Volume 50 · 27
Public Law 75–29
To authorize the purchase and distribution of products of the fishing industry.
Approved March 5, 1937
Statutory text
AN ACT
To authorize the purchase and distribution of products of the fishing industry.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That there is
Fishing Industry products.
Purchase and distribution of, authorized.
Postp. 61.
authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $2,000,000 for the purpose of enabling the Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation to divert surplus fish (including shellfish) and the products thereof from the normal channels of trade and commerce by acquiring them and providing for their distribution through Federal, State, and private relief agencies. No commodities shall be acquired under this Act
Time limitation on acquisition.
proviso.
Extension on distribution permitted.
after ninety days after the date of its enactment: Provided, however, That distribution thereof may extend beyond said period. The provisions of law relating to the acquisition of materials or supplies for the United States shall not apply to the acquisition of commodities under this Act.
Approved, March 5, 1937.