87th Congress, S. 614 An Act To authorize the use of Commodity Credit Corporation owned surplus grain by the States for emergency use in the feeding of resident game birds and other resident wildlife; to authorize the use of such surplus grain by the Secretary of the Interior for emergency use in the feeding of migratory birds, and for other purposes. 75 STAT 389. birds, etc. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That for the purpose Agriculture. of meeting emergency situations caused by adverse weather conditions Surplus grain or other factors destructive of important wildlife resources, the States for game are hereby authorized, upon the request of the State fish and game authority or other State agency having similar authority and a finding by the Secretary of the Interior that any area of the United States is threatened with serious damage or loss to resident game birds and other resident wildlife from starvation, to requisition from the Commodity Credit Corporation grain acquired by the Corporation through price support operations. Such grain may thereafter be furnished to the particular State for direct and sole utilization by the appropriate State agencies for purposes of this Act in such quantities as mutually agreed upon by the State and the Commodity Credit Corporation and subject to such regulations as may be considered desirable by the Corporation. The Corporation shall be reimbursed by the particular State in each instance for the expense of the Corporation in packaging and transporting such grain for purposes of this Act. SEC. 2. Upon a finding by the Secretary of the Interior that migra- Migratory tory birds are threatened with starvation in any area of the United birds. States, the Secretary is authorized to requisition from the Commodity Credit Corporation grain acquired by that Corporation through price support operations in such quantities as may be mutually agreed upon. The Corporation shall be reimbursed by the Secretary for its expense in packaging and transporting of such grain for purposes of this Act. SEC. 3. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums Appropriation. as may be necessary to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for its investment in grain transferred pursuant to this Act. Approved August 17, 1961. 87th Congress, S. 1873 An Act 75 STAT. 411. To amend the Act entitled "An Act to authorize the Commodity Credit Corporation to donate dairy products and other agricultural commodities for use in home economics courses", approved September 13, 1960 (74 Stat. 899), in order to permit the use of donated foods under certain circumstances for training college students. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act Commodity Credit entitled "An Act to authorize the Commodity Credit Corporation to Corp. donate dairy products and other agricultural commodities for use in Surplus foods. home economics courses", approved September 13, 1960 (74 Stat. 899), Home economics is amended by striking out the period at the end of such Act and inserting in lieu thereof a comma and the following: "including college students if the same facilities and instructors are used for training both high school and college students in home economics courses." Approved August 30, 1961. courses. 7 USC 1431 note. 87th Congress, S. 1908 An Act To provide for a national hog cholera eradication program. 75 STAT. 481. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, in order to Agriculture safeguard the health of the swine herds of the Nation, to prevent the Department. spread of hog cholera, to decrease substantially the estimated Hog cholera, $50,000,000 annual loss from hog cholera, to expand export markets for pork and pork products now restricted on account of hog cholera, and to otherwise protect the public interest, the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby directed (1) to initiate a national hog cholera eradication program in cooperation with the several States under the provisions eradication program. of section 11 of the Act of May 29, 1884, as amended (21 U.S.C. 114a), 70 Stat. 1032. and related legislation, and (2) to prohibit or restrict, pursuant to the authority vested in him under the provisions of section 2 of the Act of February 2, 1903, as amended (21 U.S.C. 111), the interstate 32 Stat. 792. movement of virulent hog cholera virus or other hog cholera virus to the extent he determines necessary in order to effectuate such eradica tion program. SEC. 2. (a) The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized and directed Advisory to establish an advisory committee composed of (1) eleven members committee. selected from representatives of the swine and related industries, State and local government agencies, professional and scientific groups, and the general public, and (2) one member selected from the officers and employees of the Department of Agriculture who shall serve as chairman of the Committee. The Committee shall meet at the call of the Secretary. (b) It shall be the function of the Committee to advise the Secretary Function. with respect to the initiation of the national hog cholera eradication program referred to in the first section of this Act, and with respect to the development of plans and procedures for carrying out such program. (c) Committee members other than the chairman shall not be deemed to be employees of the United States and shall not be entitled to compensation, but the Secretary is authorized to pay their travel and subsistence expenses (or per diem in lieu thereof) in connection with their attendance at meetings of the Committee. Approved September 6, 1961. Expenses of members. 87th Congress, H. R. 2010 An Act To amend title V of the Agricultural Act of 1949, as amended, and for other purposes. 75 STAT. 761. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 502(2) Mexican farm of the Agricultural Act of 1949, as amended, is amended to read as follows: "(2) to reimburse the United States for essential expenses incurred by it under this title, except salaries and expenses of personnel engaged in compliance activities, in amounts not to exceed $15 per worker; and". SEC. 2. Clause (3) of section 503 of such Act is amended to read as follows: "(3) reasonable efforts have been made to attract domestic workers for such employment at wages, standard hours of work, and working conditions comparable to those offered to foreign workers". SEC. 3. Sections 504 through 509 of such Act are renumbered sections "505" through "510" respectively; the reference to "section 507" in section 508, renumbered as section "509", is changed to section “508"; and the following new section "504" is inserted after section 503: "SEC. 504. No workers recruited under this title shall be made available to any employer or permitted to remain in the employ of any employer "(1) for employment in other than temporary or seasonal occupations, except in specific cases when found by the Secretary of Labor necessary to avoid undue hardship; or "(2) for employment to operate or maintain power-driven selfpropelled harvesting, planting, or cultivating machinery, except in specific cases when found by the Secretary of Labor necessary for a temporary period to avoid undue hardship." SEC. 4. Section 505 of such Act, as amended, renumbered as section "506", is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "(d) Workers recruited under the provisions of this title shall not be subject to any Federal or State tax levied to provide illness or disability benefits for them." SEC. 5. Paragraph (1) of section 507 of such Act, renumbered as section "508", is amended by changing the comma after the words "Internal Revenue Code, as amended" to a period and deleting the remainder of the paragraph. SEC. 6. Section 509 of such Act, as amended, renumbered as section "510", is amended by striking "December 31, 1961" and inserting “December 31, 1963”. Approved October 3, 1961. labor program. 7 USC 1463. Restriction on employment. Illness or disability tax, ex emption. 7 USC 1467. Extension date. 74 Stat. 1021. 7 USC 1461 note. 87th Congress, S. 2533 An Act 76 STAT. 50. To amend the requirements for participation in the 1962 feed grain program. 75 Stat. 301. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. That section 105 Agriculture. (c) (4) of the Agricultural Act of 1949 is amended by changing the Feed grain proparenthetical statement in the first sentence to read as follows: gram, 1962. "(except in the case of a producer of malting barley as hereinafter 72 Stat. 994; described and except in the case of a producer of barley on a summer: 7 USC 1441 note. fallow farm as hereinafter described) ", and by changing the period at the end of such section to a colon and adding the following: "Provided further, That no producer of barley on a farm where summer fallow is the normal practice shall be required to participate in the special agricultural conservation program for 1962 for barley if he (i) does not knowingly devote an acreage on the farm to barley in excess of the average acreage devoted on the farm to barley in 1959 and 1960 plus the acreage devoted to summer fallow in 1961 which is diverted from the production of wheat under the special 1962 wheat program, and (ii) does not knowingly devote an acreage on the farm to corn, grain sorghums, and barley in excess of 80 per centum of the average acreage devoted on the farm to corn, grain sorghums, and barley in 1959 and 1960.“ SEC. 2. Section 16(d)(1) of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act is amended by changing the parenthetical statement in 49 Stat. 1151; the second sentence to read as follows: "(other than a producer of 75 Stat. 302. malting barley as described in section 105 (c) (4) of the Agricultural 16 USC 590p. Act of 1949, or a producer of barley on a summer-fallow farm as described in such section)", and by inserting after the second sentence a new sentence reading as follows: "The excess, if any, of the acreage devoted to barley in 1962 on a summer-fallow farm as decribed in section 105 (c) (4) of the Agricultural Act of 1949 over the average acreage devoted to barley on such farm in 1959 and 1960 shall be considered as planted to corn and grain sorghums for the purpose of determining extent of participation and payments under the special agricultural conservation program for 1962 for corn and grain sorghums." Approved March 30, 1962. 55-000 O-71-42 |