56 STAT.] 77TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CHS. 496, 497-JULY 9, 1942 appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1943, and for other purposes", together with the Senate amendments thereto to the extent the House of Representatives and the Senate have agreed upon such amendments (otherwise, on the basis of the purposes and objects of expenditure as the same were authorized and provided for in appropriation Acts for the Department of Agriculture on account of the fiscal year 1942), are hereby author- ized and provided, for and during the month of July 1942, to the extent, in the detail, and under the conditions, authority, restrictions, and limitations as contained in such bill and such amendments as agreed upon, and otherwise, as aforesaid, and there are hereby appro- priated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sums as may be necessary therefor: Provided, That if, at any time prior to August 1, 1942, such bill shall become a law, the fore- going provisions of this Act shall thereupon cease to be effec- tive and the amounts expended or obligated hereunder shall be charged against the appropriations or authorizations therein and the total amount expended or obligated during such fiscal year for any item or object of expenditure shall not exceed the amount therein authorized or appropriated for such item when the same is enacted into law. SEC. 2. The appropriations and authority with respect to appro- priations contained herein for the fiscal year 1943 shall be available from and including July 1, 1942, for the purposes respectively pro- vided in such appropriations and authority. All obligations incurred during the period between June 30, 1942, and the date of enactment of this Act in anticipation of such appropriations and authority are hereby ratified and confirmed if in accordance with the terms thereof. Approved, July 9, 1942. [CHAPTER 497] AN ACT To amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, with respect to marketing quotas for peanuts, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Agricul- tural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, is amended as follows: (1) Section 358 (d) is amended by striking out the last sentence thereof and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "The amount of the marketing quota for each farm shall be a number of pounds of peanuts equal to the normal production or the actual production2 whichever is the greater, of the farm peanut acreage allotment and no peanuts shall be marketed under the quota for any farm other than peanuts actually produced on the farm. (2) Section 359 (b) is amended to read as follows: "(b) Beginning with the 1941 crop of peanuts, payment of the penalty of 3 cents per pound upon the marketing of peanuts as pro- vided in subsection (a) above will not be required if such excess peanuts are delivered to or marketed through an agency or agencies designated each year by the Secretary or if the producer pays to the United States, with respect to excess peanuts which, when marketed, were identified in the manner prescribed in the regulations of the Secretary as quota peanuts, an amount determined under regulations of the Secretary to represent the amount received for the peanuts in excess of the amount which would have been received had such pea- nuts been delivered to a designated agency as excess peanuts. Any peanuts received under this subsection by such agency shall be sold by such agency (i) for crushing for oil under a sales agreement approved by the Secretary; (ii) for cleaning and shelling at prices 653 Proviso. Termination of ef- fectiveness. Chargingofamounts expended, etc. Availability of funds. Ratification of in- curred obligations. July 9, 1942 [H. R. 7137] [Public Law 662] Agricultural Adjust- ment Act of 1938, amendments. 55 Stat. 89. 7U.8.C., Supp.I, (138 (d). Farm marketing quota for peanuts. 55 Stat. 90. 7U.8. ., Supp. I, 1359 (b). Marketing In excess of quota. Release from pen- alty, condition. Sale and use of ex- ce peanuts.
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