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54 STAT.] 76TH CONG. , 3D SESS.-CHS. 520, 521 -JULY 2, 1940 [CHAPTER 520] 727 AN ACT July 2, 1940 To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge H R.9509] across the Ohio River at or near Shawneetown, Illinois. [Public, No. 715] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Ohio River at or near Shawneetown, Illinois, authorized to be built by the County of Gallatin, State of Illinois, by an Act of Congress approved July 18, 1939, is hereby extended one and three years, respectively, from July 18, 1940. SEC. 2. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, July 2, 1940. [CHAPTER 521] AN ACT To amend the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act, as amended, the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 12 (b) of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act, as amended, be amended by adding the following sentence at the end thereof: "In carrying out the provisions of this subsection, the Secretary may transfer to the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation, prior to the execution of applications for insurance or requests for advances by producers, the funds estimated as necessary to cover the advances which will be requested for the payment of premiums under a crop- insurance program, and any portion of such funds not used for advances to producers under such program shall be returned to the Secretary by the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation." SEC. 2. That paragraph (5) of subsection (c) of section 8 of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act, as amended, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following sentence: "Such normal yield per acre for any county need be redetermined only when the actual average yield for the ten calendar years immediately preceding the calendar year in which such yield is being reconsidered differs by at least 5 per centum from the actual average yield for the ten years upon which the existing normal yield per acre for the county was based." . SEC. 3. That paragraph (6) of subsection (b) of section 301 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, is amended to read as follows: "(6) (A) 'Market', in the case of corn, cotton, rice, tobacco, and wheat, means to dispose of, in raw or processed form, by voluntary or involuntary sale, barter, or exchange, or by gift inter vivos, and, in the case of corn and wheat, by feeding (in any form) to poultry or livestock which, or the products of which, are sold, bartered, or exchanged, or to be so disposed of, but does not include disposing of any of such commodities as premium to the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation under title V. "(B) 'Marketed', 'marketing', and 'for market' shall have corre- sponding meanings to the term 'market' in the connection in which they are used." . EC. 4 . That subparagraph (A) of paragraph (13) of subsection (b) of section 301 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, is amended to read as follows: Ohio River. Time extended for bridging, at Shawnee- town, IIl. 63 Stat. 1058 . Right reserved. July 2,1940 [u. R. 959 [Public, No. 716] Soil Conservation and Domestic Allot- ment Act, amend- ments. 63 Stat. 50 . 16U.S.O, Supp. V, Transfer of desig- nated funds to Feder- al Crop Insurance Corporation. 52 Stat. 83. 16 U. S. C., Supp. V, § 590h (c) (5). Wheat or corn, nor- mal yield redeter- mination. Agriculttral Adjust- ment Act of 1938, amendments. 52 Stat. 40. 7U.S. O., Supp.V, 1301 (b) (6). "Market," in the case of corn, cotton rice, tobacco, and wheat. "Marketed," "mar- keting," etc. , con- strued. 52 Stat. 41 . 7U.S.C., Snpp.V, § 1301 (b) (13) (A).