77TH CONG., 2D SESS.-CH. 32-JAN. 31, 1942 [CHAPTER 32] AN ACT To amend section 392 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, so as to provide for separate appropriation accounts for administrative expenses of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration, so as to modify the 1 and 2 per centum limitations on administrative expenses and to provide over-all limitations in lieu thereof, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, effective for the fiscal year 1942 and subsequent fiscal years, section 392 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, is amended as follows: la) Subsection (a) is amended to read as follows: (a) The Secretary is authorized and directed to make such expenditures as he deems necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act and sections 7 to 17, inclusive, of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act, as amended, including personal services and rents in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; traveling expenses; supplies and equipment; lawbooks, books of reference, directories, periodicals, and newspapers; and the preparation and display of exhibits, including such displays at community, county, State, interstate, and international fairs within the United States. The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed upon the request of the Secretary to establish one or more separate appropria- tion accounts into which there shall be transferred from the respec- tive funds available for the purposes of the several Acts, in con- nection with which personnel or other facilities of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration are utilized, proportionate amounts esti- mated by the Secretary to be required by the Agricultural Adjust- ment Administration for administrative expenses in carrying out or cooperating in carrying out any of the provisions of the respective Acts." (b) Subsection (b) is amended to read as follows: "(b) In the administration of this title and sections 7 to 17, inclu- sive, of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act, as amended, the aggregate amount expended in any fiscal year, begin- ning with the fiscal year ending June 30, 1942, for administrative expenses in the District of Columbia including regional offices, and in the several States (not including the expenses of county and local committees) shall not exceed 3 per centum of the total amount available for such fiscal year for carrying out the purposes of this title and such Act. In the administration of section 32 of the Act entitled 'An Act to amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act, and for other purposes' approved August 24, 1935 (49 Stat. 774), as amended, and the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, as amended, and those sections of the Agricultural Adjustment Act (of 1933), as amended, which were reenacted and amended by the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, as amended, the aggregate amount expended in any fiscal year, beginning with the fiscal year ending June 30, 1942, for administrative expenses in the District of Columbia, including regional offices, and in the several States (not including the expenses of county and local committees) shall not exceed 4 per centum of the total amount available for such fiscal year for carrying out the purposes of said Acts. In the event any administrative expenses of any county or local committee are deducted in any fiscal year, beginning with the fiscal year ending June 30, 1939, from Soil Conservation Act payments, parity pay- ments, or loans, each farmer receiving benefits under such provisions shall be apprised of the amount or percentage deducted from such January 31, 1942 [H. R. 5171] [Public Law 4271 Agricultural Adjust- ment Act of 1938, amendments. 52 Stat. 69. 7U.S.C. 1392. Administrative ex- penses. 49 Stat. 1148. 16U.S.C.ii5900- 590q; Supp. I, i 590h. Post, pp. 53,761. Separate appropria- tion accounts. Limitations. 49 Stat. 1148. 18 U.S .C. 5s90g- 590q; Supp. I , 590h . Post, pp. 53,761. 7U..C. 612c; Supp. I, 9 612c note. 50 Stat. 246 . 7 U.S.. .C . 671-74. 48 Stat. 31, 672; 49 Stat. 753 773 . 7U. . C. I. 601, 602, 608a-608e,610,612, 614, 624; Supp. I. 9 610 note. Notice of amount of deductions from con- servation payments. 56 STAT. ] 41
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