Public Law 75–506

That for carrying out the

Ante, pp. 57, 120.

purposes of and for expenditures authorized under the public resolution entitled “Joint resolution making funds available for the control of incipient or emergency outbreaks of insect pests or plant diseases, including grasshoppers, Mormon crickets, and chinch bugs”, approved April 6, 1937, there is hereby appropriated, out of any

Availability.

money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of

Provisos.

State cooperation.

$1,000,000, to remain available until June 30, 1938: Provided, That in the discretion of the Secretary of Agriculture, no part of this appropriation shall be expended for control of grasshoppers, Mormon crickets, or chinch bugs in any State until such State has provided the organization or materials and supplies necessary for

Supervision of expenditures.

cooperation: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be expended under the personal supervision and direction of the Secretary of Agriculture, who shall make a detailed report to the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives of the

Transporting control materials.

several items of expenditure made hereunder: Provided further, That transportation of control materials purchased under this appropriation shall be under conditions and means determined by the Secretary of Agriculture as most advantageous to the Federal Government:

Procurements.

Provided further, That procurements under this appropriation may be made by open-market purchases notwithstanding the provisions

R. S. § 3709.

41 U. S. C. § 5.

of section 3709 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (U. S. C., title 41, sec. 5).