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 208 Rules and regulations* Appropriations*

PUBLIC LAW 540-MAY 28, 1966

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(e) The Secretary of Agriculture may prescribe such rules and regulations as may be appropriate to carry out the purposes of this section. (f) There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the objects of this section, such sums to remain available until expended. STUDY OF PRICE TRENDS FCR FOREST PRODUCTS

SEC, 402. The Secretary of Agriculture shall make a study of price trends and relationships for basic forest products such as sawlogs and pulpwood and within one year from the date of enactment of this Act shall submit a report thereon to the Congress. TITLE V—CERTIFICATE PROGRAM FOR RICE 52 Stat. 38. 7 USC 1301 at. aeq.

SEC. 501. Title III of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, is amended (1) by changing the designation thereof to read as follows: " TITLE III — L O A N S, P A R I T Y P A Y M E N T S, CONS U M E R S A F E G U A R D S, M A R K E T I N G Q U O T A S, A N D MARK E T I N G C E R T I F I C A T E S "; (2) by changing the designation of subtitle D thereof to read as follows: "SUBTITLE E—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS AND APPROPRIATIONS"; and (3) by inserting after subtitle C a new subtitle D, as follows: "SUBTITLE D — R I C E CERTIFICATES LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS

52 Stat. 60. 7 USC 1351.

"SEC. 380a. The movement of rice from producer to consumer is preponderantly in interstate and foreign commerce, and the small quantity of rice which does not move in interstate or foreign commerce affects such commerce. I n order to provide an adequate and balanced flow of rice in interstate and foreign commerce and to assure consumers an adequate and steady supply of rice at fair prices it is necessary to regulate all commerce in rice in the manner provided in this subtitle. These findings are supplemental to and in addition to the findings contained in section 351 of this Act. "EFFECTIVE DATE AND TERMINATION

"SEC. 380b. Sections 380c through 380g (c) shall be effective beginning with the first crop of rice, subsequent to the 1956 crop and prior to the 1959 crop, for which the Secretary determines and proclaims that the initiation of a program under this subtitle is administratively feasible and in the best interests of ric*» producers and the United States. Unless extended by law, the provisions of this subtitle shall not apply to rice of any crop following the second crop ft5r which a program is in effect under sections 380c and 380g (c). "RICE PRIMARY MARKET QUOTA

Not later than December 31 of each year, the Secretary shall determine and proclaim the primary market quota for rice for the marketing year beginning in the next calendar year. The primary market quota shall be the number of hundredweights of rice (on a rough rice basis) which the Secretary determines will be consumed in the United States (including its Territories and possessions and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico) or exported to Cuba, during such marketing year. I n making this determination the Secretary shall consider the historical consumption in these markets of rice produced " SEC. 380C.

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