An Act making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture and Farm Credit Administration for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1960, and for other purposes
PL 86-80 (H.R.7175), enacted 07/08/1959

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SEC. 210. (a) Section 1311(b) of the Supplemental Appropriation 
Act, 1955 (68 Stat. 830; 31 U.S.C. 200(b)), is amended to read as 
follows: "Hereafter, in connection with the submission of all requests 
for proposed appropriations to the Bureau of the Budget, the head 
of each Federal agency shall report that any statement of obligations 
furnished therewith consists of valid obligations as defined in subsec-
tion (a) hereof." 
(b) Section 1 (c) of the Act of July 25,1956 (70 Stat. 648; 31 U.S.C. 
701(c)), is amended by striking the words "reported pursuant to sec-
tion 1311(b) of the Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1955 (68 Stat. 
830; 31 U.S.C. 200(b))." 
SEC. 211. This Act may be cited as the "General Government Mat-
ters Appropriation Act, 1960". 
Approved July 8, 1959. 
statement oi oo-
ligations. 
Short title. 
Public Law 86-80 
AN ACT 
July 8„ 1959 
[H. R. 7175] 
2ilaking appropriations for the Department of Agriculture and Farm Credit 
Administration for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1960, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United Sates of America in Congress assembled. That the following *?®,^^Vf'"®"*=.?i 
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
TITLE I—REGULAR ACTIVITIES 
AGBICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary to perform agricultural research relating 
to production, utilization, and home economics, to control and eradi-
cate pests and plant and animal diseases, and to perform related 
inspection, quarantine and regulatory work, and meat inspection: 
Provided^ That not to exceed $75,000 of the appropriations here-
under shall be available for employment pursuant to the second sen-
tence of section 706(a) of the Organic ^ct of 1944 (5 U.S.C. 574), 
as amended by section 15 of the Act of August 2,1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a) : 
Provided further^ That appropriations hereunder shall be available 
for the operation and maintenance of aircraft and the purchase of 
not to exceed two for replacement only: Provided further^ That ap-
propriations hereunder shall be available pursuant to title 5, United 
States Code, section 565a, for the construction, alteration, and repair 
of buildings and improvements, but unless otherwise provided, the 
cost of constructing any one building (except headhouses connecting 
greenhouses) shall not exceed $10,000, except for five buildings to b« 
constructed or improved at a cost not to exceed $20,000 each, and the 
cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year shall not 
exceed $3,750 or 4 per centum of the cost of the building, whichever 
is greater : 
58 Stat. 742. 
60 Stat. 810. 
58 Stat. 742. 
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Research: For research and demonstrations on the production and 
utilization of agricultural products, home economics, and related re-
search and services, including administration of payments to State 
agricultural experiment stations; $67,722,490: Provided, That the Sec-
retary is authorized to acquire from the Department of the Army with-
out reimbursement land and improvements at Orlando, Florida, to be 
transferred pursuant to the Federal Property and Administrative 
40 use 4Vi'note Services Act of 1949, as amended: Provided further, That the limita-
tions contained herein shall not apply to (a) replacement of buildings 
62 Stat. 198. 
needed to carry out the Act of April 24,1948 (21 U.S.C. 113a), or (b) 
not to exceed $2,939,000 for the construction and alteration of build-
ings: Provided further, That the Secretary is authorized to acquire 
by donation lands necessary for the construction thereof; 
Plant and animal disease and pest control: For operations and 
measures, not otherwise provided for, to control and eradicate pests 
and plant and animal diseases and for carrying out assigned inspec-
tion, quarantine, and regulatory activities, as authorized by law, 
including expenses pursuant to the Act of February 28, 1947 (21 
61 Stat. 7. 
U.S.C. 114b-d), $49,800,600, of which $1,500,000 shall be apportioned 
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fQj. ^gg pursuant to section 3679 of the Revised Statutes, as amended, 
for the control of outbreaks of insects and plant diseases to the extent 
necessarTjr to meet emergency conditions; 
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, 
$21,324,900; 
Special fund: To provide for additional labor to be employed under 
contracts and cooperative agreements to strengthen the work at re-
search installations in the field, not more than $1,000,000 of the amount 
appropriated under this head for the fiscal year 1959 may be used by 
the Administrator of the Agricultural Research Service in depart-
mental research programs in the fiscal year 1960, the amount so used 
to be transferred to and merged with the appropriation otherwise 
available under "Salaries and expenses. Research'. 
STATE EXPERIMENT 
STATIONS 
Payments to States, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico: For payments to 
agricultural experiment stations to carry into effect the provisions of 
the Hatch Act, approved March 2, 1887, as amended by the Act ap-
69 Stat. 671. 
provcd August 11, 1955 (7 U.S.C. 361a-361i), including administra-
tion by the United States Department of Agriculture, $31,053,708; 
and payments authorized under section 204(b) of the Agricultural 
60 Stat. 1089. 
Marketing Act, the Act approved August 14, 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1623), 
$500,000; in all, $31,553,708. 
Penalty mail: For penalty mail costs of agricultural experiment 
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stations under section 6 of the Hatch Act of 1887, as amended, $250,000. 
DISEASES OF ANIMALS AND POULTRY 
Eradication activities: For expenses necessary in the arrest and 
eradication of foot-and-mouth disease, rinderpest, contagious pleuro-
pneumonia, or other contagious or infectious diseases of animals, or 
European fowl pest and similar diseases in poultry, and for foot-and-
mouth disease and rinderpest programs undertaken pursuant to the 
provisions of the Act of February 28,1947, and the Act of May 29,1884, 
statl 31*.°*' ^' ^^ as amended (7 U.S.C. 391; 21 U.S.C. 111-122), including expenses in 
2i'usc 114c. 
accordance with section 2 of said Act of February 28, 1947, the Sec-
b7 Stat. 83. 
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retary may transfer from other appropriations or funds available to 
the bureaus, corporations, or agencies of the Department such sums 
as he may deem necessary, to be available only in an emergency which 
threatens the livestock or poultry industry of the country, and any 
unexpended balances of funds transferred under this head in the next 
preceding fiscal year shall be merged with such transferred amounts: 
Provided^ That this appropriation shall be subject to applicable pro-
visions contained in the item "Salaries and expenses, Agricultural 
Kesearch Service". 
EXTENSION SERVICE 
COOPERATIVE EXTENSION WORK, PAYMENTS AND EXPENSES 
Payments to States, Hawaii, and Puerto Eico: 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 (7 U.S.C. 347a), $52,220,000; and payments 
« stat. 683. 
and contracts for such work under section 204(b)-205 of the Agri-
cultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1623-1624), $1,495,000; in 
^^ stat. io89. 
all, $53,715,000: Provided^ That funds hereby appropriated pursuant 
to section 3(c) of the Act of June 26, 1953, shall not be paid to any 
State, Hawaii, or Puerto Kico prior to availability of an equal sum 
from non-Federal sources for expenditure during the current fiscal 
year. 
Retirement costs for extension agents: For cost of employer's share 
of Federal retirement for cooperative extension employees, $5,674,375. 
Penalty mail: For costs of penalty mail for cooperative extension 
agents and State extension directors, $2,491,307. 
Federal Extension Service: For administration of the Smith-Lever 
Act, as amended by the Act of June 26, 1953 (7 U.S.C. 341-348), and 
^7 stat. 83. 
the Act of August 11, 1955 (7 U.S.C. 347a), and extension aspects of 
^^ stat. 683. 
the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621-1627), and to 
^^ ^tat. io87. 
coordinate and provide program leadership for the extension work of 
the Department and the several States, Territories, and insular posses-
sions, $2,242,540. 
FARMER COOPERATIVE SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Act of July 2,1926 (7 U.S.C. 
451-457), $615,800. 
44 stat. 302. 
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 con- 
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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 soils; dissemination of information; purchase and erection 
or alteration of permanent buildings; and operation and maintenance 
of aircraft, $82,322,000: Provided^ That the cost of any permanent 
building purchased, erected, or as improved, exclusive of the cost of 
constructing a water supply or sanitary system and connecting the 
same to any such building and with the exception of buildings acquired 
in conjunction with land being purchased for other purposes, shall 
not exceed $2,500, except for eight buildings to be constructed or 
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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 ma^ be made in any fiscal year in an amount 
not to exceed $500 per building: Provided further^ That no part of 
this appropriation shall be available for the construction of any such 
building on land not owned by the Government: Provided further^ 
That in the State of Missouri, where the State has established a central 
State agency authorized to enter into agreements with the United 
States or any of its agencies on policies and general programs for the 
saving of its soil by the extension of Federal aid to any soil conserva-
tion district in such State, the agreements made by or on behalf of the 
United States with any such soil conservation district shall have the 
prior approval of such central State agency before they shall become 
effective as to such district: Provided further^ That no part of this 
appropriation may be expended for soil and water conservation opera-
tions under the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a-590f), in dem. 
onstration projects: Provided further^ That not to exceed $5,000 may 
be used for employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 
58 Stat. 742. 
706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (5 U.S.C. 574), as amended by 
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0 Stat. 810. 
section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a): Provided 
further^ That qualified local engineers may be temporarily employed 
at per diem rates to perform the technical planning work of the service. 
WATERSHED PROTECTION 
For expenses necessary to conduct surveys, investigations, and re-
search and to carry out preventive measures, including, but not lim-
ited to, 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, 
68 Stat. 666. 
1954^ as amended (16 U.S.C. 1001-1007), and the provisions of the 
49 Stat. 163. 
^gt of April 27,1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a-590f), to remain available until 
expended, $22,750,000, with which shall be merged the unexpended 
balances of funds heretofore appropriated or transferred to tne De-
partment for watershed protection purposes: Provided^ That not to 
exceed $100,000 may be used for employment pursuant to the second 
58 Stat. 742. 
scuteuce of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (5 U.S.C. 574), 
6
0 Stat. 810. 
as amended by section 15 of the Act of August 2,1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a). 
FLOOD PREVENTION 
Restrictions. 
49 Stat. 163. 
49 Stat. 1570, 
For expenses necessary, in accordance with the Flood Control Act, 
approved June 22,1936 (33 U.S.C. 701-709), as amended and supple-
mented, and in accordance with the provisions of laws relating to the 
activities of the Department, to perform works of improvement, in-
cluding not to exceed $100,000 for employment pursuant to the second 
58 Stat. 742. 
seuteuce of section 706 (a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (5 U.S.C. 574), 
60 Stat. 810. 
as amended by section 16 of the Act of August 2,1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a), 
to remain available until expended, $18,000,000, with which shall be 
merged the unexpended balances of funds heretofore appropriated or 
transferred to the Department for flood prevention purposes: Pro-
vided^ 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. 
70 Stat. 1115. 
49 Stat, 1148. 
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WATER CONSERVATION AND UTILIZATION PROJECTS 
For expenses necessary to carry out the functions of the Department 
under the Acts of August 11,1939, and October 14, 1940 (16 U.S.C. 
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590y-z-10), as amended and supplemented, June 28, 1949 (63 Stat. 
277), and September 6,1950 (7 U.S.C. 1033-39), relating to water con-
servation and utilization projects, to remain available until expended, 
$75,000, which sum shall oe merged with the unexpended balances of 
funds heretofore appropriated to said Department for the purpose 
of said Acts. 
GREAT PLAINS CONSERVATION PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry into effect a program of conserva-
tion in the Great Plains area, pursuant to section 16(b) of the Soil 
Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act, as added by the Act of 
August 7,1956 (16 U.S.C. 590p), $10,000,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
AGRICULTURAL CONSERVATION PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry into effect the program authorized 
in sections 7 to 16, 16(a), and 17 of the Soil Conservation and Do-
mestic Allotment Act, approved February 29, 1936, as amended (16 
U.S.C. 590g-590(o), 590p(a), and 590q), including not to exceed $6,-
000 for the preparation and display of exhibits, including such dis-
glays at State, interstate, and international fairs within the United 
tates, $241,500,000, to remain available until December 31 of the 
next succeeding fiscal year for compliance with the program of soil-
building and soil- and water-conserving practices authorized under 
this head in the Department of Agriculture and Farm Credit Ad-
ministration Appropriation Act, 1959, carried out during the period 
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July 1, 1958, to December 31, 1959, inclusive: Provided, That not to 
exceed $26,832,950 of the total sum provided under this head shall 
be available during the current fiscal year for administrative expenses 
for carrying out such program, the cost of aerial photographs, how-
ever, not to be charged to such limitation; but not more than $5,-
424,200 shall be transferred to the appropriation account "Adminis-
trative expenses, section 392, Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938": 
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Provided further, That none of the funds herein appropriated shall 
be used to pay the salaries or expenses of any regional information em-
ployees or any State information employees, but this shall not pre-
clude the answering of inquiries or supplying of information at the 
county level to individual farmers: Provided 
further, 
That such 
amounts shall be available for administrative expenses in connection 
with the formulation and administration of the 1960 program of soil-
building and soil- and water-conserving practices, under the Act of 
February 29,1936, as amended (amounting to $250,000,000, including 
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administration, and no participant shall receive more than $2,500, 590q. 
except where the participants from two or more farms or ranches 
join to carry out approved practices desired to conserve or improve 
the agricultural resources of the community): Provided further. That 
no change shall be made in such 1960 program which will have the 
effect in any county, of restricting eligibility requirements or cost-
sharing on practices included in either the 1957 or the 1958 programs, 
unless such change shall have been recommended by the county com-
mittee and approved by the State committee: Provided further, 
That 
the proportion of the State fund initially allocated to any county 
for the 1960 program shall not be reduced from the distribution of 
such fund for the 1958 program year: Provided further, That not to 
exceed 5 per centum of the allocation for the 1960 agricultural con-
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servation program for any county may, on the recommendation of 
such county committee and approval of the State committee, be with-
held and allotted to the Soil Conservation Service for services of its 
technicians in formulating and carrying out the agricultural conserva-
tion program in the participating counties, and shall not be utilized 
by the Soil Conservation Service for any purpose other than tech-
nical 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 1960 pro-
gram $2,500,000 shall be available for technical assistance in formulat-
ing and carrying out agricultural conservation practices and $1,000,-
000 shall be available for conservation practices related di^'ectly to 
flood prevention work in approved watersheds: Provided 
further^ 
That such amounts shall be available for the purchase of seeds, ferti-
lizers, lime, trees, or any other farming material, or any soil-terracing 
services, and making grants thereof to agricultural producers to aid 
them in carrying out farming practices approved by the Secretary 
Restrictions. 
under programs provided for herein: Provided further^ That no part 
of any funds available to the Department, or any bureau, office, corpo-
ration, or other agency constituting a part of such Department, shall 
be used in the current fiscal year for the payment of salary or travel 
expenses of any person who has been convicted of violating the Act 
entitled "An Act to prevent pernicious political activities", approved 
Fu?c*i i8k*note, ^^gust 2,1939, as amended, or who has been found in accordance with 
62 Stat. 792. 
' the provisions of title 18, United States Code, section 1913, to have 
violated or attempted to violate such section which prohibits the 
use of Federal appropriations for the payment of personal services 
or other expenses designed to influence in any manner a Member of 
Congress to favor or oppose any legislation or appropriation by 
Congress except upon request of any Member or through the proper 
official channels. 
AGRICULTUKAL MARKETING SERVICE 
MARKETING RESEARCH AND SERVICE 
For expenses necessary to carry on research and service to improve 
and develop marketing and distribution relating to agriculture as 
authorized by the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 
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 $10,000, except for two buildings to be constructed or im-
proved at a cost not to exceed $20,000 each, and the cost of altering 
any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed $3,750 or 
3 per centum of the cost of the building, whichever is greater: 
Marketing research and agricultural estimates: For research and 
development relating to agricultural marketing and distribution, for 
analyses .relating to tarm prices, income and population, and demand 
for tarm products, and for crop and livestock estimates, $15,344,500: 
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 fv/rther, 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; 
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Marketing services: For services relating to agricultural marketing 
and distribution, for carrying out regulatory acts connected there-
with, including the Packers and Stockyards Act, as amended Sep- g
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tember 2, 1958, and for administration and coordination of payments 
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to States, $26,072,600, of which $15,000 shall be available for range 
and feedlot market reporting in Colorado and adjacent areas and 
including not to exceed $25,000 for employment at rates not to exceed 
$50 per diem, except for employment in rate cases at not to exceed 
$100 per diem pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of 
the Organic Act of 1944 (5 U.S.C. 574), as amended by section 15 
ss stat. 742. 
of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a), in carrying out section 
^0 stat. sio. 
201 (a) to 201 (d), inclusive, of title I I of the Agricultural Adjustment 
Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1291) and section 203Q) of the Agricultural 
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Marketing Act of 1946. 
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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)), $1,1^5,000. 
60 Stat.. 1089. 
SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the National 
School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751-1760), $110,000,000: Provided, 
^° s*«*- 230. 
That no part of this appropriation shall be used for nonfood assist-
ance under section 5 of said Act: Provided further, That $43,657,248 
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shall be transferred to this appropriation from funds available under 
section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935, for purchase and distribu- 
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tion of agricultural commodities and other foods pursuant to section 6 
of the National School Lunch Act. 
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FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Foreign Agricultural Service, includ-
ing carrying out title VI of the Agricultural Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 
1761-1768), and for enabling the Secretary to coordinate and integrate 
68 stat, 908. 
activities of the Department in connection with foreign agricultural 
work, including not to exceed $25,000 for representation allowances and 
for expenses pursuant to section 8 of the Act approved August 3, 
1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), $3,518,300: Provided, 
That not less than 
^o stat, 1034. 
$400,000 of the funds contained in this appropriation shall be avail-
able 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: Pro-
vided further, That, in addition, not to exceed $2,493,000 of the funds 
appropriated by section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935, as amended 
(7 U.S.C. 612c), shall be merged with this appropriation and shall 
*^ stat, 774. 
be available for all expenses of the Foreign Agricultural Service in 
carrying out the purposes of said section 32: Provided further. That, 
in addition, not to exceed the equivalent of $1,310,000 in foreign cur-
rencies derived from sales under title I of the Agricultural Trade 
Development and Assistance Act of 1954, as amended, and made avail- 
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able to the Department of Agriculture, shall be available for expenses 
of the agricultural attache service and for general operating expenses 
of the Foreign Agricultural Service in carrying out the purposes of 
section 104(a) of that Act. 
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COMMODITY EXCHANGE AUTHORITY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry into effect the provisions of the 
49 Stat. 1491. 
Commodity Exchange Act, as amended (7 U.S.C. l-17a), $909,500. 
SOIL BANK PROGRAM 
CONSERVATION RESERVE 
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. 
70 Stat. 191,196. 1831-1837 and 1802-1814), and to carry out liquidation activities for 
the acreage reserve program, $335,000,000: Provided^ That not to 
exceed $18,600,000 shall be available for administrative expenses, of 
which not less than $14,400,000 may be transferred to the appropria-
tion account "Local administration, section 388, Agricultural Adjust-
"u?c*'i3^88. 
ment Act of 1938": Provided further^ That no part of this appropria-
tion shall be used to enter into contracts with producers which, together 
with contracts already entered into, would require payments to pro-
ducers (including the cost of materials and services) in excess of 
$375,000,000 in any calendar year, and for purposes of applying this 
limitation, practice payments shall be chargeable to the first year of 
the contract period: Provided further^ That no part of these funds 
shall be used to enter into contracts to pay rental compensation to any 
individual or corporation in excess of $5,000 per annum: Provided 
jurther^ 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: Provided 
further^ That clause (2) of the fourth proviso relating to annual rental 
7\is*c*'i83 fa. 
payments under this head in Public Law 85-459 shall not be applicable 
to contracts hereafter entered into: Provided further^ That (1) no 
part of the funds authorized for 1960 may be used to enter into annual 
rental contracts for a period of time or at rates or in amounts which 
are in excess of limitations imposed by present regulations or 
announcements, (2) in establishing annual rental rates for new con-
tracts, no such rental rate shall be established in excess of the local 
fair rental value of the acreage offered, such fair rental value to be 
based upon the average annual crop production harvested from such 
acreage during the past five crop years including the current year, 
(3) in handling funds within any State, first consideration shall be 
given to those applicants who were not offered contracts during the 
1959 sign-up due to limitation of funds, and (4) in the allocation of 
funds and administration thereof, the Department shall not allocate 
funds on any basis not in accord with the purposes as set forth in the 
basic law. 
COMMODITY STABILIZATION SERVICE 
ACREAGE ALLOTMENTS AND MARKETING QUOTAS 
For necessary expenses to formulate and carry out acreage allotment 
and marketing quota programs pursuant to provisions oi title I I I of 
the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1301-
52 Stat. 38. 
1393), $39,135,000, of which not more than $6,886,300 shall be trans-
ferred to the appropriation account "Administrative expenses, section 
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SUGAR ACT PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry into effect the provisions of the 
Sugar Act of 1948 (7 U.S.C. 110H161), $71,500,000, to remain avail- 
^» stat. 922. 
able until June 30 of the next succeeding fiscal year: Provided, That 
expenditures (including transfers) from this appropriation for other 
than payments to sugar producers shall not exceed $2,297,426. 
FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION 
OPERATING AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
For operating and administrative expenses, $6,376,700. 
EuRAL ELECTRIFICATION ADMINISTRATION 
To carry into effect the provisions of the Eural Electrification Act 
of 1936, as amended (7 XJ.S.C. 901-924), as follows: 
'•^ stat. laea. 
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For loans in accordance with said Act, and for carrying out the pro-
visions of section 7 thereof, to be borrowed from the Secretary of the 
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Treasury in accordance with the provisions of section 3(a) of said 
Act, as follows: Eural electrification program, $136,000,000; and rural 
telephone program, $79,000,000; and additional amounts, not to exceed 
$26,000,000 for each program, may be borrowed under the same terms 
and conditions to the extent that such amount is required during the 
fiscal year 1960 under the then existing conditions for the expeditious 
and orderly development of the rural electrification program and 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 pur-
suant 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 
^s stat. 742. 
2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a), $9,632,000. 
eo stat. sio. 
FARMERS' HOME ADMINISTRATION 
To carry into effect the provisions of titles L II, and the related 
provisions of title IV of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, as 
amended (7 U.S.C. lOOQ-1031); the Farmers' Home Administration 
so stat. 522. 
Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1001, note; 31 U.S.C. 82h; 12 U.S.C. 371; 35 
D.C. Code 535; 60 Stat. 1062-1080); the Act of July 30, 1946 (40 
U.S.C. 436-439): the Act of August 28,1937, as amended (16 U.S.C. 
^° ^tat. 711. 
590r-590x—3), tor the development of facilities for water storage sti°. l
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and utilization in the arid and semiarid areas of the United States; 
le use .
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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; 
63 stat. 432. 
the Eural Eehabilitation Corporation Trust Liquidation Act, ap-
proved May 3,1950 (40 U.S.C. 440-444); the items "Loans to farmers, 
^^ stat. 98. 
1948 flood damage" in the Act of June 25, 1948 (^2 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 develop-
ment accounts in water conservation and utilization projects (53 
Stat. 685, 719), as amended and supplemented (16 U.S.C. 590y, z—1 
and z—10); and the Act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to g
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convey certain mineral interests, approved September 6, 1950 (7 
U.S.C. 1033-1039), as follows: 
^4 stat. 769. 
7 u s e 
1 0 0 7 
1009. 
65 Stat. 225. 
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LOAN AUTHORIZATIONS 
For loans (including payments in lieu of taxes and taxes under sec-
7°u?c*"io2\V 
*i^^ ^^ o^ ^^^ Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, as amended, and 
advances incident to the acquisition and preservation of security of 
obligations under the foregoing several authorities, except that such 
"a^ifsc^ i'4*7 !i advances under title V of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended, shall 
1481, 
' be made from funds obtained under section 611 of that Act, as 
amended): Title I and section 43 of title IV of the Bankhead-Jones 
ioo5dI ^ Po o'e^c^ L
^ Farm Tenant Act, as amended, $24,000,000, of which not to exceed 
w n;' 1
2 use 84; $2,500,000 may be distributed to States and Territories without regard 
to farm population and prevalence of tenancy, in addition to the 
amount otherwise distributed thereto, for loans in reclamation projects 
and to entrymen on unpatented public lands; title I I of the Bankhead-
Jones Farm Tenant Act, as amended, $180,000,000; the Act of August 
5"o^stat.^869. ^ 28, 1937, as amended, $2,000,000: Provided^ That not to exceed the 
590x-4!^ 
^^^' 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: Provided 
further^^h&t 
an additional amount, not to exceed 
$20,000,000, may be borrowed under the same terms and conditions to 
the extent that such amount is required during fiscal year 1960 under 
the then existing conditions for the expeditious and orderly conduct 
\^ifsc\ooo'. 
o^ ^^® \o9Ji programs under the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, 
as amended, not to exceed $5,000,000 of which shall be available for 
loans under title I and section 43 of title I V of such Act, as amended. 
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, $30,744,750, together with a trans-
fer of not to exceed $1,000,000 of the fees and administrative expense 
charges made available by subsections (d) and (e) of section 12 of 
6
0 Stat. 1072. 
^ho Bankhead-Joues Farm Tenant Act, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1005 
tl vicUo^-3. 
(^))» a^d section 10(c) of the Act of August 28, 1937, as amended. 
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, $3,162,025. 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses of the OfHce of the Secretary of Agriculture; expenses 
of the National Agricultural Advisory Commission; stationery, sup-
plies, materials, and equipment; freight, express, and drayage 
charges; advertising of bids, communication service, postage, wash-
ing towels, repairs and alterations, and other miscellaneous supplies 
and expenses not otherwise provided for and necessary for the prac-
tical and efficient work of the Department of Agriculture, $2,881,000: 
Provided, That this appropriation shall be reimbursed from appli-
cable appropirations for travel expenses incident to the holding of 
hearings as required by the Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. 
60 Stat. 237. 
1 0 0 1 ) . 
34 Stat,, 690. 
28 Stat, 612. 
58 Stat. 742. 
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OFFICE OF INFORMATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Information for the dissem-
ination of agricultural information and the coordination of informa-
tional work and programs authorized by Congress in the Department, 
$1,431,665, 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, R^resentatives, and 
Delegates in Congress, as they shall direct (7 U.S.C. 417) and not less 
than two hundred and thirty-three thousand and fifty copies for the 
use of the Senate and House of Representatives of part 2 of the annual 
report of the Secretary (known as the Yearbook of Agriculture) as 
authorized W 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). 
^o stat. s lo. 
LIBRARY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, including dues for library membership in 
societies or associations which issue publications to members only or 
at a price to members lower than to subscribers who are not members, 
$900,000. 
TITLE II—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 Govern-
ment Corporation Control Act, as amended, as may be necessary in 
f} u|c lU'. 
carrying out the programs set forth in the budget for the fiscal year 
1960 for such corporation or agency, except as hereinafter provided: 
FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION FUND 
Not to exceed $2,330,000 of administrative and operating expenses 
may be paid from premium income. 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
RESTORATION OF CAPITAL IMPAIRMENT 
To restore the capital impairment of the Commodity Credit Cor-
poration determined by the appraisal of June 30, 1958, pursuant to 
section 1 of the Act of March 8,1938, as amended (15 U.S.C. 7l3a-l), 
" ^tat. io7. 
$1,435,424,413. 
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 $^2,000,000 
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[73 STAT. 
shall be available for administrative expenses of the Cbrporatron: 
Provided further^ That $1,000,000 of this authorization shall be avail-
able only to expand and strengthen the sales program of the Corpora-
tion pursuant to authority contained in the Corporation's charter: 
Provided further^ That not less than 7 per centum of this authoriza-
tion shall be placed in reserve to be apportioned pursuant to section 
31 use 665. 
3679 of the Revised Statutes, as amended, for use only in such amounts 
and at such time as may become necessary to carry out j)rogram opera-
tions: 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: 
Provided further^ (1) That no part of this authorization shall be used 
to formulate or carry out a price support program for 1960 under 
which a total amount of price support in excess of $50,000 would be 
extended through loans, purchases, or purchase agreements made or 
made available oy Commodity Credit Corporation to any person on 
the 1960 production of any agricultural commodity declared by the 
Secretary to be in surplus supply, unless (a) such person shall reduce 
his production of such commodity from that which such person pro-
duced the preceding year, in such percentage, not to exceed 20 per 
centum, as the Secretary may determine to be essential to bring pro-
duction in line within a reasonable period of time with that necessary 
to provide an adequate supply to meet domestic and foreign demands, 
plus adequate reserves, or (b) such person shall agree to repay all 
amounts advanced in excess of $50,000 for any agricultural commodity 
within twelve months from the date of the advance of such funds or 
at such later date as the Secretary may determine, (2) that the term 
"person" shall mean an individual, partnership, firm, joint-stock com-
pany, corporation, association, trust, estate, or other legal entity, or a 
State, political suodivision of a State, or any agency thereof, (3) that 
in the case of any loan to, or purchase from, a cooperative marketing 
organization, or with regard to price support on an agricultural com-
modity extended by purchases of a product of such commodity from, 
or by loans on such product to, persons other than the producers of 
such commodity, such limitation shall not apply to the amount of 
price support received by the cooperative marketing organization, or 
other persons, but the amount of price support made available to any 
person through such cooperative marketing organization or other 
persons shall be included in determining the amount of price support 
received by such person for purposes of such limitation, and (4) that 
the Secretary of Agriculture shall issue regulations prescribing such 
rules as he determines necessary to carry out this provision. 
REIMBURSEMENT TO COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION FOR COSTS OF SPECIAL 
ACTIVITIES 
To reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for authorized un-
recovered costs through June 30,1959 (including interest through date 
of recovery), as follows: (1) $63,875,000 under the International 
63 Stat. 945. 
Wheat Agreement Act of 1949, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1641-1642); 
(2) $104,508,000 for commodities disposed of for emergency famine 
relief to friendly peoples pursuant to title I I of the Act of July 10, 
68 Stat. 457. 
1954, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1703,1721-1724); (3) $968,016,000 for the 
sale of surplus agricultural commodities for loreign currencies pur-
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suant to title T; of the Act of July 10, 1934, as amended (TTTS-H 
1701-1709); (4) $35,000 for grain made available to the Secretary of 
the Interior to prevent crop damage by migratory waterfowl pur-
suant to the Act of July 3,1956 (7 U.S.C. 442-446); (5) $129,000,000 
for strategic and other materials acquired by the Commodity Credit 
Corporation as a result of barter or exchange of agricultural com-
modities or products and transferred to the supplemental stockpile 
pursuant to Public Law 540, Eighty-fourth Congress (7 U.S.C. 1856); 
(6) $1,056,500 for transfers to the appropriation "Diseases of animals 
and poultry" pursuant to authority contained under such head in the 
Department of Agriculture and Farm Credit Administration Appro-
priation Act, 1959; and (7) $1,607,000 for transfers to the appropria-
tion "Marketing research and service" pursuant to the Act of Au^st 
31,1951 (7 U.S.C. 414a), for grading tobacco and classing cotton with-
out charge to producers, as authorized by law (7 U.S.C. 473a, 511d). 
68 Stat. 455. 
70 Stat. 492. 
70 Stat. 200. 
72 Stat. 189. 
65 Stat. 239. 
50 S t a t . 62; 49 
Stat. 732. 
TITLE III—BELATED AGENCIES 
FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION 
Not to exceed $2,125,000 (from assessments collected from farm 
credit agencies) shall be obligated during the current fiscal year for 
administrative expenses. 
FEDERAL FARM MORTGAGE CORPORATION 
The Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation is authorized to make 
such expenditures, within available funds and in accordance with 
law, as may be necessary to liquidate its assets: Provided, That funds 
realized from the liquidation of assets which are determined by the 
Board of Directors to be in excess of the requirements for expenses 
of liquidation shall be declared as dividends which shall be paid into 
the general fund of the Treasury. 
TITLE IV—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 401. Within the unit limit of cost fixed by law, appropriations 
and authorizations made for the Department under this Act shall be 
available for the purchase, in addition to those specifically provided 
for, of not to exceed four hundred and twenty-five passenger motor 
vehicles, of which four hundred and twenty-three shall be for replace-
ment only, and for the hire of such vehicles. 
SEC. 402. Provisions of law prohibiting or restricting the employ-
ment of aliens shall not apply to employment under the appropriation 
for the Foreign Agricultural Service. 
SEC. 403. Funds available to the Department of Agriculture shall 
be available for uniforms or allowances therefor as authorized by the 
Act of September 1,1954, as amended (5 U.S.C. 2131). 
SEC. 404. No part of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be 
used for the psn^ment of any officer or employee of the Department 
who, as such officer or employee, or on behalf of the Department or 
any division, commission, or bureau thereof, issues, or causes to be 
issued, any prediction, oral or written, or forecast, except as to damage 
threatened or caused by insects and pests, with respect to future prices 
of cotton or the trend of same. 
SEC. 405. Except to provide materials required in or incident to 
research or experimental work where no suitable domestic product is 
Passenger motor 
vehicles. 
Employment of 
aliens. 
Uniform 
ances. 
a l l o w -
68 Stat. 1114. 
C o t t o n 
p r i c e 
predictions. 
P ur c ha s e 
twine 
of 
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60 S t a t . 1082-
1091. 
68 Stat. 574. 
7 u s e 4271. 
P ub l i c i t y 
or 
propaganda. 
Short title. 
available, no part of the funds appropriated bv this Act shall be 
expended in the purchase of twine manufactured from commodities or 
materials produced outside of the United States. 
SEC. 406. Not less than $1,500,000 of the appropriations of the 
Department for research and service work authorized by the Acts of 
August 14, 1946, July 28,1954, and September 6,1958 (7 U.S.C. 427, 
1621-1629; 72 Stat. 1793), shall be available for contracting in accord-
ance with said Acts. 
SEC. 407. 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. 
This Act may be cited as the "Department of Agriculture and Farm 
Credit Administration Appropriation Act, 1960". 
Approved July 8, 1959. 
Public Law 86-81 
July 8, 1959 
[S. 1368] 
Federal Aviation 
A c t of 195 8, a-
mendment. 
72 Stat. 772. 
49 u s e 1403. 
AN ACT 
49 u s e 1404. 
To amend sections 503 and 504 of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to facilitate 
financing of certain aircraft engines and propellers. 
Be it enouctedhy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That paragraph (2) 
of section 503(a) of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 is amended to 
read as follows: 
"(2) Any lease, and any mortgage, equipment trust, contract 
of conditional sale, or other instrument executed for security pur-
poses, which lease or other instrument affects the title to, or any 
interest in, any specifically identified aircraft engine or engines of 
seven hundred and fifty or more rated takeoff horsepower for 
each such engine or the equivalent of such horsepower, or any 
specifically identified aircraft propeller capable of absorbing 
seven hundred and fifty or more rated takeoff shaft horsepower, 
and also any assignment or amendment thereof or supplement 
thereto;". 
SEC. 2. Section 504 of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 is amended 
to read as follows: 
"LIMITATION OF SECURITY OWNERS LIABILITY 
"SEC. 504. No person having a security interest in, or security title 
to, any civil aircraft, aircraft engine, or propeller under a contract of 
conditional sale, equipment trust, chattel or corporate mortgage, or 
other instrument of similar nature, and no lessor of any such aircraft, 
aircraft engine, or propeller under a bona fide lease of thirty days or 
more, shall be liable by reason of such interest or title, or by reason 
of his interest as lessor or owner of the aircraft, aircraft engine, or 
propeller so leased, for any injury to or death of persons, or damage 
to or loss of property, on the surface of the earth (whether on land 
or water) caused by such aircraft, aircraft engine, or propeller, or by 
the ascent, descent, or flight of such aircraft, aircraft engine, or pro-
peller or by the dropping or falling of an object therefrom, unless such 
aircraft, aircraft engine, or propeller is in the actual possession or 
control of such person at the time of such injury, death, damage, or 
loss."