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 58 STAT.] 78TH CONG., 2D SESS.-CH. 412 -SEPT. 21, 1944 stamps, and certificates without regard to existing laws applicable to public printing. (g) There are hereby authorized to be appropriated for the pur- poses of this section such sums as the Congress may from time to time determine to be necessary. SEC. 102. (a)' The Secretary of Agriculture either independently or in cooperation with States or political subdivisions thereof, farmers' associations, and similar organizations, and individuals, is authorized to carry out operations or measures to eradicate, sup- press, control, or to prevent or retard the spread of Japanese beetle, sweetpotato weevil, Mexican fruitflies, citrus canker, gypsy and brown-tail moth, Dutch elm disease, phony peach and peach mosaic, cereal rusts, corn borer, and pink bollworm and thurberia weevil: Provided, That the Secretary of Agriculture is further authorized to cooperate with the Government of Mexico or local Mexican author- ities in carrying out necessary surveys and control operations in Mexico in connection with the eradication, suppression, control, and prevention or retardation of the spread of Mexican fruitflies, and pink bollworm and thurberia weevil. In performing the operations or measures herein authorized, the cooperating foreign country, State, or local agency shall be responsible for the authority necessary to carry out the operations or measures on all lands and properties within the foreign country or State other than those owned or con- trolled by the Federal Government and for such other facilities and means as in the discretion of the Secretary of Agriculture are neces- sary. As used in this section, the term "State" includes the District of Columbia and the Territories and possessions of the United States. (b) The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized and directed to promulgate such rules and regulations and use such means as he may deem necessary to provide for the inspection of domestic plants and plant products offered for export and to certify to shippers and interested parties as to the freedom of such products from injurious insect pests and plant diseases according to the sanitary requirements of the foreign countries to which such products may be exported. (c) There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums as the Congress may from time to time determine to be necessary to enable the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out the provisions of this section. Unless otherwise specifically authorized, or provided for in appropriations, no part of such sums shall be used to pay the cost or value of property injured or destroyed. SEC. 103. The Secretary of Agriculture may propagate bee-breeding stock and distribute by sale stock surplus to research needs: Pro- vided, That the rates at which such sales are made shall be fixed by regulations of the Secretary and the proceeds of such sales shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. SEC. 104. The Secretary of Agriculture may purchase from appli- cable appropriations cultures in the open market for use in connection with soil and fertilizer investigations. SEC. 105. Title I of the Bankhead-Jones Act (7 U. S. C . 427- 427g) is hereby amended by adding a new subsection to section 5 to read as follows: "(c) In order to prevent reduced allotments because of changes in relative rural populations, $63,708 of the funds appropriated for any fiscal year and available for the purposes of this section shall be available for allotment during the fiscal year in the same amount and to the same States and Territories which received allotments from such appropriation in the fiscal year 1942." 735 Appropriation au- thorized. Insect pests and plant diseases. Japanese beetle. Cooperation with" Mexico. Mexican fruitflies. "State." Inspection and cer- tification of exports. Rules and regula- tions. Appropriation au- thorized. Indemnity pay- ments, restriction. Bee-breeding stock. Regulations. Purchase of cul- tures. 49 Stat. 437. 7U.S.C. 427d. Allotments.

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