An Act making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture and Farm Credit Administration for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1956, and for other purposes
PL 84-40 (H.R.5239), enacted 05/23/1955

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PUBLIC LAW 40-MAY 23, 1955 
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Public Law 40 
CHAPTER 43 
AN ACT 
Making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture and Farm Credit 
Administration for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1956, and for other 
purposes. 
May 23, 1955 
[H. R. 5239] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following A^fcuUm-t^LSi 
sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not other- jj^f^tj^'ion" ^ * 
wise appropriated, for the Department of Agriculture and Farm propriauon Act, 
Credit Administration for the fiscal year ending June 30,1956, namely: *
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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 
exceed $15,000 of the appropriations hereunder shall be available for 
employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706 (a) of the 
Organic Act of 1944 (5 U. S. C. 574), as amended by section 15 of the 
Act of August 2,1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a) : Provided further. That appro-
priations hereunder shall be available for the operation and mainte-
nance of aircraft and the purchase (for emergency replacement only) 
of not to exceed one: Provided further. That appropriations hereunder 
shall be available pursuant to 5 U. S. C. 565a for the construction, 
alteration, and repair of buildings and improvements, but unless other-
wise provided, the cost of constructing any one building (except head-
houses 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 hereunder shall be 
available for uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by the 
Act of September 1,1954 (68 Stat. 1114): 
Research: For research and demonstrations on th« production and 
utilization of agricultural products, and related research and services, 
including administration of payments to State Agricultural Experi-
ment Stations; $37,800,000. 
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; $18,658,700, of which $1,000,000 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 (Public Law 586), to the extent 
necessary to meet emergency conditions: Provided further, That no 
part of this appropriation shall be used to pay the cost or value of 
trees, farm animals, farm crops, or other property injured or destroyed 
as a result of plant insect and disease control activities except potatoes 
and tomatoes as authorized under the Golden Nematode Act: Provided 
further, That, in the discretion of the Secretary, no part of this appro-
priation shall be expended for the control of sweet-potato weevil in 
58 Stat. 742. 
60 Stat. 810. 
58 Stat. 742. 
Ante, p. 49. 
5 u s e 2131 note. 
31 u s e 665. 
52 Stat. 344. 
68 Stat. 717. 
7 u s e 148. 
62 Stat. 442. 
7 u s e 150 note. 
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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 
organizations 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; 
$14,325,000. 
PAYMENTS TO STATES, HAWAII, ALASKA, AND PUERTO RICO 
For payments to the States, Hawaii, Alaska, and Puerto Rico to be 
paid quarterly in advance where applicable, to carry into effect the 
provisions of the following Acts relating to agricultural experiment 
stations: 
Hatch Act, the Act approved March 2, 1887 (7 U. S. C. 362, 363, 
365, 368, 377-379), $720,000; Adams Act, the Act approved March 
16, 1906 (7 U. S. C. 369), $720,000; Purnell Act, the Act approved 
February 24, 1925 (7 U. S. C. 361, 366, 370, 371, 373-376, 380, 382), 
$2,880,000; Bankhead-Jones Act, title I of the Act approved June 
29, 1935 (7 IJ. S. C. 427-427g), sections 3 and 5, $2,863,708, and 
sections 9 and 11 of said Act as added by the Act of August 14, 1946 
(7 U. S. C. 427h, 427j), including administration by the Office of 
Experiment Stations in the United States Department of Agriculture, 
$16,800,000, no part of which latter amount shall be used for begin-
ning construction of any building costing in excess of $15,000; Hawaii, 
the Act approved May 16, 1928 (7 U. S. C. 386-386b), extending the 
benefits of certain Acts of Congress to the Territory of Hawaii, 
$90,000; Alaska, the Act approved February 23, 1929 (7 U. S. C. 
386c), extending the benefits of the Hatch Act to the Territory of 
Alaska, $15,000, and the provisions of section 2 of the Act approved 
stil^sel: ^"'*'^'* Jui^e 20, 1936, as amended (7 U. S. C. 369a), extending the benefits 
of the Adams and Purnell Acts to the Territory of Alaska, $75,000: 
Puerto Rico, the Act approved March 4,1931, as amended (7 U. S. C. 
386d-386f), extending the benefits of certain Acts of Congress to 
Puerto Rico, $90,000; section 204 (b) of the Agricultural Marketing 
Act, the Act approved August 14, 1946 (7 U. S. C. 1623), $500,000; 
in all, payments to States, Hawaii, Alaska, and Puerto Rico, 
$24,753,708. 
24 Stat. 440. 
34 Stat. 63. 
43 Stat. 970. 
49 Stat. 436. 
60 Stat. 1083. 
45 Stat. 571. 
45 Stat. 1256. 
46 Stat. 1520. 
60 Stat. 1089. 
P a y m e n t 
of 
claims. 
6 1 S t a t . 7; 23 
Stat. 31. 
21 u s e 114c. 
FOOT-AND-MOUTH AND OTHER CONTAGIOUS DISEASES OF ANIMALS AND 
POULTRY 
Eradication activities: For expenses necessary in the arrest and 
eradication of foot-and-mouth disease, rinderpest, contagious pleuro-
pneumonia, or other contagious or infectious diseases of animals, or 
European fowl pest and similar diseases in poultry, including the 
payment of claims growing out of destruction of animals (including 
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 
U. 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 
62 Stat. 198. 
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deem necessary, but not to exceed $2,250,000 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 ba^Sf'^^**"*'** 
February 28,1947, the payment for animals may be made on appraise-
ment based on the meat, egg-production, dairy, or breeding value, 
but in case of appraisement based on breeding value no appraisement 
of any animal shall exceed three times its meat, egg-production, or 
dairy value and, except in case of an extraordinary emergency to be 
determined by the Secretary, the payment by the United States shall 
not exceed one-half of any such appraisements: Provided 
further^ 
That this appropriation shall be subject to applicable provisions con-
tained in the item "Salaries and expenses. Agricultural Research 
Service". 
Research: For expenses necessary for research authorized by the 
Act of April 24,1948 (21U. S. C. 113a), $1,900,000. 
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 (Public Law 
83), $44,155,000; and payments and contracts for such work under 
V-MC'ZA\-Z^Z. 
section 204 (b)-205 of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 
U. S. C. 1623-1624), $1,320,000; in all, $45,475,000: Promc?e<?, That 
funds hereby appropriated pursuant to section 3 (c) of the Act of 
June 26,1953 (Public Law 83) shall not be paid to any State, Hawaii, 
Alaska, or Puerto Rico prior to availability of an equal sum from non-
Federal sources for expenditure during the current fiscal year. 
FEDERAL, EXTENSION SERVICE 
Administration and coordination: For administration of the Smith-
Lever Act, as amended by the Act of June 26, 1953 (Public Law 83), 
7'irec*34i^348., 
and extension aspects of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 
(7 U. S. C. 1621-1627), and to coordinate and provide program leader- 
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ship for the extension work of the Department and the several States, 
Territories, and insular possessions, $1,920,000. 
Penalty mail: For costs of penalty mail for cooperative extension 
agents, $1,650,000. 
FARMER COOPERATIVE SERVICE 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Act of July 2, 1926 (7 
U. S. C. 451-457), $408,000. 
^^ stat. 802. 
SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE 
CONSERVATION OPERATIONS 
60 Stat. 1089. 
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-
49 Stat. 163. 
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Cost of b u i l d -
ings. 
Restrictions. 
58 Stat. 742. 
60 Stat. 810. 
68 Stat. 666. 
16 u s e 
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note. 
49 Stat. 163. 
tenance of aircraft; and furnishing of subsistence to employees; 
$59,300,000: Provided^ That the cost of any permanent building pur-
chased, erected, or as improved, exclusive of the cost of constructing a 
water supply or sanitary system and connecting the same to any such 
building and 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 improved at a cost not 
to exceed $15,000 per building and except that alterations or improve-
ments to other existing permanent buildings costing $2,500 or more 
may be made in any fiscal year in an amount not to exceed $500 per 
building: Provided further, That no part of this appropriation shall 
be available for the construction of any such building on land not 
owned by the Government: Provided further, That in the State of 
Missouri, where the State has established a central State agency au-
thorized 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 dis-
trict 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 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 planning work 
of the service. 
WATERSHED PROTECTION 
For expenses necessary to conduct surveys, investigations, and 
research and to carry out preventive measures, including, but not 
limited to, engineering operations, methods of cultivation, the grow-
ing of vegetation, and changes in use of land, in accordance with 
the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act, approved 
August 4, 1954 (Public Law 566), and the provisions of the Act of 
April 27, 1935 (16 U. S. C. 590a-590f), to remain available until 
expended, $12,000,000, with which shall be merged the unexpended 
balances of funds heretofore appropriated or transferred to the De-
partment for watershed protection purposes. 
49 Stat. 1570. 
33 u s e 
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70 Ih. 
58 Stat. 742. 
60 Stat. 810. 
FLOOD PREVENTION 
For expenses necessary, in accordance with the Flood Control Act, 
approved June 22, 1936 (Public Law 738), 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, 
including not to exceed $100,000 for employment pursuant to the 
second sentence of section 706 (a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (5 
U. S . C , 574), as amended by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 
1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), at rates for individuals not to exceed $100 
per diem, to remain available until expended, $10,000,000, with which 
shall be merged the unexpended balances of funds heretofore appro-
priated or transferred to the Department for flood prevention pur-
poses: 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: Provided further^ That here-
49 Stat. 1148. 
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after the funds appropriated for flood prevention purposes may be 
expended in watersheds heretofore authorized by section 13 of the 
Flood Control Act of December 22, 1944, as amended, for necessary 
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measures for the prevention of erosion, floodwater, and sediment 
damages, including gully control, floodwater detention, and floodway 
structures, in areas other than those over which the Department 
of the Army has jurisdiction and responsibility. 
AGRICULTURAL CONSERVATION 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 of ex-
hibits, including such displays at State, interstate, and international 
fairs within the United States; $214,500,000, to remain available until 
December 31 of the next succeeding fiscal year for compliance with 
the program of soil-building practices and soil- and water-conserving 
practices authorized under this head in the Department of Agriculture 
and Farm Credit Administration Appropriation Act 1955, carried 
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out during the period July 1, 1954, to December 31, 1955, inclusive: 
Provided, That not to exceed $22,800,000 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 pro-
gram, the cost of aerial photographs, however, not to be charged to 
such limitation; but not more than $4,320,000 shall be transferred 
to the appropriation account, "Administrative expenses, section 392, 
Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938": Provided further, That pay- 
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ments to claimants hereunder may be made upon the certificate of 
the claimant, which certificate shall be in such form as the Secretary 
may prescribe, that he has carried out the conservation practice or 
practices and has complied with all other requirements as conditions 
for such payments and that the statements and information con-
tained 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 appro-
priated or made available for the functions assigned to the Agricul-
tural Adjustment Agency pursuant to the Executive Order Numbered 
9069, of February 23,1942, shall be used to pay the salaries or expenses nofg."^^ ^P* ^°^ 
of any regional information employees or any State information em-
ployees, 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 1956 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 adminis- 
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tration, and formulated on the basis of a distribution of the funds 590q. 
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available for payments and grants among the several States in accord-
ance with their conservation,needs as determined by the Secretary, 
except that the proportion allocated to any State shall not be reduced 
more than 16 per centum from the distribution for the next preceding 
program year, and no participant shall receive more than $1,500, 
except where the participants from two or more farms or ranches 
join to carry out approved practices designed to conserve or improve 
the agricultural resources 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 pro-
62 Stat. 683. 
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49 Stat. 1150. 
Restriction. 
53 Stat. 1147. 
5 u s e 118k note. 
62 Stat. 792. 
vide 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 further^ That not to exceed 5 per centum 
of the allocation for the 1956 agricultural conservation program for 
any county may, on the recommendation of such county committee 
and approval of the State committee, be withheld and allotted to the 
Soil Conservation Service for services of its technicians in formulating 
and carrying out the agricultural conservation program in the par-
ticipating counties, and the funds so allotted may be placed in a single 
account for each State, and shall not be utilized by the Soil Con-
servation Service for any purpose other than technical and other 
assistance in such counties: Provided further^ That for the 1956 pro-
gram $2,500,000 shall be available for technical assistance in formu-
lating and carrying out agricultural conservation practices and $1,000,-
000 shall be available for conservation practices related directly to 
flood-prevention 
work in approved watersheds: Provided 
further^ 
That in carrying out the 1956 program the Secretary shall give par-
ticular consideration to the conservation problems on farmlands di-
verted from crops under acreage-allotment programs: 
Provided 
fwrther^ That such amounts shall be available for the purchase of 
seeds, fertilizers, lime, trees, or any other farming material, or any 
soil-terracing services, and making grants thereof to agricultural 
producers to aid them in carrying out farming practices approved by 
the Secretary under programs provided for herein: Provided 
further^ 
That no part of any funds available to the Department, or any bureau, 
office, corporation, or other agency constituting a part of such Depart-
ment, shall be used in the current fiscal year for the payment of 
salary or travel expenses of any person who has been convicted of 
violating the Act entitled "An Act to prevent pernicious political 
activities", approved August 2, 1939, as amended, or who has been 
found in accordance with the provisions of title 18, United States 
Code, section 1913, to have violated or attempted to violate such section 
which prohibits the use of Federal appropriations for the payment 
of personal services or other expenses designed to influence in any 
manner a Member of Congress to favor or oppose any legislation or 
appropriation by Congress except upon request of any Member or 
through the proper official channels. 
AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE 
60 Stat. 1087. 
58 Stat. 742. 
MARKETING RESEARCH AND SERVICE 
For expenses necessary to carry on research and service to improve 
and develop marketing and distribution relating to agriculture as 
authorized by the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U. S. C. 
1621-1627) and other laws, including the administration of marketing 
regulatory acts connected therewith: Provided^ That appropriations 
hereunder shall be available pursuant to 5 IT. 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 
development relating to agricultural marketing and distribution, for 
analyses relating to farm prices, income and population, and demand 
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for farm products, and for crop and livestock estimates; $11,046,000: 
Provided^ That not less than $250,000 of the funds contained in this 
appropriation shall be available to gather statistics and conduct a 
special study on the price spread between the farmer and the con-
sumer: Provided further^ That no part of the funds herein appro-
priated shall be available for any expense incident to ascertaining, 
collating, or publishing a report stating the intention of farmers as 
to the acreage to be planted in cotton, or for estimates of apple pro-
duction for other than the commercial crop. 
Marketing services: For services relating to agricultural marketing 
and distribution, for carrying out regulatory acts connected there-
with, and for administration and coordination of payments to States; 
$11,960,000, including not to exceed $25,000 for employment at rates 
not to exceed $100 per diem, pursuant to the second sentence of section 
706 (a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (5 U. S. C. 574), as amended by 
=8 stat. 742. 
section 15 of the Act of August 2,1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), in carrying out 
^o stat. s lo. 
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 
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PAYMENTS TO STATES, TERRITORIES, AXD 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)), $1,000,000. 
SCHOOl. LUNCH PROGRAM 
60 Stat. 1089. 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the National 
School Lunch Act (42 U. S. C. 1751-1760), $83,236,197: Provided, 
«ostat. 230. 
That no part of this appropriation shall be used for nonfood assist-
ance under section 5 of said Act. 
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FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE 
For necessary expenses for the Foreign Agricultural Service, in-
eluding carrying out title VI of the Agricultural Act of 1954 (Public 
Law 690, approved August 28, 1954), and for enabling the Secretary 
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to coordinate and integrate activities of the Department in connection 
with foreign agricultural work, including not to exceed $20,000 for 
representation allowances, $3,365,000: Provided^ That not less than 
$250,000 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. 
COMMODITY EXCHANGE AUTHORITY 
49 stat. 1491. 
For necessary expenses to carry into effect the provisions of the 
Commodity Exchange Act, as amended (7 U. S. C. 1-I7a), $698,000. 
COMMODITY STABILIZATION SERVICE 
AGRICULTURAL ADJUSTMENT PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses to formulate and carry out acreage allotment 
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), $39,000,000, of which not more than $6,000,000 shall be 
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transferred to the appropriation account "Administrative expenses, 
section 392, Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938". 
7 u s e 1392. 
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SUGAR ACT PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry into effect the provisions of the 
61 Stat. 922. 
g^gar Act of 1948 (7 U. S. C. 1101-1160), $59,600,000, 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 $1,575,000. 
FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION 
For operating and administrative expenses, $6,000,000. 
RURAL ELECTRIFICATION ADMINISTRATION 
To carry into effect the provisions of the Rural Electrification Act 
49 Stat. 1363. 
of 1936, as amended (7 U. S. C. 901-924), as follows: 
LOAN AUTHORIZATIONS 
For loans in accordance with said Act, and for carrying out the 
provisions of section 7 thereof, to be borrowed from the Secretary 
7use907,903. 
of the Treasury in accordance with the provisions of section 3 (a) of 
said Act as follows: Rural electrification program, $160,000,000; and 
rural telephone program, $75,000,000; and additional amounts, not to 
exceed $100,000,000 for the rural electrification program, may be 
borrowed under the same terms and conditions to the extent that such 
additional amounts are required during the fiscal year 1956, under 
the then existing conditions, for the expeditious and orderly develop-
ment of the program. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For administrative expenses, including not to exceed $500 for 
financial and credit reports, and not to exceed $150,000 for employ-
ment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706 (a) of the Organic 
58 Stat. 742. 
^^t of 1944 (5 U. S. C. 574), as amended by section 15 of the Act of 
60 Stat. 810. 
August 2,1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), $7,680,000. 
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 Administra-
tion 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 
60 Stat. 711. 
(40 U. S. C. 436-439) ; the Act of August 28, 1937, as amended (16 
gJO Stat. 869; 68 XJ. 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 (42 
U. S. C. 1471-1483), as amended by the Housing Act of 1952 (Public 
66 Stat. 604. 
j ^ ^ ^ ^ 535^^ approved July 14,1952), relating to financial assistance for 
farm housing; the Rural Rehabilitation Corporation Trust Liquida-
tion 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, 
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63 Stat. 432. 
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convey certain mineral interests, approved September 6, 1950 (7 
U. S. C. 1033-1039), as follows: 
LOAN AUTHORIZATIONS 
For loans (including payments in lieu of taxes and taxes under sec-
tion 50 of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, as amended, and ad-
vances incident to the acquisition and preservation of security of obli-
gations under the foregoing several authorities) : Title I and section 43 
of title IV of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, as amended, 
$19,000,000, of which not to exceed $5,000,000 may be distributed to 
States and Territories without regard to farm population and preva-
lence of tenancy, in addition to the amount otherwise distributed 
thereto, for loans in reclamation projects and to entry 
men on 
impatented public land; title I I of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant 
Act, as amended, $122,500,000; the Act of August 28,1937, as amended, 
$11,500,000: 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. 
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, $24,500,000, together with a trans-
fer of not to exceed $450,000 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, $2,100,000, together 
with such amounts from other appropriations or authorizations as are 
provided in the schedules in the budget for the current fiscal year 
for such expenses, which several amounts not exceeding a total of 
$375,000 shall be transferred to and made a part of this appropriation. 
OFFICE or 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, and other miscellaneous sup-
plies and expenses not otherwise provided for and necessary for the 
practical and efficient work of the Department of Agriculture; 
$2,144,300, together with such amounts from other appropriations or 
authorizations as are provided in the schedules in the budget for the 
current fiscal year for such services and expenses, which several 
amounts or portions thereof, as may be determined by the Secretary, 
not exceeding a total of $84,280, shall be transferred to and made a 
part of this appropriation. 
59-
64 Stat. 769. 
50 Stat. 531. 
50Stat. 522, 530. 
7 u s e 1001-1006, 
1017. 
50 Stat. 524. 
7 u s e 1007-1009,, 
50 Stat. 869; 68 
Stat. 735. 
16 u s e 
5 9 0 r -
590x-3. 
65 Stat. 240. 
7 u s e 1005b. 
68 Stat. 736. 
16 u s e 590X-3. 
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34 Stat. 690. 
Yearbook of Ag-
riculture. 
28 Stat. 612. 
Motion pictures, 
etc. 
58 Stat. 742. 
60 Stat. 810. 
61 Stat. 584. 
31 u s e 849. 
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, 
$1,238,000, together with such amounts from other appropriations or 
authorizations as are provided in the schedules in the budget for the 
current fiscal year for such expenses, which several amounts not 
exceeding a total of $16,014 shall be transferred to and made a part 
of this appropriation, of which total appropriation not to exceed 
$587,000 may be used for farmers' bulletins, which shall be adapted to 
the interests of the people of the different sections of the country, an 
equal proportion of four-fifths of which shall be delivered to or sent 
out under the addressed franks furnished by the Senators, Representa-
tives, and Delegates in Congress, as they shall direct (7 U. S. C. 417) 
and not less than two hundred thirty thousand eight hundred and fifty 
copies for the use of the Senate and House of Representatives of part 
2 of the annual report of the Secretary (known as the Yearbook of 
Agriculture) as authorized by section 73 of the Act of January 12, 
1895 (44 U. S. C. 241) : Provided^ That in the preparation of motion 
pictures or exhibits by the Department, not exceeding a total of $10,000 
may be used for employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 
706 (a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (5 U. S. C. 574), as amended by 
section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 65a) : Provided 
further^ That no part of this appropriation shall be used for the 
establishment or maintenance of regional or State field offices, or for 
the compensation of employees in such offices. 
LIBRARY 
For necessary expenses, including dues for library membership in 
societies or associations which issue publications to members only or at 
a price to members lower than to subscribers who are not members, 
$659,950. 
TITLE II—CORPORATIONS 
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 
carrying out the programs set forth in the budget for the fiscal year 
1956 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 $1,500,000 of administrative and 
operating expenses may be paid from premium income. 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
52 Stat. 107. 
RESTORATION OF CAPITAL IMPAIRMENT 
TO restore the capital impairment of the Commodity Credit Corpo-
ration determined by the appraisal of June 30, 1954, pursuant to 
section 1 of the Act of March 8,1938, as amended (15 U. S. C. 7l3a-l), 
$1,634,659. 
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LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVJ: 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 $26,000,000 
shall be available for administrative expenses of the Corporation: 
Provided 
further, 
That $1,000,000 of this authorization shall be 
available only to expand and strengthen the sales program of the Cor-
poration pursuant to authority contained in the Corporation's charter: 
Provided further, That $934,914 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 per-
sonal services) in connection with the acquisition, operation, mainte-
nance, 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. 
TITLE III—SPECIAL ACTIVITIES 
EESEARCH ON STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL AGRICULTLRAL MATERIALS 
For expenses necessary to carry out section 7 (b) of the Strategic 
and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act of July 23, 1946 (50 U. S. C. 
98f), $300,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall be subject to 
^° ^*°*- ^°°-
applicable provisions contained in the item "Salaries and expenses, 
Agricultural Eesearch Service". 
REPAYMENT TO COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION FOR ERADICATION OF 
FOOT-AND-MOUTH AND OTHER CONTAGIOUS DISEASES OF ANIMALS AND 
POULTRY 
For reimbursement to Commodity Credit Corporation for sums 
transferred to the appropriation "Eradication of foot-and-mouth and 
other contagious diseases of animals and poultry", fiscal year 1954 
(including interest thereon through June 30, 1955), pursuant to 
authority contained under such head in the Department of Agriculture 
Appropriation Act, 1954, $5,788,897. 
«« stat. 305. 
INTERNATIONAL WHEAT AGREEMENT 
To discharge indebtedness of the Commodity Credit Corporation 
to the Secretary of the Treasury for the net costs during the fiscal 
year 1954 (including interest thereon through June 30, 1955) under 
the International Wheat Agreement Act of 1949, as amended (7 
U. S. C. 1641-1642), $57,378,551. 
" stat. 945. 
REIMBURSEMENT TO COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION FOR TRANSFER OF 
WHEAT TO PAKISTAN 
To reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for its investment 
(including costs of handling, delivery, and interest through June 30, 
1955) in wheat transferred to the Government of Pakistan under the 
Act of June 25, 1953 (67 Stat. 80), $69,385,831. 
JJ^ "sc 170 2 
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REIMBURSEMENT TO COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION FOR EMERGENCY 
FEED ASSISTANCE 
To reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for losses repre-
senting the difference between the vahie of feed furnished farmers and 
stockmen in disaster areas and sales price received by the Corpora-
tion, $42,100,000. 
REIMBURSEMENT TO COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION FOR EMERGENCY 
F A M I N E RELIEF TO FRIENDLY PEOPLES 
To reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for its investment 
(including costs of handling, delivery, and interest through June 30, 
1955) in commodities disposed of under the Act of August 7, 1953 
(67 Stat. 476),$9,545,830. 
22 u s e 
165 1 
note. 
56 Stat. 999. 
TITLE IV—FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION 
Not to exceed $2,320,000 (from assessments collected from farm 
credit agencies) shall be obligated during the current fiscal year for 
administrative expenses, including $3,500 for the purchase and in-
stallation of air-conditioning equipment (40 U. S. C. 317). 
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 as-
sociations. Federal Reserve banks, and agencies of the Government as 
48 Stat. 344. 
authoHzed 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 Administration, interest 
expense, and expenses in connection with the acquisition, operation, 
maintenance, improvement, protection, or disposition of real or per-
sonal property belonging to the Corporation or in which it has an in-
terest : Provided^ That promptly after June 30 of each fiscal year all 
cash funds in excess of the estimated operating requirements for the 
current fiscal year shall be declared as dividends and paid into the 
general fund of the Treasury: Provided further^ That the aggregate 
amount of bonds the Corporation may issue and have outstanding at 
any one time shall not exceed $500,000,000. 
Federal intermediate credit banks: Not to exceed $1,825,000 (to be 
computed on an accrual basis) of the funds of the banks shall be avail-
able for administrative expenses and services performed for the banks 
by other Government agencies (except services and facilities furnished 
and examinations made by the Farm Credit Administration, and serv-
ices performed by any Federal Reserve bank and by the United States 
Treasury in connection with the financial transactions of the banks) ; 
and said total sum shall be exclusive of interest expense, legal and 
special services performed on a contract or fee basis, and expenses in 
connection with the acquisition, operation, maintenance, improvement, 
protection, or disposition of real or personal property belonging to the 
banks or in which they have an interest. 
Production credit corporations: Not to exceed $1,595,000 (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 serv-
ices performed for the corporations by other Government agencies 
(except services and facilities furnished and examinations made by 
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the Farm Credit Administration); and said total sum shall be exclu-
sive of interest expense, legal and special services performed on a con-
tract or fee basis, and expenses in connection with the acquisition, 
operation, maintenance, improvement, protection, or disposition of 
real or personal property belonging to the corporations or in which 
they have an interest. 
TITLE V—GENEEAL PROVISIONS 
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 535 passenger motor vehicles 
for replacement only, and for the hire of such vehicles, necessary in 
the conduct of the work of the Department outside the District of 
Columbia. 
SEC, 502. Provisions of law prohibiting or restricting the employ-
ment of aliens shall not apply to (1) the temporary employment of 
translators when competent citizen translators are not available; (2) 
employment in cases of emergency of persons in the field service of 
the Department for periods of not more than sixty days; and (3) 
employment under the appropriation for the Foreign Agricultural 
Service. 
SEC. 503. Of appropriations herein made which are available for 
the purchase of lands, not to exceed $1 may be expended for each 
option to purchase any particular tract or tracts of land. 
SEC. 504. No part of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be 
used for the payment of any officer or employee of the Department who, 
as such officer or employee, or on behalf of the Department or any 
division, commission, or bureau thereof, issues, or causes to be issued, 
any prediction, oral or written, or forecast, except as to damage 
threatened or caused by insects and pests, with respect to future prices 
of cotton or the trend of same. 
SEC. 505. Except to provide materials required in or incident to 
research or experimental work where no suitable domestic product is 
available, no part of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be 
expended in the purchase of twine manufactured from commodities 
or materials produced outside of the United States. 
SEC. 506. Not less than $1,500,000 of the appropriations of the 
Department for research and service work authorized by the 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 accordance 
with said Acts. 
SEC. 507. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act, or 
of the funds available for expenditure by any corporation included 
in this Act, shall be used to pay the salary or wages of any person 
who engages in a strike against the Government of the United States 
or who is a member of an organization of Government employees that 
asserts the right to strike against the Government of the United States, 
or who advocates, or is a member of an organization that advocates, 
the overthrow of the Government of the United States by force or 
violence: Provided^ That for the purposes hereof an affidavit shall be 
considered prima facie evidence that the person making the affidavit 
has not contrary to the provisions of this section engaged in a strike 
against the Government of the United States, is not a member of an 
organization of Government employees that asserts the right to strike 
against the Government of the United States, or that such person 
does not advocate, and is not a member of an organization that advo-
cates, the overthrow of the Government of the United States by force 
Passenger motor 
vehiclest 
Employment of 
alienst 
P u r e h a s e of 
lands* 
Cotton price pre-
dictions! 
P u r c h a s e 
of 
twine* 
60 Stat. 1082. 
68 Stat. 574. 
7 u s e 42 7i. 
Strikes or over-
throw 
of Govern-
ment. 
Affidavit. 
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Penalty. 
P u b l i c i t y or 
propaganda^ 
Re s e a r c h and 
service work* 
60 S t a t . 
1082, 
1087. 
Short title. 
or violence: Provided further, That any person who engages in a strike 
against the Government of the United States or who is a member of an 
organization of Government employees that asserts the right to strike 
against the Government of the United States, or who advocates, or 
who is a member of an organization that advocates, the overthrow of 
the Government of the United States by force or violence and accepts 
employment the salary or wages for which are paid from any appro-
priation or fund contained in this Act shall be guilty of a felony and, 
upon conviction, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned for 
not more than one year, or both: Provided further, That the above 
penalty clause shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, any 
other provisions of existing law^: Provided further, That nothing in 
this section shall be construed to require an affidavit from any person 
employed for less than sixty days for sudden emergency work involv-
ing the loss of human life or destruction of property, the payment of 
salary or wages may be made to such persons from applicable appro-
priations for services rendered in such emergency without execution of 
the affidavit contemplated by this section. 
SEC. 508, No part of any appropriation contained in this Act or 
of the funds available for expenditure by any corporation or agency 
included in this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda pur-
poses to support or defeat legislation pending before the Congress. 
SEC. 509. Appropriations of the Department available for research 
and service work authorized by the Act of August 14,1946 (7 U. S. C. 
427; 7 U. S. C. 1621-1629) shall be available for expenses of any 
advisory committee established as provided in title I I I of said Act 
to assist in effectuating the research and service work of the 
Department. 
This Act may be cited as the "Department of Agriculture and Farm 
Credit Administration Appropriation Act, 1956". 
Approved May 23, 1955. 
May 23, 1955 
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Public Law 41 
CHAPTER 44 
AN ACT 
Relating to the extension and the final liquidation of the Commission on 
Organization of the Executive Branch of the Government. 
5 u s e 138a-138j 
note. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Represe7itatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled. That section 9 (b) 
of the Act entitled "An Act for the establishment of a Commission on 
Governmental Operations", approved July 10, 1953 (67 Stat. 142), is 
hereby amended (1) by striking out "May 31, 1955" and inserting in 
lieu thereof "June 30,1955", and (2) by adding at the end thereof the 
following new sentences: "Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions 
of this subsection, the Chairman of the Commission shall have charge 
of the final liquidation of the affairs of the Commission after June 30, 
1955, including the printing of reports, the payment of bills, the 
transfer of records and documents to the National Archives, and the 
disposition of furniture and other equipment of the Commission. 
The 
Chairman of the Commission shall designate such members of the staff 
of the Commission as he deems necessary for these purposes. 
Such 
liquidation shall be completed within a period of not to exceed ninety 
days after June 30,1955, and the funds of the Commission shall remain 
available for necessary expenses during such period." 
Approved May 23, 1955.