The Secretary of Agriculture (hereinafter called the "Secretary") is authorized-
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EDITORIAL NOTES
AMENDMENTS1942-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 shrub;".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 AUTHORIZEDAct 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]."