Excerpts from the Foreword: This list is designed to meet the need of the Bureau of Agricultural Economics for readily available information on laws passed by the 73d Congress and on recently organized Government agencies whose work bears some relation to the work of this Bureau. Other lists covering sone part of the field have been freely used as indicated in the list of sources consulted. With a few omissions, all of the more important laws of the 73d Congress, and amendments thereto, have been included. To these have been added some less important laws and some resolutions, including two resolutions adopted by the 72d Congress, because of interest to the Bureau. Executive Orders and Proclamations were consulted and in many instances have been cited, but it must be kept in mind that this information is incomplete and subject to amendment and change at any time by the issuance of further Executive Orders and Proclamations.