Editorial Notes
Amendments
1942—Par. (2). Act Oct. 20, 1942, § 1, increased acreage from 75,000 to 500,000 and inserted reference to land for administrative sites and water rights.
Par. (3). Act Oct. 20, 1942, § 2, inserted “to acquire water rights; to erect necessary buildings on leased land where suitable land cannot be purchased;”.
Par. (4). Act Oct. 20, 1942, § 3, inserted “to purchase guayule shruspan;”.
Par. (8). Act Oct. 20, 1942, § 4, substituted “not in excess of five hundred” for “of seventy-five”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Additional Acreage Authorized
Act Oct. 26, 1942, ch. 629, title II, 56 Stat. 1002, provided that:
“The Secretary of Agriculture, in connection with the appropriations herein and heretofore made for such project, is authorized to plant, or contract for the planting of, not to exceed twenty-five thousand acres of guayule in areas in the Western Hemisphere in addition to the acreage permitted under the provisions of paragraph (1), section 1 of the act of March 5, 1942 (Public Law 473) [par. (1) of this section].”