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 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 516 -JULY 22, 1942 37 Stat. 315. Mexican cotton and cottonseed. Proviso. Total; personal services. 16 U. S.0. §94a. Availability of funds to designated agencies. and related phases of insect-pest control, $66,585, of which not less than $10,000 shall be used for methyl bromide investigations. Insecticide and fungicide investigations: For the investigation and development of methods of manufacturing insecticides and fungicides, and for investigating chemical problems relating to the composition, action, and application of insecticides and fungicides, $122,915. Transit inspection: For the inspection in transit or otherwise of articles quarantined under the Act of August 20, 1912 (7 U. S . C . 161, 164a), as amended, and for the interception and disposition of materials found to have been transported interstate in violation of quarantines promulgated thereunder, $41,235. Foreign plant quarantines: For enforcement of foreign plant quar- antines, at the port of entry and port of export, and to prevent the movement of cotton and cottonseed from Mexico into the United States, including the regulation of the entry into the United States of railway cars and other vehicles, and freight, express, baggage, or other materials from Mexico, and the inspection, cleaning, and disin- fection thereof, including construction and repair of necessary build- ings, plants, and equipment, for the fumigation, disinfection, or cleaning of products, railway cars, or other vehicles entering the United States from Mexico, $719,550: Provided, That any moneys received in payment of charges fixed by the Secretary of Agriculture on account of such cleaning and disinfection shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. Certification of exports: For the inspection, under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of Agriculture may prescribe of domestic plants and plant products when offered for export and to certify to shippers and interested parties as to the freedom of such products from injurious plant diseases and insect pests according to the sani- tary requirements of the foreign countries affected and to make such reasonable charges and to use such means as may be necessary to accomplish this object, $30,710: Provided, That moneys received on account of such inspection and certification shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. Total, salaries and expenses, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine, $5,142,239, of which amount not to exceed $694,730 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. WHITE PINE BLISTER RUST CONTROL For expenses necessary to enable the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out the purposes of the Act entitled "For forest protection against the white pine blister rust", approved April 26, 1940 (54 Stat. 168, 169), and in accordance with the provisions thereof, includ- ing the employment of persons and means in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, $1,949,000; of which amount $175,000 shall be available to the Department of the Interior for control of white pine blister rust on or endangering Federal lands under the jurisdiction of that Department or lands of Indian tribes which are under the jurisdiction of or retained under restrictions of the United States; $1,044,000 of said amount to the Forest Service for the control of white pine blister rust on or endangering lands under its jurisdiction; and $730,000 of said amount to the Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine for leadership and general coordination of the entire program, method development, and for operations conducted under its direc- tion for such control, including, but not confined to, cooperation with individual States, local authorities and private agencies in the control of white pine blister rust on or endangering State and privately owned lands. [56 STAT.

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