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 54 STAT.] 76TH CONG. , 3D SESS.-CH. 421 -JUNE 25, 1940 914), $100,000,000, which sum shall be borrowed from the Recon- struction Finance Corporation in accordance with the provisions of section 3 (a) of said Act and shall be considered as made available thereunder; and the Reconstruction Finance Corporation is hereby authorized and directed to lend such sum in addition to the amounts heretofore authorized under said section 3 (a) and without regard to the limitation in respect of time contained in section 3 (e) of said Act; and the amount of notes, bonds, debentures, and other such obligations which the Reconstruction Finance Corporation is authorized and empowered to issue and to have outstanding at any one time under existing law is hereby increased by an amount sufficient to carry out the provisions hereof: Provided, That there is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not other- wise appropriated for an additional amount for salaries and expenses of the Rural Electrification Administration, to be immediately avail- able, including the objects specified in the foregoing paragraph and subject to the limitations therein, $600,000, of which amount not to exceed $23,000 may be transferred to the appropriation "Printing and Binding, Department of Agriculture, 1941". Total, Rural Electrification Administration, $3,075,000. 567 Authorization of R. F. C. tolend sum, etc. Proviso. Additional appro- priation for salaries, etc. Ante, p. 534. BELTSVILLE RESEARCH CENTER For general administrative purposes, including maintenance, oper- ation, repairs, and other expenses, $86,620; and, in addition thereto, this appropriation may be augmented, by transfer of funds or by reimbursement, from applicable appropriations, to cover the cost, including handling and other related charges, of services and sup- plies, equipment and materials furnished, stores of which may be maintained at the Center, and to cover the cost of building construc- tion, alteration, and repair performed by the Center in carrying out the purposes of such applicable appropriations and the applicable appropriations may also be charged their proportionate share of the necessary general expenses of the Center not covered by this appropriation. INTERCHANGE OF APPROPRIATIONS Not to exceed 5 per centum of the foregoing amounts for the miscel- laneous expenses of the work of any bureau, division, or office herein provided for shall be available interchangeably for expenditures on the objects included within the general expenses of such bureau division, or office, but no more than 5 per centum shall be added to any one item of appropriation except in cases of extraordinary emergency. WORK FOR OTHER DEPARTMENTS During the fiscal year for which appropriations are herein made the head of any department or independent establishment of the Government requiring inspections, analyses, and tests of food and other products, within the scope of the functions of the Department of Agriculture and which that department is unable to perform within the limits of its appropriations, may, with the approval of the Secretary of Agriculture transfer to the Department of Agri- culture for direct expenditure such sums as may be necessary for the performance of such work. Work for other de- partments. Administrative ex- penses. Limitation.

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