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 0 1148 74TH C ONGRESS. SESS. II. CH. 104. FEBRUA RY 29, 1936 . [CHAPTER 104. 1 February 29, 1936. AN ACT [S .3780 .1 To promote the conservation and profitable use of agricultural land reso urce s [Public, No. 461 .1 by te mpor ary Federal aid to farmers and by providing for a perma nent pol icy of Federal aid to States for su ch purposes. Soil conservation Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the and Domestic Allot- United States of America » in Congress assembled, That the Act me Ante, P .163. entitled "An Act to provide for the protection of la nd resources against soil erosion, and for other purposes", approved April 27, 1935, is amended by inserting at the end thereof the following : Declaration ofpolicy. " SEa. 7. (a) It is hereby declared to be the policy of this Act also to sec ure, and th e pur poses of th is Act shal l also incl ude, (1) pr eser- vation and improvement of soil fertility ; (2) promotion of the eco- nomic use and conservation of land ; (3) diminution of exploitation and wasteful and unscientific use of national soil resources ; (4) the protection of rivers and harbors against the results of soil erosion in aid of maintaining the navigability of waters and water courses and in aid of flood control ; and (5) reestablishment, at as rapid a rate as the Secretary of Agriculture determines to be practicable and in the general public interest, of the ratio between the purchasing power of the net income per person on farms and that of the income per p erson not o n farm s that preva iled during the f ive-y ear pe riod August 1909-July 19 1 4, inclusive, as determined from statistics avail- able in the United States Depa rtment of Agriculture, and the main- Powers conferred to assist voluntary actiontenance of such ratio . The powe rs conferred under sections 7 to 14, . inclusive, of this Act shall be used to assist voluntary action cal- Parity domestic prod uctio n cul ated t o eff ectuat e the purpo ses s pecifi ed in this secti on. Su ch ssumption 0II - powers shall not be used to discourage the production of supplies of foods and fibers sufficient to maintain normal domestic human consumption as determined by the Secretary from the records of domes tic hu man co nsumpt ion in the y ears 1920 to 1929 2 inclusive, taking into consideration increased population, quantities of any commodity that were forced into domestic consumption by decline in exports during such p eriod, current trends in domes tic consump- tion and exports of particular commodities, and the quantities of substitutes available for domestic consumption within any general Adequate supply of commodities to be class of food commodities. In carrying out the purposes of this maintained. section due regard shall be given to the maintenance of a continuous and stable supply of agricultural commodities adequate to meet consumer demand at prices fair to both producers and consumers. Secretary of Agricul- "(b) The Secretary of Agriculture shall cooperate with States, in tore to cooperate with States in execution of the execution of State plans to effect uate the purposes of thi s section, plans . by making grants under this section to enable them to carry out such plans . Eligibility for pay- " (c) Any State which submits to the Secretary, prior to such time ments. and in such manner and form as the Secretary prescribes, a State plan to effectuate the purposes of this section shall be entitled to pay- ments, as provided in this section, for the year to which such plan is applicable, if such plan is approved by the Secretary as provided in this section. Requirements. " (d) No such plan shall be approved unless by its terms "(1) It p rovides that the agency to adm inister the plan shall be such State agency as may be designated by the Secretary if such agency is authorized by the State, or su ch other State agency as is authorized by the State and approved by the Secretary ; "( 2) It provides for such methods of administration, and such par- ticipation in the administration of the plan by county and commu- nity committees or associations of agricultural producers organized