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 1261 53 STAT.] 76TH CONG., 1ST SESS.- CHS. 562-564 -AUG. 7, 1939 [CHAPTER 562] AN ACT To amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That subsection (b) of section 312 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, is amended by striking out the period at the end of the last sentence and inserting in lieu thereof a comma and the following: "nor for any marketing year for which a marketing quota was pro- claimed pursuant to the provisions of subsection (a) of this section." Approved, August 7, 1939. [CHAPTER 563] AN ACT To amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That subsection (a) of section 312 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, is amended, by striking out the expression "on the fifteenth day of November of any calendar year" and the commas immediately preceding and following said expression; and by adding at the end thereof the following new sentence: "The amount of the national marketing quota so proclaimed may, not later than December 31, be increased by not more than 10 per centum if the Secretary determines that such increase is necessary in order to meet market demands." Approved, August 7, 1939. [CHAPTER 564] AN ACT To amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatires of the/ United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 313 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as almended, is almended by addition of the following new subsection: "(g) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the Sec- retary on the basis of average yield per acre of tobacco for the State during the five years last preceding the year in which the national imalrketing quota is proclaimed, adjusted for abnormal conditions of production, may convert the State marketing quota into a State acreage allotment, and allot the same through the local committees among farms on the basis of the factors set forth in subsection (b), using past acreage (harvested and diverted) in lieu of the past marketing of tobacco; and the Secretary on the basis of the national average yield during the same period, similarly adjusted, may also convert into an acreage allotment the amount reserved from the national quota pursuant to the provisions of subsection (c), and on the basis of the factors set forth in subsection (c) and the past tobacco experience of the farm operator, allot the same through the local committees among farms on which no tobacco was produced dur- ing the last five years. Except for farms last mentioned or a farm operated, controlled, or directed by a person who also operates, con- trols, or directs another farm on which tobacco is produced, the farm-acreage allotment shall be increased by the smaller of (1) 20 per centum of such allotment or (2) the percentage by which the normal yield of such allotment (as determined through the local com- mittees in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary) August 7 1939 [H R. 8538] [Public, No. 335] Agricultural Ad- justment Act of 1938, amendment. 52 Stat. 46 . 7 U. S. C., Supp. IV, 1312 (b). Marketing quotas for burley, etc., to- bacco. August 7, 1939 [H. R. 6539] [Public, No. 3361 Agricultural Ad- justment Act of 1938, amendment. 52 Stat. 46 . 7 U.S. C ., Supp. IV, §1312 (a). Proclamation of to- bacco marketing quo- ta, when made. Increase of quota after proclamation. August 7, 1939 I[t. R. 65401 [Public, No. 337] Agricultural Adjust- ilent Act of 19;sl, elllellndlioiet. I2 Stlt. 47 . 7 lI.S. (..,Stilp. IV, §1ll:1(t)-(f). National mlarketing quota for tobla ccO. (Cnlversion of Slate marketing quota into State acreage allot- ment; basis. Allotments through local committees; basis. Conversion of amount reserved from national quota. Farm-acreage allot- ment increase.

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