An Act to provide that the Department of the Navy shall not be required to reimburse the Reconstruction Finance Corporation for the transfer of certain real property at Columbus, Ohio
PL 84-978 (H.R.7728), enacted 08/03/1956

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(b) Such amount equivalent to the fair market value shall be cov-
ered into the Treasury of the United States as miscellaneous receipts. 
Approved August 3, 1956, 
August 3, 1956 
[H. R. 7728] 
Public Law 978 
CHAPTER 949 
AN ACT 
To provide that the Department of the Navy shall not be required to reimburse 
the Reconstruction Finance Corporation for the transfer of certain real 
property at Columbus, Ohio. 
Franklin County, 
Ohio. 
Transfer ofprop-
erty, 
63 Stat. 377. 
40 u s e 471 note. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That, notwithstand-
ing the requirements of the Federal Property and Administrative 
Services Act of 1949, approved June 30, 1949, as amended, or any 
other law, the Department of the Navy shall not be required to com-
pensate the Reconstruction Finance Corporation for the transfer by 
the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to the Department of the 
Navy of the real property in Mifflin Township, Franklin County, 
Ohio, that consists of two parcels of land containing forty-two and 
two hundred ninety-four one-thousandths acres and sixty-five and 
ninety-six one-thousandths acres, both more or less, together with all 
improvements thereon, being the same property quitclaimed to the 
United States (Department of the Navy) by the Reconstruction 
Finance Corporation by deed dated March 29,1951, and known as the 
former Lustron Plant (a portion of the property known as Plancor 
18), Columbus, Ohio; and such transfer without reimbursement is 
ratified and approved. 
Approved August 3, 1956. 
August 3,1956 
[H. R. 11682] 
Public Law 979 
CHAPTER 950 
AN ACT 
To facilitate the control and eradication of certain animal diseases, to facilitate 
the carrying out of agricultural and related programs, to facilitate the agri-
cultural attach^ program, to facilitate the operations of the Farmers' Home 
Administration, the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation, and the Forest 
Service, and for other purposes. 
Department of 
A g r i c u l t u r e Or-
ganic Act of 1956. 
58 Stat. 734. 
C o n t r o l 
a n d 
e r a d i c a t i o n 
of 
diseases. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may 
be cited as the "Department of Agriculture Organic Act of 1956". 
SEC. 2. Section 11 of the Act of May 29,1884, as added by the act of 
September 21, 1944 (21 U. S. C. 114a), and as amended, is hereby 
further amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 11. The Secretary of Agriculture, either independently or in 
cooperation with States or political subdivisions thereof, farmers' 
associations and similar organizations, and individuals, is authorized 
to control and eradicate tuberculosis and paratuberculosis of animals, 
avian tuberculosis, brucellosis of domestic animalSj southern cattle 
ticks, hog cholera and related swine diseases, scabies in sheep and 
cattle, dourine in horses, scrapie and blue tongue in sheep, incipient or 
potentially serious minor outbreaks of diseases of animals, and con-
tagious or infectious diseases of animals (such as foot-and-mouth 
disease, rinderpest, and contagious pleuropneumonia) which in the 
opinion of the Secretary constitute an emergency and threaten the 
livestock industry of the country, including the payment of claims 
growing out of destruction of animals (including poultry), and of 
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materials, affected by or exposed to any sucli disease, in accordance 
with such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe. As used in this 
section, the term 'State' includes the District of Columbia, Puerto 
Eico, and the Territories and possessions of the United States." 
SEC. 3. Section 2 of the Act of February 28, 1947 (21 U. S. C. 
114c) is hereby amended by inserting, immediately following the 
word "Act" where it first appears therein the following: "and section 
11 of the Act of May 29, 1884, as added by the Act of September 21, 
1944, insofar as said Act relates to diseases which in the opinion of 
the Secretary constitute an emergency and threaten the livestock in-
dustry of the country". 
SEC. 4. Funds available for carrying out the activities of the De-
partment of Agriculture shall be available for expenses of advisorj 
committees, including travel expenses in accordance with the provi-
sions of section 5 oi the Administrative Expenses Act of 1946, as 
amended. 
SEC. 5. The Department of Agriculture is authorized to furnish 
subsistence to employees without consideration as, or deduction from, 
the compensation of such employees where warranted by emergency 
condition connected with the work under such regulations as the 
Secretary of Agriculture may prescribe. 
SEC. 6. (a) Section 14 of the Soil Conservation and Domestic 
Allotment Act (as added by the Act of February 29,1936 (16 U. S. C. 
590n)), is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: 
"Payments to claimants under sections 7 to 17, inclusive, of this Act 
may be made upon the certificate of the claimant, which certificate 
shall be in such form as the Secretary of Agriculture may prescribe, 
that he has carried out the conservation practice or practices and 
has complied with all other requirements as conditions for such pay-
ments and that the statements and information contained in the 
application for payment are correct and true, to the best of his knowl-
edge and belief, under the penalties of title 18, United States Code." 
(b) Payments of grants under sections 7 to 17 of the Soil Conser-
vation and Domestic Allotment Act, as amended, may be conditioned 
upon the utilization of land with respect to which such payments 
or grants are to be made in conformity with farming practices which 
will encourage and provide for soil-building and soil- and water-
conserving practices in the most practical and effective manner and 
adapted to conditions in the several States, as determined and ap-
proved by the State committees appointed pursuant to section 8 (b) 
of such Act, for the respective States. 
(c) Section 11 of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment 
Act, as amended (16 U. S. C. 590k), is amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 11. All funds available for carrying out this Act shall be 
available for allotment to the bureaus and offices of the Department 
of Agriculture and for transfer to such other agencies of the Federal 
or State Governments, or to local public agencies, as the Secretary 
may request to cooperate or assist in carrying out this Act, and for 
payments to committees or associations of producers in any region 
or regions to cover the estimated administrative expenses to be incurred 
by any such committee or association in cooperating in carrying out 
this Act: Provided^ That the Secretary may prescribe that all or part 
of such estimated expenses of any such committee or association may 
be deducted pro rata from the payments or grants made to the mem-
bers thereof: Promded further^ That the Secretary may make such 
payments in advance of determination of performance: Provided 
fur-
ther, That the transfer of funds for services of technicians in formu-
lating and carrying out agricultural conservation programs, from 
allotments for agricultural conservation payments within a State, 
61 Stat. 7. 
Funds for ex-
penses. 
60 Stat. 808. 
5 use 73b. 2. 
Emergency sub-
sistence. 
49 Stat. 1151. 
16 use 590g et 
aoq. 
62 Stat. 683. 
Availability of 
funds. 
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52 Stat. 69. 
7 u s e 1392. 
68 Stat. 909. 
50 Stat. 524. 
52 Stat. 77. 
A c q u i s ition of 
land. 
63 Stat. 166. 
5 u s e 835 note. 
Working 
fund. 
capital 
shall be subject to such limitations and conditions as may be provided 
in appropriation or other law. Funds so transferred may be placed 
in a single account for each State." 
SEC. 7. Section 392 (b) of the Ajjricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, 
as amended (7 U. S. C. 139 (b)), is amended by changing the period 
at the end of the first sentence to a comma and adding the words 
"unless otherwise provided by appropriation or other law." and by 
changing the period at the end of the second sentence to a comma and 
adding the words "unless otherwise provided by appropriation or 
other law.". 
SEC. 8. Section 606 of title VI of the Agricultural Act of 1954 (7 
U. S. C. 1766) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: 
"Funds available for the purposes of this Act may be used for extend-
ing courtesies to representatives of foreign countries, when so pro-
vided in appropriation or other law." 
SEC. 9. (a) Section 4 of the Act of July 22, 1937, as amended (7 
U. S. C. 1004), is hereby amended by inserting before the period at 
the end thereof the following: ": Provided further^ That there may be 
distributed to States and Territories such amounts as may be provided 
in applicable appropriations, in addition to the amount otherwise dis-
tributed thereto, for loans in reclamation projects and to entrymen 
on unpatented public lands". 
(b) When authorized by appropriation or other law, funds of the 
Farmers' Home Administration available for administrative expenses 
may be placed in a single account. 
SEO. 10. Section 516 (a) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act, as 
amended (7 U. S. C. 1516 (a)), is amended to read as follows: 
"(a) There are hereby authorized to be appropriated siich sums, 
not in excess of $12,000,000 for each fiscal year beginning after June 
30,1938, as may be necessary to cover the operating and administrative 
costs of the Corporation, which shall be allotted to the Corporation in 
such amounts and at such time or times as the Secretary of Agriculture 
may determine: Provided^ That expenses in connection with the pur-
chase, transportation, handling, or sale of the agricultural commodity 
and the direct cost of loss adjusters for crop inspections and loss 
adjustments may be considered by the Corporation as being nonad-
ministrative or nonoperating expenses. The Corporation is authorized 
to use premium income for administrative and operating costs within 
limits prescribed in applicable appropriations." 
SEC. 11. (a) The Department of Agriculture is authorized to 
acquire land, or interest therein, by purchase, exchange or otherwise, 
as may be necessary to carry out its authorized work: Provided^ That 
no acquisition shall be made under this authority unless provision is 
made therefor in the applicable appropriation or other law. 
(b) Appropriations for the Department of Agriculture which are 
available for the purchase of land may be expended for options to 
purchase land: Provided^ That not to exceed $1 may be expended 
for each option to purchase any particular tract or tracts of land 
unless otherwise provided in appropriation or other law. 
SEC. 12. Under such regulations as may be prescribed by the 
Secretary of Agriculture, funds available to the Department of 
Agriculture may be used for the payment of transportation expenses 
and per diem in lieu of subsistence expenses, in accordance with the 
Travel Expense Act of 1949, for travel between places of recruitment 
and duty, and while at places of duty, of persons appointed for tem-
porary or seasonal services in inspection, classing or grading 
agricultural commodities. 
SEC. 13. There is hereby established a working capital fund which 
shall be available without fiscal year limitation for expenses neces-
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sary, including the purchase or construction of buildings and improve-
ments within the limitations thereon set forth in the appropriations 
for the Forest Service, for furnishing supply and equipment services 
in support of programs of the Forest Service. 
The Secretary of 
Agriculture is authorized to transfer to the fund, without reimburse-
ment, and to capitalize in the fund at fair and reasonable values, 
such receivables, inventories, equipment, and other assets as he may 
determine, and assume the liabilities in connection with such assets, 
but such capitalization shall not exceed $25,000,000: Provided^ That 
the fund shall be credited with advance payments in connection with 
firm orders and reimbursements from appropriations and funds of 
the Forest Service, other departmental and Federal agencies, and 
from other sources, as authorized by law, at rates approximately equal 
to the cost of furnishing the facilities and service. 
Approved August 3, 1956. 
Public Law 980 
CHAPTER 968 
AN ACT 
To amend the joint resolution entitled ".Joint resolution to establish a commission 
for the celebration of the one hundredth anniversary of the birth of Theodore 
Roosevelt", approved .July 28, 1955. 
August 6, 1956 
[S. 3386] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United /States of America in Congress assem^led^ That section 7 of 
the joint resolution entitled "Joint resolution to establish a commission 
for the celebration of the one hundredth anniversary of the birth of 
Theodore Roosevelt", approved July 28, 1955, is amended to read as 
follows: 
"SEC. 7. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated not to exceed 
the sum of $150,000 to carry out the provisions of this joint resolution." 
Approved August 6, 1956. 
Theodore Roose 
velt celebration. 
69 Stat. 384. 
Appropriation. 
Public Law 981 
CHAPTER 969 
AN ACT 
To amend Public Law 506, Eighty-fourth Congress, second session, to increase 
the authorization for appropriations to the Atomic Energy Commission for 
acquisition or condemnation of real property or any facilities, or for plant 
or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, and for other purposes. 
August 6, 1956 
[H. R. 11709] 
Be it enojcted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assenihled^ That section 101 of 
Public Law 506, Eighty-fourth Congress, second session, is hereby 
amended by striking the figure "$295,495,000" and inserting in lieu 
thereof the figure "$319,595,000". 
SEO. 2. Section 101 (c) 2 of Public Law 506, Eighty-fourth Congress, 
second session, is amended by striking the figure "$15,9C0,000" and 
inserting in lieu thereof the figure "$25,000,000". 
SEC. 3. Section 101 (c) of Public Law 506, Eighty-fourth Congress, 
second session, is amended by adding at the end thereof a new subsec-
tion, reading: 
"10. Project 57-c-lO, amended reactor development project, 
$15,000,000." 
Approvea August 6, 1956. 
A E C appropria-
tions. 
Ante, p. 127.