chase or rental of land, or in college-course teaching, lectures in college,

or any other purpose not specified in this Act. It shall be the duty of Report to Govsaid colleges, annually, on or about the first day of January, to make ernor. to the Governor of the State, Territory, or possession in which it is located a full and detailed report of its operations in extension work as defined in this Act, including a detailed statement of receipts and expenditures from all sources for this purpose, a copy of which report shall be sent to the Secretary of Agriculture.

"SEC. 6. If the Secretary of Agriculture finds that a State, Territory, Nonentitlement. or possession is not entitled to receive its share of the annual appro

priation, the facts and reasons therefor shall be reported to the Presi- Report to
dent, and the amount involved shall be kept separate in the Treasury President.
until the expiration of the Congress next succeeding a session of the
legislature of the State, Territory, or possession from which funds
have been withheld in order that the State, Territory, or possession

may, if it should so desire, appeal to Congress from the determination Appeal.
of the Secretary of Agriculture. If the next Congress shall not direct
such sum to be paid, it shall be covered into the Treasury.

"SEC. 7. The Secretary of Agriculture shall make an annual report Report to
to Congress of the receipts, expenditures, and results of the coopera- Congress.
tive agricultural extension work in all of the States, Territories, or
possessions receiving the benefits of this Act, and also whether the
appropriation of any State, Territory, or possession has been with-
held, and, if so, the reason therefor.

"SEC. 8. The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to make such Rules and regrules and regulations as may be necessary for carrying out the ulations. pro

visions of this Act."

SEC. 2. The Acts or parts thereof enumerated below are hereby Repeals. repealed:

The Capper-Ketcham Act of May 22, 1928 (45 Stat. 711), as 7 USC 343a, amended by the Act of March 10, 1930 (46 Stat. 83).

Section 21 of the Bankhead-Jones Act of June 29, 1935 (49 Stat. 438), as amended by section 2 of the Act of June 6, 1945 (59 Stat. 233) Section 23 of the Bankhead-Jones Act as added by the Act of June 6, 1945 (59 Stat. 231), and as amended by the Act of October 26, 1949 (Public Law 406, Eighty-first Congress). The Act of August 28, 1937 (50 Stat. 881). The Act of April 24, 1939 (53 Stat. 589), as amended by section 707 of the Act of September 21, 1944 (58 Stat. 742).

343b.

7 SC 343c 67 Stat. 85. 67 Stat. 86. 63 Stat. 926.

7 USC 343d-1 to

343d-3

USC 343f, 343g.

7 USC 343c-1.

The Act of October 27, 1949 (Public Law 417, Eighty-first 63 Stat. 939. Congress).

The Act of May 16, 1928 (45 Stat. 571), insofar as it relates to extension work.

The Act of February 23, 1929 (45 Stat. 1256), insofar as it relates to extension work.

7 USC 343d-4, 343d-5.

7 USC 386-386b.

7 USC 386c.

The Act of March 4, 1931 (46 Stat. 1520), insofar as it relates to 7 USC 386d-386f. extension work.

Approved June 26, 1953.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That subsection (a) of section 16 of the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 is 64 Stat. 157. 42 USC 1875. amended by striking out "not to exceed $500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1951, and not to exceed $15,000,000 for each fiscal year thereafter" and inserting in lieu thereof "such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act".

Approved August 8, 1953.

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Granting the consent of Congress to certain Western States and the Territories of Alaska and Hawaii to enter into a compact relating to higher education in the Western States and establishing the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education.

Consent of

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Western eduUnited States of America in Congress assembled, That the consent of cational Congress is hereby given to any five or more of the States of Arizona, compact. California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming and the Territories of Alaska and Congress. Hawaii to enter into the following compact and agreement relating to higher education and creating the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education.

The compact reads as follows:

ARTICLE I

WHEREAS, the future of this Nation and of the Western States is dependent upon the quality of the education of its youth; and WHEREAS, many of the Western States individually do not have sufficient numbers of potential students to warrant the establishment and maintenance within their borders of adequate facilities in all of the essential fields of technical professional, and graduate training, nor do all the states have the financial ability to furnish within their borders institutions capable of providing acceptable standards of training in all of the fields mentioned above; and

WHEREAS, it is believed that the Western States, or groups of such states within the Region, cooperatively can provide acceptable and efficient educational facilities to meet the needs of the Region and of the students thereof:

Now, therefore, the States of Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico. Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming, and the Territories of Alaska and Hawaii do hereby covenant and agree as follows:

ARTICLE II

Each of the compacting states and territories pledges to each of the other compacting states and territories faithful cooperation in carrying out all the purposes of this Compact.

ARTICLE III

The compacting states and territories hereby create the Western Western InterInterstate Commission for Higher Education, hereinafter called the state Commi sCommission. Said Commission shall be a body corporate of each sion for Higher compacting state and territory and an agency thereof. The Commis- Education. sion shall have all the powers and duties set forth herein, including the power to sue and be sued, and such additional powers as may be conferred upon it by subsequent action of the respective legislatures of the compacting states and territories.

ARTICLE IV

The Commission shall consist of three resident members from each Membership, compacting state or territory. At all times one Commissioner from eto. each compacting state or territory shall be an educator engaged in the field of higher education in the state or territory from which he is appointed.

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Report.

The Commissioners from each state and territory shall be appointed by the Governor thereof as provided by law in such state or territory. Any Commissioner may be removed or suspended from office as provided by the law of the state or territory from which he shall have been appointed.

The terms of each Commissioner shall be four years: Provided, however, That the first three Commissioners shall be appointed as follows: one for two years, one for three years, and one for four years. Each Commissioner shall hold office until his successor shall be appointed and qualified. If any office becomes vacant for any reason, the Governor shall appoint a Commissioner to fill the office for the remainder of the unexpired term.

ARTICLE V

Any business transacted at any meeting of the Commission must be by affirmative vote of a majority of the whole number of compacting states and territories.

One or more Commissioners from a majority of the compacting states and territories shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.

Each compacting state and territory represented at any meeting of the Commission is entitled to one vote.

ARTICLE VI

The Commission shall elect from its number a chairman and a vice chairman, and may appoint, and at its pleasure dismiss or remove, such officers, agents, and employees as may be required to carry out the purpose of this Compact; and shall fix and determine their duties, qualifications and compensation, having due regard for the importance of the responsibilities involved.

The Commissioners shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for their actual and necessary expenses from the funds of the Commission.

ARTICLE VII

The Commission shall adopt a seal and by-laws and shall adopt and promulgate rules and regulations for its management and control. The Commission may elect such committees as it deems necessary for the carrying out of its functions.

The Commission shall establish and maintain an office within one of the compacting states for the transaction of its business and may meet at any time, but in any event must meet at least once a year. The Chairman may call such additional meetings and upon the request of a majority of the Commissioners of three or more compacting states or territories shall call additional meetings.

The Commission shall submit a budget to the Governor of each compacting state and territory at such time and for such period as may be required.

The Commission shall, after negotiations with interested institutions, determine the cost of providing the facilities for graduate and professional education for use in its contractual agreements throughout the Region.

On or before the fifteenth day of January of each year, the Commission shall submit to the Governors and Legislatures of the compacting states and territories a report of its activities for the preceding calendar year.

The Commission shall keep accurate books of account, showing in full its receipts and disbursements, and said books of account shall be

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open at any reasonable time for inspection by the Governor of any compacting state or territory or his designated representative. The Commission shall not be subject to the audit and accounting procedure of any of the compacting states or territories. The Commission shall provide for an independent annual audit.

ARTICLE VIII

It shall be the duty of the Commission to enter into such contractual Contractual agreements with any institutions in the Region offering graduate or agreements. professional education and with any of the compacting states or territories as may be required in the judgment of the Commission to provide adequate services and facilities of graduate and professional education for the citizens of the respective compacting states or territories. The Commission shall first endeavor to provide adequate services and facilities in the fields of dentistry, medicine, public health, and veterinary medicine, and may undertake similar activities in other professional and graduate fields.

For this purpose the Commission may enter into contractual agreements

(a) with the governing authority of any educational institution in the Region, or with any compacting state or territory, to provide such graduate or professional educational services upon terms and conditions to be agreed upon between contracting parties, and

(b) with the governing authority of any educational institution in the Region or with any compacting state or territory to assist in the placement of graduate or professional students in educational institutions in the Region providing the desired services and facilities, upon such terms and conditions as the Commission may prescribe.

It shall be the duty of the Commission to undertake studies of needs for professional and graduate educational facilities in the Region, the resources for meeting such needs, and the long-range effects of the Compact on higher education; and from time to time to prepare comprehensive reports on such research for presentation to the Western Governor's Conference and to the legislatures of the compacting states and territories. In conducting such studies, the Commission may confer with any national or regional planning body which may be established. The Commission shall draft and recommend to the Governors of the various compacting states and territories, uniform legislation dealing with problems of higher education in the Region. For the purposes of this Compact the word "Region" shall be construed to mean the geographical limits of the several compacting states and territories.

ARTICLE IX

The operating costs of the Commission shall be apportioned equally Operating costs, among the compacting states and territories. apportionment.

ARTICLEX

This Compact shall become operative and binding immediately as to those states and territories adopting it whenever five or more of the states or territories of Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming, Alaska and Hawaii have duly adopted it prior to July 1, 1953. This Compact shall become effective as to any additional states or territories adopting thereafter at the time of such adoption.

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