An Act to authorize the use of Commodity Credit Corporation owned surplus grain by the States for emergency use in the feeding of resident game birds and other resident wildlife; to authorize the use of such surplus grain by the Secretary of the Interior for emergency use in the feeding of migratory birds, and for other purposes
PL 87-152 (S.614), enacted 08/17/1961

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PUBLIC LAW 87-152-AUG. 17, 1961 
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Shoshone project, Wyoming. 
The proceeds from the sale of the 
property described in section 1(c) of this Act shall be available for 
expenditure by the Secretary for the construction of an operation and 
maintenance headquarters and related facilities, as determined by the 
Secretary to be necessary for the operation and maintenance of the 
Sunnyside division, Yakima project, Washington. 
SEC. 3. Any of the proceeds from the sales which are authorized 
by section 1 of this Act and which are not required for the construction 
of operation and maintenance headquarters and related facilities, as 
authorized by section 2 of this Act, shall be applied as provided by 
subsection I, section 4, Act of December 5,1924 (43 Stat. 703). 
43 use so i. 
SEG. 4. The Secretary is hereby authorized, subject only to the provi- aufhOTi"^**' °*^" ° 
sions of this Act, to perform such acts, to delegate such authority, and 
to prescribe such rules and regulations and establish such terms and 
conditions as he may deem necessary and proper for the purpose of 
carrying the provisions of this Act into full force and effect: 
Provided, 
however, That nothing in this Act shall be construed as 
authorizing additional appropriations in carrying out the provisions 
of this Act. 
Approved August 17, 1961. 
Public Law 87-152 
AN ACT 
August 17, 1961 
To authorize the use of Commodity Credit Corporation owned surplus grain by 
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the States for emergency use in the feeding of resident game birds and other 
resident wildlife; to authorize the use of such surplus grain by the Secretary 
of the Interior for emergency use in the feeding of migratory birds, and for 
other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled. That for the purpose 
Agriculture. 
of meeting emergency situations caused by adverse weather conditions ga^^bh-ds'tt".^"' 
or other factors destructive of important wildlife resources, the States 
are hereby authorized, upon the request of the State fish and game 
authority or other State agency having similar authority and a finding 
by the Secretary of the Interior that any area of the United States is 
threatened with serious damage or loss to resident game birds and 
other resident wildlife from starvation, to requisition from the Com-
modity Credit Corporation grain acquired by the Corporation through 
price support operations. 
Such grain may thereafter be furnished to 
the particular State for direct and sole utilization by the appropriate 
State agencies for purposes of this Act in such quantities as mutually 
agreed upon by the State and the Commodity Credit Corporation 
ai^4 subject to such regulations as may be considered desirable by the 
Corporation. 
The Corporation shall be reimbursed by the particular 
State in each instance for the expense of the Corporation in packaging 
and transporting such grain for purposes of this Act. 
SEC. 2. Upon a finding by the Secretary of the Interior that migra- • Migratory birds, 
tory birds are threatened with starvation in any area of the United 
States, the Secretary is authorized to requisition from the Commodity 
Credit Corporation grain acquired by that Corporation through price 
support operations in such quantities as may be mutually agreed upon. 
The Corporation shall be reimbursed by the Secretary for its expense 
in packaging and transporting of such grain for purposes of this Act. 
SEO. 3. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums 
as may be necessary to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation 
>^proprisition. 
for its investment in grain transferred pursuant to this Act. 
Approved August 17, 1961.