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 74TH C ONGRESS. SESS. II. CH. 104. FEBRUA RY 29, 1936 . 1149 for such p urpose, as the Secret ary fin ds nec essary for the effect ive administration of the plan ; and "(3) It provides for the submission to the Secretary of suc h repor ts as h e finds necess ary to ascerta in whet her the plan i s being carried out according to its terms, and for compliance with suc h requirements as the Secretary may prescribe to assure the correctness of and make possible the verification of such reports . " (e ) Suc h plan shall b e appro ved if the Sec retary finds that th ere App rov al provisions. is a reasonable prospect that- "(1) Substantial accomplishment in effectuating the purposes of this section will be brought about through the operation of such plan and the plans submitted by other States, and "(2 ) The operat ion of such pl an will result in as substa ntial a furtherance of such accomplishment as may reasonably be achieved through the action of such State. "(f) Upon approval of any State plan for any year the Secretary Allocations . shall allocate to such State such sum (not in excess of the maximum amount fixed in pursuance of subsection (g) for such State for such year) as he finds necessary to carry out such plan for such year, and there upon sh all cer tify to the Se cretary of the Treasu ry for payment to such agency of the State as the Secretary of Agriculture certifies is designated in the plan, and the Secretary of the Treasury shall pay to such agency, one-fourth of the amou nt so allocated . The remainder of the amount so allocated shall be similarly certified and paid in such installments (payable prior to the end of the calendar year) as may be provided in the plan . No su ch inst allment shall be conditions . certified for payment if the Secretary of Agriculture finds that, prior to the due date of such installment, there has been a substantial fail- ure by the State to carry out the plan according to its terms, or that the further operation of the plan according to its terms will not tend to effectuate the purposes of this section. No amount shall be certi- fied for payment under any such installment in excess of the amount the Secretary finds necessary for the effective carrying out of the plan during the period to which the installment relates. "(g ) On or before November 1 of each year, the Secretary shall Determinat ionofap- app ortion among t he seve ral Sta tes the funds which will be availa ble portlonments. for carrying out State plans during the next calendar year, and. in determining the amount to be apportioned to each State, the Secretary shall take into consideration the acreage and value of the major soil depleting and major export crops produced in the respective States during a representative period and the acreage and productivity of land devoted to agricultural production (including dairy products) in the respective States during a representative period : Provided, however, That apportionments of funds available for carrying out Apportionm ents for the pur poses s pecifie d in th is sect ion for the ye ar 1936 may be made 1936 and 1937 . at any time during 1936, and apportionments for 1937 may be made at any time during 1937. Notwithstandin g the making of an appor- Availabilityof funds. tionment to any State for any calendar year, the funds apportioned to any State for which no plan has been approved for such year, and any amount apportioned to any State which is not required to carry out an approved plan for such State for such year, shall be available for carrying out the provisions of sections 7 to 14, inclusive, of this Act. "Sne. 8 . (a) In order to carry our the purposes specified in section P,; -ers of Secretary whe re State plan inon- 7 (a) d uring t he peri od nece ssary t o affor d a rea sonable opport unity erative. for legislative action by a sufficient number of States to assure the effectuation of such purposes by State action and in order to promote the more effective accomplishment of such purposes by State action