Aug. 24, 1937, ch. 756, 50 Stat. 754, if his acreage planted to cotton in 1938 does not exceed his farm acreage allotment for 1938 under sections 590a-590q of Title 16, or under section 1344 of this title, whichever is the lesser. For the purposes of this subsection a producer shall not be deemed to have exceeded his farm acreage allotment unless such producer knowingly exceeded his farm acreage allotment. Such compliance shall not be required in any case where the producer is not engaged in cotton production in 1938. In cases where in 1937 a total or partial crop failure resulted from hail, drought, flood, or boll-weevil infestation, or where any part of a producer's 1937 cotton crop was destroyed after the harvesting thereof by fire or other unavoidable natural cause, if the producer is otherwise eligible for payment, payment shall be made at the same rate per pound on the same percentage of the producer's normal base production established by the Secretary as in the case of other producers. For the purpose of such provisions of the Third Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1937, Act Aug. 25, 1937, ch. 757, 50 Stat. 762, cotton not sold prior to July 1, 1938, shall be held and considered to have been sold on June 30, 1938, and all applications for price adjustment payments shall be filed with the Secretary not later than July 15, 1938. Such payments shall be made at the earliest practicable time. Application for payment may be made by the 1937 operator of a farm on behalf of all persons engaged in cotton production on the farm in 1937 and need be signed only by such operator, but payment shall be made directly to each of the persons entitled thereto. In case any person who is entitled to payment hereunder dies, becomes incompetent, or disappears before receiving such payment or is succeeded by another who renders or completes the required performance, payment shall, without regard to any other provisions of law, be made as the Secretary may determine to be fair and reasonable in all the circumstances and provide by regulations.

(b) Transfer of pledged cotton to Commodity Credit Corporation. -Any producer for whom a loan has been made or arranged for by the Commodity Credit Corporation on cotton of his 1937 crop and who has complied with all the provisions of the loan agreement except section 8 thereof, may, at any time before July 1, 1938, transfer his right, title, and interest in and to such cotton to the Corporation; and the Corporation is authorized and directed to accept such right, title, and interest in and to such cotton and to assume all obligations of the producer with respect to the loan on such cotton, including accrued interest and accrued carrying charges to the date of such transfer. The Corporation shall notify the Secretary of Agriculture of each such transfer, and upon receipt of such notice, the Secretary shall as soon as compliance is shown, or a national marketing quota for cotton is put into effect, forthwith pay to such producer a sum equal to 2 cents per pound of such cotton, and the amount so paid shall be deducted from any price adjustment payment to which such producer is entitled.

(c) Sale of pledged cotton by Commodity Credit Corporation.The Commodity Credit Corporation is authorized on behalf of

the United States to sell any cotton of the 1937 crop so acquired by it, but no such cotton or any other cotton held on behalf of the United States shall be sold unless the proceeds of such sale are at least sufficient to reimburse the United States for all amounts (including any price-adjustment payment) paid out by any of its agencies with respect to the cotton so sold. After July 31, 1939, the Commodity Credit Corporation shall not sell more than three hundred thousand bales of cotton in any calendar month, or more than one million five hundred thousand bales in any calendar year. The proceeds derived from the sale of any such cotton shall be used for the purpose of discharging the obligations assumed by the Commodity Credit Corporation with respect to such cotton, and any amounts not expended for such purpose shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. (Feb. 16, 1938, 3 p. m., ch. 30, title III, § 381, 52 Stat. 66; Apr. 7, 1938, ch. 107, § 12, 52 Stat, 204.)

CROSS REFERENCE

Delegation of regulatory functions of Secretary of Agriculture, see section 516a et seq. of Title 5, Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees.

§ 1381a. Same; acceleration of payments for 1937 crop.

This section, act June 16, 1938, ch. 464, title I, 52 Stat. 745, which was not a part of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, related only to payments for 1937 crops.

§ 1382. Extension of 1937 cotton loan.-The Commodity Credit Corporation is hereby authorized and directed to provide for the extension, from July 31, 1938, to July 31, 1939, of the maturity date of all notes evidencing a loan made or arranged for by the Corporation on cotton produced during the crop year 1937-1938. This section shall not be construed to prevent the sale of any such cotton on request of the person liable on the note. (Feb. 16, 1938, 3 p. m., ch. 30, title III, § 382, 52 Stat. 67.)

§ 1383. Insurance of cotton; reconcentration.-(a) The Commodity Credit Corporation shall place all insurance of every nature taken out by it on cotton, and all renewals, extensions, or continuations of existing insurance, with insurance agents who are bona fide residents of and doing business in the State where the cotton is warehoused: Provided, That such insurance may be secured at a cost not greater than similar insurance offered on said cotton elsewhere.

(b) Cotton held as security for any loan heretofore or hereafter made or arranged for by the Commodity Credit Corporation shall not hereafter be reconcentrated without the written consent of the producer or borrower. (Feb. 16, 1938, 3 p. m., ch. 30, title III, § 383, 52 Stat. 67.)

§ 1383a. Written consent for reconcentration of cotton.-In the administration of section 1383 (b) of this title the written consent of the producer or borrower to the reconcentration of any cotton held as security for any loan heretofore or hereafter made or arranged for by the Commodity Credit Corporation shall not be deemed to have been given unless such consent shall have been given in an instrument made solely for that purpose. Notwith

standing any provision of any loan agreement heretofore made, no cotton held under any such agreement as security for any such loan shall be moved from one warehouse to another unless the written consent of the producer or borrower shall have been obtained in a separate instrument given solely for that purpose, as required by this section. The giving of written consent for the reconcentration of cotton shall not be made a condition upon the making of any loan hereafter made or arranged for by the Commodity Credit Corporation: Provided, however, That in cases where there is congestion and lack of storage facilities, and the local warehouse certifies such fact and requests the Commodity Credit Corporation to move the cotton for reconcentration to some other point, or when the Commodity Credit Corporation determines such loan cotton is improperly warehoused and subject to damage, or if uninsured, or if any of the terms of the loan agreement are violated, or if carrying charges are substantially in excess of the average of carrying charges available elsewhere, and the local warehouse, after notice, declines to reduce such charges, such written consent as provided in this section need not be obtained; and consent to movement under any of the conditions of this proviso may be required in future loan agreements. (June 16, 1938, ch. 480, 52 Stat. 762.)

This section is not a part of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938. § 1384. Reports of benefits.-The Secretary shall submit to Congress an annual report of the names of persons to whom, during the preceding year, payments were made under sections 590a590q of Title 16, together with payments under section 1303 of this title, if any, if the total amount paid to such person exceeded $1,000. (Feb. 16, 1938; 3 p. m., ch. 30, title III, § 384, 52 Stat. 68.)

§ 1385. Finality of payments and loans; substitution of beneficiaries. The facts constituting the basis for any payment under sections 590a-590q of Title 16, parity payment, or loan, or the amount thereof, when officially determined in conformity with the applicable regulations prescribed by the Secretary or by the Commodity Credit Corporation, shall be final and conclusive and shall not be reviewable by any other officer or agency of the Government. In case any person who is entitled to any such payment dies, becomes incompetent, or disappears before receiving such payment, or is succeeded by another who renders or completes the required performance, the payment shall, without regard to any other provisions of law, be made as the Secretary of Agriculture may determine to be fair and reasonable in all the circumstances and provide by regulations. (Feb. 16, 1938, 3 p. m., ch. 30, title III, § 385, 52 Stat. 68; July 2, 1940, ch. 521, § 7, 54 Stat. 728.)

§ 1386. Exemption from laws prohibiting interest of members of Congress in contracts.-The provisions of section 22 of Title 41 and sections 204 and 205 of Title 18 shall not be applicable to loans or payments made under this chapter (except under section 1383 (a) of this title). (Feb. 16, 1938, 3 p. m., ch. 30, title III, § 386, 52 Stat. 68.)

§ 1387. Photographic reproductions and maps.-The Secretary may furnish reproductions of such aerial or other photographs, mosaics, and maps as have been obtained in connection with the authorized work of the Department to farmers and governmental agencies at the estimated cost of furnishing such reproductions, and to persons other than farmers at such prices (not less than estimated cost of furnishing such reproductions) as the Secretary may determine, the money received from such sales to be deposited in the Treasury to the credit of the appropriation charged with the cost of making such reproductions. This section shall not affect the power of the Secretary to make other disposition of such or similar materials under any other provisions of existing law. (Feb. 16, 1938, 3 p. m., ch. 30, title II, § 387, 52 Stat. 68.)

§ 1388. Utilization of local agencies. (a) The provisions of section 590h (b) and section 590k of Title 16, as amended, relating to the utilization of State, county, local committees, the extension service, and other approved agencies, and to recognition and encouragement of cooperative associations, shall apply in the administration of this chapter; and the Secretary shall, for such purposes, utilize the same local, county, and State committees as are utilized under sections 590g-590q of Title 16, as amended. The local administrative areas designated under section 590h (b) of Title 16, as amended, for the administration of programs under sections 590a-590q of Title 16, and the local administrative areas designated for the administration of this chapter shall be the same.

(b) The Secretary is authorized and directed, from any funds made available for the purposes of the Acts in connection with which county committees are utilized, to make payments to county committees of farmers to cover the estimated administrative expenses incurred or to be incurred by them in cooperating in carrying out the provisions of such Acts. All or part of such estimated administrative expenses of any such committee may be deducted pro rata from the payments under sections 590a-590q of Title 16, parity payments, or loans, or other payments under such Acts, made unless payment of such expenses is otherwise. provided by law. The Secretary may make such payments to such committees in advance of determination of performance by farmers. (Feb. 16, 1938, 3 p. m., ch. 30, title III, § 388, 52 Stat. 68.) § 1389. Personnel. The Secretary is authorized and directed to provide for the execution by the Agricultural Adjustment Administration of such of the powers conferred upon him by this chapter as he deemes may be appropriately exercised by such Administration; and for such purposes the provisions of law applicable to appointment and compensation of persons employed by the Agricultural Adjustment Administration shall apply. (Feb. 16, 1938, 3 p. m., ch. 30, title III, § 389, 52 Stat. 69.)

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

Agricultural Adjustment Administration consolidated with other agencies into Agricultural Conservation and Adjustment Administration for duration of war, see Ex. Ord. No. 9069, set out in note under section 601 of Appendix to Title 50, War.

§ 1390. Separability clause.-If any provision of this chapter, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the validity of the remainder of the chapter and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances, and the provisions of sections 590a-590q of Title 16, shall not be affected thereby. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, if any provision of this chapter should be held not to be within the power of the Congress to regulate interstate and foreign commerce, such provision shall not be held invalid if it is within the power of the Congress to provide for the general welfare or any other power of the Congress. If any provision of this chapter for marketing quotas with respect to any commodity should be held invalid, no provision of this chapter for marketing quotas with respect to any other commodity shall be affected thereby. If the application of any provision for a referendum should be held invalid, the application of other provsions shall not be affected thereby. If by reason of any provision for a referendum the application of any such other provision to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the application of such other provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby. (Feb. 16, 1938, 3 p. m., ch. 30, title III, § 390, 52 Stat. 69.)

PART II.-APPROPRIATIONS AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

§ 1391. Appropriations; loans from Commodity Credit Corporation. (a) Beginning with the fiscal year ending June 30, 1938, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated for each fiscal year for the administration of this chapter and for the making of soil conservation and other payments such sums as Congress may determine, in addition to any amount made available pursuant to section 5900 of Title 16, as amended.

(b) For the administration of this chapter (and the provisions of sections 1501-1518 of this title) during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1938, there is hereby authorized to be made available from the funds appropriated for such fiscal year for carrying out the purposes of sections 590g-590q of Title 16, as amended, a sum not to exceed $5,000,000.

(c) During each fiscal year, beginning with the fiscal year ending June 30, 1941, the Commodity Credit Corporation is authorized and directed to loan to the Secretary such sums, not to exceed $50,000,000, as he estimates will be required during such fiscal year, to make crop insurance premium advances and to make advances pursuant to the applicable provisions of sections 590h and 590l of Title 16, in connection with programs applicable to crops harvested in the calendar year in which such fiscal year ends, and to pay the administrative expenses of county agricultural conservation associations for the calendar year in which such fiscal year ends. The sums so loaned during any fiscal year shall be transferred to the current appropriation available for carrying out sections 590g, 590h, 590i, 590j-590q of Title 16 and shall be repaid, with interest at a rate to be determined by the Secretary but not less than the cost of money to the Commodity Credit Corporation for a comparable period, during the succeeding fiscal year from the appropriation available for that year or