Foreign Agricultural Service

Foreign Agricultural Service salaries and expenses For necessary expenses for the Foreign Agricultural Service, including carrying out title VI of the Agricultural Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1761–1768), and for enabling the Secretary to coordinate and integrate activities of the Department in connection with foreign agricultural work, including not to exceed $25,000 for representation allowances and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of the Act approved August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), $3,518,300: Provided, That not less than $400,000 of the funds contained 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 addition, not to exceed $2,493,000 of the funds appropriated by section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935, as amended (7 U.S.C. 612c), shall be merged with this appropriation and shall be available for all expenses of the Foreign Agricultural Service in carrying out the purposes of said section 32: Provided further, That, in addition, not to exceed the equivalent of $1,310,000 in foreign currencies derived from sales under title I of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, as amended, and made available to the Department of Agriculture, shall be available for expenses of the agricultural attached service and for general operating expenses of the Foreign Agricultural Service in carrying out the purposes of section 104(a) of that Act.