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 52 STAT.] 75TH CONG. , 3D SESS.-CH. 464- -JUNE 16, 1938 745 $500,000,000, to remain available until June 30, 1940, for compliances Availability. under said Act of February 29, 1936, as amended, pursuant to the provisions of the 1938 programs carried out during the period November 1, 1937, to December 31, 1938, inclusive: Provided, That Use restricted. no part of such amount shall be available for carrying out the pro- visions of section 202 (f) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 A' tt e p -37. and not to exceed $100,000 shall be available under the provisions of s Laboratories and section 202 (a) to 202 (e), inclusive, of said Act to conduct a survey other research facil- to determine the location of said laboratories and the scope of the ities. investigations to be made and to coordinate the research work now being carried on: Provided further, That no part of such amount se restricted. shall be available after June 30, 1939, for salaries and other admin- istrative expenses except for payment of obligations therefor incurred prior to July 1, 1939: Provided further, That such amount shall be progvrams.ty available for salaries and other administrative expenses in connection with the formulation and administration of the 1939 programs or plans now or hereafter authorized under section 7 or 8, or both, of said Act of February 29, 1936, or under said provisions of the Agri- cultural Adjustment Act of 1938: Provided further, That the Secre- Transfer of funds. tary of Agriculture may, in his discretion, from time to time transfer to the General Accounting Office such sums as may be necessary to pay administrative expenses of the General Accounting Office in auditing payments under this item: Provided further, That such etcrase oi sneed, etc., and issuance to amount shall be available for the purchase of seeds, fertilizers, lime, producers. trees, or any other farming materials and making grants thereof to agricultural producers to aid them in carrying out farming practices approved by the Secretary of Agriculture in the 1938 and 1939 pro- grams under said Act of February 29, 1936, as amended; for the Authorityetc reim- reimbursement of the Tennessee Valley Authority or any other Gov- bursement. ernment agency for fertilizers, seeds, lime, trees, or other farming materials furnished by such agency; and for the payment of all expenses necessary in making such grants including all or part of the costs incident to the delivery thereof: And provided further That Funds for adminis- the funds provided by section 32 of the Act entitled "An Act to amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act, and for other purposes", 49Stat.774. approved August 24, 1935 (7 U. S. C. 612c), shall be available during I U. c. Supp. the fiscal year 1939 for administrative expenses, in accordance with the provisions of section 392 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of Af l te p.- 1938, in carrying out the provisions of said section, including the employment of persons and means in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, in accordance with the provisions of law applicable to the employment of persons and means by Agricultural Adjustment Administration: And provided further, That in carrying out the Cottonprice adjust- ment payments. provisions of the Third Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 0 stat. 762; anct, 1937, and section 381 (a) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of P '6. 1938, as amended, relating to cotton price adjustment payments with respect to the 1937 cotton crop, in order to accelerate such payments Acceleration of pay- the Secretary shall, notwithstanding said provisions, (1) treat all en cotton not sold prior to September 10, 1937, as if it had been sold on a date when the average price of seven-eighths-inch Middling cotton on the ten designated spot cotton markets was less than 9 cents per pound; (2) make payment on the basis of applications filed prior or Applications. subsequent to July 16, 1938, on forms prescribed by the Secretary, by the 1937 operator or other person designated pursuant to regulations prescribed by the Secretary on behalf of all the producers on the farm in 1937 or by individual producers, provided that (a) payment pcifante of com- will not be made to the 1938 operator of the farm unless he certifies that he has complied thereon with the requirements defined in said section 381 (a), which certificate shall be taken to certify to such

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