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 62 STAT.] 80TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CHS. 826, 827-JULY 3, 1948 WAR CLAIMS FUND SEC. 13. (a) There is hereby created on the books of the Treasury of the United States a trust fund to be known as the War Claims Fund. The War Claims Fund shall consist of all sums covered into the Treasury pursuant to the provisions of section 39 of the Trading With the Enemy Act of October 6, 1917, as amended. The moneys in such fund shall be available for expenditure only as provided in this Act or as may be provided hereafter by the Congress. (b) The Federal Security Administrator is authorized and directed to estimate and certify to the Secretary of the Treasury the total amount which will be required to pay all benefits payable as a result of the enactment of section 5 (f) of this Act. The Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer from the War Claims Fund to the general fund of the Treasury a sum equal to the total amount so certified by the Fed- eral Security Administrator. (c) The Federal Security Administrator is authorized and directed to estimate and certify to the Secretary of the Treasury the total amount which will be required to pay all additional benefits payable as a result of the enactment of section 4 (c) of this Act. The Secre- tary of the Treasury shall transfer from the war claims fund to the general fund of the Treasury a sum equal to the total amount so certified by the Federal Security Administrator. (d) The Secretary of State is authorized and directed to certify to the Secretary of the Treasury the total amount of all obligations canceled pursuant to the provisions of section 4 (b) (1) of this Act. The Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer from the war claims fund to the general fund of the Treasury an amount equal to the total amount so certified. (e) There are hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the war claims fund, such sums as may be necessary to enable the Commission to carry out its functions under this Act. PAYMENTS TO CERTAIN MEMBERS OF RELIGIOUS ORDERS SEC. 14. In any case in which any money is payable as a result of the enactment of this Act to any person who is prevented from accepting such money by the rules, regulations, or customs of the church or the religious order or organization of which he is a member, such money shall be paid, upon the request of such person, to such church or to such religious order or organization. Approved July 3, 1948. [CHAPTER 827] AN ACT To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to stabilize prices of agricultural com- modities; to amend section 22 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act, reenacted by the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "Agricultural Act of 1948". TITLE 1-1949 PRICE STABILIZATION SECrION 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secre- tary of Agriculture is authorized and directed through any instrumen- tality or agency within or under the direction of the Department of Agriculture, by loans, purchases, or other operations- (a) To support prices received by producers of cotton, wheat, corn, tobacco, rice, and peanuts marketed before June 30, 1950, if producers 1247 Ante, p. 1246. Ante, p. 1243. Ante, p. 1242. Ante, p. 1242. Appropriation au- thorized. July 3, 1948 [H. R. 6248] [Public Law 897] Agricultural Act of 1948. Price support of e- tain ommodltU

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