An Act making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1954, and for other purposes
PL 83-156 (H.R.5227), enacted 07/28/1953

July 28, 1953 
[H. R. 5227] 
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Public Law 156 
CHAPTER 251 
AN ACT 
Making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year 
ending June 30, 1954, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatwen 
of the 
United States of America in Congress asse^nhled, That the following A^icSit^V^A^pro-
siims are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise priation Act. 1954. 
appropriated, for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year 
ending June 30, 1954, namely: 
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
TITLE I—REGULAR ACTIVITIES 
AGRICULTURAL MARKETING ACT 
To enable the Secretary to improve and develop, independently or 
through cooperation among Federal and State agencies, and others, a 
sound and efficient system for the distribution and marketing of agri-
cultural products under the provisions of titles I I and I I I of the Act 
of August 14,1946, as amended (7 U. S. C. 1621-1629), and for expenses 
of any advisory committees established as provided in title I I I of said 
Act to assist in effectuating the research and service work of the 
Department, $5,500,000: Provided, That not less than $600,000 of this 
amount shall be available for contracts in accordance with the provi-
sions of section 205 of said Act: Provided further, That the Secretary 
may make available to any bureau, office, or agency of the Department 
such amounts from this appropriation as may be necessary to carry out 
the functions for which it is made (but amounts made available to the 
Office of the Secretary, Office of the Solicitor, and Office of Information, 
shall not exceed those which the Bureau of the Budget, after a hearing 
thereon with representatives of the Department, shall determine), and 
any such amounts shall be in addition to amounts transferred or other-
wise made available to other appropriation items of the Department: 
Provided further, That no part of this appropriation shall be available 
for work relating to fish or shellfish or any product thereof, except for 
the support of equitable transportation rates before Federal agencies 
concerned with such rates and for development of foreign markets. 
BUREAU OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS 
For necessary expenses in carrying out the provisions of the 
Act establishing the Bureau of Agricultural Economics (7 U. S. C. 
411) and related Acts, as follows: 
Economic investigations: For conducting investigations and for 
acquiring and diffusing useful information among the people of the 
United States, relative to agricultural production, distribution, land 
utilization, and conservation in their broadest aspects, including farm 
management and practice, utilization of farm and food products, pur-
chasing of farm supplies, farm population and rural life, farm labor, 
farm finance, insurance and taxation, adjustments in production to 
probable demand for the different farm and food products; land owner-
ship and values, costs, prices and income in their relation to agriculture, 
including causes for their variations and trends, $2,246,000: Provided, 
That no part of the funds herein appropriated or made available to the 
Bureau of Agricultural Economics under the heading "Economic 
investigations" shall be used for State and county land-use planning, 
60 Stat. 1087. 
Contracts. 
7 use 1624. 
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fish. 
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42 Stat. 532. 
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for conducting cultural surveys, or for the maintenance of regional 
offices. 
Crop and livestock estimates: For collecting, compiling, abstracting, 
analyzing, summarizing, interpreting, and publishing data relating to 
iagriculture, including crop and livestock estimates, acreage, yield, 
grades, staples of cotton, stocks, and value of farm crops and numbers, 
grades, and value of livestock and livestock products on farms, produc-
tion, distribution, and consumption of turpentine and rosin pursuant 
to the Act of August 15, 1935 (5 U. S. C. 556b), and for the collection 
and publication of statistics of peanuts as provided by the Act 
approved June 24, 1936, as amended May 12, 1938 (7 U. S. C. 951-
957), $3,158,000: Provided^ That no part of the funds herein appro-
cotton and apple priated sliall be available for any expense incident to ascertaining, 
collating or publishing a report stating the intention of farmers as 
to the acreage to be planted in cotton, or for estimates of apple pro-
duction for other than the commercial crop. . , 
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH ADMINISTRATION 
49 Stat. 653. 
Peanut s t a t i s -
tics. 
49 Stat. 1898; 52 
Stat. 348. 
60 Stat. 1091. 
58 Stat. 742. 
60 Stat. 810. 
B u i l d i n g s and 
Improvements. 
OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATOR 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Administrator, includ-
ing travel and subsistence expenses of advisory committees author-
ized by title I I I of the Act of August 14, 1946 (7 U. S. C. 1628-1629), 
$341,677: Provided., That of the several appropriations of the Agricul-
tural Research Administration, not to exceed $15,000 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), as amended by section 
15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a) : Provided 
further.. 
That the several appropriations of the Agricultural Research Admini-
stration shall be available for the construction, alteration, and repair 
of buildings and improvements: Provided.^ however., That unless 
otherwise provided, the cost of constructing any one building 
(excepting headhouses connecting greenhouses and experimental 
farm houses) shall not exceed $5,000, the total amount for construc-
tion of buildings costing more than $2,500 each shall be within the 
limits of the estimates submitted and approved therefor, and the cost 
of altering any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 
$2,500 or 2 percentum of the cost of the building, whichever is greater: 
Provided further., That transfers not to exceed $11,000 may be made 
to this appropriation from the several appropriations of the Agricul-
tural Research Administration for general-use capital improvements 
at the Agricultural Research Center. 
OFFICE OF EXPERIMENT STATIONS 
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24 Stat. 440. 
34 Stat. 63. 
43 Stat. 970. 
49 Stat. 436. 
49 Stat. 436; 60 
Stat. 1083. 
PAYMENTS TO STATES, HAWAII., ALASKA, AND PUERTO RICO 
For payments to the States, Hawaii, Alaska, and Puerto Rico to be 
paid quarterly in advance where applicable, to carry into effect the 
provisions of the following Acts relating to agricultural experiment 
stations: 
Hatch Act, the Act approved March 2, 1887 (7 U. S. C. 362, 363, 
365, 368, 377-379), $720,000; Adams Act, the Act approved March 
16, 1906 (7 U. S. C. 369), $720,000; Purnell Act, the Act approved 
February 24 1925 (7 IT. S. C. 361, 366, 370, 371, 373-376, 380, 382), 
$2,880,000; Bankhead-Jones Act, title 1 of the Act approved June 29, 
1935 (7 U. S. C. 427-427g), sections 3 and 5; $2,863,708, and sections 
9 and 11 of said Act as added by the Act of August 14,1946 (7 U. S. C. 
427h, 427j), including administration by the Office of Experiment 
45 Stat. 571. 
45 Stat. 1256. 
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Stations in the United States Department of Agriculture, $6,000,000, 
no part of which hitter amount shall be used for beginning construc-
tion of any building costing in excess of $15,000; Hawaii, the Act 
approved May 16, 1928 (7 U. S. C. 386-386b), extending the benefits 
of certain Acts of Congress to the Territory of Hawaii, $90,000; Alaska, 
the Act approved February 28, 1929 (7 U. S. C. 386c), extending the 
benefits of the Hatch Act to the Territory of Alaska, $15,000, and the 
provisions of section 2 of the Act approved June 20,1936, as amended 
(7 U. S.,C. 369a), extending the benefits of the Adams and Purnell stllfta.^^^'^' ^^ 
Acts to the Territory of Alaska, $75,000; Puerto Rico, the Act 
approved March 4, 1931, as amended (7 U. S. C. 386d-386f), extend- 
^^ ^*°*- ^"o. 
ing the benefits of certain Acts of Congress to Puerto Rico, $90,000; 
in all, payments to States, Hawaii, Alaska, and Puerto Rico, 
$13,453,708. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses in connection with administration of grants 
and coordination of research with States pursuant to the Acts approved 
March 2, 1887, March 16, 1906, February 24, 1925, May 16, 1928, 
24 stat. 44o^j4 
February 23, 1929, March 4, 1931, and June 20, 1936, and Acts QTV 45 stat. 571* 
amendatory thereto (7 U. S. C. 361-363, 365-383, 386-386f), and title \llt\ 
\l ftat". 
I of the Act approved June 29, 1935, as amended by the Act of Sep- g^ltat.^yas^^'*^^' 
tember 21, 1944 (7 U. S. C. 427-427g), and for the administration, 
operation, and maintenance of an agricultural experiment station in 
Puerto Rico, $380,000; and the Secretary shall prescribe the form of 
the annual financial statement required under the above Acts, ascertain 
whether the expenditures are in accordance with their provisions, 
coordinate tlie research work of the State agricultural colleges and 
experiment stations in the lines authorized in said Acts with research 
of the Department in similar lines, and make report thereon to 
Congress. 
VIRGIN ISLANDS AGRICULTURAL PROGRAM 
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For expenses necessary to carry out an agricultural program in the 
Virgin Islands in accordance with the provisions of the Act approved 
October 29,1951 (48 U. S. C. 1409m-1409o), $100,000. 
^s stat. eei. 
RESEARCH 
ON 
AGRICULTURAL 
PROBLEMS 
OF 
ALASKA 
For expenses necessary to enable the Secretary to conduct research 
into the basic agricultural needs and problems'of the Territory of 
Alaska, through such agencies of the Department as he may designate, 
independently or in cooperation with appropriate agencies of the 
Territory of Alaska, $270,000. 
BUREAU OF H U M A N NUTRITION AND HOME ECONOMICS 
For necessary expenses in connection with conducting investigations 
of the relative utility and economy of agricultural products for food, 
clothing, and other uses in the home, with special suggestions of plans 
and methods for the more effective utilization of such products for 
these purposes, and such economic investigations, including housing 
and household buying, as have for their purpose the improvement of 
the rural home, for coordinating nutrition services made available by 
Federal, State, and other agencies, and for disseminating useful 
information on these subjects, $1,404,500. 
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BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY 
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the Act, as 
amended, establishing a Bureau of Animal Industry, and related 
Acts, and for investigation concerned with the livestock and meat 
industries and the domestic raising of fur-bearing animals, as follows: 
Animal research: For animal husbandry investigations; investi-
gations of diseases of animals and of tuberculin, serums, antitoxins, 
and analogous products; and cooperation in the administration of 
regulations for the improvement of poultry, poultry products, and 
stif. I\^^; ^^'*' ^^ hatcheries, as authorized by law (7 U. S. C. 429), $4,049,600. 
Animal disease control and eradication: For the control and eradi-
cation of tuberculosis and paratuberculosis of animals, avian tubercu-
losis, brucellosis of domestic animals, scabies in sheep and cattle, 
southern cattle ticks, hog cholera and related swine diseases, and 
dourine in horses, and other inspection and quarantine work author-
ized by law; for supervision of the transportation of livestock, includ-
ing administration of the twenty-eight-hour law; for inspection of 
vessels; and for carrying out the provisions of the Act of March 4, 
37 Stat. 832. 
1913 (£1 U. S. C. 151-158) and sections 56 to 60, inclusive, of the Act 
49 Stat. 781. 
approvcd August 24, 1935 (7 U. S. C. 851-855), relating to veterinary 
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biological products, $8,480,500: Prow6?e</, That no payment hereunder 
as compensation for any cattle condemned for slaughter for tuber-
culosis, paratuberculosis, or brucellosis shall exceed (1) $25 for any 
grade animal or $50 for any pure bred animal, (2) one-third of the 
difference between the appraised value and the value of salvage thereof, 
or (3) the amount paid or to be paid by the State or other cooperating 
agency, and no payment hereunder shall be made for any animal if 
at the time of test or condemnation it shall belong to or be upon the 
premises of any person, firm, or corporation to which it has been sold, 
shipped, or delivered for slaughter. 
Meat inspection: For carrying out the provisions of laws relating to 
Federal inspection of meat and meat-food products, $14,160,000: Pro-
vided^ That the proviso permitting reimbursement for meat inspec-
tion appearing under the heading "Bureau of Animal Industry, Sal-
aries and expenses, meat inspection" in the Department of Agriculture 
65 Stat. 228. 
Appropriation Act, 1952 is hereby repealed. 
BUREAU o r DAIRY INDUSTRY 
For necessary expenses in carrying out the provisions of the Act of 
43 Stat. 243. 
May 29, 1924 (7 U. S. C. 401-404), including investigations, experi-
ments, and demonstrations in dairy industry, the applicable provi-
32 Stat. 196. 
gions of the Act of May 9,1902 (26 U. S. C. 2325,2326 (c)), relating to 
process or renovated butter, as amended, and the Act of May 23, 1908 
35 Stat. 254. 
^^I U. S. C 94 (a)), iusofar as it relates to the exportation of process 
or renovated butter, $l,659,r">0. 
BUREAU OF AGRICULTURAL AND INDUSTRIAL CHEMISTRY 
For expenses necessary for investigations, experiments, and demon-
strations established under the provisions of section 202 (a) to 202 (e), 
inclusive, of title II of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 
52 Stat. 37. 
(7 XJ. S. C 1292); for the development of new and extended food, 
feed, and industrial uses for agricultural commodities, both j)lant and 
animal, and potential replacement crops, and processing, biological, 
chemical, physical, pharmacological, toxicological, and technological 
investigation thereof, $7,725,000. 
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BUREAU o r PLANT INDUSTRY, SOILS, AND AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING 
Plant, soil, and agricultural engineering research: For expenses 
necessary for investigations, experiments, and demonstrations con-
cerning plants, soils, and agricultural engineering, including those 
related to the production, improvement, handling, processing, trans-
portation, and storage of farm and other crops; control of weeds, plant 
diseases, and nematodes; discovery and introduction of new and use-
ful plants, both foreign and native; soil and water management to 
improve soil productivity and to conserve soil and water resources; 
the relation of soils to plant, animal, and human nutrition; fertilizers, 
liming materials, and soil amendments; farm machinery and process-
ing equipment; farm buildings, and farm electrification; and for the 
operation and maintenance of airplanes; $12,074,000. 
National Arboretum: For the maintenance and development of the 
National Arboretum established under the provisions of the Act 
approved March 4, 1927 (20 U. S. C. 191-194), $174,000. 
44 stat. 1422. 
BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE 
For expenses necessary for investigations, experiments, demonstra-
tions, and surveys for the promotion of economic entomology, for 
investigating and ascertaining the best means of destroying insects 
and related pests injurious to agriculture, for importing useful and 
beneficial insects and bacterial, fungal, and other diseases of insects 
and related pests, for investigating and ascertaining the best means of 
destroying insects affecting man and animals, and the best ways of 
utilizing beneficial insects, for carrying into effect the provisions of 
the Plant Quarantine Act of August 20, 1912, as amended (7 U. S. C. 
37 stat. 315. 
151-167), the Honey Bee Act (7 U. S. C. 281-283), the Insect Pest _ 42 stat. 833; 33 
Act (7 U. S. C. 141-144), the Mexican Border Act (7 U. S. C. 149), 4of * ''^^'" ^*^*' 
the Act of May 9, 1938, relating to grasshoppers. Mormon crickets, 
and chinch buffis (7 U. S. C. 148-148e), and the Organic Act of 1944 
52 stat. 344. 
(7 U. S. C. 147a), as amended, authorizing the eradication, control, 
s8 stat. 735. 
and prevention of spread of injurious insects and plant pests; includ-
ing the operation and maintenance of airplanes and the purchase (for 
emergency replacement only) of not to exceed one, as follows: 
Insect investigations: For the investigation of insects affecting 
fruits, grapes, nuts, trees, shrubs, forests and forest products, truck 
and garden crops, cereal, forage and range crops, cotton, tobacco, 
sugar plants, ornamental and other plants and agricultural products, 
household possessions, and man and animals; for bee culture and 
apiary management; for classifying, identifying, and collecting infor-
mation to determine the distribution and abundance of insects; for 
investigations in connection with introduction of natural enemies of 
injurious insects and related pests and for the exchange with other 
countries of useful and beneficial insects and other arthropods; for 
developing methods, equipment, and apparatus to aid in enforcing 
plant quarantines and in the eradication and control of insect pests 
and plant diseases; and for investigations of insecticides and fungi-
cides, including methods of their manufacture and use and the effects 
of their application; $3,982,830: Provided^ That of the amount allotted 
oriental fruitfiy. 
for oriental fruitfiy, not to exceed $250,000 may be used for contracts 
with public or private agencies for research in accordance with section 
10 (a) of the Act of August 14,1946 (7 U. S. C. 427i), and the amounts 
^o stat. io85. 
obligated for contract research shall remain available until expended. 
Insect and plant-disease control: For carrying out operations or 
measures to eradicate, suppress, control, or to prevent or retard the 
spread of Japanese beetle, sweetpotato weevil, Mexican fruitflies, 
phony peach and peach mosaic, cereal rusts, pink boUworm and Thur-
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beria weevil, golden nematode, citrus blackfly, white-fringed beetle, 
Hall scale, and gypsy and brown-tail moths, and grasshoppers. 
Mormon crickets, and chinch bugs in accordance with the Act of 
52 Stat. 344. 
May 9, 1938 (7 U. S. C. 148-148e), including the enforcement of 
quarantine regulations and cooperation with States to enforce plant 
quarantines as authorized by the Plant Quarantine Act of August 20, 
colTo^nl'tree 
l^^^, as amended (7 U. S. C. 151-167), and including the establishment 
areas. 
of sucli cotton-free areas as may be necessary to stamp out any infesta-
tion of the pink bollworm as authorized by the Act of February 8, 
1930 (46 Stat. 67), and for cooperation with States in the compensation 
of growers for losses resulting from the destruction of or for not 
planting potatoes and tomatoes on lands infested or exposed to infesta-
tions of the golden nematode for the purpose authorized by the Golden 
62 Stat. 442. 
N^jj^^tode Act (7 U. S. C. 150-150g), $5,487,000: Provided, That no 
part of this appropriation shall be used to pay the cost or value of 
trees, farm animals, farm crops, or other property injured or destroyed, 
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except potatoes and tomatoes as authorized under the Golden Nematode 
Act: Provided further, 
That, in the discretion of the Secretary, no 
part of this appropriation shall be expended for the control of sweet-
potato weevil in any State until such State has provided cooperation 
necessary to accomplish this purpose, or for barberry eradication until 
a sum or sums at least equal to such expenditures shall have been 
appropriated, subscribed, or contributed by States, counties, or local 
authorities, or by individuals or organizations for the accomplishment 
of this purpose, or with respect to the golden nematode except as 
prescribed in section 4 of the Golden Nematode Act. 
Plant quarantines: For operations against the introduction of insect 
pests or plant diseases into the United States, including the enforce-
ment of foreign-plant quarantines and regulations promulgated under 
sections 5 and 7 of the Plant Quarantine Act of August 20, 1912, as 
amended (7 U. S. C. 151-167), the Insect Pest Act of 1905 (7 U. S. C. 
st^f %«*• 1269; 56 I4i_i44), and the Mexican Border Act of 1942 (7 U. S. C. 149), for 
enforcement of domestic-plant quarantines as they pertain to Terri-
tories and districts of the United States, for the enforcement of plant 
quarantines through inspection in transit, including the interception 
and disposition of materials found to have been transported in viola-
tion of Federal plant quarantine laws or regulations, and operations 
38 Stat. 1113. 
under the Terminal Inspection Act (7 U. S. C. 166), and enforcement 
of regulations governing the movement of plants into and from the 
District of Columbia promulgated under section 15 of the Plant 
7\js*c**i6^7.^* 
Quarantine Act of August 20, 1912, as amended, and for inspection 
and certification of plants and plant products to meet the sanitary 
requirements of foreign countries, as authorized in section 102 of the 
58 Stat. 735. 
Organic Act of 1944 (7 U. S. C. 147a), $2,675,000. 
Emergency outbreaks of insects and plant diseases: For expenses 
necessary to carry out the provisions of the joint resolution approved 
May 9, 1938 (7 U. S. C. 148-148e), including the operation and main-
tenance of airplanes, control operations in Canada in cooperation w^ith 
the Canadian Government or local Canadian authorities, and the 
employment of Canadian citizens, $600,000, which shall be apportioned 
31 use 665. 
for use pursuant to section 3679 of the Kevised Statutes, as amended, 
for the purposes of said joint resolution to the extent necessary to meet 
emergency conditions. 
CONTROL OF FOREST PESTS 
For expenses necessary for carrying out operations, measures, or 
surveys necessary to eradicate, suppress, control, or to prevent or retard 
the spread of insects or diseases which endanger forest trees on any 
lands in the United States, and for such quarantine measures relating 
37 Stat. 316. 
52 Stat. 344. 
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54 Stat. 168. 
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thereto as may be necessary pursuant to the Plant Quarantine Act of 
August 20, 1912, as amended (7 U. S. C. 151-167), including the pur- 
37 stat. 315. 
chase (not to exceed one for emergency replacement only) and opera-
tion and maintenance of airplanes, and construction and alteration of 
necessary buildings: Provided^ That the cost of constructing or alter-
ing any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed $2,500, 
as follows: 
Forest Pest Control Act: For carrying out the provisions of the 
Act approved June 25, 1947 (16 U. S. C, Supp. V, 594-1-594-5), 
^i stat. 177. 
$2,300,000, of which $1,900,000 shall be apportioned for use pursuant 
to section 3679 of the Revised Statutes, as amended, for the purposes 
^^ "^^ ^^^' 
oi said Act to the extent necessary under the then existing conditions. 
White pine blister rust: White pine blister rust, pursuant to the Act 
of April 26,1940 (16 U. S. C. 594a), $3,000,000, of which $460,000 shall 
be available to the Department of the Interior for the control of white 
pine blister rust on or endangering Federal lands under the jurisdiction 
of that Department or lands of Indian tribes which are under the 
jurisdiction of or retained under restrictions of the United States; 
$1,590,000 to the Forest Service for the control of white pine blister 
rust on or endangering lands under its jurisdiction; and $950,000 
to the Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine for leadership 
and general coordination of the entire program, method development, 
and for operations conducted under its direction for such control, 
including, but not confined to, the control of white pine blister rust 
on or endangering State and privately owned lands. 
FOREST SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary, including not to exceed $15,000 for employ- 
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ment 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 
s8 stat. 742. 
of August 2,1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a); to experiment and make investiga- 
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tions and report on forestry, national forests, forest fires, and lumber- vestigations. 
ing, but no part of this appropriation shall be used for any experiment 
or test made outside the jurisdiction of the United States; to advise 
the owners of woodlands as to the proper care of the same; to investi-
gate and test American timber and timber trees and their uses, and 
methods, for the preservative treatment of timber; to seek, through 
investigations and the planting of native and foreign species, suitable 
trees for the treeless regions; to erect necessary buildings: Provided, 
in|^s°°* °^ buUd-
That the cost of any building purchased, erected, or as improved, 
exclusive of the cost of constructing a water-supply or sanitary system 
and of connecting the same with any such building, and exclusive 
of the cost of any tower upon which a lookout house may be erected, 
shall not exceed $18,500 ($22,500 in Alaska) with the exception that 
any building erected, purchased, or acquired, the cost of which was 
$18,500 or more, may be improved out of the appropriations made 
under this Act for the Forest Service by an amount not to exceed 2 
per centum of the cost of such building; to pi-otect, administer, and 
Protection, etc., 
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of national forests. 
improve the national forests, including tree planting and other meas-
ures to prevent erosion, drift, surface wash, soil waste, and the 
formation of floods, and to conserve water; to ascertain the natural 
conditions upon and utilize the national forests, to transport and care 
for fish and game supplied to stock the national forests or the waters 
therein; to collate, digest, report, and illustrate the results of experi-
ments and investigations made by the Forest Service: Provided fur- of^c°af°"' **'^" 
ther, That the appropriations available to the Forest Service for the 
current fiscal year may be used for the operation and maintenance 
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of aircraft, and the purchase of not to exceed three (for replacement 
only), and not to exceed $250,000 of such appropriations may be used 
eu:".t"of "landing ^^r the maintenance, improvement, and construction of airplane land-
fieids. 
ing fields in the national forests, as follows: 
National forest protection and management: For the administra-
tion, protection, use, maintenance, improvement, and development of 
the national forests, including the establishment and maintenance of 
forest tree nurseries, including the procurement of tree seed and 
nursery stock by purchase, production, or otherwise, seeding and tree 
planting and the care of plantations and young growth; the mainte-
nance of roads and trails and the construction and maintenance of all 
other improvements necessary for the proper and economical adminis-
tration, protection, development, and use of the national forests, 
including experimental areas under Forest Service administration, 
closes.*''* *'"'' except that where direct purchases will be more economical than 
construction, improvements may be purchased; the construction (not 
to exceed $18,500 for any one structure), equipment, and maintenance 
of sanitary and recreational facilities; timber cultural operations; 
development and application of fish and game management plans; 
propagation and transplanting of plants suitable for planting on 
semiarid portions of the national forests; estimating and appraising 
of timber and other resources and development and application of 
plans for their effective management, sale, and use; expenses of the 
National Forest Reservation Commission as authorized by section 14 
36 Stat. 963. 
of the Act of March 1, 1911 (16 U. S. C. 514); examination, classifica-
tion, surveying, and appraisal of land incident to effecting exchanges 
authorized by law and of lands within the boundaries of the national 
forests that may be opened to homestead settlement and entrv under 
the Act of June 11, 1906, and the Act of August 10, 1912 (16 U. S. C. 
stlt fst slf: ^^ 506-509), as provided by the Act of March 4, 1913 (16 U. S. C. 512); 
investigation and establishment of water rights, including the pur-
chase thereof or of lands or interests in lands or rights-of-way for use 
and protection of water rights necessary or beneficial in connection 
with the administration and public use of the national forests; not to 
exceed $100,000 for the purchase of parcels of land and interests 
therein in Sanders County, Montana, but such land shall not be 
acquired without the approval of the local government concerned; 
and all expenses necessary for the use, maintenance, improvement, 
protection, and general administration of the national 
forests; 
$29,715,700. 
Fighting forest fires: For fighting and preventing forest fires on 
or threatening lands under Forest Service administration, including 
lands under contract for purchase or in process of condemnation for 
Forest Service purposes, and for liquidation of obligations incurred 
in the preceding fiscal year for such purpose, $6,000,000, of which 
$2,500,000 shall be apportioned for use, pursuant to section 3679 of 
31 use 665. 
^j^g Revised Statutes, as amended, to the extent necessary to meet 
emergency conditions. 
Forest research: For forest research at forest or range experiment 
stations, the Forest Products Laboratory, or elsewhere, in accordance 
with the provisions of sections 1, 2, 7, 8, 9, and 10 of the Act approved 
45 Stat. 699. 
May 22,1928, as amended (16 U. S. C. 581, 581a, 581f-581i), including 
the construction and maintenance of improvements; fire, silvicultural, 
watershed, and other forest investigations and experiments; investi-
gations and experiments to develop improved methods of management 
of forest and other ranges; experiments, investigations, and tests of 
,,, 
forest products; a com])rehensive forest survey; and investigations in 
-r - 
forest economics; $5,350,000: Provided, That funds may be advanced 
to cooperators under such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe 
when such action will stimulate or facilitate cooperative work. 
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213 
FOREST 
ROADS 
AND 
TRAILS 
For expenses necessary for carrying out the provisions of section 
23 of the Federal Highway Act approved November 9, 1921, as 
amended (23 U. S. C. 23, 23a), relating to forest development roads gt^t^. ?52o.^^*' "^^ 
and trails, including the construction, reconstruction, and maintenance 
of roads and trails on experimental areas under Forest Service admin-
istration, $14,500,000, which sum is authorized to be appropriated by 
the Act of September 7, 1950 (64 Stat. 786), to remain available until 
23 use 23 note, 
expended: Provided, That this appropriation shall be available for the 
rental, purchase, construction, or alteration of buildings necessary 
for the storage and repair of equipment and supplies used for road and 
trail construction and maintenance, but the total cost of any such 
building purchased, altered, or constructed under this authorization 
shall not exceed $18,500 ($22,500 in Alaska), with the exception that 
any building erected, purchased, or acquired, the cost of which was 
$18,500 or more, may be improved within any fiscal year by an amount 
not to exceed 2 per centum of the cost of such buildings. 
ACQUISITION OF LANDS FOR NATIONAL FORESTS 
Weeks Act 
For the acquisition of forest lands under the provisions of the Act 
approved March 1, 1911, as amended (16 U. S. C. 513-519, 521), 
36 stat. 96i. 
$75,000, to be available only for payment of the purchase price of any 
lands acquired, including the cost of surveys in connection with such 
acquisition: Provided. TJiat no part of this appropriation shall be used 
for acquisition of any land which is not within the boundaries of a 
national forest: Provided further, That no part of this appropriation 
shall be used for the acquisition of any land without the approval of 
the local government concerned. 
STATE AND PRIVATE FORESTRY COOPERATION 
For expenses necessary for cooperation with the various States in 
forest-fire prevention and suppression, in forest tree planting, in forest 
management and processing, and in farm forestry extension, pursuant 
to the Act of August 25, 1950 (16 U. S. C. 568c, 568d), and sections 
64 stat. 473. 
1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 of the Act of June 7, 1924 (16 U. S. C. 564-568a), 
^^ ^tat. ess. 
and Acts supplementary thereto; advising timberland owners, asso-
ciations, and other appropriate agencies in the application of forest 
management principles to federally owned lands leased to States and 
to private forest lands, and advising wood-using industries in proc-
essing of forest products, so as to attain sustained-yield management, 
the conservation of the timber resources, the productivity of forest 
lands, and the stabilization of employment and economic continuance 
of forest industries; $10,792,708. 
COOPERATIVE RANGE IMPROVEMENTS 
For artificial revegetation, construction, and maintenance of range 
improvements, control of rodents, and eradication of poisonous and 
noxious plants on national forests as authorized by section 12 of the 
Act of April 24, 1950 (16 U. S. C. 580h), $531,000, to remain available 
^ stat. ss. 
until expended. 
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[67 STAT. 
FLOOD PREVENTION 
For expenses necessary, in accordance with the Flood Control 
3 3 ^u^sc^Vo°i a- ^^^*^' approved June 22,1936 (Public Law 738) as amended and supple-
70ih. 
mented, and in accordance with the provisions of laws relating to the 
activities of the Department, to make preliminary examinations and 
surveys, and to perform works of improvement, and to plan the agri-
3'.. 
cultural phases of the development of the Columbia Basin area, the 
Arkansas-White-Red River area, the New England-New ifork area, 
the Missiouri River area, and the Mississippi River area, including 
not to exceed $100,000 for employment pursuant to the second sen-
53 Stat. 742. 
^euce of sectlou Y06 (a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (5 U. S. C. 574), 
60 Stat. 810. 
as amended by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 
55a), at rates for individuals not to exceed $100 per diem, to remain 
available until expended, $7,000,000, with which shall be merged the 
unexpended balances of funds heretofore appropriated or transferred 
landlil'''^"^^ °* to the Department for flood prevention purposes: Provided^ That no 
part of such funds shall be used for the purchase of lands in the Yazoo 
and Little Tallahatchie watersheds without specific approval of the 
county board of supervisors of the county in which such lands are 
situated, nor shall any part of such funds be used for the purchase 
of lands in the counties of Adair, Cherokee, and Sequoyah, in the 
State of Oklahoma, and Neosho, Cottonwood, Verdigris, Caney, and 
tributaries in Kansas, without the specific approval of the Board of 
County Commissioners of the county in which such lands are situated: 
Provided further^ That of the funds available herein, not in excess 
of $6,286,329 (with which shall be merged the unexpended balance 
of funds heretofore made available for these purposes) may be 
expended in watersheds heretofore authorized by section 13 of the 
58 Stat. 905. 
Flood Coutrol Act of December 22, 1944, for necessary gully control, 
floodwater detention, and floodway structures in areas other than 
those over which the Department of the Army has jurisdiction and 
responsibility. 
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 
^^49 st at. 16 3. provisious of Public Law 46, Seventy-fourth Congress; $5,000,000. 
16*USC 590q. 
SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE 
, 
^ 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for carrying out the provisions of the Act of 
49 Stat. 163. 
April 27,1935 (16 U. S. C. 590a-590f), title I I I of the Act of J u l y 22, 
50 Stat. 525. 
1937 (7 xj. S. C. 1010-1012), and the Act of August 11,1945 (7 U. S. C. 
59 Stat. 532. 
\{)\\ note), including research and investigations into irrigation, drain-
age, and watershed hydrology (including the construction, operation, 
and maintenance of experimental watersheds, stations, laboratories, 
plots, and installations); classification and mapping of soils; pre-
paring conservation plans and establishing 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) ; establishment and operation of conservation nurseries; 
development and management of land utilization project lands and 
facilities; dissemination of information; purchase and erection or 
alteration of permanent buildings; operation and maintenance of air-
craft ; and furnishing of subsistence to employees; $60,944,014: Pro-
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215 
vided^ 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 eight buildings to be constructed or improved at a cost not to 
exceed $15,000 per building and except that alterations or improve-
ments to other existing permanent buildings costing $2,500 or more 
may be made in any fiscal year in an amount not to exceed $500 per 
building: Provided further^ That no part of this appropriation shall 
be available for the construction of any such building on land not 
owned by the Government: Provided further^ That in the State of 
Missouri, where the State has established a central State agency author-
ized to enter into agreements with the United States or any of its 
agencies on policies and general programs for the saving of its soil by 
the extension of Federal aid to any soil conservation district in such 
State, the agreements made by or on behalf of the United States 
with any such soil conservation district shall have the prior approval 
of such central State agency before they shall become effective as to 
such district: 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 
])rojects: 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 section 15 
of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a) : Provided further, That 
(|tialified local engineers may be temporarily employed at per diem 
rates to perform the technical planning work of the service: Provided 
further., That the Secretary may sell at market value any property 
located in Yalobusha, Chickasaw, and Pontotoc Counties, Mississippi, 
administered under title I I I of the Act of July 22, 1937 (7 U. S. C. 
1010-1012), and suitable for return to private ownership under such 
terms and conditions as would not conflict with the purposes of 
said Act. 
WATER CONSERVATION AND UTILIZATION PROJECTS 
For expenses necessary to carry into effect the functions of the 
Department under the Acts of May 10,1939 (53 Stat. 685,719), October 
14, 1940 (16 U. S. C. 590y-z-10), as amended and supplemented, June 
28, 1949 (Public Law 132), and September 6, 1950 (7 U. S. C. 
1033-1039), relating to water conservation and utilization projects, to 
remain available until expended, $685,000, which sum shall be merged 
with the unexpended balances of funds heretofore appropriated to said 
Department for the purposes of said Acts. 
C o s t 
ings. 
o f build-
Restrictions. 
49 Stat. 163. 
58 Stat. 742. 
60 Stat. 810. 
50 Stat. 525. 
54 Stat. 1119. 
63 Stat. 277. 
64 Stat. 769. 
AGRICULTURAL CONSERVATION PROGRAM 
To enable the Secretary to carry into effect the provisions of sections 
7 to 17, inclusive, of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act, 
approved February 29, 1936, as amended (16 U. S. C. 590g-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; $211,982,000, to remain available until 
December 31 of the next succeeding fiscal year for compliance with the 
program of soil-building practices and soil- and water-conserving 
practices authorized under this head in the Department of Agriculture 
Appropriation Act, 1953, carried out during the period July 1, 1952, 
to December 31, 1953, inclusive, of which amount $2,500,000 shall be 
available for technical assistance in formulating and carrying out 
49 Stat. 1148. 
16 u s e 590q. 
66 Stat. 346. 
49 Stat. 1148. 
16 u s e 5 90g-
81S 
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[67 STAT. 
agricultural conservation practices and $1,000,000 shall be available for 
conservation practices related directly to flood prevention work in 
approved watersheds: Provided^ That not to exceed $26,178,700 of the 
total sum provided under this head shall be available during the current 
fiscal year for salaries and other administrative expenses for carrying 
out such program, the cost of aerial photographs, however, not to be 
charged to such limitation; but not more than $4,500,000 shall be 
transferred to the appropriation account, "Administrative expenses, 
"usc*i3^92. 
section 392, Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938": Provided 
further, 
ciaima^s "* ^ * ° That payments to claimants hereunder may be made upon the certificate 
of the claimant, which certificate shall be in such form as the Secretary 
may prescribe, that he has carried out the conservation practice or 
practices and has complied with all other requirements as conditions 
for such payments and that the statements and information contained 
in the application for payment are correct and true, to the best of his 
62 Stat. 683. 
knowledge and belief, under the penalties of title 18, United States 
Code: Provided further, That none of the funds herein appropriated 
or made available for the functions assigned to the Agricultural 
Adjustment Agency pursuant to the Executive Order Numbered 9069, 
^^50 use app. 601 Qf February 23, 1942, shall be used to pay the salaries or expenses 
of any regional information employees or any State information 
{, X 
employees, but this shall not preclude the answering of inquiries or 
supplying of information at the county level to individual farmers: 
racticJ^^et^^"^ /*r<9V^Wec? further, That such amount shall be available for salaries and 
other administrative expenses in connection with the formulation and 
administration of the 1954 program of soil-building practices and soil-
and water-conserving practices, under the Act of February 29,1936, as 
amended (amounting to $195,000,000, including administration, and 
590q. 
" ' =
• formulated on the basis of a distribution of the funds available for 
payments and grants among the several States in accordance with their 
conservation nefeds as determined by the Secretary, except that the 
proportion allocated to any State shall not be reduced more than 15 
per centum from the distribution for the next preceding program year, 
and no participant shall receive more than $1,500); but the payments 
or grants under such programs shall be conditioned upon the utilization 
of land with respect to which such payments or grants are to be made 
in conformity with farming practices which will encourage and pro-
vide for soil-building and soil- and water-conserving practices in the 
, 
, 
most practical and effective manner and adapted to conditions in the 
several States, as determined and approved by the State committees 
appointed pursuant to section 8 (b) of the Soil Conservation and 
49 Stat. 1150. 
Domestic Allotment Act, as amended (16 U. S. C. 590h (b)), for the 
respective States: Provided further, That not to exceed 5 per centum 
of the allocation for the agricultural conservation program for any 
county may, on the recommendation of such county committee and 
approval of the State committee, be withheld and allotted to the Soil 
Conservation Service for services of its technicians in formulating and 
carrying out the agricultural conservation program in the participating 
counties, and the funds so allotted may be placed in a single account 
r 
.: 
for each State, and shall not be utilized by the Soil Conservation 
Service for any purpose other than technical and other assistance in 
°' such counties: Provided further. That such amounts shall be available 
for the purchase of seeds, fertilizers, lime, trees, or any other farming 
material, or any soil-terracing services, and making grants thereof to 
agricultural producers to aid them in carrying out farming practices 
approved by the Secretary under programs provided for herein: 
Provided further, That no part of any funds available to the Depart-
tCon""^^' '""""" ment, or any bureau, office, corporation, or other agency constituting a 
part of such Department, shall be used in the current fiscal year for the 
payment of salary or travel expenses of any person who has been 
P u r c h a s e 
seeds, etc. 
Salary or travel 
expenses, restric-
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217 
convicted of violating the Act entitled "An Act to prevent pernicious 
political activities", approved August 2,1939, as amended, or who has 
iuicf^iisk^note. 
been found in accordance with the provisions of title 18, United States 
62 stat. 792. 
Code, section 1913, to have violated or attempted to violate such section 
which prohibits the use of Federal 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 appropria-
tion by Congress except upon request of any Member or through the 
proper official channels. 
> 
PRODUCTION AND MARKETING ADMINISTRATION 
AGRICULTURAL ADJUSTMENT PROGRAMS 
To enable the Secretary 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), and to provide advice and assistance to selective service 
^2 stat. 38. 
authorities in connection with farm labor, $38,500,000, of which not 
more than $5,500,000 shall be transferred to the appropriation account 
"Administrative expenses, section 392, Agricultural Adjustment Act 
of 1938": Provided, That $6,000,000 of this appropriation shall be 
^ use 1392. 
placed in reserve pending determination by the Secretary as to the 
necessity of marketing quotas for the 1954 crop of wheat, and this 
amount shall be released in such sums and at such times as may be 
determined by the Bureau of the Budget to be necessary. 
SUGAR ACT PROGRAM 
To enable the Secretary to carry into effect the provisions of the 
Sugar Act of 1948 (7 U. S. C. 1101-1160), $59,645,000 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 $1,445,000. 
SCHOOL L U N C H PROGRAM 
To enable the Secretary to carry out the provisions of the National 
School Lunch Act (42 U. S. C. 1751-1760), $83,365,000: Provided, 
eo stat. 230. 
That no part of this appropriation shall be used for nonfood assistance 
under section 5 of said Act. 
42 use 1754. 
MARKETING 
SERVICES 
For expenses necessary for acquiring and diffusing market informa-
tion on agricultural commodities, food products and byproducts, the 
standardization, classification, grading, handling, storage, and market-
ing thereof, including the demonstration and promotion of the use 
of uniform standards of classification of American farm and food 
products throughout the world, the analysis of cotton fiber, the classing 
of cotton for producer members of cotton quality improvement groups, 
the establishment of classification standards and maintenance of an 
inspection service for tobacco (7 U. S. C. 471^76, 501-508, 511-511q); „ 44 stat. 1372; 45 
J. 
^ - 
i.' 
J.- 
J 
i.-£ 
• 
• 
• 
• T 
.• 
^ 1 ' 
Stat. 1079;49Stat. 
tor investigating and certifying, m one or more jurisdictions, to 731. 
shippers and other interested parties the class, quality, and condition 
of any agricultural commodity or food product, whether raw or proc-
essed, and any product containing an agricultural commodity or 
derivative thereof when offered for interstate shipment or when 
received at such important central markets as the Secretary may from 
time to time designate, or at points w(hich may be conveniently 
reached therefrom under such rules and regulations as he may pre-
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[67 STAT. 
scribe, including the collection of such fees as are reasonable and as 
nearly as may cover the cost of the service rendered; for performing 
the duties imposed upon the Secretary by chapter 14 of the Internal 
53 Stat. 210. 
Revenue Code relating to cotton futures (26 U. S. C. 1920-1935); 
and for carrying into effect the United States Cotton Standards Act 
42 Stat. 1517. 
(7 xj, s. C. 51-65), the United States Grain Standards Act (7 U. S. C. 
39 Stat. 482. 
71-87), the Naval Stores Act (7 U. S. C. 91-99), section 201 (a) to 
42 Stat. 1435. 
201 (d), iuclusivc, of title I I of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 
52 Stat. 36. 
1938 (7 U. S. C. 1291), including not to exceed $25,000 for employment 
at rates not to exceed $100 per diem, pursuant to the second sentence 
58Stat. 742. 
of sectiou 706 (a), of the Organic Act of 1944 (5 U. S. C. 574), as 
60 Stat. 810. 
amended by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), 
the Acts to provide standards for containers for fruits and vegetables 
39 Stat. 673. 
(15 XJ. S. C. 251-257i), the United States Warehouse Act (7 U. S. C. 
IHtat' tffs 
241-273), the Federal Seed Act (7 U. S. C. 1551-1610), the Packers 
42 Stat. 159. 
and Stockyards Act (7 U. S. C. 181-229), the Federal Insecticide, 
61 Stat. 163. 
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U. S. C. 135-135k), and the Tobacco 
54 Stat. 231. 
p l a n t aud Seed Exportation Act (7 U. S. C. 516), $11,496,000. 
REPAYMENT TO COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
For reimbursement to Commodity Credit Corporation for sums 
transferred to the appropriation "Marketing services", fiscal year 
1952 (including interest thereon through June 30, 1953), pursuant 
to authority contained under the head "Marketing services" in the 
65 Stat. 239. 
Department of Agriculture Appropriation Act, 1952 (7 U. S. C. 414a), 
for grading tobacco and classing cotton Avithout charge to producers, 
stat°. m ! ^^' "^^ ^s authorized by law (7 U. S. C. 473a, 5lid), $768,505. 
COMMODITY EXCHANGE AUTHORITY 
To enable the Secretary to carry into effect the provisions of the 
stil ulV. ^^^' ^^ Commodity Exchange Act, as amended (7 U. S. C. l-17a), $700,000. 
FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION 
For operating and administrative expenses, $7,350,000. 
RURAL ELECTRIFICATION ADMINISTRATION 
To carry into effect the provisions of the Rural Electrification Act 
49 Stat. 1363. 
of 1936, as amended (7 U. S. C. 901-924), as follows: 
LOAN A U T H O R I Z A T I O N S 
For loans in accordance with said Act, and for carrying out the 
provisions of section 7 thereof, to be borrowed from the Secretary of 
7 use 907, 903. the Treasury in accordance with the provisions of section 3 (a) of said 
Act as follows: Rural Electrification program, $135,000,000; and 
rural telephone program, $67,500,000; and additional amounts, not to 
exceed $45,000,000 for the rural electrification program, may be bor-
rowed under the same terms and conditions to the extent that such 
additional amounts are required during the fiscal year 1954, under the 
then existing conditions, for the expeditious and orderly development 
of the 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 
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PUBLIC LAW 156-JULY 28, 1953 
219 
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), $7,775,000. 
FARMERS'HOME ADMINISTRATION 
To carry into effect the provisions of titles I, II, and the related 
provisions 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, 590z-5), 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 
(42 U. S. C. 1471-1483), as amended by the Housing Act of 1952 
(Public Law 531, approved July 14, 1952), relating to financial assist-
ance for farm housing; the Rural Rehabilitation Corporation Trust 
Liquidation Act, approved May 3, 1950 (40 U. S. C. 440-444); and 
the Act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain min-
eral 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 sec-
tion 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) : Title I and sec-
tion 43 of title IV of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, as 
amended, and title V of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended, (except 
grants under 504 (a)), $35,500,000, of which not to exceed $5,000,000 
of the amount available for the purposes of title I and section 43 of 
the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, as amended, may be distributed 
to States and Territories without regard to farm population and prev-
alence of tenancy, in addition to the amount otherwise distributed 
thereto, for loans in reclamation projects and to entry 
men on unpat-
ented public land (sums available for loans under title V of the Hous-
ing Act of 1949, as amended, to remain available until expended); 
title I I of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, as amended, $120,-
000,000; the Act of August 28,1937, as amended, $6,500,000: Provided, 
That not to exceed 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 
Appropriation Act, 1952. 
58 Stat. 742. 
60 Stat. 810. 
50 Stat. 522. 
60 Stat. 711. 
50 Stat. 869. 
63 Stat. 432. 
66 Stat. 604. 
64 Stat. 98. 
64 Stat. 769. 
50 Stat. 531. 
7 u s e 1024. 
5 0 S t a t . 5 2 2 , 
530. 
7 u s e 
1 0 0 1 -
1006, 1017. 
63 Stat. 432. 
4 2 u s e 
14 71-
1483. 
50 Stat. 524. 
7 USei007-1009. 
50 Stat. 869. 
1 6 u s e 5 9 0 r -
590x. 
65 Stat. 240. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For the making, servicing, and collecting of loans and insured 
mortgages, the servicing and collecting of loans made under prior 
authority, the liquidation of assets transferred to Farmers' Home 
Administration pursuant to the Farmers' Home Administration Act 
of 1946, the extension of financial assistance under the Housing Act 
of 1949, as amended, and the administration of assets transferred under 
subsection 2 (f) of the Act of May 3, 1950, $27,600,000, together with 
a transfer to this appropriation item of not to exceed $325,000 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. 
60 Stat. 1062. 
7 u s e 1001 note. 
63 Stat. 413. 
42 
u s e 
1 4 4 1 
note. 
64 Stat. 99. 
40 u s e 440. 
60 Stat. 1076. 
7 u s e 1005b. 
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[67 STAT. 
FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses, including library membership fees or 
dues in organizations which issue publications to members only 
or to members at a lower price than to others, payment for which may 
be made in advance; not to exceed $20,000 for expenditures authorized 
58 Stat. 741. 
^y sectiou 602 of the Organic Act of 1944 (12 U. S. C. 833) ; $410,000, 
together with not to exceed $2,135,500 of receipts from Farm Credit 
agencies, to be advanced to this appropriation, to cover the cost of 
supervision, facilities, examinations, and other services rendered to 
such agencies; $2,545,500. 
EXTENSION SERVICJE 
C o o p e r a t i v e 
PAYMENTS TO STATES, HAWAII, ALASKA, AND PUERTO RICO 
agricultural exten-
sion wor . 
j , ^ ^ payments to the States, Hawaii, Alaska, and Puerto Rico, for 
cooperative agricultural extension work as follows: 
Capper-Ketcham Act, the Act approved May 22, 1928 (7 U. S. C. 
45 Stat. 711. 
343a^ 343b), $1,480,000; Bankhead-Jones Act, section 21, title II, of the 
49 Stat. 438. 
^^t approved June 29, 1935 (7 U. S. C. 343c), $12,000,000; Bankhead-
Jones Act, section 23, title II, of the Act approved June 29, 1935, as 
59 Stat. 231. 
amended by the Act of June 6, 1945 (7 U. S. C. 343d-l), $12,496,827; 
additional extension work, the Act approved April 24,1939, as amended 
53 Stat. 589. 
(7 xj. S. C. 343c-l), $555,000; Alaska, the Act approved February 23, 
45 Stat. 1256. 
^929 (7 u . S. C. 386c), extending the benefits of the Smith-Lever Act 
to the Territory of Alaska, $17,300, and the Act approved October 27, 
63 Stat. 939. 
1949 (7 U. S. C. 343d-4, 5), extending to the Territory of Alaska the 
benefits of the Capper-Ketcham Act and sections 21 and 23 of title I I of 
the Bankhead-Jones Act, $42,558; Puerto Rico, section 3 of the Act of 
46 Stat. 1521. 
March 4,1931 (7 U. S. C. 386f), authorizing extension of the Capper-
Ketcham Act to Puerto Rico, $32,131; the Act approved August 28, 
50 Stat. 881. 
1937 (7 jj s, Q 343f-^43g), extending the benefits of section 21 of the 
Bankhead-Jones Act to Puerto Rico, $408,000; and the Act approved 
63 Stat. 926. 
October 26, 1949 (7 U. S. C. 343d-2, 3), extending the benefits of 
section 23 of title I I of the Bankhead-Jones Act to Puerto Rico, 
$101,090; and section 506a of title V of the Housing Act of 1949 
63 Stat. 435. 
(42 U. S. C. 1476), $33,050; in all, payments to States, Hawaii, Alaska, 
and Puerto Rico, $27,165,956. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary to administer the provisions of the Smith-
38 Stat. 372. 
Lever Act, approved May 8, 1914 (7 U. S. C. 341-348), and Acts 
amendatory or supplementary thereto, and to coordinate the extension 
work of the Department and the several States, Territories, and 
insular possessions, $920,000. 
.. 
, 
OFFICE or THE SECRETARY 
For expenses of the Office of the Secretary of Agriculture, including 
the purchase of one passenger motor vehicle for replacement only; 
travel expenses, including examination of estimates for appropriations 
in the field; stationery, supplies, materials, and equipment; freight, 
express, and drayage 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, $2,188,000, together with such amounts from other appro-
priations or authorizations as are provided in the schedules in the 
budget for the current fiscal year for such services and expenses, which 
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several amounts or portions thereof, as may be determined by the 
Secretary, not exceeding a total of $101,280, shall be transferred to and 
made a part of this appropriation. 
OFFICE or THE SOLICITOR 
For necessary expenses, including payment of fees or dues for the 
use of law libraries by attorneys in the field service, $2,300,000, 
together with such amounts from other appropriations or authoriza-
tions as are provided in the schedules in the budget for the current 
fiscal year for such expenses which several amounts not exceeding a 
total of $318,000 shall be transferred to and made a part of this 
appropriation. 
FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE 
For necessary expenses for the Foreign Agricultural Service and 
for enabling the Secretary to coordinate and integrate activities of 
the Department in connection with foreign agricultural work, $673,000. 
OFFICE OF INFORMATION 
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, $1,160,000, together with such amounts from other appro-
priations or authorizations as are provided in the schedules in the 
budget for the current fiscal year for such expenses, which several 
amounts "not exceeding a total of $16,014 shall be transferred to and 
made a part of this appropriation, of which total appropriation not 
to exceed S560,000 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, 
Representatives, and Delegates in Congress, as they shall direct (7 
U. S. C. 417) .and not less than two hundred thirty thousand eight 
hundred and fifty copies for the use of the Senate and House of Repre- Agriculture 
sentatives of part 2 of the annual report of the Secretary (known as 
the Yearbook of Agriculture) as authorized by section 73 of the Act 
of January 12,1895 (44 U. S. C. 241) : Provided, That in the prepara-
tion of motion pictures or exhibits by the Department, not exceeding a 
total of $10,000 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 section 15 of the Act of August 2,1946 (5 U. S. C. 
55a) : Provided further, That no part of this appropriation shall be 
used for the establishment or maintenance of regional or State field 
offices, or for the compensation of employees in such offices. 
LIBRARY 
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 memlJers; 
$673,800. 
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 
27000 O - 53 - 17 
34 Stat. 690. 
Y e a r b o o k 
of 
28 Stat. 612. 
Motion pictures, 
etc. 
58 Stat. 742. 
60 Stat. 810. 
Field offices. 
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31 U^C'M*/.' 
Corporation Control Act, as amended, as may be necessary in carry-
ing out the programs set forth in the budget for the fiscal year 1954 
for such corporation or agency, except as hereinafter provided: 
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation. 
Commodity Credit Corporation: Nothing in this Act shall be so 
construed as to prevent the Commodity Credit Corporation from 
carrying out any activity or any program authorized by law: Pro-
vided^ That not to exceed $17,100,000 shall be available for admin-
istrative expenses of the Corporation: Provided further^ That $600,-
000 of this authorization shall be placed in reserve to be apportioned 
31 use 665. 
pursuant to Section 3679 of the Kevised Statutes, as amended, for use 
only in such amounts and at such times as may become necessary to 
carry out program operations: Provided further^ That all necessary 
expenses (including legal and special services performed on a contract 
or fee basis, but not including other personal services) in connection 
with the acquisition, operation, maintenance, improvement, or dis-
position of any real or personal property belonging to the Corporation * 
or in which it has an interest, including expenses of collections of 
pledged collateral, shall be considered as nonadministrative expenses 
for the purposes hereof: Provided further^ That the Secretary of the 
Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to discharge indebtedness 
of the Commodity Credit Corporation to the Secretary of the Treasury 
by canceling notes issued by the Corporation to the Secretary of the 
Treasury in the amount of the capital impairment determined by the 
appraisal of June 30, 1952, pursuant to sections 1 and 4 of the Act of 
108? ^*^** ^°^' March 8, 1938, as amended (15 U. S. C. 7l3a-l, 4), $96,205,161. 
Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation: Not to exceed $750,000 (to be 
computed on an accrual basis) of the funds of the Corporation shall be 
available for administrative expenses, including employment on a 
contract or fee basis of persons, firms, and corporations for the 
performance of special services, including legal services, and the use 
of the services and facilities of Federal land banks, national farm loan 
associations, Federal Reserve banks, and agencies of the Government 
48 Stat. 344. 
as authoHzed by the Act of January 31,1934 (12 U. S. C. 1020-1020h) ; 
and said total sum shall be exclusive of services and facilities furnished 
and examinations made by the Farm Credit Administration central 
office, interest expense, and expenses in connection with the acquisition, 
operation, maintenance, improvement, protection, or disposition of 
real or personal property belonging to the Corporation or in which 
Dividends. 
it has ail interest: Provided^ That promptly after June 30 of each 
fiscal year all cash funds in excess of the estimated operating require-
ments for the current fiscal year shall be declared as dividends.and 
Bonds. 
paid into the general fund of the Treasury: Provided further^ That 
the aggregate amount of bonds the Corporation may issue and have 
outstanding at any one time shall not exceed $500,000,000. 
Federal intermediate credit banks: Not to exceed $1,690,000 (to be 
computed on an accrual basis) of the funds of the banks shall be 
available for administrative expenses and services performed for the 
banks by other Government agencies (except services and facilities 
furnished and examinations made by the Farm Credit Administration 
central office, and services performed by any Federal Reserve bank 
and by the United States Treasury in connection with the financial 
transactions of the banks) ; and said total sum shall be exclusive 
of interest expense, legal and special services performed on a contract 
or fee basis, and expenses in connection with the acquisition, operation, 
maintenance, improvement, protection, or disposition of real or per-
sonal property belonging to the banks or in which they have an interest. 
Production credit corporations: Not to exceed $1,465,000 (to be 
computed on an accrual basis) of the funds of the corporations shall 
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be available for administrative expenses and services performed for 
the corporations by other Government agencies (except services and 
facilities furnished and examinations made by the Farm Credit 
Administration central office) ; and said total sum shall be exclusive 
of interest expense, legal and special services performed on a contract 
or fee basis, and expenses in connection with the acquisition, operation, 
maintenance, improvement, protection, or disposition of real or per-
sonal property belonging to the corporations or in which they have an 
interest. 
T I T L E III—SPECIAL ACTIVITIES 
RESEARCH ON STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL AGRICULTURAL MATERIALS 
For expenses necessary to enable the Secretary to carry out his 
responsibilities under section 7 (b) of the Strategic and Critical 
Materials Stock Piling Act of July 23,1946 (50 U. S. C. 98f), $439,500: 
Provided^ That this appropriation shall be subject to applicable provi-
sions contained in the item "Office of Administrator, Agricultural 
Research Administration". 
60 Stat, 599. 
ERADICATION OF FOOT-AND-MOUTH AND OTHER CONTAGIOUS DISEASES OF 
ANIMALS AND POULTRY 
For expenses necessary in the arrest and eradication of foot-and-
mouth disease, rinderpest, contagious pleuropneumonia, or other con-
tagious or infectious diseases of animals, or European fowl pest and 
similar diseases in poultry, including the payment of claims growing 
out of destruction of animals (including poultry) affected by or 
exposed to, or of materials contaminated by or exposed to, any such 
disease, when there has been compliance with all lawful quarantine 
regulations, 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, 1884, as amended (7 U. S. C. 391; 21 U. S. C. 
111-122), including expenses in accordance with section 2 of said Act 
of February 28, 1947, the Secretary may transfer from other appro-
priations or funds available to the bureaus, corporations, or agencies 
of the Department such sums as he may deem necessary, but not to 
exceed $2,650,000 for eradication of vesicular exanthema of swine, 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, 
except for payments made pursuant to said Act of February 28, 1947, 
the payment for animals may be made on appraisement based on the 
meat, egg-production, dairy, or breeding value, but in case of appraise-
ment based on breeding value no appraisement of any animal shall 
exceed three times its meat, egg-production, or dairy value and, except 
in case of an extraordinary emergency to be determined by the Secre-
tary, the payment by the United States shall not exceed one-half of any 
such appraisements: Provided further. That poultry may be appraised 
in groups when the basis for appraisal is the same for each bird: 
Provided further^ That this appropriation shall be subject to applicable 
provisions contained in the item "Office of Administrator, Agricultural 
Research Administration": Provided further^ That the Secretary of the 
Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to discharge indebtedness 
of the Commodity Credit Corporation to the Secretary of the Treasury 
by canceling notes issued by the Corporation to the Secretary of the 
Treasury in the amount of $7,057,575 for funds transferred and 
expenses incurred under this head through fiscal year 1952 (including 
P a y m e n t 
of 
claims. 
2 3 
61 Stat. 7; 
Stat. 31, 
21 u s e 1 14b-
114d. 
B a s i s 
0 
praisement. 
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interest thereon through June 30,1953) pursuant to authority granted 
65 Stat. 243. 
jn the Department of Agriculture Appropriation Act, 1952. 
INTERNATIONAL WHEAT AGREEMENT 
The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed 
to discharge indebtedness of the Commodity Credit Corporation to 
the Secretary of the Treasury by canceling notes issued by the Cor-
poration of the Secretary of the Treasury in the amount of $171,740,395 
for the net costs during the fiscal year 1952 (including interest thereon 
through June 30, 1953) under the International Wheat Agreement 
63 Stat. 945. 
^ct of 1949 (7 U. S. C. 1641-1642). 
TITLE IV—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
Passenger mo-
tor vehicles. 
SEC. 401. Within the unit limit of cost fixed by law, the lump-sum 
appropriations and authorizations made for the Department under 
this Act shall be available for the purchase, in addition to those speci-
fically provided for, of not to exceed 400 passenger motor vehicles for 
replacement only, and for the hire of such vehicles, necessary in the 
conduct of the work of the Department outside the District of 
Columbia. 
aiEns^ ^ ° ^"*"* °^ 
SEC. 402. Provisions of law prohibiting or restricting the employment 
of aliens shall not apply to (1) the temporary employment of trans-
lators when competent citizen translators are not available; (2) 
employment in cases of emergency of persons in the field service of 
the Department for periods of not more than sixty days; and (3) 
employment under the appropriation for the Foreign Agricultural 
Service. 
landl!'^^^^^ °' 
SEC. 403. Of appropriations herein made which are available for the 
purchase of lands, not to exceed $1 may be expended for each option to 
purchase any particular tract or tracts of land. 
prfdictio^s.^'**^* 
S^^^- ^^^' ^^ P^^^ ^^ *^® 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, 6t bureau thereof, issues, or causes to be 
issued, any prediction, oral or written, or forecast, except as to dam-
age threatened or caused by insects and pests, with respect to future 
prices of cotton or the trend of same. 
^JP^urchase of 
QEC. 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. 
Contracts. 
g^c^ 406. Not less than $575,000 shall be available for contracts 
in accordance with section 10 (a) of the Act of August 14, 1946 (7 
60 Stat. 1085. 
"[J. S. C. 4271) from appropriations herein made for the Bureau of Agri-
cultural Economics; Bureau of Animal Industry; Bureau of Dairy 
Industry; Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineer-
ing ; Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine; Bureau of Agricul-
tural and Industrial Chemistry; Bureau of Human Nutrition and 
Home Economics; and the Forest Service, 
strikes or over- 
SEC. 407. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act, or 
Lent*."^ ° 
ovem- ^^ ^^^ fuuds available for expenditure by any corporation included 
in this Act, shall be used to pay the salary or wages of any person 
who engages in a strike against the Government of the United States 
or who is a member of an organization of Government employees 
that asserts the right to strike against the Government of the United 
States, or who advocates, or is a member of an organization that 
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advocates, the overthrow of the Government of the United States b j 
force or violence: Provided^ That for the purposes hereof an affidavit 
shall be considered prima facie evidence that the person making the 
affidavit has not contrary to the provisions of this section engaged in 
a strike against the Government of the United States, is not a member 
of an organization of Government employees that asserts the right to 
strike against the Government of the United States, or that such per-
son does not advocate, and is not a member of an organization that 
advocates, the overthrow of the Government of the United States by 
force or violence: Provided further^ That any person who engages 
in a strike against the Government of the United States or who is a 
member of an organization of Government employees that asserts 
the right to strike against the Government of the United States, or 
who advocates, or who is a member of an organization that advocates, 
the overthrow of the Government of the TJnited States by force or 
violence and accepts employment the salary or wages for which are 
paid from any appropriation or fund contained in this Act shall be 
guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than 
$1,000 or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both: Provided 
further, That the above penalty clause shall be in addition to, and not 
in substitution for, any other provisions of existing law: Provided 
further, That nothing in this section shall be construed to require an 
affidavit from any person employed for less than sixty days for sudden 
emergency work involving the loss of human life or destruction of 
property, the payment of salary or wages may be made to such persons 
from applicable appropriations for services rendered in such emer-
gency without execution of the affidavit contemplated by this section. 
SEC. 408. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act or 
of the funds available for expenditure by any corporation or agency 
included in this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda pur-
poses to support or defeat legislation pending before the Congress. 
SEC. 409. This Act may be cited as the "Department of Agriculture 
Appropriation Act, 1954". 
Approved July 28, 1953. 
Affidavit. 
Penalty. 
Emergency work. 
P u b l i c i t y 
o r 
propaganda. 
Short title. 
Public Law 157 
CHAPTER 252 
AN ACT 
To revive and reenact the Act entitled "An Act authorizing the State of Michigan, 
acting through the International Bridge Authority of Michigan, to construct, 
maintain, and operate a toll bridge or series of bridges, causeways, and 
approaches thereto, across the Saint Marys River, from a point in or near 
the city of Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan, to a point in the Province of Ontario, 
Canada", approved December 16, 1940. 
July 28, 1953 
[H. R. 4302] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States 
of America 
in Congress assembled, That the Act 
approved December 16,1940, authorizing the State of Michigan, acting 
through the International Bridge Authority of Michigan, to construct, 
maintain, and operate a toll bridge or series of bridges, causeways, 
or tunnel and approaches thereto, across the Saint Marys River, from 
a point in or near the city of Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan, to a point 
in the Province of Ontario, Canada, be, and is hereby, revived and 
reenacted: Provided, That this Act shall be null and void unless the 
actual construction of the bridge herein referred to be commenced 
within three years and completed within six years from the date of 
approval hereof. 
SEC. 2. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby ex-
pressly reserved. 
Approved July 28, 1953. 
Bridge. 
St. Marys River, 
Mich. 
54 Stat. 1222. 
Limitation. 
Right reserved.