an individual, corporation, partnership, or association. (Dec. 30, 1947, ch. 526, § 2, 61 Stat. 945.) § 1913. Export controls; price criteria in licensing of exports(a) Section 6 (d) of the Act of July 2, 1940 (54 Stat. 714), as amended [section 701 of this Appendix], is amended by striking out "February 29, 1948" and inserting in lieu thereof "February 28, 1949". (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the President in the exercise of the powers, authority, and discretion conferred upon him by such Act of July 2, 1940, as amended [section 701 of this Appendix], is authorized to use price criteria in the licensing of exports, either by giving preference among otherwise comparable applications to those which provide for the lowest prices, or, in exceptional circumstances, by fixing reasonable mark ups in export prices over domestic prices. (Dec. 30, 1947, ch. 526, § 3, 61 Stat. 946.) § 1914. Allocation of transportation facilities and grain.-(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, title III of the Second War Powers Act, 1942, as amended [section 633 of this Appendix], shall continue in effect to and including February 28, 1949, or such earlier date as the Congress by concurrent resolution or the President may designate, for the exercise of the powers, authority, and discretion conferred on the President by such title III [said section] with respect to the use of transportation equipment and facilities by rail carriers. (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, title III of the Second War Powers Act, 1942 [section 633 of this Appendix], is hereby revived and reenacted for the exercise of the powers, authority, and discretion conferred on the President by such title III [said section] with respect to the use of grain for the production of distilled spirits or neutral spirits for beverage purposes. The authority granted by this subsection shall expire on January 31, 1948. (Dec. 30, 1947, ch. 526, § 4, 61 Stat. 946.) EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 9915 DELEGATING PRESIDENT'S POWERS UNDER SECTIONS 1914(b) AND 1915 OF THIS APPENDIX TO SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE By virtue of the authority vested in me by sections 4(b) and 5 of the Joint Resolution approved December 30, 1947 [sections 1914(b) and 1915 of this Appendix], entitled "Joint Resolution to aid in the stabilization of commodity prices, to aid in further stabilizing the economy of the United States, and for other purposes," and as President of the United States, the Powers, authority, and discretion vested in the President under section 4(b) of the aforesaid joint resolution [section 1914(b) of this Appendix), reviving the reenacting Title III of the Second War Powers Act, 1942 [section 633 of this Appendix], for certain purposes, are hereby included within the powers, authority, and discretion delegated to the Secretary of Agriculture under Executive Order No. 9280 of December 5, 1942 (7 F.R. 10179), as amended or modified by Executive Order No. 9322 of March 26, 1943 (8) F.R. 3807), No. 9334 of April 19, 1943 (8 F.R. 5423) and No. 9577 of June 29, 1945 (10 F.R. 8087) [all set out as notes under section 601 of this Appendix]. The said Executive orders are modified accordingly. § 1915. Delegation of authority. - The authority granted to the President by section 2 of this joint resolution [section 1912 of this Appendix) and, notwithstanding the provisions of sections 6 of the Second Decontrol Act of 1947 [set out as a note under section 633 of this Appendix], the authority granted to the President by section 4 of this joint resolution [section 1914 of this Appendix) and by section 6 of the Act of July 2, 1940 (54 Stat. 714), as amended [section 701 of this Appendix], may, to the extent the President directs, be exercised by any department, agency, or officer in the executive branch of the Government. (Dec. 30, 1947, ch. 526, § 5, 61 Stat. 946.) § 1916. Critical shortages; recommendations by President; public hearings.-(a) Whenever the President shall determine that there is or threatens to be a critical shortage of any raw material, commodity, or product which jeopardizes the health or safety of the people of the United States or its national security or welfare and that there is no prospect that such critical shortage may soon be remedied by an increase in the available supply without additional governmental action and that the situation cannot be solved by voluntary agreement under the provisions of this Act [section 1911-1919 of this Appendix], he may prepare proposed measures for conserving such raw material, commodity, or product which he shall submit to the Congress in the following form: (1) A statement of the circumstances which, in the President's judgment, require the proposed conservation measures. (2) A detailed procedure for the administration of the proposed measures including the additional budget and additional personnel required for their enforcement. (3) The proposed degree of curtailment in current and prospective use of each such raw material, commodity, or product by each processor and/or user thereof, including the specific formulae proposed for such curtailment with respect to each class or classes of processors or users and the criteria used in the establishment of such formulae. (4) A complete record of the factual evidence upon which his recommendations are based, including all information provided by any agency of the Federal Government which may have been available to him in the course of his consideration of the matter. (b) Within fifteen days after the submission of such proposed conservation measures, the Joint Committee on the Economic Report shall conduct public hearings thereon and shall make such recommendations to the Congress for legislative action as in its judgment the recommendations of the President and any additional information disclosed at the public hearings may require. (Dec. 30, 1947, ch. 526, § 6, 61 Stat. 947.) § 1917. Production of foods in non-European foreign countries.Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in order to alleviate and prevent shortages in foods, agricultural commodities, and products thereof, Commodity Credit Corporation is authorized to carry out projects to stimulate and increase the production of foods, agricultural commodities, and products thereof, in non-European foreign countries. Such projects may include procurement, the making of advances and price guaranties, the furnishing of technical information and assistance, the furnishing of seed, fertilizer, machinery, equipment and other materials, and such other actions as are necessary or incident to the carrying out of such projects: Provided, That any such program is first submitted to Congress by the Secretary of Agriculture, and is not disapproved by concurrent resolution of Congress within sixty days thereafter. (Dec. 30, 1947, ch. 526, §7, 61 Stat. 947.) § 1918. Food and conservation program; appropriations; administrative expenses. - (a) In order to alleviate shortages in foods and feeds, and to assist in stabilizing prices, the President shall carry out a program for the conservation of food and feed. In carrying out such program, the President is authorized, through the dissemination of information, educational and other campaigns, the furnishing of assistance, and such other voluntary and cooperative measures as he deems necessary or appropriate, to encourage and promote the efficient utilization, care, and preservation of food and feed, the elimination of practices which waste food and feed, the control and eradication of insects and rodents, the consumption of less of these foods and feeds which are in short supply and more of those foods and feeds which are in abundant supply, and other conservation practices. The authority herein conferred may be exercised by the President through such departments, agencies, independent establishments, and officials of the Federal Government and such State, local, and private agencies as he may determine. (b) There is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the President such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section. To enable the President to carry out this section for the remainder of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, there is hereby made available not to exceed $1,000,000 from any funds made available by the Congress for carrying out Public Law 84, Eightieth Congress [sections 1411-1417 of this Appendix], or from any funds made available by the Congress for interim foreign aid. Funds made available for the purpose ose of this section may be used for necessary administrative expenses, including personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, purchase or hire of motor vehicles, temporary or intermittent services of experts or consultants or organizations thereof, including stenographic reporting services, by contract, without regard to the civil service and classification laws (the compensation of any such individual not to exceed $50 per day). Funds made available for the purposes of this section may be allotted for any of the purposes of this section to any department, agency, or independent establishment of the Government, or transferred to any other agency requested to assist in carrying out this section. Funds allotted to any department, agency, or independent establishment of the Government shall be available for obligation and expenditure in accordance with the laws governing obligations and expenditures of the department, agency, or independent establishment, or organizational unit thereof concerned, and without regard to sections 3709 and 3648 of the Revised Statutes, as amended [section 5 of Title 41 and section 529 of Title 31]. (Dec. 30, 1947, ch. 526, § 8, 61 Stat. 947.) § 1919. Authorizations for appropriations. - There is authorized to be appropriated such amounts as may be necessary for purposes of carrying out the provisions of this joint resolution [sections 19111919 of this Appendix]. (Dec. 30, 1947, ch. 526, § 9, 61 Stat. 948.) TITLE 60.- APPROPRIATION ACTS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATION ACT, 1950. The following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year, ending June 30, 1950, namely: § 200. Office of the Secretary. -For personal services in the Office of the Secretary of Agriculture, hereafter in this Act referred to as the Secretary, in the District of Columbia, and elsewhere, and other necessary expenses, including the purchase of one passenger motor vehicle for replacement only; travel expenses, including examination of estimates for appropriations in the field; stationery, supplies, materials, and equipment; freight, express, and drayage charges; advertising, communication service, postage, washing towels, repairs and alterations, and other miscellaneous supplies and expenses not otherwise provided for and necessary for the practical and efficient work of the Department of Agriculture, hereafter in this Act referred to as the Department, $2,143,300, together with such amounts from other appropriations or authorizations as are provided in the schedules in the Budget for the current fiscal year for such services and expenses, which several amounts or portions thereof as may be determined by the Secretary not exceeding a total of $109,280, shall be transferred to and made a part of this appropriation: Provided, however, That if the total amounts of such appropriations or authorizations for the current fiscal year shall at any time exceed or fall below the amounts estimated, respectively, therefor in the Budget for such year, the amounts transferred or to be transferred therefrom to this appropriation shall be increased or decreased in such amounts as the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, after a hearing thereon with representatives of the Department, shall determine are appropriate to the requirements as changed by such reductions or increases in such appropriations or authorizations: Provided further, That, of appropriations herein made which are available for the purchase of lands, not to exceed $1 may be expended for each option to purchase any particular tract or tracts of land: Provided further, That no part of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be used for the payment of any officer or employee of the Department who, as such officer or employee, or on behalf of the Department or any division, commission, or bureau thereof, issues, or causes to be issued, any prediction, oral or written, or forecast, except as to damage threatened or caused by insects and pests, with respect to future prices of cotton or the trend of same: Provided further, That, except to provide materials required in or incident to research or experimental work where no suitable domestic product is available, no part of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be expended in the purchase of twine manufactured from commodities or materials produced outside of the United States. § 201. Research and Marketing Act of 1946. - To enable the Secretary to carry into effect the provisions of the Act of August 14, 1946, as amended (7 U. S. C. 427, 427h-427j, 1621-1629), including in addition to the objects for which funds are available for such Act of August 14, 1946, and under title I of the Bankhead-Jones Act, as amended, personal services in the District of Columbia; over-all administration, planning, and coordination of research under section 10 pursuant to the provisions of section 10 (c); and necessary expenses for carrying out the provisions of Title III of the Act, as follows: For payments to States, Territories, and Puerto Rico for agricultural experiment stations pursuant to section 9 of the BankheadJones Act approved June 29, 1935, as amended by the Act of August 14, 1946, $5,000,000; For research on utilization and associated problems pursuant to section 10 (a) of said Act, $5,000,000; For cooperative research other than research on utilization of agricultural commodities and the products thereof, pursuant to section 10 (b) of said Act, $3,000,000; For the improvement and development, independently or through cooperation among Federal and State agencies, and others, of a sound and efficient system for the distribution and marketing of agricultural products pursuant to the "Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946" (Title II of the Act of August 14, 1946), $6,000,000; In all, $19,000,000, of which not less than $45,000 shall be available for work under Title II for the development of new and expanded market outlets for oilseeds, fats and oils and their products, and not less than $180,000 shall be used under section 10 (a) for additional research on fats and oils, of which latter sum not less than $45,000 may be used for contracts with public or private agencies as authorized by the said Act of August 14, 1946: Provided, That no part of this appropriation shall be used for beginning construction of any building costing in excess of $15,000 : Provided further, That the Secretary may make available to any bureau, office, or agency of the Department such amounts from this appropriation as may be necessary to carry out the functions for which it is made (but amounts made available to the Office of the Secretary, Office of the Solicitor, and Office of Information shall not exceed those which the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, after a hearing thereon with representatives of the Department, shall determine), and any such amounts shall be in addition to amounts transferred or otherwise made available to other appropriation items of the Department: Provided further, That no part of this appropriation shall be available for work relating to fish or shellfish or any product thereof, except for the support of equitable transportation rates before Federal agencies concerned with such rates and for development of foreign markets. § 202. Office of the Solicitor. -For necessary expenses, including personal services in the District of Columbia and payment of fees or dues for the use of law libraries by attorneys in the field service, $2,235,500, together with such amounts from other appropriations or |