76TH CONGRESS 3d Session SENATE { REPORT No. 1692 AMENDING SECTION 335 (D) OF THE AGRICULTURAL ADJUSTMENT ACT OF 1938 MAY 27 (legislative day, APRIL 24), 1940.—Ordered to be printed Mr. SMITH, from the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany H. R. 3955] The Committee on Agriculture and Forestry, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 3955) to amend section 335 (d) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, having considered the same report thereon favorably with a recommendation that the bill do pass without amend ment. The action of the committee was based primarily on a favorable report submitted on the bill by the Department of Agriculture which fully explains the measure and is printed below in full as follows: DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, Hon. E. D. SMITH, Chairman, Committee on Agriculture and Forestry, United States Senate. DEAR SENATOR SMITH: This is in response to your request of April 20 for a report on the bill (H. R. 3955) to amend section 335 (d) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938. Section 335 (d) of the act provides that no farm-marketing quota with respect to wheat shall be applicable in any marketing year to any farm on which the normal production of the acreage planted to wheat of the current crop is less than 100 bushels. The bill proposes to increase the exemption provided by this subsection to include all farms on which the normal production of the acreage planted to wheat is less than 200 bushels. This amendment was recommended by the Department in a letter of March 3 addressed to the Vice President. It is the view of the Department that the amendment would simplify the program and reduce administrative expenses The increased exemptions would be entirely in accord with the purposes of the act, since very little of the wheat grown on the farms to which the exemption would apply is marketed in commercial channels. For these reasons the Department favors enactment of the bill. Upon reference of this matter to the Bureau of the Budget, as required by Budget Circular 344, the Director thereof advised the Department of Agriculture under date of May 2, 1939, that there would be no objection on the part of that office to the submission of this report to Congress. Sincerely, AMENDING THE AGRICULTURAL ADJUSTMENT ACT OF 1938, AS AMENDED, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES MAY 27 (legislative day, APRIL 24), 1940.—Ordered to be printed Mr. SMITH, from the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany H. R. 9700] The Committee on Agriculture and Forestry, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 9700) to amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, and for other purposes, having considered the same, report thereon favorably with a recommendation that the bill do pass without amendment. This bill contains several amendments to the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, pertaining to the marketing quota provisions for tobacco. Section 1 amends the definition of "carry-over" of tobacco so as to require the Secretary, in determining the national marketing quota, to exclude from consideration tobacco of the 1939 and 1940 crops purchased for the British trade and temporarily stored in this country on account of the situation in Europe. Section 2 authorizes upward adjustment of the national marketing quota for any year by not over 20 percent and makes it possible to spread over a period of 2 or 3 years the adjustments required to eliminate the surplus supply. Section 3 provides for conducting a referendum on the question of whether farmers favor the establishment of tobacco-marketing quotas for a 3-year period. The establishment of marketing quotas for a period of 3 years would make it possible to provide in advance for adjustments over the 3-year period and the elimination of excess supplies of tobacco. Section 4 would strike out the provision that any State marketing quota, in the case of flue-cured tobacco, cannot be less than 75 percent of the production in the State in 1937, and provides that the national marketing quota for flue-cured and burley tobacco for each of the 3 marketing years beginning with the 1941-42 marketing year cannot be reduced more than 10 percent below the 1940-41 national marketing quota. The section also provides for uniform adjustment of farm allotments during the next 3 years in the same proportion that the national quota is adjusted in each of the years but exempts small farms with allotments of 1 acre or less in burley and 2 acres or less in the case of flue-cured, from any cut which may be made. In addition it provides for use of not over 2 percent of the State allotment in each year to adjust allotments on old farms when such allotments are low compared to the allotments on similar neighboring farms. Section 5 amends the penalty section of the present law so as to further facilitate and make certain the collection of penalties imposed by the act upon tobacco in excess of quota. For farms having excess tobacco, collection of penalties would begin when such farmers begin marketing their tobacco and in the event of false identification or failure to account for disposition of any tobacco a penalty is placed upon the farmer. The section also includes a provision intended to facilitate the operation of the program in connection with tobacco carried over from one year to another, and provides that marketing quotas be applicable to tobacco produced in the calendar year in which any marketing year begins, even though such tobacco may be sold out of the regular channels of trade just prior to the beginning of the marketing year for the purpose of evading the marketing quotas. Section 6 increases the penalties upon warehousemen and dealers who fail to keep true records and make true reports to the Department as required by the act. 76TH CONGRESS 3d Session } SENATE { REPORT No. 1694 PROVIDING AND MAINTAINING AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF SUITABLE SEED FOR PRODUCTION OF FOOD FOR THE POPULATION OF HAWAII IN TIMES OF EMERGENCY MAY 27 (legislative day, APRIL 24), 1940.-Ordered to be printed Mr. HATCH, from the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany S. 2326] The Committee on Agriculture and Forestry, to whom was referred the bill (S. 2326) to provide and maintain an adequate supply of suitable seed for production of food for the population of Hawaii in times of emergency, having considered the same, report thereon favorably, with the recommendation that the bill do pass with the following amendments: On page 2, line 9, strike out "1939" and insert in lieu thereof "1940". On page 2, line 12, strike out "1939" and insert in lieu thereof "1940". This bill was introduced at the request of the Department of Agriculture to aid in the production of the necessary seed supply for the population of Hawaii in times of emergency. The letter from the Department of Agriculture fully explains the bill and is set forth below as follows: Hon. E. D. SMITH, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, Chairman, Committee on Agriculture and Forestry, United States Senate. DEAR SENATOR SMITH: There is transmitted herewith a draft of proposed legislation which, if enacted, would aid in the production of a necessary seed supply for the population of Hawaii in times of emergency. This legislation would provide for the construction of suitable seed storage facilities on the island of Oahu. These facilities would then be utilized to establish and maintain an adequate supply of suitable seed for production of food for the population of Hawaii in times of emergency. Pursuant to the requirement of Budget Circular 344, this matter was referred to the Bureau of the Budget and under date of January 21, 1939, the Department of Agriculture was advised by the Acting Director thereof that there would be no objection on the part of that office to the submission to Congress of this proposed legislation. Sincerely, H. A. WALLACE, Secretary. о |