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PUBLIC LAW 466-APR. 2, 1956

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is amended to read as follows: " For the period beginning September 1, 1954, and ending June 30, 1955, not to exceed $50,000,000, and for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1956, not to exceed $60,000,000, and for each of the two fiscal years in the period beginning July 1, 1956, and ending June 30, 1958, not to exceed $75,000,000, of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation shall be used to increase the consumption of fluid milk by children in (1) nonprofit schools of high-school grade and under; and (2) such nonprofit nursery schools, child-care centers, settlement houses, summer camps, and similar nonprofit institutions as are devoted to the care and training of underprivileged children on a public welfare or charitable basis." SEC. 2. Section 204(e) of the Agricultural Act of 1954 is amended f|"s?aV°9po. to read as follows: "As a means of stabilizing the dairy industry i use 397. * and further suppressing and eradicating brucellosis in cattle, the Secretary is authorized to transfer not to exceed $17,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1956, and $20,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1957 and 1958, from funds available to the Commodity Credit Corporation to the appropriation item "Plant and Animal Disease and Pest Control" in the Department of Agriculture Appropriation Act for such fiscal year for the purpose of accelerating the brucellosis eradication program, for the purpose of increasing to not to exceed $50 per head of cattle the amount of the indemnities paid by the Federal Government for cattle destroyed because of brucellosis in connection with cooperative control and eradication programs for such disease in cattle entered into by the Secretary under the authority of the Act of May 29, 1884, as amended, for the purpose of increasing y^i^c%ii' the number of such indemnities, and for the purpose of defraying any additional administrative expenses in connection therewith. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for expenditures pursuant to this section." SEC. 3. The first sentence of subsection (a) and the first sentence of pii^8*'"efc*.' **'*°' subsection (b) of section 202 of the Agricultural Act of 1949, as 68 Stat. *9oo. amended, are amended by striking out "1956" and inserting in lieu ' ^^^ i446a. thereof "1958". Approved April 2, 1956. Public Law 466

CHAPTER 160

AN ACT j^fii 2^ 1956 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to relieve farmers from excise taxes —[H. R. 8780]— in the case of gasoline and special fuels used on the farm for farming purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. RELIEF FROM EXCISE TAX ON GASOLINE.

of the Taxes. Gasoline

special fuels.

Subchapter B of chapter 65 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 f^^^^^ f/-j j. (rules of special application for abatements, credits, and refunds) 6420. is amended by renumbering section 6420 as 6421 and by inserting after section 6419 the following new section: "SEC. 6420. GASOLINE USED ON FARMS. "(a) GASOLINE.—If gasoline is used on a farm for farming purjjoses, the Secretary or his delegate shall pay (without interest) to the, ultimate purchaser of such gasoline the amount determined by multiplying— "(1) the number of gallons so used, by

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