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61 STAT.] 80TH CONG., 1ST SESS.-CH. 30, 31 - pr. 31, 1947 Apr. 14 , 1947 duty other than one transferred under this Act. There are author- ized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Agriculture such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. bLc. 4. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to do or omit to do any act, in violation of any order, directive, rule, or regulation continued in effect by section 3 (b) of this Act or issued in the exercise of any power, function, or duty transferred by section 3 (a) of this Act. (b) It shall be unlawful for any officer or employee of the Govern- ment, or for any adviser or consultant to the Secretary of Agriculture in his official capacity, to disclose, otherwise than in the course of official duty, any information obtained under this Act, or to use any such information, for personal benefit. (c) Any person who willfully violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to a fine of not more than $5,000, or to imprisonment for not more than two years in the case of a violation of subsection (b) and for not more than one year in all other cases, or to both such fine and imprisonment. SEC. 5 . As used in this Act- (a) The term "person" includes an individual, corporation, partner- ship, association, or any other organized group of persons, or legal successor or representative of any of the foregoing, and includes the United States or any agency thereof, or any other government, or any of its political subdivisions, or any agency of any of the foregoing: Provided, That no punishment provided by this Act shall apply to the United States, or to any such government, political subdivision, or agency. (b) The term "sugar" means any grade or type of saccharine product derived from sugarcane, sugar beets, or corn, including liquid sugar, sirups, molasses, or mixtures thereof, and sugar-containing products, which contain sucrose, dextrose, or levulose. SEC. 6. (a) Section 2 (a) of the Administrative Procedure Act, as amended, is amended by inserting after "Surplus Property Act of 1944;" the following: "Sugar Control Extension Act of 194i ". (b) This Act may be cited as the "Sugar Control Extension Act of 1947". Approved March 31, 1947. [CHAPTER 31] AN ACT To authorize the Secretary of War to lend War Department equipment and provide services to the Boy Scouts of America in connection with the World Jamboree of Boy Scouts to be held in France, 1947; and to authorize the Commissioner of Internal Revenue to provide exemption from transportation tax; and further to authorize the Secretary of State to issue passports to bona fide Scouts and Scouters without fee for the application or the issuance of said passports. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized to lend, at his discretion, to the National Council, Boy Scouts of America, for use at the World Jamboree, Boy Scouts, to be held in France, in the months of July and August 1947, the following: two hundred and twenty-five canvas bags, one thousand two hundred duffel bags, two thousand nine hun- dred wool blankets, two hundred vinegar bottles, two hundred sugar bowls, one thousand two hundred canvas watering buckets, two hun- dred and five tent oil-stove burners, twenty-five corrugated nesting galvanized cans (twenty-four gallon), two hundred and ten corru- gated nesting galvanized cans (thirty-two gallon), one thousand two 37 Appropriations au- thorized. Post, pp . 245,618 . Violation of order, etc. Disclosure of infor- mation, etc. Penalties. "Person." Nonapplicability of punishment. "Sugar." 60 Stat. 237. 5U. S. . 1001(a). Post,p. 201 . Short title. April 14, 1947 [H. R. 1621] (Public Law 311 World Jamboree of Boy Scouts. Loan of War De- partment equipment.