DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Agricultural Research Service salaries and expenses For additional amounts for “Salaries and expenses”, as follows: “Research”, $1,717,530; “Plant and animal disease and pest control”, $2,000,000, of which $650,000 shall be apportioned for use pursuant to section 3679 of the Revised Statutes, as amended, for the control of outbreaks of insects and plant diseases under the joint resolution approved May 9, 1938 (7 U. S. C. 148–148e), and the Act of August 13, 1954 (7 U. S. C. 148), to the extent necessary to meet emergency conditions; and “Meat inspection”, $1,048,690. Agricultural Conservation Program Service The unobligated balance of the amount made available under this head in the Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1956, shall, subject to the same conditions, remain available until December 31, 1956, for the same purposes, for emergency measures to restore farm lands damaged by hurricanes and excessive floods, and for reimbursement to the appropriation to the President for “Disaster relief”, for allocations to the Secretary of Agriculture for such purposes. Farmers’ Home Administration loan authorizations For loans under title V of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended, $5,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That not to exceed the foregoing amount shall be borrowed from the Secretary of the Treasury in the manner authorized under this head in the Department of Agriculture Appropriation Act, 1952. 70 Stat. 162 salaries and expenses For an additional amount for “Salaries and expenses”, $1,500,000. Commodity Credit Corporation The limitation under this head in the Department of Agriculture and Farm Credit Administration Appropriation Act, 1956, on the amount available for administrative expenses of the Corporation, is increased from “$26,000,000” to “$30,750,000.”