An Act making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1955, and for other purposes
PL 83-437 (H.R.8779), enacted 06/29/1954

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PUBLIC LAW 437-JUNE 29, 1954 
[68 ST A T . 
Public Law 437 
CHAPTER 409 
June 29, 1954 
[H. R. 8779] 
Department of 
A g r i c u l t u r e and 
Farm Credit Ad-
ministration 
Ap -
p r o p r i a t i o n Act, 
1955. 
58 Stat. 742. 
60 Stat. 810. 
31 u s e 665. 
52 Stat. 344. 
62 Stat. 442. 
7 u s e 150 note. 
AN ACT 
Making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture and for the Farm 
Credit Administration for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1955, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assernbled, That the following 
sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not other-
wise appropriated, for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal 
year ending June 30, 1955, namely: 
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
TITLE I—REGULAR ACTIVITIES 
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary to perform agricultural research relating 
to production and utilization, to control and eradicate insect pests and 
plant and animal diseases, and to perform related inspection, quaran-
tine and regulatory work, and meat inspection: Provided, That not 
to exceed $15,000 of the appropriations hereunder shall be available 
for employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706 (a) 
of the Organic Act of 1944 (5 U. S. C. 574), as amended by section 15 
of the Act of August 2,1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a) : Provided further, That 
appropriations hereunder shall be available for the operation and 
maintenance of aircraft and the purchase (for emergency replacement 
only) of not to exceed one, and 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 $7,500 and the cost of altering any one 
building during the fiscal year shall not exceed $3,750 or tw^o per 
centum of the cost of the building, whichever is greater: 
Research: For research and demonstrations on the production and 
utilization of agricultural products, and related research and services, 
including administration of payments to State Agricultural Experi-
ment Stations; $35,353,000, of which not to exceed $20,000 shall be 
available for the construction of an office and a laboratory building 
at the Southeastern Tidewater Field Station, Fleming, Georgia, and 
of w^hich not to exceed $28,000 shall be available for the construction 
or acquisition of the necessary lands and buildings for a pecan research 
laboratory at Albany, Georgia, and of which not to exceed $100,000 
shall be available for the construction of a cotton ginning laboratory in 
the Southeast, including acquisition of necessary land. 
Plant and animal disease and pest control: For operations and 
measures to control and eradicate insect pests and plant and animal 
diseases and for carrying out assigned inspection, quarantine and 
regulatory activities, as authorized by law^; $17,689,579, of which 
$400,000 shall be apportioned for use pursuant to section 3679 of the 
Revised Statutes, as amended, for the control of outbreaks of insects 
and plant diseases under the joint resolution approved May 9, 1938 
(7 U. S. C. 148-148e) to the extent necessary to meet emergency con-
ditions : Provided further, That no part of this appropriation shall 
be used to pay the cost or value of trees, farm animals, farm crops, or 
other property injured or destroyed as a result of plant insect and 
disease control activities except potatoes and tomatoes as authorized 
under the Golden Nematode Act: Provided further, That, in the dis-
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305 
cretion of the Secretary, no part of this appropriation shall be 
expended for the control of sweetpotato weevil in any State until such 
State has provided cooperation necessary to accomplish this purpose, 
or for barberry eradication until a sum or sums at least equal to such 
expenditures shall have been made available by States, counties, or 
local authorities, or by individuals or organizations for the accom-
plishment of this purpose, or with respect to the golden nematode 
except as prescribed in section 4 of the Golden Nematode Act. 
Meat inspection: For carrying out the provisions of laws relating 
to Federal inspection of meat and meat-food products; $14,325,000. 
PAYMENTS TO STATES, HAWAII, ALASKA, AND TUERTO RICO 
For payments to the States, Hawaii, Alaska, and Puerto Eico to be 
paid quarterly in advance where applicable, to carry into effect the 
provisions of the following Acts relating to agricultural experiment 
stations: 
Hatch Act, the Act approved March 2, 1887 (7 U. S. C. 362, 363, 
365, 368, 377-379), $720,000; Adams Act, the Act approved March 
24Stat. 44o. 
16, 1906 (7 U. S. C. 369), $720,000; Purnell Act, the Act approved 
34 stat. 63. 
February 24, 1925 (7 U. S. C. 361, 366, 370, 371, 373-376, 380, 382), 
43 stat. 970. 
$2,880,000; Bankhead-Jones Act, title I of the Act approved June 
29, 1935 (7 U. S. C. 427-427g), sections 3 and 5, $2,863,708, and 
49 stat. 436. 
sections 9 and 11 of said Act as added by the Act of August 14, 1946 
(7 U. S. C. 427h, 427]), including administration by the Office of 
^ ^^^^' i°83. 
Experiment Stations in the United States Department of Agricul-
ture, $11,500,000, no part of which latter amount shall be used for 
beginning construction of any building costing in excess of $15,000; 
Hawaii, the Act approved May 16, 1928 (7 U. S. C. 386-386b), 
4s stat. 571. 
extending the benefits of certain Acts of Congress to the Territory of 
Hawaii, $90,000; Alaska, the Act approved February 23, 1929 (7 
U. S. C. 386c), extending the benefits of the Hatch Act to the Terri- 
45 stat. use. 
tory of Alaska, $15,000, and the provisions of section 2 of the Act 
approved June 20, 1936, as amended (7 U. S. C. 369a), extending the 64^|taf.*5V3. ^"''^ 
benefits of the Adams and Purnell Acts to the Territory of Alaska, 
$75,000; Puerto Rico, the Act approved March 4, 1931, as amended 
(7 U. S. C. 386d-386f), extending the benefits of certain Acts of 
46 stat. 1520. 
Congress to Puerto Eico, $90,000; section 204 (b) of the Agricultural 
Marketing Act, the Act approved August 14, 1946 (7 U. S. C. 1623), 
so stat. 1039. 
$500,000; in all payments to States, Hawaii, Alaska, and Puerto Eico, 
$19,453,708. 
rOOT-AND-MOUTH AND OTHER CONTAGIOUS 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, including the 
payment of claims growing out of destruction of animals (including 
P a y m e nt of 
poultry) affected by or exposed to, or of materials contaminated by or "
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exposed to, any such disease, when there has been compliance with all 
lawful quarantine regulations, and for foot-and-mouth disease and 
rinderpest programs undertaken pursuant to the provisions of the 
Act of February 28, 1947, and the Act of May 29, 1884, as amended 
(7 U. S. C. 391; 21 U. S. C. 111-122), including expenses in accordance stat^ fi'^** 
stat. 31. 
7; 2 3 
with section 2 of said Act of February 28, 1947, the Secretary may 
21*use l u c 
transfer from other appropriations or funds available to the bureaus, 
corporations, or agencies of the Department such sums as he may 
deem necessary, but not to exceed $2,650,000 for eradication of vesicu-
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lar exanthema of swine, to be available only in an emergency which 
threatens the livestock or poultry industry of the country, and any 
unexpended balances of funds transferred under this head in the next 
preceding fiscal year shall be merged with such transferred amounts: 
praisliie^nt?* ^^" Provided^ That, except for payments made pursuant to said Act of 
February 28,1947, the payment for animals may be made on appraise-
ment based on the meat, egg-production, dairy, or breeding value, but 
in case of appraisement based on breeding value no appraisement of 
any animal shall exceed three times its meat, egg-production, or dairy 
value and, except in case of an extraordinary emergency to be 
determined by the Secretary, the payment by the United States shall 
not exceed one-half of any such appraisements: Promded 
further^ 
That this appropriation shall be subject to applicable provisions con-
tained in the item "Salaries and expenses. Agricultural Research 
Service". 
Research: For expenses necessary for research authorized by the 
62 Stat. 198. 
^/^^t of April 24,1948 (21 U. S. C. 113a), $1,900,000. 
EXTENSION SERVICE 
PAYMENTS TO STATES, HAWAII, ALASKA, AND PUERTO RICO 
For payments for cooperative agricultural extension work under 
7^usc*34^%48 
^
^
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® Smith-Lever Act, as amended by the Act of June 26, 1953 (Public 
Law 83), $38,662,000; under section 5, Clarke-McNary Act (16 U. S. C. 
43 Stat. 654. 
568-568a), $88,000; and payments and contracts for such work under 
section 204 (b)-205 of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 
60 Stat. 1089. 
XJ. S. C. 1623-1624), $925,000; in all, $39,675,000: Promded, 
That 
funds hereby appropriated pursuant to section 3 (c) of the Act of 
7 use 343. 
June 26,1953 (Public Law 83) shall not be paid to any State, Hawaii, 
Alaska, or Puerto Rico prior to availability of an equal sum from 
non-Federal sources for expenditure during the current fiscal year. 
FEDERAL EXTENSION SERVICE 
Administration 
and coordination: For 
administration 
of 
the 
Vxf^r\A^\A«, 
Smith-Lever Act, as amended by the Act of June 26, 1953 (Public 
43 statf 654. 
Law 83), scctiou 5 of the Clarke-McNary Act (16 U. S. C. 568-568a), 
and extension aspects of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 
60 Stat. 1087. 
"[J. S. C. 1621-1627), and to coordinate and provide program leader-
ship for the extension work of the Department and the several States, 
Territories, and insular possessions, $1,925,000. 
Penalty mail: For costs of penalty mail for cooperative extension 
agents, $1,942,500. 
FARMER COOPERATIVE SERVICE 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Act of July 2, 1926 (7 
44 Stat. 802. 
U. S. C. 451-457), $408,000. 
FOREST SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary, including not to exceed $15,000 for employ-
ment 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 of 
60 Stat. 810. 
August 2,1946 (5 IT. S. C. 55a), including travel expenses of advisory 
Experimental in- couucils or similar gToups; to experiment and make investigations 
vestigations. 
^^^ rcport ou forcstry, national forests, forest fires, forest insects and 
diseases, and lumbering; to advise the owners of woodlands as to the 
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307 
proper care of the same; to investigate and test American timber and 
timber trees and their uses, and methods, for the preservative treat-
ment of timber; to seek, through investigations and the planting of 
native and foreign species, suitable trees for the treeless regions; to 
erect necessary buildings: Provided^ That the cost of any building 
purchased, erected, or as improved, exclusive of the cost of construct-
ing a water-supply or sanitary system and of connecting the same 
with any such building, and exclusive of the cost of any tower upon 
which a lookout house may be erected, shall not exceed $18,500 
($22,500 in Alaska) with the exception that any building erected, 
purchased, or acquired, the cost of which was $18,500 or more, may be 
improved out of the appropriations made under this Act for the Forest 
Service by an amount not to exceed 2 per centum of the cost of such 
building; to protect, administer, and improve the national forests, 
including tree planting and other measures to prevent erosion, drift, 
surface wash, soil waste, and the formation of floods, and to conserve 
water; to ascertain the natural conditions upon and utilize the 
national forests, to transport and care for fish and game supplied to 
stock the national forests or the waters therein; for management of 
lands acquired under the land utilization program; and to collate, 
digest, report, and illustrate the results of experiments and investiga-
tions made by the Forest Service: Provided further^ That the appro-
priations available to the Forest Service for the current fiscal year 
may be used for the operation and maintenance of aircraft, and the 
purchase of not to exceed four (for replacement only), and not to 
exceed $250,000 of such appropriations may be used for the main-
tenance, improvement, and construction of aircraft landing fields in, 
or adjacent to, the national forests, as follows: 
National forest protection and management: For the administra-
tion, protection, use, maintenance, improvement, and development 
of the national forests, including the establishment and maintenance 
of forest tree nurseries, including the procurement of tree seed and 
nursery stock by purchase, production, or otherwise, seeding and tree 
planting and the care of plantations and young growth; the mainte-
nance of roads and trails and the construction and maintenance of all 
other improvements necessary for the proper and economical admin-
istration, protection, development, and use of the national forests, 
including experimental areas under Forest Service administration, 
except that where direct purchases will be more economical than 
construction, improvements may be purchased; the construction (not 
to exceed $18,500 for any one structure), equipment, and maintenance 
of sanitary and recreational facilities; timber cultural operations; 
development and application of fish and game management plans; 
propagation and transplanting of plants suitable for planting on 
semiarid portions of the national forests; estimating and appraising 
of timber and other resources and development and application of 
plans for their effective management, sale, and use; expenses of the 
National Forest Reservation Commission as authorized by section 
14 of the Act of March 1, 1911 (16 U. S. C. 514); examination, classi-
fication, 
surveying, and appraisal of land incident to effecting 
exchanges authorized by law and of lands within the boundaries of 
the national forests that may be opened to homestead settlement and 
entry under the Act of June 11, 1906, and the Act of August 10, 1912 
(16 U. S. C. 506-509), as provided by the Act of March 4, 1913 (16 
U. S. C. 512) ; investigation and estfablishment of water rights, 
including the purchase thereof or of lands or interests in lands or 
rights-of-way for use and protection of water rights necessary or 
beneficial in connection with the administration and public use of 
the national forests; not to exceed $100,000 for the purchase of 
Cost of b u i l d ' 
ings. 
Protection, etcc, 
of national forest si. 
Aircraft. 
Landing fields. 
D i r e c t 
pur-
36 Stat. 963. 
34 Stat. 233; 
Stat. 287, 842. 
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parcels of land and interests therein in Sanders County, Montana, 
but such land shall not be acquired without the approval of the local 
government concerned; and all expenses necessary for the use, main-
tenance, improvement, protection, and general administration of the 
national forests, and for the management of lands under title I I I of 
50 Stat. 525. 
the Act of July 22, 1937, and the Act of August 11, 1945 (7 U. S. C. 
59 Stat. 532. 
1010-1012); $30,490,200; Provided, That the Secretary may sell at 
market value any property located in Yalobusha, Chickasaw, and 
Pontotoc counties, Mississippi, administered under title I I I of the 
Act of July 22, 1937, and suitable for return to private ownership 
under such terms and conditions as would not conflict with the 
purposes of said Act. 
Fighting forest fires: For fighting and preventing forest fires on 
or threatening lands under Forest Service administration, including 
lands under contract for purchase or in process of condemnation for 
Forest Service purposes, and for liquidation of obligations incurred 
in the preceding fiscal year for such purpose, $6,000,000, of which 
$2,500,000 shall be apportioned for use, pursuant to section 3679 of 
31 use 665. 
the Revised Statutes, as amended, to the extent necessary to meet 
emergency conditions. 
Control of forest pests: For the control of white pine blister rust 
54 Stat. 168. 
pursuant to the Act of April 26,1940 (16 U. S. C. 594a), including the 
development and testing of new control methods, $2,570,000, of which 
$360,000 shall be available to the Department of the Interior for the 
control of white pine blister rust on or endangering Federal lands 
under the jurisdiction of that Department or lands of Indian tribes 
which are under the jurisdiction of or retained under restrictions of 
the United States; and for carrying out the Forest Pest Control Act 
61 Stat. 177. 
(le U. S. C , Supp. V, 594-1—594-5), $2,367,500, of which $1^67,500 
shall be apportioned for use pursuant to section 3679 of the Revised 
31 use 665. 
Statutes, as amended, for the purposes of said Act to the extent 
necessary under the then existing conditions; $4,937,500. 
Forest research: For forest research at forest or range experiment 
stations, the Forest Products Laboratory, or elsewhere, in accordance 
with the provisions of sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, and 10 of the Act ap-
proved May 22, 1928, as amended (16 U. S. C. 581, 581a-581c, 581f-
45 Stat. 699. 
581i), including the construction and maintenance of improvements; 
fire, silvicultural, watershed, forest insects and diseases, and other 
forest investigations and experiments; investigations and experi-
ments to develop improved methods of management of forest and 
related ranges; experiments, investigations, and tests of forest prod-
ucts ; marketing research and service on timber and timber products; 
a comprehensive forest survey; and investigations in forest economics; 
$6,538,500: Provided, That funds may be advanced to cooperators 
under such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe when such 
action will stimulate or facilitate cooperative work. 
FOREST 
ROADS 
AND TRAILS 
For expenses necessary for carrying out the provisions of section 
23 of the Federal Highway Act approved November 9, 1921, as 
st^2 stat.^ 218; 49 amended (23 U. S. C. 23, 23a), relating to forest development roads 
and trails, including the construction, reconstruction, and maintenance 
of roads and trails on experimental areas under Forest Service admin-
istration, $16,000,000, which sum is authorized to be appropriated by 
23 use 23 note, ^he Acts of September 7, 1950 (64 Stat. 786), and June 25, 1952 (66 
Stat. 158), to remain available until expended: Provided, That this 
appropriation shall be available for the rental, purchase, construction, 
or alteration of buildings necessary for the storage and repair of 
equipment and supplies used for road and trail construction and main-
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309 
tenance, but the total cost of any such building purchased, altered, or 
constructed under this authorization shall not exceed $18,500 ($22,500 
in Alaska), with the exception that any building erected, purchased, 
or acquired, the cost of which was $18,500 or more, may be improved 
within any fiscal year by an amount not to exceed 2 per centum of the 
cost of such buildings. 
ACQUISITION OF LANDS FOR NATIONAL FORESTS 
Weeks Act 
For the acquisition of forest lands under the provisions of the Act 
approved March 1, 1911, as amended (16 U. S. C. 513-519, 521), 
36 stat. 96i. 
$125,000, to be available only for payment of the purchase price of any 
lands acquired, including the cost of surveys in connection with such 
acquisition: Provided^ That no part of this appropriation shall be 
used for acquisition of any land which is not within the boundaries of 
a national forest: Provided further, That no part of this appropri-
ation shall be used for the acquisition of any land without the approval 
of the local government concerned. 
Special Acts 
For the acquisition of land to facilitate the control of soil erosion 
and flood damage originating within the exterior boundaries of the 
following national forest, in accordance with the provisions of the 
following Act authorizing annual appropriations of forest receipts 
for such purposes, and in not to exceed the following amount from 
such receipts: Cache National Forest, Utah, Act of May 11, 1938 
(Public Law 505), as amended, $10,000: Provided, That no part of 
52 stat. 347. 
this appropriation shall be used for acquisition of any land which is 
not within the boundaries of a national forest: Provided 
further, 
That no part of this appropriation shall be used for the acquisition of 
any land without the approval of the local government concerned. 
STATE 
AND 
PRIVATE 
FORESTRY 
COOPERATION 
For expenses necessary for cooperation with the various States in 
forest-fire prevention and suppression, in forest tree planting, in 
forest management and processing, and in farm forestry extension, 
pursuant to the Act of August 25, 1950 (16 U. S. C. 568c, 568d), and 
sections 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 of the Act of June 7, 1924 (16 U. S. C. 564- 
^3 stat. ess. 
568a), and Acts supplementary thereto; advising timberland owners, 
associations, and other appropriate agencies in the application of 
forest management principles to federally owned lands leased to 
States and to private forest lands, and advising wood-using industries 
in processing of forest products, so as to attain sustained-yield man-
agement, the conservation of the timber resources, the productivity of 
forest lands, and the stabilization of employment and economic con-
tinuance of forest industries; $10,683,690. 
COOPERATIVE RANGE IMPROVEMENTS 
For artificial revegetation, construction, and maintenance of range 
improvements, control of rodents, and eradication of poisonous and 
noxious plants on national forests as authorized by section 12 of the 
Act of April 24,1950 (16 U. S. C. 580h), $400,000, to remain available 
^^ s*«*- ^^' 
until expended. 
64 Stat. 473. 
49 Stat. 163. 
Cost of b u i l d -
ings. 
Restrictions. 
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SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE 
' 
CONSERVATION OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses for carrying out the provisions of the Act 
of April 27, 1935 (16 U. S. C. 590a-590f), including preparation of 
conservation plans and establishment of measures to conserve soil 
and water (including farm irrigation and land drainage and such 
special measures as may be necessary to prevent floods and the silta-
tion of reservoirs) ; operation of conservation nurseries; classification 
and mapping of soils; dissemination of information; purchase and 
erection or alteration of permanent buildings; operation and main-
tenance of aircraft; and furnishing of subsistence to employees; 
$59,085,671: Promded^ That the cost of any permanent building pur-
chased, 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 wnth the exception of buildings acquired in con-
junction 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 altera-
tions or improvements to other existing permanent buildings costing 
$2,500 or more may be made in any fiscal year in an amount not to 
exceed $500 per building: Provided 
further^ That no part of this 
appropriation shall be available for the construction of any such 
building on land not owned by the Government: Provided 
further, 
That in the State of Missouri, where the State has established a central 
State agency authorized to enter into agreements with the United 
States or any of its agencies on policies and general programs for the. 
.,, 
saving of its soil by the extension of Federal aid to any soil conserva-
tion district in such State, the agreements made by or on behalf of the 
United States with any such soil conservation district shall have the 
prior approval of such central State agency before they shall become 
effective as to such district: Provided further, That no part of this 
appropriation may be expended for soil and water conservation opera-
tions 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 sec-
58 Stat. 742. 
^JQ^ 796 (a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (5 U. S. C. 574), as amended 
60 Stat. 810. 
Y)y section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a) : Provided 
further. That qualified local engineers may be temporarily employed 
at per diem rates to perform the technical planning work of the 
service. 
WATERSHED PROTECTION 
For expenses necessary to conduct surveys, investigations, and 
research and to carry out preventive measures, including, but not 
limited to, engineering operations, methods of cultivation, the growing 
of vegetation, and changes in use of land, in accordance with the 
provisions of the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U. S. C. 590a-590f), to 
remain available until expended, $5,500,000, with which shall be 
merged the unexpended balances of funds heretofore appropriated 
or transferred to the Department for watershed protection purposes. 
49 Stat. 163. 
FLOOD PREVENTION 
For expenses necessary, in accordance with the Flood Control Act, 
3^3%c^"oia- approved June 22, 1936 (Public Law 738), as amended and supple-
70 ih. 
mented, and in accordance with the provisions of laws relating to the 
activities of the Department, to make preliminary examinations and 
surveys, and to perform works of improvement, and to plan the agri-
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311 
cultural phases of the development of the Arkansas-White'-Ked River 
area, the New England-New York area, including not to exceed $100,-
000 for employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706 
(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (5 U. S. C. 574), as amended by section 
15 of the Act of August 2,1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), at rates for individuals 
not to exceed $100 per diem, to remain available until expended, 
$7,482,000, with which shall be merged the unexpended balances of 
funds heretofore appropriated or transferred to the Department for 
flood prevention purposes: Provided^ That no part of such funds shall 
be used for the purchase of lands in the Yazoo and Little Tallahatchie 
watersheds without specific approval of the county board of super-
visors of the county in which such lands are situated, nor shall any 
part of such funds be used for the purchase of lands in the counties of 
Adair, Cherokee, and Sequoyah, in the State of Oklahoma, and Neosho, 
Cottonwood, Verdigris, Caney, and tributaries in Kansas, without the 
specific approval of the Board of County Commissioners of the county 
in which such lands are situated: Provided further, That of the funds 
available herein, not in excess of $6,504,500 (with which shall be 
merged the unexpended balances of funds heretofore made available 
for these purposes) may be expended in watersheds heretofore author-
ized by section 13 of the Flood Control Act of December 22, 1944, 
for necessary gully control, floodwater detention, and floodway struc-
tures in areas other than those over which the Department of the Army 
has jurisdiction and responsibility. 
53 Stat. 742. 
60 Stat. 810. 
P u r c h a s e 
lands. 
of 
58 Stat. 90S. 
WATER CONSEKVATION AND UTILIZATION PROJECTS 
For expenses necessary to carry out the functions of the Depart-
ment under the Acts of May 10, 1939 (53 Stat. 685, 719), October 14, 
1940 (16 U. S. C. 590y-z-10), as amended and supplemented, June 
28, 1949 (Public Law 132), and September 6, 1950 (7 U. S. C. 1033-
1039), relating to water conservation and utilization projects, to 
remain available until expended, $480,000, which sum shall be merged 
with the unexpended balances of funds heretofore appropriated to 
said Department for the purposes of said Acts. 
54 Stat. 1119. 
63 Stat. 277. 
64 Stat. 769. 
AGRICULTURAL CONSERVATION PROGRAM SERVICE 
For necessary expenses to carry into effect the provisions of section 
7 to 17, inclusive, of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment 
Act, approved February 29, 1936, as amended (16 U. S. C. 590g-
590q), including not to exceed $6,000 for the preparation and display 
of exhibits, including such displays at State, interstate and interna-
tional fairs within the United States; $191,700,000, to remain available 
until December 31 of the next succeeding fiscal year for compliance 
with the program of soil-building practices and soil- and water-con-
serving practices authorized under this head in the Department of 
xlgriculture Appropriation Act, 1954, carried out during the period 
July 1,1953, to December 31,1954, inclusive: Provided, That not to ex-
ceed $22,500,000 of the total sum provided under this head shall be 
available during the current fiscal year for salaries and other admin-
istrative expenses for carrying out such program, the cost of aerial 
photographs, however, not to be charged to such limitation; but not 
more than $4,020,000 shall be transferred to the appropriation account, 
"Administrative expenses, section 392, Agricultural Adjustment Act of 
1938": Provided further, That payments to claimants hereunder may 
be made upon the certificate of the claimant, which certificate shall be 
in such form as the Secretary may prescribe, that he has carried out the 
conservation practice or practices and has complied with all other 
requirements as conditions for such payments and that the statements 
49 Stat. 1148. 
67 Stat. 215. 
52 Stat. 69. 
7 u s e 1392. 
P a y m e n t 
to 
claimants. 
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62 Stat. 683. 
50 u s e app 
note. 
601 
Soil 
b u i l d i n g 
practices, etc. 
49 Stat. 1148. 
16 U s e 
S 9 0 g 
590q. 
grants 
and information contained in the application for payment are correct 
and true, to the best of his knowledge and belief, under the penalties of 
title 18, United States Code: Provided 
further^ That none of the 
funds herein appropriated or made available for the functions 
assigned to the Agricultural Adjustment Agency pursuant to the 
Executive Order Numbered 9069, of February 23, 1942, 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 
amount shall be available for salaries and other administrative 
expenses in connection with the formulation and administration of 
the 1955 program of soil-building practices and soil- and water-
conserving practices, under the Act of February 29, 1936, as amended 
(amounting to $250,000,000, including administration, but of this 
amount not more than $195,000,000 may be used until a final program 
has been adopted relative to the use of acreage diverted from 
production, and formulated on the basis of a distribution of the 
funds available for payments and grants among the several 
States in accordance with their conservation needs as determined by 
the Secretary, except that the proportion allocated to any State shall 
not be reduced more than 15 per centum from the distribution for the 
next preceding program year, and no participant shall receive more 
'^-tJ"*"*^ ^
"
*
* ^^^^ $1,500: Provided., That the funds available for payments and 
grants from said sum of $195,000,000 shall be distributed among the 
several States in the same proportion as the original allocation of 
funds for payments and grants for the 1954 agricultural conservation 
program) ; but the payments or grants under such programs shall 
be conditioned upon the utilization of land with respect to which such 
payments or grants are to be made in conformity with farming 
practices which will encourage and provide for soil-building and 
soil- and water-conserving practices in the most practical and effec-
tive manner and adapted to conditions in the several States, as 
determined and approved by the State committees appointed pur-
suant to section 8 (b) of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allot-
ment Act, as amended (16 U. S. C. 590h (b)), for the respective 
States: Provided further^ That not to exceed 5 per centum of the 
allocation for the 1955 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 the funds so allotted ma^ be placed in a 
single account for each State, and shall not be utilized Dy the Soil 
Conservation Service for any purpose other than technical and other 
assistance in such counties: Provided 
further., That for the 1955 
program $2,500,000 shall be available for technical assistance in 
formulating and carrying out agricultural conservation practices and 
$1,000,000 shall be available for conservation practices related 
directly to flood prevention work in approved watersheds: Provided 
further., That in carrying out the 1955 program the Secretary shall 
give particular consideration to the conservation problems on farm 
lands diverted from 
crops under acreage-allotment 
programs: 
Provided further., That such amounts shall be available for the pur-
chase of seeds, fertilizers, lime, trees, or any other farming material, 
or any soil-terracing services, and making grants thereof to agri-
cultural 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 Depart-
49 Stat. 1150. 
P u r c h a s e of 
seeds, etc. 
Restriction. 
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313 
ment, or any bureau, office, corporation, or other agency constituting 
a part of such Department, shall be used in the current fiscal year for 
the payment of salary or travel expenses of any person who has been 
convicted of violating the Act entitled "An Act to prevent pernicious 
political activities", approved August 2,1939, as amended, or who has 
been found in accordance with the provisions of title 18, United States 
Code, section 1913, to have violated or attempted to violate such section 
which prohibits the use of Federal appropriations for the payment of 
personal services or other expenses designed to influence in any manner 
a Member of Congress to favor or oppose any legislation or appro-
priation by Congress except upon request of any Member or through 
the proper official channels. 
AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE 
53 Stat. 1147. 
5 u s e llSKnote. 
62 Stat. 792. 
MARKETING RESEARCH AND SERVICE 
For expenses necessary to carry on research and service to improve 
and develop marketing and distribution relating to agriculture as 
authorized by the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U. S. C. 
1621-1627) and other laws, including the administration of marketing 
regulatory acts connected therewith: 
Marketing research and agricultural estimates: For research and 
development relating to agricultural marketing and distribution, for 
analyses relating to farm prices, income and population, and demand 
for farm products, and for crop and livestock estimates; $10,215,000: 
Provided^ That no part of the funds herein appropriated shall be 
available for any expense incident to ascertaining, collating, or pub-
lishing a report stating the intention of farmers as to the acreage to 
be planted in cotton, or for estimates of apple production for other 
than the commercial crop. 
Marketing services: For services relating to agricultural market-
ing and distribution, for carrying out regulatory acts connected 
therewith, and for administration and coordination of payments to 
States; $11,575,500, including not to exceed $25,000 for employment 
at rates not to exceed $100 per diem, pursuant to the second sentence 
of section 706 (a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (5 U. S. C. 574), as 
amended by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), 
in carrying out section 201 (a) to 201 (d), inclusive, of title I I of the 
Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U. S. C. 1291) and section 
203 (j) of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946. 
60 Stat. 1087. 
Restriction. 
58 Stat. 742. 
60 Stat. 810. 
52 Stat. 36. 
60 Stat. 1088. 
7 u s e 1622. 
PAYMENTS TO STATES, TERRITORIES, 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)), $900,000. 
60 Stat. 1089. 
REPAYMENT TO COMMODITY CREDIT 
CORPORATION 
For reimbursement to Commodity Credit Corporation for sums 
transferred to the appropriation "Marketing services", fiscal year 
1953 (including interest thereon through June 30, 1954), pursuant to 
authority contained under the head "Marketing services" in the De-
partment of Agriculture Appropriation Act, 1952 (7 U. S. C. 414a), 
for grading tobacco and classing cotton without charge to producers, 
as authorized by law (7 U. S. C. 473a, 511d), $441,655. 
65 Stat. 239. 
50 Stat. 62; 49 
Stat. 732. 
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[68 STAT, 
SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM 
60 Stat. 230. 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the National 
School Lunch Act (42 U. S. C. 1751-1760), $83,236,197: Provided, 
That no part of this appropriation shall be used for nonfood assistance 
42 use 17S4. 
under section 5 of said Act. 
FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE 
For necessary expenses for the Foreign Agricultural Service and 
for enabling the Secretary to coordinate and integrate activities of 
the Department in connection with foreign agricultural work, 
$965,000. 
COMMODITY EXCHANGE AUTHORITY 
49 Stat. 1491. 
For necessary expenses to carry into effect the provisions of the 
Commodity Exchange Act, as amended (7 U. S. C. 1-lTa), $673,000. 
COMMODITY STABILIZATION SERVICE 
A G R I C U L T U R A L ADJUSTMENT PROGRAMS 
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 
52 Stat. 38. 
XJ. S. C. 1301-1393), $41,250,000, of which not more than $5,500,000 
shall be transferred to the appropriation account "Administrative 
7 use 1392. 
expenses, section 392, Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938": Pro-
vided^ That $3,500,000 of this appropriation shall be placed in reserve 
to be apportioned for use pursuant to section 3679 of the Kevised 
31 use 665. 
Statutes, as amended, to the extent necessary for carrying out market-
ing quotas for the 1955 crop of wheat. 
SUGAR ACT PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry into effect the provisions of the 
61 Stat. 922. 
Sugar Act of 1948 (7 U. S. C. 1101-1160), $59,600,000, to remain avail-
able until June 30 of the next succeeding fiscal year: Provided, That 
expenditures (includmg transfers) from this appropriation for other 
than payments to sugar producers shall not exceed $1,440,000, of which 
$77,000 shall be placed in reserve to be apportioned pursuant to sec-
31 use 665. 
tion 3679 of the Revised Statutes, as amended, for use as may become 
necessary for applying restrictive proportionate shares on the 1955 
beet crop. 
FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION 
For operating and administrative expenses, $6,000,000. 
" ' 
' " ' 
RURAL ELECTRIFICATION ADMINISTRATION 
To carry into effect the provisions of the Rural Electrification Act 
49 Stat. 1363. 
of 1936, as amended (7 U. S. C. 901-924), as follows: 
LOAN A U T H O R I Z A T I O N S 
For loans in accordance with said Act, and for carrying out the 
provisions of section 7 thereof, to be borrowed from the Secretary of 
7 use 907,903. j^j^^ Treasury in accordance with the provisions of section 3 (a) of 
said Act as follows: Rural electrification program, $135,000,000; and 
rural telephone program, $75,000,000; and additional amounts, not 
to exceed $35,000,000 for the rural electrification program, may be 
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315 
borrowed under the same terms and conditions to the extent that such 
additional amounts are required during the fiscal year 1955, under the 
then existing conditions, for the expeditious and orderly development 
of the program. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For administrative expenses, including not to exceed $500 for 
financial and credit reports, and not to exceed $75,000 for employment 
pursuant to the second sentence of section 706 (a) of the Organic Act 
of 1944 (5 U. S. C. 574), as amended by section 15 of the Act of 
August 2,1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), $7,285,000. 
FARMERS' HOME ADMINISTRATION 
To carry into effect the provisions of titles I, II, and the related 
provisions of title IV of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, as 
amended (7 U. S, C. 1000-1031); the Farmers' Home Administration 
Act of 1946 (7 U. S. C. 1001, note; 31 U. S. C. 82h; 12 U. S. C. 371; 35 
D. C. Code 535; 60 Stat. 1062-1080) ; the Act of July 30, 1946 (40 
U. S. C. 436-439) ; the Act of August 28,1937, as amended (16 U. S. C. 
590r-590x, 590z-5), for the development of facilities for water storage 
and utilization in the arid and semiarid areas of the United States; 
the provisions of title V of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U. S. C. 1471-
1483), as amended by the Housing Act of 1952 (Public Law 531, 
approved July 14, 1952), relating to financial assistance for farm 
housing; the Kural Rehabilitation Corporation Trust Liquidation 
Act, approved May 3,1950 (40 U. S. C. 440-444) ; the items "Loans to 
farmers, 1948 flood damage" in the Act of June 25, 1948 (62 Stat. 
1038), and "Loans to farmers, property damage" in the Act of May 24, 
1949 (63 Stat. 82) ; the collecting and servicing of credit sales and 
development accounts in water conservation and utilization projects 
(53 Stat. 685, 719), as amended and supplemented (16 U. S. C. 590y, 
zl and zlO) ; 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: 
58 Stat. 742. 
60 Stat. 810. 
50 Stat. 522. 
60 Stat. 711. 
50 Stat. 869. 
63 Stat. 432. 
66 Stat. 604. 
64 Stat. 98. 
53 Stat. 1418:54 
Stat. 1125. 
64 Stat. 769. 
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) : Title I and 
section 43 of title IV of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, as 
amended, $19,000,000, of which not to exceed $5,000,000 may be dis-
tributed to States and Territories without regard to farm popula-
tion and prevalence of tenancy, in addition to the amount otherwise 
distributed thereto, for loans in reclamation projects and to entry men 
on unpatented public land; title I I of the Bankhead-Jones Farm 
Tenant Act, as amended, $122,500,000; the Act of August 28, 1937, as 
amended, $6,500,000: Provided^ That not to exceed the foregoing sev-
eral amounts shall be borrowed in one account from the Secretary of 
the Treasury in accordance with the provisions set forth under this 
head in the Department of Agriculture Appropriation Act, 1952. 
50 Stat. 531. 
7 u s e 1024. 
50 Stat. 522; 530, 
7 u s e 
1 0 0 1 -
1006. 1017. 
50 Stat. 524. 
7 u s e 1007-1009,, 
50 Stat. 869. 
16 u s e 
590r" 
590x. 
65 Stat. 240. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For making, servicing, and collecting loans and insured mortgages, 
the servicing and collecting of loans made under prior authority, the 
liquidation of assets transferred to Farmers' Home Administration, 
and other administrative expenses, $23,550,000, together with a trans-
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[68 S T A T . 
60 Stat. 1076. 
7 u s e 1005b. 
34 Stat. 690. 
Y e a r b o o k of 
Agriculture. 
28 Stat. 612. 
Motion pictures, 
etc. 
58 Stat. 742. 
60 Stat. 810. 
Field offices. 
fer of not to exceed $400,000 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. 
OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR 
For necessary expenses, including payment of fees or dues for the 
use of law libraries by attorneys in the field service, $2,030,000, together 
with such amounts from other appropriations or authorizations as are 
provided in the schedules in the budget for the current fiscal year for 
such expenses, which several amounts not exceeding a total of $300,000 
shall be transferred to and made a part of this appropriation. 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
For expenses of the Office of the Secretary of Agriculture, includ-
ing the purchase of one passenger motor vehicle for replacement only; 
expenses of the National Agricultural Advisory Commission; station-
ery, supplies, materials, and equipment; freight, express, and drayage 
charges; advertising of bids, communication service, postage, wash-
ing towels, repairs and alterations, and other miscellaneous supplies 
and expenses not otherwise provided for and necessary for the prac-
tical and efficient work of the Department of Agriculture; $2,080,000, 
together with such amounts from other appropriations or authoriza-
tions as are provided in the schedules in the budget for the current 
fiscal year for such services and expenses, which several amounts or 
portions thereof, as may be determined by the Secretary, not exceed-
ing a total of $84,280, shall be transferred to and made a part of this 
appropriation. 
OFFICE OF INFORMATION 
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, 
$1,196,000, together with such amounts from other appropriations or 
authorizations as are provided in the schedules in the budget for the 
current fiscal year for such expenses, which several amounts not 
exceeding a total of $16,014 shall be transferred to and made a part 
of this appropriation, of which total appropriation not to exceed 
$537,000 may be used for farmers' bulletins, which shall be adapted to 
the interests of the people of the different sections of the country, an 
equal proportion of four-fifths of which shall be delivered to or 
sent out under the addressed franks furnished by the Senators, Kepre-
sentatives, and Delegates in Congress, as they shall direct (7 U. S. C. 
417) and not less than two hundred thirty thousand eight 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 Yearbook 
of Agriculture) as authorized by section 73 of the Act of January 12, 
1895 (44 U. S. C. 241) : Provided, That in the preparation of motion 
pictures or exhibits by the Department, not exceeding a total of 
$10,000 may be used for employment pursuant to the second sentence 
of section 706 (a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (5 U. S. C. 574), as 
amended by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a) : 
Provided further, That no part of this appropriation shall be used 
for the establishment or maintenance of regional or State field offices, 
or for the compensation of employees in such offices. 
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317 
LIBRARY 
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, 
$659,950. 
TITLE II—CORPORATIONS 
1 
The following corporations and agencies are hereby authorized to 
make such expenditures, within the limits of funds and borrowing 
authority available to each such corporation or agency and in accord 
with law, and to make such contracts and commitments without 
regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 of the 
Government Corporation Control Act, as amended, as may be neces-
sary in carrying out the programs set forth in the budget for the 
fiscal year 1955 for such corporation or agency, except as hereinafter 
provided: 
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation: Provided^ That the direct 
costs of loss adjusters for crop inspections and loss adjustments may 
be considered as nonadministrative or nonoperating expenses. 
Commodity Credit Corporation: Nothing in this Act shall be so 
construed as to prevent the Commodity Credit Corporation from 
carrying out any activity or any program authorized by law: Pro-
vided^ That not to exceed $18,000,000 shall be available for admin-
istrative expenses of the Corporation: Provided 
further^ That all 
Nonadministra-
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tiv© expenses* 
necessary expenses (including legal and special services performed on 
a contract or fee basis, but not including other personal services) in 
connection with the acquisition, operation, maintenance, improve-
ment, or disposition of any real or personal property belonging to 
the Corporation or in which it has an interest, including expenses of 
collections of pledged collateral, shall be considered as nonadmin-
istrative expenses for the purposes hereof. 
TITLE III—SPECIAL ACTIVITIES 
RESEARCH ON STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL AGRICULTURAL MATERIALS 
For expenses necessary to carry out section 7 (b) of the Strategic 
and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act of July 23, 1946 (50 U. S. C. 
98f), $331,500: Provided, That this appropriation shall be subject to 
eo stat. eoo. 
applicable provisions contained in the item "Salaries and expenses, 
Agricultural Research Service". 
TITLE IV—FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION 
Administrative expenses: For necessary expenses, including serv-
ices as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2,1946 (5 U. S. C. 
55a), the assessments heretofore and hereafter collected from the Fed- 
60 stat. sio. 
eral land banks and other farm credit agencies, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, 
That not to exceed $2,320,000 shall be 
obligated during the current fiscal year for such expenses. 
Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation: Not to exceed $650,000 (to 
be computed on an accrual basis) of the funds of the Corporation 
shall be available for administrative expenses, including employment 
on a contract or fee basis of persons, firms, and corporations for the 
performance of special services, including legal services, and the use 
of the services and facilities of Federal land banks. National farm 
loan associations, Federal Reserve banks, and agencies of the Govern-
ment as authorized by the Act of January 31, 1934 (12 U. S. C. 1020-
1020h) ; and said total sum shall be exclusive of services and facilities 
48 stat. 344. 
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Dividends. 
Bonds. 
furnished and examinations made by the Farm Credit Administration 
central office, interest expense, and expenses in connection with the 
acquisition, operation, maintenance, improvement, protection, or dis-
position of real or personal property belonging to the Corporation or 
in which it has an interest: Provided, That promptly after June 30 
of each fiscal year all cash funds in excess of the estimated operating 
requirements for the current fiscal year shall be declared as dividends 
and paid into the general fund of the Treasury: Provided 
further, 
That the aggregate amount of bonds the Corporation may issue and 
have outstanding at any one time shall not exceed $500,000,000. 
Federal intermediate credit banks: Not to exceed $1,740,000 (to be 
computed on an accrual basis) of the funds of the banks shall be 
available for administrative expenses, including the purchase of not 
to exceed two passenger motor vehicles for replacement only, and 
services performed for the banks by other Government agencies 
(except services and facilities furnished and examinations made by the 
Farm Credit Administration central office, and services performed 
by any Federal Reserve bank and by the United States Treasury in 
connection with the financial transactions of the banks) ; and said 
total sum shall be exclusive of interest expense, legal and special serv-
ices performed on a contract or fee basis, and expenses in connection 
with the acquisition, operation, maintenance, improvement, protec-
tion, or disposition of real or personal property belonging to the banks 
or in which they have an interest. 
Production credit corporations: Not to exceed $1,540,000 (to be 
computed on an accrual basis) of the funds of the corporation shall be 
available for administrative expenses, including the purchase of not 
to exceed five passenger motor vehicles for replacement only, and 
services performed for the corporations by other Government agencies 
(except services and facilities furnished and examinations made by the 
Farm Credit Administration central office) ; and said total sum shall 
be exclusive of interest expense, legal and special services performed 
on a contract or fee basis, and expenses in connection with the acquisi-
tion, operation, maintenance, improvement, protection, or disposition 
of real or personal property belonging to the corporations or in which 
they have an interest. 
TITLE V—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
Passenger motor 
vehicles. 
Employment of 
aliens. 
P u r c h a s e 
lands. 
C o t t o n 
p r i c e 
predictions. 
SEC. 501. Within the unit limit of cost fixed by law, the lump-sum 
appropriations and authorizations made for the Department under 
this Act shall be available for the purchase, in addition to those spe-
cifically provided for, of not to exceed 575 passenger motor vehicles 
for replacement only, and for the hire of such vehicles, necessary in the 
conduct of the work of the Department outside the District of 
Columbia. 
SEC. 502. Provisions of law prohibiting or restricting the employ-
ment of aliens shall not apply to (1) the temporary employment of 
translators when competent citizen translators are not available; (2) 
employment in cases of emergency of persons in the field service of 
the Department for periods of not more than sixty days; and (3) 
employment under the appropriation for the Foreign Agricultural 
Service. 
SEC. 503. Of appropriations herein made which are available for 
the purchase of lands, not to exceed $1 may be expended for each 
option to purchase any particular tract or tracts of land. 
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, 
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319 
any prediction, oral or written, or forecast, except as to damage threat-
ened 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 Act of 
August 14, 1946 (7 U. S. C. 427, 1621-1629) shall be available for 
contracting in accordance with said Act. 
SEC. 507. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act, or of 
the funds available for expenditure by any corporation included in 
this Act, shall be used to pay the salary or wages of any person who 
engages in a strike against the Government of the United States or 
who is a member of an organization of Government employees that 
asserts the right to strike against the Government of the United 
States, or who advocates, or is a member of an organization that 
advocates, the overthrow of the Government of the United States by 
force or violence: Provided^ That for the purposes hereof an affidavit 
shall be considered prima facie evidence that the person making the 
affidavit has not contrary to the provisions of this section engaged in 
a strike against the Government of the United States, is not a member 
of an organization of Government employees that asserts the right to 
strike against the Government of the United States, or that such per-
son does not advocate, and is not a member of an organization that 
advocates, the overthrow of the Government of the United States by 
force or violence: Provided further^ That any person who engages 
in a strike against the Government of the United States or who is a 
member of an organization of Government employees that asserts 
the right to strike against the Government of the United States, or 
who advocates, or who is a member of an organization that advocates, 
the overthrow of the Government of the United States by force or 
violence and accepts employment the salary or wages for which are 
paid from any appropriation or fund contained in this Act shall be 
guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than 
$1,000 or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both: Provided 
furthe'^^ That the above penalty clause shall be in addition to, and 
not in substitution for, any other provisions of existing law: Provided 
further^ That nothing in this section shall be construed to require an 
affidavit from any person employed for less than sixty days for sudden 
emergency work involving the loss of human life or destruction of 
property, the payment of salary or wages may be made to such persons 
from applicable appropriations for services rendered in such emer-
gency without execution of the affidavit contemplated by this section. 
SEC. 508. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act or of 
the funds available for expenditure by any corporation or agency in-
cluded in this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes 
to support or defeat legislation pending before the Congress. 
SEC. 509. Appropriations of the Department available for research 
and service work authorized by the Act of August 14, 1946 (7 U. S. C 
427; 7 U. S. C. 1621-1629) shall be available for expenses of any 
advisory committee established as provided in title I I I of said. Act 
to assist in effectuating the research and service work of the 
Department. 
This Act may be cited as the "Department of Agriculture and Farm 
Credit Administration Appropriation Act, 1955". 
Approved June 29, 1954. 
P u r c h a s e 
of 
twine. 
Contracts. 
60 Stat. 1085. 
Strikes or over-
throw of G o v e r n -
ment. 
Affidavit. 
Penalty. 
Emergency work. 
P u b l i c i t y 
or 
propaganda. 
R e s e a r c h and 
service work. 
6 0 S t a t . 
1082, 
1087. 
Short title.