Public Law 86–80

TITLE I— REGULAR ACTIVITIES

Agricultural Research Service salaries and expenses For expenses necessary to perform agricultural research relating to production, utilization, and home economics, to control and eradicate pests and plant and animal diseases, and to perform related inspection, quarantine and regulatory work, and meat inspection: Provided, That not to exceed $75,000 of the appropriations hereunder shall be available for employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (5 U.S.C. 574), as amended by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a): Provided further, That appropriations hereunder shall be available for the operation and maintenance of aircraft and the purchase of not to exceed two for replacement only: Provided further, that appropriations hereunder shall be available pursuant to title 5, United fates Code, section 565a, for the construction, alteration, and repair of buildings and improvements, but unless otherwise provided, the cost of constructing any one building (except headhouses connecting greenhouses) shall not exceed $10,000, except for five buildings to be constructed or improved at a cost not to exceed $20,000 each, and the cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed $3,750 or 4 per centum of the cost of the building, whichever is greater: Research: For research and demonstrations on the production and utilization of agricultural products, home economics, and related research and services, including administration of payments to State agricultural experiment stations; $67,722,490: Provided, That the Secretary is authorized to acquire from the Department of the Army without reimbursement land and improvements at Orlando, Florida, to be transferred pursuant to the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended: Provided further, That the limitations contained herein shall not apply to (a) replacement of buildings needed to carry out the Act of April 24, 1948 (21 U.S.C. 113a), or (b) not to exceed $2,939,000 for the construction and alteration of buildings: Provided further, That the Secretary is authorized to acquire by donation lands necessary for the construction thereof; Plant and animal disease and pest control: For operations and measures, not otherwise provided for, to control and eradicate pests and plant and animal diseases and for carrying out assigned inspection, quarantine, and regulatory activities, as authorized by law, including expenses pursuant to the Act of February 28, 1947 (21 U.S.C. 114b–d), $49,800,600, of which $1,500,000 shall be apportioned for use pursuant to section 3679 of the Revised Statutes, as amended, for the control of outbreaks of insects and plant diseases to the extent necessary to meet emergency conditions; Meat inspection: For carrying out the provisions of laws relating to Federal inspection of meat, and meat-food products, and the applicable provisions of the laws relating to process or renovated butter, $21,324,900; Special fund: To provide for additional labor to be employed under contracts and cooperative agreements to strengthen the work at research installations in the field, not more than $1,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this head for the fiscal year 1959 may be used by the Administrator of the Agricultural Research Service in departmental research programs in the fiscal year 1960, the amount so used to be transferred to and merged with the appropriation otherwise available under “Salaries and expenses, Research”. state experiment stations Payments to States, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico: For payments to agricultural experiment stations to carry into effect the provisions of the Hatch Act, approved March 2, 1887, as amended by the Act approved August 11, 1955 (7 U.S.C. 361a–361i), including administration by the United States Department of Agriculture, $31,053,708; and payments authorized under section 204(b) of the Agricultural Marketing Act, the Act approved August 14, 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1623), $500,000; in all, $31,553,708. Penalty mail: For penalty mail costs of agricultural experiment stations under section 6 of the Hatch Act of 1887, as amended, $250,000. diseases of animals and poultry Eradication activities: For expenses necessary in the arrest and eradication of foot-and-mouth disease, rinderpest, contagious pleuropneumonia, or other contagious or infectious diseases of animals, or European fowl pest and similar diseases in poultry, and for foot-and-mouth disease and rinderpest programs undertaken pursuant to the provisions of the Act of February 28, 1947, and the Act of May 29, 1884, as amended (7 U.S.C. 391; 21 U.S.C. 111–122), including expenses in accordance with section 2 of said Act of February 28, 1947, the Sec- retary may transfer from other appropriations or funds available to the bureaus, corporations, or agencies of the Department such sums as he may deem necessary, to be available only in an emergency which threatens the livestock or poultry industry of the country, and any unexpended balances of funds transferred under this head in the next preceding fiscal year shall be merged with such transferred amounts: Provided, That this appropriation shall be subject to applicable provisions contained in the item “Salaries and expenses, Agricultural Research Service”.

Extension Service cooperative extension work, payments and expenses Payments to States, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico: For payments for cooperative agricultural extension work under the Smith-Lever Act, as amended by the Act of June 26, 1953 (7 U.S.C. 341–348), and the Act of August 11, 1955 (7 U.S.C. 347a), $52,220,000; and payments and contracts for such work under section 204(b)–205 of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1623–1624), $1,495,000; in all, $53,715,000: Provided, That funds hereby appropriated pursuant to section 3(c) of the Act of June 26, 1953, shall not be paid to any State, Hawaii, or Puerto Rico prior to availability of an equal sum from non-Federal sources for expenditure during the current fiscal year. Retirement costs for extension agents: For cost of employer’s share of Federal retirement for cooperative extension employees, $5,674,375. Penalty mail: For costs of penalty mail for cooperative extension agents and State extension directors, $2,491,307. Federal Extension Service: For administration of the Smith-Lever Act, as amended by the Act of June 26, 1953 (7 U.S.C. 341–348), and the Act of August 11, 1955 (7 U.S.C. 347a), and extension aspects of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621–1627), and to coordinate and provide program leadership for the extension work of the Department and the several States, Territories, and insular possessions, $2,242,540.

Farmer Cooperative Service salaries and expenses For necessary expenses to carry out the Act of July 2, 1926 (7 U.S.C. 451–457), $615,800.

Soil Conservation Service conservation operations For necessary expenses for carrying out the provisions of the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–590f), including preparation of conservation plans and establishment of measures to conserve soil and water (including farm irrigation and land drainage and such special measures as may be necessary to prevent floods and the siltation of reservoirs); operation of conservation nurseries; classification and mapping of soils; dissemination of information; purchase and erection or alteration of permanent buildings; and operation and maintenance of aircraft, $82,322,000: Provided, That the cost of any permanent building purchased, erected, or as improved, exclusive of the cost of constructing a water supply or sanitary system and connecting the same to any such building and with the exception of buildings acquired in conjunction with land being purchased for other purposes, shall not exceed $2,500, except for eight buildings to be constructed or improved at a cost not to exceed $15,000 per building and except that alterations or improvements to other existing permanent buildings costing $2,500 or more may be made in any fiscal year in an amount not to exceed $500 per building: Provided further, That no part of this appropriation shall be available for the construction of any such building on land not owned by the Government: Provided further, That in the State of Missouri, where the State has established a central State agency authorized to enter into agreements with the United States or any of its agencies on policies and general programs for the saving of its soil by the extension of Federal aid to any soil conservation district in such State, the agreements made by or on behalf of the United States with any such soil conservation district shall have the prior approval of such central State agency before they shall become effective as to such district: Provided further, That no part of this appropriation may be expended for soil and water conservation operations under the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–590f), in demonstration projects: Provided further, That not to exceed $5,000 may be used for employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (5 U.S.C. 574), as amended by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a): Provided further, That qualified local engineers may be temporarily employed at per diem rates to perform the technical planning work of the service. watershed protection For expenses necessary to conduct surveys, investigations, and research and to carry out preventive measures, including, but not limited to, engineering operations, methods of cultivation, the growing of vegetation, and changes in use of land, in accordance with the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act, approved August 4, 1954, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1001–1007), and the provisions of the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–590f), to remain available until expended, $22,750,000, with which shall be merged the unexpended balances of funds heretofore appropriated or transferred to the Department for watershed protection purposes: Provided, That not to exceed $100,000 may be used for employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (5 U.S.C. 574), as amended by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a). flood prevention For expenses necessary, in accordance with the Flood Control Act, approved June 22, 1936 (33 U.S.C. 701–709), as amended and supplemented, and in accordance with the provisions of laws relating to the activities of the Department, to perform works of improvement, including not to exceed $100,000 for employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (5 U.S.C. 574), as amended by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a), to remain available until expended, $18,000,000, with which shall be merged the unexpended balances of funds heretofore appropriated or transferred to the Department for flood prevention purposes: Provided, That no part of such funds shall be used for the purchase of lands in the Yazoo and Little Tallahatchie watersheds without specific approval of the county board of supervisors of the county in which such lands are situated. water conservation and utilization projects For expenses necessary to carry out the functions of the Department under the Acts of August 11, 1939, and October 14, 1940 (16 U.S.C. 590y–z–10), as amended and supplemented, June 28, 1949 (63 Stat. 277), and September 6, 1950 (7 U.S.C. 1033–39), relating to water conservation and utilization projects, to remain available until expended, $75,000, which sum shall be merged with the unexpended balances or funds heretofore appropriated to said Department for the purpose of said Acts. great plains conservation program For necessary expenses to carry into effect a program of conservation in the Great Plains area, pursuant to section 16(b) of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act, as added by the Act of August 7, 1956 (16 U.S.C. 590p), $10,000,000, to remain available until expended.

Agricultural Conservation Program For necessary expenses to carry into effect the program authorized in sections 7 to 16, 16(a), and 17 of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act, approved February 29, 1936, as amended (16 U.S.C. 590g–590(o), 590p(a), and 590q), including not to exceed $6,000 for the preparation and display of exhibits, including such displays at State, interstate, and international fairs within the United States, $241,500,000, to remain available until December 31 of the next succeeding fiscal year for compliance with the program of soil-building and soil-and water-conserving practices authorized under this head in the Department of Agriculture and Farm Credit Administration Appropriation Act, 1959, carried out during the period July 1, 1958, to December 31, 1959, inclusive: Provided, That not to exceed $26,832,950 of the total sum provided under this head shall be available during the current fiscal year for administrative expenses for carrying out such program, the cost of aerial photographs, however, not to be charged to such limitation; but not more than $5,–424,200 shall be transferred to the appropriation account “Administrative expenses, section 392, Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938”: Provided further, That none of the funds herein appropriated shall be used to pay the salaries or expenses of any regional information employees or any State information employees, but this shall not preclude the answering of inquiries or supplying of information at the county level to individual farmers: Provided further, That such amounts shall be available for administrative expenses in connection with the formulation and administration of the 1960 program of soil-building and soil-and water-conserving practices, under the Act of February 29, 1936, as amended (amounting to $250,000,000, including administration, and no participant shall receive more than $2,500, except where the participants from two or more farms or ranches join to carry out approved practices designed to conserve or improve the agricultural resources of the community): Provided further, That no change shall be made in such 1960 program which will have the effect in any county, of restricting eligibility requirements or cost-sharing on practices included in either the 1957 or the 1958 programs, unless such change shall have been recommended by the county committee and approved by the State committee: Provided further, That the proportion of the State fund initially allocated to any county for the 1960 program shall not be reduced from the distribution of such fund for the 1958 program year: Provided further, That not to exceed 5 per centum of the allocation for the 1960 agricultural con- servation program for any county may, on the recommendation of such county committee and approval of the State committee, be withheld and allotted to the Soil Conservation Service for services of its technicians in formulating and carrying out the agricultural conservation program in the participating counties, and shall not be utilized by the Soil Conservation Service for any purpose other than technical and other assistance in such counties, and in addition, on the recommendation of such county committee and approval of the State committee, not to exceed 1 per centum may be made available to any other Federal, State, or local public agency for the same purpose and under the same conditions: Provided further. That for the 1960 program $2,500,000 shall be available for technical assistance in formulating and carrying out agricultural conservation practices and $1,000,000 shall be available for conservation practices related directly to flood prevention work in approved watersheds: Provided further, That such amounts shall be available for the purchase of seeds, fertilizers, lime, trees, or any other farming material, or any soil-terracing services, and making grants thereof to agricultural producers to aid them in carrying out farming practices approved by the Secretary under programs provided for herein: Provided further, That no part of any funds available to the Department, or any bureau, office, corporation, or other agency constituting a part of such Department, shall be used in the current fiscal year for the payment of salary or travel expenses of any person who has been convicted of violating the Act entitled “An Act to prevent pernicious political activities”, approved August 2, 1939, as amended, or who has been found in accordance with the provisions of title 18, United States Code, section 1913, to have violated or attempted to violate such section which prohibits the use of Federal appropriations for the payment of personal services or other expenses designed to influence in any manner a Member of Congress to favor or oppose any legislation or appropriation by Congress except upon request of any Member or through the proper official channels.

Agricultural Marketing Service marketing research and service For expenses necessary to carry on research and service to improve and develop marketing and distribution relating to agriculture as authorized by the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621–1627) and other laws, including the administration of marketing regulatory acts connected therewith: Provided, That appropriations hereunder shall be available pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 565a for the construction, alteration, and repair of buildings and improvements, but unless otherwise provided, the cost of erecting any one building shall not exceed $10,000, except for two buildings to be constructed or improved at a cost not to exceed $20,000 each, and the cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed $3,750 or 3 per centum of the cost of the building, whichever is greater: Marketing research and agricultural estimates: For research and development relating to agricultural marketing and distribution, for analysis relating to farm prices, income and population, and demand for farm products, and for crop and livestock estimates, $15,344,500: Provided, That not less than $350,000 of the funds contained in this appropriation shall be available to continue to gather statistics and conduct a special study on the price spread between the farmer and the consumer: Provided further, That no part of the funds herein appropriated shall be available for any expense incident to publishing estimates of apple production for other than the commercial crop; Marketing services: For services relating to agricultural marketing and distribution, for carrying out regulatory acts connected therewith, including the Packers and Stockyards Act, as amended September 2, 1958, and for administration and coordination of payments to States, $26,072,600, of which $15,000 shall be available for range and feedlot market reporting in Colorado and adjacent areas and including not to exceed $25,000 for employment at rates not to exceed $50 per diem, except for employment in rate cases at not to exceed $100 per diem pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (5 U.S.C. 574), as amended by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a), in carrying out section 201 (a) to 201(d), inclusive, of title II of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1291) and section 203(j) of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946. payments to states, territories, and possessions For payments to departments of agriculture, bureaus and departments of markets, and similar agencies for marketing activities under section 204(b) of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1623(b)), $1,195,000. school lunch program For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751–1760), $110,000,000: Provided, That no part of this appropriation shall be used for nonfood assistance under section 5 of said Act: Provided further, That $43,657,248 shall be transferred to this appropriation from funds available under section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935, for purchase and distribution of agricultural commodities and other foods pursuant to section 6 of the National School Lunch Act.

Foreign Agricultural Service salaries and expenses For necessary expenses for the Foreign Agricultural Service, including carrying out title VI of the Agricultural Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1761–1768), and for enabling the Secretary to coordinate and integrate activities of the Department in connection with foreign agricultural work, including not to exceed $25,000 for representation allowances and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of the Act approved August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), $3,518,300: Provided, That not less than $400,000 of the funds contained in this appropriation shall be available to obtain statistics and related facts on foreign production and full and complete information on methods used by other countries to move farm commodities in world trade on a competitive basis: Provided further, That, in addition, not to exceed $2,493,000 of the funds appropriated by section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935, as amended (7 U.S.C. 612c), shall be merged with this appropriation and shall be available for all expenses of the Foreign Agricultural Service in carrying out the purposes of said section 32: Provided further, That, in addition, not to exceed the equivalent of $1,310,000 in foreign currencies derived from sales under title I of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, as amended, and made available to the Department of Agriculture, shall be available for expenses of the agricultural attached service and for general operating expenses of the Foreign Agricultural Service in carrying out the purposes of section 104(a) of that Act.

Commodity Exchange Authority salaries and expenses For necessary expenses to carry into effect the provisions of the Commodity Exchange Act, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1–17a), $909,500.

Soil Bank Program conservation reserve For necessary expenses to carry out a conservation reserve program as authorized by subtitles B and C of the Soil Bank Act (7 U.S.C. 1831–1837 and 1802–1814), and to carry out liquidation activities for the acreage reserve program, $335,000,000: Provided, That not to exceed $18,600,000 shall be available for administrative expenses, of which not less than $14,400,000 may be transferred to the appropriation account “Local administration, section 388, Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938”: Provided further, That no part of this appropriation shall be used to enter into contracts with producers which, together with contracts already entered into, would require payments to producers (including the cost of materials and services) in excess of $375,000,000 in any calendar year, and for purposes of applying this limitation, practice payments shall be chargeable to the first year of the contract period: Provided further, That no part of these funds shall be used to enter into contracts to pay rental compensation to any individual or corporation in excess of $5,000 per annum: Provided further, That no part of these funds shall be paid on any contract which is illegal under the law due to the division of lands for the purpose of evading limits on annual payments to participants: Provided further, That clause (2) of the fourth proviso relating to annual rental payments under this head in Public Law 85–459 shall not be applicable to contracts hereafter entered into: Provided further, That (1) no part of the funds authorized for 1960 may be used to enter into annual rental contracts for a period of time or at rates or in amounts which are in excess of limitations imposed by present regulations or announcements, (2) in establishing annual rental rates for new contracts, no such rental rate shall be established in excess of the local fair rental value of the acreage offered, such fair rental value to be based upon the average annual crop production harvested from such acreage during the past five crop years including the current year, (3) in handling funds within any State, first consideration shall be given to those applicants who were not offered contracts during the 1959 sign-up due to limitation of funds, and (4) in the allocation of funds and administration thereof, the Department shall not allocate funds on any basis not in accord with the purposes as set forth in the basic law.

Commodity Stabilization Service acreage allotments and marketing quotas For necessary expenses to formulate and carry out acreage allotment and marketing quota programs pursuant to provisions or title III of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1301–1393), $39,135,000, of which not more than $6,886,300 shall be transferred to the appropriation account “Administrative expenses, section 392, Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938”. sugar act program For necessary expenses to carry into effect the provisions of the Sugar Act of 1948 (7 U.S.C. 1101–1161), $71,500,000, to remain available until June 30 of the next succeeding fiscal year: Provided, that expenditures (including transfers) from this appropriation for other than payments to sugar producers shall not exceed $2,297,426.

Federal Crop Insurance Corporation operating and administrative expenses For operating and administrative expenses, $6,376,700.

Rural Electrification Administration To carry into effect the provisions of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, as amended (7 U.S.C. 901–924), as follows: loan authorizations For loans in accordance with said Act, and for carrying out the provisions of section 7 thereof, to be borrowed from the Secretary of the Treasury in accordance with the provisions of section 3(a) of said Act, as follows: Rural electrification program, $136,000,000; and rural telephone program, $79,000,000; and additional amounts, not to exceed $25,000,000 for each program, may be borrowed under the same terms and conditions to the extent that such amount is required during the fiscal year 1960 under the then existing conditions for the expeditious and orderly development of the rural electrification program and rural telephone program. salaries and expenses For administrative expenses, including not to exceed $500 for financial and credit reports, and not to exceed $150,000 for employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (5 U.S.C. 574), as amended by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a), $9,632,000.

Farmers’ Home Administration To carry into effect the provisions of titles I, II, and the related provisions of title IV of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1000–1031); the Farmers’ Home Administration Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1001, note; 31 U.S.C. 82h: 12 U.S.C. 371; 35 D.C. Code 535; 60 Stat. 1062–1080); the Act of July 30, 1946 (40 U.S.C. 436–439): the Act of August 28, 1937, as amended (16 U.S.C. 590r–590x–3), for the development of facilities for water storage and utilization in the arid and semiarid areas of the United States; the provisions of title V of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1471–1483), relating to financial assistance for farm housing; the Rural Rehabilitation Corporation Trust Liquidation Act, approved May 3, 1950 (40 U.S.C. 440–444); the items “Loans to farmers, 1948 flood damage” in the Act of June 25, 1948 (62 Stat. 1038), and “Loans to farmers, property damage” in the Act of May 24, 1949 (63 Stat. 82); the collecting and servicing of credit sales and development accounts in water conservation and utilization projects (53 Stat. 685, 719), as amended and supplemented (16 U.S.C. 590y, z—1 and z—10); and the Act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain mineral interests, approved September 6, 1950 (7 U.S.C. 1083–1039), as follows: loan authorizations For loans (including payments in lieu of taxes and taxes under section 50 of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, as amended, and advances incident to the acquisition and preservation of security of obligations under the foregoing several authorities, except that such advances under title V of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended, shall be made from funds obtained under section 511 of that Act, as amended): Title I and section 43 of title IV of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, as amended, $24,000,000, of which not to exceed $2,500,000 may be distributed to States and Territories without regard to farm population and prevalence of tenancy, in addition to the amount otherwise distributed thereto, for loans in reclamation projects and to entry men on unpatented public lands; title II of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, as amended, $180,000,000; the Act of August 28, 1937, as amended, $2,000,000: Provided, That not to exceed the foregoing several amounts shall be borrowed in one account from the Secretary of the Treasury in accordance with the provisions set forth under this head in the Department of Agriculture Appropriation Act, 1952: Provided further, That an additional amount, not to exceed $20,000,000, may be borrowed under the same terms and conditions to the extent that such amount is required during fiscal year 1960 under the then existing conditions for the expeditious and orderly conduct of the loan programs under the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, as amended, not to exceed $5,000,000 of which shall be available for loans under title I and section 43 of title IV of such Act, as amended. salaries and expenses For making, servicing, and collecting loans and insured mortgages, the servicing and collecting of loans made under prior authority, the liquidation of assets transferred to Farmers’ Home Administration, and other administrative expenses, $30,744,750, together with a transfer of not to exceed $1,000,000 of the fees and administrative expense charges made available by subsections (d) and (e) of section 12 of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1005 (b)), and section 10(c) of the Act of August 28, 1937, as amended.

Office of the General Counsel salaries and expenses For necessary expenses, including payment of fees or dues for the use of law libraries by attorneys in the field service, $3,162,025.

Office of the Secretary salaries and expenses For expenses of the Office of the Secretary of Agriculture; expenses of the National Agricultural Advisory Commission; stationery, supplies, materials, and equipment; freight, express, and drayage charges; advertising of bids, communication service, postage, washing towels, repairs and alterations, and other miscellaneous supplies and expenses not otherwise provided for and necessary for the practical and efficient work of the Department of Agriculture, $2,881,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall be reimbursed from applicable appropriations for travel expenses incident to the holding of hearings as required by the Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. 1001).

Office of Information salaries and expenses For necessary expenses of the Office of Information for the dissemination of agricultural information and the coordination of informational work and programs authorized by Congress in the Department, $1,431,665, of which total appropriation not to exceed $537,000 may be used for farmers’ bulletins, which shall be adapted to the interests of the people of the different sections of the country, an equal proportion of four-fifths of which shall be delivered to or sent out under the addressed franks furnished by the Senators, Representatives, and Delegates in Congress, as they shall direct (7 U.S.C. 417) and not less than two hundred and thirty-three thousand and fifty copies for the use of the Senate and House of Representatives of part 2 of the annual report of the Secretary (known as the Yearbook of Agriculture) as authorized by section 73 of the Act of January 12, 1895 (44 U.S.C. 241): Provided, That in the preparation of motion pictures or exhibits by the Department, not exceeding a total of $10,000 may be used for employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (5 U.S.C. 574), as amended by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a).

Library salaries and expenses For necessary expenses, including dues for library membership in societies or associations which issue publications to members only or at a price to members lower than to subscribers who are not members, $900,000.

TITLE II— CORPORATIONS

The following corporations and agencies are hereby authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits of funds and borrowing authority available to each such corporation or agency and in accord with law, and to make such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government Corporation Control Act, as amended, as may be necessary in

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carrying out the programs set forth in the budget for the fiscal year 1960 for such corporation or agency, except as hereinafter provided:

Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Fund Not to exceed $2,330,000 of administrative and operating expenses may be paid from premium income.

Commodity Credit Corporation restoration of capital impairment To restore the capital impairment of the Commodity Credit Corporation determined by the appraisal of June 30, 1958, pursuant to section 1 of the Act of March 8, 1938, as amended (15 U.S.C. 713a–1), $1,435,424,413. limitation on administrative expenses Nothing in this Act shall be so construed as to prevent the Commodity Credit Corporation from carrying out any activity or any program authorized by law: Provided, that not to exceed $42,000,000 shall be available for administrative expenses of the Corporation: Provided further, That $1,000,000 of this authorization shall be available only to expand and strengthen the sales program of the Corporation pursuant to authority contained in the Corporation’s charter: Provided further, That not less than 7 per centum of this authorization shall be placed in reserve to be apportioned pursuant to section 3679 of the Revised Statutes, as amended, for use only in such amounts and at such time as may become necessary to carry out program operations: Provided further, That all necessary expenses (including legal and special services performed on a contract or fee basis, but not including other personal services) in connection with the acquisition, operation, maintenance, improvement, or disposition of any real or personal property belonging to the Corporation or in which it has an interest, including expenses of collections of pledged collateral, shall be considered as non-administrative expenses for the purposes hereof: Provided further, (1) That no part of this authorization shall be used to formulate or carry out a price support program for 1960 under which a total amount of price support in excess of $50,000 would be extended through loans, purchases, or purchase agreements made or made available by Commodity Credit Corporation to any person on the 1960 production of any agricultural commodity declared by the Secretary to be in surplus supply, unless (a) such person shall reduce his production of such commodity from that which such person produced the preceding year, in such percentage, not to exceed 20 per centum, as the Secretary may determine to be essential to bring production in line within a reasonable period of time with that necessary to provide an adequate supply to meet domestic and foreign demands, plus adequate reserves, or (b) such person shall agree to repay all amounts advanced in excess of $50,000 for any agricultural commodity within twelve months from the date of the advance of such funds or at such later date as the Secretary may determine, (2) that the term “person” shall mean an individual, partnership, firm, joint stock company, corporation, association, trust, estate, or other legal entity, or a State, political subdivision of a State, or any agency thereof, (3) that in the case of any loan to, or purchase from, a cooperative marketing organization, or with regard to price support on an agricultural commodity extended by purchases of a product of such commodity from, or by loans on such product to, persons other than the producers of such commodity, such limitation shall not apply to the amount of price support received by the cooperative marketing organization, or other persons, but the amount of price support made available to any person through such cooperative marketing organization or other persons shall be included in determining the amount of price support received by such person for purposes of such limitation, and (4) that the Secretary of Agriculture shall issue regulations prescribing such rules as he determines necessary to carry out this provision. reimbursement to commodity credit corporation for costs of special activities To reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for authorized unrecovered costs through June 30, 1959 (including interest through date of recovery), as follows: (1) $63,875,000 under the International Wheat Agreement Act of 1949, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1641–1642); (2) $104,508,000 for commodities disposed of for emergency famine relief to friendly peoples pursuant to title II of the Act of July 10, 1954, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1703, 1721–1724); (3) $968,016,000 for the sale of surplus agricultural commodities for foreign currencies pur- suant to title I of the Act of July 10, 1954, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1701–1709); (4) $35,000 for grain made available to the Secretary of the Interior to prevent crop damage by migratory waterfowl pursuant to the Act of July 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 442–446); (5) $129,000,000 for strategic and other materials acquired by the Commodity Credit Corporation as a result of barter or exchange of agricultural commodities or products and transferred to the supplemental stockpile pursuant to Public Law 540, Eighty-fourth Congress (7 U.S.C. 1856); (6) $1,056,500 for transfers to the appropriation “Diseases of animals and poultry” pursuant to authority contained under such head in the Department of Agriculture and Farm Credit Administration Appropriation Act, 1959; and (7) $1,607,000 for transfers to the appropriation “Marketing research and service” pursuant to the Act of August 31, 1951 (7 U.S.C. 414a), for grading tobacco and classing cotton without charge to producers, as authorized by law (7 U.S.C 473a, 511d).

TITLE III— RELATED AGENCIES

Farm Credit Administration Not to exceed $2,125,000 (from assessments collected from farm credit agencies) shall be obligated during the current fiscal year for administrative expenses.

Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation The Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation is authorized to make such expenditures, within available funds and in accordance with law, as may be necessary to liquidate its assets: Provided, that funds realized from the liquidation of assets which are determined by the Board of Directors to be in excess of the requirements for expenses of liquidation shall be declared as dividends which shall be paid into the general fund of the Treasury.

TITLE IV— GENERAL PROVISIONS