Agricultural Marketing Service

Agricultural Marketing Service marketing research and service For expenses necessary to carry on research and service to improve and develop marketing and distribution relating to agriculture as authorized by the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621–1627) and other laws, including the administration of marketing regulatory acts connected therewith; research and development, including related cost and efficiency evaluations, and services relating to agricultural marketing and distribution, for carrying out regulatory acts connected therewith, and for administration and coordination of payments to States; and this appropriation shall be available for field employment pursuant to section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (5 U.S.C. 574), and not to exceed $25,000 shall be available for employment at rates not to exceed $75 per diem under section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a) in carrying out. section 201(a) to 201(d), inclusive, of title II of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1291) and section 203(j) of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, $42,498,975: Provided, That appropriations hereunder shall be available pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 565a for the construction, alteration, and repair of buildings and improvements, but unless otherwise provided, the cost of erecting any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed $20,000, except for one building to be constructed at a cost not to exceed $45,000, and the cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year shall not. exceed $7,500 or 7.5 per centum of the cost of the building, whichever is greater. 77 Stat. 826 payments to states and possessions For payments to departments of agriculture, bureaus and departments of markets, and similar agencies for marketing activities under section 204(b) of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1623(b)), $1,500,000. special milk program For necessary expenses to carry out the Special Milk Program, as authorized by the Act of August 8, 1961 (7 U.S.C. 1446, note), $100,000,000. school lunch program For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751–1760), $137,000,000: Provided, That no part of this appropriation shall be used for nonfood assistance under section 5 of said Act: Provided further, That $45,000,000 shall be transferred to this appropriation from funds available under section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935, for purchase and distribution of agricultural commodities and other foods pursuant to section 6 of the National School Lunch Act. removal of surplus agricultural commodities (section 32) No funds available under section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c) shall be used for any purpose other than commodity program expenses as authorized therein, and other related operating expenses, except for (1) transfers to the Department of the Interior as authorized by the Fish and Wildlife Act of August 8, 1956, (2) transfers otherwise provided in this Act, (3) not more than $4,754,000 for formulation and administration of marketing agreements and orders pursuant to the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, as amended, and the Agricultural Act of 1961, (4) not more than $45,000,000 for expenses for the Pilot Food Stamp Program, and (5) not more than $16,000,000 for transfer to the Commodity Credit Corporation to be used to increase domestic consumption of any farm commodity or farm commodities determined by the Secretary of Agriculture to be in surplus supply, and hereafter such sums (not in excess of $25,000,000 in any one year) as may be approved by the Congress shall be available for such purpose, such authorization not to restrict authority in existing law, of which amount $11,000,000 shall remain available until expended for constitution and equipping of research facilities determined to be needed as n result of a special survey.