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 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 421 -JUNE 25, 1940 52 Stat. 69. 7U.S.C., Supp.V, 1392. Exception. Parity payments. 53 Stat. 974. Payments totenants and sharecroppers. 49 Stat. 1148. 16U.S. C., Supp.V, II 690-590q. 24, 1935 (7 U. S. C . 612c), shall be available during the fiscal year 1941 for administrative expenses, in accordance with the provisions of section 392 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, in carry- ing out the provisions of said section 32, including the employment of persons and means in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, in accordance with the provisions of law applicable to the employment of persons and means by the Agricultural Adjustment Administra- tion, except that within the total of limitations imposed by section 392 (b) of said Act for administrative expenses in the District of Columbia, regional offices, and in the several States, such limitations may, in connection with the activities of the Marketing and Marketing Agreements Division of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration and the Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation, be interchanged, in whole or in part, during the current fiscal year, between the District of Columbia, regional offices, and the several States: Provided further, That the funds appropriated under the head "Parity payments, Department of Agriculture", for the fiscal year 1940 shall remain available until June 30, 1942: Provided fur- ther, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, persons who in 1938 and 1939 carried out farming operations as tenants or share- croppers on cropland owned by the United States Government and who complied with the terms and conditions of the 1938 and 1939 agricultural conservation programs, formulated pursuant to sections 7 to 17, inclusive, of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act, as amended, shall be entitled to apply for and receive payments or to retain payments heretofore made, for their participation in said program to the same extent as other producers. COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION strativesexpenses. Salaries and administrative expenses: Not to exceed $2,000,000 of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, established as an agency of the Government by Executive Order Numbered 6340, dated October 16 1933, and continued as such agency to June 30, 1941, by I5U.s .C. .snpp. v, the Act of March 4, 1939 (53 Stat. 510), shall be available during the fiscal year 1941 for administrative expenses of the Corporation, includ- ing personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; Travelepenes. travel expenses, in accordance with the Standardized Government 44 Stat6 Travel Regulations and the Act of June 3, 1926, as amended (5 U. S . C . 821-833); printing and binding; lawbooks and books of reference; not to exceed $250 for periodicals, maps, and newspapers; procurement of supplies, equipment, and services; typewriters, add- ing machines, and other labor-saving devices, including their repair and exchange; rent in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; and Prodoiis tti all other necessary administrative expenses: Provided, That all neces- expenses. sary expenses (including legal and special services performed on a contract or fee basis, but not including other personal services) in connection with the acquisition, operation, maintenance, improvement, or disposition of any real or personal property belonging to the Corporation or in which it has an interest, including expenses of collections of pledged collateral, shall be considered as nonadminis- Allotments. trative expenses for the purposes hereof: Provided further, That the Secretary of Agriculture may make allotments from this appropria- tion, subject to the approval of the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, to the offices and divisions of the office of the Secretary for unting the performance of departmental services for the Commodity Credit g Corporation: Providedfurther,That none of the fund made available by this paragraph shall be obligated or expended unless and until an appropriate appropriation account shall have been established there- 562 [54 STAT.

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