An Act making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture and Farm Credit Administration for the fiscal yeas ending June 30, 1961, and for other purposes
PL 86-532 (H.R.12117), enacted 06/29/1960

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PUBLIC LAW 86-532-JUNE 29, 1960 
[74 ST A T . 
Public Law 86-532 
June 29, 1960 
[H. R. 12117] 
AN ACT 
Making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture and Farm Credit 
Administration for the fiscal year ending June 30,1961, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
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c uVture"*and United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following 
Farm Credit Ad- suHis are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not other-
^/oprfrti^ A^t, wise appropriated, for the Department of Agriculture and Farm 
^'^^- 
Credit Administration for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1961; 
namely: 
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
TITLE I—REGULAR ACTIVITIES 
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary to perform agricultural research relating to 
production, utilization, and home economics, to control and eradicate 
pests and plant and animal diseases, and to perform related inspection, 
quarantine and regulatory work, and meat inspection: Provided, That 
not to exceed $75,000 of the appropriations hereunder shall be avail-
able for employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) 
of the Organic Act of 1944 (5 U.S.C. 574), as amended by section 15 
of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a) : Provided further, That 
appropriations hereunder shall be available for the operation and 
maintenance of aircraft and the purchase of not to exceed two, of 
which one shall be for replacement only: Provided further. That ap-
propriations hereunder shall be available pursuant to title 5, United 
States Code, section 565a, for the construction, alteration, and repair 
of buildings and improvements, but unless otherwise provided, the 
cost of constructing any one building (except headhouses connecting 
greenhouses) shall not exceed $15,000, except for five buildings to be 
constructed or improved at a cost not to exceed $30,000 each, and the 
cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 
$5,000 or 5 per centum of the cost of the building, whichever is greater: 
Research: For research and demonstrations on the production and 
utilization of agricultural products, home economics, and related 
research and services, including administration of payments to State 
agricultural experiment stations, $68,827,200: Provided, 
That the 
limitations contained herein shall not apply to replacement of build-
ings needed to carry out the Act of April 24, 1948 (21 U.S.C. 113a) : 
Provided further. 
That the Secretary of Agriculture may sell the 
Entomology Research Laboratory at Orlando, Florida, in such manner 
and upon such terms and conditions as he deems advantageous and 
the proceeds of such sale shall remain available until expended for the 
establishment of an entomology research laboratory: Provided 
fur-
ther, That in the establishment of such laboratory the Secretary may 
acquire land therefor by donation or exchange; 
Plant and animal disease and pest control: For operations and 
measures, not otherwise provided ror, to control and eradicate pests 
and plant and animal diseases and for carrying out assigned inspec-
tion, quarantine, and regulatory activities, as authorized by law, 
including expenses pursuant to the Act of February 28,1947 (21 U.S.C. 
114b-d), $52,236,000, of which $1,500,000 shall be apportioned for use 
pursuant to section 3679 of the Revised Statutes, as amended, for the 
58 Stat. 742. 
60 Stat. 810. 
58 Stat. 742. 
62 Stat. 198. 
61 Stat. 7. 
31 u s e 665. 
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control of outbreaks of insects and plant diseases to the extent neces-
sary to meet emergency conditions: Provided^ That no funds shall be 
used to formulate or administer a brucellosis eradication program for 
fiscal year 1963 that does not require minimum matching by any State 
of at least 40 per centum; 
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, 
$21,562,000; 
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 fiscal year 1960 may 
be used by the Administrator of the Agricultural Research Service in 
departmental research programs in the fiscal year 1961, 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 PR0(3RAM) 
For purchase of 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 authorized 
68 stat. 4S6. 
by section 104(a), and for agricultural and forestry research author-
ized by section 104 (k) of that Act, to remain available until expended, 
^^ ^*^'* ^''^' 
$15,131,000: Provided^ That the dollar value of the unexpended bal-
ances, as of June 30, 1960, of allocations of foreign currencies hereto-
fore made available to the Agricultural Research Service for the 
foregoing purposes of section 104(a) is appropriated as of that date 
and shall be merged with this appropriation: Provided further^ That 
funds appropriated herein shall be used to purchase 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 shall, pursuant to the provisions of section 104(a), 
be set aside for sale to the Department before foreign currencies which 
accrue under said title I are made available for other United States 
uses. 
CONSTRUCTION 
OF 
FACILITIES 
For construction of facilities and acquisition of the necessary land 
therefor by donation or exchange, $2,550,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
STATE EXPERIMENT 
STATIONS 
Payments to States and Puerto Rico: For payments to agricultural 
experiment stations to carry into effect the provisions of the Hatch 
Act, approved March 2,1887, as amended by the Act approved August 
24 stat. 440. 
11,1956 (7 U.S.C. 361a-361i), including administration by the United 
^^ ^t^*- 67i. 
States Department of Agriculture, $32,053,000; and payments author-
ized under section 204(b) of the Agricultural Marketing Act, the Act 
approved August 14, 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1623), $500,000; in all, 
eo stat. 1089. 
$32,553,000. 
Penalty mail: For penalty mail costs of agricultural experiment 
stations under section 6 of the Hatch Act of 1887, as amended, $250,000. 
7 use 36if. 
DISEASES OF ANIMALS AND POULTRY 
Eradication activities: For expenses necessary in the arrest and 
eradication of foot-and-mouth disease, rinderpest, contagious pleuro-
pneumonia, or other contagious or infectious diseases of animals, or 
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European fowl pest and similar diseases in poultry, and for foot-and-
mouth disease and rinderpest programs undertaken pursuant to the 
provisions of the Act of February 28, 1947, and the Act of May 29, 
61 s^tat. 7; 23 1884, as amended (7 U.S.C. 391; 21 U.S.C. 111-122), including ex-
^^aV use 114c. 
penses in accordance with section 2 of said Act of Fel3ruary 28, 1947, 
the Secretary may transfer from other appropriations or funds avail-
able to the bureaus, corporations, or agencies of the Department such 
sums as he may deem necessary, to be available only in an emergency 
which threatens the livestock or poultry industry of the country, and 
any unexpended balances of funds transferred under this head in the 
next preceding fiscal year shall be merged with such transferred 
amounts: Provided^ That this appropriation shall be subject to appli-
cable provisions contained in the item "Salaries and expenses, Agri-
cultural Research Service". 
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 
67 Stat. 83. 
by the Act of June 26,1953 (7 U.S.C. 341-348), and the Act of August 
69 Stat. 683. 
n^ 1955 (7 XJ.S.C. 347a), $55,220,000; and payments and contracts 
for such work under section 204(b)-205 of the Agricultural Market-
eo^s^tat. ^
1
^
0
8
9
. 
ing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1623-1624), $1,495,000; in all, $56,715,000: 
Provided^ That funds hereby appropriated pursuant to section 3(c) 
of the Act of June 26,1953, shall not be paid to any State or Puerto 
Rico prior to availability of an equal sum from non-Federal sources 
for expenditure during the current fiscal year. 
Retirement costs for extension agents: For cost of employer's share 
of Federal retirement for cooperative extension employees, $5,961,000. 
Penalty mail: For costs of penalty mail for cooperative extension 
agents and State extension directors, $2,490,000. 
Federal Extension Service: For administration of the Smith-Lever 
67 Stat. 83. 
Act, as amended by the Act of June 26,1953 (7 U.S.C. 341-348), and 
69 Stat. 683. 
the Act of August 11, 1955 (7 U.S.C. 347a), and extension aspects of 
60 Stat. 1087. 
^he 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, 
$2,265,000. 
FARMER COOPERATIVE SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
44 Stat. 802. 
Yov uecessary expenses to carry out the Act of July 2,1926 (7 U.S.C. 
451-457), $620,000. 
SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE 
CONSERVATION OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses for carrying out the provisions of the Act of 
49 Stat. 163. 
April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a-590f), including preparation of con-
servation plans and establishment of measures to conserve soil and 
water (including farm irrigation and land drainage and such special 
measures as may be necessary to prevent floods and the siltation of 
reservoirs) ; operation of conservation nurseries; classification and 
mapping of soils; dissemination of information; purchase and erection 
or alteration of permanent buildings; and operation and maintenance 
of aircraft, $83,132,000: Provided^ That the cost of any permanent 
building purchased, erected, or as improved, exclusive of the cost of 
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constructing a water supply or sanitary system and connecting the 
same to any such building and with the exception of buildings acquired 
in conjunction with land being purchased for other purposes, shall not 
exceed $2,500, except for eight buildings to be constructed or improved 
at a cost not to exceed $15,000 per building and except that alterations 
or 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 
operations under the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a-590f), in 
^9 stat. i63. 
demonstration projects: Provided further^ That not to exceed $5,000 
may be used for employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 
706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (5 U.S.C. 574), as amended by 
ss stat. 742. 
section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a) : Provided 
eo stat. sio. 
further^ That qualified local engineers may be temporarily employed 
at per diem rates to perform the technical planning work of the 
service: Provided further, That not to exceed $600,000 of the amount 
appropriated under this head for fiscal year 1960 may be used to 
employ conservation aides and other nonprofessional personnel on a 
part-time or contract basis, and the amount so used may be transferred 
to and merged with this appropriation. 
WATERSHED PROTECTION 
For expenses necessary to conduct surveys, investigations, and 
research and to carry out preventive measures, including, but not 
limited to, engineering operations, methods of cultivation, the grow-
ing of vegetation, and changes in use of land, in accordance with the 
Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act, approved August 
4, 1954, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1001-1008), and the provisions of the 
es stat. 666. 
Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a-f), to remain available until 
^9 stat. i6;j. 
expended, $35,000,000, with which shall be merged the unexpended 
balances of funds heretofore appropriated or transferred to the 
Department for watershed protection purposes: Provided, That not 
to exceed $100,000 may be used for employment pursuant to the second 
sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (5 U.S.C. 574), 
ss stat. 74:!. 
as amended by section 15 of the Act of August 2,1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a). 
eo stat. sio. 
FLOOD PREVENTION 
For expenses necessary, in accordance with the Flood Control Act, 
approved June 22,1936 (33 U.S.C. 701-709), as amended and supple- 
^^ stat. 1570. 
mented, and the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act, 
approved August 4, 1954, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1001-1008, 74 Stat. 
131), and in accordance with the provisions of laws relating to the l\ usc7olb*and 
activities of the Department, to perform works of improvement, note. 
including not to exceed $100,000 for employment pursuant to the 
second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (5 U.S.C. 
574j, as amended by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 
^s stat. 742. 
55a), to remain available until expended, $18,000,000, with which 
6ostat. sio. 
shall be merged the unexpended balances of funds heretofoi-e appro-
priated or transferred to the Department for flood prevention pur-
poses: Provided, That no part of such funds shall be used for the 
purchase of lands in the Yazoo and Little Tallahatchie watersheds 
without specific approval of the county board of supervisors of the 
county in which such lands are situated. 
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GREAT Jt>LAii\S COKSERVATION PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry into effect a program of conserva-
tion in the Great Plains area, pursuant to section 16(b) of the Soil 
Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act, as added by the Act of 
August 7,1956 (16 U.S.C. 590p), $10,000,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
70 Stat. 1115. 
49 Stat. 1148. 
AGRICULTURAL CONSERVATION PROGRAM 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 Domes-
tic Allotment Act, approved February 29,1936, as amended (16 U.S.C. 
590g-590(o), 590p(a), and 590q), including not to exceed $6,000 for 
the preparation and display of exhibits, including such displays at 
State, interstate, and international fairs within the United States, 
$242,000,000, to remain available until December 31 of the next suc-
ceeding fiscal year for compliance with the program of soil-building 
and soil- and water-conserving practices authorized under this head 
in the Department of Agriculture and Farm Credit Administration 
73 Stat. 171. 
Appropriation Act, 1960, carried out during the period July 1,1959, to 
December 31,1960, inclusive: Provided, That not to exceed $26,832,950 
of the total sum provided under this head shall be available during 
the current fiscal year for administrative expenses for carrying out 
such program, the cost of aerial photographs, however, not to be 
charged to such limitation; but not more than $5,458,900 shall be 
transferred to the appropriation account "Administrative expenses, 
"ul*c*i3^92 
section 392, Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938": Provided 
further, 
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 individual farmers: Provided 
further, That such amounts 
shall be available for administrative expenses in connection with the 
formulation and administration of the 1961 program of soil-building 
and soil- and water-conserving practices, under the Act of February 
16 ^u^sc^^s^lo - ^^' 1^^^' ^^ amended (amounting to $250,000,000, including adminis-
590q. 
^" tration, and 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 
no change shall be made in such 1961 program which will have the 
effect in any county of restricting eligibility requirements or cost-
sharing on practices included in either the 1958 or the 1959 programs, 
unless such change shall have been recommended by the county com-
mittee and approved by the State committee: Provided further, That 
the proportion of the State fund initially allocated to any county for 
the 1961 program shall not be reduced from the distribution of such 
funds for the 1959 program year: Provided further. That not to exceed 
5 per centum of the allocation for the 1961 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 pro-
gram in the participating counties, and shall not be utilized by the 
Soil Onservation Service for any purpose other than technical and 
other assistance in such counties, and in addition, on the recommenda-
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tion 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 1961 program $2,500,000 
shall be available for technical assistance in formulating and carrying 
out agricultural conservation practices and $1,000,000 shall be avail-
able for conservation practices related directly to flood prevention 
work in approved watersheds: 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 pro-
vided for herein: Provided further^ That no part of any funds avail-
able to the Department, or any bureau, office, corporation, or other 
agency constituting a part of such Department, shall be used in the 
current fiscal year for the payment of salary or travel expenses of 
any person who has been convicted of violating the Act entitled "An 
Act to prevent pernicious political activities , approved August 2, 
1939, as amended, or who has been found in accordance with the pro- 
| ulcfViskVote. 
visions of title 18, United States Code, section 1913, to have violated 
62 stat. 792. 
or attempted to violate such section which prohibits the use of Fed-
eral appropriations for the payment of personal services or other 
expenses designed to influence in any manner a Member of Congress to 
favor or oppose any legislation or appropriation by Congress except 
upon request of any Member or through the proper official channels. 
AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE 
MARKETING RESEARCH AND SERVICE 
For expenses necessary to carry on research and service to improve 
and develop marketing and distribution relating to agriculture as 
authorized by the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621-
1627) and other laws, including the administration of marketing regu- 
^° ^*°*- ^°8^-
latory acts connected therewith: Provided^ That appropriations here-
under shall be available pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 565a for the construction, 
^s stat. 742, 
alteration, and repair of Duildings and improvements, but unless other-
wise provided, the cost of erecting any one building shall not exceed 
$15,000, except for two buildings to be constructed or improved at a 
cost not to exceed $30,000 each, and the cost of altering any one build-
ing during the fiscal year shall not exceed $5,000 or 5 per centum of 
the cost of the building, whichever is greater: 
Marketing research and agricultural estimates: For research and 
development relating to agricultural marketing and distribution, for 
analyses relating to farm prices, income and population, and demand 
for farm products, and for crop and livestock estimates, $16,515,000: 
Provided, That not less than $350,000 of the funds contained in this 
appropriation shall be available to continue to gather statistics and 
conduct a special study on the price spread between the farmer and the 
consumer: Provided further, That no part of the funds herein appro-
priated shall be available for any expense incident to publishing esti-
mates of apple production for other than the commercial crop; 
Marketing services: For services relating to agricultural marketing 
and distribution, for carrying out regulatory acts connected therewith, 
and for administration and coordination of payments to States, $26,-
579,900, including not to exceed $25,000 for employment at rates not to 
exceed $50 per diem, except for employment in rate cases at not to 
exceed $100 per diem pursuant to the second sentence of section 706 (a) 
of the Organic Act of 1944 (5 U.S.C. 574), as amended by section 15 
ss stat. 742. 
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60 Stat. 810. 
of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a), in carrying out section 
201 (a) to 201 (d), inclusive, of title I I of the Agricultural Adjustment 
52 Stat. 36. 
^p^ of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1291) and section 203(j) of the Agricultural 
7°utc*i62T" 
Marketing Act of 1946. 
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)), $1,195,000. 
SCHOOL LTJNCH PROGRAM 
60 Stat. 1089. 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the National 
60 Stat. 230. 
School Luuch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751-1760), $110,000,000: 
Provided, 
That no part of this appropriation shall be used for nonfood assistance 
42 use 1754. 
under section 5 of said Act: Provided further, That $45,000,000 shall 
be transferred to this appropriation from funds available under sec-
use tuo.' '^'^'^' ^ *ion 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935, for purchase and distribution 
of agricultural commodities and other foods pursuant to section 6 of 
42 use 1755. 
the National School Lunch Act. 
FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Foreign Agricultural Service, in-
cluding carrying out title VI of the Agricultural Act of 1954 (7 
68 Stat. 908. 
U.S.C. 1761-1768), and for enabling the Secretary to coordinate and 
integrate activities of the Department in connection with foreign 
agricultural work, including not to exceed $25,000 for representation 
allowances and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of the Act approved 
70 Stat. 1034. 
August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), $4,487,000: Provided, That not less 
than $400,000 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 $2,539,000 of the 
funds appropriated by section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935, as 
49 Stat. 774. 
amended (7 U.S.C. 612c), shall be merged with this appropriation 
and shall be available for all expenses of the Foreign Agricultural 
Service in carrying out the purposes of said section 32. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES (SPECIAL FOREIGN CURRENCY PROGRAM) 
For purchase of 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 the purposes of market development 
activities under section 104(a) of that Act, $13,621,000, and for the 
purposes of section 104(m) of that Act, relating to agricultural and 
horticultural fair participation and related activities, $1,000,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That the dollar value of 
the unexpended balances, as of June 30,1960, of allocations of foreign 
currencies heretofore made available to the Foreign Agricultural Serv-
ice for the foregoing purposes of such sections 104 (a) and (m) is 
appropriated as of that date and shall be merged with this appro-
priation : Provided further. That funds appropriated herein shall be 
used to purchase 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 shall, pursuant to the 
68 Stat. 456. 
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revisions of section 104(a), be set aside for sale to the Department 
efore foreign currencies which accrue under said title I are made 
available for other United States uses. 
CoMMODrTY 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. 1-I7a), $940,000. 
^^42 sm. 998; 49 
COMMODITY STABILIZATION SERVICE 
ACREAGE ALLOTMENTS AND MARKETING QUOTAS 
For necessary expenses to formulate and carry out acreage allotment 
and marketing quota programs pursuant to provisions of title I I I of 
the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1301-
1393), $40,135,000, of which not more than $6,934,400 shall be trans- 
" stat. as. 
ferred to the appropriation account "Administrative expenses, section 
392, Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938". 
7 use 1392. 
SUGAR ACT PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry into effect the provisions of the 
Sugar Act of 1948 (7 U.S.C. 1101-1161), $74,500,000, to remain avail- 
^i stat. 922. 
able until June 30 of the next succeeding fiscal year: Provided^ That 
expenditures (including transfers) from this appropriation for other 
than payments to sugar producers shall not exceed $2,307,000. 
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 and 1802-1814), and to carry out liquidation activities for 
^ostat. 191, i96. 
the acreage reserve program, to remain available until expended, 
$330,000,000, with which may be merged the unexpended balances of 
funds heretofore appropriated for soil bank programs: Provided^ 
That not to exceed $12,000,000 shall be available for administrative 
expenses, of which not less than $10,000,000 may be transferred to the 
appropriation account "Local administration, section 388, Agricul-
tural Adjustment Act of 1938": Provided further^ That no part of 
"utc^is^ls 
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. 
FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION 
OPERATING AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
For operating and administrative expenses, $6,376,000. 
RURAL ELECTRIFICATION ADMINISTRATION 
To carry into effect the provisions of the Rural Electrification Act 
of 1936, as amended (7 U.S.C. 901-924), as follows: 
49 stat. laea. 
LOAN AUTHORIZATIONS 
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 ^^9 stat. 13es; 7 
Treasury in accordance with the provisions of section 3(a) of said 
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58 Stat. 742. 
60 Stat. 810. 
Act, as follows: Eural electrification program, $110,000,000; and rural 
telephone program, $80,000,000; and additional amounts, not to exceed 
$60,000,000 for each program, may be borrowed under the same terms 
and conditions to the extent that such amount is required during the 
fiscal year 1961 under the then existing conditions for the expeditious 
and orderly development of the rural electrification program and rural 
telephone program. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For administrative expenses, including not to exceed $500 for finan-
cial and credit reports, and not to exceed $150,000 for employment 
pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act 
of 1944 (5 U.S.C 574), as amended by section 15 of the Act of August 
2,1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a), $9,632,000. 
FARMERS HOME ADMINISTRATION 
so Stat. 522. 
60 Stat. 711; 50 
Stat. 869. 
68 Stat. 735. 
63 Stat. 432. 
64 Stat. 98. 
54 Stat. 
1 1 1 9 , 
1120, 1125. 
64 Stat. 769. 
60 Stat. 1070. 
7 u s e 1024. 
63 Stat. 432, 438. 
42 u s e 
14 7 1, 
1481. 
60 Stat. 
10 72, 
1067. 
7 u s e 
1 0 0 1 -
lOOSd, 
1006c-e, 
1017; 12 u s e 84, 
371. 
7 u s e 
1 0 0 7 -
1009. 
SO Stat. 869. 
16 U S C S90r-
590X-4, 
65 Stat. 225. 
To carry into effect the provisions of tides I, II, and the related pro-
visions of title IV of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, as 
amended (7 U.S.C. 1000-1031); the Farmers Home Administration 
Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1001, note; 31 U.S.C. 82h; 12 U.S.C. 371; 35 
D.C. Code 535; 60 Stat. 1062-1080) ; the Act of July 30, 1946 (40 
U.S.C. 436-439); the Act of August 28, 1937, as amended (16 U.S.C. 
590r-590x—3), for the development of facilities for water storage 
and utilization in the arid and semiarid areas of the United States; 
the provisions of title V of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended (42 
U.S.C. 1471-1483), relating to financial assistance for farm housing; 
the Rural Rehabilitation Corporation Trust Liquidation Act, ap-
proved May 3,1950 (40 U.S.C. 440-444); the items "Loans to farmers, 
1948 flood damage" in the Act of June 25, 1948 (62 Stat. 1038), and 
"Loans to farmers, property damage" in the Act of May 24, 1949 (63 
Stat. 82); the collecting and servicing of credit sales and development 
accounts in water conservation and utilization projects (53 Stat. 685, 
719), as amended and supplemented (16 U.S.C. 590y, z—1 and z—10); 
and the Act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain 
mineral interests, approved September 6, 1950 (7 U.S.C. 1033-1039), 
as follows: 
LOAN AUTHORIZATIONS 
For loans (including payments in lieu of taxes and taxes under 
section 50 of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, as amended, 
and advances incident to the acquisition and preservation of security 
of obligations under the foregoing several authorities, except that 
such advances under title V of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended, 
shall be made from funds obtained under section 511 of that Act, as 
amended) : Title I and section 43 of title IV of the Bankhead-Jones 
Farm Tenant Act, as amended, $26,900,000, of which not to exceed 
$2,500,000 may be distributed to States and territories without regard 
to farm population and prevalence of tenancy, in addition to the 
amount otherwise distributed thereto, for loans in reclamation proj-
ects and to entrymen on unpatented public lands; title I I of the 
Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, as amended, $197,100,000; the Act 
of August 28,1937, as amended, $3,000,000: Provided, That not to ex-
ceed the foregoing several amounts shall be borrowed in one account 
from the Secretary of the Treasury in accordance with the provisions 
set forth under this head in the Department of Agriculture Appropri-
ation Act, 1962: Provided further, That an additional amount, not to 
exceed $40,000,000, may be borrowed under the same terms and 
conditions to the extent that such amount is required during fiscal 
year 1961 under the then existing conditions for the expeditious and 
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orderly conduct of the loan programs under the Bankhead-Jones 
7°ul*c*iooo" 
Farm Tenant Act, as amended, not to exceed $5,000,000 of which shall 
be available for loans under title I and section 43 of title IV of such 
Act, as amended. 
lOe".^*^'' ^°^^' 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For making, servicing, and collecting loans and insured mortgages, 
the servicing and collecting of loans made under prior authority, 
the liquidation of assets transferred to Farmers Home Administration, 
and other administrative expenses, $31,050,000, together with a trans-
fer of not to exceed $1,050,000 of the fees and administrative expense 
charges made available by subsections (d) and (e) of section 12 of 
the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, as amended (7 U.S.C. 
^° s*^*- ^°^^-
1005 (b)), and section 10 (c) of the Act of August 28,1937, as amended. 
^ %^y c^lgox-
3(c). 
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, $3,358,000. 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses of the Office of the Secretary of Agriculture; expenses 
of the National Agricultural Advisory Commission; stationery, sup-
plies, materials, and equipment; freight, express, and dray 
age charges; 
advertising of bids, communication service, postage, washing towels, 
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, $2,899,500: Provided, That 
this appropriation shall be reimbursed from applicable appropriations 
for travel expenses incident to the holding of hearings as required by 
the Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. 1001). 
eo stat. 237. 
OFFICE OF INFORMATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Information for the dis-
semination of agricultural information and the coordination of infor-
mational work and programs authorized by Congress in the 
Department, $1,488,000, 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 proportion of four-fifths of which shall be delivered to or 
sent out under the addressed franks furnished by the Senators, Eepre-
sentatives, and Delegates in Congress, as they shall direct (7 U.S.C. 
417), and not less than one hundred seventy-four thousand and seven 
^4 stat. 690. 
hundred and thirty-six copies for the use of the Senate and House of 
Representatives of part 2 of the annual report of the Secretary (known 
as the Yearbook of Agriculture) as authorized by section 73 of the 
Act of January 12, 1895 (44 U.S.C. 241), and for reprinting the 1959 
28 stat. 612. 
yearbook "Food" for the use of the Senate and House of Representa-
tives, respectively, of eighty-seven thousand and three hundred and 
sixty-eight copies (for which not to exceed $67,800 shall be available): 
Provided, That in the preparation of motion pictures or exhibits by 
the Department, not exceeding a total of $10,000 may be used for 
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employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the 
58 Stat. 742. 
Organic Act of 1944 (5 U.S.C. 574), as amended by section 15 of the 
60 Stat. 810. 
Act of August 2,1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a). 
LIBRARY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, including dues for library membership in 
societies or associations which issue publications to members only or at 
a price to members lower than to subscribers who are not members, 
$895,000. 
TITLE II—CORPORATIONS 
The following corporations and agencies are hereby authorized to 
make such expenditures, within the limits of funds and borrowing 
authority available to each such corporation or agency and in accord 
with law, and to make such contracts and commitments without regard 
to fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government 
61 stat^. ^584. 
Corporation Control Act, as amended, as may be necessary in carrying 
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out the programs set forth in the budget for the fiscal year 1961 for 
such corporation or agency, except as hereinafter provided: 
FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION FUND 
Not to exceed $2,630,000 of administrative and operating expenses 
may be paid from premium income. 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
RESTORATION OF CAPITAL IMPAIRMENT 
To partially restore the capital impairment of the Commodity 
Credit Corporation determined by the appraisals of June 30, 1959, 
and June 30, 1960, pursuant to section 1 of the Act of March 8, 1938, 
52 Stat. 107. 
as amended (15 U.S.C. 7l3a-l), $1,226,500,000. 
REIMBURSEMENT TO COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION FOR COSTS OF SPECIAL 
ACTIVITIES 
To reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for authorized 
unrecovered costs through June 30, 1960 (including interest through 
date of recovery), as follows: (1) $32,572,000 under the International 
63 Stat. 945. 
Wheat Agreement Act of 1949, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1641-1642); 
(2) $107,094,000 for commodities disposed of for emergency famine 
i-elief to friendly peoples pursuant to title I I of the Act of July 10, 
68 Stat. 457. 
1954^ as amended (7 U.S.C. 1703,1721-1724); (3) $881,000,000 for the 
sale of surplus agricultural commodities for foreign currencies pur-
suant to title I of the Act of July 10, 1954, as amended (7 U.S.C. 
68 Stat. 455. 
l701-l709); (4) $18,000 for grain made available to the Secretary 
of the Interior to prevent crop damage by migratory waterfowl pur-
suant to the Act of July 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 442-446); (5) $422,950,000 
for strategic and other materials acquired by the Commodity Credit 
Corporation as a result of barter or exchange of agricultural com-
modities or products and transferred to the supplemental stockpile 
pursuant to Public Law 540, Eightv-fourth Congress (7 U.S.C. 1856) : 
Provided^ That the unexpended balances of funds heretofore provided 
for the various purposes under this head may remain available until 
expended for the purposes for which appropriated and may be 
merged with the funds provided in this paragraph. 
70 Stat. 492. 
70 Stat. 200. 
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UMITATION OX 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 $45,726,000 
shall be available for administrative expenses of the Corporation: 
Provided 
further^ That $1,000,000 of this authorization shall be 
available only to expand and strengthen the sales program of the 
Corporation pursuant to authority contained in the Corporation's 
charter: Provided further^ That not less than 7 per centum of this 
authorization shall be placed in reserve to be apportioned pursuant to 
section 3679 of the Revised Statutes, as amended, for use only in such 
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amounts and at such time as may become necessary to carry out pro-
gram operations: Prov^6?ec? further^ That all necessary expenses (in-
cluding legal and special services performed on a contract or fee basis, 
but not including other personal services) in connection with the ac-
quisition, operation, maintenance, improvement, or disposition of any 
real or personal property belonging to the Corporation or in which it 
has an interest, including expenses of collections of pledged collateral, 
shall be considered as nonadministrative expenses for the purposes 
hereof: Provided further^ (1) That no part of this authorization shall 
be used to formulate or carry out a price-support program for 1960 
under which a total amount of price support in excess of $50,000 would 
be extended through loans, purchases, or purchase agreements made 
or made available b;^ Commodity Credit Corporation to any person 
on the 1960 production of any agricultural commodity declared by 
the Secretary to be in surplus supply, unless (a) such person shall 
reduce his production of such commodity from that which such person 
produced the preceding year, in such percentage, not to exceed 20 
per centum, as the Secretary may determine to be essential to bring 
production in line within a reasonable period of time with that neces-
sary to provide an adequate supply to meet domestic and foreign 
demands, plus adequate reserves, or (b) such person shall agree to 
repay all amounts advanced in excess of $50,000 for any agricultural 
commodity within twelve months from the date of the advance of such 
funds or at such later date as the Secretary may determine, (2) that 
the term "person" shall mean an individual, partnership, firm, joint-
stock company, corporation, association, trust, estate, or other legal 
entity, or a State, political subdivision of a State, or any agency 
thereof, (3) that in the case of any loan to, or purchase from, a 
cooperative marketing organization, or with regard to price support 
on an agricultural commodity extended by purchases of a product of 
such commodity from, or by loans on such product to, persons other 
than the producers of such commodity, such limitation shall not apply 
to the amount of price support received by the cooperative marketing 
organization, or other persons, but the amount of price support made 
available to any person through such cooperative marketing organiza-
tion or other persons shall be included in determining the amount of 
price support received by such person for purposes of such limitation, 
and (4) that the Secretary of Agriculture shall issue regulations 
prescribing such rules as he determines necessary to carry out this 
provision. 
TITLE III—RELATED AGENCIES 
FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
Not to exceed $2,480,000 (from assessments collected from farm 
credit agencies) shall be obligated during the current fiscal year for 
administrative expenses. 
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FEDERAL FARM MORTGAGE CORPORATION FUND 
The Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation is authorized to make 
such expenditures, within available funds and in accordance with 
law, as may be necessary to liquidate its assets: Provided^ That funds 
realized from the liquidation of assets which are determined by the 
Board of Directors to be in excess of the requirements for expenses 
of liquidation shall be declared as dividends which shall be paid into 
the general fund of the Treasury. 
TITLE IV—GENERAL 
PROVISIONS 
Employment of 
aliens. 
Uniform allow-
68 Stat. 1114. 
Limitations. 
vehi"**"*'" "'°*°' 
^•'^^' ^^^' Wit^i^ th® ui^it limit of cost fixed by law, appropriations 
and authorizations made for thfe Department under this Act shall be 
available for the purchase, in addition to those specifically provided 
for, of not to exceed three hundred and thirty-seven passenger motor 
vehicles, of which three hundred and thirty-two shall be for replace-
ment only, and for the hire of such vehicles. 
SEC. 402. Provisions of law prohibiting or restricting the employ-
ment of aliens shall not apply to employment under the appropria-
tion for the Foreign Agricultural Service. 
SEC. 403. Funds available to the Department of Agriculture shall 
be available for uniforms or allowances therefor as authorized by the 
Act of September 1, 1954, as amended (5 U.S.C. 2131). 
SEC. 404. No part of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be 
used for the payment of any officer or employee of the Department 
who, as such officer or employee, or on behalf of the Department or 
any division, commission, or bureau thereof, issues, or causes to be 
issued, any prediction, oral or written, or forecast, except as to damage 
threatened or caused by insects and pests, with respect to future prices 
of cotton or the trend of same. 
SEC. 405. 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. 406. Not less than $1,500,000 of the appropriations of the De-
partment for research and service work authorized by the Acts of 
60 Stat. 1082- August 14, 1946, July 28, 1954, and September 6,1958 (7 U.S.C. 427, 
1621-1629; 72 Stat. 1793), shall be available for contracting in accord-
ance with said Acts. 
SEC. 407. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act or of 
the funds available for expenditure by any corporation or agency in-
cluded in this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes 
to support or defeat legislation pending before the Congress. 
This Act may be cited as the "Department of Agriculture and Farm 
Credit Administration Appropriation Act, 1961". 
Approved June 29, 1960. 
1091; 68 Stat. 
Short title.