Research on Strategic and Critical Agricultural Materials

Research on Strategic and Critical Agricultural Materials For expenses necessary to carry out section 7 (b) of the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act of July 23, 1946 (50 U. S. C. 98f), $314,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall be subject to applicable provisions contained in the item “Salaries and expenses, Agricultural Research Service”. reimbursements to commodity credit corporation for advances for animal disease eradication activities To reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for authorized transfers (including interest through June 30, 1956) as follows: (1) $1,269,330 for sums transferred to the appropriation “Foot-and-mouth and other contagious diseases of animals and poultry”, fiscal year 1955, for eradication activities, pursuant to authority contained under such head in the Department of Agriculture and Farm Credit Administration Appropriation Act, 1955, and (2) $11,791,624 for sums transferred to the appropriation “Salaries and expenses, Agricultural Research Service”, fiscal year 1955, for brucellosis eradication, pursuant to section 204 (e) of the Act of August 28, 1954 (7 U. S. C. 397). reimbursement to commodity credit corporation for advances for grading and classing activities For reimbursement to Commodity Credit Corporation for sums transferred to the appropriation “Marketing research and service”, fiscal year 1955 (including interest thereon through June 30, 1956), pursuant to the Act of August 31, 1951 (7 U. S. C. 414a), for grading tobacco and classing cotton without charge to producers, as authorized by law (7 U. S. C. 473a, 511d), $367,740. special commodity disposal programs To reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for authorized costs (including interest through June 30, 1956), as follows: (1) $101,130,155 under the International Wheat Agreement Act of 1949, as amended (7 U. S. C. 1641–1642); (2) $88,628,927 for commodities disposed of for emergency famine relief to friendly peoples pursuant to title II of the Act of July 10, 1954 (7 U. S. C. 1691–1694); (3) $67,477,228 for the sale of surplus agricultural commodities for foreign currencies pursuant to title I of the Act of July 10, 1954 (7 U. S. C. 1691–1694); and (4) $184,678 for the transfer of hay and pasture seeds to Federal land-administering agencies under the Act of July 26, 1954 (68 Stat. 529).