An Act to provide for the approval of the report of the Secretary of the Interior on the Ainsworth unit of the Missouri River Basin project.
PL 84-531 (H.R.9132), enacted 05/18/1956

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PUBLIC LAW 531-MAY 18, 1956 
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in the first section of the Act entitled "An Act to revive and reenact 
the Act entitled 'An Act authorizing the State of Michigan, acting 
through the International Bridge Authority of Michigan, to construct, 
maintain, and operate a toll bridge or series of bridges, causeways, and 
approaches thereto, across the baint Marys River, from a point in 
or near the city of Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan, to a point in the 
Province of Ontario, Canada', approved December 16,1940", approved 
July 28,1953 (67 Stat. 225; Public Law 157, Eighty-third Congress), 
is amended to read as follows: ''''Provided^ That this Act shall be null 
and void unless the actual construction of the bridge, or series of 
bridges, causeways, and approaches thereto, referred to in this Act, 
is commenced on or before July 28, 1959, and completed on or before 
July 28,1962." 
Approved May 18, 1956. 
May 18, 1956 
[H. R. 9132] 
Public Law 531 
CHAPTER 285 
AN ACT 
To provide for the approval of the report of the Secretary of the Interior on 
the Ainsworth unit of the Missouri River Basin project. 
Missouri R i v e r 
Basin project. 
63 Stat. 1051. 
7 u s e 1441. 
52 Stat. 41. 
7 u s e 1301. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the report 
approved by the Secretary of the Interior on November 21, 1955, 
demonstrating the physical and economic feasibility of the Ainsworth 
unit of the Missouri River Basin project, integrated as a part of said 
project by the Act of August 21, 1954 (68 Stat. 757), is hereby ap-
proved: Provided^ That for a period of ten years from the date of 
enactment of this Act, no water from the project authorized by this Act 
shall be delivered to any water user for the production on newly irri-
gated lands of any basic agricultural commodity, as defined in the 
Agricultural Act of 1949, or any amendment thereof, if the total sup-
ply of such commodity for the marketing year in which the bulk of the 
crop would normally be marketed is in excess of the normal supply 
as defined in section 301 (b) (10) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act 
of 1938, as amended, unless the Secretary of Agriculture calls for an 
increase in production of such commodity in the interest of national 
security. 
Approved May 18, 1956. 
May 19, 1956 
[H. R. 2423] 
Public Law 532 
CHAPTER 312 
AN ACT 
For the relief of the city of Sandpoint, Idaho. 
Sandpoint, Idaho. 
Payment. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of A^nerica in Congress assembled^ That the Secretary 
of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any funds 
in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the city of Sandpoint, 
Idaho, the sum of $98,200, in full satisfaction of all claims of such 
city against the United States for additional costs to the city in the 
operation and maintenance of sewage-disposal facilities to be con-
structed by the city, the construction of these facilities being 
occasioned by the construction and operation by the Corps of Engi-
neers of a hydroelectric and storage dam at Albeiii Falls on the Pend 
Oreille River, Idaho: Provided^ That no part of the amount appro-
priated in this Act shall be paid or delivered to or received by any 
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agent or attorney on account of services rendered in connection with 
this claim, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the con-
trary notwithstanding. Any person violating the provisions of this 
Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor ancf upon conviction 
thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. 
Approved May 19, 1956. 
Public Law 533 
^ 
CHAPTER 313 
AN ACT 
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Making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1956, 
[H. R. 10004] 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of RevresentativeH of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the following rR\ntti%^^tpX' 
sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not other- "Uon Act, 1956. 
wise appropriated, to supply supplemental appropriations (this Act 
may be cited as the "Second Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1956") 
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1956, and for other purposes, 
namely: 
CHAPTER I 
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For additional amounts for "Salaries and expenses", as follows: 
"Research", $1,717,530; 
"Plant and animal disease and pest control", $2,000,000, of 
which $650,000 shall be apportioned for use pursuant to section 
3679 of the Revised Statutes, as amended, for the control of 
3i '^sc 665. 
outbreaks of insects and plant diseases under the joint resolu-
tion approved May 9, 1938 (7 U. S. C. 148-148e), and the Act of 
" ^***- ^ • 
August 13, 1954 (7 U. S. C. 148), to the extent necessary to meet 
68 st.t. 717. 
emergency conditions; and 
"Meat inspection", $1,048,690. 
AGRICULTUBAL CONSERVATION PROGRAM SERVICE 
The unobligated balance of the amount made available under this 
head in the Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1956, shall, subject to 
^9 st«t. 451. 
the same conditions, remain available until December 31, 1956, for 
the same purposes, for emergency measures to restore farm lands 
damaged by hurricanes and excessive floods, and for reimbursement to 
the appropriation to the President for "Disaster relief", for alloca-
tions to the Secretary of Agriculture for such purposes. 
FARMERS' HOME ADMINISTRATION 
LOAN AUTHORIZATIONS 
For loans under title V of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended, 
63 stat. 432. 
$5,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided^ That not to 14^83. ^ ^ 1 •• 71-
exceed the foregoing amount shall be borrowed from the Secretary of 
the Treasury in the manner authorized under this head in the Depart-
ment of Agriculture Appropriation Act, 1952. 
es stat. 240. 
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