An Act to facilitate the work of the Department of Agriculture, and for other purposes
PL 89-106 (H.R.5508), enacted 08/04/1965

79 STAT. ] 
PUBLIC LAW 89-106-AUGUST 4, 1965 
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Public Law 09-106 
AN ACT 
August 4, 1,965 
To facilitate the work of the Department of Agriculture, and for other purposes. 
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7^e ft enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That, notwith- attmin't^^^muils 
standing the provisions of existing law, except the Commodity Credit tration. 
Corporation Charter Act and without regard to section 355, Revised t.^?,""^.^*^"" °^ 
Statutes, as amended (40 U.S.C. 255), but within the limitations of "52 stit." 1070. 
cost otherwise applicable, appropriations of the Department of Agri- 
is use 714 note. 
culture may be expended for the erection of buildings and other 
structures on land owned by States, counties, municipalities, or other 
political subdivisions, corporations, or individuals: Provided, 
That 
prior to such erection there is obtained the right to use the land for 
the estimated life of or need for the structure, including the right 
to i-emove any such structure within a reasonable time after the 
termination of the right to use the land: Provided furthsr^ That appro-
priations and funds available to the Department of Agriculture shall 
be available for expenses in connection with acquiring the right to 
use land for such purposes under long-term lease or other agreement. 
SEC. 2. The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to make grants, ^^^^^"""^ 
for periods not to exceed five years' duration, to State agricultural ex-
periment stations, colleges, universities, and other research institutions 
and organizations and to Federal and private organizations and indi-
viduals for research to further the programs of the Department of 
Agriculture. Each recipient of assistance under this section shall keep 
Records. 
such records as the Secretary shall prescribe, including records which 
fully disclose the amount and disposition by such recipient of the pro-
ceeds of such grants, the total cost of the project or undertaking in con-
nection with which such funds are given or used, and the amount of 
that portion of the costs of the project or undertaking supplied by 
other sources, and such other records as will facilitate an effective 
audit. The Secretary of Agriculture and the Comptroller General 
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of the United States or any of their duly authorized representatives 
shall have access for the purpose of audit and examination to any 
books, documents, papers, and records of the recipients that are perti-
nent to the grants received under this section. 
SEC, 3. The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to obtain insur- biiit^^lnsurance. 
ance to cover the liability of any employee of the Department of Agri-
culture for damage to or loss of property or personal injury or death 
caused by the act or omission of any such employee while acting within 
the scope of his office or employment and while operating a motor 
vehicle belonging to the United J^tates in a foreign country. 
SEC. 4. Section 602 of the Agricultural Act of 1954 (68 Stat. 908) 
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"(e) Any officer or employee appointed and assigned to a post 
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abroad pursuant to this title may, in the discretion of the Secre-
tary of Agriculture, be assigned for duty in the continental 
United States, without regard to the civil service laws (and with-
out reduction in grade if an appropriate position at the employee's 
grade is not available in any agency of the Department of Agri-
culture), for a period of not more than three years: Provided^ 
That the total number of such employees assigned for duty in 
the continental L^nited States under this provision shall not exceed 
fifteen at any one time: Provided further^ That this Act shall not 
increase the number of persons employed at grade GS-16, GS-17, 
or GS-18." 
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[79 STAT. 
Foreign curren-
cies, release. 
68 Stat. 456; 
73 Stat. 606. 
Employees on 
loan to states; 
health benefits. 
68 Stat. 736. 
5 u s e 209 1 note. 
73 Stat. 708. 
5 u s e 3001 note. 
Working capital 
fund. 
57 Stat. 393. 
Transfer of 
funds. 
Repeal. 
54 Stat. 1019. 
S E C 5. Section 104(a) of the Agricultural Trade Development and 
Assistance Act of 1954, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1704), is further 
amended by inserting, after the word '•''Provided,^\ the following: 
"'That the Secretary of Agricukure may release such amounts of the 
foreign currencies so set aside as he determines not to be needed, within 
a reasonable period of time, for such purpose: Pro'vided 
further,'\ 
SEC. 6. Section 4 of the Act of August 2, 1956 (ch. 878, 70 Stat. 
934; 7 U.S.C. 1884), is hereby amended— 
(1) by striking the word "insurance" and substituting the word 
"benefits"; 
(2) by inserting after "Federal Employees' Group 
Life 
Insurance Act of 1954" the words "and the Federal Employees 
Health Benefits Act of 1959,"; and 
(3) by inserting after "employees' life insurance fund" the 
words "or the employees' health benefits fund, as the case may 
be,". 
SEC. 7." Section 1 of the Act of July 12, 1943 (5 U.S.C. 542^1), is 
hereby amended by striking out the word "reimbursed" and inserting 
in lieu therof the words "credited with advances or reimbursements" 
and inserting after the word '"'•Provided.^'' the following: "That such 
advances shall not be available for any period beyond that provided by 
the Act appropriating the funds: Provided 
further^''. 
SEC. 8. Subject to limitations applicable with respect to each appro-
priation concerned, each appropriation available to the Department 
of Agriculture may be charged, at any time during a fiscal year, for 
the benefit of any other appropriation available to the Department, 
for the purpose of financing the procurement of materials and serv-
ices, or financing activities or other costs, for which funds are avail-
able both in the financing appropriation so charged and in the appro-
priation so benefited; except that such expenses so financed shall be 
charged on a final basis, as of a date not later than the close of such 
fiscal year, to the appropriations so benefited, with appropriate credit 
to the financing appropriation. 
SEC. 9. Section 8f or the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933, as 
amended (7 U.S.C. 608f), is hereby repealed. 
Approved August 4, 1965. 
August 4, 1965 
Public Law 89-107 
AN ACT 
[H. R. 5860] 
To amend the law relating to the final disposition of the property of the Choctaw 
Tribe. 
Choctaw In-
dians. 
Property dispo-
sition. 
25 u s e 355 
note. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Re2?resentatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act of 
August 25,1959 (73 Stat. 420), as amended by Act of August 24,1962 
(76 Stat. 405), is amended as follows: The words "six years", which 
appear twice in section 1(a), once in section 1(d), once in section 11, 
once in section 12(a), and once in section 12(b), are changed to "nine 
years." 
Approved August 4, 1965.