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PUBLIC LAW 88-297-APR. 11, 1964

Public Law 88-296 JOINT RESOLUTION Making a.supplemental appropriation for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1964. for disaster relief, and for other purposes.

Resolved by the Setiate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sum is appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1964, namely:

April 7, 1964 [H. j. Res. 976]

D i s a s t e r relief. Funds.

F U N D S APPROPRIATED TO THK PRESIDENT DISASTER RELIEF

For an additional amount for "Disaster relief"', $50,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That not to exceed 3 per centum of the foregoing amount shall be available for administrative expen.ses. Approved April 7, 1964.

Public Law 88-297 AN ACT To encourage increased consumption of cotton, to maintain the income of cotton and wheat producers, to provide a voluntary marketing certificate program for the 1964 and 1965 crop of wheat, and for other purposes.

April 11, 1964 [H. R. 6196]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the assi " ' United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may of^il'^4""'"^^^ ^"^* be cited as the "Agricultural Act of 1964". TITLE I - COTTON SEC. 101. The Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, is amended by adding the following new section: "SEC. 348. In order to maintain and expand domestic consumption of upland cotton produced in the United States and to prevent discrimination against the domestic users of such cotton, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Commodity Credit Corporation, under such rules and regulations as the Secretary may prescribe, is authorized and directed for the period beginning with the date of enactment of this section and ending July 31, 1966, to make payments through the issuance of payment-in-kind certificates to persons other than producers in such amounts and subject to such terms and conditions as the Secretary determines will eliminate inequities due to differences in the cost of raw cotton between domestic and foreign users of such cotton, including such payments as may be necessary to make raw cotton in inventory on the date of enactment of this section available for consumption at prices consistent with the purposes of this section: Provided, That for the period beginning August 1 of the marketing year for the first crop for which price support is made available under section 103(b) of the Agricultural Act of 1949, as amended, and ending July 31, 1966, such payments shall be made in an amount which will make upland cotton produced in the United States available for domestic use at a price which is not in excess of the price at which such cotton is made available for export."

52 Stat. 3 1. 7 USC 1281. Payment-inkind certificates, issuance.

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