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PUBLIC LAW 118-JULY 16, 1953
1954 allotment. Referendum.
7 USC 1301.
Carryovers, 63 Stat. 1051. 7 USC 1421 note.
50 USC 98 note.
SEC. 4. Notwithstanding any other provision of law (a) the national acreage allotment for the 1954 crop of wheat shall not be less than sixty-two million acres; and (b) the referendum with respect to the 1954 crop of wheat may be held as late as August 15, 1953. SEC. 5. Sections 1, 2, and 3 of this Act shall become effective with respect to the 1954 and subsequent crops of wheat. SEC. 6. Section 301 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, is amended by adding at the end thereof a new subsection " (d) " to read as follows: " (d) I n making any determination under this Act or under the Agricultural Act of 1949 with respect to the carryover of any agricultural commodity, the Secretary shall exclude from such determination the stocks of any commodity acquired pursuant to, or under the authority of, the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act (60 Stat. 596)." Approved July 14, 1953. Public Law 118
July 16, 1953 [H. R. 5710]
[67 S T A T,
CHAPTER 195
AN ACT r^Q amend further the Mutual Security Act of 1951, as amended, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Mutual Security United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be Act of 1953. ^..^^^ ^g ^^^ "Mutual Security Act of 1953". CHAPTER I—MILITARY ASSISTANCE
101. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATION.—The Mutual Security Act of 1951, as amended, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: SEC.
65 Stat. 373. 22 USC 1651 note.
a AUTHORIZATION OP APPROPRIATIONS
Post,
p. 156.
66 Stat. 141. 22 USC 1651(b). 22 USC 1691. 22 USC 1701. 22 USC 1711.
"SEC. 540. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the President for the fiscal year 1954 not to exceed $2,129,689,870 to be available under section 101(a)(1) (relating to military assistance for Europe): Provided, That of the equipment and materials made available under section 101(a)(1) with funds appropriated pursuant to the authorization contained in this section, 50 per centum shall be transferred to the organization referred to in clause (C) of section 2 (b) or to the countries which become members thereof, unless the Congress, upon the recommendation of the President, shall hereafter otherwise provide; $305,212,637 to be available under section 201 (relating to military assistance for the Near East and Africa): $1,081,620,493 to be available under section 301 (relating to military and other assistance for Asia and the Pacific); and $15,000,000 to be available under section 401 (relating to military assistance for Latin America) " CHAPTER II — M U T U A L DEFENSE FINANCING
201. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— (a) The Mutual Security Act of 1951, as amended, is amended by adding after section 540 the following new section: "SEC. 541. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the President for the fiscal year 1954 not to exceed $250,000,000 to carry SEC.
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