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 107 STAT. 1074 PUBLIC LAW 103-111 —OCT. 21, 1993 as amended (7 U.S.C. 1761-1768), market development activities abroad, and for enabling the Secretary to coordinate and integrate activities of the Department in connection with foreign agricultural work, including not to exceed $128,000 for representation allowances and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of the Act approved August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), $118,027,000: Provided, That 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, funds available to the Department of Agriculture shall be available to assist an international organization in meeting the costs, including salaries, fringe benefits and other associated costs, related to the employment by the organization of Federal personnel that may transfer to the organization under the provisions of 5 U.S.C. 3581-3584, or of other well-qualified United States citizens, for the performance of activities that contribute to increased understanding of international agricultural issues, with transfer of funds for this purpose from one appropriation to another or to a single account authorized, such funds remaining available until expended: Provided further, That the Office may utilize advances of funds, or reimburse this appropriation for expenditures made on behalf of Federal agencies, public and private organizations and institutions under agreements executed pursuant to the agricultural food production assistance programs (7 U.S.C. 1736) and the foreign assistance programs of the International Development Cooperation Administration (22 U.S.C. 2392). None of the funds in the foregoing paragraph shall be available to promote the sale or export of tobacco or tobacco products. "" -^ '^^ '" GENERAL SALES MANAGER '" (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) For necessary expenses of the Office of the General Sales Manager, $9,158,000, of which $4,866,000 may be transferred from Commodity Credit Corporation funds, $2,792,000 may be transferred from the Commodity Credit Corporation Program Account in this Act, and $1,500,000 may be transferred from the Public Law 480 Program Account in this Act. The General Sales Manager shall obtain, assimilate, and analyze all available information on developments related to private sales, as well as those funded by the Corporation, including grade and quality as sold and as delivered, including information relating to the effectiveness of greater reliance by the General Sales Manager upon loan guarantees as contrasted to direct loans for financing commercial export sales of agricultural commodities out of private stocks on credit terms, as provided in titles I and II of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978, Public Law 95-501, and shall submit quarterly reports to the appropriate committees of Congress concerning such developments. None of the funds in the foregoing paragraph shall be available to promote the sale or export of tobacco or tobacco products.

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