An Act to amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 to provide far lease and transfer of tobacco acreage allotments
PL 87-200 (H.R.1022), enacted 09/06/1961

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PUBLIC LAW 87-200-SEPT. 6, 1961 
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Public Law 87-200 
A N A C T 
September 6, 1961 
To amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 to provide for lease and 
[H. R. 1022] 
transfer of tobacco acreage allotments. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of ATnerica in Congress assembled^ That the Agricul- ^^'**'^"^jsfeJ°*" 
tural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, is further amended by 
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adding the following new section: 
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"SEC. 316. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act for 
the crop years 1962 and 1963, the owner and operator of any farm for 
which a tobacco acreage allotment (other than a burley tobacco acre-
age allotment) is estaolished may lease any part of such allotment 
to any other owner or operator of a farm in the same county for use 
in such county on a farm having a current tobacco allotment of the 
same kind. 
Such lease and transfer of allotment shall be recognized 
and considered valid by the county committee provided the conditions 
set forth in this section are met. In the case of Maryland (type 32) bal^^'''^ **"^ *"' 
tobacco, no farm shall be eligible for lease of allotment from the farm 
unless at least 75 per centum of the allotment for the farm was actually 
planted during each of the years 1960 and 1961. 
"(b) Any lease shall be made on such terms and conditions, except 
Tems'and con-
as otherwise provided in this section, as the parties thereto agree. No dltlonsf 
lease shall be entered into for any period in excess of one crop year, 
but may be renewed for the 1963 crop year, if the parties so agree. 
"(c) The lease and transfer of any allotment shall not be eflfective 
Filing with 
until a copy of such lease is filed with and determined by the county '^''^^^J' committee. 
committee of the county in which the farms involved are located to be 
in compliance with the provisions of this section. 
Such lease and 
transfer shall not be effective unless a copy of the lease is filed with 
the county committee prior to a closing date established b;^ the Secre-
tary, which date shall be no later than the normal planting time in 
the county. If the normal yield established by the county committee no^^l^^tlji d"f or 
for the farm to which the allotment is transferred does not exceed the "°^g%,^ 
normal yield established by the county committee for the farm from 
which the allotment is transferred by more than 10 per centum, the 
lease and transfer shall be approved acre for acre. If the normal yield 
for the farm to which the allotment is transferred exceeds the normal 
yield for the farm from which the allotment is transferred by more 
than 10 per centum, the county committee shall make a downward 
adjustment in the amount of the acreage allotment transferred by 
multiplying the normal yield established for the farm from which the 
allotment is transferred by the acreage being transferred and dividing 
the result by the normal yield established oy the farm to which the 
allotment is transferred. 
"(d) The lease and transfer of any part of a tobacco acreage 
allotment determined for a farm shall not affect the allotment for 
the farm from which such acreage allotment is transferred or the 
farm to which it is transferred, except with respect to the crop year 
specified in the lease. The amount of acreage allotment which is fo°£u*"^i"^V°t" 
leased from a farm shall be considered for purpose of determining ments. 
future allotments to have been planted to tobacco on the farm from 
which such allotment is transferred and the production pursuant to 
the lease and transfer shall not be taken into account in establishing 
allotments for subsequent years for the farm to which such allotment 
is transferred. 
The lessor shall be considered to have been engaged 
in the production of tobacco for the purpose of eligibility to vote in 
the referendum. 
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Regulations. 
"(e) Under the provisions of this section not more than five acres 
of allotment may be leased and transferred to any farm: Provided^ 
That the total acreage allotted to any farm after such transfer shall 
not exceed 50 per centum of the acreage of cropland in the farm. 
"(f) The Secretary shall prescribe such regulations as he considers 
necessary for carrying out the provisions of this section." 
Approved September 6, 1961. 
September 6, 1961 
[H. R. 44] 
Public Law 87-201 
AN ACT 
To authorize the appropriation of $150,000 for use toward the construction of a 
United States Pacific War Memorial. 
U. S. 
P a c i f i c 
War Memorial. 
Pearl Harbor. 
Appropriation. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and Hou^e of Representatives 
of the 
United States 
of America 
in Congress assembled^ That the Act 
entitled "An Act to authorize construction of a United States Ship 
Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor", approved March 15,1958 (Public 
Law 85-344; 72 Stat. 36), is hereby amended by adding at the end 
thereof the following: 
"SEC. 2. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Secre-
tary of the Navy, for use toward the construction of such memorial 
and museum, the sum of $150,000. 
"SEC. 3. Such memorial and museum shall be maintained in honor 
and in commemoration of the members of the Armed Forces of the 
United States who gave their lives to their country during the attack 
on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on December 7, 1941." 
Approved September 6, 1961. 
Public Law 87-202 
AN ACT 
September 6, 1961 
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[H. R. 5235] 
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Q authorize the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon 
to acquire land within the boundaries of their reservation. 
Indians. 
Warm S p r i n g s 
Reservation, Greg. 
Be it enacted hy the Semite and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemoled, That notwithstand-
ing any general statutory prohibition against the use of tribal funds 
to acquire land in Oregon if the acquisition would exempt the land 
from local taxation, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to 
purchase with funds made available by the Confederated Tribes of 
the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon any land or interests in 
land within the boundaries of their reservation, and to take title to the 
land or interests acquired in the name of the United States in trust 
for the tribes. Any such purchase under an installment purchase 
contract shall not be regarded as an encumbrance or mortgage within 
the meaning of the tribal constitution, charter, and bylaws. 
Approved September 6, 1961. 
Public Law 87-203 
' 
September 6, 1961 
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[S. 561] 
rp^ amend the Act relating to the small claims and conciliation branch of the 
municipal court of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted J)y the Sen/ite and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemoled^ That subsection (a)