Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service

Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service expenses, agricultural stabilization and conservation service For necessary administrative expenses to formulate and carry out programs authorized by title III of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1301–1393); Sugar Act of 1948 (7 U.S.C. 1101–1161); sections 7 to 15, 16(a), 16(d), and 17 of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act, as amended (16 U.S.C. 590g–590o, 590p(a), and 590q) as added by section 132 of the Act of August 8, 1961; and subtitles B and C of the Soil Bank Act (7 U.S.C. 1831–1837, 1802–1814, and 1816), $95,423,000: Provided, That, in addition, not to exceed $51,379,500 may be transferred to and merged with this appropriation from the Commodity Credit Corporation fund, and additional amounts not to exceed $30,000,000, may be transferred con-76 Stat. 1210tingent upon the enactment of H.R. 12391, Food and Agriculture Act of 1962. sugar act program For necessary expenses to carry into effect the provisions of the Sugar Act of 1948 ( 7 U.S.C. 1101–1161), $77,650,000, to remain available until June 30 of the next succeeding fiscal year. agricultural conservation program For necessary expenses to carry into effect the program authorized in sections 7 to 15,16(a), and 17 of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act, approved February 29, 1936, as amended (16 U.S.C. 590g–590(o), 590p(a), and 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, $212,900,000, to remain available until December 31 of the next succeeding fiscal year for compliance with the programs of soil-building and soil- and water-conserving practices authorized under this head in the Department of Agriculture and Related Agencies Appropriation Acts, 1961 and 1962, carried out during the period July 1, 1960, to December 31, 1962, inclusive: Provided, That none of the funds herein appropriated shall be used to pay the salaries or expenses of any regional information employees or any State information employees, but this shall not preclude the answering of inquiries or supplying of information at the county level to individual farmers: Provided further, That no portion of the funds for the 1963 program may be utilized to provide financial or technical assistance for drainage on wetlands now designated as Wetland Types 3(111), 4(IV), and 5(V) in United States Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service Circular 39, Wetlands of the United States, 1956: Provided further, That necessary amounts shall be available for administrative expenses in connection with the formulation and administration of the 1963 program of soil-building and soil- and water-conserving practices, including related wildlife conserving practices, under the Act of February 29, 1936, as amended (amounting to $250,000,000, including administration, except that no participant shall receive more than $2,500, except where the participants from two or more farms or ranches join to carry out approved practices designed to conserve or improve the agricultural resources of the community): Provided further, That not to exceed 5 per centum of the allocation for the 1963 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 shall not be utilized by the Soil Conservation Service for any purpose other than technical and other assistance in such counties, and in addition, on the recommendation of such county committee and approval of the State committee, not to exceed 1 per centum may be made available to any other Federal, State, or local public, agency for the same purpose and under the same conditions: Provided further,That for the 1963 program $2,500,000 shall be available for technical assistance in formulating and carrying out agricultural conservation practices: 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 fanning practices approved by the Secretary under programs provided for herein: Provided further, That no part of any funds available to the Depart-76 Stat. 1211ment, 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 convicted of violating the Act entitled “An Act to prevent pernicious political activities”, approved August 2, 1939, as amended, or who has been found in accordance with the provisions of title 18, United States 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 appropriation by Congress except upon request of any Member or through the proper official channels. conservation reserve program For necessary expenses to carry out a conservation reserve program as authorized by subtitles B and C of the Soil Bank Act (7 U.S.C. 1831–1837, 1802–1814, and 1816), and to carry out liquidation activities for the acreage reserve program, to remain available until expended, $300,000,000, with which may be merged the unexpended balances of funds heretofore appropriated for soil bank programs: Provided, That no part of these funds shall be paid on any contract which is illegal under the law due to the division of lands for the purpose of evading limits on annual payments to participants. Office of the General Counsel salaries and expenses For necessary expenses, including payment of fees or dues for the use of law libraries by attorneys in the field service, $3,695,000. Office of Information salaries and expenses For necessary expenses of the Office of Information for the dissemination of agricultural information and the coordination of informational work and programs authorized by Congress in the Department, $1,610,000, of which total appropriation not to exceed $537,000 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 and thirty-three thousand and fifty copies for the use of the Senate and House of Representatives 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 preparation 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). National Agricultural Library salaries and expenses For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural Library, $1,153,500. 76 Stat. 1212 General Administration salaries and expenses For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary of Agriculture and for general administration of the Department of Agriculture, including expenses of the National Agricultural Advisory Commission; 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; $3,341,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall be reimbursed from applicable appropriations for travel expenses incident to the holding of hearings as required by the Administrative Procedures Act (5 Ü.S.C. 1001): Provided further, That not to exceed $2,500 of this amount shall be available for official reception and representation expenses, not otherwise provided for, as determined by the Secretary: Provided further, That not to exceed $225,000 shall be transferred by the Secretary from other appropriations available to the Department of Agriculture for the expenses of the Office of Internal Audit and Inspection.