An Act to provide for the transfer of hay and pasture seeds from the Commodity Credit Corporation to Federal land administering agencies
PL 83-524 (S.2987), enacted 07/26/1954

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PUBLIC LAW 525-JULY 26, 1954 
529 
Public Law 524 
CHAPTER 566 
AN ACT 
To provide for the transfer of hay and pasture seeds from the Commodity 
Credit Corporation to Federal land-administering agencies. 
July 26,1954 
[S. 2987] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America 
in Congress assembled^ That the Com-
modity Credit Corporation is hereby authorized and directed to 
transfer to the following agencies, free on board transportation 
conveyance at point of storage, surplus hay and pasture seeds acquired 
under the price support program, as follows: To the Forest Service, 
Department of Agriculture, not to exceed four hundred and eighty-
five thousand pounds; to the Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior 
Department, not to exceed one hundred and sixty-three thousand 
pounds; to the Bureau of Land Management, Interior Department, 
not to exceed two hundred and fifty-two thousand pounds. 
The kinds 
and quantities of seeds transferred within such maximum quantities, 
subject to determination of availability and surplus supply by the 
Commodity Credit Corporation, shall be determined by such agencies, 
but shall not exceed quantities which may be utilized for the purpose 
specified in section 2 of this Act with funds made available under this 
Act and funds available for such purpose out of appropriations to 
such agencies for the fiscal year 1955. 
SEC. 2. The seeds transferred pursuant to this Act shall be used 
by the transferee agencies only for the purpose of seeding grazing 
lands administered by them. 
To defray costs of transporting and 
seeding, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated the following 
sums: To the Forest Service, not to exceed $95,000; Fish and Wildlife 
Service, not to exceed $25,000; and to the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment, not to exceed $25,000. 
SEC. 3. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated sudi sums 
as may be necessary to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation 
for its investment in the seeds transferi-ed pursuant to this Act. 
Approved July 26, 1954. 
C C C h a y 
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pasture seeds. 
Transfer. 
Use. 
Appropriations. 
Public Law 525 
CHAPTER 567 
AN ACT 
To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain lands in Alaska to the 
Rotary Club of Ketchikan, Alaska. 
July 26, 1954 
[H. R. 6263] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Secretary 
of Agriculture is authorized to convey by quitclaim deed to the Rotary 
Club of Ketchikan, Alaska, all right, title, and interest of the United 
States in and to that certain tract of land donated to the United States 
of America by said Rotary Club of Ketchikan, Alaska, for use for 
public purposes, by deed dated March 12, 1942, recorded in the land 
records of district 8, division numbered 1, Territory of Alaska, on 
March 20,1942, in volume S of deeds, at page 574, except a strip of land 
seven feet in width located along the northeasterly boundary of said 
tract. 
Such land shall be conveyed on the express condition that if 
at any time the said lands shall cease to be used for public purposes 
title thereto shall revert to and become vested in the United States of 
America. 
Approved July 26, 1954. 
Rotary C l u b of 
Ketchikan, Alaska. 
Conveyance. 
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