An Act making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture and related agencies for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1965, and for other purposes
PL 88-573 (H.R.11202), enacted 09/02/1964

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[78 STAT. 
Public Law 88-573 
September 2, 1964 
[H. R. 11202] 
Department of 
Agricultvire and 
Related Agencies 
Appropriation Act, 
1965. 
AN ACT 
Making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1965, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the following 
sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, for the Department of Agriculture and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1965, and for other purposes; 
namely: 
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
TITLE I—GENERAL ACTIVITIES 
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE 
58 Stat. 742. 
60 Stat. 810. 
58 Stat. 742. 
SALARIES AND 
EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary to perform agricultural research relating to 
production, utilization, marketing, nutrition and consumer use, to con-
trol and eradicate pests and plant and animal diseases, and to perform 
related inspection, quarantine and regulatory work, and meat inspec-
tion : 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 (5 U.S.C. 574), and not to exceed $75,000 shall 
be available for employment under section 15 of the Act of August 2, 
1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a): Provided further^ That appropriations here-
under shall be available for the operation and maintenance of aircraft 
and the purchase of not to exceed two for replacement only: Provided 
further, That appropriations hereunder shall be available pursuant to 
title 5, United States Code, section 565a, for the construction, altera-
tion, and repair of buildings and improvements, but unless otherwise 
provided, the cost of constructing any one building (except head-
nouses connecting greenhouses) shall not exceed $20,000, except for six 
buildings to be constructed or improved at a cost not to exceed $45,000 
each, and the cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year 
shall not exceed $7,500 or 7.5 per centuin of the cost of the building, 
whichever is greater: Provided further, That the limitations on altera-
tions contained in this Act shall not apply to a total of $100,000 for 
facilities at Beltsville, Maryland: 
Research: For research and demonstrations on the production and 
utilization of agricultural products; agricultural marketing and dis-
tribution, not otherwise provided for; home economics or nutrition and 
consumer use of agricultural and associated products; and related 
research and services; and for acquisition of land by donation, 
exchange, or purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed $100, 
$114,991,000, plus not to exceed the following amounts, to remain 
available until expended, for the planning, construction, alteration, 
and equipping of research facilities: $1,000,000 for crops research 
facilities at Fort Collins, Colorado; $850,000 for facilities at the Agri-
cultural Research Center, Beltsville, Maryland; $800,000 for a stored-
produet insects laboratory, Savannah, Georgia; $260,000 for plans 
for a livestock insects and toxicology laboratory. College Station, 
Texas; $338,000 for plans for a plant disease, nematode, and insect 
laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland; $160,000 for plans for an insect 
attractants and stored-product insects laboratory, Gainesville, Florida; 
$l,000j000 for a peanut quality research laboratory, at Dawson, 
Georgia, on a site acquired by donation; and $240,000 for plans for a 
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Western cotton insects and physiology laboratory, Tempe, Arizona; a 
cotton disease laboratory, College Station, Texas; a cotton physiology 
laboratory, Stoneville, Mississippi; pilot cotton ginning facilities at 
Stoneville, Mississippi, and Mesilla Park, New Mexico; and facilities 
in the High Plains region in Texas for cotton ginning and storage 
research; in all, $119,639,000: Provided^ That the limitations contained 
herein shall not apply to replacement of buildings needed to carry 
out the Act of April 24,1948 (21 U.S.C. 113 ( a ) ) ; 
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Plant and animal disease and pest control: For operations and 
measures, not otherwise provided for, to control and eradicate pests 
and plant and animal diseases and for carrying out assigned inspec-
tion, quarantine, and regulatory activities, as authorized by law, 
including expenses pursuant to the Act of February 28, 1947, as 
amended (21 U.S.C. 114b-c), $68,793,200, of which $1,500,000 shall be 
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apportioned for use pursuant to section 3679 of the Revised Statutes, 
as amended, for the control of outbreaks of insects and plant diseases 
to the extent necessary to meet emergency conditions: Provided^ That 
no funds shall be used to formulate or administer a brucellosis eradica-
tion program for the current fiscal year that does not require minimum 
matching by any State of at least 40 per centum: Provided 
further^ 
That no funds in excess of $250,000 shall be available for carrying out 
the screwworm eradication program that does not require minimum 
matching by State or local sources of at least 50 per centum of the 
expenses of production, irradiation, and release of the screwworm 
flies: Provided 
further^ That, in addition, in emergencies which 
threaten the livestock or poultry industries of the country, the Secre-
tary may transfer from other appropriations or funds available to 
the agencies or corporations of the Department such sums as he may 
deem necessary, to be available only in such emergencies for the arrest 
and eradication of foot-and-mouth disease, rinderpest, contagious 
pleuropneumonia, or other contagious or infectious diseases of animals, 
or European fowl pest and similar diseases in poultry, and for expenses 
in accordance with the Act of February 28,1947, as amended, and any 
unexpended balances of funds transferred under this head in the next 
preceding fiscal year shall be merged with such transferred amounts; 
Meat inspection: For carrying out the provisions of laws relating to 
Federal inspection of meat, and meat-food products, and the applicable 
provisions of the laws relating to process or renovated butter, 
$30,837,000; 
Special fund: To provide for additional labor to be employed under 
contracts and cooperative agreements to strengthen the work at 
research installations in the field, not more than $1,000,000 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 other-
wise available under "Salaries and expenses. Research". 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES (SPECIAL FOREIGN CURRENCY PROGRAM) 
For payments in foreign currencies which accrue under title I of the 
Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, as 
amended (7 U.S.C. 1704), for market development research author- 
^s stat. 456. 
ized by section 104(a) and for agricultural and forestry research and 
other functions related thereto authorized by section 104 (k) of the 
Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, as 
amended (7 U.S.C. 1704(a) (k)), to remain available until expended, 
^^ stat. 275. 
$2,000,000: Provided^ That this appropriation shall be available in 
addition to other appropriations for these purposes, for payments in 
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the foregoing currencies: Provided further^ That funds appropriated 
herein shall be used for payments in such foreign currencies as the 
Department determines are needed and can be used most effectively to 
carry out the purposes of this paragraph, and such foreign currencies 
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shall, pursuant to the provisions of section 104(a), be set aside for sale 
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to the Department before foreign currencies which accrue under said 
title I are made available for other United States uses: Provided 
fur-
ther^ That not to exceed $25,000 of this appropriation shall be avail-
able for payments in foreign currencies for expenses of employment 
pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act 
58 Stat. 742. 
gf ^944 (5 XJ.S.C. 574), as amended by section 15 of the Act of August 
60 Stat. 810. 
2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a). 
FOREST SERVICE 
FOREST PROTECTION AND UTILIZATION 
For an additional amount for "Forest protection and utilization", 
for Forest research, $1,900,000, of which $50,000 for Forest research 
construction shall remain available until expended. 
COOPERATIVE STATE RESEARCH SERVICE 
PAYMENTS AND EXPENSES 
For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for grants for 
cooperative forestry research, for oasic scientific research, and for 
faculties, and for other expenses, including $45,113,000 to carry into 
effect the provisions of the Hatch Act, approved March 2, 1887, as 
69 Stat. 671. 
amended by the Act approved August 11, 1955 (7 U.S.C. 361a-361i), 
including administration by the United States Department of Agri-
culture ; $1,000,000 for grants for cooperative forestry research under 
76 Stat. 806. 
the Act approved October 10, 1962 (16 U.S.C. 582a-582a-7); 
$3,242,000 for grants for facilities under the Act approved July 22,1963 
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(77 gtat. 90); $310,000 for penalty mail costs of agricultural experi-
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inent stations under section 6 of the Hatch Act of 1887, as amended; 
and $267,000 for necessary expenses of the Cooperative State 
Research Service, including administration of payments to State 
agricultural experiment stations, funds for employment pursuant to 
the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (5 
U.S.C. 574), and not to exceed $30,000 for employment under section 
15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a); in all, $49,932,000. 
EXTENSION SERVICE 
COOPERATIVE EXTENSION WORK, PAYMENTS AND EXPENSES 
Payments to States and Puerto Rico: For payments for cooperative 
agricultural extension work under the Smith-Lever Act, as amended 
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by the Act of June 26, 1953, the Act of August 11, 1955, and the Act 
76 Stat." 745! 
of October 5, 1962 (7 U.S.C. 341-349), $70,530,000; and payments 
and contracts for such work under section 204(b)-205 of the Agri-
cultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1623-1624), $1,570,000; 
in all, $72,100,000: Provided, That funds hereby appropriated pur-
suant to section 3(c) of the Act of June 26, 1953, shall not b e l a i d 
to any State or Puerto Rico prior to availability of an equal sum from 
non-Federal sources for expenditure during the current fiscal year. 
Retirement and Employees' Compensation costs for extension 
agents: For cost of employer's share of Federal retirement and for 
reimbursement for benefits f)aid from the Employees' Compensation 
Fund for cooperative extension employees, $7,510,000. 
60 Stat. 1089. 
69 Stat. 683; 
76 Stat. 745. 
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Penalty mail: For costs of penalty mail for cooperative extension 
agents and State extension directors, $3,113,000. 
Federal Extension Service: For administration of the Smith-Lever 
Act, as amended by the Act of June 26, 1953, the Act of August 11, e? stat. ss; 
1955, and the Act of October 5,1962 (7 U.S.C. 341-349), and extension 
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aspects of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621-
1627), and to coordinate and provide program leadership for the 
extension work of the Department and the several States and insular 
possessions, $2,451,000. 
FARMEE COOPERATIVE SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Act of July 2,1926 (7 U.S.C. 
451-457), and for conducting research relating to the economic and 
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marketing aspects of farmer cooperatives, as authorized by the Agri-
cultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621-1627), $1,102,000. 
^o stat. io87. 
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- 
49 stat. les. 
servation plans and establishment of measures to conserve soil and 
water (including farm irrigation and land drainage and such special 
measures as may be necessary to prevent floods and the siltation of 
reservoirs) ; operation of conservation nurseries; classification and 
mapping of soil; dissemination of information; purchase and erection 
or alteration of permanent buildings; and operation and maintenance 
of aircraft, $100,511,000: Provided^ That the cost of any permanent 
building purchased, erected, or as improved, exclusive of the cost of 
constructing a water supply or sanitary system and connecting the 
same to any such building and with the exception of buildings acquired 
in conjunction with land being purchased for other purposes, shall not 
exceed $2,500, except for one building to be constructed at a cost not 
to exceed $25,000 and eight building to be constructed or improved 
at a cost not to exceed $15,000 per building and except that alterations 
or improvements to other existing permanent buildings costing $2,500 
or more 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 (5 U.S.C. 574), and not to 
exceed $5,000 shall be available for employment under section 15 of 
the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a) : Provided further. That 
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qualified local engineers may be temporarily employed at per diem 
rates to perform the technical planning work of the service. 
WATERSHED 
P L A N N I N G 
For necessary expenses for small watershed investigations and 
planning, $5,524,000. 
58 stat. 742. 
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60 Stat. 810. 
WATERSHED PROTECTION 
For necessary expenses to conduct river basin surveys and investiga-
tions, and research and to carry out preventive measures, including, 
but not limited to, engineering operations, methods of cultivation, the 
growing of vegetaition, and changes in use of land, in accordance with 
the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act, approved 
68 Stat. 666. 
August 4,1954, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1001-1008), and the provisions 
of the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a-f), to remain available 
until expended, $60,324,000, with which shall be merged the unex-
pended balances of funds heretofore appropriated or transferred to 
the Department for watershed protection purposes: Provided^ That 
this appropriation shall be available for field employment pursuant 
to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 
58 Stat. 742. 
(5 XJ.S.C. 574), and not to exceed $100,000 shall be available for 
employment under section 15 of the Act of August 2,1946 (5 U.S.C. 
55a): Provided further^ That not to exceed $4,000,000, together with 
the unobligated balance of funds previously appropriated for loans 
and related expense, shall be available for such purposes. 
FLOOD PREVENTION 
For necessary expenses, in accordance with the Flood Control Act, 
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approved June 22, 1936 (33 U.S.C. 701-709, 16 U.S.C. 1006a), as 
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amended and supplemented, and in accordance with the provisions of 
70 Stat. 1090. 
laws relating to the activities of the Department, to perform works of 
improvement, including funds for field employment pursuant to the 
second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (5 U.S.C. 
574), and not to exceed $100,000 for employment under section 15 of 
the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a), to remain available until 
expended; $25,423,000, with which shall be merged the unexpended 
balances of funds heretofore appropriated or transferred to the 
Department for flood prevention purposes: Provided^ That no part of 
such funds shall be used for the purchase of lands in the Yazoo and 
Little Tallahatchie watersheds without specific approval of the county 
board of supervisors of the county in which such lands are situated: 
Provided further^ That not to exceed $1,000,000, together with the 
unobligated balance of funds previously appropriated for loans and 
related expense, shall be available for such purposes. 
GREAT 
PLAINS 
CONSERVATION 
PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry into effect a program of conserva-
tion in the Great Plains area, pursuant to section 16(b) of the Soil 
Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act, as added by the Act of 
70 Stat. 1115. 
August 7,1956 (16 U.S.C. 590p), $14,744,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses in planning and carrying out projects for 
resource conservation and development, and for sound land use, pur-
suant to the provisions of section 32(e) of title I I I of the Bankhead-
Jones Farm Tenant Act, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1011; 76 Stat. 607), 
49 Stat. 163. 
and the provisions of the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a-f), 
$1,770,000, to remain available until expended: Provided^ That not to 
exceed $5(K),000 of such amount shall be available for loans and related 
expenses under subtitle A of the Consolidated Farmers Home Admin-
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istration Act of 1961, as amended: Provided further^ That this appro-
1929. 
priation shall be available for field employment pursuant to the second 
sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (5 U.S.C. 574), 
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and not to exceed $50,000 shall be available for employment under 
section 15 of the Act of August 2,1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a). 
ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Economic Research Service in con-
ducting economic research and service relating to agricultural produc-
tion, marketing, and distribution, as authorized by the Agricultural 
Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621-1627), and other laws, including 
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economics of marketing; analyses relating to farm prices, income and 
population, and demand for farm products, use of resources in agri-
culture, adjustments, costs and returns in farming, and farm finance; 
and for analyses of supply and demand for farm products in foreign 
coimtries and their effect on prospects for LTnited 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; 
$10,576,000: 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 
706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (5 U.S.C. 574), and not to exceed 
ss stat. 742. 
$75,000 shall be available for employment under section 15 of the Act 
of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a) : Provided further, That not less 
than $145,000 of the funds contained in this appropriation shall be 
available for analysis of statistics and related facts on foreign produc-
tion and full and complete information on methods used by other 
countries to move farm commodities in world trade on a competitive 
basis. 
STATISTICAL REPORTING SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Statistical Reporting Service in con-
ducting statistical reporting and service work, including crop and 
livestock estimates, statistical coordination and improvements, and 
marketing surveys, as aut\iorized by the Agricultural Marketing Act 
of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621-1627) and other laws, $11,481,000: Provided, 
That no part of the funds herein appropriated shall be available for 
any expense incident to publishing estimates of apple production for 
other than the commercial crop. 
AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE 
MARKETING SERVICES 
For expenses necessary to carry on services related to agricultural 
marketing and distribution as authorized by the Agricultural Mar-
keting Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621-1627) and other laws, including the 
administration of marketing regulatory acts connected therewith and 
for administration and cooraination of payments to States; and this 
appropriation shall be available for field employment pursuant to sec-
tion 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (5 U.S.C. 574), and not to 
exceed $25,000 shall be available for employment at rates not to exceed 
$75 per diem under section 15 of the Act of August 2,1946 (5 U.S.C. 
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60 Stat 
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612c. 
294 
1911 
230 
76 Stat. 944. 
55a), in carrying out section 201 (a) to 201 (d), inclusive, of title I I of 
the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1291) and section 
7°usc**i622^^' 
^^^ (J) °* *^® Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946; $39,566,000. 
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)), $1,500,000. 
SPECIAL M I L K 
PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Special Milk Program, as 
authorized by the Act of August 8, 1961 (7 U.S.C. 1446, note), 
$103,000,000, of which $51,500,000 shall be derived by transfer from 
funds available under section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935 (7 
U.S.C. 612) : Provided^ That hereafter appropriations under this head 
shall be made in accordance with the provisions of Public Law 87-128. 
SCHOOL L U N C H PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the National 
School Lunch Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1751-1760), $146,400,000: 
Provided^ That no part of this appropriation shall be used for non-
food assistance under section 5 of said Act: Provided further, 
That 
$45,000,000 shall be transferred to this appropriation from funds 
available under section 32 of the Act of August 24,1935, for purchase 
and distribution of agricultural commodities and other foods pursuant 
to section 6 of the National School Lunch Act. 
REMOVAL OF SURPLUS AGRICULTURAL 
COMMODITIES 
(SECTION 3 2 ) 
No funds available under section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935 
(7 U.S.C. 612c) shall be used for any purpose other than commodity 
program expenses as authorized therein, and other related operating 
expenses, except for (1) transfers to the Department of the Interior 
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^^ authorized by the Fish and Wildlife Act of August 8, 1956, (2) 
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transfers otherwise provided in this Act, (3) not more than $2,924,000 
for formulation and administration of marketing agreements and 
orders pursuant to the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 
50y|t^t- 246. 
1937, as amended, and the Agricultural Act of 1961, (4) not more 
75 Stat. 294. 
thau $35,000,000 for expenses for the Pilot Food Stamp Program 
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and (5) not in excess of $12,175,000 to be used to increase domestic 
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consumption of farm commodities pursuant to authority contained in 
Public Law 88-250, the Department of Agriculture and Related 
Agencies Appropriation Act, 1964, of which amount $500,000 shall 
remain available until expended for construction, alteration and 
modification of research facilities. 
FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Foreign Agricultural Service, includ-
ing carrying out title VI of the Agricultural Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 
1761-1768), market development activities abroad, and for enabling 
the Secretary to coordinate and integrate activities of the Depart-
ment in connection with foreign agricultural work, including not to 
exceed $35,000 for representation allowances and for expenses pursu-
77 Stat. 820. 
68 Stat. 908. 
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ant to section 8 of the Act approved August 3,1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), 
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$20,488,000: Provided, That not less than $255,000 of the funds con-
tained in this appropriation shall be available to obtain statistics and 
related facts on foreign production and full and complete information 
on methods used by other countries to move farm commodities in 
world trade on a competitive basis: Provided further, That, in addi-
tion, not to exceed $3,117,000 of the funds appropriated by section 32 
of the Act of August 24, 1935, as amended (7 U.S.C. 612c), shall be 
^9 stat. 774. 
merged with this appropriation and shall be available for all expenses 
of the Foreign Agricultural Service. 
COMMODITY EXCHANGE AUTHORITY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry into effect the provisions of the 
Commodity Exchange Act, as amended (7 U.S.C. l-17a), $1,119,000. 
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AGRICULTURAL STABILIZATION AND CONSERVATION SERVICE 
EXPENSES, AGRICULTURAL STABILIZATION AND CONSERVATION SERVICE 
For necessary administrative expenses of the Agricultural Stabili-
zation and Conservation Service, including expenses to formulate and 
carry out programs authorized by title I I I of the Agricultural Adjust-
ment Act of 1938, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1301-1393); Sugar Act of 
" stat. 38. 
1948, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1101-1161); sections 7 to 15,16(a), 16(d), 
^i stat. 922. 
16(e), 16(f), and 17 of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment 
Act, as amended (16 U.S.C. 590g-590q; 7 U.S.C. 1010-1011) as added 
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by section 132 of the Act of August 8. 1961; subtitles B and C of the 
75 stat! 302! 
Soil Bank Act (7 U.S.C. 1831-1837, 1802-1814, and 1816) ; and laws 
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pertaining to the Commodity Credit Corporation, $105,602,000: Pro-
vided, That, in addition, not to exceed $87,508,000 may be transferred 
to and merged with this appropriation from the Commodity Credit 
Corporation fund (including not to exceed $35,668,000 under the limi-
tation on Commodity Credit Corporation administrative expenses) : 
Provided further, That other funds made available to Agricultural 
Stabilization and Conservation Service for authorized activities may 
be advanced to and merged with this appropriation: Provided 
further. 
That no part of the funds appropriated or made available under this 
Act shall be used, (1) to influence the vote in any referendum; (2) to 
influence agricultural legislation, except as permitted in 18 U.S.C. 
1913; or (3) for salaries or other expenses of members of county and 
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community committees established pursuant to section 8(b) of the 
Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act, as amended, for 
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engaging in any activities other than advisory and supervisory duties 
and delegated program function prescribed in administrative regu-
lations. 
SUGAR ACT PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry into effect the provisions of the 
Sugar Act of 1948 (7 U.S.C. 1101-1161), $90,000,000, to remain avail-
able until June 30 of the next succeeding fiscal year. 
AGRICULTURAL 
CONSERVATION 
PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry into effect the program authorized 
in sections 7 to 15,16 (a), and 17 of the Soil Conservation and Domestic 
Allotment Act, approved February 29, 1936, as amended (16 U.S.C. 
590g-590(o), 590p(a), and 590q), including not to exceed $6,000 for 
77 Stat. 827. 
49 Stat. 1148. 
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the preparation and display of exhibits, including such displays at 
State, interstate, and international fairs within the United States, 
$225,000,000, to remain available until December 31 of the next succeed-
ing fiscal year for compliance with the programs of soil-building and 
soil- and water-conserving practices authorized under this head in the 
Department of Agriculture and Related Agencies Appropriation Acts, 
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1963 and 1964, carried out during the period July 1,1962, to December 
31, 1964, inclusive: Provided^ That none of the funds herein appro-
priated 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 informa-
tion at the county level to individual farmers: Provided further^ That 
no portion of the funds for the current year's program may be utilized 
to provide financial or technical assistance for drainage on wetlands 
now designated as Wetland Types 3 (III), 4 (IV), and 5 (V) in 
United States Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service 
Circular 39, Wetlands of the United States, 1956: Provided 
further^ 
That necessary amounts shall be available for administrative expenses 
in connection with the formulation and administration of the 1965 
program of soil-building and soil- and water-conserving practices, 
including related wildlife conserving practices, under the Act of 
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February 29, 19-36, as amended (amounting to $220,000,000, excluding 
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administration, except that no participant shall receive more than 
$2,500, except where the participants from two or more farms or 
ranches join to carry out approved practices designed to conserve or 
improve the agricultural resources of the community) : Provided 
further^ That not to exceed 5 per centum of the allocation for the cur-
rent year's 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 participating counties, 
and shall not be utilized by the Soil Conservation Service for any pur-
pose 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 agricultural 
conservation practices: 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 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 consti-
tuting 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 pemi-
53 Stat. 1147; 
cious poHtical activities", approved August 2,1939, as amended, or who 
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has been found in accordance with the provisions of title 18, United 
note. 
States Code, section 1913, to have violated or attempted to violate such 
62 Stat. 792. 
scctiou which prohibits the use of Federal appropriations for the pay-
ment 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. 
71 Stat. 176. 
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871 
CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry out a conservation reserve program 
as authorized by subtitles B and C of the Soil Bank Act (7 U.S.C. 
1831-1837,1802-1814, and 1816), and to carry out liquidation activities 
^o^stat. 191.196; 
for the acreage reserve program, to remain available until expended, ^^ ^*^*' ^^^" 
$194,000,000, with which may be merged the unexpended balances of 
funds heretofore appropriated for soil bank programs: Provided^ 
That no part of these funds shall be paid on any contract which is 
illegal under the law due to the division of lands for the purpose of 
evading limits on annual payments to participants. 
CROPLAND CONVERSION PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to promote the conservation and economic 
use of land pursuant to the provisions of section 16(e) of the Soil 
Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act (16 U.S.C. 590h, 590p), as 
^e stat. eoe. 
amended, $15,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
EMERGENCY CONSERVATION MEASURES 
For emergency conservation measures, to be used for the same pur-
poses and subject to the same conditions as funds appropriated under 
this head in the Third Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1957, to 
remain available until expended, $4,000,000, with which shall 
be merged the unexpended balances of funds heretofore appropriated 
for emergency conservation measures. 
OFFICE OF RURAL AREAS DEVELOPMENT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of the Office of 
Rural Areas Development in providing leadership, coordination, 
liaison, and related services in the rural areas development activities 
of the Department, $124,000: 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 (5 U.S.C. 574), and not 
^s stat. 742. 
to exceed $3,000 shall be available for employment under section 15 of 
the Act of August 2,1946 (6 U.S.C. 55a). 
6° stat. sio. 
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector General, includ-
ing employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of 
ihQ Organic Act of 1944 (5 U.S.C. 574), $9,874,000. 
OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, including payment of fees or dues for the 
use of law libraries by attorneys in the field service, $3,853,000. 
31-667 0-65—58 
34 Stat. 690. 
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OFFICE OF INFORMATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Information for the dissemi-
nation of agricultural information and the coordination of informa-
tional work and programs authorized by Congress in the Department, 
$1,648,000, of which total appropriation not to exceed $537,000 may 
be used for farmers' bulletins, which shall be adapted to the interests 
of the people of the different sections of the country, an equal propor-
tion of four-fifths of which shall be available to be delivered to or 
sent out under the addressed franks furnished by the Senators, Repre-
sentatives, 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 Repre-
sentatives 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 
28 Stat. 612. 
January 12,1895 (44 U.S.C. 241) : Provided, That in the preparation 
of motion pictures or exhibits by the Department, this appropriation 
shall be available for employment pursuant to the second sentence of 
58 Stat. 742. 
section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (5 U.S.C. 574), and not to 
exceed $10,000 shall be available for employment under section 15 of 
the Act of August 2,1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a). 
NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL LIBRARY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural Library, 
$1,547,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall be available for 
employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the 
Organic Act of 1944 (5 U.S.C. 574), and not to exceed $35,000 shall 
be available for employment under section 15 of the Act of August 2, 
60 Stat. 810. 
1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a). 
OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT SERVICES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to enable the Office of Management Services 
to provide management support services to selected agencies and 
offices of the Department of Agriculture, $2,482,000. 
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary of Agriculture 
and for general administration of the Department of Agriculture, 
including expenses of the National Agricultural Advisory Commis-
sion; 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, $3,314,000: Pro-
vided, That this appropriation shall be reimbursed from applicable 
appropriations for travel expenses incident to the holding of hearings 
60 Stat. 237. 
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g required by the Administrative Procedures Act (5 U.S.C. 1001) : 
Provided further^ That not to exceed $2,500 of this amount shall be 
available for official reception and representation expenses, not other-
wise provided for, as determined by the Secretary. 
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873 
TITLE II—CREDIT AGENCIES 
RURAL ELECTRIFICATION ADMINISTRATION 
To carry into effect the provisions of the Rural Electrification Act 
of 1936, as amended (T U.S.C. 901-924), as follows: 
L O A N AUTHORIZATIONS 
49 Stat. 1363; 
63 Stat. 948. 
7 u s e 907. 
For loans in accordance with said Act, and for carrying out the pro-
visions of section 7 thereof, to be borrowed from the Secretary of the 
Treasury in accordance with the provisions of section 3(a) of said Act, 
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as follows: Rural electrification program, $365,000,000, of which 
$90,000,000 shall be placed in reserve to be borrowed under the same 
terms and conditions to the extent that such amount is required dur-
ing the current fiscal year under the then existing conditions for the 
expeditious and orderly development of the rural electrification pro-
gram ; and rural telephone program, $70,000,000, of which $7,000,000 
shall be placed in reserve to be borrowed under the same terms and 
conditions to the extent that such amount is required during the cur-
rent fiscal year under the then existing conditions for the expeditious 
and orderly development of the rural telephone program. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For administrative expenses, including not to exceed $500 for 
financial and credit reports, funds for employment pursuant to the 
second sentence of section 706 (a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (5 U.S.C. 
574), and not to exceed $150,000 for employment under section 15 of 
^^ ^*^*- '^^'^• 
the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a), $11,578,000. 
^o stat. sio. 
J'ARMERS HOME ADMINISTRATION 
DIRECT LOAN ACCOUNT 
Direct loans and advances under subtitles A and B, and advances 
under section 335(a) for which funds are not otherwise available, of 
the Consolidated Farmers Home Administration Act of 1961 (7 U.S.C. 
1921), as amended, may be made from funds available in the Farmers 
Home Administration direct loan account as follows: real estate 
loans, $60,000,000; and operating loans, $300,000,000, of which 
$50,000,000 shall be placed in reserve to be used only to the extent 
required during current fiscal year under the then existing conditions 
for the expeditious and orderly conduct of the loan program. 
RURAL RENEWAL 
For necessary expenses, including administrative expenses, in carry-
ing out rural renewal activities under section 32(e) of title I I I of the 
Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, as amended, $1,200,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
RURAL HOUSING FOR T H E ELDERLY REVOLVING FUND 
For loans pursuant to section 515(a) of the Housing Act of 1949, 
as amended (42 U.S.C. 1485), including advances pursuant to section 
^^ ^*^*- ^'^'^' 
335(a) of the Consolidated Farmers Home Administration Act of 
1961 (7 U.S.C. 1985) in connection with security for such loans, 
$5,000,000. 
75 Stat. 315. 
7 u s e 1985. 
76 Stat. 607. 
7 u s e 1011. 
75 Stat. 307. 
64 Stat. 98. 
75 Stat. 186. 
42 u s e 1484. 
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[78 STAT. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Farmers Home Administration, not 
otherwise provided for, in administering the programs authorized by 
the Consolidated Farmers Home Administration Act of 1961 (7 U.S.C. 
1921), as amended, title V of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended 
(42 U.S.C. 1471-1484), and the Rural Rehabilitation Corporation 
Trust Liquidation Act, approved May 3, 1950 (40 U.S.C. 440-444); 
$39,544,000, together with not more than $2,250,000 of the charges 
collected in connection with the insurance of loans as authorized by 
section 309(e) of the Consolidated Farmers Home Administration Act 
of 1961, as amended, and section 514(b) (3) 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 
58 Stat. 742. 
Orgauic Act of 1944 (5 U.S.C. 574) to meet unusual or heavy work-
load increases: Provided further^ That no part of any funds in this 
paragraph may be used to administer a program which makes rural 
housing grants pursuant to section 504 of the Housing Act of 1949, 
as amended. 
TITLE III—CORPORATIONS 
The following corporations and agencies are hereby authorized to 
make such expenditures, within the limits of funds and borrowing 
authority available to each such corporation or agency and in accord 
"with law, and to make such contracts and commitments without regard 
to fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government 
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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, $6,942,000. 
FEDERAL, CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION FUND 
Not to exceed $3,638,000 of administrative and operating expenses 
may be paid from premium income. 
CoMMODmr CREDIT CORPORATION 
REIMBURSEMENT FOR NET REALIZED LOSSES 
To partially reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for net 
realized losses sustained during the fiscal vear ending June 30, 1963, 
75 Stat. 391. 
pursuant to the Act of August 17, 1961 (15 U.S.C. 7l3a-ll, 7l3a-12), 
$1,574,000,000. 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
Nothing in this Act shall be so construed as to prevent the Com-
modity Credit Corporation from carrying out any activity or any 
program authorized by law: Provided^ That not to exceed $37,351,000 
shall be available for administrative expenses of the Corporation: 
Provided further, That $945,000 of this authorization shall be avail-
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875 
able only to expand and strengthen the sales program of the Corpora-
tion pursuant to authority contained in the Corporation's charter: 
Provided further^ That not less than 7 per centum of this 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 
^^ "^^ ^^s. 
and at such times as may become necessary to carry out program 
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 property belonging to the Corporation or in which it has 
an interest, including expenses of collections of pledged collateral, 
shall be considered as nonadministrative expenses for the purposes 
hereof: Provided further, That no part of the administrative funds 
authorized under this head or of the capital funds of the Commodity 
Credit Corporation shall be available to formulate or administer a 
cotton loan program during fiscal year 1965 which requires that 
micronaire readings shall be mandatory as a part of the cotton classing 
in connection with cotton loans. 
PUBLIC LAW 
480 
For expenses during fiscal year 1965, not otherwise recoverable, and 
unrecovered prior years' costs, including interest thereon, under the 
Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, as 
amended (7 U.S.C. 1701-1709,1721-1724,1731-1736), to remain avail- ^ ^^.H^l^^'' 
able until expended, as follows: (1) Sale of surplus agricultural com- ^^ ^
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modities for foreign currencies pursuant to title I of said Act, 
$1,612,000,000; (2) commodities disposed of for emergency famine 
relief to friendly peoples pursuant to title I I of said Act, $220,453,000; 
and (3) long-term supply contracts pursuant to title IV of said Act, 
$35,000,000. 
INTERNATIONAL WHEAT AGREEMENT 
For expenses during fiscal year 1965 and unrecovered prior years' 
costs, including interest thereon, under the International Wheat 
Agreement Act of 1949, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1641-1642), $31,838,000, 
63 stat. 945. 
to remain available until expended. 
BARTERED MATERIALS FOR SUPPLEMENTAL STOCKPILE 
For expenses during fiscal year 1965 and unrecovered prior years' 
costs related to strategic and other materials acquired as a result of 
barter or exchange of agricultural commodities or products and trans-
ferred to the supplemental stockpile pursuant to Public Law 540, 
Eighty-fourth Congress (7 U.S.C. 1856), $92,860,000, to remain avail- 
^o stat. 200. 
able until expended. 
TITLE IV—RELATED AGENCIES 
FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
Not to exceed $2,876,000 (from assessments collected from farm 
credit agencies) shall be obligated during the current fiscal year for 
administrative expenses. 
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STAT. 
Passenger motor 
vehicles. 
Employment of 
aliens. 
Uniform allow-
68 Stat. 1114. 
Twine. 
Contracting. 
Short title. 
TITLE V—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 501. Within the unit limit of cost fixed by law, appropriations 
and authorizations made for the Department under this Act shall be 
available for the purchase, in addition to those specifically provided 
for, of not to exceed four hundred and seventy-four passenger motor 
vehicles, of which four hundred and fifty-two shall be for replacement 
only, and for the hire of such vehicles. 
SEC. 502. Provisions of law prohibiting or restricting the employ-
ment of aliens shall not apply to employment under the appropriation 
for the Foreign Agricultural Service. 
SEC. 503. Funds available to the Department of Agriculture shall be 
available for uniforms or allowances therefor as authorized by the 
Act of September 1,1954, as amended (5 U.S.C. 2131). 
SEC. 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 divi-
sion, 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 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. 
This Act may be cited as the "Department of Agriculture and 
Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1965". 
Approved September 2, 1964. 
September 2, 1964 
[H. R. 11594] 
Public Law 88-574 
AN ACT 
To authorize the Secretary of the Navy to convey to the State of California cer-
tain lands in the county of Monterey, State of California, in exchange for 
certain other lands. 
Monterey 
Land exc 
Calif, 
hange. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That, notwithstand-
ing any other provisions of law, the Secretary of the Navy, or his desig-
nee, is authorized to convey to the State of California, subject to the 
terms and conditions hereinafter stated, and to such other terms and 
conditions as the Secretary of the Navy, or his designee, shall deem to be 
in the public interest, all right, title, and interest of the United States 
in and to the land located in the county of Monterey, State of Cali-
fornia, described substantially as follows: 
PARCEL 1 
For freeway purposes that parcel of land in the city of Monterey, 
county of Monterey, State of California, described as follows: 
Beginning at a brass cap monument designated M-145, which 
said monument is the southwesterly terminus of course (38)