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73d CONGRESS . SESS. II . CH. 103. APR IL 7, 1934 . [CHAPTER 103 .1 April 7, 1934 .

AN ACT

[H .R.7478 .j

_ To amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act so as to include cattle and other [Public, No . 142 .1

products as basic agricultural commodities, and for other purposes . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United St ates o f Ameri ca in Congres s assembled, That section 11 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act, as amended, is amended by adding after the word " hogs " a comma and the word " cattle " . SEC. 2 . Subsection (a) of section 12 of the Agricultural Adjust- ment Act, as amended, is amended by adding at the end thereof a new paragraph as follows " To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to finance, und er such terms and conditions as he may prescribe, surplus reductions and production adjustments with respect to the dairy- and beef-cattle industries, and to carry out any of the purposes described in sub- sections (a) and (b) of this section (12) and to support and balance the markets for the dairy and beef cattle industries, there is author- ized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not other- wise appropriated, the sum of $200,000,000 : Provided, That not more than 60 per centum of such amount shall be used for either of such indust ries . " SEC. 3. (a) Subsection (d) of section 9 of the Agricultural Adjust- ment Act, a s amen ded, is ame nded b y renu mberi ng par agraph (5) as paragraph (6) and by adding after paragraph (4) a new para- graph as follows "(5) In case of peanuts, the term `processing' means the cleaning, polishing, grading, shelling, crushing, or other processing thereof ." (b) Section 11 of such Act, as amended, is amended by adding after the word " tobacco " a comma and the word " peanuts '1 adRye, flax, and barley, SEC. 4. Section 11 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act, as amended, d 11 t 51 is amended by adding after the wor whea a comma and the words "rye, flax, barley ". SEC. 5. Section 11 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act, as amended, is amended by adding after the words " field corn " a comma and the words "grain sorghums " . App rop ria ti on an- S EC. 6 . There is authorized to be appropriated the sum of thorized. Advances to Federal $50,000,000 to enable the Secretary of Agriculture to make advances Surplus Relief Corpo- to the Federal Surplus Relief Corporation for the purchase of dairy Post, p. 805.

and beef products for distribution for relief purposes, and to enable the Secretary of Agriculture, under rules and regulations to be promulgated by him and upon such terms as he may prescribe, to Elimination of dLs- eliminate diseased dairy and beef cattle, including cattle suffering eased cattle . Payments to owners . from tub ercu losi s or Ban gs' dise ase, and to make pay ment s to own ers with respect thereto . S EC. 7. The first sentence of subsection (2) of section 8 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act, as amended, is amended to read as follows : "After due notice and opportunity for hearing, to enter into marketing agreements with processors, producers, associations of producers, and others engaged in the handling of any agricultural commodity or product thereof, in the current of or in competition with, or so a s to b urden, obstruc t, or in any way aff ect, i ntersta te or foreign commerce ." Approved, April 7, 1934 . Agricultura l Adjust- me nt Ac t, amend - ments . Ante, p. 38; Post, p . 67 0. Cattle as basic agri- cultural commodity . App ro pri ati on au- thorized . Financing sur plu s reductions of dairy and beef-cattle industries. Post, p. 805. Proriso. Res tri cti on on ex- pen dit ure . Ante, p. 36 . Processing tax . Post, pp . 675, 1242 . Peanu ts ; processing of. As ba sic a gric ultur al commodity. Grain sorghums. Ante, p . 34. Powers of Secretary of Agriculture Ma rketing acree- ments .