§1623 Authorization of Appropriations; Allotments to States

Summary

Congress allows money to be spent for research and help with preparing, processing, packaging, handling, storing, transporting, distributing, and marketing farm products. The law sets exact yearly amounts: $2,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1947 and each year after; another $2,500,000 for the year ending June 30, 1948 and each year after; $5,000,000 more for the year ending June 30, 1949 and each year after; $5,000,000 more for the year ending June 30, 1950 and each year after; $5,000,000 more for the year ending June 30, 1951 and each year after; and any extra money beginning with the fiscal year ending June 30, 1952 that Congress decides to add. These funds are in addition to other money already given to the Department of Agriculture. The Secretary of Agriculture can give parts of this money to state agriculture departments, state market bureaus, experiment stations, and other state agencies for joint marketing research and service projects. No state may get more than it puts in from its own funds for that research, and the state’s contribution must be extra, not taken from funds already used for marketing work. Money goes to the agency best able to do the project. The USDA and the state must sign cooperative agreements that stop duplicated work. If duplication happens later, the Secretary may hold back any unspent funds.