§1623 Authorization of appropriations; allotments to States

Summary

Provides money each year for research and services to help prepare, process, package, handle, store, transport, distribute, and sell agricultural products. The yearly amounts are: $2,500,000 starting for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1947; an extra $2,500,000 starting for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1948; an extra $5,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1949; an extra $5,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1950; an extra $5,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1951; and, beginning with the fiscal year ending June 30, 1952, any more money Congress decides is needed. The Secretary of Agriculture can use these funds to give money to State agriculture departments, market bureaus, experiment stations, and other state agencies for joint marketing projects and research. No state agency may receive in any fiscal year more than it puts in from its own funds for that research. The state money must be extra to funds the agency already has for marketing work. Awards go to the agency best able to do the job and must be under a cooperative agreement that stops duplicate work. If overlap happens later, the Secretary must withhold any unspent funds for those projects.