Agriculture - Environmental and Consumer Protection Appropriation Act
PL 93-563 (H.R.16901), enacted 12/31/1974

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PUBLIC LAW 93-563-DEC. 31, 1974 
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Public Law 93-563 
December 31, 1974 
AN ACT 
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Making appropriations for Agriculture-Environmental and Consumer Protection 
programs for the fiscal year ending June 30,1975, and for other purposes. 
Be it endcted hy the Senate and House of Re.presentatives 
of the 
Agriculture-En- Jjnited States of America in Congress assemhled. That the following: 
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suHis are appropriated, out oi any money m the Treasury not other-
tection Appropri- 
wlsc appropriated, for Agriculture-Environmental and Consumer 
ct, 1975. 
Protection programs for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and for 
other purposes; namely: 
TITLE I—AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS 
D E P A R T M E N T 
O F 
A G R I C U L T U R E 
OFFICE OF T H E SECRETARY 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary of Agricul-
ture, including the dissemination of agricultural information and 
the coordination of informational work and programs authorized by 
Congress in the Department, management support services to 
selected agencies and offices of the Department of Agriculture, and 
for general administration of the Department of Agriculture, repairs 
and alterations, and other miscellaneous supplies and expenses not 
otherwise provided for and necessary for the practical and efficient 
work of the Department of Agriculture, and not to exceed $15,000 
for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $16,575,000, of which $3,979,000 
shall be available for the Office of Communication and, of which total 
appropriation not to exceed $822,000 may be used for farmers' bulle-
tins, which shall be adapted to the interests of the people of the differ-
ent sections of the country, an equal proportion of four-fifths of which 
shall be available to be delivered to or sent out under the addressed 
franks furnished by the Senators, Representatives, and Delegates in 
Congress, as they shall direct (7 U.S.C. 417), and not less than two 
hundred and thirty-two thousand two hundred and fifty copies for 
the use of the Senate and House of Representatives of part 2 of the 
annual report of the Secretary (known as the Yearbook of Agricul-
ture) as authorized by 44 U.S.C. 1301: Provided^ That this appropria-
tion shall be reimbursed from applicable appropriations for travel 
expenses incident to the holding of hearings as required by 5 U.S.C. 
551-558: Provided further^ That not to exceed $2,500 of this amount 
shall be available for official reception and representation expenses, 
not otherwise provided for, as determined by the Secretary: Provided 
further^ That m the preparation of motion pictures or exhibits by the 
Department, this appropriation shall be available for employment 
pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act 
of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225). 
None of the funds provided by this Act shall be used to pay the 
salaries of any personnel which carries out the provisions of section 
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610 of the Agricultural Act of 1970, except for research in an amount 
not to exceed $3,000,000; projects to be approved by the Secretary as 
provided by law. 
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector General, 
including employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706 
(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed 
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$10,000, for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $15,751,000 and in 
addition, $5,081,000 shall be derived by transfer from the appropria-
tion, "Food Stamp Program" and merged with this appropriation. 
OFFICE OF T H E GENERAL COUNSEL 
For necessary expenses, including payment of fees or dues for the 
use of law libraries by attorneys in the field service, $7,789,000. 
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH 
SERVICE 
For expenses necessary to enable the Agricultural Research Service 
to perform agricultural research and demonstrations relating to pro-
duction, utilization, marketing, and distribution (not otherwise pro-
vided for), home economics or nutrition and consumer use, and for 
acquisition of lands by donation, exchange, or purchase at a nominal 
cost not to exceed $100; $201,242,000, and in addition not to exceed 
$15,000,000 from funds available under section 32 of the Act of 
August 24, 1935, pursuant to Public Law 88-250 shall be transferred 
to and merged with this appropriation: Provided^ That appropriations 
hereunder shall be available for field employment pursuant to the 
second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 
2225), and not to exceed $75,000 shall be available for employment 
under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided 
further^ That appropriations here- 
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under shall be available for the operation and maintenance of aircraft 
and the purchase of not to exceed one for replacement only: Provided 
further^ 
That of the appropriations hereunder, not less than 
$10,526,600 shall be available to conduct marketing research: Provided 
further^ That appropriations hereunder shall be available pursuant to 
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7 U.S.C. 2250, for the construction, alteration, and repair of buildings 
and improvements, but unless otherwise provided, the cost of con-
structing any one building (except headhouses connecting greenhouses) 
shall not exceed $50,000, except for six buildings to be constructed or 
improved at a cost not to exceed $100,000 each, and the cost of altering 
any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed $18,000, or 
1.8.6 per centum of the cost of the building, whichever is greater: Pro-
vided further^ That the limitations on alterations contained in this 
Act shall not apply to a total of $100,000 for facilities at Beltsville, 
Maryland: Provided further^ That $6,420,000 of this appropriation 
shall remain available until expended for plans, construction and 
improvement of facilities without regard to the foregoing limitations: 
Provided further, That the foregoing limitations shall not apply to 
replacement of buildings needed to carry out the Act of April 24,1948 
(21 U.S.C. 113a). 
Special fund: To provide for additional labor, subprofessional, and 
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junior scientific help to be employed under contracts and cooperative 
agreements to strengthen the work at research installations in the field, 
not more than $2,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this head 
for the previous fiscal year may be used by the Administrator of the 
Agricultural Research Service in departmental research programs in 
the current fiscal year, the amount so used to be transferred to and 
merged with the appropriation otherwise available under "Agricul-
tural Research Service". 
SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES OVERSEAS (SPECIAL FOREIGN CURRENCY PROGRAM) 
For payments in foreign currencies owed to or owned by the United 
States for market development research authorized by section 104 
(b) (1) and for agricultural and forestry research and other functions 
related thereto authorized by section 104(b)(3) of the Agricultural 
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Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, as amended (7 U.S.C. 
1704(b) (1), (3)), $5,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided^ That this appropriation shall be available, in addition to 
other appropriations for these purposes, for payn^nts in the fore-
going currencies: Provided further^ That funds appropriated herein 
shall be used for payments in euch foreign currencies as the Depart-
ment determines are needed and can be used most effectively to carry 
out the purposes of this paragraph: Provided further. That not to 
exceed $25,000 of this appropriation shall be available for payments 
in foreign currencies for expenses of employment pursuant to the 
second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 
2225), as amended by 5 U.S.C. 3109. 
ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, including those pursuant 
to the Act of February 28,1947, as amended (21 U.S.C. 114b-4) neces-
sary to prevent, control, and eradicate pests and plant and animal 
diseases; to carry out inspection, quarantine, and regulatory activities; 
to carry on services related to consumer protection; and to protect the 
environment, as authorized by law, $410,266,000, of which $1,500,000 
shall be apportioned for use pursuant to section 3679 of the Revised 
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Statutes, as amended, for the control of outbreaks of insects, plant 
diseases and animal diseases to the extent necessary to meet emergency 
conditions and $62,900,000 shall be for repayment to the Commodity 
Credit Corporation of advances (and interest thereon) made in accord-
ance with authorities contained in the provisions of the appropriation 
items for the Agricultural Research Service in the Agriculture-
85 Stat. 184. 
Environmental and Consumer Protection Appropriation Act, 1972, 
and for the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service in the Agri-
culture-Environmental and Consumer Protection Appropriation Act, 
86 Stat. 594. 
1973; Provided, 
T h a t $1,000,000 of the funds for control of the fire 
ant shall be placed in reserve for matching purposes with States which 
may come into the program: Provided further, That no funds shall 
be used to formulate or administer a brucellosis eradication program 
for the current fiscal year that does not require minimum matching 
by any State of at least 40 per centum: Provided further, That this 
appropriation shall be available for field emplo3rment pursuant to the 
second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 
2225), and not to exceed $60,000 shall be available for employment 
under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That this appropriation shall 
be available for the operation and maintenance of aircraft and the 
purchase of not to exceed four, of which two shall be for replacement 
only: Provided further, 
That this appropriation shall be available 
pursuant to ,7 U.S.C. 2250 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 $40,000, except for one building to be 
constructed or improved at a cost of not to exceed $80,000, and the 
cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 
$15,000, or 15 per centum of the cost of the building, whichever is 
greater: Provided 
further, 
That $16,300,000 shall remain available 
until expended for plans, construction and improvement of facilities, 
without regard to limitations contained herein: Provided 
further. 
That this appropriation shall be available for acquisition of lands 
by donation, exchange, or purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed 
$100: Provided 
further. 
That, in addition, in emergencies which 
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threaten the livestock or poultry industries of the country, the Secre-
tary may transfer from other appropriations or funds available to the 
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agencies or corporations of the Department such sums as he may deem 
necessary, to be available only in such emergencies for the arrest and 
eradication of foot-and-mouth disease, rinderpest, contagious pleuro-
pneumonia, or other contagious or infectious diseases of animals, or 
European fowl pest and similar diseases in poultry, and for expenses 
in accordance with the Act of February 28, 1947, as amended, and 
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any unexpended balances of funds transferred for such emergency 
purposes in the next preceding fiscal year shall be merged with such 
transferred amounts. 
COOPERATIVE STATE RESEARCH SERVICE 
For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for grants for 
cooperative forestry and other research, for facilities, and for other 
expenses, including $77,036,000 to carry into effect the provisions of 
the Hatch Act, approved March 2, 1887, as amended by the Act 
approved August 11,1955 (7 U.S.C. 361a-361i), and further amended 
by Public Law 92-318 approved June 23, 1972, including administra-
tion by the United States Department of Agriculture, and penalty 
mail costs of agricultural experiment stations under section 6 of the 
Hatch Act of 
1887, as amended; 
$7,070,000 for 
grants 
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cooperative forestry research under the Act approved October 10, 
1962 (16 U.S.C. 582a—582a-7), as amended by Public 
Law 
92-318 approved 
June 23, 1972; $15,224,000, in 
addition 
to 
funds otherwise available for contracts and grants for scientific 
research under the Act of August 4, 1965 (7 U.S.C. 450i); 
$1,500,000 for Rural Development Research as authorized under the 
Rural Development Act of 1972 (7 U.S.C. 2661-2668), including 
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administrative expenses; and $858,000 for necessary expenses of the "°'^' 
Cooperative State Research Service, including administration of pay-
ments to State agricultural experiment stations, funds for employ-
ment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic 
Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $50,000 for employ-
ment under 5 I\S.C. 3109; in all $101,688,000. 
EXTENSION 
SERVICE 
Payments to States, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands: 
For payments for cooperative agricultural extension work under the 
Smith-Lever Act, as amended by the Act of June 26, 1953, the Act 
of August 11, 1955, the Act of October 5, 1962 (7 U.S.C. 341-349), 
and section 506 of the Act of June 23, 1972, to be distributed under 
86 stat. 350. 
sections 3(b) and 3(c) of the Act, for retirement and employees' 
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compensation costs for extension agents, and for costs of penalty mail 
for cooperative extension agents and State extension directors, 
$145,828,000; payments for the nutrition and family education pro-
gram for low-income areas under section 3(d) of the Act, $50,560,000; 
payments for extension work by the colleges receiving the benefits of 
the second Morrill Act (7 U.S.C. 321-326, 328) and Tuskegee Institute 
under section 3(d) of the Act, $6,450,000; payments for rural develop-
ment work under section 3(d) of the Act, $1,000,000; payments for 
the pest management program under section 3(d) of the Act, 
$1,735,000; payments for the farm safety program under section 3(d) 
of the Act, $765,000; payments and contracts for such work under 
section 204(b)-205 of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 
U.S.C. 1623-1624), $1,450,000; and payments for extension work 
under section 109 of the District of Columbia Public Education Act, 
as added by the Act of June 20. 1968, and amended by the Act of 
January 5, 1971 (D.C. Code 31-1609), $860,000; and $1,500,000 for 
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86 Stat. 350. 
D.C. Code 31-
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Rural Development Education as authorized under the 
Rural 
Development Act of 1972 (7 U.S.C. 2661-2668); in all, $210,148,000: 
Provided^ That funds hereby appropriated pursuant to section 3(c) 
of the Act of June 26, 1963, and section 506 of the Act of June 23, 
1972, shall not be paid to any State, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin 
Islands prior to availability of an equal sum from non-Federal sources 
for expenditure during the current fiscal year. 
Federal administration and coordination: For administration of the 
Smith-Lever Act, as amended by the Act of June 26, 1953, the Act of 
August 11, 1955, the Act of October 5, 1962 (7 U.S.C. 341-349), and 
section 506 of the Act of June 23, 1972, and extension aspects of the 
Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621-1627), the District 
of Columbia Public Education Act, as added by the Act of June 20, 
1968, and amended by the Act of January 5,1971 (D.C. Code 31-1609), 
and the Rural Development Act of 1972 (7 U.S.C. 2661-2668) and to 
coordinate and provide program leadership for the extension work 
of the Department and the several States and insular possessions, 
$5,209,000, 
NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL 
LIBRARY 
For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural Library, 
$4,793,000: Provided^ That this appropriation shall be available for 
employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the 
Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $35,000 shall 
be available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided 
further^ 
That not to exceed $100,000 shall be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 
2250 for the alteration and repair of buildings and improvements. 
STATISTICAL REPORTING 
SERVICE 
For necessary expenses of the Statistical Reporting Service in con-
ducting statistical reporting and service work, including crop and 
livestock estimates, statistical coordination and improvements, and 
marketing surveys, as authorized by the Agricultural Marketing Act 
of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621-1627) and other laws, $26,565,000: Provided, 
That no part of the funds herein appropriated shall be available for 
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jjjjy expense incident to publishing estimates of apple production for 
other than the commercial crop: Provided further, That this appro-
priation shall be available for employment pursuant to the second 
sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), 
and not to exceed $40,000 shall be available for employment under 5 
U.S.C. 3109. 
ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE 
For necessary expenses of the Economic Research Service in conduct-
ing economic research and service relating to agricultural production, 
marketing, and distribution, as authorized by iJie Agricultural Mar-
keting Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621-1627), and other laws, including 
economics of marketing; analyses relating to farm prices, income and 
population, and demand for farm products, use of resources in agricul-
ture, adjustments, cost and returns in farming, and farm finance; and 
for analyses of supply and demand for farm products in foreign coun-
tries and their effect on prospects for United States exports, progress 
in economic development and its relation to sales of farm products, 
assembly and analysis of agricultural trade statistics and analysis of 
international financial and monetary programs and policies as they 
affect the competitive position of United States farm products; 
$21,649,000, of which not less than $200,000 shall be available for 
investigation, determination and finding as to the effect u|>i>n the 
production of food and upon the agricultural economy of any proposed 
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action affecting such subject matter pending before the Administrator 
of the Environmental Protection Agency for presentation, in the 
public interest, before said administrator, other agencies or before 
the courts: Provided^ That not less than $350,000 of the funds con-
tained in this appropriation shall be available to continue to gather 
statistics and conduct a special study on the price spread between the 
farmer and consumer: Provided further^ That this appropriation shall 
be available for employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 
Y06(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed 
$75,000 shall be available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Pro-
vided further^ That not less than $145,000 of the funds contained in 
this appropriation shall be available for analysis of statistics and 
related facts on foreign production and full and complete information 
on methods used by other countries to move farm commodities in world 
trade on a competitive basis. 
AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE 
MARKETING SERVICES 
For expenses necessary to carry on services related to consumer pro-
tection, agricultural marketing and distribution, and regulatory pro-
grams, other than Packers and Stockyards Act, as authorized by law, 
and for administration and coordination of payments to States; 
including field employment pursuant to section 706(a) of the Organic 
Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $45,000 for employment 
under 5 U.S.C. 3109; $39,526,000: Provided, That this appropriation 
shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration 
and repair of buildings and improvements, but unless otherwise pro-
vided, the cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year shall 
not exceed $7,500 or 7.5 per centum of the cost of the building, which-
ever is greater. 
PAYMENTS TO STATES AND POSSESSIONS 
For payments to departments of agriculture, bureaus and depart-
ments of markets, and similar agencies for marketing activities under 
section 204(b) of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 
1623(b)), $1,600,000. 
FUNDS FOR STRENGTHENING MARKETS, INCOME, AND 
SUPPLY 
(SECTION 3 2 ) 
Funds available under section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935 (7 
U.S.C. 612c) shall be used only for commodity program expenses as 
authorized therein, and other related operating expenses, except for 
(1) transfers to the Department of Commerce as authorized by the 
Fish and Wildlife Act of August 8, 1956; (2) transfers otherwise J^l^^^ 
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provided in this Act; (3) not more than $3,888,000 for formulation 
and administration of marketing agreements and orders pursuant to 
the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, as amended, and 
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the Agricultural Act of 1961; and (4) in addition to other amounts 
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provided in this Act, not more than $131,400,000 for (a) child feeding 
programs and nutritional programs authorized by law in the School 
Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition Act, as amended, of which 
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$89,600,000 shall be available for the nonschool feeding program; and 
(b) additional direct distribution or other programs, without regard 
to whether such area is under the food stamp program or a system of 
direct distribution, to provide, in the immediate vicinity of their place 
of permanent residence, either directly or through a State or local 
welfare agency, an adequate diet to other needy children and low-
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income persons determined by the Secretary of Agriculture to be 
suffering, through no fault of their own, from general and continued 
hunger resulting from insufficient food. 
COMMODITY EXCHANGE 
AUTHORITY 
For necessary expenses to carry into effect the provisions of the 
Commodity Exchange Act, as amended (7 U.S.C. l-17b), including 
not to exceed $20,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $4,188,000. 
PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS 
ADMINISTRATION 
For expenses necessary for administration of the Packers and Stock-
yards Act, as authorized by law, including field employment pursuant 
to section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not 
to exceed $5,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $4,745,000. 
FARMER COOPERATIVE SERVICE 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Act of July 2,1926 (7 U.S.C. 
451-457), and for conducting research relating to the economic and 
marketing aspects of farmer cooperatives, as authorized by the Agri-
cultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621-1627), $2,344,000. 
FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE 
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), market development activities abroad, and for enabling 
the Secretary to coordinate and integrate activities of the Department 
in connection with foreign agricultural work, including not to exceed 
$35,000 for representation allowances and for expenses pursuant to sec-
tion 8 of the Act approved August 3,1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), $28,895,000: 
Provided^ That not less than $255,000 of the funds contained in this 
appropriation shall be available to obtain statistics and related facts 
on foreign production and full and complete information on methods 
used by other countries to move farm commodities in world trade on a 
competitive basis: Provided further^ That, in addition, not to exceed 
$2,117,000 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 be available for all expenses of the Foreign 
Agricultural Service. 
PUBLIC LAW 4 80 
For expenses during the current fiscal year, not otherwise recover-
able, and unrecovered prior years' costs, including interest thereon, 
under the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 
. 1954, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1701-1710, 1721-1725, I731-1736d), to 
remain available until expended, as follows: (1) sale of agricultural 
commodities for foreign currencies and for dollars on credit terms 
pursuant to title I of said Act, $425,175,000: Provided^ That no more 
than 10 percent of such amount shall be made available to any one coun-
try; and (2) commodities supplied in connection with dispositions 
abroad, pursuant to title I I of said Act, $353,298,000. 
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AGRICULTURAL STABILIZATION AND CONSERVATION SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
' For necessary administrative expenses of the Agricultural Stabili-
zation and Conservation Service, including expenses to formulate and 
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carry out programs authorized by title I I I of the Agricultural 
Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1301-1393); Sugar Act 
of 1948, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1101-1161); sections 7 to 15, 16(a), 
16(b), 16(d), 16(e), 16(f), 16(i), and 17 of the Soil Conservation and 
Domestic Allotment Act, as amended and supplemented (16 U.S.C. 
o90g-590q) ; the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 
(87 Stat. 221 to 246) ; subtitles B and C of the Soil Bank Act (7 U.S.C. 
1831-1837, 1802-1814, and 1816) ; the Water Bank Act (16 U.S.C. 
1301-1311); and laws pertaining to the Commodity Credit Corpora-
tion, $157,382,000: Provided^ 
That, in addition, not to exceed 
$69,695,000 may be transferred to and merged with this appropriation 
from the Commodity Credit Corporation fund (including not to exceed 
$31,177,000 under the limitation on Commodity Credit Corporation 
administrative expenses) : Provided further^ That other funds made 
available to the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service 
for authorized activities may be advanced to and merged with this 
appropriation: Provided 
further^ That this appropriation shall be 
available for employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 
706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed 
$100,000 shall be available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: 
Provided further^ That no part of the funds appropriated or made 
available under this Act shall be used (1) to influence the vote in any 
referendum; (2) to influence agricultural legislation, except as per-
mitted in 18 U.S.C. 1913; or (3) for salaries or other expenses of 
members of county and community committees established pursuant 
to section 8(b) of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act, 
as amended, for engaging in any activities other than advisory and 
supervisory duties and delegated program functions prescribed in 
administrative regulations: Provided further^ That, notwithstanding 
any other provisions of law, employees of the Agricultural Stabili-
zation and Conservation County Committees may be utilized for 
part-time and intermittent assistance to the Farmers Home Adminis-
tration in carrying out its programs and this appropriation shall be 
available to finance such intermittent and part-time services, pending 
such time as the Agricultural Conservation Program (REAP) is 
restored as directed by the Congress. 
SUGAR ACT PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry into effect the provisions of the 
Sugar Act of 1948 (7 U.S.C. 1101-1161), $85,700,000, to remain avail-
able until June 30 of the next succeeding fiscal year. 
CROPLAND ADJUSTMENT PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry into effect a cropland adjustment 
program as authorized by the Food and Agriculture Act of 1965 (7 
U.S.C. 1838), $43,801,000. 
DAIRY AND BEEKEEPER INDEMNITY PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses involved in making indemnity payments 
to dairy farmers for milk or cows producing such milk and manufac-
turers of dairy products who have been directed to remove their milk 
or milk products from commercial markets because it contained resi-
dues of chemicals registered and approved for use by the Federal 
Government, and to beekeepers who through no fault of their own have 
suffered losses as a result of the use of economic poisons which had 
been registered and approved for use by the Federal Government, 
$1,850,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That none 
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of the funds contained in this Act shall be used to make indemnity 
payments to any farmer whose milk was removed from commercial 
markets as a result of his willful failure to follow procedures pre-
scribed by the Federal Government. 
15 u s e 713a-10. 
31 u s e 849. 
CORPORATION^ 
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 niake 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 current 
fiscal year for such corporation or agency, except as hereinafter 
provided: 
FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION 
ADMINISTRATIVE AND OPERATING EXPENSES 
For administrative and operating expenses, $12,000,000. 
FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION F U N D 
Not to exceed $5,643,000 of administrative and operating expenses 
may be paid from premium income. 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
REIMBURSEMENT FOR NET REALIZED LOSSES 
To reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for net realized 
losses sustained in prior years, but not previously reimbursed, pursuant 
to the Act of August 17, 1961 (15 U.S.C. 713a-ll, 713a-12), 
asl°s;ancl!'prT' 
$4,069,412,000: Pvovided, That no funds appropriated by this Act 
hibition. 
shall be used to formulate or administer programs for the sale of 
agricultural commodities pursuant to title I of Public Law 480, 83d 
7 use 1701. 
Congress, as amended, to any nation which sells or furnishes or which 
permits ships or aircraft under its registry to transport to North 
Vietnam any equipment, materials, or commodities so long as North 
Vietnam is governed by a Communist regime. 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
15 u s e 713a-10. 
Not to exceed $38,000,000 shall be available for administrative 
expenses of the Commodity Credit Corporation: Provided^ That 
$945,000 and such other sums as are necessary of this authorization 
shall be available only to expand and strengthen the sales program 
of the Corporation pursuant to authority contained in the Corpora-
tion's charter and that such funds shall be used for an agency to carry 
out the above activities headed by a Sales Manager who shall report 
directly to the Secretary or Under Secretary of Agriculture: Provided 
fwrther^ That not less than 7 per centum of this authorization shall 
be placed in reserve to be apportioned pursuant to section 3679 of the 
31 use 665. 
Revised Statutes, as amended, for use only in such amounts and at 
such times as may become necessary to carry out j)rogram operations: 
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 
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1831 
property belonging to the Corporation or in which it has an interest, 
including expenses of collections of pledged collateral, shall be con-
sidered as nonadministrative expenses for the purposes hereof. 
TITLE II—KUEAL DEVELOPMENT PEOGRAMS 
DEPARTMENT or AGRICULTURE 
RURAL DEVELOPMENT SERVICE 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of the Kural 
Development Service in providing leadership, coordination, and 
related services in carrying out the rural development activities of the 
Department of Agriculture and for carrying out the responsibilities 
of the Secretary of Agriculture under section 701 of the Housing Act 
of 1954, as amended (40 U.S.C. 461), $955,000: Provided, That this 
appropriation shall be available for employment pursuant to the sec-
ond sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C., 
2225), and not to exceed $3,000 shall be available for employment 
under 5 U.S.C. 3109. 
RURAL DEVELOPMENT GRANTS 
For grants pursuant to section 310B(c) of the Consolidated Farm 
and Eural Development Act, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1932), $13,750,000. 
RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses in planning and carrying out projects for 
resource conservation and development, and for sound land use, pur-
suant to the provisions of section 32(e) of title I I I of the Bankhead-
Jones Farm Tenant Act, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1011; 76 Stat. 607), 
and the provisions of the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a-f), 
$19,868,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That 
$3,600,000 in loans may be insured, or made to be sold and insured, 
under the Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund of the Farmers Home 
Administration (86 Stat. 663) : Provided further, That this appropri-
ation shall be available for field employment pursuant to the second 
sentence of section 706 (a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), 
and not to exceed $50,000 shall be available for employment under 
5 U.S.C. 3109. 
RURAL ELECTRIFICATION ADMINISTRATION 
To carry into effect the provisions of the Rural Electrification Act 
of 1936 as amended (7 U.S.C. 901-950(b)), as follows: 
RURAL ELECTRIFICATION ADMINISTRATION 
RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELEPHONE REVOLVING FUND LOAN 
AUTHORIZATIONS 
Insured loans pursuant to the authority of section 305 of Public 
Law 93-32 shall be made as follows: rural electrification loans, not 
^ ^^^ '^^^• 
less than $700,000,000, and rural telephone loans, not less than 
$200,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That 
loans made pursuant to section 306 of that Act are in addition to these 
^ "^^ ^^^ 
amounts. 
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RURAL TELEPHONE BANK 
For the purchase of Class A stock of the Rural Telephone Bank, 
$30,000,000, to remain available until expended (Y U.S.C. 901-950 
The Rural Telephone Bank is hereby authorized to make such 
expenditures, within the limits of funds and borrowing authority 
available to such corporation in accord with law, and to make such 
contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations 
as provided by section 104 of the Government Corporation Control 
Act, as amended, as may be necessary in carrying out its authorized 
programs for the current fiscal year. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For administrative expenses to carry out the provisions of the Rural 
Electrification Act of 1936, as amended (7 U.S.C. 901-950(b)), includ-
ing not to exceed $500 for financial and credit reports, funds for 
employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the 
Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $150,000 
for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $19,036,000. 
FARMERS HOME ADMINISTRATION 
RURAL HOUSING INSURANCE FUND 
For direct loans and related advances pursuant to section 517 (m) 
of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended, $20,000,000 shall be available 
from funds in the rural housing insurance fund, and for insured loans 
42 use 1471. 
j^g authorized by title V of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended, 
$2,232,000,000 of which not less than $1,346,000,000 shall be available 
for subsidized interest loans to low-income borrowers as determined by 
the Secretary: Provided^ That the Secretary may, on an insured basis 
or otherwise, sell any notes in the fund or sell certificates of beneficial 
ownership therein to the Secretary of the Treasury, to the private 
market, or to such other sources as the Secretary may determine. Any 
sale by the Secretary of notes or of beneficial ownership therein shall 
be treated as a sale of assets for the purpose of the Budget and 
Accounting Act, 1921, notwithstanding the fact that the Secretary, 
under an agreement with the purchaser or purchasers, holds the debt 
instruments evidencing the loans and holds or reinvests payments 
thereon for the purchaser or purchasers of the notes or of the certifi-
cates of beneficial ownership therein. Hereafter, farmer applicants for 
direct or insured rural housing loans shall be required to provide only 
such collateral security as is required of owners of nonfarm tracts. 
For an additional amount to reimburse the rural housing insurance 
fund for losses sustained in prior years, but not previously reimbursed, 
in carrying out the provisions of title V of the Housing Act of 1949, 
as amended 
(42 U.S.C. 1483, 1487e, and 1490a (c)), including 
$74,893,000 as authorized by section 521(c) of the Act, $124,592,000. 
AGRICULTURAL CREDIT INSURANCE FUND 
For an additional amount to reimburse the agricultural credit 
insurance fund for losses sustained in prior years, but not previously 
reimbursed, in carrying out the provisions of the Consolidated Farm 
and Rural Development Act, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1988(a)), 
$485,262,000. 
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1833 
Loans may be insured, or made to be sold and insured, under this 
Fund in accordance with and subject to the provisions of 7 U.S.C. 
1928-1929, as follows: real estate loans, $370,000,000, including not less 
than $350,000,000 for 
farm 
ownership loans; operating loans, 
$525,000,000; and emergency loans in amounts necessary to meet the 
needs resulting from natural disasters: Provided^ That the Secretary 
may, on an insured basis or otherwise, sell any notes in the fund or sell 
certificates of beneficial ownership therein to the Secretary of the 
Treasury, to the private market, or to such other sources as the Secre-
tary may determine. Any sale by the Secretary of notes or of beneficial 
ownership therein shall be treated as a sale of assets for the purpose of 
the Budget and Accounting Act, 1921, notwithstanding the fact that 
^^ "^^ ^
• 
the Secretary, under an agreement with the purchaser or purchasers, 
holds the debt instruments evidencing the loans and holds or reinvests 
payments thereon for the purchaser or purchasers of the notes or of 
the certificates of beneficial ownership therein. 
RURAL WATER AND WASTE DISPOSAL GRANTS 
For grants pursuant to sections 306(a)(2) and 306(a)(6) of the 
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, as amended (7 U.S.C. 
1926), $150,000,000 to remain available until expended, pursuant to 
section 306(d) of the above Act, of which $120,000,000 shall be derived 
from the unexpended balance of amounts appropriated under this 
head in the fiscal year 1974, largely to meet the expanding need for 
areas not now covered. 
RURAL HOUSING FOR DOMESTIC FARM LABOR 
For financial assistance to public nonprofit organizations for hous-
ing for domestic farm labor, pursuant to section 516 of the Housing 
Act of 1949, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1486), $5,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
MUTUAL AND SELF-HELP HOUSING 
For grants pursuant to section 523(b) (1) (A) of the Housing Act 
of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490c), $5,000,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
RURAL DEVELOPMENT INSURANCE FUND 
For an additional amount to reimburse the rural development insur-
ance fund for losses sustained in prior years, but not previously reim-
bursed, in carrying out the provisions of the Consolidated Farm and 
Rural Development Act, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1988(a)), $17,446,000. 
For loans to be insured, or made to be sold and insured, under this 
fund in accordance with and subject to the provisions of 7 U.S.C. 
1928 and 86 Stat. 661-664, as follows: water and sewer facility loans, J use 1929a-
$470,000,000; industrial development loans, $350,000,000; and com- ' 
munity facility loans, $200,000,000: Provided, That the Secretary 
may, on an insured basis or otherwise, sell any notes in the fund or 
sell certificates of beneficial ownership therein to the Secretary of the 
Treasury, to the private market, or to such other sources as the Sec-
retary may determine. Any sale by the Secretary of notes or of 
beneficial ownership therein shall be treated as a sale of assets for 
the purpose of the Budget and Accounting Act, 1921, notwithstanding 
the fact that the Secretary, under an agreement with the purchaser 
or purchasers, holds the debt instruments evidencing the loans and 
holds or invests payments thereon for the purchaser or purchasers 
of the notes or of the certificates of beneficial ownership therein. 
1933. 
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[88 STAT. 
RURAL COMMUNITY FIRE PROTECTION GRANTS 
For grants pursuant to section 404 of the Consolidated Farm and 
Rural l)evelopment Act, as amended (7 U.S.C. 2654), $3,500,000 to 
fund 50 per centum of the cost of organizing, training, and equipment 
for rural volunteer fire departments. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Farmers Home Administration, not 
otherwise provided for, in administering the programs authorized by 
the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1921-
1992), as amended; title V of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended 
(42 U.S.C. 1471-1490d) ; the Rural Rehabilitation Corporation Trust 
Liquidation Act, approved May 3, 1950 (40 U.S.C 440-444), for 
administering the loan program authorized by title IIIA of the 
Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 (Public Law 88-452, approved 
42 use 2851. 
August 20, 1964), as amended, $127,902,000, together with not more 
than $3,000,000 of the charges collected in connection with the insur-
ance of loans as authorized by section 309 (e) of the Consolidated Farm 
42^usc^i484 
^^^ Rural Development Act, as amended, and sections 514(b) (3) and 
1487. 
' 
517(i) of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended: Provided^ That, in 
addition, not to exceed $500,000 of the funds available for the various 
programs administered by this agency may be transferred to this 
appropriation for temporary field employment pursuant to the second 
sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), 
to meet unusual or heavy workload increases: Provided further, That 
not to exceed $1,000,000 of this appropriation may be used for employ-
ment under 5 U.S.C 3109: Provided further, That no part of anj 
funds in this paragraph may be used to administer a program which 
makes rural housing grants pursuant to section 504 of the Housing 
Act of 1949, as amended. 
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 
FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
Not to exceed $6,352,000 (from assessments collected from farm 
credit agencies) shall be obligated during the current fiscal year for 
administrative expenses, including the hire of one passenger motor 
vehicle. 
TITLE III—ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS 
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 
COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL 
QUALITY 
For expenses necessary for the Council on Environmental Quality 
and the Office of Environmental Quality, in carrying out their func-
tions under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (Public 
Law 91-190) and the National Environmental Improvement Act of 
42'usc 4371 
1970 (Public Law 91-224), including official reception and representa-
"°*^- 
tion expenses (not to exceed $1,000), hire of passenger vehicles, and 
support of the Citizens' Advisory Committee on Environmental 
Quality, $2,500,000. 
42 u s e 1474, 
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1835 
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 
AGENCY AND REGIONAL MANAGEMENT 
For agency and regional management expenses, including official 
reception and representation expenses (not to exceed $2,000); hire 
of passenger motor vehicles; hire, maintenance, and operation of 
aircraft; uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
5901-5902; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for 
individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the rate 
for GS-18; purchase of reprints; library memberships in societies or 
^ use 5332 
associations which issue publications to members only or at a price to 
members lower than to subscribers who are not members; $51,016,000. 
For an amount to provide for the preparation of Environmental 
Impact Statements as required by section 102(2) (C) of the National 
Environmental Policy Act on all proposed actions by the Environmen- 
"^^ use 4332. 
tal Protection Agency, except where prohibited by law, $5,000,000. 
ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For energy research and development activities, including hire of 
passenger motor vehicles; hire, maintenance, and operation of air-
craft; uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by section 
5901-5902, United States Code, title 5; services as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate 
equivalent to the rate of GS-18; purchase of reprints; library member-
ships in societies or associations which issue publications to members 
only or at a price to members lower than to subscribers who are not 
members; $80,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That the amount appropriated for "Energy Research and Develop-
ment" in the Special Energy Research and Development Appropria-
tion Act, 1975, shall be merged, without limitation, with this appro-
priation: Provided 
further, 
That not more than $7,200,000 of the 
funds contained in this Act shall be used to fund the development of 
automotive power systems: Provided 
further, 
That this appropria-
tion shall be available only within the limits of amounts authorized 
by law for fiscal year 1975. 
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For research and development activities, including hire of passenger 
motor vehicles; hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft and the 
acquisition of not to exceed an additional three; uniforms, or allow-
ances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; services as author-
ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the 
per diem rate equivalent to the rate of GS-18; purchase of reprints; 
s use 5332 
library memberships in societies or associations which issue publica- ""'" 
tions to members only or at a price to members lower than to sub-
scribers who are not members; $175,668,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That this appropriation shall be available only 
within the limits of amounts authorized by law for fiscal year 1975. 
ABATEMENT AND CONTROL 
For abatement and control activities, including hire of passenger 
motor vehicles; hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft; uni-
forms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals 
not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for GS-18; pur-
chase of reprints; library memberships in societies or associations 
Ante, 
p. 276. 
note. 
note. 
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[88 STAT. 
which issue publications to members only or at a j)rice to members 
lower than to subscribers who are not members; to remain available 
until exj)ended, $276,801,000, and for liquidation of obligations 
incurred in carrying out section 208 of the Federal Water Pollution 
33 use 7oit. 
Control Act, as amended, $26,000,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided^ That this appropriation shall be available only 
within the limits of amounts autnorized by law for fiscal year 1975. 
Not to exceed 7 per centum of any appropriation made available to 
the Environmental Protection Agency by this Act (except appro-
priations for "Construction Grants") may be transferred to any other 
such appropriation. 
ENFORCEMENT 
For enforcement activities, including hire of passenger motor 
vehicles; hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft; uniforms, or 
allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; services 
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals not to 
s^usc 5332 
exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for GS-18; purchase 
of reprints; library memberships in societies or associations which 
issue publications to members only or at a price to members lower than 
to subscribers who are not members; $52,240,000. 
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
For construction, repair, improvement, extension, alteration, and 
purchase of fixed equipment of facilities of or used by the Environ-
mental Protection Agency, $1,400,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
CONSTRUCTION 
GRANTS 
For liquidation of obligations incurred pursuant to authority con-
tained in section 203 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as 
33 use 1283. 
amended, $1,400,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES OVERSEAS (SPECIAL FOREIGN CURRENCY PROGRAM) 
For payments in foreign currencies which the Treasury Department 
determines to be excess to the normal requirements of the United 
States, for necessary expenses of the Environmental Protection 
Agency in the conduct of scientific activities overseas in connection 
with environmental pollution, as authorized by law, not to exceed 
$4,000,000, to remain available until expended, may be transferred 
from other appropriations available to the Agency, for payments 
in the foregoing currencies. 
NATIONAL COMMISSION ON WATER QUALITY 
For an additional amount for the National Commission on Water 
Quality authorized by section 315 of the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act Amendments of 1972 (86 Stat. 816-904), $4,800,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided^ That no part of these 
funds shall be used to delay existing projects heretofore authorized. 
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
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-
33 u s e 1325. 
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1837 
servatioii plans and establishment of measures to conserve soil and 
water (including farm irrigation and land drainage and such special 
measures for soil and water management as may be necessary to pre-
vent floods and the siltation of reservoirs and to control agricultural 
related pollutants) ; operation of consei-vation plant material centers; 
classification and mapping of soil; dissemination of information; pur-
chase and erection or alteration of permanent buildings; and operation 
and maintenance of aircraft, to remain available until expended, 
$192,116,000: Provided, That the cost of any permanent building pur- 
le use 590e.i, 
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 one building to be constructed at a cost not to exceed $25,000 
and eight buildings to be constructed or improved at a cost not to 
exceed $15,000 per building and except that alterations or 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 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 demon-
stration projects: Provided 
further, 
That this appropriation shall 
be available for field employment pursuant to the second sentence of 
section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to 
exceed $5,000 shall be available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: 
Provided further, That qualified local engineers may be temporarily 
^^ ^^^ 590e.2. 
employed at per diem rates to perform the technical planning work 
of the Service. 
RIVER BASIN 
SURVEYS AND INVESTIGATIONS 
For necessary expenses to conduct research, investigations and sur-
veys of the watersheds of rivers and other waterways, in accordance 
with section 6 of the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act, 
approved August 4, 1954, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1006), to remain 
available until expended, $14,122,000: Provided, That this appropria-
tion shall be available for field employment pursuant to the second 
sentence of section 706 (a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), 
and not to exceed $60,000 shall be available for employment under 5 
U.S.C. 3109. 
WATERSHED 
PLANNING 
For necessary expenses for small watershed investigations and plan-
ning, in accordance with the Watershed Protection and Flood Preven-
tion Act, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1001-1008), to remain available until 
expended, $10,760,000: Provided, 
That this appropriation shall be 
available for field employment pursuant to the second sentence of 
section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to 
exceed $50,000 shall be available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109. 
WATERSHED AND FLOOD PREVENTION OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses to carry out preventive measures, including 
but not limited to research, engineering operations, methods of cultiva-
tion, the growing of vegetation, and changes in us© of land, in accord-
ance with the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act, 
appi-oved August 4, 1954, as amended 
(16 U.S.C. 1001-1005, 
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[88 STAT. 
1007-1008), the provisions of the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 
oOOa-f), and in accordance witli the provisions of laws relating to the 
activities of the Depaitnient, to remain available until expended, 
$122,643,000 (of which $20,901,000 shall be available for the water-
sheds authorized under the Flood Control Act, approved June 22,1936 
(33 U.S.C. 701, 16 U.S.C. 1006a), as amended and supplemented) : 
Provided^ That this appropriation shall be available for field employ-
ment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic 
Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $200,000 shall be avail-
able for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further^ That 
$20,400,000 in loans may be insured, or made to be sold and insured, 
under the Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund of the Farmers Home 
Administration (86 Stat. 663). 
GREAT 
PLAINS 
CONSERVATION PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry into effect a program of conservation 
in the Great Plains area, pursuant to section 16(b) of the Soil Con-
servation and Domestic Allotment Act, as added by the Act of 
August 7, 1956, as amended (16 U.S.C. 590p), $20,000,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
AGRICULTURAL STABILIZATION AND CONSERVATION SERVICE 
AGRICULTURAL CONSERVATION PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry into effect the program authorized 
in sections 7 to 15,16 (a), and 17 of the Soil Conservation and Domestic 
Allotment Act, approved February 29, 1936, as amended and supple-
mented (16 U.S.C. 590g-590o, 590p(a), and 590q), and sections 1001-
1008, and 1010 of the Agricultural Act of 1970, as added by the 
Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1501-
1508, and 1510), and including not to exceed $15,000 for the 
preparation and display of exhibits, including such displays at 
State, interstate, and international fairs within the United States, 
$285,500,000, to remain available until December 31 of the next suc-
ceeding fiscal year for compliance with the programs of soil-building 
and soil- and water-conserving practices authorized under this head 
in the Acts making appropriations for Agriculture-Environmental 
and Consumer Protection Programs, 1973 and 1974, carried out during 
the period July 1, 1972, to December 31, 1974, inclusive: Provided^ 
That none of the funds herein appropriated shall be used to pay the 
salaries or expenses of any regional information employees or any 
State information employees, but this shall not preclude the answering 
of inquiries or supplying of information at the county level to indi-
vidual farmers: Provided further^ That no portion of the funds for 
the current year's program may be utilized to provide financial or 
technical assistance for drainage on wetlands now designated as Wet-
land Types 3(111), 4(IV), and 5(V) in United States Department 
of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Circular 39, Wetlands of the United 
States, 1956: Provided further^ That necessary amounts shall be avail-
able for administrative expenses in connection with the formulation 
and administration of the 1975 program of soil-building and soil- and 
water-conserving practices, including related wildlife conserving 
practices, and pollution abatement practices, under the Act of Febru-
i6uscs90g. 
ary 29, 1936, as amended (amounting to $190,000,000, excluding 
administration, except that no participant shall receive more than 
$2,500, except where the participants from two or more farms or 
ranches join to carry out approved practices designed to conserve or 
86 Stat. 591. 
87 Stat. 468. 
88 STAT. ] 
PUBLIC LAW 93-563-DEC. 31, 1974 
1839 
improve the agricultural resources of the community) : Provided 
further^ That not to exceed 5 per centum of the allocation for the cur-
rent year's 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 Con-
servation Program in the participating counties, and shall not be 
utilized by the Soil Conservation Service for any purpose other than 
technical and other assistance in such counties, and 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 current year's program $2,500,000 shall be available for technical 
assistance in formulating and carrying out rural environmental prac-
tices : Provided further. 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 agricul-
tural producers to aid them in carrying out farming practices 
approved by the Secretary under programs provided for herein: 
Provided further, That no part of any funds available to the Depart-
ment, or any bureau, office, corporation, or other agency constituting 
a part of such Department, shall be used in the current fiscal year for 
the payment of salary or travel expenses of any person who has been 
convicted of violating the Act entitled "An Act to prevent pernicious 
political activities", approved August 2, 1939, as amended, or who 
^3 stat. 1147. 
has been found in accordance with the provisions of Title 18 U.S.C. 
1913, to have violated or attempted to violate such section which 
prohibits the use of Federal appropriations for the payment of per-
sonal services or other expenses designed to influence in any manner 
a Member of Congress to favor or oppose any legislation or appropria-
tion by Congress except upon request of any Member or through the 
proper official channels. 
FORESTRY INCENTIVES PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, to carry out the 
program of forestry incentives, as authorized in sections 1009 and 1010 
of the Agricultural Act of 1970, as added by the Agriculture and Con-
sumer Protection Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1509-1510) including tech-
nical assistance and related expenses, $25,000,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
WATER BANK PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry into effect the provisions of the 
Water Bank Act (16 U.S.C. 1301-1311), $10,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
EMERGENCY CONSERVATION MEASURES 
For emergency conservation measures, to be used for the same 
purposes and subject to the same conditions as funds appropriated 
under this head in the Third Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1967, 
to remain available until expended, $10,000,000, with which shall be 
merged the unexpended balances of funds heretofore appropriated for 
emergency conservation measures. 
7t Stat. 176. 
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[88 STAT. 
TITLE 
IV—CONSUMER PROGRAMS 
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE 
OFFICE OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Consumer Affairs, including 
services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $1,415,000. 
FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES A N D EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of the Food 
and Drug Administration; for payment of salaries and expenses for 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 but at rates for individuals 
5 use 5332 note, not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for GS-18; for 
rental of special purpose space in the District of Columbia or else-
where; for miscellaneous and emergency expenses of enforcement 
activities, authorized or approved by the Secretary and to be accounted 
for solely on his certificate, not to exceed $10,000; $195,356,000. 
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
For construction, repair, improvement, extension, alteration, and 
purchase of fixed equipment of facilities of or used by the Food and 
Drug Administration, where not otherwise provided, $1,000,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION 
CONSUMER I N F O R M A T I O N CENTER 
For necessary expenses of the Consumer Information Center, 
including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 31097$|fl|fe.000. 
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 
CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION 
For necessary expenses of the Consumer Product Safety Commis-
sion, including rent in the District of Columbia and hire of passenger 
motor vehicles, services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 but at rates for 
individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for 
GS-18, and not to exceed $800 for official reception and representa-
tion, $37,454,000: Provided^ That funds provided by this appropria-
tion for laboratories shall be available only for the acquisition or 
conversion of existing laboratories. 
FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Trade Commission, other 
than line-of-business reports provided for in the following para-
graphs ; including uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by 
5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of 
passenger motor vehicles; and not to exceed $1,500 for official reception 
and representation expenses; $37,593,000, of which $650,000 shall be 
available for development of a computerized evidentiary indexing and 
retrieval capability, and $1,364,000 shall be available for the congres-
sionally-mandated study of the energy industry. 
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1841 
$305,000, the amount of the budget request, is hereby appropriated 
for the purpose of collecting line-of-business data from not to exceed 
500 firms, as determined by the Federal Trade Commission. 
No part of tliese funds may be used to pay the salary of any 
employee, including Commissioners, of the Federal Trade Commission 
who— 
(1) uses the information provided in the line-of-business pro-
gram for any purpose other than statistical purposes. Such infor-
mation for carrying out specific law enforcement responsibilities 
of the Federal Trade Commission shall be obtained under exist-
ing practices and procedures or as changed by law; or 
(2) makes any publication whereby the line-of-business data 
furnished by a particular establishment or individual can be iden-
tified; or 
(3) permits anyone other than sworn officers and employees of 
the Federal Trade Commission to examine the line-of-business 
reports from individual firms. 
DEPARTMENT or AGRICULTURE 
FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE 
CHILD N U T R I T I O N PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the National 
School Lunch Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1751-1761) ; Public Law 
91-248 and the applicable provisions other than section 3 of the Child 
Nutrition 
Act 
of 
1966, as amended 
(42 U.S.C. 
1773-1785); 
$1,294,630,000, of which $641,601,000 shall be derived by transfer 
from funds available under section 32 of the Act of August 24,1935 (7 
U.S.C. 612c) : Provided^ That of the foregoing total amount there 
shall be available $28,000,000 for the nonfood assistance program, 
$6,700,000 for the State administrative expenses, and $25,000,000 for 
special food service programs for children: Provided further^ That 
funds provided herein shall remain available until expended in 
accordance with section 3 of the National School Lunch Act, 
as amended: Provided 
further^ 
That no part of this appro- 
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priation 
shall 
be used 
for 
nonfood 
assistance 
under 
section 
6 
of 
the 
National 
School 
Lunch 
Act, 
as 
amended: 
Pro- 
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vided further^ That an additional $64,325,000 shall be transferred to 
this appropriation from funds available under section 32 of the Act 
of August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c), for purchase and distribution of 
agricultural commodities and other foods pursuant to section 6 of 
the National School Lunch Act, as amended: Pro aided further^ That 
42 use 1755. 
this appropriation shall be available for employment pursuant to the 
second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 
2225), and not to exceed $75,000 shall be available for employment 
under 5 U.S.C. 3109. 
SPECIAL MILK PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the special 
milk ])rogram, as authorized by section 3 of the Child Nutrition Act 
of 1966, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1772), $120,000,000. 
FOOD S T A M P 
PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses of the food stamp program pursuant to the 
Food Stamp Act of 1964, as amended, $3,989,785,000: Provided, That 
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funds provided herein shall remain available until expended in accord- "°'^' 
ance with Section 16 of the Food Stamp Act of 1964, as amended: 
^ use 2025. 
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[88 
STAT. 
7 u s e 2024. 
Provided 
further^ That this appropriation shall be available for 
employment pursuant to the second sentence of Section 706(a) of the 
Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $100,000 shall 
be available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided 
further^ 
That no part of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be used dur-
ing the fiscal year ending June 30,1975 to make food stamps available 
to any household, to the extent that the entitlement otherwise avail-
able to such household is attributable to an individual who; (i) has 
reached his eighteenth birthday; (ii) is enrolled in an institution of 
higher education; and (iii) is properly claimed as a dependent child 
for Federal income tax purposes by a taxpayer who is not a member 
of an eligible household: Provided 
further^ That funds provided 
herein shall be expended in accordance with section 15(b) of the Food 
Stamp Act of 1964, as amended. 
Passenger 
motor vehicles. 
Cotton price 
forecast, prohibi-
Contracting, 
minimum sum. 
7 u s e 1623a. 
Marihuana. 
Advancement 
of funds. 
TITLE V—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 501. Within the unit limit of cost fixed by law, appropriations 
and authorizations made for the Department of Agriculture under 
this Act shall be available for the purchase, in addition to those 
specifically provided for, of not to exceed seven hundred and sixty-five 
(765) passenger motor vehicles, of which five hundred and thirty-five 
(535) shall be for replacement only, and for the hire of such vehicles. 
SEC. 502. Funds available to the Department of Agriculture shall 
be available for uniforms or allowances therefor as authorized by law 
(5 U.S.C. 5901-5902). 
SEC. 503. No part of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be 
used for the payment of any officer or employee of the Department of 
Agriculture 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. 504. 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 the United States. 
SEC. 505. Not less than $1,500,000 of the appropriations of the 
Department of Agriculture for research and service work authorized 
by the Acts of August 14, 1946, July 28, 1954, and September 6, 1958 
(7 U.S.C. 427, 1621-1629; 42 U.S.C. 1891-1893), shall be available 
for contracting in accordance with said Acts. 
SEC. 506. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless 
expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 507. No part of the funds contained in this Act may be used 
to make production or other payments to a person, persons, or cor-
porations who harvest or knowingly permit to be harvested for illegal 
use, marihuana, or other such prohibited drug-producing plants on 
any part of lands owned or controlled by such persons or corporations. 
SEC. 508. Advances of money from any appropriation for the 
Department of Agriculture may be made by authority of the Secretary 
of Agriculture to chiefs of field parties. 
SEC. 509. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be 
available for paying to the Administrator of the General Services 
Administration m excess of 90 percent of the standard level user 
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1843 
charge established pursuant to section 210(j) of the Federal Prop-
erty and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended, for space 
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and services. 
SEC. 510. No part of any funds appropriated under this Act may be 
used by the Environmental Protection Agency to adniinister any pro-
gram to tax, limit, or otherwise regulate parking facilities. 
This Act may be cited as the "Agriculture-Environmental and Con- 
^^°^^ '^'i^-
sumer Protection Appropriation Act, 1975". 
Approved December 31, 1974. 
Public Law 93-564 
A N A C T 
December 31, 1974 
To authorize exchange of lands adjacent to the Teton National Forest in 
[s^J489]_^_ 
Wyoming, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the provisions po^eg^^w^o'""^^ 
of the Act of March 20, 1922 (42 Stat. 465), as amended and supple- 
°Land ex^'change. 
mented by the Act of February 28, 1925 (43 Stat. 1090), and the Act J^^ use 48s 
of June 11, 1960 (74 Stat. 205), are hereby extended to the following ""le'usc 485, 
described lands: 
^se. 
7 u s e 2201 
note. 
TOWNSHIP 41 NORTH, RANGE 116 WEST, SIXTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN 
Section 34, northwest quarter southwest quarter. 
SEC. 2. Lands conveyed to the United States under this Act shall, 
upon acceptance of title, become parts of the Teton National Forest 
and shall be subject to the laws, rules, and regulations applicable 
thereto. 
Approved December 31, 1974. 
Public Law 93-565 
A N A C T 
December 31,1974 
To remove the cloud on title with respect to certain lands in the State of Nevada. 
fs. 3518] 
Be it enacted by the Senate arid House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That notwithstand-
ing any other provision of law, all right, title, and interest of the lands 
United States in and to all lands which the State of Nevada, prior to 
the date of the enactment of the Act of June 16, 1880 (21 Stat. 287), 
sold and patented on the basis of the grant to it under section 7 of the 
Act of March 21, 1964 (Nevada Enabling Act) (13 Stat. 30), shall be 
deemed to have been vested in the State of Nevada as of the time such 
lands were so sold and patented. 
SEC. 2. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to issue to the 
State of Nevada such documents or other instruments as may be 
necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act. 
Approved December 31, 1974. 
Nevada. 
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