An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to cooperate with Federal and non-Federal agencies in the prevention of waterfowl depredations, and for other purposes
PL 84-654 (H.R.7641), enacted 07/03/1956

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PUBLIC LAW 654-JULY 3, 1956 
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Su sp e n sion of 
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Effective diate« 
of said paragraph 46; and (b) by adding thereto a subparagraph 
"(b)" reading as follows: 
"(b) Notwithstanding any of the provisions of this section requir-
ing an inspection as a prerequisite to the issuance of a license, the 
Commissioners are authorized to provide by regulation that any such 
inspection shall be made either prior or subsequent to the issuance of 
a license, but any such license, whether issued prior or subsequent to 
a required inspection, may be suspended or revoked for failure of the 
licensee to comply with the laws or regulations applicable to the 
licensed business, trade, profession, or calling." 
SEC. 3. The first section of this Act shall take effect on November 
1 next after the approval of this Act. 
Approved July 3, 1956. 
Public Law 654 
CHAPTER 512 
July 3, 1956 
[H. R. 7641] 
Waterfowi 
c r o p 
d a m a g e , preven-
tion. 
AN ACT 
Appropriation. 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to cooperate with Federal and non-
Federal agencies in the prevention of waterfowl depredations, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of Amsrica in Congress assembled^ That, for the pur-
pose of preventing crop damage by migratory waterfowl, the Com-
modity Credit Corporation shall make available to the Secretary of 
the Interior such wheat, corn, or other grains, acquired through price 
support operations and certified by the Commodity Credit Corpora-
tion to be available for j)urposes of this Act or in such condition 
through spoilage or deterioration as not to be desirable for human 
consumption, as the Secretary of the Interior shall requisition 
pursuant to section 2 hereof. With respect to any grain thus made 
available, the Commodity Credit Corporation may pay packaging, 
transporting, handling, and other charges up to the time of delivery 
to one or more designated locations in each State. 
SEC. 2. Upon a finding by the Secretary of the Interior that any 
area in the United States is threatened with damage to farmers' crops 
by migratory waterfowl, whether or not during the open season for 
such migratory waterfowl, the Secretary of the Interior is hereby 
authorized and directed to requisition from the Commodity Credit 
Corporation and to make available to Federal, State, or local govern-
mental bodies or officials, or to private organizations or persons, such 
grain acquired by the Commodity Credit Corporation through price-
support operations in such quantities and subject to such regulations 
as the Secretary determines will most effectively lure migratory water-
fowl away from crop depredations and at the same time not expose 
such migratory waterfowl to shooting over areas to which the water-
fowl have been lured by such feeding programs. 
SEC. 3. With respect to all grain made available pursuant to sec-
tion 2, the Commodity Credit Corporation shall be reimbursed by the 
Secretary of the Interior for its expenses in packaging and transport-
ing such grain for purposes of this Act. 
SEC. 4. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums as 
may be necessary to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for 
its investment in the grain transferred pursuant to this Act. 
SEC. 5. No grain shall be made available by the Commodity Credit 
Corporation under this Act after the expiration of three years follow-
ing its enactment. 
Approved July 3, 1956.