Public Law 83–524

That the Commodity

CCC hay and pasture seeds.

Transfer.

Credit Corporation is hereby authorized and directed to transfer to the following agencies, free on board transportation conveyance at point of storage, surplus hay and pasture seeds acquired under the price support program, as follows: To the Forest Service, Department of Agriculture, not to exceed four hundred and eighty-five thousand pounds; to the Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior Department, not to exceed one hundred and sixty-three thousand pounds; to the Bureau of Land Management, Interior Department, not to exceed two hundred and fifty-two thousand pounds. The kinds and quantities of seeds transferred within such maximum quantities. subject to determination of availability and surplus supply by the Commodity Credit Corporation, shall be determined by such agencies, but shall not exceed quantities which may be utilized for the purpose specified in section 2 of this Act with funds made available under this Act and funds available for such purpose out of appropriations to such agencies for the fiscal year 1955.

Sec. 2.

The seeds transferred pursuant to this Act shall be used

Use.

by the transferee agencies only for the purpose of seeding grazing lands administered by them. To defray costs of transporting and

Appropriations.

seeding, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated the following sums: To the Forest Service, not to exceed $95,000; Fish and Wildfire Service, not to exceed $25,000; and to the Bureau of Land Management, not to exceed $25,000.

Sec. 3.

There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for its investment in the seeds transferred pursuant to this Act.