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 57 STAT.] 78TH CONG., 1ST SESS.-CH. 215 -JULY 12, 1943 Act of February 29, 1936, as amended, pursuant to the provisions of the 1943 programs carried out during the period July 1, 1942, to December 31, 1943, inclusive: Provided, That no part of said appro- Incentive, etc., ad- priation or any other appropriation in this Act shall be used for tment payments. incentive or production adjustment payments, except for soil con- servation and water conservation payments and payment of acreage allotment commitments on commodities as defined in the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, and as enumerated and set forth in the "1943 Agricultural Conservation Program" bulletin, dated December 3, 1942: Provided further, That not to exceed pAdministrative e $30,000,000 of said amount shall be available for salaries and other administrative expenses for carrying out such programs: Provided pIyf"ratio em- further, That none of the funds herein appropriated or made avail- able for the functions assigned to the Agricultural Adjustment Agency pursuant to the Executive Order (No. 9069) of February 23, a0*.s.c .,supp.I . 1942, shall be used to pay the salaries or expenses of any regional app. 01 note. information employees or any State or county information employees, but this shall not preclude the answering of inquiries or supplying of information to individual farmers: Provided further2 That such Programs of soil- I building, etc.. prao amount shall be available for salaries and other administrative expenses tices. in connection with the formulation and administration of the 1944 pro- grams of soil-building practices and soil and water-conservation prac- tices, under the Act of February 29, 1936, and programs under the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, the total expendi- tures of which, including administration, shall not exceed $300,000,000: Providedfurther,That no part of such amounts shall be available after A f unvailb limity June 30, 1944, for salaries and other administrative expenses except for payment of obligations therefor incurred prior to July 1, 1944: Pro- vided further, That the Secretary may, in his discretion, from time to Transfer of unds. time transfer to the General Accounting Office such sums as may be nec- essary to pay administrative expenses of the General Accounting Office in auditing payments under this item: Provided further, That such ,nPur',e o farm- amount shall be available for the purchase of seeds, fertilizers, lime, trees, or any other farming materials, or any soil-terracing services, and making grants thereof to agricultural producers to aid them in carrying out farming practices approved by the Secretary in the 1943, 1944, and 1945 programs under said Act of February 29 1936, as amended; for the reimbursement of any Federal, State, or local gov- sgesbr^. ' "e " of ernment agency for fertilizers, seeds, lime, trees, or other farming materials, or any soil-terracing services, furnished by such agency; and for the payment of all expenses necessary in making such grants, including al or part of the costs incident to the delivery thereof: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, rtsd harerop- persons who in 1943 carry out farming operations as tenants or share- pes. croppers on cropland owned by the United States Government and who comply with the terms and conditions of the 1943 agricultural 9 conservation program, formulated pursuant to sections 7 to 17, inclu- 18U.a.'. 9- sive, of the Soi Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act, as 5Wq;supp.II , 5 .tb. amended, shall be entitled to apply for and receive payments, or to retain payments heretofore made, for their participation in said pro- gram to the same extent as other producers: And provided further, that no part of such amount shall be available for carrying out the provisions of section 202 (a) to (f) of the Agricultural Adjustment 7 U.S .c.i29(a- Act of 1938. . PARITY PAYMENTS To enable the Secretary to make full parity payments for the crop year 1942 pursuant to the authorization under this head in the Department of Agriculture Appropriation Act, 1943, $170,281,00, to Ums 81077'--4 -PT . I -27 417

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