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Foreword: This is the fifth in a series of lists on "Agricultural Relief Measures Relating to the Raising of Farm Prices." The first three were compiled in October 1935 for the Seventieth, Seventy-first, and Seventy-second Congresses, and the fourth in February 1939 (as Agricultural Economics Bibliography No. 76) for the Seventy-fifth Congress. Bills proposing to raise prices generally through a change in the national monetary or banking system have been omitted. An exception has been made in the case of the Dies bill, H.R. 2011 (item 41A) for although this is a monetary measure it also provides for a domestic allotment program, and for tariff benefit payments to farmers. During the first session of the Seventy-fourth Congress emphasis was placed on clarifying, reenforcing and broadening the provisions of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933 (Public No. 10, 73d Congress). Particular attention was given to extending the marketing agreement s provisions of the program and as a result the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1935 (item 33) was enacted, following the invalidation on January 6, 1936 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933 by the Supreme Court, in the case of the United States of America v. Wm. M. Butler, et al, attention was turned to the study of substitute legislation which resulted in the enactment, of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act (item 78) during the second session. The bills in this list have been classified under the major agricultural relief plans which were considered in the Seventy-fourth Congress. Although it is recognized that some bills might be classified under more than one plan the titles have net been repeated. An effort has been made to bring out in the index the different plans in the separate bills. Throughout the list direct quotations from sources consulted have been acknowledged. When a source is not given the quotation is taken from the bill under consideration. In addition to the material listed in the "Sources Consulted" the committee reports have been frequently consulted. The report numbers for bills reported from committees will be found in the legislative history of the bill given at the beginning of each abstract. Extracts from the Congressional hearings on the bills have been included. The numbers following the citations to the hearings are the call numbers used in the Library of the U. S. Department of Agriculture. An author and subject index and a numerical index to the bills and resolutions included have been appended.