ARTICLE VI. Each state agrees that, when authorized by the legislature pursuant to the constitutional processes, it will from time to time make available to the board such funds as may be required for the expenses of the board as authorized under the terms of this compact. The contribution of each state for this purpose shall be in the proportion that its population bears to the total combined population of the states who are parties hereto as shown from time to time by the most recent official published report of the Bureau of the Census of the United States of America, unless the board shall adopt another basis in making its recommendation for appropriation to the compacting ARTICLE VII. states. The board for the purposes of this compact is hereby empowered to receive grants, devises, gifts and bequests which the board may agree to accept and administer. The board shall administer property held in accordance with special trusts, grants and bequests, and shall also administer grants and devises of land and gifts or bequests of personal property made to the board for special uses, and shall execute said trusts, investing the proceeds thereof in notes or bonds secured by sufficient mortgage or other securities. ARTICLE VIII. The provisions of this compact shall be severable, and if any phrase, clause, sentence or provision of this compact is declared to be contrary to the Constitution of any compacting state or of the United States the validity of the remainder of this compact and the applicability thereof to any government, agency, person or circumstance shall not be affected thereby; provided, that if this compact is held to be contrary to the constitution of any compacting state the compact shall remain in full force and effect as to all other compacting states. ARTICLE IX. This compact shall continue in force and remain binding upon a compacting state until the legislature or the governor of such state, as the laws of such state shall provide, takes action to withdraw therefrom. Such action shall not be effective until two years after notice thereof has been sent by the governor of the state desiring to withdraw to the governors of all other states then parties to the compact. Such withdrawal shall not relieve the withdrawing state from its obligations accruing hereunder prior to the effective date of withdrawal. Any state so withdrawing, unless reinstated, shall cease to have any claim to or ownership of any of the property held by or vested in the board or to any of the funds of the board held under the terms of the compact. Thereafter, the withdrawing state may be reinstated by application after appropriate legislation is enacted by such state, upon approval by a majority vote of the board. ARTICLE X. If any compacting state shall at any time default in the performance of any of its obligations assumed or imposed in accordance with the provisions of this compact, all rights and privileges and benefits conferred by this compact or agreement hereunder shall be suspended 68 Stat. 984. 68 Stat. 985. All 68 Stat. 985. from the effective date of such default as xed by the board. Unless such default shall be remedied within a period of two years following the effective date of such default, this compact may be terminated with respect to such defaulting state by affirmative vote of three fourths of the member states. Any such defaulting state may be reinstated by (a) performing all acts and obligations upon which it has heretofore defaulted, and (b) application to and approval by a majority vote of the board. To modify the Act of October 8, 1940 (54 Stat. 1020) and the Act of July 24, 1947 (61 Stat. 418) with respect to the recoupment of certain public school construction costs in Minnesota. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, effective on Minnesota. July 1, 1954, the recoupment requirements of the Act of October 8, School costs. 1940 (54 Stat. 1020) and the Act of July 24, 1947 (61 Stat. 418), shall become inapplicable to the unrecouped balances of funds expended pursuant to such Acts. Approved August 31, 1954. To amend Public Law 815, Eighty-first Congress, in order to extend for two additional years the program of assistance for school construction under title III of that Act. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the last sen- School contence of section 301 of the Act of September 23, 1950 (Public Law struotion. 815, Eighty-first Congress), as amended, is amended to read as fol- Federallylows: "There are hereby authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal affected areas. year ending June 30, 1954, and for the three succeeding fiscal years, 20 USC 291. such sums as the Congress may determine to be necessary for such purpose." 67 Stat. 522. SEC. 2. The first sentence of section 303 of such Act is amended 20 USC 293. by striking out "1954" and inserting in lieu thereof “1956". SEC. 3. The first sentence of section 304 of such Act is amended by 20 USC 294. striking out "regular school year 1953-1954" and inserting in lieu thereof "regular school year 1955-1956”. SEC. 4. Section 305 of such Act is amended (1) by striking out 20 USC 295. "regular school year 1953-1954" wherever appearing in such section and inserting in lieu thereof "regular school year 1955-1956"; and (2) by striking out "regular school year 1951-1952" wherever appearing in such section and inserting in lieu thereof "regular school year 1953-1954". SEC. 5. Section 305 (d) of such Act is amended by striking out 68 Stat. 1005. "school years 1951-1952 and 1953-1954" and inserting in lieu thereof 68 Stat. 1006. "school years 1953–1954 and 1955–1956”. SEC. 6. The first sentence of section 310 of such Act is amended by 20 USC 300. striking out "1954” and inserting in lieu thereof "1956". SEC. 7. Section 209 (e) of such Act is amended by striking out 67 Stat. 528. "1955" and inserting in lieu thereof "1957". SEC. 8. The amendments made by this Act shall not apply with respect to any application filed, or any funds appropriated, before the enactment of this Act. Approved August 31, 1954. 20 USC 279. All 68 Stat. 1006. To postpone the effective date of the 3 per centum "absorption" requirement in Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That notwithstand- Schools. ing the provisions of section 3 (c) (1) of Public Law 874, 81st Con- Federally afgress, as amended, the amounts payable to a local educational agency fected areas. for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1955, with respect to the number of 67 Stat. 531. children determined under subsection (a) or (b) of section 3 thereof 20 USC 238. shall be computed on the same basis as was used during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1954, under subsections (a), (b), (c), and (d) of section 3 of said law. Approved August 31, 1954. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Smith- Smith-Lever Act Lever Act, as amended (7 U. S. C. 341 and the following, supp. 1), is further amended as follows: (a) By adding a new section, following section 7, to read as follows: "SEC. 8. (a) The Congress finds that there exists special circumstances in certain agricultural areas which cause such areas to be at a disadvantage insofar as agricultural development is concerned, which circumstances include the following: (1) There is concentration of farm families on farms either too small or too unproductive or both; (2) such farm operators because of limited productivity are unable to make adjustments and investments required to establish profitable operations; (3) the productive capacity of the existing farm unit does not permit profitable employment of available labor; (4) because of limited resources, many of these farm families are not able to make full use of current extension programs designed for families operating economic units nor are extension facilities adequate to provide the assistance needed to produce desirable results. amendments. 344-348. Disadvantaged farms. "(b) In order to further the purposes of section 2 in such areas Appropriation. and to encourage complementary development essential to the welfare of such areas, there are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums as the Congress from time to time shall determine to be necessary for payments to the States, Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico on the basis of special needs in such areas as determined by the Secretary of Agriculture. "(c) In determining that the area has such special need, the Secre- Assistance. tary shall find that it has a substantial number of disadvantaged farms 69 Stat. 683. or farm families for one or more of the reasons heretofore enumerated. 69 Stat. 684. The Secretary shall make provisions for the assistance to be extended to include one or more of the following: (1) Intensive on-the-farm educational assistance to the farm family in appraising and resolving its problems; (2) assistance and counseling to local groups in appraising resources for capability of improvement in agriculture or introduction of industry designed to supplement farm income; (3) cooperation with other agencies and groups in furnishing all possible information as to existing employment opportunities, particularly to farm families having underemployed workers; and (4) in cases where the farm family, after analysis of its opportunities and existing resources, finds it advisable to seek a new farming venture, the providing of information, advice, and counsel in connection with making such change. "(d) No more than 10 per centum of the sums available under this Allocation section shall be allotted to any one State. The Secretary shall use of funds. project proposals and plans of work submitted by the State Extension directors as a basis for determining the allocation of funds appropriated pursuant to this section. Pub. Law 360 All 69 Stat. 684. "(e) Sums appropriated pursuant to this section shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, appropriations otherwise available under this Act. The amounts authorized to be appropriated pursuant to this section shall not exceed a sum in any year equal to 10 per centum of sums otherwise appropriated pursuant to this Act.” (b) By renumbering section 8 to read section 9. Approved August 11, 1955. |