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Public Law 83–545
To amend the Act of June 29, 1935 (the Bankhead-Jones Act), as amended, to strengthen the conduct of research of the Department of Agriculture.
Approved July 28, 1954
Statutory text
AN ACT
To amend the Act of June 29, 1935 (the Bankhead-Jones Act), as amended, to strengthen the conduct of research of the Department of Agriculture.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the Act of June 29, 1935 (the Bankhead-Jones Act), as amended (7 U. S. C. 427–427j), is amended by adding at the end of section 10 thereof the following:
60 Stat. 1085.
“(e) Appropriations for research work in the Department of Agriculture shall be available for accomplishing such purposes by contract through the means provided in subsection (a) hereof.”
Approved July 28, 1954.