An Act making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture and Farm Credit Administration for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1957, and for other purposes.
PL 84-554 (H.R.11177), enacted 06/04/1956

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Public Law 554 
CHAPTER 355 
AN ACT 
June 4, 1956 
Making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture and Farm Credit 
[H«R' III77] 
Administration for the fiscal year ending June 30,1957, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assenwled, That the following AgrfcuiTiwe^aiMi 
sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otht^r- ^i^i^/*f?** ^^ 
•wise appropriated, for the Department of Agriculture and Farm propriaUon^Act, 
Credit Administration for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1957, **''' 
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 pests and plant 
and animal diseases, and to perform related inspection, quarantine 
and regulatory work, and meat inspection: Provided, That not to ex-
ceed $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 appro-
priations hereunder shall be available for the operation and mainte-
nance of aircraft and the purchase of not to exceed three, of which 
two shall be for replacement only: Provided further.Th^A 
appropria-
tions hereunder shall be available pursuant to 5 U. o. C. 565a for the 
construction, alteration, and repair of buildings and improvements, 
but unless otherwise provided, the cost of constructing any one build-
ing (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 two per centum of the cost of the building, 
whichever is greater: Provided 
further, 
That appropriations here-
under shall b^ available for uniforms, or allowances therefor, as 
authorized by the Act of September 1, 1954, as amended (5 U. S. C. 
2131): 
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; $49,972,000: Provided 
further, 
That not to exceed 
$1,850,000 shall be available for construction of buildings and for the 
acquisition of necessary land thereforby donation, or exchange, and not 
to exceed $75,000 for alterations of buildii\gs, without regard to limi-
tations prescribed herein; 
Plant and animal disease and pest control: For operations and 
measures to control and eradicate pests and plant and animal diseases 
and for carrying out assigned inspection, quarantine and regulatory 
activities, as authorized by law; $26,294,000, of which $4,400,000 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), 
and the Act of August 13,1954 (7 U. S. C. 148), to the extent necessary 
to meet emergency conditions: Provided further, That $1,250,000 of 
such $4,400,000 shall be immediately available for expenditure for con-
trol and eradication of the Mediterranean fruit fly: Provided 
further, 
58 Stat. 742* 
60 Stat. 810. 
58 Stat. 742. 
68 Stat. 1114. 
Limitation. 
52 Stat. 344. 
68 Stat. 717. 
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62 StaU 442. 
7 u s e ISO note. 
7 u s e 150c. 
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 discretion of the Secretary, no part of 
this appropriation shall be expended for the control of sweet-potato 
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 avail-
able by States, counties, or local authorities, or by individuals or or-
ganizations for the accomplishment 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 and the appli-
cable provisions of the laws relating to process or renovated butter; 
$15,650,000. 
7 u s e 
361i. 
3611 
60 Stat. 1089. 
6 1 S t a t . 7; 
Stat. 31. 
21 u s e 114c. 
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Appr ai • ement 
basis. 
PAYMENTS TO STATES, HAWAII, ALASKA, AND PUERTO RICO 
For payments to agricultural experiment stations to carry into 
effect the provisions of the Hatch Act, approved March 2, 1887 (7 
U. S. C. 362, 363, 365, 368, 377-379), as amended by the Act approved 
August 11,1955 (69 Stat. 671), including administration by the ITnited 
States Department of Agriculture, $29,003,708; and payments au-
thorized under section 204 (b) of the Agricultural Marketing Act, the 
Act approved August 14, 1946 (7 U. S. C. 1623), $500,000; in all, 
$29,503,708. 
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 conta^ous 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 
poultry) affected by or exposed to, or of materials contaminated by or 
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 IT. S. C. 391; 21 U. S. C. 111-122), including expenses in accordance 
with section 2 of said Act of February 28, 1947, the Secretary may 
transfer from other appropriations or funds available to the bureaus, 
corporations, or agencies of the Department such sums as he may 
deem necessary, but not to exceed $1,550,000 for eradication of vesicu-
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: Provided^ That, except for payments made pursuant to 
said Act of February 28,1947, the payment for animals may be made 
on appraisement based on the meat, egg-production, dairy, or breed-
ing 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: 
Provided further, That this appropriation shall be subject to applica-
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ble provisions contained in the item "Salaries and expenses, Agricul-
tural Research Service", 
Research: For expenses necessary for research authorized by the 
Act of April 24,1948 (21 U. S. C. 113a), $3,500,000. 
62 Stat. 198. 
60 Stat. 1089. 
7 u s e 343. 
60 Stat. 1087. 
EXTENSION SERVICE 
PAYMENTS TO STATES, HAWAII, ALASKA, AND PUERTO RICO 
For payments for cooperative agricultural extension work under the 
Smith-Lever Act, as amended by the Act of June 26,1953 (7 U. S. C. 
341-348), and the Act of August 11,1955 (69 Stat. 683-4), $48,370,0(^0; 
f 
y*c^*34f 
J 34,3. 
and payments and contracts for such work under section 204 (b)-205 of 
the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U. S. C. 1623-1624), 
$1,495,000; in all, $49,865,000: Provided, That funds hereby appropri-
ated pursuant to section 3 (c) of the Act of June 26,1953, 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. 
PEDERAL EXTENSION SERVICE 
Administration and coordination: For administration of the Smith-
I^ver Act, as amended by the Act of June 26, 1953 (7 U. S. C. 341- 
7uic 347J 343. 
348), and the Act of August 11, 1955 (69 Stat. 68-3-4), and extension 
aspects of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U. S. C. 1621-
1627), and to coordinate and provide program leadership for the 
extension work of the Department and the several States, Territories, 
and insular possessions, $2,000,000. 
Penalty mail: For costs of penalty mail for cooperative extension 
agents, $1,650,000. 
FARTHER COOPERATIVE SERVICE 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Act of July 2, 1926 
(7 U. S. C. 451-457), $550,000. 
^^ ^***- «°^ 
SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE 
CONSERVATION OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses for carrying out the provisions of the Act 
of April 27, 1935 (16 U. S. C. 590a-590f), including preparation of 
^^ ^*"*- ^"* 
conservation plans and establishment of measures to conserve soil 
and water (including farm irrigation and land drainage and such 
special measures 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; 
$67,500,000: Provided, That the cost of any permanent building pur- j^J.^ "* ° ' *''^^* 
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 with 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^ 
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Restrictions* 
49 Stat. 163. 
58 Stat. 742. 
60 StaU 810. 
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 
conservation district in such State, the agreements made by or on be-
half 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 con-
servation operations under the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U. S. C. 
590a-590f), in demonstration projects: Provided further, That not to 
exceed $5,000 may be used for employment pursuant to the second 
sentence of section 706 (a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (5 U. S. C. 
574), as amended by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 
U. S. C. 55a) : Provided further, That qualified local engineers may be 
temporarily employed at per diem rates to perform the technical plan-
ning work of the service. 
68 Stat. 666. 
49 Stat. 163. 
WATERSHED TROTECTIOX 
For expenses necessary to conduct surveys, investigations, and re-
search 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 Water-
shed Protection and Flood Prevention Act, approved August 4, 1954 
(16 U. S. C. 1001-1007), and the provisions of the Act of April 27, 
1935 (16 U. S. C. 590a-590f), to remain available until expended, 
$17,500,000, with Avhich shall be merged the unexpended balances of 
funds heretofore appropriated or transferred to the Department for 
watershed protection purposes. 
FLOOD PREVENTION 
49 Stat. 1570. 
3 3 u s e 70 1a-
70 Ih. 
58 Stat. 742. 
60 Stat. 810. 
For expenses necessarj'^, in accordance with the Flood Control Act, 
approved June 22, 1936 (33 U. S. C. 701-709), as amended and sup-
plemented, and in accordance with the provisions of laws relating 
to the activities of the Department, to perform works of improvement, 
including not to exceed $100,000 for employment ])ursuant 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 $50 per 
diem, to remain available until expended, $12,000,000, with Avhich 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 supervisors of the county in 
which such lands are situated. 
54 Stat. 1119. 
64 Stat. 769. 
WATER CONSERVATION AND UTILIZATION PROJECTS 
For expenses necessary to carry out the functions of the Depart-
ment under the Acts of May It), 1939 (53 Stat. 685, 719), October 
14,1940 (16 U. S. C. 590y-z-i0). as amended and supplemented, June 
28,1949 (63 Stat. 277), and September 6,1950 (7 U. S. C. 1033-1039), 
i*elating to water conservation and utilization projects, to remain 
available until expended, $232,000, which sum shall be merged with 
the unexpended balances of funds heretofore appropriated to said 
Department for the purpose of said Acts. 
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AGRICULTURAL CoN*feERVATiON PROGRAM SERVICE 
For necessary expenses to carry into effect the provisions of sections 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 
49 stat. lus. 
of exhibits, including such displays at State, interstate, and inter-
national fairs within the United States; $227,500,000, to remain avail-
able until December 31 of the next succeeding fiscal year for com-
pliance with the program of soil-building practices and soil- and 
water-conserving practices authorized under this head in the Depart-
ment of Agriculture and Farm Credit Administration Appropriation 
Act, 1956, carried out during the period July 1,1955, to December 31, ^9 stat. 51. 
1956, inclusive: Provided, That not to exceed $24,698,000 of the total 
sum provided under this head shall be available during the current 
fiscal year for salaries and other administrative expenses for carrying 
out such program, the cost of aerial photographs, however, not to be 
charged to such limitation; but not more than $4,773,800 shall be 
transferred to the appropriation account "Administrative expenses, 
section 392, Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938": Provided fur- 
f^r&c^iali. 
ther, 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 conserva-
tion practice or practices and has complied with all other requirements 
as conditions for such payments and that the statements and infor-
mation 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 
^2 stat. ess. 
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 „otS."^^ ^^* ®
^
'
* 
or expenses of any regional information employees or any State infor-
mation 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 1957 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, and 
no participant shall receiA^e more than $1,500, except where the par- 590q, 
ticipants from two or more farms or ranches join to carry out approved 
practices designed to conserve or improve the agricultural resources 
of the community); 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 effective 
manner and adapted to conditions in the several States, as determined 
and approved by the State committees appointed pursuant to section 
8 (b) of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act, as 
amended (16 U. S. C. 590h (b)), for the respective States: Provided 
^^ stat. 1150. 
further. That riot to exceed 5 per centum of the allocation for the 1957 
agricultural conservation program for any county may, on the recom-
mendation of such county committee and approval of the State com-
mittee, be withheld and allotted to the Soil Conservation Service for 
services of its technicians in formulating and carrying out the agri-
cultural conservation program in the participating counties, and the 
funds so allotted may be placed in a single account for each State, 
and shall not be utilized by the Soil Conservation Service for any 
49 stat. 1148. 
16 u s e 590|f 
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purpose other than technical and other assistance in such counties, 
and in addition, on the recommendation of such county committee 
and approval of the State committee, not to exceed 1 per centum may 
be made available to any other Federal, State, or local public agency 
for the same purpose and under the same conditions: Provided 
further^ 
That for the 1957 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 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 approved 
by the Secretary under programs provided for herein: Provided 
fur-
Restriction. 
ther^ 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 payment 
of salary or travel expenses of any person who has been convicted 
of violating the Act entitled "An Act to prevent pernicious political 
53 sut. U47. 
activities", approved August 2, 1939, as amended, or who has been 
found in accordance with the provisions of title 18, United States 
62 Stat. 792. 
Code, scctiou 1913, to have violated or attempted to violate such sec-
tion which prohibits the use of Federal appropriations for the payment 
of personal services or other expenses designed to influence in any 
manner a Member of Congress to favor or oppose any legislation or 
appropriation by Congress except upon request of any Member or 
through the proper official channels. 
AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE 
MXVRKETING 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. 
60 Stat. 1087. 
1621-1627) and other laws, including the administration of marketing 
regulatory acts connected therewith: Provided^ That appropriations 
58 Stat. 742. 
hereunder shall be available pursuant to 5 U. S. C. 565a for the con-
struction, alteration, and repair of buildings and improvements, but 
unless otherwise provided, the cost of erecting any one building shall 
not exceed $7,500 and the cost of altering any one building during the 
fiscal year shall not exceed $3,750 or 2 per centum of the cost of the 
building, whichever is greater: 
Marketing research and agricultural estimates: For research and de-
velopment 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; $13,200,000: 
Provided^ That not less than $350,000 of the funds contained in this 
appropriation shall be available to continue to gather statistics and 
conduct a special study on the price spread between the farmer and 
the consumer: Provided 
further^ That no part of the funds herein 
appropriated shall be available for any expense incident to ascertain-
ing, collating, or publishing 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 marketing 
and distribution, for carrying out regulatory acts connected therewith, 
and for administration and coordination of payments to States; 
$13,020,000, including not to exceed $25,000 for employment at rates 
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not to exceed $50 per diem, except for employment in rate cases for 
which $100 per diem may be paid, 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. 
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)), $1,160,000. 
SCHOOL LTJNCH PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the National 
School Lunch Act (42 U. S. C. 1751-1760), $100,000,000: Provided, 
That no part of this appropriation shall be used for nonfood assist-
ance under section 5 of said Act. 
60 Stat. 1089. 
60 Stat. 230. 
42 u s e 1754. 
FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE 
For necessary expenses for the Foreign Agricultural Service, includ-
ing carrying out title VI of the Agricultural Act of 1954 (68 Stat. 
908), and for enabling the Secretary to coordinate and integrate activ-
ities of the Department in connection with foreign agricultural work, 
including not to exceed $20,000 for representation 
allowances, 
$3,750,000: Provided, That not less than $400,000 of the funds con-
tained in this appropriation shall be available to obtain statistics and 
related facts on foreign production and full and complete information 
on methods used by other countries to move farm commodities in world 
trade on a competitive basis. 
CoMMOMTY EXCHANGE 
AUTHORITY 
For necessary expenses to carry into effect the provisions of the 
Commodity Exchange Act, as amended (7 U. S. C. l-l7a), $787,400. 
COMMODITY STABILIZATION SERVICE 
7 U S e 
17 6 1-
1768. 
49 Stat. 1491. 
AGRICULTURAL 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 
U. S. C. 1301-1393), $41,200,000, of which not more than $6,343,100 
shall be transferred to the appropriation account "Administrative 
expenses, section 392, Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938". 
52 Stat. 38. 
SUGAR ACT PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry into effect the provisions of the 
Sugar Act of 1948 (7 U. S. C. 1101-1160), $67,600,000, to remain 
available until June 30 of the next succeeding fiscal year: 
Provided, 
That expenditures (including transfers) from this appropriation for 
other than payments to sugar producers shall not exceed $1,873,000. 
61 Stat. 922. 
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[TO STAT. 
FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION 
For operating and administrative expenses, $6,210,000. 
RURAL ELECTRIFICATION ADMINISTRATION 
To carry into effect the provisions of the Rural Electrification Act 
of 1936, as amended (7 U. S. C. 901-924), as follows: 
7 u s e 907, 903. 
58 Stat. 742. 
60 StaU 810. 
50 Stat. 522. 
60 Stat. 711. 
50 Stat. 869; 68 
Stat. 735. 
63 Stat. 432. 
64 Stat. 98. 
53 StaU 1418; 54 
Stat. 1119. 
64 Stat. 769. 
LOAN AUTHORIZATIONS 
For loans in accordance with said Act, and for carrying out the 
provisions of section 7 thereof, to be borrowed from the Secretary of 
the Treasury in accordance with the provisions of section 3 (a) of 
said Act as follows: Rural electrification program, $214,000,000, of 
which not to exceed $25,000,000 shall be placed in reserve to be bor-
rowed under the same terms and conditions to the extent that such 
amount is required during the fiscal year 1957 under the then existing 
conditions for the expeditious and orderly development of the rural 
electrification program; and rural telephone program, $100,000,000, of 
which not to exceed $20,000,000 shall be placed in reserve to be bor-
rowed under the same terms and conditions to the extent that such 
amount is required during the fiscal year 1957 under the then existing 
conditions for the expeditious and orderly development of the rural 
telephone program. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For administrative expenses, including not to exceed $500 for finan-
cial and credit reports, and not to exceed $150,000 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), $8,600,000. 
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 Julv 30, 1946 (40 
U. S. C. 436-439); the Act of August 28,1937, as amended (16 IT. S. C. 
590r-590x-3), 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, as amended (42 
U. S. C. 1471-1483), relating to financial assistance for farm housing; 
the Rural 
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: 
50 Stat. 531. 
7 u s e 1024. 
LOAN A U T H O R I Z A T I O N S 
For loans (including payments in lieu of taxes and taxes under 
section 50 of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, as amended, and 
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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, $24,000,000, of which not to exceed $5,000,000 may be distrib-
uted to States and Territories without regard to farm population and 
prevalence of tenancy, in addition to the amount otherwise distributed 
thereto, for loans in reclamation projects and to entrymen on unpat-
ented public land; title I I of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, 
as amended, $165,000,000; the Act of August 28, 1937, as amended, 
$5,500,000; and an additional amount not to exceed $15,000,000 may be 
borrowed under the same terms and conditions to the extent that such 
additional amount is required during fiscal year 1957 under the then 
existing conditions for the expeditious and orderly conduct of the 
loan program under title I I of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant 
Act, as amended: Provided^ That not to exceed the foregoing several 
amounts shall be borrowed in one account from the Secretary of the 
Treasury in accordance with the provisions set forth under this head 
in the Department of Agriculture Appropriation Act, 1952. 
50 Stat. 322, 530. 
7 u s C 1 0 0 1 -
1006, 1017. 
50 Stat. 524. 
7 u s e 
1 0 0 7 -
1009. 
50 Stat. 869; 68 
Stat. 735. 
16 u s e 
5 9 0 r -
550«-3. 
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, $26,750,000, together with a 
transfer of not to exceed $550,000 of the fees and administrative 
expense charges made available by subsections (d) and (e) of section 
12 of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, as amended (7 U. S. C. 
1005 (b)), and section 10 (c) of the Act of August 28, 1937, as 
amended. 
OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL 
For necessary expenses, including payment of fees or dues for the 
use of law libraries by attorneys in the field service, $2,740,000. 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
For expenses of the Office of the Secretary of Agriculture, including 
the purchase of one passenger motor vehicle for replacement only; 
expenses of the National Agricultural Advisory Commission; sta-
tionery, supplies, materials, and equipment; freight, express, and 
drayage charges; advertising of bids, communication service, postage, 
washing towels, repairs and alterations, uniforms or allowances there-
for, as authorized by the Act of September 1, 1954, as amended (5 
U. S. C. 2131), and other miscellaneous supplies and expenses not 
otherwise provided for and necessary for the practical and efficient 
work of the Department of Agriculture; $2,500,000. 
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, 
$1,325,000, of which total appropriation not to exceed $537,000 may 
be used for farmers' bulletins, which shall be adapted to the interests 
of the people of the different sections of the country, an equal propor-
tion of four-fifths of which shall be delivered to or sent out under 
the addressed franks furnished by the Senators, Representatives, 
and Delegates in Congress, as they shall direct (7 U. S. C. 417) and 
not less than two hundred thirty thousand eight hundred and fifty 
7 u s e 1005b. 
68 Stat. 736. 
16 u s e 590x-;t. 
68 Stat. 1114. 
34 Stat. 690. 
Yearbook of Ate-
ri culture. 
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[70 ST A T . 
28 Stat, 612. 
58 Stat, 742. 
60 Stat. 810. 
61 Stat. 584. 
31 u s e 849. 
copies for the use of the Senate and House of Eepresentatives 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). 
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, 
$735,000. 
TITLE II—COKPOEATIONS 
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 re-
gard to fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Govern-
ment Corporation Control Act, as amended, as may be necessary in 
carrying out the programs set forth in the budget for the fiscal year 
1957 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: Pro-
vided further^ That not to exceed $2,000,000 of administrative and 
operating expenses may be paid from premium income. 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
52 Stat. 10 7. 
68 Stat. 1114. 
64 Stat. 765. 
31 u s e 665. 
RESTORATION OF CAPITAL IMPAIRMENT 
To restore the capital impairment of the Commodity Credit Cor-
poration determined by the appraisal of June 30, 1955, pursuant to 
section 1 of the Act of March 8,1938, as amended (15 U. S. C. 713a-l), 
$929,287,178. 
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 
program authorized by law": Provided^ That not to exceed $31,000,000 
shall be available for administrative expenses of the Corporation in-
cluding uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by the Act of 
September 1, 1954 (5 IT. S. C. 2131), as amended: Provided 
further^ 
That $1,000,000 of this authorization shall be available only to expand 
and strengthen the sales program of the Corporation pursuant to 
authority contained in the Corporation's charter: Provided 
further^ 
That not less than 7 per centum of this authorization shall be placed 
in reserve to be apportioned pursuant to section 3679 of the Revised 
Statutes, as amended, for use only in such amounts and at such time 
as may become necessary to carry out program operations: Provided 
further^ That all necessary expenses (including legal and special serv-
ices performed on a contract or fee basis, but not including other 
personal services) in connection with the acquisition, operation, main-
tenance, 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. 
70 STAT.] 
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239 
TITLE III—SPECIAL ACTIVITIES 
KESEARCH ON STRAI-EGTC AND CRiTiCAii AGRICULTURAL MATERIALS 
For expenses necessary to carry out section 7 (b) of the Strategic 
and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act of Jul^r 23, 1946 (50 U. S. C. 
98f), $314,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall be subject to 
eo stat. eoo. 
applicable provisions contained in the item "Salaries and expenses, 
Agricultural Research Service". 
REIMBURSEMENTS TO COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION FOR ADVANCES FOR 
ANIMAL DISEASE ERADICATION ACTIVITIES 
To reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for authorized 
transfers (including interest through June 30, 1956) as follows: (1) 
$1,269,330 for sums transferred to the appropriation "Foot-and-mouth 
and other contagious diseases of animals and poultry", fiscal year 1955, 
for eradication activities, pursuant to authority contained under such 
head in the Department of Agriculture and Farm Credit Administra-
tion Appropriation Act, 1955, and (2) $11,791,624 for sums trans- 
^8 stat. 305. 
ferred to the appropriation "Salaries and expenses. Agricultural Re-
search Service", fiscal year 1955, for brucellosis eradication, pursuant 
to section 204 (e) of the Act of August 28, 1954 (7 U. S. C. 397). 
^8 stat. 900. 
REIMBURSEMENT TO COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION FOR ADVANCES FOR 
GRADING AND CLASSING ACTIVITIES 
For reimbursement to Commodity Credit Corporation for sums 
transferred to the appropriation "Marketing research and service", 
fiscal vear 1955 (including interest thereon through June 30, 1956), 
pursuant to the Act of August 31, 1951 (7 U. S. C. 414a), for grading 
^^ stat. 239. 
tobacco and classing cotton without charge to producers, as author-
ized by law (7 U. S. C. 473a, Slid), $367,740. 
gjo st«t; 62; 49 
SPECIAL C O M M O D I T Y DISPOSAL PROGRAMS 
To reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for authorized 
costs (including interest through June 30, 1956), as follows: (1) 
$101,130,155 under the International Wheat Agreement Act of 1949, 
as amended (7 IT. S. C. 1641-1642) ; (2) $88,628,927 for commodities stlVztl'. ^^^'' ^^ 
disposed of for emergency famine relief to friendly peoples pursuant 
to title I I of the Act of July 10, 1954 (7 U. S. C. 1691-1694); (3) 
68 stat^ 457.^^_ 
$67,477,228 for the sale of surplus agricultural commodities for for- 
1724. 
eign currencies pursuant to title I of the Act of July 10, 1954 (7 
U. S. C. 1691-1694); and (4) $184,678 for the transfer of hay and 
f st^atj 45^^ ^
_ 
pasture seeds to Federal land-administering agencies under the Act of 
1709. 
July 26,1954 (68 Stat. 529). 
TITLE IV—FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION 
Not to exceed $2,230,000 (from assessments collected from farm 
credit agencies) shall be obligated during the current fiscal year for 
administrative expenses. 
Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation: Not to exceed $550,000 (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 per-
formance of special services, including legal services, and the use of 
the services and facilities of Federal land banks, national farm loan 
240 
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[70 STAT. 
48 Stat. 344. 
associations, Federal Reserve banks, and agencies of tlie Government 
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 
furnished and examinations made by the Farm Credit Administra-
tion, interest expense, and expenses in connection with the acquisition, 
operation, maintenance, improvement, protection, or disposition 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 require-
ments 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 expeed $500,000,000. 
Federal intermediate credit banks: Not to exceed $1,932,000 (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 (ex-
cept services and facilities furnished and examinations made by the 
Farm Credit Administration, and services performed by any Fed-
eral 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 services performed 
on a contract or fee basis, and expenses in connection with the ac-
quisition, operation, maintenance, improvement, protection, or dis-
position of real or personal property belonging to the banks or in 
which thejr have an interest. 
Production credit corporations: Not to exceed $1,644,000 (to be 
computed on an accrual basis) of the funds of the corporations shall 
be available for administrative expenses, including the purchase 
of not to exceed six 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); 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 acqui-
sition, operation, maintenance, improvement, protection, or disposi-
tion 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 of 
lands. 
Cotton price pre-
dictions. 
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 
specifically provided for, of not to exceed 645 passenger motor vehicles 
of which 622 shall be for replacement only, and for the hire of such 
vehicles, necessary in the conduct of the work of the Department out-
side the District of Columbia. 
SEC. 502. Provisions of law prohibiting or restricting the employ-
ment of aliens shall not apply to employment under the appropria-
tion 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 
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241 
issued, any prediction, oral or written, or forecast, except as to dam-
age threatened or caused by insects and pests, with respect to future 
prices of cotton or the trend of same. 
SEC. 505. Except to provide materials required in or incident to 
research or experimental work where no suitable domestic product is 
available, no part of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be 
expended in the purchase of twine manufactured from commodities 
or materials produced outside of the United States. 
SEC. 506. Not less than $1,500,000 of the appropriations of the 
Department for research and service work authorized by the Act of 
August 14, 1946 (7 U. S. C. 427, 1621-1629), and the Act of July 28, 
1954 (Public Law 545), shall be available for contracting in accord-
ance with said Acts. 
SEC. 507. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act or of 
the funds available for expenditure by any corporation or agency 
included in this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda 
purposes to support or defeat legislation pending before the Congress. 
SEC. 508. Appropriations of the Department available for research 
and service work authorized by the Act of August 14,1946 (7 U. S. C. 
427,1621-1629) shall be available for expenses of any advisory com-
mittee established as provided in title III 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, 1957". 
Approved June 4, 1956. 
P u r c h a s e 
of 
twine. 
60 S t a t . 1082, 
1087. 
68 StaU 574. 
7 u s e 4271. 
P u b l i c i t y 
or 
propaganda. 
R e s e a r c h and 
service work. 
60 S t a t . 
1087. 
1 0 8 2 , 
Short title. 
Public Law 555 
CHAPTER 356 
AN ACT 
To amend the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 
1948, as amended. 
June 
4,1956 
[S. 2562] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Bepresentatives of the 
United /States of America in Congress aissembled, That section 201 
of the Act of Januarv 27,1948 (Public Law 402, Eightieth Congress, 
62 Stat. 6, as amended by section 402 (f) of the immigration and 
Nationality Act, 66 Stat. 163) entitled "An Act to promote the better 
understanding of the United States among the peoples of the world 
and to strengthen cooperative international relations" is amended by 
inserting "(a)" after the section number and by adding a new para-
graph reading as follows: 
"(b) No person admitted as an exchange visitor under this section 
or acquiring exchange visitor status after admission shall be eligible 
to apply for an immigrant visa, or for a nonimmigrant visa under sec-
tion 101 (a) (15) (H) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, or for 
adjustment of status to that of an alien lawfully admitted for perma-
nent residence, until it is established that such person has resided and 
been physically present in a cooperating country or countries for an 
aggregate of at least two years following departure from the United 
States: Provided, That upon request of an interested Government 
agency and the recommendation of the Secretary of State, the At-
torney General may waive such two-jear period of residence abroad in 
the case of any alien whose admission to the United States is found 
by the Attorney General to be in the public interest: And provided 
further, That the provisions of this paragraph shall apply only to 
those persons acquiring exchange visitor status subs^uent to the date 
of the enactment hereof." 
Approved June 4, 1956. 
U. & I n f o r m a -
t i o n a n d Educa-
t i o n a l Exchani^e 
Act, 1948. 
66 Stat. 276. 
22 u s e 1446. 
Exchange v i s il • 
tors. 
66 StaU 166. 
8 u s e 1101. 
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