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PUBLIC LAW 87-152-AUG. 17, 1961

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Shoshone project, Wyoming. The proceeds from the sale of the property described in section 1(c) of this Act shall be available for expenditure by the Secretary for the construction of an operation and maintenance headquarters and related facilities, as determined by the Secretary to be necessary for the operation and maintenance of the Sunnyside division, Yakima project, Washington. SEC. 3. Any of the proceeds from the sales which are authorized by section 1 of this Act and which are not required for the construction of operation and maintenance headquarters and related facilities, as authorized by section 2 of this Act, shall be applied as provided by subsection I, section 4, Act of December 5, 1924 (43 Stat. 703). 43 USC so i. SEC. 4. The Secretary is hereby authorized, subject only to the provi- aufhOTi"^**' °*^" ° sions of this Act, to perform such acts, to delegate such authority, and to prescribe such rules and regulations and establish such terms and conditions as he may deem necessary and proper for the purpose of carrying the provisions of this Act into full force and effect: Provided, however, That nothing in this Act shall be construed as authorizing additional appropriations in carrying out the provisions of this Act. Approved August 17, 1961. Public Law 87-152 AN ACT To authorize the use of Commodity Credit Corporation owned surplus grain by the States for emergency use in the feeding of resident game birds and other resident wildlife; to authorize the use of such surplus grain by the Secretary of the Interior for emergency use in the feeding of migratory birds, and for other purposes.

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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. That for the purpose Agriculture. of meeting emergency situations caused by adverse weather conditions ga^^bh-ds'tt".^"' or other factors destructive of important wildlife resources, the States are hereby authorized, upon the request of the State fish and game authority or other State agency having similar authority and a finding by the Secretary of the Interior that any area of the United States is threatened with serious damage or loss to resident game birds and other resident wildlife from starvation, to requisition from the Commodity Credit Corporation grain acquired by the Corporation through price support operations. Such grain may thereafter be furnished to the particular State for direct and sole utilization by the appropriate State agencies for purposes of this Act in such quantities as mutually agreed upon by the State and the Commodity Credit Corporation ai^4 subject to such regulations as may be considered desirable by the Corporation. The Corporation shall be reimbursed by the particular State in each instance for the expense of the Corporation in packaging and transporting such grain for purposes of this Act. SEC. 2. Upon a finding by the Secretary of the Interior that migra- • Migratory birds, tory birds are threatened with starvation in any area of the United States, the Secretary is authorized to requisition from the Commodity Credit Corporation grain acquired by that Corporation through price support operations in such quantities as may be mutually agreed upon. The Corporation shall be reimbursed by the Secretary for its expense in packaging and transporting of such grain for purposes of this Act. SEC. 3. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation >^proprisition. for its investment in grain transferred pursuant to this Act. Approved August 17, 1961.

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