Agricultural relief: Agricultural relief

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Identifikator:: 1831932415

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Title:: Agricultural relief

Place of publication:: Washington

Publisher:: Gov. Pr. Off.

Year of publication:: 1928

Collection:: Economics Books

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Identifikator:: 1831934884

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-232132

Document type:: Volume

Title:: Agricultural relief

Volume count:: Pt. 6

Place of publication:: Washington

Publisher:: Gov. Pr. Off.

Year of publication:: 1928

Scope:: III S., S. 429 - 520

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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AGRICULTURAL RELIEF 515 ExHIiBIT B FEDERAL AGRICULTURAL SYSTEM A BILL To found the Federal agricultural system, for nation-wide self-regulation of competition in agri- culture in interstate and foreign commerce, under Government supervision, to include the orderly marketing of crops, and the possible limitation of acreage, plus an export bounty if necessary, thus to aid in maintaining an equilibrium of prices between the vocations, also to promote the development of cooperative association in wholesale and retail trade in interstate and foreign commerce, for the mainte- nance of competitive prices, and to lower the cost of living. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled: FEDERAL AGRICULTURAL SYSTEM SecTioN 1. In combination with the Federal trade system and commission on equilibrium of prices there is founded the nation-wide self-regulatory Federal agricultural system hereinafter provided, which shall operate under the supervision of the Federal agricultural commission, subject to the approval of the policy- determining branch of the National Government. FEDERAL AGRICULTURAL COMMISSION Sec. 2. There is established the Federal agricultural commission within the Department of Agriculture. The said commission shall consist of the Secretary of Agriculture, who is the representative of the President, who is responsible to the citizens, the sovereign power. The said commissioner shall be aided by three ms commissioners, to be appointed by the commissioner and hold office at is will. APPROVAL BY CONGRESS Sec. 3 (a) Each decision by the Federal agricultural commission as to pub- lic policy, as distinguished from the ascertainment of a fact, shall be subject to the approval by the people's elected Representatives, who by the Constitution are clothed with jurisdiction to decide the questions of national policy. To them shall be mailed a copy of each decision by the Federal Trade Commission, and upon request by a committee of cither House of Congress, or the written request of 25 per cent of the Members of either House, or a request by the President, a decision by the Federal agricultural commission as to national policy shall be taken up promptly by Congress and be put to a yea and a nay vote, the issue to be, ‘Does the Congress sustain the decision by the commission?” The action taken by Congress shall be placed before the President for an expression of judgment, and in case of disapproval of the action taken by Congress the issue shall be returned to Congress for the procedure provided for a vetoed measure. (b) This right by Congress to call for a vote shall exist during the 40 days of the session of the two Houses following the date of the mailing of the copies of the decision by the commission. (c) Until the expiration of the time for a request for a vote by Congress, the verdict by the commission shall not be enforced except in an emergency, to be described bv the commission APPEAL TO THE JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT Sec. 4. To the extent that ‘the decisions by the Federal agricultural com- mission are by the Constitution appealable to the Judicial Department, the commission shall prescribe the details whereby an appeal to the said department may be taken; and may include such other lines of decisions as in its judgement should be appealable to the Federal courts. FEDERAL AGRICULTURAL BOARDS AND THE COMMISSION Sec. 5. (a) For the nation-wide self-regulation by majority rule of the citizens most vitally interested in agriculture, subject to Government supervision for the public’s protection, there shall be founded Federal agricultural boards, to the extent that a product or service enters into interstate or foreign commerce. (b) There shall be included the jurisdictions covered by cooperative marketing associations in interstate commerce as they existed October 1, 1927. {¢) The jurisdictions of the boards may be rearranged at anv time.

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