Extension Service

Extension Service cooperative extension work, payments and expenses Payments to States and Puerto Rico: For payments for cooperative agricultural extension work under the Smith-Lever Act, as amended by the Act of June 26, 1953 (7 U.S.C. 341–348), and the Act. of August 11, 1955 (7 U.S.C. 347a), $62,020,000; and payments and contracts for such work under section 204(b)–205 of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1623–1624), $1,570,000; in all, $63,590,000: Provided, That funds hereby appropriated pursuant to section 3(c) of the Act of June 26, 1953, shall not be paid to any State or Puerto Rico prior to availability of an equal sum from non-Federal sources for expenditure during the current fiscal year. Retirement costs for extension agents: For cost of employer’s share of Federal retirement for cooperative extension employees, $6,765,000. Penalty mail: For costs of penalty mail for cooperative extension agents and State extension directors, $2,490,000. Federal Extension Service: For administration of the Smith-Lever Act, as amended by the Act of June 26, 1953 (7 U.S.C. 341–348), and the Act of August 11, 1955 (7 U.S.C. 347a), and extension aspects of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621–1627), and to coordinate and provide program leadership for the extension work of the Department and the several States and insular possessions, $2,499,500.