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 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 412-SEPT. 21, 1944 49 Stat. 1148. 16U. .c. i590g- 590q; Supp. mI, 590h etBeg. Ante, p. 737. 49 Stat. 164 . Procurement of nursery stock. Supplies, materials, and equipment. Sale of samples or sets of grades recom- mended. 42 Stat. 1517, 1518 . Agreements with cotton associations, etc., In foreign coun- tries. Market - inspection certificates. Travel In privately owned motor vehicles. War Food Adminis- tration. Reimbursement for certain services. who comply with the terms and conditions of the conservation pro- gram, formulated pursuant to sections 7 to 17, inclusive, of this Act, as amended, shall be entitled to apply for and receive payments, or to retain payments heretofore made, for their participation in said program to the same extent as other producers." SEC. 302. (a) Section 6 of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act, as amended (16 U. S. C. 590f), is amended by adding at the end thereof a new paragraph, to read as follows: "Appropriations for carrying out this Act allocated for the produc- tion or procurement of nursery stock by any Federal agency, or funds appropriated to any Federal agency for allocation to cooperat- ing States for the production or procurement of nursery stock, shall remain available for expenditure for not more than three fiscal years." (b) The Soil Conservation Service may sell and distribute supplies materials, and equipment to other Government activities, the cost of such supplies and materials or the value of such equipment (including the cost of transportation and handling) to be reimbursed to appro- priations current at the time additional supplies, materials, or equip- ment are procured from the appropriations chargeable with the cost or value of such supplies, materials, or equipment. TITLE IV SEC. 401. (a) The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to sell samples, illustrations, practical forms, or sets of the grades recom- mended or promulgated by him for farm or food products, under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe, and the receipts therefrom shall be deposited in the Treasury to the credit of miscel- laneous receipts. (b) The United States Cotton Standards Act (7 U. S . C. 51-65) is hereby amended by changing section 6 to section 6 (a) and by inserting thereafter a new subsection to read as follows: "(b) The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to effectuate agreements with cotton associations, cotton exchanges, and other cotton organizations in foreign countries, for (1) the adoption, use, and observance of universal standards of cotton classification, (2) the arbitration or settlement of disputes with respect thereto, and (8) the preparation, distribution, inspection, and protection of the practical forms or copies thereof under such agreements." (c) Market-inspection certificates issued by authorized agents of the Department of Agriculture shall be received in all courts of the United States as prima facie evidence of the truth of the statements therein contained. (d) Officers and employees of the Department of Agriculture who, under proper authorization, use privately owned motor vehicles in the performance of official travel within the corporate limits of their official stations for the purpose of inspecting and grading farm and food products and the supervision thereof at points located within the said corporate limits may be reimbursed for such travel at a rate not to exceed 3 cents per mile. SEC. 402. Applicable appropriations available to the War Food Administration current at the time services are rendered or payment therefor is received may be reimbursed by nongovernmental agencies or foreign governments (by advance credits or reimbursements) for the actual or estimated costs, as determined by the War Food Admin- istration, incident to procuring agricultural commodities for such nongovernmental agencies or foreign governments. [58 STAT.

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