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 57 STAT. 78TH CONG., 1ST SEiS.-CH. 215-JULY 12, 1943 FEDERAL FARM MORTGAGE CORPORATION Not to exceed $7,822,000 of the funds of the Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation, established by the Act of January 31, 1934 (12 U. S . C . 1020-1020h), shall be available during the fiscal year 1944 for administrative expenses of the Corporation, including per- sonal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; travel expenses of officers and employees of the Corporation, in accordance with the Standardized Government Travel Regulations and the Act of June 3, 1926, as amended (5 U. S . C . 821-833); printing and binding, lawbooks, books of reference, and not to exceed $250 for periodicals and newspapers; contract stenographic reporting services; procurement of supplies, equipment, and services; purchase, maintenance, repair, and operation of motor-propelled passenger- carrying vehicles, to be used only for official purposes; rent in the District of Columbia; payment of actual transportation and other necessary expenses and not to exceed $10 per diem in lieu of sub- sistence of persons serving, while away from their homes, without other compensation from the United States, in an advisory capacity to the Corporation; employment on a contract or fee basis of per- sons, firms, and corporations for the performance of special services, including legal services; use of the services and facilities of Federal land banks, national farm loan associations, Federal Reserve banks, and agencies of the Government as authorized by said Act of January 31, 1934; and all other necessary administrative expenses: Provided, That all expenditures which under the accounting system prescribed for the Corporation by the General Accounting Office are to be treated as capital investments, increasing the book value of acquired fixed property (real estate and chattel), shall be considered as non- administrative expenses for the purposes hereof: Provided further, That except for the limitation in amounts hereinbefore specified, and the restrictions in respect to travel expenses, the administrative expenses and other obligations of the Corporation shall be incurred, allowed, and paid in accordance with the provisions of said Act of January 31, 1934, as amended (12 U.S. C . 10161020h). Total, Farm Credit Administration, $5,596,532. LOANS, GRANTS, AND RURAL REHABILITATION To enable the Secretary through the War Food Administration to continue to provide assistance through rural rehabilitation and grants to needy farmers in the United States, its Territories, and possessions, including (1) farm debt adjustment service, and making and servic- ing of loans and grants under this and prior laws; (2) loans to needy individual farmers; (3) grants; and (4) liquidation as expeditiously as possible of Federal rural rehabilitation projects under the super- vision of the War Food Administration, $20,000,000, which sum shall be also available for necessary administrative expenses incident to the foregoing, including personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; compensation of experts without regard to the Classi- fication Act of 1923, as amended; purchase of lawbooks, books of ref- erence, periodicals, and newspapers; purchase, operation, and mainte- nance of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles; and printing and binding: Provided, That the War Food Administrator shall transmit to the Congress semiannually a progress report with respect to the liquidation of Federal rural rehabilitation projects, under his supervision, showing by name and by States all dispositions of such projects, or parts thereof, together with the amounts of Federal funds 425 Administrative ex- penses. 48 Stat. 344 . Travel expenses. 44 Stat. 688. 5U. . ., Supp. I, 1823. Specal services. Nonadministrative expenses. Payment of admin- Istrative expenses, etc. 48 Stat. 344 . Antt, p. 196. PoK, p. 619. Assstance to needy armers. 42 Stat. 1488. 5U.S.C. 661; Supp I, 1661d el. Seminnnal report to Conmm.

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