Public Law 75–39

That for carrying out the

Insect pest and plant disease control.

Appropriation for.

50 Stat. 57.

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 (50 Stat. 57), there is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $2,000,000, to be immediately available and to remain available

Availability.

until June 30, 1939: Provided, That, in the discretion of the Secretary

Provisos.

Limitation on expenditure.

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 cooperation: Provided further, That this

Administrative provision.

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 several items of expenditure made hereunder: Provided further, That transportation of control materials purchased

Transportation of materials.

under this appropriation shall be under conditions and means determined by the Secretary of Agriculture as most advantageous to the Federal Government: Provided further, That procurements under

Open-market purchases.

this appropriation may be made by open-market purchases notwithstanding the provisions of section 3709 of

R. S. § 3709.

41 U. S. C. § 5.

the Revised Statutes of the United States (41 U. S. C. 5).

Sec. 2.

For the administration of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (including the provisions of title 5 thereof) during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1938, there is hereby appropriated out of the unexpended balance of the funds appropriated for such fiscal year for carrying out the purposes of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act, as amended, not to exceed the sum of $5,000,000, as

Ante, p. 69.

authorized by subsection (b) of section 391 of such Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938.