An Act making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture and related agencies for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1970, and for other purposes
PL 91-127 (H.R.11612), enacted 11/26/1969

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[83 STAT. 
59 Stat. 134. 
Payments to 
convicted rioters, 
prohibition. 
Federal em-
ployees, limita-
tion, exception. 
Ante, p. 83. 
Short title. 
Act, 1946 (31 U.S.C. 691) which do not have prior and specific Con-
gressional approval of such method of financial support. 
SEC. 411. No part of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be 
used to pay the salary of any Federal employee who is convicted in any 
Federal, State, or local court of competent jurisdiction, of inciting, 
promoting, or carrying on a riot, or any group activity resulting in 
material damage to property or injury to persons, found to be in 
violation of Federal, State, or local laws designed to protect persons 
or property in the community concerned. 
SEC. 412. Positions in the agencies covered by this Act, whether 
financed from funds contained in this Act or from other sources, may 
be filled during the fiscal year 1970 without regard to the provisions 
of section 201 of Public Law 90-364, and such positions shall not be 
taken into consideration in determining numbers of employees under 
subsection (a) of that section or numbers of vacancies under subsection 
(b) of that section. 
This Act may be cited as the "Independent Offices and Department 
of Housing and Urban Development Appropriation Act, 1970". 
Approved November 26, 1969. 
Public Law 91-127 
AN A C T 
November 26,1969 
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[H.R. 11612] 
Making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1970, and for other purposes. 
Department of 
Agriculture and 
Related Agencies 
Appropriation 
Act, 1970. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of RepreHentatlveH of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled. That the following 
sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not other-
wise appropriated, for the Department of Agriculture and related 
agencies for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1970, and for other pur-
poses ; namely: 
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
TITLE I—GENERAL ACTIVITIES 
A(}RICULTUUAL R E S E A K C 1 £ 
S E R V I C E 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary to perform agricultural research relating to 
production, utilization, marketing, nutrition and consumer use, to 
58 Stat. 742. 
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control and eradicate pests and plant and animal diseases, and to per-
form related inspection, quarantine and regulatory work: Provided^ 
That appropriations hereunder shall be available for field employ-
ment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic 
Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $75,000 shall be avail- 
^s stat. 742. 
able for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That 
so stat. 4i6. 
appropriations hereunder shall be available for the operation and 
maintenance of aircraft apd the purchase of not to exceed two for 
replacement only: Provided further. That appropriations hereunder 
shall be available pursuant to 7 F.S.(\ 2250, 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 $25,000, except 
for six buildings to be constructed or improved at a cost not to exceed 
$55,000 each, and the cost of altering any one building during the 
fiscal year shall not exceed $7,500 or 7.5 per centum of the cost of the 
building, whichever is greater: Provided further. That the limitations 
on alterations contained in this Act shall not apf)ly to a total of $100,000 
for facilities at Beltsville, Maryland: 
Research: For research and demonstrations on the production and 
utilization of agricultural products; agricultural marketing and 
distribution, not otherwise provided for; home economics or nutrition 
and consumer use of agricultural and associated products; and related 
research and services; and for acquisition of land by donation, 
exchange, or purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed $100; 
$131,802,200, and in addition not to exceed $15,000,000 from funds 
available under section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935, pursuant 
to Public Law 88-250 shall be transferred to and merged with this 
^9 stat. 774. 
appropriation, of which $935,000 shall remain available until expended 
7 y^ltat. 820'. 
for plans, construction, and improvement of facilities without regard 
to limitations contained herein: Provided, That the limitations con-
tained herein shall not apply to replacement of buildings needed to 
carry out the Act of April 24, 1948 (21 U.S.C. 113a) : Provided 
62 stat. 193. 
further, That none of the funds appropriated in this Act shall be 
used to formulate a budget estimate for fiscal 1971 of more than 
$15,000,000 for research to be financed by transfer from funds available 
under section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935, and pursuant to 
Public Law 88-250; 
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 inspec-
tion, quarantine, and regulatory activities, as authorized by law, 
including expenses pursuant to the Act of February 28, 1947, as 
amended (21 U.S.C. 114b-c), $90,809,750, of which $'l,500,000 shall 
be apportioned for use pursuant to section 3679 of the Revised Stat-
utes, as amended, for the control of outbreaks of insects, plant diseases 
^^ ^sc ees. 
and animal diseases to the extent necessary to meet emergency condi-
tions : Provided^ That no funds shall be used to formulate or admin-
61 Stat. 7; 
80 Stat. 330. 
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ister a brucellosis eradication program for the current fiscal year that 
does not require minimum matching by any State of at least 40 per 
centum : Provided further, That not to exceed $1,500,000 shall remain 
available until expended for construction of facilities without regard 
to limitations contained herein: Ptooided further. That, in addition, 
in emergencies which threaten the livestock or poultry industries of 
the country, the Secretary may transfer from other appropriations 
or funds available to the agencies or corporations of the Department 
such sums as he may deem necessary, to be available only in such 
emergencies for the arrest and eradication of foot-and-mouth disease, 
rinderpest, contagious pleuropneumonia, or other contagious or infec-
tious diseases of animals, or European fowl pest and similar diseases 
in poultry, and for expenses in accordance with the Act of February 
28, 1947, as amended, and any unexpended balances of funds trans-
ferred under this head in the next preceding fiscal year shall be 
merged with such transferred amounts; 
Special fund: To provide for additional labor, subprofessional and 
junior scientific help to be employed under contracts and cooperative 
agreements to strengthen the work at research installations in the 
field, not more than $2,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this 
head for the previous fiscal year may be used by the Administrator 
of the Agricultural Research Service in departmental research pro-
grams in the current fiscal year, the amount so used to be transferred to 
and merged with the appropriation otherwise available under "Salaries 
and expenses, Research". 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(SPECIAL FOREIGN CURRENCY PROGRAM) 
For payments, in foreign currencies owed to or owned by the United 
States for market development research authorized by section 
104(b) (1) and for agricultural and forestry research and other func-
tions related thereto authorized by section 104(b) (3) of the Agricul-
tural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, as amended (7 
80 Stat. 1529. 
US.C. 1704(b) 
(1), (3)), $5,000,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That this appropriation shall be available, in 
addition to other appropriations for these purposes, for payments in 
the foregoing currencies: Provided further. That funds appropriated 
herein shall be used for payments in such foreign currencies as the 
Department determines are needed and can be used most effectively to 
carry out the purposes of this paragraph: Provided further, That not 
to exceed $25,000 of this appropriation shall be available for payments 
in foreign currencies for expenses of employment pursuant to the 
second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 
8 o
" Itat: Ite'. 
2225), as amended by 5 U.S.C. 3109. 
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CooPKKATivE STATE RESEARCH SERVICE 
PAYMENTS AND EXPENSES 
For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for grants for 
cooperative forestry and other research, for facilities, and for other 
expenses, including $55,189,000 to carry into eii'ect the provisions of 
the Hatch Act, approved March 2, 1887, as amended by the Act ap-
proved August 11, 1955 (7 U.S.G. 361a-861i), including administra- 
^^ ^'^*- ^^^• 
tion by the United States Department of Agriculture; $3,785,000 for 
grants for cooperative forestry research under the Act approved 
October 10, 19B2 (16 TT.S.(\ 582a-582a-7), $2,000,000 in addition to 
^^ ^'^'- ^°^-
funds otherwise available for contracts and grants for scientific re-
search under the Act of August 4, 1965 (7 II.S.C. 450i) of which 
79 stat. 43i. 
$1,000,000 shall be for the special cotton research program and 
$400,000 for soybean research; $1,000,000 for grants for facilities 
under the Act approved July 22, 1963 (7 l'.S.(\ 390-390k) ; $160,000 
^7 stat. 90. 
for penalty mail costs of agricultural experiment stations under 
section 6 of the Hatch Act of 1887, as amended; and $376,000 for 
^^^^^03!^' 
necessary expenses of the Cooperative State Research Service, includ-
ing administration of payments to State agricultural experiment sta-
tions, funds for employment pursuant to the second sentence of sec-
tion 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 IT.S.C. 2225), and not to 
^s stat. 742. 
exceed $50,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109; in all, $62,510,000. 
80 Stat. 416. 
EXTENSION SERVICE 
COOPERATIVE EXTENSION W ORK, PAYMENTS AND EXPENSES 
Payments to States and Puerto Rico : For payments for cooperative 
agricultural extension work under the Smith-I^ever Act, as amended 
by the Act of June 26, 1953, the Act of August 11, 1955, and the Act 
of October 5,1962 (7 U.S.C. 341-349), to be distributed under sections 
H s;«t; 83^ 
3(b) and 3(c) of the Act, $83,621,000; payments for the nutrition 
76 stat. 745! 
education program for low-income areas under section 3(d) of the 
Act, $28,560,000; payments and contracts for such work under section 
204(b)-205 of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 
1623-1624), $1,450,000; and payments for extension work under sec- 
^^ stat. io89. 
tion 109 of the District of Columbia Public Education Act, as amended 
by the Act of June 20, 1968 (7 U.S.C. 329), $375,000; in all, 
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$114,006,000: Provided, That funds hereby appropriated pursuant to 1609. 
section 3(c) of the Act of June 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 and employees' compensation costs for extension agents: 
For cost of employer's share of Federal retirement and for reimburse-
ment for benefits paid from the P^mployees' Compensation Fund for 
cooperative extension employees, $10,240,000. 
Penalty mail: For costs of penalty mail for cooperative extension 
agents and State extension directors, $3,400,000. 
Federal Extension Service: For administration of the Smith-Lever 
Act, as amended by the Act of June 26, 1953, the Act of August 11, 
1955, and the Act of October 5,1962 (7 U.S.C. 341-349), and extension 
aspects of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 ILS.C. 1621-
1627), and of the District of Columbia Public Education Act, as 
amended by the Act of June 20,1968 (7 U.S.C. 329), and to coordinate 
and provide program leadership for the extension work of the Depart-
ment and the several States and insular possessions, $3,838,000. 
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[83 STAT. 
FARMER COOPERATIVE SERVICE 
SAI^\KIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Act of July 2,1926 (7 U.S.C. 
44 Stat. 802. 
^^51-457), aiid for conducting research relating- to the economic and 
marketing aspects of farmer cooperatives, as authorized by the Agri-
cultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621-1627), $1,500,000. 
60 Stat. 1087. 
SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE 
CONSERVATION OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses for carrying out the provisions of the Act 
49 Stat. 163. 
of xVpril 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; classifica-
tion and mapping of soil; dissemination of information; purchase 
and erection or alteration of permanent buildings; and operation 
and maintenance of aircraft, $118,786,000: 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 one building to 
be constructed at a cost not to exceed $25,000 and 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 perma-
nent buihlings 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 construc-
tion of any such building on land not owned by the Government: 
Pvov'ided 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 this appropriation shall be available for field employ-
ment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic 
58 Stat. 742. 
j^^^ ^f ^944 (^ XJ.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $5,000 shall be available 
80 Stat. 416. 
for employment under 5 U.S.(\ 3109 : Provided further^ That qualified 
local engineers may be temporarily employed at per diem rates to 
perform the technical planning work of the service. 
RIVER BASIN SIRVEYS AND INVESTIGAITONS 
For necessary expenses to conduct research, investigations and sur-
veys of the watersheds of rivers and other waterways, in accordance 
with section 6 of the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act, 
68 Stat. 668. 
approved August 4, 1954, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1006), to remain 
available until expended; $8,187,000, with which shall be merged the 
unexpended balances of funds heretofore appropriated to the Depart-
ment for river basin survey purposes: Provided^ That this appropria-
tion shall be available for field employment pursuant to the second 
sentence of section 706 (a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), 
and not to exceed $60,000 shall be available for employment under 
5 U.S.C. 310^. 
68 Stat. 666. 
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WATERSHED 
P L A N N I N G 
For necessary expenses for small watershed investigations and plan-
ning, in accordance with the Watershed Protection and P""]ood Pre-
vention Act, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1001-1008), to remain available 
until expended, $6,209,000, with which shall be merged the unexpended 
balances of funds heretofore appropriated under this head: Provided^ 
That this appropriation shall be available for field employment pur-
suant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 
1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $50,000 shall be available for 
ss stat. 742. 
employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109. 
8° stat. 4i6. 
WATERSHED WORKS OF IMPROVEMENT 
For necessary expenses to carry out preventive measures, including, 
but not limited to research, engineering operations, methods of culti-
vation, 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. 1001-1005, 1007-
1008), and the provisions of the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590 
a-f), to remain available until expended; $63,873,000, with which 
49 stat. i63. 
shall be merged the unexpended balances of funds heretofore appro-
priated or transferred to the Department for watershed protection 
purposes: Provided^ That this appropriation shall be available for 
field employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) 
of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed 
$100,000 shall be available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: 
Provided 
further^ That $5,000,000 of the funds in the direct loan 
account of the Farmers Home Administration shall be available 
until expended for loans. 
FLOOD PREVENTION 
For necessary expenses, in accordance with the Flood Control Act, 
approved June 22, 1936 (33 U.S.C. 701-709, 16 U.S.C. 1006a), as 70^313^109"°' 
amended and supplemented, and in accordance with the provisions of 
laws relating to the activities of the Department, to perform works of 
improvement, including funds for field employment pursuant to the 
second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 
2225), and not to exceed $100,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, 
to remain available until expended; $20,223,000, with which shall be 
merged the unexpended balances of funds heretofore appropriated or 
transferred to the Department for flood prevention purposes: Pro-
dded. That $400,000 of funds in the direct loan account of the Farmers 
Home Administration shall be available until expended for loans. 
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 Conser-
vation and Domestic Allotment Act, as added by the Act of August 7, 
1956 (16 U.S.C. 590p), $15,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses in planning and carrying out projects for 
resource conservation and development, and for sound land use, pur-
suant to the provisions of section 32(e) of title I I I of the Bankhead-
Jones Farm Tenant Act, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1011; 76 Stat. 607), 
70 Stat. 1115. 
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49 Stat. 163. 
80 Stat. 416. 
60 Stat. 1087. 
and the provisions of the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a-f), 
$10,252,000, to remain available until expended: Provided^ That the 
unobligated balance of funds heretofore appropriated under the head 
"Rural renewal'- shall be transferred to and merged with this appro-
priation : Provided further^ That $3,300,000 of the funds available in 
the direct loan account of the Farmers Home Administration shall be 
available for loans under subtitle A of the Consolidated Farmers 
8 2'^stft^770°^' 
Home Administration Act of 1961, as amended, to remain available 
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until expended: Provided further^ That this appropriation shall be 
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available for field employment pursuant to the second sentence of 
58 Stat. 742. 
gectiou 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to 
exceed $50,000 shall be available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 
3109. 
ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Economic Research Service in con-
ducting economic research and service relating to agricultural pro-
duction, marketing, and distribution, as authorized by the Agricultural 
Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621-1627), and other laws, includ-
ing 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 sta-
tistics and analysis of international financial and monetary programs 
and policies as they affect the competitive position of United States 
farm products; $13,450,000: Provided, That not less than $350,000 of 
the funds contained in this appropriation shall be available to con-
tinue to gather statistics and conduct a special study on the price 
spread between the farmer and consumer: Provided further^ That this 
appropriation shall be available for employment pursuant to the 
second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 
2225), and not to exceed $75,000 shall be available for employment 
under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further. That not less than $145,000 of 
the funds contained in this appropriation shall be available for anal-
ysis 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 comi>etitive basis. 
STATISTICAL REPORTING SERVICE 
SALARIES A N D EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Statistical Reporting Service in con-
ducting statistical reporting and service work, including crop and live-
stock estimates, statistical coordination and improvements, and mar-
keting surveys, as authorized by the Agricultural Marketing Act of 
1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621-1627) and other laws, $15,412,800: Provided, 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: Provided further, That this appropriation 
shall be available for employment pursuant to the second sentence of 
section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not 
to exceed $40,000 shall be available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 
3109. 
60 Stat. 108f 
7 u s e 1622. 
60 Stat. 1089. 
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CONSUMER AND MARKETING SERVICE 
CONSUMER P R O T E C T I V E . MARKETING. AND REGULATORY PROGRA]MS 
For expenses necessary to carry on services related to consumer pro-
tection, agricultural marketing and distribution, and regulatory 
programs, other than Packers and Stockyards Act, as authorized by 
t^^sc^'isi^' 
law, and for administration and coordination of payments to States; 
including field employment pursuant to section 706(a) of the Organic 
Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $25,000 for employment 
ss stat. 742. 
under 5 LT.S.C 3109, in carrying out section 201 (a) to 201 (d), inclusive, 
^° stat. 4i6. 
of title I I of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1291) 
52 stat. 36. 
and section 203 (j) of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946; 
$133,595,500 : Provided, That this appropriation shall be available pur-
suant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and repair of buildings 
ss stat. 742 
and improvements, but, unless otherwise provided, the cost of altering 
any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed $7,500 or 7.5 
per centum of the cost of the building, whichever is greater. 
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)), $1,600,000. 
C H I L D NUTRITION PROGRAMS 
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For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the National 
School Lunch Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1751-1761) and the appli- 82^?tat^n"°' 
cable provisions other than section 3 of the Child Nutrition Act of 
1966, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1773-1785), $252,441,000, of which 
so stat. sss. 
$129,941,000 shall be derived by transfer from funds available under 
section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c) : Provided, 
49 stat. 774. 
That of the foregoing total amount there shall be available $44,800,000 
for special assistance to needy schools, $10,000,000 for the school 
breakfast program, $10,000,000 for the nonfood assistance program, 
$750,000 for State administrative expenses, and $15,000,000 for special 
food service programs for children to remain available until Sep-
tember 30 of the next succeeding fiscal year: Provided further, That 
no part of this appropriation shall be used for nonfood assistance 
under section 5 of the National School Lunch Act, as amended: Pro-
vided further, That an additional $64,325,000 shall be transferred to 
this appropriation from funds available under section 32 of the Act 
of August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c), for purchase and distribution of 
agricultural commodities and other foods pursuant to section 6 of the 
National School Lunch Act, as amended. 
FOOD STAMP PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses of the food stamp program pursuant to the 
Food Stamp Act of 1964, as amended, $610,000,000. 
78 stat. 703; 
7 u s e 2011 
note. 
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[83 STAT. 
SPECIAL M I L K 
PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Special 
Milk Program, as authorized by section 3 of the Child Xutrition Act of 
80 Stat. 885. 
igQQ (43 XJ.S.C. 1772) $84,000,000. 
REMOVAL OF SURPLUS AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES (SECTION 3 2 ) 
Funds available under section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935 
49 Stat. 774. 
^^ LT.S.C. 612c) shall be used only for commodity program expenses 
as authorized therein, and other related operating expenses, except 
for (1) transfers to the Department of the Interior as authorized by 
70 Stat. 1119. 
the Fish and AVildlife Act of August 8, 1956; (2) transfers otherwise 
note. 
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provided in this Act; (3) not more than $2,900,000 for formulation 
and administration of marketing agreements and orders pursuant to 
7^us*c*67^4^ 
the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, as amended, and 
note. 
the Agricultural Act of 1961; and (4) in addition to other amounts 
75^|tat. 294. 
provided in this Act, not more than $100,000,000 (including not to 
note. 
exceed $2,000,000 for State administrative expenses) for (a) child 
feeding programs and nutritional programs authorized by law in the 
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School Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition Act, as amended; (b) 
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additional direct distribution or other programs, without regard to 
whether such area is under the food stamp program or a system of 
direct distribution, to provide, in the immediate vicinity of their 
place of permanent residence, either directly or through a State or 
local welfare agency, an adequate diet to other needy children and 
low-income persons determined by the Secretary of Agriculture to 
be suffering, through no fault of their own, from general and con-
tinued hunger resulting from insufficient food and (c) milk for chil-
dren in nonprofit high schools and schools of lower levels, child-care 
centers, summer camps, and similar nonprofit institutions devoted 
to the care and training of children. 
FoREiGX 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 
68 Stat. 908. 
U.S.C. 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 section 8 of the Act approved August 3, 1956 (7 XJ.S.C. 
70 Stat. 1034. 
1766), $23,437,000: Provided, 
That not less than $255,000 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 com-
modities in world trade on a competitive basis: Provided jurtlieT, That, 
in addition, not to exceed $3,117,000 of the funds appropriated by sec-
49 Stat. 774. 
^iou 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. 
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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. 1-I7a), $2,321,000. ^/^^^tat^.^ggg; 
AGRICULTURAL STABILIZATION AND CONSERVATION SERVICE 
EXPENSES, AGRICULTURAL STABILIZATION AND CONSERVATION SERVICE 
For necessary administrative expenses of the Agricultural Stabiliza-
tion and Conservation Service, including expenses to formulate and 
carry out programs authorized by title I I I of the Agricultural Adjust-
ment Act of 1938, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1301-1393); Sugar Act of 
5 2 stat. 38. 
1948, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1101-1161); sections 7 to 15,16(a), 16(d), 
^i stat. 922; 
16(e), 16(f), 16(i), and 17 of the Soil Conservation and Domestic ^^ ^
*
^
*
" ^^^'• 
Allotment Act, as amended (16 U.S.C. 590g-590q) ; subtitles B and C 
^^ stat. 1148. 
of the Soil Bank Act (7 U.S.C. 1831-1837, 1802-1814, and 1816); and 73^^^^^^'55^3"' 
laws pertaining to the Commodity Credit Corporation, $146,000,000: 79 stat! uoii. 
Provided^ That, in addition, not to exceed $62,483,000 may be trans-
ferred to and merged with this appropriation from the Commodity 
Credit Corporation fund (including not to exceed $26,757,000 under 
the limitation on Commodity Credit Corporation administrative 
expenses) : Provided further^ That other funds made available to the 
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service for authorized 
activities may be advanced to and merged with this appropriation: 
Provided further^ That no part of the funds appropriated or made 
available under this Act shall be used (1) to influence the vote in any 
referendum; (2) to influence agricultural legislation, except as per-
mitted in 18 U.S.C. 1913; or (3) for salaries or other expenses of mem- 
^2 stat. 792. 
bers of county and community committees established pursuant to 
section 8(b) of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act, as 
^2 sta^. zu 
amended, for engaging in any activities other than advisory and super-
visory duties and delegated program functions prescribed in adminis-
trative regulations. 
SUGAR ACT PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry into effect the provisions of the 
Sugar Act of 1948 (7 U.S.C. 1101-1161), $93,000,000, to remain avail-
able until June 30 of the next succeeding fiscal year. 
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-590o, 590p(a), and 590q), including not to exceed $15,000 
for the preparation and display of exhibits, including such displays at 
State, interstate, and international fairs within the United States, 
$195,500,000, to remain available until December 31 of the next suc-
ceeding fiscal year for compliance with the programs of soil-building 
and soil- and water-conserving practices authorized under this head 
in the Department of Agriculture and Related Agencies Appropria-
tion Acts, 1968 and 1969, carried out during the period July 1, 1967, 
^^ stat. 328; 
to December 31, 1969, inclusive: Provided^ 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 em-
49 Stat. 1148. 
16 u s e 590g-
254 
PUBLIC LAW 91-127-NOV. 26, 1969 
[83 STAT. 
ployees, but this shall not preclude the answering of inquiries or sup-
plying of information at the county level to individual farmers: Pro-
vided further^ That no portion of the funds for the current year's pro-
gram may be utilized to provide financial or technical assistance for 
drainage on wetlands now designated as Wetland Types 3(111), 
4(IV), and 5(V) in LTnited States Department of the Interior, Fish 
and Wildlife Circular 39, Wetlands of the United States, 1956: Pro-
vided further, That necessary amounts shall be available for adminis-
trative expenses in connection with the formulation and administration 
of the 1970 program of soil-building and soil- and water-conserving 
practices, including related wildlife conserving practices and pollution 
abatement practices, under the Act of February 29, 1936, as amended 
59o"q. "^ " "^ 
(amounting to $195,500,000, excluding administration, except that no 
participant shall receive more than $2,500, except where the partici-
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 not to exceed 5 per centum 
of the allocation for the current year's agricultural conservation pro-
gram 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 tjie 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 current year's program 
$2,500,000 shall be available for technical assistance in formulating 
and carrying out agricultural conservation practices: Provided 
further. 
That such amounts shall be available for the purchase of seeds, fer-
tilizers, 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, cor-
poration, 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", ap-
54^stat^'76V.^'^' 
proved August 2, 1939, as amended, or who has been found in accord-
5 use 1501- 
ance w^ith the provisions of title 18, United States Code, section 1913, 
^
^
(
f
-
f cJff^'*7Qo^^' 
^^ 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. 
62 Stat. 792. 
CROPLAND ADJUSTMENT 
PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry into effect a cropland adjustment 
program as authorized by the Food and Agriculture Act of 1965 
8 2ltat^996^°^' 
^'^ U.S.C. 1838), $78,600,000: Provided, That no additional agreements 
are authorized for fiscal year 1970. 
83 STAT. ] 
PUBLIC LAW 9M27-NOV. 26, 1969 
255 
CONSERVATION RESEEVE 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. 
1831-1837,1802-1814, and 1816), and to carry out liquidation activities rsltat^ 552V' 
for the acreage reserve program, to remain available until expended, 79 stat. 1206. 
$37,250,000, with which may be merged the unexpended balances of 
funds heretofore appropriated for soil bank programs: Provided, That 
no part of these funds shall be paid on any contract which is illegal 
uncter the law due to the division of lands for the purpose of evading 
limits on annual payments to participants. 
EMERGENCY CONSERVATION MEASURES 
For emergency conservation measures, to be used for the same pur-
poses and subject to the same conditions as funds appropriated under 
this head in the Third Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1957, to 
^^ s*^*. i76. 
remain available until expended, $5,000,000, with which shall be 
merged the unexpended balances of funds heretofore appropriated for 
emergency conservation measures. 
INDEMNITY PAYMENTS TO DAIRY FARMERS 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Act of 
August 13,1968 (Public Law 90-484), $200,000: Froi^^Wet^, That none 
of the funds contained in this Act shall be used to make indemnity 
payments to any farmer whose milk was removed from commercial 
markets as a result of his willful failure to follow procedures pre-
scribed by the Federal Government. 
KuRAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of the Rural 
Community Development Service in providing leadership and related 
services in carrying out the rural areas development activities of the 
Department, $450,000: Provided. That not to exceed $3,000 shall be 
aA^ailable for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109. 
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector General, in-
cluding emplovment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) 
of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $10,000 
for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $13,657,000. 
PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for administration of the Packers and Stock-
yards Act, as authorized by law, including field employment pursuant 
to section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and 
not to exceed $5,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $3,354,650. 
82 Stat. 750. 
7 u s e 450j. 
80 Stat. 416. 
58 Stat. 742. 
34 Stat. 690. 
256 
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[83 STAT. 
O r n c E 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, $5,229,500. 
OP^FICE OF INFORMATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For 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, 
$2,106,000, of which total api)roi)riation not to exceed $612,000 may 
be used for farmers' bulletins, which shall be adapted to the interests 
of the ])eople of the different sections of the country, an equal propor-
tion of four-fifths of which shall be available to be delivered to or sent 
out under the addressed franks furnished by the Senators, Representa-
tives, and Delegates in Congress, as they shall direct (7 U.S.C. 417), 
and not less than two hundred and thirty-two thousand two hundred 
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 Year-
book of Airriculture) as authorized bv section 73 of the Act of 
44 vTc uof • 
'January 12'; 1895 (44 ILS.C. 241) : Provided. That in the preparation 
of motion pictures or exhibits by the Department, this appropriation 
shall be available for emplovment ])ursuant to the second sentence of 
58 Stat. 742. 
gectiou 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not 
to exceed $10,000 shall be available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 
80 Stat. 416. 
3109. 
NATIONAL AGRICULTITRAL LIBRARY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Xational Agricultural Libraiy, 
$3,226,750: Provided, That this appropriation shall be available for 
emplovment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the 
Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $35,000 shall 
be available for employment under 5 TT.S.C. 3109. 
OFFICE OF MANACXEMENT SERVICES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to enable the Office of Management Services 
to provide management support services to selected agencies and 
offices of the Department of Agriculture, $3,025,000. 
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary of Agriculture 
and for general administration of the Department of Agriculture, 
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, and not to exceed $5,000 for 
employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, ^4c,8S8,000: Provided, 
That this 
appropriation shall be reimbursed from applicable appropriations 
83 STAT. ] 
PUBLIC LAW 91-127-NOV. 26, 1969 
257 
for travel expenses incident to the holding of hearings as required 
by 5 U.S.C. 551-558: Prodded 
further, That not to exceed $2,500 of gi^^^^f^'s/*'^' 
this amount shall be available for official reception and representation 
expenses, not otherwise provided for, as determined by the Secretary: 
Provided further, That not to exceed $250,000 of funds contained in 
the Working Capital Fund established under authority of Public 
Law 78-129 may be used to carry out responsibilities under the Civil ^'^•J'sc'zils'. 
Rights Act of 1964. 
78 stat. 24i 
42 u s e 2000a 
note. 
TITLE II—CREDIT AGENCIES 
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: 
JVl^'oX'^^'' 
' 
^ 
'' ' 
63 Stat. 948. 
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, and to remain available without fiscal year limitation in accord- 
7^us'c'903^ 
ance with section 3(e) of said Act, as follow^s: rural electrification 
program, $340,000,000, and rural telephone program, $123,300,000. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For administrative expenses, including not to exceed $500 for finan-
cial and credit reports, funds for employment pursuant to the second 
sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), 
^8 stat. 742. 
and not to exceed $150,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, ^^ ^^^^- ^^^• 
$13,429,000. 
FARMERS HOME ADMINISTRATION 
DIRECT LOAN ACCOUNT 
Direct loans and advances under subtitles A and B, and advances 
under section 335(a) for which funds are not otherwise available, of 
the Consolidated Farmers Home Administration Act of 1961 (7 U.S.C. 
1921), as amended, may be made from funds available in the Farmers 
^^ ^*^'- ^^'^' 
Home Administration direct loan account as follows: real estate l o ^ s , 
$83,000,000, and operating loans, $275,000,000. 
RURAL HOUSING DIRECT LOAN ACCOUNT 
For direct loans and related advances pursuant to section 518(d) 
of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1488), $30,000,000 shall be 
^^ ^'^'- ^^o-
available from funds in the rural housing direct loan account. Here-
after, farmer applicants for direct or insured rural housing loans shall 
be required to provide only such collateral security as is required of 
owners of nonfarm tracts. 
EMERGENCY CREDIT REVOLVING F U N D 
(DISASTER LOANS) 
For an additional amount for the Emergency Credit Revolving 
Fund, as authorized by the Act of August 8, 1961 (7 U.S.C. 1967), 
^^ stat. 312. 
$31,918,000. 
79 
Stat. 931; 
!
2 
Stat. 770. 
78 
Stat. 797. 
258 
PUBLIC LAW 91-127-NOV. 26, 1969 
[83 STAT. 
RURAL WATER AND WASTE DISPOSAL GRANTS 
For grants pursuant to sections 306(a) (2) and 306(a) (6) of the 
Consolidated Farmers Home Administration Act of 1961, as amended 
(7 U.S.C. 1926), $46,000,000. 
RURAL HOUSING FOR DOMESTIC FARM LABOR 
For financial assistance to public nonprofit organizations for housing 
for domestic farm labor, pursuant to section 516 of the Housing Act of 
1949, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1486), $2,500,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
MUTUAL AND SELF-HELP 
HOUSING 
For grants pursuant to section 523(b) (1) (A) of the Housing Act 
82 Stat. 553. 
^f ^949 (42 jj.S.C. 1490c), $2,125,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
SELF-HELP HOUSING LAND DEVELOPMENT FUND 
For direct loans pursuant to section 523(b) (1) (B) of the Housing 
Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490c) and related advances, $1,000,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Farmers Home Administration, not 
otherwise provided for, in administering the programs authorized by 
the Consolidated Farmers Home Administration Act of 1961 (7 
U.S.C. 1921-1991), as amended, title V of the Housing Act of 1949, 
as amended (42 U.S.C. 147l-1490c), the Rural Rehabilitation Corpo-
82 Stat. 551. 
ratlou Trust Liquidation Act, approved May 3, 1950 (40 U.S.C. 
64 Stat. 98. 
440-444)^ and for carrying out the responsibilities of the Secretary 
of Agriculture under sections 235 and 236 of the National Housing 
Act, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1715z-1715z-l), and section 701 of the 
81 Stat. 526. 
Housiug Act of 1954, as amended (40 U.S.C. 461), $66,250,000, 
together with not more than $2,250,000 of the charges collected in con-
nection with the insurance of loans as authorized by section 309(e) 
of the Consolidated Farmers Home Administration Act of 1961, as 
75 Stat. 309. 
amended, and section 514(b)(3) of the Housing Act of 1949, as 
75 Stat. 187. 
amended." Provided^ That, in addition, not to exceed $500,000 of the 
42 use 1484. 
funds available for the various programs administered by this agency 
may be transferred to this appropriation for temporary field employ-
ment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic 
Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225) to meet unusual or heavy work loan 
increases: Provided further^ That no part of any funds in this para-
graph may be used to administer a program which makes rural 
housing grants pursuant to section 504 of the Housing Act of 1949, 
75 Stat. 307. 
63 Stat. 432; 
79 Stat. 498 
82 Stat. 477 
498 
58 Stat. 742. 
MlTctliA. 
as amended. 
TITLE 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 Government 
W f^^n ^AQ' 
Corporation Control Act, as amended, as may be necessary in carrying 
out the programs set forth in the budget for the current fiscal year for 
such corporation or agency, except as hereinafter provided: 
31 u s e 849. 
83 STAT. ] 
PUBLIC LAW 91-127-NOV. 26, 1969 
259 
FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION 
ADMINISTRATIVE AND OPERATING EXPENSES 
For administrative and operating expenses, $12,000,000. 
FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION 
FUND 
Not to exceed $1,648,000 of administrative and operating expenses 
may be paid from premium income. 
SUBSCRIPTION TO CAPITAL SIXKJK 
To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to subscribe and pay for 
capital stock of the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation, as provided 
ill section 504 of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1504), ^52 stat. 72; 
$10,000,000. 
63Sta.665,. 
COMMODITY CREIHT COP.PORATION 
REIMHURSEMENT FOR NET KEALIZED LOSSES 
TO reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for net realized 
losses sustained in prior years but not previously reimbursed, pursuant 
to the Act of August 17, 1961 (15 U.S.C. 718a-ll, 713a-12), in the 
^s stat. 391. 
following amounts: fiscal vear 1961, $57,047,170; fiscal year 1967, 
^2,210,668,971; fiscal year 1968, $2,948,217,859; in total, $5,215,984,000: 
Provided^ That no funds appropriated by this Act shall be used to 
Assistance to 
formulate or administer programs for the sale of agricultural com-
modities pursuant to title I of Public Law 480, 88d Congress, as 
amended, to any nation which sells or furnishes or which permits ships 
7*us*c'i7^of^' 
or aircraft under its registry to transport to North Vietnam any equip- 1710. 
ment, materials or comm(xiities, so long as Noi"th Vietnam is governed 
by a C\)nununist regime. 
LIMITATION 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 pro-
gram authorized by law: Provided^ That not to exceed $32,000,000 
shall be available for administrative expenses of the Corporation: 
Provided further. That $945,000 of this authorization shall be avail-
able only to expand and streng'theai 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 
8679 of the Revised Statutes, as amended, for use only in such amounts 
^i use 665. 
and at such times as may become necessary to carry out program oper-
ations: Provided further, That all necessary expenses (including legal 
and sj^ecial 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 
j)ersonal property belonging to the Corporation or in which it has an 
interest, including expenses of collections of pledged collateral, shall 
be considered as ncmadministrative expenses for the purposes hereof. 
PUBLIC LAW 4 80 
For expenses during the current fiscal year, not otherw ise recover-
able, and unrecovered prior years' costs, including interest thereon, 
under the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 
1954, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1701-1710, 1721-1725, I731-I736d), to 
8° stat. is26. 
260 
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[83 STAT. 
80 Stat. 1534. 
7 u s e 1721-
1725. 
70 Stat. 200. 
remain available until expended, as follows: (1) sale of agricultural 
commodities for foreign currencies and for dollars on credit terms 
pursuant to title I of said Act, $420,000,000 • and (2) commodities dis-
posed of and other costs incurred in connection with donations abroad, 
pursuant to title II of said Act, $500,000,000. 
BARTERED MATERIALS FOR SUPPLEMENTAL STOCKPILE 
For unrecovered prior years' costs 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 the Act of May 28,1956, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1856), 
$1,250,000, to remain available until expended. 
TITLE IV—RELATED AGENCIES 
F A R M CREDIT 
ADMINISTRATION 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE 
EXPENSES 
Not to exceed $3,628,000 (from assessments collected from farm 
credit agencies) shall be obligated during the current fiscal year for 
administrative expenses. 
TITLE V—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
Passenger 
motor vehicles. 
Employment of 
aliens. 
Uniforms, 
allowances. 
80 Stat. 508; 
81 Stat. 206. 
Cotton prices, 
prediction. 
Twine. 
Contracting 
funds. 
60 Stat. 1082; 
68 Stat. 574; 
72 Stat. 1793. 
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 five hundred and fifty-two (552) passenger motor 
vehicles, of which four hundred and sixty-eight (468) shall be for 
replacement 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 
law (5 U.S.C. 5901-5902). 
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 employee, 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. 
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. 
SEC. 507. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless 
expressly so provided herein. 
83 STAT.] 
PUBLIC LAW 91-128-NOV. 26, 1969 
261 
SEC. 508. Xoiie of the funds in tliis Act shall be available to tinance 
interdepartmental boards, conmiissions, councils, committees, or 
similar groups under sec. 214 of the Independent Offices Appropriation 
Act, 1946 (31 U.S.C. 691) which do not have prior and specific Con-
gressional approval of such method of financial support. 
SEC. 509. No part of the funds appropriated under this Act shall 
be used to pay salaries of any Federal employee who is convicted in 
any Federal, State, or local court of competent jurisdiction, of in-
citing, promoting, or carrying on a riot, or any group activity result-
ing in material damage to property or injury to persons, found to be 
in violation of P^ederal, State, or local laws designed to protect pei'-
sons or property in the community concerned. 
SEC. 510, Positions in the agencies covered by this Act, whether 
financed from funds contained in this Act or from other sources, may 
be filled during the fiscal year 1970 without regard to the provisions 
of section 201 of Public Law 90-364, and such positions shall not be 
taken into consideration in determining inimbers of employees under 
subsection (a) of that section or numbers of vacancies under subsec-
tion (b) of that section. 
This Act may be cited as the "Department of Agriculture and 
Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1970*'. 
Approved November 26, 1969. 
Interdepart-
mental groups, 
expenses. 
59 Stat. 134. 
Payments to 
convicted 
rioters, 
prohibition. 
Ante, p. 83. 
Short title. 
Public Law 91-128 
AN A C T 
November 26, 1969 
To provide an extension of the interest e(iualization tax, and for other purposes. 
[H. R. 12829] 
Be it enacted hy the Seriate and Hou>ie of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE, ETC. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the '"Interest Equali-
zation Tax Extension Act of 1969". 
(b) 
AMENDMENT OF 1954 CODE.—Whenever in this Act an 
amendment is expressed in terms of an amendment to a section or other 
))rovision, the reference is to a section or other provision of the Internal 
Kevenue Code of 1954. 
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF INTEREST EQUALIZATION TAX. 
Section 4911(d) is amended, effective with respect to acquisitions 
made after September 30, 1969, by striking out "September 30, 1969" 
and inserting in lieu thereof "March 31, 1971". 
Interest 
Equalization 
Tax Extension 
Act of 1969. 
68A Stat. 3. 
26 u s e 1 et 
seq. 
78 Stat. 809; 
Ante, p. 105.