Social and Economic Statistics Administration

Social and Economic Statistics Administration salaries and expenses For expenses necessary for collecting, compiling, analyzing, preparing, and publishing statistics, provided for by law, and modernization or development of automatic data processing equipment, $38,300,000. periodic censuses and programs For expenses necessary to prepare for taking, compiling, and publishing the censuses of business, transportation, manufactures, and mineral industries; the census of governments; the census of agriculture; the census of population and housing; and periodic surveys, as provided for by law, $17,800,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That any unexpended balances as of June 30, 1973 appropriated for the “1972 census of governments”, the “1972 economic censuses”, and the “1974 census of agriculture” shall be transferred to and merged with this appropriation.