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DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For Departmental Administration, $27,011,000, to 
provide for necessary expenses for management support 
services to offices of the Department and for general ad-
ministration, security, repairs and alterations, and other 
miscellaneous supplies and expenses not otherwise pro-
vided for and necessary for the practical and efficient work 
of the Department: Provided, That this appropriation shall 
be reimbursed from applicable appropriations in this Act 
for travel expenses incident to the holding of hearings as 
required by 5 U.S.C. 551–558. 
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR 
CONGRESSIONAL RELATIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant 
Secretary for Congressional Relations to carry out the pro-
grams funded by this Act, including programs involving 
intergovernmental affairs and liaison within the executive 
branch, $3,877,000: Provided, That these funds may be 
transferred to agencies of the Department of Agriculture 
funded by this Act to maintain personnel at the agency 
level: Provided further, That no funds made available by 
this appropriation may be obligated after 30 days from 
the date of enactment of this Act, unless the Secretary 
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has notified the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress on the allocation of these funds by 
USDA agency: Provided further, That no other funds ap-
propriated to the Department by this Act shall be available 
to the Department for support of activities of congres-
sional relations. 
OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Communica-
tions, $9,514,000. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General, including employment pursuant to the Inspector 
General Act of 1978, $85,766,000, including such sums 
as may be necessary for contracting and other arrange-
ments with public agencies and private persons pursuant 
to section 6(a)(9) of the Inspector General Act of 1978, 
and including not to exceed $125,000 for certain confiden-
tial operational expenses, including the payment of inform-
ants, to be expended under the direction of the Inspector 
General pursuant to Public Law 95–452 and section 1337 
of Public Law 97–98. 
OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the General 
Counsel, $41,620,000. 
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OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RESEARCH, 
EDUCATION AND ECONOMICS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 
Secretary for Research, Education and Economics, 
$609,000. 
ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE 
For necessary expenses of the Economic Research 
Service, $79,500,000. 
NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE 
For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural 
Statistics Service, $151,565,000, of which up to 
$37,265,000 shall be available until expended for the Cen-
sus of Agriculture. 
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Research 
Service and for acquisition of lands by donation, exchange, 
or purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed $100, and 
for land exchanges where the lands exchanged shall be of 
equal value or shall be equalized by a payment of money 
to the grantor which shall not exceed 25 percent of the 
total value of the land or interests transferred out of Fed-
eral ownership, $1,140,406,000, of which $112,571,000 
shall be for the purposes, and in the amounts, specified 
in the table titled ‘‘Agricultural Research Service, Salaries 
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