TABLE 15.-Expenditures by the Agricultural Adjustment Administration during the calendar year 1936, by sources and purposes of funds-Continued Appropriation to put into effect section 32 of the act of Aug. 24, Cotton price-adjustment payment plan: Administrative expenses. Removal and diversion programs, fiscal year 1937: Removal and diversion of miscellaneous surplus Total... Total Grand total.. Amount 39, 545, 331. 51 2, 705, 760. 01 42, 251, 091. 52 2, 193, 138. 31 6, 318, 445. 79 53, 469. 98 8, 565, 054. 08 102, 312. 96 2,027, 140. 56 2, 129, 453. 52 52, 945, 599. 12 357, 338, 617. 30 ADVANCES FROM THE TREASURY IN ANTICIPATION OF PROCESSING TAX COLLECTIONS The Agricultural Adjustment Act provided that, upon a joint estimate made by the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of Agriculture, Treasury funds not otherwise appropriated would be advanced to the Secretary of Agriculture for carrying out the provisions of the Agricultural Adjustment Act. Processing taxes when collected would be applied to offset such advances. Expenditures from these advances by the Treasury from January 1, 1936, through January 6, 1936, the date of the so-called Hoosac Mills Decision, totaled $1,000,144.97. This represents actual expenditures through that date. ADVANCES FROM TREASURY IN ANTICIPATION OF TAX COLLECTIONS UNDER THE KERR TOBACCO ACT The Kerr Tobacco Act, as amended August 24, 1935, authorized Treasury advances to the Secretary of Agriculture in anticipation of taxes therein levied and the expenditure of such advances for rental and benefit payments, administrative expenses, refunds of taxes, etc., provided such taxes, when collected, be applied to offset these advances. From January 1, 1936, to the repeal of the Kerr Act on February 10, 1936, there was expended $111,682.76 from the advances. WARRANTED FROM PROCESSING TAX COLLECTIONS FOR SURPLUS BEET SUGAR PURCHASES Section 16 (d) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act, as amended by section 17 of the Jones-Costigan Sugar Act, approved May 9, 1934, authorized the Secretary of Agriculture to purchase with available tax proceeds not to exceed 300,000 tons (raw value) of beet sugar from such domestically produced surplus stocks as exist in the United States. For the purchase of such surplus beet sugar, $8,000,000 was originally set aside. Expenditures from this fund from January 1, 1936, through January 6, 1936, amounted to $110,951.07. Because of the Supreme Court decision on January 6, 1936, invalidating the use of processing tax funds, the balance of the fund reverted to the Treasury. TRANSFER UNDER NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL RECOVERY ACT TO SUPPLEMENT PROCESSING TAXES The President, on November 29, 1933, allocated $37,000,000 to the Agricultural Adjustment Administration from funds appropriated to execute section 220 of the National Industrial Recovery Act. This allocation to the Agricultural Adjustment Administration was to supplement proceeds from processing taxes on corn and hogs. From this allocation $36,967,504.42 was expended through January 6, 1936. The unexpended balance reverted to the Treasury. PUERTO RICO TRUST FUND FOR MAKING PAYMENTS TO PRODUCERS IN CONNECTION WITH THE SUGARCANE ADJUSTMENT PROGRAM IN PUERTO RICO Rental and benefit payments aggregating $1,552,469.44 were made from this fund through January 6, 1936, at which time the Supreme Court decision invalidated further use of processing tax funds. The balance of $697,530.56 reverted to the Treasury. In order that payments might be made to Puerto Rican sugarcane producers in connection with the Puerto Rican sugarcane adjustment program, $2,250,000 was made available to the Agricultural Adjustment Administration. This fund was derived from processing taxes on sugar beets or sugarcane produced in or coming from Puerto Rico, as a separate fund under section 15 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act. APPROPRIATION TO LIQUIDATE OBLIGATIONS OUTSTANDING AS OF JANUARY 6, 1936, IN CONNECTION WITH PRODUCTION ADJUSTMENT PROGRAMS IN EFFECT AS OF THAT DATE When the Supreme Court decision on January 6, 1936, invalidated the use of processing tax funds, considerable unliquidated obligations and commitments in connection with the production adjustment programs were outstanding. Congress appropriated (Feb. 11, 1936) $296,185,000 to meet such obligations and commitments. Of this amount $30,000,000 was transferred to the appropriation "Conservation and Use of Agricultural Land Resources" as provided by the act of March 19, 1936; and $453,100 was returned to the Treasury pursuant to Public Resolution 76, Seventy-fourth Congress (approved Mar. 14, 1936), leaving a net balance of $265,731,900 with which to meet the Agricultural Adjustment Administration obligations and commitments referred to above. Expenditures from this appropriation through December 31, 1936, amounted to $238,870,381.68. There remains available $26,861,518.32 for the completion of the work for which these funds were appropriated. Details of these expenditures are set forth in table 16. TABLE 16.-Expenditures from appropriation made for liquidating obligations outstanding as of Jan. 6, 1936, and completion of 1935 production-adjustment programs in effect as of that date, through Dec. 31, 1936 Rental and benefit payments: Cotton Wheat Corn and hogs Tobacco Sugar Peanuts Rice__ Total Removal of surplus: Wheat.. Hogs Total__ Administrative expenses in liquidating: Bankhead Cotton, Kerr Tobacco, and Potato Acts Total Grand total APPROPRIATION TO CARRY INTO EFFECT THE JONES-CONNALLY AMENDMENT TO THE AGRICULTURAL ADJUSTMENT ACT Congress on May 25, 1934, appropriated $100,000,000 to enable the Secretary to carry out the provisions of section 2 of the Jones-Connally Cattle Act, and $50,000,000 for the execution of section 6 of that act (Public Resolution, No. 27, 73d Cong.). The $100,000,000 appropriation was available in part to finance surplus and production reductions in the dairy and beef cattle industries and to support and balance the markets for the products of those industries. Part of the expenditures in the emergency livestock purchase program were financed from this fund. The $50,000,000 appropriation was also available in part for financing the purchase of dairy and beef products for relief distribution by the Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation and for the elimination of diseased cattle. Expenditures from this fund from January 1, 1936, through December 31, 1936, totaled $13,751,402.24. Expenditures from the date of the original appropriation through December 31, 1936, were made as follows: Original appropriation Reappropriated by act of June 4, 1936__ $21, 364, 000. 00 $150, 000, 000. 00 11, 365, 750. 00 TRANSFER UNDER NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL RECOVERY ACT FOR ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES IN CONNECTION WITH CODE HIS TORIES The National Industrial Recovery Administration made available to the Agricultural Adjustment Administration $554,000 for administrative expenses in connection with the compilation of histories on the formulation and administration of certain codes of fair competition delegated under the National Recovery Act by presidential order to the Agricultural Adjustment Administration. Expenditures from this fund from January 1, 1936, through December 31, 1936, amounted to $2,678.29. Of the unexpended balance of $54,135.64, the unobligated amount of $51,820 was returned to the original appropriation, leaving an unexpended balance of $2,315.64. DROUGHT RELIEF ALLOTMENT UNDER EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION ACT, FISCAL YEAR 1935 The Emergency Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1935 authorized the President to allocate $525,000,000 to supplement appropriations previously made for emergency and additional purposes, including purchase, sale, gift or other disposition of seed and feed, and freight and summer fallowing in connection therewith. Of this amount, $97,780,000 was allocated to the Secretary of Agriculture, who, in turn, allocated $86,804,400 to the Agricultural Adjustment Administration for expenditure in connection with drought relief. In the calendar year 1936 a total of $973,095.04 was expended from this allocation. From the date of the original allocation through December 31, 1936, there had been expended from this allotment. $80,303,274. 25. Allocation of this fund and expenditures from it, through December 31, 1936, were as follows: Original fund allocated to Agricultural Adjustment Administration_ Unobligated balance returned to Treasury due to expiration of Total funds available for obligation by Agricultural Ad- Expenditures: Emergency cattle purchase program. Emergency purchase of sheep and goats__ Purchase of seed... Purchase of feed and forage. Administrative expenses. Total expenditures. Unexpended balance....... $86, 804, 400. 00 6, 004, 491. 31 80, 799, 908. 69 $49, 995, 108. 44 7, 709, 864. 55 19, 179, 358. 10 86, 060. 80 3, 332, 882. 36 80, 303, 274. 25 496, 634. 44 TRANSFER FROM FEDERAL EMERGENCY RELIEF ADMINISTRATION FOR ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES ON SUBMARGINAL LAND PROJECTS The Federal Emergency Relief Administration advanced $1,970,034.16 to the Agricultural Adjustment Administration for expenses in connection with the removal of submarginal land from agricultural 148279-37-10 production. Of this amount $327,000 was returned when this activity was transferred to the Resettlement Administration. Expenditures by the Agricultural Adjustment Administration from January 1, 1936, through December 31, 1936, amounted to $13,933.68, leaving an unexpended balance at that time of $50,324.34. APPROPRIATION FOR ADMINISTRATIVE AND OTHER EXPENSES UNDER SECTION 12 (a) OF THE AGRICULTURAL ADJUSTMENT ACT The Agricultural Adjustment Act appropriated $100,000,000 for expenses, administrative and otherwise. În accordance with the In provisions of Public 739 approved June 22, 1936, $300,000 from this appropriation was made available until June 30, 1938, to carry into effect "An act relating to compacts and agreements among States in which tobacco is produced providing for the control of production of, or commerce in, tobacco in such States and for other purposes. Expenditures in connection with the State tobacco-compact act through December 31, 1936, amounted to $7.77. General administrative expenditures from the balance of the appropriation in the Agricultural Adjustment Act, in the calendar year 1936, amounted to $6,838,195.02. This left an unexpended balance of $83,231,078.17. Expenditures directly connected with programs and activities for which other funds have been appropriated, have been charged directly against such other appropriations. APPROPRIATION TO CARRY INTO EFFECT SECTION 32 OF THE ACT OF AUGUST 24, 1935 Congress, on August 24, 1935, appropriated for each fiscal year beginning with the fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, an amount equal to 30 percent of the gross receipts from duties collected under the customs laws during the calendar year preceding the beginning of each fiscal year. Under this appropriation programs have been formulated to (1) encourage the exportation of agricultural commodities and products thereof by the payment of benefits in connection with the exportation thereof or of indemnities for losses incurred in connection with such exportation or by payments to producers in connection with the production of that part of any agricultural commodity required for domestic consumption, (2) encourage the domestic consumption of such commodities or products by diverting them, by the payment of benefits or indemnities or by other means, from the normal channels of trade and commerce; and (3) reestablishing farmers' purchasing power by making payments in connection with the normal production of any agricultural commodity for domestic consumption. The amount appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, was $92,111,741 and for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1937, was $109,139,621. Of these amounts there has been made available to the Agricultural Adjustment Administration $82,861,741, of which $43,000,000 was allocated to execute the 1935 Cotton Price Adjustment payment plan as provided in the Supplemental Appropriation Act of February 11 1936. Expenditures from January 1, 1936, through December 31, 1936, amounted to $52,945,599.12, leaving an unexpended balance of $29,916,141.88. |