An Act making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture and related agencies for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1969, and for other purposes
PL 90-463 (H.R.16913), enacted 08/08/1968

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PUBLIC LAW 90-463-AUG. 8, 1968 
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Public Law 90-463 
AN ACT 
Augusts, 1968 
Making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture and related agencies 
[H. R. I69r3] 
for the 
fiscal 
year ending June 30,1969, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following Ag^L^uut^r* °^ 
sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not other- and Related 
wise appropriated, for the Department of Agriculture and related ^f^^^^^\^'^^'°' 
agencies for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1969, and for other 1959. 
purposes; namely: 
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
TITLE I—GENERAL ACTIVITIES 
AGRICULTUKAL RESEARCH SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary to perform agricultural research relating to 
production, utilization, marketing, nutrition and consumer use, to con-
trol and eradicate pests and plant and animal diseases, and to perform 
related inspection, quarantine and regulatory work: Provided, That 
appropriations hereunder 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 $75,000 shall be available for 
ss stat. 742. 
employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That appropria- 
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tions hereunder shall be available for the operation and maintenance 
of aircraft and the purchase of not to exceed three for replacement 
only: Provided further, That appropriations hereunder shall be avail-
able pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2225, for the construction, alteration, and 
repair of buildings and improvements, but unless otherwise provided, 
the cost of constructing any one building (except headhouses connect-
ing 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 con-
tained in this Act shall not apply 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 dis-
tribution, not otherwise provided for; home economics or nutrition 
and consumer use of agricultural and associated products; and re-
lated research and services; and for acquisition of land by donation, 
exchange, or purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed $100; $129,118,-
300, 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 
y^us'c^eiVc" 
Law 88-250 shall be transferred to and merged with this appropria- 
77 stat. 820'. 
tion: Provided, That the limitations contained herein shall not apply 
to replacement of buildings needed to carry out the Act of April 24, 
1948 (21 U.S.C. 113a) : Provided 
further. That none of the funds 
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appropriated in this Act shall be used to formulate a budget estimate 
for fiscal 1970 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 88-25; 
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Plant and animal disease and pest control: For operations and 
measures, not otherwise provided for, to control and eradicate pests 
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and plant and animal diseases and for carrying out assigned inspec-
tion, q[uarantine, and regulatory activities, as authorized by law, 
including expenses pursuant to the Act of February 28, 1947, as 
8o^sta!r33o. 
amended (21 U.S.C. 114b-c), $86,639,500, of which $1,500,000 shall 
be apportioned for use pursuant to section 3679 of the Eevised Stat-
31 use 665. 
utes, as amended, for the control of outbreaks of insects and plant 
diseases to the extent necessary to meet emergency conditions: Pro-
vided^ That no funds shall be used to formulate or administer 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 the Secretary is authorized to acquire land 
for plant quarantine control activities presently located at Presidio, 
Texas: Provided 
further^ That, in addition, in emergencies which 
threaten the livestock or poultry industries of the country, the Secre-
tary 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 infectious 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 transferred 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 
ITnited 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 
80 Stat. 1529. 
^7 U.S.C. 1704(b)(1), (3)), to remain available until expended, 
$4,500,000; and in addition, the June 30, 1968 unexpended balance 
of funds appropriated to the President in the Supplemental Appro-
72 Stat. 871. 
priatiou Act, 1959 (Public Law 85-766, approved August 27, 1958) 
under the heading "Translation of publications and scientific cooper-
ation" shall be merged with this appropriation: Provided^ That this 
appropriation shall be available, in addition to other appropriations 
for these purposes, for payments in the foregoing currencies: Pro-
vided further^ That funds appropriated herein shall be used for pay-
ments 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. 2225), as amended by 
58 Stat. 742. 
5 U.S.C. 3109. 
80 Stat. 416. 
69 Stat. 671. 
76 Stat. 806. 
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COOPERATIVE STATE EESEARCH SERVICE 
PAYMENTS A N D 
EXPENSES 
For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for grants for 
cooperative forestry and other research, for facilities, and for other 
expenses, including $52,945,000 to carry into effect the provisions of 
the Hatch Act, approved March 2, 1887, as amended by the Act ap-
proved August 11, 1955 (7 U.S.C, 361a-361i), including administra-
tion by the United States Department of Agriculture; $3,485,000 for 
grants for cooperative forestry research under the Act approved Octo-
ber 10,1962 (16 U.S.C. 582a—582a-7); $2,000,000 in addition to funds 
otherwise available for contracts and grants for scientific research 
under the Act of August 4, 1965 (7 U.S.C. 450i) of which $1,000,000 
^9 stat. 431. 
shall be for the special cotton research program and $400,000 for soy-
bean research; $310,000 for penalty mail costs of agricultural experi-
ment stations under section 6 of the Hatch Act of 1887, as amended; 
5^u?c*36i?.' 
and $365,000, for necessary expenses of the Cooperative State 
Research Service, including administration of payments to State agri-
cultural experiment stations, funds 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 $50,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109; 
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in all, $59,105,000. 
EXTENSION SERVICE 
COOPERATIVE EXTENSION WORK, PAYMENTS AND EXPENSES 
Payments to States and Puerto Rico: For payments for coopera-
tive agricultural extension work under 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), to be distributed under Jl^f^^'^^f' 
sections 3(b) and 3(c) of the Act, $80,082,500; and payments and 76 stat! 745! 
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; in all, 60 stat. i089. 
$81,532,500: Provided, That funds hereby appropriated pursuant to 
section 3(c) of the Act of June 26,1953, shall not be paid to any State 76^stat^*74?*' 
or Puerto Rico prior to availability of an equal sum from non-Federal 
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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 
reimbursement for benefits paid from the Employees' Compensation 
Fund for cooperative extension employees, $9,318,500. 
Penalty mail: For costs of penalty mail for cooperative extension 
agents and State extension directors, $3,299,000. 
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 exten-
sion aspects of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 
1621-1627), and to coordinate and provide program leadership for 
the extension work of the Department and the several States and 
insular possessions, $2,838,000. 
FARMER COOPERATIVE SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Act of July 2,1926 (7 U.S.C. 
451-457), and for conducting research relating to the economic and '*'* ^*^*- ^°2. 
marketing aspects of farmer cooperatives, as authorized bv the Agri-
cultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621-1627), $1,341,000. 
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SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE 
CONSERVATION OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses for carrying out the provisions of the Act of 
49 Stat. 163. 
April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a-590f), including preparation of con-
servation 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; classification and 
mapping of soil; dissemination of information; purchase and erection 
or alteration of permanent buildings; and operation and maintenance 
of aircraft, $114,893,000: 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 buildmg 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 permanent buildings 
costing $2,500 or more maj be made in any fiscal year in an amount 
not to exceed $500 per building: Provided further^ That no part of 
this appropriation shall be available for the construction of any such 
building on land not owned by the Government: Provided 
further^ 
That no part of this appropriation may be expended for soil and water 
conservation operations under the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 
590a-590f) in demonstration projects: Provided 
further^ That 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. 
58 Stat. 742. 
2225), and not to exceed $5,000 shall be available for employment 
80 Stat. 416. 
^^^^^ 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That qualified local engineers 
may be temporarily employed at per diem rates to perform the tech-
nical planning work of the service. 
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 Flood Pre-
68 Stat. 666. 
veiitiou Act, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1001-1008), to remain available 
until expended, $6,165,000, 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 employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109. 
WATERSHED 
PROTECTION 
Eiver Basin Surveys and Investigations 
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. 
appToved August 4, 1954, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1006), to remain 
available until expended; $8,780,000, 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 emplovment pursuant to the second 
sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), 
68 Stat. 666. 
49 Stat. 163. 
58 Stat. 742. 
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and not to exceed $60,000 shall be available for employment under 5 
U.S.C. 3109. 
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Works of Improvement 
For necessary expenses to carry out preventive measures, includ-
ing, but not limited to research, engineering operations, methods of 
cultivation, 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; $57,220,000 with which 
shall be merged the unexpended balances of funds heretofore ap-
propriated or transferred to the Department for watershed j)rotection 
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 $3,000,000 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 
amended and supplemented, and in accordance with the provisions of 7o*statr\'o9o!°' 
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; $20,000,000, with 
which shall be merged the unexpended balances of funds heretofore 
appropriated or transferred to the Department for flood prevention 
purposes: Provided, That $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 Con-
servation and Domestic Allotment Act, as added bv the Act of 
August 7,1956 (16 U.S.C. 590p), $16,000,000, 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 III of the Bankhead-
Jones Farm Tenant Act, as amended (7 ILS.C. 1011; 76 Stat. 607), 
and the provisions of the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a-f), 
$6,256,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That 
$1,500,000 of the funds available in the direct loan account of the 
Farmers Home Administration shall be available for loans under sub-
title A of the Consolidated Farmers Home Administration Act of 
1961, as amended, to remain available until expended: 
Provided 
further, That this appropriation 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 $50,000 shall be avail-
able for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109. 
70 Stat. 1115. 
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ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Economic Research Service in 
conducting economic research and service relating to agricultural 
production, marketing, and distribution, as authorized by the Agri-
60 Stat. 1087. 
cultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621-1627), and other laws, 
including economics of marketing; analyses relating to farm prices, 
income and population, and demand for farm products, use of resources 
ii) agriculture, adjustments, costs and returns in farming, and 
farm finance; and for analyses of supply and demand for farm prod-
ucts 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 analyses of agricultural trade statistics 
and analysis of international financial and monetary programs and 
policies as they affect the competitive position of United States farm 
products; $12,789,000: Provided, That not less than $350,000 of the 
funds contained in this appropriation shall be available to continue to 
gather statistics and conduct a special study on the price spread be-
tween the farmer and consumer: Provided further, That this appro-
priation shall be available for employment pursuant to the second 
58 Stat. 742. 
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 
80 Stat. 416. 
U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That not less than $145,000 of the funds 
contained in this appropriation shall be available for analysis of 
statistics and related facts on foreign production and full and com-
plete information on methods used by other countries to move farm 
commodities in world trade on a competitive 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 
livestock estimates, statistical coordination and improvements, and 
marketing surveys, as authorized by the Agricultural Marketing Act 
of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621-1627) and other laws, $14,326,000: 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 appro-
priation 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. 
CONSUMER AND MARKETING SERVICE 
CONSUMER PROTECTIVE, MARKETING, AND REGULATORY PROGRAMS 
For expenses necessary to carry on services related to consumer 
protection, agricultural marketing and distribution, and regulatory 
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programs, other than Packers and Stockyards Act, as authorized by 
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 
under 5 U.S.C. 3109, in carrying out section 201(a) to 201(d), inclu-
sive, of title I I of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 
fin 1'^'' ^n«8 
12^1) ^^d section 203(j) of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946; 
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$116,264,500, of which $13,440,250 shall be placed in reserve to be 
released only after the inspection activities of this service have been 
58 Stat. 742. 
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fully coordinated and placed on an efficient and economical operating 
basis: Provided^ That this appropriation shall be available pursuant 
to law (7 U.S.C. 2225) for the alteration and repair of buildings 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)), $1,750,000. 
SPECIAL M I L K 
PROGRAM 
60 Stat. 1089. 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Special Milk Program, as 
authorized by the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1772), 
so stat. 885. 
$104,000,000, to be transferred from funds available under section 32 
of the Act of August 24,1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c). 
^9 stat. 774. 
SCHOOL L U N C H 
PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the National 
School Lunch Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1751-1760) and the appli- ,^%^\^'i^^^'' 
cable provisions of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773-
1785), $178,474,000, including $10,000,000 for special assistance to 
so stat. 886. 
needy schools, $3,500,000 for the pilot school breakfast program, 
$750,000 for the nonfood assistance program: Provided^ That no part 
of this appropriation shall be used for nonfood assistance under 
section 5 of the National School Lunch Act, as amended: Provided 
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further, That $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 com- 
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modities and other foods pursuant to section 6 of the National School 
Lunch Act. 
^2 use 1755. 
FOOD STAMP PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses of the food stamp program pursuant to the 
Food Stamp Act of 1964, as amended, $225,000,000, of which $25,000,- 8ilta5r*228^'^' 
000 shall be placed in reserve to be used only to the extent required 
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during the current fiscal year after various corrections are made in ""t**-
the handling of the program: Provided, That not to exceed $1,000,000 
of this appropriation shall be available for the payment of obliga-
tions incurred under the appropriation for similar purposes for the 
preceding fiscal year. 
REMOVAL OF SURPLUS AGRICUIiTURAL 
COMMODITIES 
(SECTION 
3 2 ) 
Funds available under section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935 (7 
U.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 the 
Fish and Wildlife Act of August 8,1956; (2) transfers otherwise pro- 
\l stat. n^i9. 
vided in this Act; (3) not more than $2,950,000 for formulation and note. 
administration of marketing agreements and orders pursuant to the 
Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, as amended, and the 
Agricultural Act of 1961; and (4) not more than $45,000,000 (includ- note 
ing not to exceed $1,000,000 for State administrative expenses) for (a) 
J^ul'c'igi? 
child feeding programs and nutritional programs authorized by law in note. 
50 Stat. 246. 
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note ^i77illle 
^^^ School Luiich Act and the Child Nutrition Act, as amended; and 
(b) 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 suf-
fering, through no fault of their own, from general and continued 
hunger resulting from insufficient food: Provided, 
That in making 
such determinations, the Secretary shall take into consideration the 
age; 
income; location and income of parents, if a minor; and 
employability. 
FOREIGN 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 U.S.C. 
70 Stat. 1034. 
1766), $21,541,300: 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 inform-
ation on methods used by other countries to move farm commodities 
in world trade on a competitive basis: Provided 
further, 
That, in 
addition, not to exceed $3,117,000 of the funds appropriated by sec-
49 Stat. 774. 
^ ^ j ^ 33 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. 
COMMODITY EXCHANGE AUTHORITY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry into effect the provisions of the Com-
^gltT'i^lT 
modity Exchange Act, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1-I7a), $1,530,000. 
AGRICULTURAL STABILIZATION AND CONSERVATION SERVICE 
EXPENSES, AGRICULTURAL STABILIZATION AND CONSERVATION SERVICE 
For necessary administrative expenses of the Agricultural Stabili-
zation and Conservation Service, including expenses to formulate and 
carry out programs authorized by title I I I of the Agricultural Adjust-
52 st^t. 38_ 
jnent Act of 1938, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1301-1393); Sugar Act of 
79 Stat 1271.' 
1948, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1101-1161) ; sections 7 to 15,16(a), 16(d), 
16(e), 16(f), 16(i), and 17 of the Soil Conservation and Domestic 
49 Stat. 1148. 
Allotment Act, as amended (16 U.S.C. 590g-590q) ; subtitles B and C 
73'sta["552^'' 
^^ ^^^ ^^^1 ^^^^ Act (7 U.S.C. 1831-1837, 1802-1814, and 1816); 
79 Stat! 1206. 
and laws pertaining to the Commodity Credit Corporation, $141,031,-
400: Provided, 
That, in addition, not to exceed $62,764,100 may be 
transferred to and merged with this aj)propriation from the Com-
modity Credit Corporation fund (including not to exceed $27,205,000 
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 
52 Stat. 31. 
16 u s e 590h. 
49 Stat. 1148. 
81 Stat. 328. 
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referendum; (2) to influence agricultural legislation, except as per-
mitted in 18 U.S.C. 1&13; or (3) for salaries or other expenses of mem- 
^2 stat. 792. 
bers of county and community committees established pursuant to sec-
tion 8(b) of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act, as 
amended, for engaging in any activities other than advisorj^ and super-
visory duties and delegated program functions pr^cribed in adminis-
trative regulaitions. 
SUGAR ACT PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry into effect the provisions of the 
Sugar Act of 1948 (7 U.S.C. 1101-1161), $82,000,000, to remain avail- ^^^.H^'^^^T' 
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 Domestic 
Allotment Act, approved February 29, 1936, as amended (16 U.S.C. 
590g-590(o), 590p(a), and 590q), including not to exceed $6,000 for 
the preparation and display of exhibits, including such displays at 
State, interstate, and international fairs within the United States, 
$190,000,000, 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-conservmg practices authorized under this head in 
the Department of Agriculture and Related Agencies Appropriation 
Acts, 1967 and 1968, carried out during the period July 1, 1966, to ^,8o,f*^*^,^|,^^' 
December 31,1968, inclusive: Provided, That none of the funds herein 
appropriated shall be used to pay the salaries or expenses of any re-
gional information employees or any State information employees, but 
this shall not preclude the answering of inquiries or supplying of in-
formation at the county level to individual farmers: Provided 
further, 
That no portion of the funds for the current year's program may be 
utilized to provide financial or technical assistance for drainage on 
wetlands now designated as Wetland Types 3 (III), 4 (IV), and 
5 (V) in United States Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife 
Circular 39, Wetlands of the United States, 1956: Provided 
further, 
That necessary amounts shall be available for administrative expenses 
in connection with the formulation and administrtion of the 1969 
program of soil-building and soil- and water-conserving practices, 
mcluding related wildlife conserving practices, under the Act of Feb-
ruarys 29, 1936, as amended (amounting to $195,500,000, excluding 
administration, except that no participant shall receive more than 
$2,500, except where the participants from two or more farms or 
ranches join to carry out approved practices designed to conserve or 
improve the agricultural resources 01 the community) : Provided 
fur-
ther, That not to exceed ,5 per centum of the allocation for the current 
year's agricultural conservation program for any county may, on the 
recommendation of such countv 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 proj^ram in the participating counties, and 
shall not be utilized by the Soil Conservation Service for any purpose 
other than technical and other assistance in such counties, and m addi-
tion, 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 
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[82 STAT. 
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 pur-
chase of seeds, fertilizers, lime, trees, or any other farming material, 
or any soil-terracing services, and making grants thereof to agricul-
tural producers to aid them in carrying out farming practices ap-
proved by the Secetary under programs provided for herein: Provided 
further, That no part of any funds available to the Department, or 
any bureau, office, corporation, or other agency constituting a part of 
such Department, shall be used in the current fiscal year for the pay-
ment of salary or travel expenses of any person who has been convicted 
of violating the Act entitled "An Act to prevent pernicious political 
s/stat^yeV^^' 
activities", approved August 2, 1939, as amended, or who has been 
5 use 1501, 
found in accordance with the provisions of title 18, United States 
^^6:^ Stat 792 
Codc, sectlou 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 appropria-
tion by Congress except upon request of any Member or through the 
proper official channels. 
CROPLAND ADJUSTMENT 
PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry into effect a cropland adjustment 
program as authorized by the Food and Agriculture Act of 1965 (7 
U.S.C. 1838), $84,500,000. 
79 Stat. 1206. 
70 Stat. 191; 
73 Stat. 552; 
CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry out a conservation reserve program 
as authorized by subtitles B and C of the Soil Bank Act (7 U.S.C. 
1831-1837, 1802-1814, and 1816), and to carry out liquidation activi-
79 Stat*. 1206. 
ties foT the acreage reserve program, to remain available until 
expended, $109,000,000, 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 under the law due to the division of lands for the pur-
pose 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 
71 Stat. 176. 
^jjjg }iead in the Third Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1957, to 
remain available until expended, $5,000,000, with which shall be 
merged the unexpended balances of funds heretofore appropriated for 
emergency conservation measures. 
RURAL 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, $463,000: Provided, That not to exceed $3,000 shall be 
80 Stat. 416. 
available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109. 
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649 
OFFICE or THE INSPECTOR (TENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector General, 
including 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 
ss s*^*- 742. 
$10,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $12,426,000. 
so stat. 4i6. 
PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for administration of the Packers and 
Stockyards Act, as authorized by law, including field employment 
42 stat. 159. 
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, 
$2,815,300. 
OFFICE 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, $4,611,000. 
OFFICE 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, 
$1,997,000, of which total appropriation not to exceed $587,000 may 
be used for farmers' bulletins, which shall be adapted to the interests 
of the people of the different sections of the country, an equal propor-
tion of four-fifths of which shall be 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), 
3^ stat. 69o. 
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 Agriculture) as authorized Iw section 73 of the Act of January 
12,1895 (44 U.S.C. 241): Provided, That in the preparation of motion 
28 stat. ei2. 
pictures or exhibits by the Department, 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 
$10,000 shall be available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109. 
NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL LIBRARY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural Library, 
$3,292,750: Provided, 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 $35,000 
shall be available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109. 
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[82 STAT. 
OFMCE OF MANAGEMENT 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, $2,841,600. 
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 ex-
penses 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, $4,614,000: 
Provided, 
That this appropriation shall be reimbursed from applicable appro-
priations for travel expenses incident to the holding of hearings as 
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required by 5 U.S.C. 551-558: Provided further^ That not to exceed 
$2,500 of this amount shall be available for official reception and 
representation expenses, not otherwise provided for, as determined 
by the Secretary. 
TITLE II—CREDIT AGENCIES 
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: 
63 Stat. 948. 
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AUTHORIZATIONS 
80 Stat. 416. 
7 u s e 907. 
61 Stat. 546. 
7 u s e 903. 
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-
ance with section 3(e) of said Act, as follows: rural electrification 
program, $329,000,000, and rural telephone program, $120,000,000. 
SALARIES AND 
EXPENSES 
For administrative expenses, including not to exceed $500 for finan-
cial and credit reports, funds for employment pursuant to the second 
58 Stat. 742. 
seuteuce of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), 
and not to exceed $150,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, 
$12,805,000. 
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 
75 Stat. 307. 
U.S.C. 1921), as amended, may be made from funds available in the 
Farmers Home Administration direct loan account as follows: real 
estate loans, $83,000,000; and operating loans, $275,000,000. 
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651 
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 
79 stat. soo. 
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 nonf arm tracts. 
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), $28,000,000. 
79 stat. 931. 
RURAL RENEWAL 
For necessary expenses, including administrative expenses, in 
carrying out rural renewal activities under section 32(e) of title I I I 
of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1010, 
1011(e)), $1,600,000, to remain available until expended. 
76 stat. 607; 
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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), $4,250,000, to remain available 
78 stat. 797. 
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. 1921-1990), as amended, title V of the Housing Act of 1949, as 
75 stat. 307. 
amended (42 U.S.C. 1471-1490), and the Eural Rehabilitation Cor- ^^^^ f*at.^432; 
poration Trust Liquidation Act, approved May 3, 1950 (40 U.S.C. 
440-444), $57,980,000, together with not more than $2,250,000 of the 
charges collected in connection with the insurance of loans as author-
ized by section 309(e) of the Consolidated Farmers Home Adminis-
tration Act of 1961, as amended, and section 514(b) (3) of the Housing 
l^^^^^' ^°'' 
Act of 1949, as amended: Provided, That, in addition, not to exceed 
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$500,000 of the funds available for the various programs adminis- 
75 stat. i87. 
tered by this agency may be transferred to this appropriation for 
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temporary field employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 
706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225) to meet unusual 
ss stat. 742. 
or heavy workload increases: Provided further, That no part of any 
funds in this paragraph may be used to administer a program which 
makes rural housing grants pursuant to section 504 of the Housing 
Act of 1949, as amended. 
63 stat. 434. 
79 Stat. 498. 
64 Stat. 98. 
42 u s e 1474. 
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 
Corporation Control Act, as amended, as may be necessary in carry- 
61 stat. 534. 
ing out the programs set forth in the budget for the current fiscal year 
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for such corporation or agency, except as hereinafter provided: 
31 u s e 849. 
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[82 STAT. 
FEDERAL. CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION 
ADMINISTRATIVE AND OPERATING EXPENSES 
For administrative and operating expenses, $11,243,500. 
FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION 
F U N D 
Not to exceed $2,140,000 of administrative and operating expenses 
may be paid from premium income. 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
REIMBURSEMENT FOR NET REALIZED LOSSES 
To partially reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for net 
realized losses sustained but not previously reimbursed, pursuant to 
75 Stat. 391. 
the Act of August 17,1961 (15 U.S.C. 7l3a-ll, 7l3a-12), $3,188,112,-
500, of which $350,467,000 is for liquidation of contract authorization: 
Provided,, That no funds appropriated by this Act shall be used to 
formulate or administer programs for the sale of agricultural com-
7°us*c*i7oi^-^ 
modities pursuant to title I of Public Law 480, 83d Congress, as 
1710. 
amended, to any nation which sells or furnishes or which permits ships 
or aircraft under its registry to transport to North Vietnam any equip-
ment, materials or commodities, so long as North Vietnam is governed 
by a Communist 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 $31,500,000 
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 strengthen the sales program of the Corpora-
tion pursuant to authority contained in the Corporation's charter: 
Provided further^ That not less than 7 per centum of this authoriza-
tion shall be placed in reserve to be apportioned pursuant to section 
31 use 665. 
3679 of the Revised Statutes, as amended, for use only in such amounts 
and at such times as may become necessary to carry out program oper-
ations : Provided further^ That all necessary expenses (including legal 
and special services performed on a contract or fee basis, but not 
including other personal services) in connection with the acquisition, 
operation, maintenance, improvement, or disposition of any real or 
personal property belonging to the Corporation or in which it has 
an interest, including expenses of collections of pledged collateral, 
shall be considered as nonadministrative expenses for the purposes 
hereof. 
PUBLIC LAW 4 80 
For expenses during fiscal year 1969, not otherwise recoverable, 
and unrecovered prior years' costs, including interest thereon, under 
the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, as 
80 Stat. 1526. 
amended (7 U.S.C. 1701-1710, 1721-1725, I731-1736d), to remain 
available until expended, as follows: (1) sale of agricultural com-
modities for foreign currencies and for dollars on credit terms pursu-
ant to title I of said Act, $100,000,000: Provided, That any unex-
pended balances of appropriations heretofore available under this 
heading for title I of said Act may be merged with this appropriation; 
and (2) commodities disposed of and other costs incurred in connec-
80 Stat. 1534. 
tiou with douatlous abroad, pursuant to title I I of said Act, 
1725 
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$200,000,000. 
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653 
TITLE IV—RELATED AGENCIES 
FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
Not to exceed $3,436,000 (from assessments collected from farm 
credit agencies) shall be obligated during the current fiscal year for 
administrative expenses. 
TITLE V—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 501. Within the unit limit of cost fixed by law, appropriations ^^l^^^^^" '"°'°'" 
and authorizations made for the Department under this Act shall be "
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available for the purchase, in addition to those specifically provided 
for, of not to exceed six hundred and twenty-six (626) passenger 
motor vehicles, of which four hundred and fifty-seven (457) shall 
be for replacement only, and for the hire of such vehicles. 
SEC. 502. Provisions of law prohibiting or restricting the employ- 
Employment of 
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 
uniforms, aiiow-
be available for uniforms or allowances therefor as authorized by law 
(5 U.S.C. 5901-5902). 
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SEC. 504. No part of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be ^^couon^prlces, 
used for the payment of any officer or employee of the Department prediction. 
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 
Twine. 
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 f^J^f'^^""^ 
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 
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m accordance with said Acts. 
72 stat. 1793. 
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. 
SEC. 508. None of the funds in this Act shall be available to finance ^ ^"^^J'^^r^^""'" 
interdepartmental boards, commissions, councils, committees, or sim- "xpensJ^s!"^^^' 
ilar groups under sec. 214 of the Independent Offices Appropriation 
Act, 1946 (31 U.S.C. 691) which do not have prior and specific Con- 
S9 stat. 134. 
gressional approval of such method of financial support. 
SEC. 509. No part of the funds appropriated under this Act shall be . Pe'-s°"s inciting 
used to pay salaries of any Federal employee who is convicted in any hibition o
V ply-
Federal, State, or local court of competent jurisdiction, of inciting, ^ents. 
promoting, or carrying on a riot, or any group activity resulting in 
material damage to property or injury to persons, found to be in viola-
tion of Federal, State, or local laws designed to protect persons or 
property in the community concerned. 
This Act may be cited as the "Department of Agriculture and Re- 
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lated Agencies Appropriation Act, 1969". 
Approved August 8, 1968.