Supp. IV, § 713a-1. Annual appraisal of assets and liabilities. Report to the President. Continuance CCC. of 58 Stat. 105. SEC. 5. The first sentence of subsection (a) of section 7 of the Act approved January 31, 1935 (49 Stat. 4), as amended, is amended by striking out "June 30, 1945" and inserting in lieu thereof "June 30, IV, § 713 (a). 1947". Approved April 12, 1945. April 17, 1945 (H. R. 510] [Public Law 32] tary Reservation, Tex. Easement. To extend for one year the provisions of an Act to promote the defense of the Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That subsection (c) of section 3 of an Act to promote the defense of the United States, approved March 11, 1941, as amended, is amended by striking out "June 30, 1945" wherever it appears therein and inserting in lieu thereof "June 30, 1946"; by striking out "July 1, 1948" and inserting in lieu thereof "July 1, 1949"; and by striking out "July 1, 1945" and inserting in lieu thereof "July 1, 1946"; and subsection (b) of section 6 of such Act is amended by striking out "June 30, 1948" and inserting in lieu thereof "June 30, 1949". SEC. 2. That subsection (c) of section 3 of such Act is further amended by striking out the period after the word "earlier", inserting a semicolon, and the following new language: "Provided, however, That nothing in section 3 (c) shall be construed to authorize the President to enter into or carry out any contract or agreement with a foreign government for postwar relief, postwar rehabilitation or postwar reconstruction; except that a contract or agreement entered into in accordance with this Act in which the United States undertakes to furnish to a foreign government defense articles, services, or information for use in the prosecution of the present war and which provides for the disposition, on terms and conditions of sale prescribed by the President, of any such defense articles, services, or information after the President determines they are no longer necessary for use by such government in promoting the defense of the United States shall not be deemed to be for postwar relief, postwar rehabilitation or postwar reconstruction." Approved April 16, 1945. [CHAPTER 62] AN ACT Granting to Galveston County, a municipal corporation of the State of Texas, certain easements and rights-of-way over, under, and upon the San Jacinto Military Reservation in Galveston County, Texas. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the San Jacinto Mili- United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized to grant to the county of Galveston, Texas, an easement for a right-of-way for a public road or highway and tunnel over, upon, and under a portion of the San Jacinto Military Reservation at Galveston, Texas, in such location as may be agreed upon by the War Department and the county of Galveston, in connection with the construction by the county of a tunnel and trestle or causeway across Bolivar Roads between Galveston Islands and Bolivar Peninsula, at the mouth of Galveston Bay, subject to such conditions, restrictions, and reservations as the Secretary of War may prescribe, with the right in the county of Galveston to construct, use, operate, and maintain thereon, a tunnel, ventilation building, toll houses, and other incidental structures and appurtenances thereto, together with the right of ingress and egress upon such part of the lands in the reservation which adjoin said right-ofway as may be necessary for the purpose of maintenance and repair of any of the improvements for the construction of which the aforeReversionary pro- said easement is granted: Provided, That whenever the county of Galveston shall cease to occupy and use the land and premises for vision. highway, tunnel, and related purposes as authorized herein, then the same shall revert to the United States. Approved April 17, 1945. [CHAPTER 78] AN ACT To amend the Act entitled "An Act for the acquisition of buildings and grounds in foreign countries for use of the Government of the United States of America' approved May 7, 1926, as amended, to permit of the sale of buildings and grounds and the utilization of proceeds of such sale in the Government interest. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act cited as the "Foreign Service Buildings Act, 1926", approved May 7, 1926, as amended, is hereby further amended by adding at the end thereof a new paragraph numbered 9 and reading as follows: "9. The Secretary of State, when he finds it to be in the interest of the Government, with the concurrence of the Foreign Service Buildings Commission, is authorized to sell buildings and grounds acquired for the use of diplomatic and consular establishments in foreign countries, and notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, the proceeds of such sales may be applied toward the purchase and construction, furnishing, and preservation of other properties, or held in the Foreign Service building fund, as in the judgment of the Commission may best serve the Government's interest: Provided, however, That the Secretary of State shall report all such transactions annually to the Congress with the Budget estimates of the Department of State." Approved April 19, 1945. [CHAPTER 79] AN ACT Granting the consent of Congress to the States of Colorado and Kansas to negotiate and enter into a compact for the division of the waters of the Arkansas River. Arkansas River compact. Consent of Congress. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That consent of Congress is hereby given to the States of Colorado and Kansas to negotiate and enter into a compact not later than January 1, 1950, providing for an equitable division and apportionment between the said States of the waters of the Arkansas River and all of its tributaries, upon the condition that one suitable person who shall be appointed by the President of the United States shall participate in said negotiations as the representative of the United States and shall make report to Congress of the proceedings and of any compact entered into: Provided, That any such compact shall not be binding proval. or obligatory upon any of the parties thereto unless and until the same shall have been ratified by the legislature of each of said States and approved by the Congress of the United States. SEC. 2. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated a sufficient sum to pay the salary and expenses of the representative of the United States appointed hereunder: Provided, That such representative, if otherwise employed by the United States, while so employed shall not receive additional salary in the appointment hereunder. Approved April 19, 1945. Ratification and ap Salary, etc., of U. S. representative. Post, p. 649. |