Volume 75
Public Law 87–62
To amend the Soil Bank Act so as to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to permit the harvesting of hay on conservation reserve acreage under certain conditions.
Approved June 29, 1961
Statutory text
AN ACT
To amend the Soil Bank Act so as to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to permit the harvesting of hay on conservation reserve acreage under certain conditions.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That
section
Soil Bank Act, amendment.
107(a)(3) of the Soil Bank Act is amended by changing the period at the end thereof to a comma and adding the following: “and except that the Secretary may, with the approval of the contract signers, permit hay to be removed from such acreage if the Secretary, after certification by the Governor of the State in which such acreage is situated of the need for removal of hay from such acreage, determines that it is necessary to permit removal of hay from such acreage in order to alleviate damage, hardship, or suffering caused by severe drought, flood, or other natural disaster.”
The amendment made by this section shall expire one year from the date of enactment of this Act.
Approved June 29, 1961.