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Confirmation of deeds.

All 70 Stat. 526.

Effective date.

SEC. 6. All deeds pertaining to property of the Puerto Rico Reconstruction Administration executed by the Secretary of the Interior or his designees subsequent to February 15, 1955, are hereby confirmed. SEO. 7. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved July 11, 1956.

Chapter 661 - 2d Session

H. R. 11375

AN ACT

All 70 Stat. 596.

To amend the Agricultural Act of 1949, as amended, to further extend the Special School Milk Program to certain institutions for the care and training of children.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the last sentence of section 201 (c) of the Agricultural Act of 1949, as amended, is amended to read as follows: "For the period beginning September 1, 1954, and ending June 30, 1955, not to exceed $50,000,000, and for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1956, not to exceed $60,000,000, and for each of the two fiscal years in the period beginning July 1, 1956, and ending June 30, 1958, not to exceed $75,000,000, of the funds.of the Commodity Credit Corporation shall be used to increase the consumption of fluid milk by children in (1) nonprofit schools of highschool grade and under; and in (2) nonprofit nursery schools, childcare centers, settlement houses, summer camps, and similar nonprofit institutions devoted to the care and training of children." Approved July 20, 1956.

School Milk

63 Stat. 1052. 7 USC 1446.

84th Congress Chapter 690 - 2d Session

H. R. 9333

AN ACT

All 70 Stat. 630.

To amend the Commodity Exchange Act to provide for hedging anticipated requirements of processors and manufacturers.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 4a (3)

of the Commodity Exchange Act is amended by striking out the period 49 Stat. 1493. at the end thereof and inserting at the end thereof a semicolon and 7 USC 6a. the following new paragraph:

"(C) an amount of such commodity the purchase of which for future delivery shall not exceed such person's unfilled anticipated requirements for processing or manufacturing during a specified operating period not in excess of one year: Provided, That such purchase is made and liquidated in an orderly manner and in accordance with sound commercial practice in conformity with such regulations as the Secretary of Agriculture may prescribe."

SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect sixty days after the date of its Effective date.

enactment.

Approved July 24, 1956.

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To provide for the disposal of the Government-owned synthetic rubber research laboratories at Akron, Ohio.

laboratories, Akron, Ohio. Disposal.

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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Govern- Rubber research ment laboratories at Akron, Ohio, now under control of the National Science Foundation are hereby transferred to the General Services Administration for disposal in accordance with the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, except that the Administra- 63 Stat. 377. tor of General Services shall first offer the laboratories for public sale 40 USC 471 before seeking to dispose of them by transfer or assignment to any Federal agency. The Administrator of General Services, before he 70 Stat. 657. offers the laboratories to the public for sale, shall ascertain what the 70 Stat. 658. value of the laboratories would be to Government agencies which would make substantial use thereof, and the Administrator shall not sell the laboratories to the public unless he finds, after consultation with the Director of the Budget Bureau, that such sale to the public would be in the best interests of the United States, taking into consideration among other relevant factors the value of the laboratories to any interested agency and the amounts offered by public bidders. The National Science Foundation is authorized to reimburse the General Services Administration in advance for expenses necessary for the protection and maintenance of the laboratories up to June 30, Approved July 26, 1956.

1957.

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Chapter 786

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To amend the provisions of the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act, 1930, relating to practices in the marketing of perishable agricultural commodities.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 2 (5) Perishable agriof the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act, 1930 (7 U. S. C., oultural commodisec. 499b (5)), is amended to read as follows:

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"(5) For any commission merchant, dealer, or broker to misrepresent by word, act, mark, stencil, label, statement, or deed, the character, kind, grade, quality, quantity, size, pack, weight, condition, degree of maturity, or State, country, or region of origin of any perishable agricultural commodity received, shipped, sold, or offered to be sold in interstate or foreign commerce;".

ties.
46 Stat. 533.

Unfair conduct.

SEC. 2. (a) Section 3 (b) of such Act (7 U. S. C., sec. 499c (b)) is License. amended by striking out in the third sentence the words "of $15" and 64 Stat. 217. inserting "not to exceed $25".

(b) The last proviso of section 4 (a) of such Act (7 U. S. C., sec. Fees.

499d (a)) is amended by striking out "a fee of $20" and inserting "the 64 Stat. 218. fee provided in section 3 (b), plus $5".

SEC. 3. Section 4 (d) of such Act (7 U. S. C., sec. 499d (d)) is 50 Stat. 726. amended to read as follows:

"(d) The Secretary may withhold the issuance of a license to an Investigation. applicant, for a period not to exceed thirty days pending an investigation, for the purpose of determining (a) whether the applicant is unfit to engage in the business of a commission merchant, dealer, or broker because the applicant, or in case the applicant is a partnership, any general partner, or in case the applicant is a corporation, any officer or holder of more than 10 per centum of the stock, prior to the date of the filing of the application engaged in any practice of the character prohibited by this Act or was convicted of a felony in any State or Federal court, or (b) whether the application contains any materially false or misleading statement or involves any misrepresentation, concealment, or withholding of facts respecting any violation of the Act by any officer, agent, or employee of the applicant. If after investiga- Hearing. tion the Secretary believes that the applicant should be refused a license, the applicant shall be given an opportunity for hearing within sixty days from the date of the application to show cause why the license should not be refused. If after the hearing the Secretary finds that the applicant is unfit to engage in the business of a commission merchant, dealer, or broker because the applicant, or in case the applicant is a partnership, any general partner, or in case the applicant is a corporation, any officer or holder of more than 10 per centum of the stock, prior to the date of the filing of the application engaged in any practice of the character prohibited by this Act or was convicted of a felony in any State or Federal court, or because the application contains a materially false or misleading statement made by the applicant or by its representative on its behalf, or involves a misrepresentation, concealment, or withholding of facts respecting any violation of the Act by any officer, agent, or employee, the Secretary may refuse to issue a license to the applicant."

SEC. 4. Section 4 of such Act is further amended by adding at the 50 Stat. 726. end thereof the following subsection:

7 USC 499d.

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"(e) The Secretary may refuse to issue a license to an applicant Refusal of if he finds that the applicant, or in case the applicant is a partnership, any general partner, or in case the applicant is a corporation, any officer or holder of more than 10 per centum of the stock, has, within

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