An Act making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture and related agencies for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1962, and for other purposes
PL 87-112 (H.R.7444), enacted 07/26/1961

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South 24 degrees 60 minutes west, 196.79 feet; thence south 30 de-
grees 02 minutes west, 129.95 feet to a stake; thence south 12 degrees 
22 minutes west, 31.82 feet; thence south 80 degrees 38 minutes west, 
143.36 feet; thence south 88 degrees 04 minutes west, 100 feet; thence 
north 86 degrees 14 minutes west, 100 feet; thence north 80 degrees 
33 minutes west, 100 feet; thence north 77 degrees 42 minutes west, 
186.40 feet; 
Thence north 82 degrees 51 minutes west, 271.55 feet; thence leaving 
the park boundary and following along the south right-of-way of 
Clydesdale Avenue south 71 degrees 39 minutes west, 310 feet, more 
or less, to the north right-of-way of United States Highway 25E; 
Thence along the said highway right-of-way south 82 degrees 09 
minutes west, 317 feet, more or less, to its intersection with the north 
right-of-way of Clydesdale Avenue; thence along the north right-of-
way of Clydesdale Avenue north 70 degrees 09 minutes east, 423 
feet, more or less, to a point on the park boundary; 
Thence with the park boundary the following courses and dis-
tances: south 86 degrees 39 minutes west, 261.44 feet; thence south 
81 degrees 26 minutes west, 147.66 feet; thence north 6 degrees 55 
minutes west, 49.23 feet; thence south 83 degrees 04 minutes west, 980 
feet; thence north 6 degrees 55 minutes west, 135 feet, more or less, 
to a point in the middle of Little Yellow Creek; 
Thence leaving the park boundary and up the center of the mean-
ders of Little Yellow Creek, 2,562 feet, more or less, to a point in the 
middle of Little Yellow Creek which is also a point in the middle of 
Davis Branch j 
Thence leaving Little Yellow Creek and along the center of Davis 
Branch, 400 feet, more or less, to the south margin of Avondale 
Avenue; thence with the south right-of-way of Avondale Avenue 
south 55 degrees 44 minutes east, 5 feet, more or less, to the point of 
beginning, said tract containing 9.0 acres, more or less. 
SEC. 2. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums, 
Appropri.ition. 
but not more than $30,000, as are necessary to carry out the provisions 
of this Act. 
Approved July 26, 1961. 
Public Law 87-112 
AN A C T 
jjjy 26,^ jggj 
Making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture and related agencies 
[H. R. 7444] 
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1962, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the following 
Dep art ment of 
sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not other- Related"^A^nc^t 
wise appropriated, for the Department of Agriculture and related Appropriation Act, 
agencies for the fiscal year endmg June 30, 1962; namely: 
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DEPAKTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
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 
58 Stat. 742. 
706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (5 U.S.C. 574), as amended by 
6
0 Stat. 810. 
section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a): Provided 
further^ That apj)ropriations hereunder shall be available for the 
operation and maintenance of aircraft and the purchase of not to 
exceed two, of which one shall be for replacement only: Provided 
further^ That appropriations hereunder shall be available pursuant 
58 Stat. 742. 
to title 5, United States 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 $15,000, except 
for five buildings to be constructed or improved at a cost not to 
exceed $30,000 each, and the cost of altering any one building during 
the fiscal year shall not exceed $5,000 or 5 per centum of the cost of 
the building, whichever is greater: Provided further^ That the 
limitations on alterations contained in this Act shall not apply to 
a total of $100,000 for conversion of animal disease and parasite 
research facilities at Beltsville, Maryland: 
Research: For research and demonstrations on the production and 
utilization of a^icultural products, home economics, and related re-
search and services, including administration of payments to State 
agricultural experiment stations, $77,311,000: Provided^ That the limi-
tations contained herein shall not apply to replacement of buildings 
62 Stat. 198. 
needed to carry out the Act of April 24, 1948 (21 U.S.C. 113a.): 
Provided further^ That the Secretary of Agriculture may sell the 
Entomology Research Laboratory at Orlando, Florida, in such man-
ner and upon such terms and conditions as he deems advantageous 
and the proceeds of such sale shall remain available until expended 
for the establishment of an entomology research laboratory: Provided 
further^ That in the establishment of such laboratory the Secretary 
may acquire land therefor by donation or exchange: Provided further^ 
That the Secretary may acquire approximately thirty-five acres oi 
land at Kerrville, Texas, by donation, for research purposes; 
Plant and animal disease and pest control: For operations and 
measures, not otherwise provided for, to control and eradicate pests 
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and plant and animal diseases and for carrying out assigned inspec-
tion, quarantine, and regulatory activities, as authorized by law, in-
cluding expenses pursuant to the Act of February 28,1947, as amended 
(21 U.S.C. 114b-K3), $55,352,500, of which $1,500,000 shall be appor- 
ei stat. 7. 
tioned for use pursuant to section 3679 of the Revised Statutes, as 
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amended, for the control of outbreaks of insects and plant diseases to 
the extent necessary to meet emergency conditions: Provided^ That 
no funds shall be used to formulate or administer a brucellosis eradi-
cation program for fiscal year 1963 that does not require minimiun 
matching by any State of at least 40 per centum: Provided 
further^ 
That the Secretary is authorized to acquire land for the plant pest 
control activities presently located at Gulf port, Mississippi; 
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, 
$24,216,000. 
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 1961 may 
be used by the Administrator of the Agricultural Research Service 
in departmental research programs in the fiscal year 1962, the amount 
so used to be transferred to and merged with the appropriation other-
wise available under "Salaries and expenses. Research". 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(SPECIAL FOREIGN CURRENCY PROGRAM) 
For purchase of foreign currencies which accrue under title I of 
the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, as 
amended (7 U.S.C. 1704), for market development research authorized 
** ^*'** *5«. 
by section 104(a), and for agricultural and forestry research author- 
''^ stat. eoe. 
ized by section 104 (k) of that Act, to remain available until expended, 
$5,265,000: Provided^ That the dollar value of the unexpended bal-
ances, as of June 30, 1960, of allocations of foreign currencies here-
tofore made available to the Agricultural Research Service for the 
foregoing purposes of section 104(a) is appropriated as of that date 
and shall be merged with this appropriation: Provided further., That 
funds appropriated herein shall be used to purchase such foreign cur-
rencies as the Department determines are needed and can be used most 
ejffectively to carry out the purposes of this paragraph, and such for-
eign currencies shall, pursuant to the provisions of section 104(a), be 
set aside for sale to the Department before foreign currencies which 
accrue under said title I are made available for other United States 
uses. 
CONSTRUCTION OF FACILITIES 
For construction of facilities and acquisition of the necessary land 
therefor by donation or exchange, $800,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided., That the Secretary may purchase land at a 
price not in excess of $10 for construction of facilities at Columbia, 
Missouri. 
STATE EXPERIMENT 
STATIONS 
Payments to States 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 
«» «•»*• S'l-
the United States Department of Agriculture, $35,053,000; and 
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payments authorized under section 204(b) of the Agricultural 
60 st«t. 1089. 
Marketing Act, the Act approved August 14, 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1623), 
$500,000; in all, $35,553,000. 
Penalty mail: For penalty mail costs of agricultural experiment 
7USC36U. 
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 pleuro-
pneumonia, 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 
61 Stat. 7. 
^i^g provisions of the Act of February 28, 1947, as amended, and 
the Act of May 29, 1884, as amended (7 U.S.C. 391; 21 U.S.C. 
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111-122), including expenses in accordance with section 2 of said 
Act of February 28, 1947, the Secretary 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 imder 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 and Puerto Rico: For payments for cooperative 
agricultural extension work under the Smith-Lever Act, as amended 
67 st«t. 83. 
by the Act of June 26,1953 (7 U.S.C. 341-348), and the Act of August 
69 Stat. 683. 
n^ 1955 (7 U.S.C. 347a), $58,020,000; and payments and contracts 
for such work under section 204(b)-205 of the Agricultural Market-
60 Stat. 1089. 
ing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 162^1624), $1,570,000; in all, $59,590,000: 
Provided.1 That funds hereby appropriated pursuant to section 3(c) 
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^f ^j^g ^p|. ^f jyjjg 26,1953, shall not be paid to any State 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, $6,260,000. 
Penalty mail: For costs of penalty mail for cooperative extension 
agents and State extension directors, $2,490,000. 
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 and insular possessions, 
$2,464,500. 
44 Stat. 802. 
49 Stat. 163. 
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FARMER COOPERATIVE SERVICE 
SALARIES A^D EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Act of July 2, 1926 (7 
U.S.C. 451-457), IR657,000. 
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 £is 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 erec-
tion or alteration of permanent buildings; and operation and mainte-
nance of aircraft, $89,725,000: Provided, That the cost of any perma-
nent building purchased, erected, or as improved, exclusive of the 
cost of constructing a vrater supply or sanitary system and connecting 
the same to any such building and vrith 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 build-
ings 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 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, 
s* stat. 742. 
1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a): Provided further, That qualified local engineers 
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may be temporarily employed at per diem rates to perform the techni-
cal 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 grow-
ing of vegetation, and changes in use of land, in accordance wiUi the 
Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act, approved August 4, 
1954, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1001-1008), and the provisions of the 
«8 stat. see. 
Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a-f), to remain available until 
« stat. i63. 
expended, $53,787,000, 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), 
sa stat. 742. 
as amended by section 15 of the Act of August 2,1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a): 
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Provided further. That not to exceed $2,500,000, together with the 
unobligated balance of funds previously appropriated for loans and 
related expense, shall be available for such purposes. 
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FLOOD PREVENTION 
For expenses necessary, in accordance with the Flood Control 
49 Stat. 1570. 
^^t, approved June 22, 1936 (33 U.S.C. 701-709, 74 Stat. 131), 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 
58 Stat. 742. 
Act of 1944 (5 U.S.C. 574), as amended by section 15 of the Act 
60 Stat. 810. 
of August 2,1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a), to remain available until expended, 
$25,000,000, 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 Talla-
hatchie watersheds without specific approval of the county board of 
supervisors of the county in which such lands are situated: Provided 
further, That not to exceed $1,000,000, together with the unobligated 
balance of funds previously appropriated for loans and related 
expense, shall be available for such purposes. 
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 
70 Stat. 1115. 
August 7, 1956 (16' U.S.C. 590p), $10,168,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Economic Research Service in 
conducting economic research and service relating to agricultural 
production, marketing, and distribution, as authorized by the Agri-
60 Stat. 1087. 
cultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621-1627), and other 
laws, including economics of marketing; analyses relating to farm 
prices, income and population, and demand for farm products, use 
of resources in agriculture, adjustments, costs and returns in farming, 
and farm finance; and for analyses of supply and demand for farm 
products in foreign countries and their effect on prospects for United 
States exports, progress in economic development and its relation 
to sales of farm products, assembly and analysis of agricultural trade 
statistics and analysis of international financial and monetary pro-
grams and policies as they affect the competitive position of United 
States farm products; $9,360,000: 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 consumer: Provided 
further. That not to exceed $75,000 of the appropriation shall be 
available for employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 
58 Stat. 742. 
706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (5 U.S.C. 574) as amended by 
60 Stat. 810. 
section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a) : Provided 
further. That not less than $145,000 of the funds contained in this 
appropriation shall be available for analysis of 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. 
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STATISTICAL REPORTING SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Statistical Reporting Service in con-
ducting statistical reporting and service work, including crop and 
livestock estimates, statistical coordination and improvements, and 
marketing surveys, as authorized by the Agricultural Marketing Act 
of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621-1627) and other laws, $8,748,000: Provided, 
^ stat. io87. 
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. 
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 
so stat. io87. 
regulatory acts connected therewith: Provided^ That appropriations 
heremider shall be available pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 565a for the con- 
58 stat. 742. 
struction, alteration, and repair of buildings and improvements, but 
unless otherwise provided, the cost of erecting any one building shall 
not exceed $15,000, except for two buildings to be constructed or im-
proved at a cost not to exceed $30,000 each, and the cost of altering 
any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed $5,000 or 5 
per centum of the cost of the building, whichever is greater: 
Marketing research: For research and development relating to 
agricultural marketing and distribution, including related cost and 
efficiency evaluations, $4,740,000; 
Marketing services: For services relating to agricultural marketing 
and distribution, for carrying out regulatory acts connected therewith, 
and for 'administration and coordination of payments to States, 
$33,299,500, 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 
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section 15 of the Act of Aug^ist 2,1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a), in carrying out 
^o stat. »10. 
section 201(a) to 201(d), inclusive, of title I I of the Agricultural 
Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1291) and section 203(j) of the 
l\^^\Jt 
Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946. 
PAYMENTS TO STATES AND POSSESSIONS 
For payments to departments of agriculture, bureaus and depart-
ments 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)), $1,325,000. 
SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM 
7 u s e 1622. 
60 Stat. 1089. 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the National 
School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751-1760), $125,000,000: Provided, 
^o ««*• 230. 
That no part of this appropriation shall be used for nonfood assistance 
under section 5 of said Act: Provided further, That $45,000,000 shall 
be transferred to this appropriation from funds available under sec-
tion 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935, for purchase and distribution 
^•^•^c'fl'it'. 
of agricultural commodities and other foods pursuant to section 6 
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Qf ^j^g National School Lunch Act: Provided further, That $10,000,000 
of this appropriation shall be available for assistance under section 
6 of the National School Lunch Act, in addition to amounts normally 
expended for commodity procurement under that section, $2,500,000 
of which may be distributed to provide special assistance to needy 
schools which because of poor local economic conditions (1) have not 
been operating a school lunch program or (2) have been serving free 
or at substantially reduced prices at least 20 percent of the lunches 
to the children. 
FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Foreign Agricultural Service, includ-
ing carrying out title VI of the Agricultural Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 
68 Stat. 908. 
1761-1768), market development activities abroad, and for enabling 
the Secretary to coordinate and integrate activities of the Department 
in connection with foreign agricultural work, including not to exceed 
$35,000 for representation allowances and for expenses pursuant to 
70 Stat. 1034. 
gectiou 8 of the Act approved August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), 
$12,457,000: Provided, That not less than $255,000 of the funds con-
tained in this appropriation shall be available to obtain statistics and 
related facts on foreign production and full and complete information 
on methods used by otner countries to move farm commodities in 
world trade on a competitive basis: Provided further, That, in addi-
tion, not to exceed $3,117,000 of the funds appropriated by section 32 
49 Stat. 774. 
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. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES (SPECIAL FOREIGN CURRENCY PROGRAM) 
For purchase of foreign currencies which accrue under title I of 
the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, as 
68 Stat. 456. 
amended (7 U.S.C. 1704), for the purposes of market development 
73 Stat. 606. 
activities under section 104(a) of that Act, $3,444,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That the dollar value of the unex-
pended balances, as of June 30, 1960, of allocations of foreign cur-
rencies heretofore made available to the Foreign Agricultural Service 
for the foregoing purposes of section 104(a) is appropriated as of 
that date and shall be merged with this appropriation: 
Provided 
further. That funds appropriated herein shall be used to purchase 
such foreign currencies as the Department determines are needed and 
can be used most effectively to carry out the purposes of this para-
graph, and such foreign currencies shall, pursuant to the provisions 
of section 104(a), be set aside for sale to the Department before for-
eign currencies which accrue under said title I are made available for 
other United States uses. 
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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. l-17a), $1,007,000. sti! HI'I.'^*' ^^ 
COMMODITY STABILIZATION SERVICE 
ACREAGE A L L O T M E N T S AND MARKETING QUOTAS 
For necessary expenses to formulate and carry out acreage allot-
ment and marketing quota programs pursuant to provisions of title 
I I I of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended (7 
U.S.C. 1301-1393), $44,098,000, of which not more than $7,125,000 
" stat. -.8. 
shall be transferred to the appropriation account "Administrative 
expenses, section 392, Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938". 
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SUGAR ACT PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry into effect the provisions of the 
Sugar Act of 1948 (7 U.S.C. 1101-1161), $78,000,000, to remain avail- 
" stat. 922. 
able 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 $2,350,000. 
AGRICULTURAL CONSERVATION PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry into effect the program authorized 
in sections 7 to 15, 16(a), and 17 of the Soil Conservation and Do-
mestic Allotment Act, approved February 29, 1936, as amended (16 
U.S.C. 590g-590(o), 590p(a), and 590q), including not to exceed 
'^^ st«t. lua. 
$6,000 for the preparation and display of exhibits, including such 
displays at State, interstate, and international fairs within the United 
States, $238,000,000, to remain available until December 31 of the next 
succeeding fiscal year for compliance with the program of soil-build-
ing and soil- and water-conserving practices authorized under this 
head in the Department of Agriculture and Farm Credit Administra-
tion Appropriation Act, 1961, carried out during the period July 1, 
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1960, to December 31, 1961, inclusive: Provided, That not to exceed 
$29,100,000 of the total sum provided under this head shall be avail-
able 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 $5,750,000 
shall be transferred to the appropriation account "Administrative ex-
penses, section 392, Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938": Provided 
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further, That none of the funds herein approi>riated 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 formu-
lation and administration of the 1962 program of soil-building and 
soil- and water-conserving practices, including related wildlife con-
serving practices, under the Act of February 29, 1936, as amended 
49 stat. 1
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(amounting to ^50,000,000, including administration, except that 590,. "®^ ' ' ° ' * 
hereafter not to exceed 10 per centum of the basic allocation for any 
State may be used to increase the State's preceding program, and no 
participant shall receive more than $2,500, except where the partici-
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pants 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 1962 program which will have the effect in any county of re-
stricting eligibility requirements or cost-sharing on practices included 
in either the 1958 or the 1959 programs, unless such change shall have 
been recommended by the county committee and approved by the 
State committee: Provided further^ That not to exceed 5 per centum 
of the allocation for the 1962 agricultural conservation 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 par-
ticipating 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 condi-
tions : Provided fv/rther, That for the 1962 program $2,500,000 shall 
be available for technical assistance in formulating and carrying out 
agricultural conservation practices and $1,000,000 shall be avaflable 
for conservation practices related directly to flo<xi 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 con-
stituting 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 
5^ufc*Ii8k1wte. pemicious political activities", approved August 2,1939, as amended, 
or who has been found in accordance with the provisions of title 18, 
62 Stat. 792. 
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 in-
fluence 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. 
SPECIAL AGRICULTURAL CONSERVATION PROGRAM 
For necessary administrative expenses to carry into effect a special 
agricultural conservation program pursuant to section 16(c) of the 
Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act, as added by section 2 
ffr usc'sl'op 
^^ ^^® ^^* ^* March 22,1961, $18,500,000. 
CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM 
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. 
stilfsl* ^^^ " 1831-1837, 1802-1814, and 1816), and to carry out liquidation 
activities for the acreage reserve program, to remain available until 
expended, $312,000,000, with which may be merged the unexpended 
balances of funds heretofore appropriated for soil bank programs: 
Provided, That not to exceed $12,500,000 shall be available for ad-
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235 
ministrative expenses, of which not less than $10,625,000 may be trans-
ferred to the appropriation account "Local administration, section 
388, Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938": 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. 
FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION 
OPERATING AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
For operating and administrative expenses, $6,561,000. 
RURAL ELECTRIFICATION ADMINISTRATION 
To carry into effect the provisions of the Rural Electrification Act 
of 1936, as amended (T U.S.C. 901-924), as follows: 
^^ stat. isea. 
LOAN AUTHORIZATIONS 
For loans in accordance with said Act, and for carrying out the pro-
visions of section 7 thereof, to be borrowed from the Secretary of the 
'use 907. 
Treasury in accordance with the provisions of section 3(a) of said 
Act, as follows: Rural electrification program, $175,000,000; and 
rural telephone program, $132,500,000; and additional amounts, 
not to exceed $70,000,000 for the rural electrification program and 
$30,000,000 for the rural telephone program, may be borrowed under 
the same terms and conditions to the extent that such amount is 
required during the fiscal year 1962 under the then existing conditions 
for the expeditious and orderly development of the rural electrifica-
tion and telephone programs. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For administrative expenses, including not to exceed $500 for 
financial and credit reports, and not to exceed $150,000 for employ-
ment 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 
ss stat. 742. 
August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a), $10,024,000. 
eo stat. sio. 
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 
^o stat. 522. 
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 
eo stat. 711. 
U.S.C. 590r-590x—3), for the development of facilities for water ^^so stau 869; 68 
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 
63 stat. 432. 
farm housing; the Rural Rehabilitation Corporation Trust Liquida-
tion Act, approved May 3,1950 (40 U.S.C. 440-444); the items "Loans 
64 stat. 98. 
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 
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[76 
S T A T . 
54 St«t. 1119. 
64 Stilt. 769. 
(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. 1033-1039), as follows: 
60 Stat. 1070. 
7 u s e 1024. 
63 Stat. 432. 
42 u s e 
147 1-
1483. 
7 u s e 
1 0 0 0, 
1017. 
7 u s e 
1 0 0 7 -
1009. 
50 Stat. 869. 
16 u s e 
5 9 0 r -
590x'4. 
65 Stat. 225. 
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, 
shajl 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, $40,000,000, 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 entrymen on unpatented public lands; title I I of the Bank-
head-Jones Farm Tenant Act, as amended, $237,500,000; the Act of 
August 28,1937, as amended, $3,000,000: 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 Appropria-
tion Act, 1952: Provided further^ That an additional amount, not 
to exceed $37,500,000, may be borrowed under the same terms and 
conditions to the extent that such amount is required during fiscal 
year 1962 under the then existing conditions for the expeditious and 
orderly conduct of the loan program under title I I of the Bankhead-
Jones Farm Tenant Act, as amended. 
60 Stat. 1076. 
7 u s e 1005b. 
68 Stat. 735. 
16 u s e 59031^3. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For making, servicingj 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, $33,017,000, together with a trans-
fer of not to exceed $1,050,000 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 or 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, $3,650,000: Pro-
vided^ That the Secretary may, if he finds it necessary for the more 
effective and efficient operation of the Department, transfer additional 
amounts to this appropriation from other appropriations available to 
the Department for salaries and expenses tor the current fiscal year, 
but this appropriation shall not be increased by more than 7 per 
centum by reason of such transfers. 
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287 
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, $3,096,000: Pro-
vided^ That this appropriation shall be reimbursed from applicable 
appropriations for travel expenses incident to the holding of hearings 
as required by the Administrative Procedures Act (5 U.S.C. 1001). 
eo stat. 237. 
OFFICE OF INFORMATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
^ ^ o r necessary expenses of the Office of Information for the dissemi-
nation of agricultural information and the coordination of informa-
tional work and programs authorized by Congress in the Department, 
$1,590,500, 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 propor-
tion 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 
34 stat. 690. 
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 
28 stat, 612. 
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 
»» »«*• 74a. 
Act of August 2,1946 (5U.S.C. 55a). 
«
> stat. sio. 
CENTENNIAL OBSERVANCE OF AGRICULTURE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for planning, promoting, coordinating, and 
assisting participation by industry, trade associations, commodity 
groups, and similar interests in the celebration of the centennial of 
the establishment of the Department of Agriculture; and employment 
pursuant to section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (5 U.S.C. 574), 
ss stat. 742. 
as amended by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 
55a); $100,000, including not to exceed $20,000 for additional printing 
eo stat. s 10. 
costs of the 1962 Yearbook of Agriculture, to remain available untu 
December 31,1962. 
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, 
$1,028,500. 
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[75 STAT. 
TITLE II—FOREIGN ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS 
PUBLIC LAW 
480 
For expenses during fiscal year 1962, not otherwise recoverable, 
under the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act oi 
tf^^l' 
^^^'' " 
1954, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1701-1709, 1721-1724, 1731-1736), to 
remain available until expended, as follows: (1) Sale of surplus 
agricultural commodities for foreign currencies pursuant to title I 
of said Act, $1,250,451,000; (2) commodities disposed of for emer-
gency famine reliei to friendly peoples pursuant to title I I of said 
Act, $140,868,000; and (3) long-term supply contracts pursuant to 
title IV of said Act, $13,000,000. 
Stat. 606. 
7 u s e 
173 l-
1736. 
63 Stat. 945. 
INTERNATIONAL WHEAT AGREEMENT 
For expenses during fiscal year 1962 under the International "Wheat 
Agreement Act of 1949, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1641-1642), $70,681,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
BARTERED MATERIALS FOR SUPPLEMENTAL STOCKPILE 
For expenses during fiscal year 1962 related to strategic and other 
materials acquired as a result of barter or exchange of agricultural 
commodities or products and transferred to the supplemental stock-
pile pursuant to Public Law 540, Eighty-fourth Congress (7 U.S.C. 
70 Stat. 200. 
1856), $125,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
T I T L E III—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 Govem-
3iu^c s/^* 
ment Corporation Control Act, as amended, as mav be necessary in 
carrying out the programs set forth in the budget for the fiscal year 
1962 for such corporation or agency, except as hereinafter provided: 
FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION FUND 
Not to exceed $2,830,000 of administrative and operating expenses 
may be paid from premium income. 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
RESTORATION OF CAPITAL IMPAIRMENT 
To partially restore the capital impairment of the Commodity 
Credit Corporation determined by the appraisal of June 30, 1960, 
pursuant to section 1 of the Act of March 8, 1938, as amended (15 
52 Stat. 107. 
tJ.S.C. 713a-l), $1,017,610,000. 
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239 
REIMBURSEMENT TO COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION FOR COSTS OF 
FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND OTHER SPECIAL ACTIVITIES 
TO reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for authorized 
unrecovered costs through June 30, 1961 (including interest through 
date of recovery), as follows: (1) $88,790,000 under the International 
Wheat Agreement Act of 1949, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1641-1642); (2) 
" stat. 94S. 
$255,685,000 for commodities disposed of for emergency famine relief 
to friendly peoples pursuant to title I I of the Act of July 10, 1954, 
as amended (7 U.S.C. 1703, 1721-1724); (3) $1,353,000,000 for the 
^s stat. 457. 
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) $13,000 for grain made available to the Secretary 
es stat. 45s. 
of the Interior to prevent crop damage by migratory waterfowl pur-
suant to the Act of July 3,1956 (7 U.S.C. 442^45) ; (5) $163,163,000 
'o stat. 492. 
for strategic and other materials acquired by the Commodity Credit 
Corj>oration as a result of barter or exchange of agricultural com-
modities or products and transferred to the supplemental stockpile 
pursuant to Public Law 540, Eighty-fourth Congress (7 U.S.C. 1856); 
^o stat. 200. 
(6) $1,264,000 for transfers to tne appropriation "Marketing research 
and service" pursuant to the Act of August 31, 1951 (7 U.S.C. 414a), 
^s stat. 239. 
for grading tobacco and classing cotton without charge to producers, 
as authorized by law (7 U.S.C. 473a, 511d) : Provided, That the ap- g^fo aa^ 62; 49 
propriations provided in this paragraph shall be immediately avail-
able : Provided further, That the unexpended balances of funds here-
tofore provided for the various purposes under this head may remain 
available until expended for the purposes for which appropriated 
and may be merged with the funds provided in this paragraph. 
REIMBURSEMENT TO COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION FOR COSTS OF 
SPECIAL MILK PROGRAM 
TO reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for amounts ad-
vanced for the fiscal year beginning July 1,1960, for the special milk 
program for children pursuant to the Act of July 1,1958, as amended 
(72 Stat. 276; 74 Stat. 84-85), $90,000,000. 
Ante, p. 147. 
7 u s e 144(5note. 
UMITATIGN ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
Nothing in this Act shall be so construed as to prevent the Com-
modity Credit Corporation from carrying out any activity or any 
program authorized by law: Provided, That not to exceed $47,916,000 
shall be available for administrative expenses of the Corporation: 
Provided further, That $1,000,000 of this authorization shall be avail-
able only to expand and strengthen the sales program of the Corpora-
tion pursuant to authority contained in the Corporation's charter: 
Provided, further. That not less than 7 per centum of this authoriza-
tion 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 acquisi-
tion, 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 collat-
eral, shall be considered as nonadministrative expenses for the purposes 
hereof. 
31 u s e 665. 
210 
70 Stat. 492. 
Passenger 
tor vehicles. 
E mployment 
aliens. 
Uniforms. 
68 Stat. 1114. 
Restrictions. 
Xwlne. 
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W 87-112-JULY 26, 1961 
[75 STAT. 
TITLE IV—RELATED AGENCIES 
FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
Not to exceed $2,590,000 (from assessments collected from farm 
credit agencies) shall be obligated during the current fiscal year for 
administrative expenses. 
FEDERAL FARM MORTGAGE CORPORATION FUND 
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. 
DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR 
GRAIN FOR MIGRATORY WATERFOWL 
For expenses of supplying grain 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. 442^45), $35,000, to remain available until 
expenaed. 
TITLE V—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 501. Within the unit limit of cost fixed by law, appropriations 
and authorizations made for the Department under this Act shall be 
available for the purchase, in addition to those specifically provided 
for, of not to exceed three hundred and ninety-eight passenger motor 
vehicles, of which three hundred and eighty-five shall be for replace-
ment only, and for the hire of such vehicles. 
SEC. 502. Provisions of law prohibiting or restricting the employ-
ment of aliens shall not apply to employment under the appropriation 
for the Foreign Agricultural Service. 
SEC. 503. Funds available to the Department of Agriculture shall 
be available for uniforms or allowances therefor as authorized by the 
Act of September 1,1954, as amended (5 U.S.C. 2131). 
SEC. 504. No part of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be 
used for the payment of any officer or employee of the Department 
who, as such officer or employe, or on behalf of the Department or 
any division, commission, or bureau thereof, issues, or causes to be 
issued, any prediction, oral or written, or forecast, except as to damage 
threatened or caused by insects and pests, with respect to future 
prices of cotton or the trend of same. 
SEC. 505. Except to provide materials required in or incident to 
research or experimental work where no suitable domestic product is 
available, no part of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be 
expended in the purchase of twine manufactured from commodities 
or materials produced outside of the United States. 
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241 
SEC. 506. Not less than $1,500,000 of the appropriations of the 
Department for research and service work authorized by the Acts of 
August 14,1946, July 28,1954, and September 6,1958 (7 U.S.C. 427, 
1621-1629; 42 U.S.C. 1891-1893), shall be available for contracting in 
accordance with said Acts. 
This Act may be cited as the "Department of Agriculture and 
Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1962". 
Approved July 26, 1961. 
Contracting. 
6 0 S t a t . 1082; 
72 Stat. 1793. 
Short title. 
Public Law 87-113 
AN ACT 
To provide for the indexing and microfilming of certain records of the Russian 
Orthodox Greek Catholic Church in Alaska in the collections of the Library of 
Congress. 
July 31, 1961 
[S. 1644] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) for the 
purpose of making the records of the Russian Orthodox Greek Catho-
lic Church in Alaska in the collections of the Library of Congress 
more readily available for study and research and as evidence of the 
vital statistics set forth therein, the Librarian of Congress shall 
arrange, transliterate into Latin characters, index and microfilm such 
records. 
(b) The Librarian of Congress shall, consistent with any limitation 
imposed on the use of or access to such records by their donors or 
by those placing such records on deposit in the Library of Congress, 
make available to any State or political subdivision tnereof, and in 
the discretion of the Librarian, to any person or organization, copies 
of any index or microfilm prepared pursuant to subsection (^a) upon 
payment by an^ such State, subdivision, person or organization of an 
amount determined by the Librarian to be the reasonably estimated 
cost of providing such copies. 
SEC. 2. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated such sum, 
not to exceed $15,000, as may be necessary to carry out the provisions 
of this Act. 
Approved July 31, 1961. 
Alaska. 
Russian 
Ortho-
dox Greek 
Cath-
olic 
ords. 
Church rec« 
Appropriation. 
Public Law 87-114 
AN ACT 
To make permanent certain increases in annuities payable from the civil service 
retirement and disability fund. 
July 31, 1961 
[H. R. 5432] 
5 u s e 22S9 note. 
Be It enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of tJie 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 4 of the tiremint^f^d^^^ 
Act entitled "An Act to provide increases in certain annuities payable nuities. 
from the civil service retirement and disability fund, and for other 
purposes", approved June 25,1958 (72 Stat. 219; Public Law 85-465), 
as amended, is amended to read as follows: 
" S E C 4. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the annuities 
and increases in annuities provided by the preceding sections of this 
Act shall be paid from the civil service retirement and disability 
fund." 
Approved July 31, 1961.