An Act making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture and related agencies for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1966, and for other purposes
PL 89-316 (H.R.8370), enacted 11/02/1965

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to free postage for the United States Armed Forces in combat zones), 
is hereby repealed. 
(b) The analysis of chapter 53 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by striking out 
"1040. Free postage from combat zones.". 
Approved November 1, 1965. 
Public Law 89-316 
AN A C T 
November 2, 19 65 
[H. R. 8370] 
Making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1966, 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 A^fcuu^-e"Ind^ 
sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not other- Reia^ted Agen"ie 
wise appropriated, for the Department of Agriculture and related Appropriation 
agencies for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1966, and for other pur- "^' ^^^^' 
poses; namely: 
DEPAKTMENT OF AGEICULTURE 
TITLE I—GENERAL ACTIVITIES 
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary to perform agricultural research relating 
to production, utilization, marketing, nutrition and consumer use, to 
control and eradicate pests and plant and animal diseases, and to per-
form related inspection, quarantine and regulatory work: Provtded^ 
That appropriations hereunder shall be available for field employ-
ment 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 
ss stat. 742. 
for employment under section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 
U.S.C. 55a) : Provided further^ That appropriations hereunder shall 
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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, alteration, and 
^s stat. 742. 
repair of buildings and improvements, but unless otherwise provided, 
the cost of constructing any one building (except headhouses connect-
ing 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 centum of the cost of the building, whichever 
is greater: Provided further^ That the limitations on alterations con-
tained 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; 
$123,622,500, of which not to exceed $11,418,000 shall remain available 
until expended for plans, construction, alteration, and improvement 
of facilities, without regard to limitations contained herein, and in 
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49 Stat. 774. 
addition not to exceed $18,100,000 from funds available under sec-
tion 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935, pursuant to Public Law 88-250 
77 stat.^820. 
^o be transferred to and merged with this appropriation: 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. 
2?us1:'/u4 
113(a)); 
Plant and animal disease and pest control: For operations and meas-
ures, not otherwise provided for, to control and eradicate pests and 
plant and animal diseases and for carrying out assigned inspection, 
quarantine, and regulatory activities, as authorized by law, including 
expenses pursuant to the Act of February 28, 1947, as amended (21 
61 Stat. 7. 
U.S.C. 114b-c), $74,299,500, of which $1,500,000 shall be apportioned 
31 use 665. 
foj. ^^ge pursuant to section 3679 of the Eevised 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 eradication 
program for the current fiscal year that does not require mini-
mum matching by any State of at least 40 per centum: 
Provided 
further, That, m addition, in emergencies which threaten the livestock 
or poultry industries of the country, the Secretary 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 avail-
able 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 bal-
ances of funds transferred under this head in the next preceding fiscal 
year shall be merged with such transferred amounts; 
Special fund: To provide for additional labor, subprofessional and 
junior scientific help to be employed under contracts and cooperative 
agreements to strengthen the work at research installations in the field, 
not more than $2,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this head 
for the previous fiscal year may be used by the Administrator of the 
Agricultural Research Service in departmental research programs in 
the current fiscal year, the amount so used to be transferred to and 
merged with the appropriation otherwise available under "Salaries 
and expenses, Research". 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES (SPECIAL FOREIGN CURRENCY PROGRAM) 
For payments, in foreign currencies owed to or owned by the United 
States for market development research authorized by section 104(a) 
and for agricultural and forestry research and other functions related 
thereto authorized by section 104(k) of the Agricultural Trade Devel-
opment and Assistance Act of 1954, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1704(a) 
72^ltaS^*27tf' 
(^))' ^o remain available until expended, $3,000,000: Provided, That 
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this appropriation shall be available in addition to other appropria-
tions for these purposes, for payments in 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: Provided further. That not to exceed $25,000 of this 
appropriation shall be available for payments in foreign currencies for 
expenses of employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 
58 Stat. 742. 
706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (5 U.S.C. 574), as amended by 
60 Stat. 8 10. 
section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a). 
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COOPERATIVE STATE RESEARCH SERVICE 
PAYMENTS AND EXPENSES 
For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for grants for 
cooperative forestry research, for basic scientific research, and for 
facilities, and for other expenses, including $48,113,000 to carry into 
effect the provisions of the Hatch Act, approved March 2, 1887, as 
amended by the Act approved August 11, 1955 (7 U.S.C. 361a-361i), 
^±'^'^'- ^^i. 
including administration by the United States Department of Agri-
culture ; $2,500,000 for grants for cooperative forestry research under 
the Act approved October 10, 1962 (16 U.S.C. 582a-582a-7) ; and not 
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to exceed $400,000 from funds available under section 32 of the Act 
of August 24, 1935, pursuant to Public Law 88-250 to be transferred 
^^ulc •512c: 
and merged with this appropriation; $1,600,000 in addition to funds 
77 stat.°82o. 
otherwise available for grants for support of basic scientific research 
under the Act approved September 6, 1958 (42 U.S.C. 1891-1893) ; 
72 stat. 1793. 
$2,000,000 for grants for facilities under the Act approved July 22, 
1963 (77 Stat. 90) ; $310,000 for penalty mail costs of agricultural 
^ usc39o-39ok. 
experiment stations under section 6 of the Hatch Act of 1887, as 
amended; and $272,000 for necessary expenses of the Cooperative 
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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 $50,000 for employment under section 
^^ ^*^*- ^^s. 
15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a) ; in all, $54,795,000. 
eo stat. s 10. 
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 
by the Act of June 26, 1953, the Act of August 11, 1955, and the Act 
of October 5,1962 (7 U.S.C. 341-349), $74,030,000; and payments and g/^tSVa-' 
contracts for such work under section 204(b)-205 of the Agricultural 76 stat" 745' 
Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1'623-1624), $1,570,000; in all, 
eo stkt. losg. 
$75,600,000: 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 and Employees' Compensation costs for extension 
agents: For cost of employer's share of Federal retirement and for 
reimbursement for benefits paid from the Employees' Compensation 
Fund for cooperative extension employees, $7,857,000. 
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, 
1955, and the Act of October 5, 1962 (7 U.S.C. 341-349), and exten-
sion 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, $2,565,000. 
FARMER COOPERATIVE SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Act of July 2,1926 (7 U.S.C. 
451^57), and for conducting research relating to the economic and 
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marketing aspects of fanner cooperatives, as authorized by the Agri-
cultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621-1627), $1,141,000. 
SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE 
CONSERVATION OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses for carrying out the provisions of the Act of 
49 Stat. 163. 
^prll 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 soil; dissemination of information; purchase and erection 
or alteration of permanent buildings; and operation and maintenance 
of aircraft, $106,373,000: 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 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 demonstration 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 
58 Stat. 742. 
(5 XJ.S.C. 574), aud not to exceed $5,000 shall be available for employ-
ee Stat. 8 10. 
ment under section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a) : 
Provided further^ That qualified local engineers may be temporarily 
employed at per diem rates to perform the technical planning work of 
the service. 
WATERSHED 
P L A N N I N G 
For necessary expenses for small watershed investigations and plan-
ning, in accordance with the Watershed Protection and Flood Preven-
68 Stat. 666. 
(jo^ Act, as amcudcd (16 U.S.C. 1001-1008), to remain available until 
expended, $5,721,000, with which shall be merged the unexpended bal-
ances of funds heretofore appropriated under this head: Provided^ 
That this appropriation shall be available for field employment pur-
suant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 
1944 (5 U.S.C. 574), 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. 
5.5a). 
WATERSHED 
PROTECTION 
For necessary expenses to conduct river basin surveys and investi-
gations, and research and to carry out preventive measures, including, 
hut not limited to, engineering operations, methods of cultivation, the 
growing of vegetation, and changes in use of land, in accordance with 
the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act, approved August 
4, 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, $65,671,000, with which shall be merged the unexpended 
balances of funds heretofore appropriated or transferred to the 
58 Stat. 742. 
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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 (5 U.S.C. 
574), and not to exceed $100,000 shall be available for employment 
imder section 15 of the Act of August 2,1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a) : Provided 
^o stat. «lo. 
further, That not to exceed $5,500,000, 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, 
approved June 22, 1936 (33 U.S.C. 701-70^, 16 U.S.C. 1006a), as 
amended and supplemented, and in accordance with the provisions of ^^ ^g^- J^^"^^^-
laws relating to the activities of the Department, to perform works of 7
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improvement, including funds for field employment pursuant to the 7
o stat. 1090. 
second sentence of section 706 (a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (5 U.S.C. 
674), 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; $25,417,000, with which shall be merged the unexpended 
balances of funds heretofore appropriated or transferred to the 
Department for flood prevention purposes: Provided, That not to 
exceed $200,000, together with the unobligated balance of funds pre-
viously 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 
August 7, 1956 (16 U.S.C. 590p), $16,000,000, to remain available 
^
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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), 
and the provisions of the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a-f), 
^9 stat. i63. 
$4,303,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That not to 
exceed $1,500,000 of such amount shall be available for loans and 
related expenses under subtitle A of the Consolidated Farmers Home 
Administration Act of 1961, as amended: Provided further, That this 
^^ stat. 307. 
appropriation shall be available for field employment pursuant to the 1/29. 
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second sentence of section 706 (a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (5 U.S.C. 
574), 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, includ- 
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ing economics of marketing; analyses relating to farm prices, income 
and population, and demand for farm products, use of resources in 
agriculture, adjustments, costs and returns in farming, and farm 
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[79 STAT. 
finance; and for analyses of supply and demand for farm products in 
foreign countries and their effect on prospects for United States 
exports, progress in economic development and its relation to sales of 
farm products, assembly and analysis of agricultural trade statistics 
and analysis of international financial and monetary programs and 
policies as they affect the competitive position of United States farm 
products; $11,536,000: 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 consumer: Provided jwrther, That this appro-
priation shall be available for employment pursuant to the second 
58 Stat. 742. 
scuteuce of sectiou 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 
60 Stat. 810. 
section 15 of the Act of August 2,1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a) : Provided 
fw-
ther, That not less than $145,000 of the funds contained in this appro-
priation shall be available for analysis of statistics and related facts 
on foreign production and full and complete information on methods 
used by other countries to move farm commodities in world trade on a 
competitive basis. 
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 live-
stock estimates, statistical coordination and improvements, and mar-
keting surveys, as authorized by the Agricultural Marketing Act of 
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1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621-1627) and other laws, $13,755,000: 
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: Provided further, That this appro-
priation shall be available for employment pursuant to the second 
sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (5 U.S.C. 574), 
and not to exceed $40,000 shall be available for employment under 
section 15 of the Act of August 2,1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a). 
CONSUMER AND MARKETING SERVICE 
CONSUMER PROTECTIVE, MARKETING, AND REGULATORY PROGRAMS 
For expenses necessary to carry on services related to consumer pro-
tection, agricultural marketing and distribution, and regulatory pro-
grams, as authorized by law, and for administration and coordination 
of payments to States; and this appropriation shall be available for 
field employment pursuant to section 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. 55a), in carrying out section 201 
(a) to 201(d), inclusive, of title I I of the Agricultural Adjustment 
52 Stat. 36. 
j ^ ^ ^ ^f ^933 (7 U.S.C. 1291) aud section 203(j) of the Agricultural 
Marketing Act of 1946; $76,192,000. 
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)), $1,750,000. 
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SP^ECIAL 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), 
rsstat. 319. 
$103,000,000. 
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), $157,000,000, ^^%ll^\,^^^^' 
including $2,000,000 for special assistance to needy schools, as author-
ized by law: Provided, That no part of this appropriation shall be 
used for nonfood assistance under section 5 of said Act: Provided 
further, That $46,000,000 shall be transferred to this appropriation 
from funds available under section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935, 
^9 stat. 774. 
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for purchase and distribution of agricultural commodities and other 
foods pursuant to section 6 of the National School Lunch Act. 
FOOD STAMP PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses of the food stamp program pursuant to the 
Food Stamp Act of 1964, $100,000,000, of which $20,000,000 shall be 
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derived from amounts appropriated under this head for the previous note. 
fiscal year, which amount shall be transferred to and merged with 
this appropriation. 
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 
as authorized by the Fish and Wildlife Act of August 8, 1956, (2) 
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transfers otherwise provided in this Act, and (3) not more than n^tt. 
$2,924,000 for formulation and administration of marketing agree-
ments and orders pursuant to the Agricultural Marketing Agreement 
Act of 1937, as amended, and the Agricultural Act of 1961. 
so stat. 246. 
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75 Stat. 294. 
FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE 
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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 
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the Secretary to coordinate and integrate activities of the Department 
in connection with foreign agricultural work, including not to exceed 
$36,000 for representation allowances and for expenses pursuant to 
/section 8 of the Act approved August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), 
7
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$20,574,000: 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. 
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SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(SPECIAL FOREIGN CURRENCY PROGRAM) 
Amounts heretofore appropriated under this head shall be available 
for payments in any foreign currencies owed to or owned by the United 
States. 
COMMODITY EXCHANGE AUTHORITY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry into effect the provisions of the 
49'^sta[r*i49?' 
Commodity Exchange Act, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1-I7a), $1,169,000. 
AGRICULTURAL STABILIZATION AND CONSERVATION SERVICE 
EXPENSES, A G R I C U L T U R A L 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 
52 Stat. 38. 
Adjustmcut Act of 1938, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1301-1393); Sugar 
61 Stat. 922. 
^^^t of 1948, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1101-1161); sections 7 to 15,16(a), 
16(d), 16(e), 16(f), 16(h), and 17 of the Soil Conservation and 
Domestic Allotment Act, as amended (16 U.S.C. 590g-590q; 7 U.S.C. 
5^49^stat.^n48; 
1010-1011); subtitles B and C of the Soil Bank Act (7 U.S.C. 1831-
70 Stat 1
9 1; 
1837, 1802-1814, and 1816); and laws pertaining to the Commodity 
73 Stat. 552. ' 
Credit Corporation, $126,278,500: Provided^ That, in addition, not 
to exceed $81,933,500 may be transferred to and merged with this 
appropriation from the Commodity Credit Corporation fund (includ-
ing not to exceed $34,874,000 under the limitation on Commodity 
Credit Corporation administrative expenses) : Provided further^ That 
other funds made available to the Agricultural Stabilization and Con-
servation 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 
62 Stat. 792. 
agricultural legislation, except as permitted in 18 U.S.C. 1913; or (3) 
for salaries or other expenses of members of county and community 
committees established pursuant to section 8(b) of the Soil Conserva-
5 2 stat^. 31.^ 
YioYi and Domestic Allotment Act, as amended, for engaging in any 
activities other than advisory and supervisory duties and delegated 
program functions prescribed in administrative regulations. 
SUGAR ACT PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry into effect the provisions of the Sugar 
Act of 1948 (7 U.S.C. 1101-1161), $95,000,000, to remain available 
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 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, 
$220,000,000, to remain available until December 31 of the next suc-
ceeding fiscal year for compliance with the programs of soil-building 
and soil- and water-conserving practices authorized under this head in 
the Department of Agriculture and Related Agencies Appropriation 
16 u s e 590h. 
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Acts, 1964 and 1965, carried out during the period July 1, 1963, to 
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December 31,1965, inclusive: Provided^ That none of the funds herein ^^ ^ • 869. 
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 
fur-
ther^ 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 
1966 program of soil-building and soil- and water-conserving prac-
tices, including related wildlife conserving practices, under the Act of 
February 29, 1936, as amended (amounting to $220,000,000, excluding 
{9 stat^. ^ms. 
administration, except that no participant shall receive more than 590q. 
$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 
fur-
ther^ 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 coun-
ties, and shall not be utilized by the Soil Conservation Service for 
any purpose other than technical and other assistance in such coun-
ties, and in addition, on the recommendation of such county commit-
tee 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 pro-
grams provided for herein: Provided further^ That no part of any 
funds available to the Department, or any bureau, office, corporation, 
or other agency constituting a part of such 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- 
^gtat^*' ^ ^^^' 
visions of title 18, United States Code, section 1913, to have violated or 
5 use nsk 
attempted to violate such section which prohibits the use of Federal "°*^-
appropriations for the payment of personal services or other expenses 
^^ t^t. 792. 
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. 
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 Con-
servation and Domestic Allotment Act (16 U.S.C. 590h, 590p), as 
amended, $7,500,000, to remain available until expended. 
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[79 STAT. 
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. 
3^stS^*552^ 1; 
1831-1837,1802-1814, and 1816), and to carry out liquidation activities 
for the acreage reserve program, to remain available until expended, 
$146,000,000, 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. 
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 
7 1 Stat. 176. 
this head in the Third Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1957, to 
remain available until expended, $24,000,000, with which shall be 
merged the unexpended balances of funds heretofore appropriated for 
emergency conservation measures. 
RURAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,, of the Rural 
Community Development Service in providing leadership, coordina-
tion, liaison, and related services in the rural areas development activ-
ities of the Department, $625,000: Provided^ That this appropriation 
shall be available for field employment pursuant to the second sentence 
58 Stat. 742. 
^f gectiou 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (5 U.S.C. 574), and not 
to exceed $3,000 shall be available for employment under section 15 
60 Stat. 810. 
of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a). 
OFFICE or THE INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector General, in-
cluding 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 $10,000 
for employment under section 15 of the Act of August 2,1946 (5 U.S.C. 
55a), $10,491,000. 
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, $4,184,000. 
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 hy Congress in the Depart-
ment, $1,689,000, of which total appropriation not to exceed $537,000 
79 STAT. ] 
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1175 
may be used for farmers' bulletins, which shall be adapted to the inter-
ests of the people of the different sections of the country, an equal 
proportion of four-fifths of which shall be available to be delivered 
to or sent out under the addressed franks furnished by the Senators, 
Representatives, and Delegates in Congress, as they shall direct (7 
XJ.S.C. 417), and not less than two hundred and thirty-two thousand 
^4 stat. 69o. 
two hundred and fifty copies for the use of the Senate and House of 
Representatives of part 2 of the annual report of the Secretary (known 
as the Yearbook of Agriculture) as authorized by section 73 of the 
Act of January 12, 1895 (44 U.S.C. 241) : Provided, That in the 
^s stat. 612. 
preparation of motion pictures or exhibits by the Department, this 
appropriation shall be available for employment pursuant to the 
second sentence of section 706 (a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (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). 
^o ^^^^- sio. 
NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL LIBRARY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural Library, 
$1,699,000: 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, 
1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a). 
LIBRARY FACILITIES 
For construction and furnishing of facilities for the National Agri-
cultural Library, to remain available until expended, $7,000,000, with 
which shall be merged the unexpended balance of funds heretofore 
appropriated under this head. 
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, $2,483,000. 
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary of Agricul-
ture 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, $3,848,000: 
Provided, That this appropriation shall be reimbursed from appli-
cable appropriations for travel expenses incident to the holding of 
hearings as required by the Administrative Procedures Act (5 U.S.C. 
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[79 STAT. 
61 Stat. 546. 
7 u s e 90 3. 
60 Stat. 237. 
^QQ-^^ . provided 
further, That not to exceed $2,500 of this amount 
shall be available for official reception and representation expenses, 
not otherwise provided for, as determined by the Secretary. 
TITLE II—CEEDIT AGENCIES 
RURAL ELECTRIFICATION ADMINISTRATION 
To carry into effect the provisions of the Rural Electrification Act 
63'*lta!.^948!"' 
^f 1936, as amended (7 U.S.C. 901-924), as follows: 
LOAN 
AUTHORIZATIONS 
For loans in accordance with said Act, and for carrying out the 
provisions of section 7 thereof, to be borrowed from the Secretary of 
the Treasury in accordance with the provisions of section 3(a) of said 
Act, as follows: Rural electrification program, $365,000,000, of which 
$60,000,000 shall be placed in reserve to be borrowed under the same 
terms and conditions to the extent that such amount is required during 
the current fiscal year under the then existing conditions for the 
expeditious and orderly development of the rural electrification pro-
gram; and rural telephone program, $97,000,000, of which $15,000,000 
shall be placed in reserve to be borrowed under the same terms and 
conditions to the extent that such amount is required during the 
current fiscal year under the then existing conditions for the expedi-
tious 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. 
58 Stat. 742. 
574), and not to exceed $150,000 for employment under section 15 
6
0 Stat. 810. 
of the Act of August 2,1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a), $11,934,000. 
FARMERS 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. 
75 Stat. 307. 
1921), as amended, may be made from funds available in the Farmers 
Home Administration direct loan account as follows: real estate loans, 
$75,000,000; 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 
the current fiscal year under the then existing conditions for the 
expeditious and orderly conduct of the loan program. 
RURAL HOUSING FOR DOMESTIC FARM 
LABOR 
For financial assistance to public nonprofit organizations for hous-
ing for domestic farm labor, pursuant to section 516 of the Housing 
42 use 148 6. 
Act of 1949, as amended (78 Stat. 796-798), $3,000,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
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1177 
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 
5\j|*c*io^/'" 
available until expended. 
RURAL HOUSING FOR T H E ELDERLY REVOLVING 
F U N D 
76 Stat. 671. 
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, 
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$2,500,000. 
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 
^^ stat. 307. 
(42 U.S.C. 1471-1484), and the Eural Rehabilitation Corporation 
" stat. 432. 
Trust Liquidation Act, approved May 3, 1950 (40 U.S.C. 440-444); 
^^ ^tat. gg. 
$44,000,000, 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 
7^us*c*'i929.' 
1949, as amended: Provided, That, in addition, not to exceed $500,000 
75 stat. ise. 
of the funds available for the various programs administered by this 
'^^ ^^^ ^'^^'^ 
Agency may be transferred to this appropriation for temporary field 
employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the 
Organic Act of 1944 (5 U.S.C. 574) to meet unusual or heavy work- 
^^ s*^*- ^"^2. 
load increases: Provided further, That no part of any funds in this 
para^aph 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 
HI—CORPORATIONS 
The following corporations and agencies are hereby authorized to 
make such expenditures, within the limits of funds and borrowing 
authority available to each sucih 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 
Corporation Control Act, as amended, as may be necessary in carry-
ing 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, $8,000,000. 
FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION FUND 
Not to exceed $4,000,000 of administrative and operating expenses 
may be paid from premium income: Provided, That in the event the 
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Fund is insufficient to meet 
indemnity payments and other charges against such Fund, not to 
49-850 0-6fr—77 
63 Stat. 434. 
42 u s e 1474. 
61 Stat. 584. 
31 u s e 849. 
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[79 STAT. 
exceed $250,000 may be borrowed from the Commodity Credit Cor-
poration under such, terms and conditions as the Secretary may pre-
scribe, but repayment of such amount shall include interest at a rate 
not less than the cost of money to the Commodity Credit Corporation 
for a comparable period. 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
REIMBURSEMENT FOR NET REALIZED LOSSES 
To partially reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for net 
realized losses sustained but not previously reimbursed, pursuant to 
75 Stat. 39 1. 
^he Act of 
August 
IT, 1961 
(15 U.S.C. 713a-ll, 
7l3a-12), 
$2,800,000,000: Provided, That after June 30, 1964, the portion of 
borrowings from Treasury equal to the unreimbursed realized losses 
recorded on the books of the Corporation after June 30 of the fiscal 
year in which such losses are realized, shall not bear interest and 
interest shall not be accrued or paid thereon. 
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 $36,650,000 
shall be available for administrative expenses of the Corporation: Pro-
vided further, That $945,000 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 
31 use 665. 
Revised Statutes, as amended, for use only in such amounts and at such 
times as may become necessary to carry out program operations: Pro-
vided 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, main-
tenance, 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. 
PUBLIC LAW 
4 8 0 
For expenses during fiscal year 1966, not otherwise recoverable, and 
unrecovered prior years' costs, including interest thereon, under the 
Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, as 
^l,^;\ ,4^55; 
amended (7 U.S.C. 1701-1709,1721-1724,1731-1736), to remain avail-
able until expended, as follows: (1) Sale of surplus agricultural com-
modities for foreign currencies pursuant to title I of said Act, 
$1,144,000,000; (2) commodities disposed of for emergency famine 
relief to friendly peoples pursuant to title I I of said Act, $298,500,000; 
and (3) long-term supply contracts pursuant to title IV of said Act, 
$215,500,000. 
73 Stat. 610. 
79 STAT. ] 
PUBLIC LAW 89-316-NOV. 2, 1%5 
1179 
INTERNATIONAL WHEAT AGREEMENT 
For expenses during fiscal year 1966 and unrecovered prior years' 
costs, including interest thereon, under the International Wheat 
Agreement 
Act of 
1949, as amended 
(7 U.S.C. 1641-1642), 
63 stat. 945. 
$27,544,000, to remain available until expended. 
TITLE IV—RELATED AGENCIES 
FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
Not to exceed $2,990,000 (from assessments collected from farm 
credit agencies) shall be obligated during the current fiscal year for 
administrative expenses. 
NATIONAL COMMISSION ON FOOD MARKETING 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the National Commission on Food Mar-
keting, established by Public Law 88-354, approved July 3, 1964, 78 stat. 269. 
$1,500,000, of which $250,000 shall be available solely for preparation njte" 
^" ^ 
and submission of the final report and complete and final liquidation 
of the Commission's activities not later than June 30, 1966. 
TITLE V—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 501. Within the unit limit of cost fixed by law, appropriations ^ghfciet"^^'^ "'°*°'^ 
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 sixty-four (464) passenger 
motor vehicles, of which four hundred and forty-eight (448) shall 
be for replacement only, and for the hire of such vehicles. 
SEC. 502. Provisions of law prohibiting or restricting the employ- aii^'!is^°^"^"* °^ 
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 ^^f^"^"^ ^"°'^' 
be available for uniforms or allowances therefor as authorized by the ^"''^^• 
Act of September 1,1954, as amended (5 U.S.C. 2131). 
68 stat. 1114. 
SEC. 504. No part of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be red"t°i^n"''^^' 
used for the payment of any officer or employee of the Department ^'^^ ^'^'°"' 
who, as such officer or employee, or on behalf of the Department or 
any division, commission, or bureau thereof, issues, or causes to be 
issued, any prediction, oral or written, or forecast, except as to damage 
threatened or caused by insects and pests, with respect to future prices 
of cotton or the trend of same. 
SEC. 505. Except to provide materials required in or incident to 
"^^i"^-
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 
Contracting. 
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, 1966". 
Approved November 2, 1965-