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 514 75TH CONGRESS, 1sT SESSION-CHS. 49 4, 500, 506-JULY 13, 16, 17, 19 37 diately reopened and readjudicated on the above basis from the date of separation, this provision to become effective from the date of the approval of this Act. SEC. 6. This Act shall take effect on October 1, 1937. Approved, July 13, 1937. Effective date. [CHAPTER 500] July 16, 1937 AN ACT [H. R .78851 Making appropriations for certain necessary operations of the Federal Govern- [Public. No. 2071 ment for the last half of the month of July 1937. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the provi- sions of the Act entitled "An Act making appropriations for the first half of the month of July 1937, for certain operations of the Federal Government which remain unprovided for on July 1, 1937, through the failure of enactment of the supply bills customarily providing for such operations", approved July 1, 1937, are extended and continued in full force and effect for and during the last half of the month of July 1937 : Pr ovi ded, That notwithstanding section 3 of such Act, the amount to be expended out of any appropria- tion provided by this Act for such last half of the month o f July 1937 may equal, but shall not exceed, one twenty-fourth of the ap propri ation avai lable for l ike pu rpose s for the f iscal year endin g June 30, 1937. Approved, July 16, 1937. Extension of Ap- propriations Act, 1938, pr ovis ion s co nti nued in force during last half of July 1937. Ante, p . 468. Proviso. Proportionate amounts only to be expended. July 17, 1937 [H.J. Res. 4311 [Pub. Res ., No. 55] Insect pest control. Appropriation for. Ante, pp. 57, 120. Availability. Provisos. State cooperation. Supervision of ex- penditures. Transporting con- trol materials. Procurements. R.S.°3709. 41 U. S. C.°5. [CHAPTER 50 6] JO INT RESOLUTION Making an appropriation for the control of outbreaks of insect pests. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That for carrying out the purposes of and for expenditures authorized under the public reso- lution entitled "Joint resolution making funds available for the cont rol o f inci pient or e mergen cy ou tbreak s of insec t pest s or plant dise ases, inclu ding grass hopper s, Mo rmon c ricke ts, a nd chi nch b ugs", approved April 6, 1937, there is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $1,000,000, to remain available until June 30, 1938 : Provided, That in the discretion of the Secretary of Agriculture, no part of this appropriation shall be expended for control of grasshoppers, Mor- mon crickets, or chinch bugs in any State until such State has pro- vide d the organ izati on or mater ials and su pplie s nec essary for coop- eration : Provided further, That this appropriation shall be expended und er the per sona l shal l and direction of the Secretary of Agriculture, who shall make a detailed report to the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives of the several items of expenditure made hereunder : Provided further, That transportation of control materials purchased under this appropri- ation shall be under conditions and means determined by the Secretary of Agric ulture as most adva ntageous t o the Fed eral Gover nment Provided further, That procurements under this appropriation may be made by open-market purchases notwithstanding the provisions of section 3709 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (U . S. C., title 41, sec. 5). Approved, July 17, 1937.