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 62 STAT.] 80THr CONG. , 2D SESS.-CH. 543-JUNE 19, 1948 Act approved June 29, 1935, as amended by the Act of August 14, 1946, $3,250,000, of which such amount as shall be allottable to Alaska shall be transferred to and made a part of the appropriation "Research on agicultural problems of Alaska", without matching requirement; For research on utilization and associated problems pursuant to section 10 (a) of said Act, $3,900,000; For cooperative research other than research on utilization of agri- cultural commodities and the products thereof, pursuant to section 10 (b) of said Act, $1,950,000; For the improvement and development, independently or through cooperation among Federal and State agencies, and others, of a sound and efficient system for the distribution and marketing of agricultural products pursuant to the "Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946" (title II of the Act of August 14, 1946), $4,750,000; In all, $13,850,000: Provided, That for necessary printing and binding there may be transferred to, and made a part of, the item "Printing and binding, Department of Agriculture," such sums as are necessary: Provided further,That the Secretary may make avail- able to any bureau, office, or agency of the Department such amounts from this appropriation as may be necessary to carry out the functions for which it is made (but amounts made available to the Office of the Secretary, Office of the Solicitor, and Office of Information shall not exceed those which the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, after a hearing thereon with representatives of the Department, shall deter- mine), and any such amounts shall be in addition to amounts trans- ferred or otherwise made available to other appropriation items of the Department: Providedfurther, That no part of this appropriation shall be available for work relating to fish or shellfish or any product thereof except for the support of equitable transportation rates before Federal agencies concerned with such rates and for development of foreign markets. OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR For necessary expenses, including personal services in the District of Columbia and payment of fees or dues for the use of law libraries by attorneys in the field service, $2,074,500, together with such amounts from other appropriations or authorizations as are provided in the schedules in the Budget for the current fiscal year for such expenses, which several amounts or portions thereof, as may be determined by the Secretary, not exceeding a total of $148,000 shall be transferred to and made a part of this appropriation; and there may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia not to exceed $1,416,533: Provided, however, That if the total amounts of such appropriations or authorizations for the current fiscal year shall at any time exceed or fall below the amounts estimated, respectively, therefor in the Budget for such year, the amounts transferred or to be transferred therefrom to this appropriation and the amount which may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia shall be increased or decreased in such amounts as the Director of the Bureau of the Budget after a hearing thereon with representatives of the Department, shall determine are appropriate to the requirements as changed by such reductions or increases in such appropriations or authorizations. OFFICE OF INFORMATION SALARIES AND EXPENSES For necessary expenses in connection with the publication, index- ing, illustration, and distribution of bulletins, documents, and 509 60 Stat. 1083. 7U. .0.§427h. 60 Stat. 1085. 7U.S.. . §4271 (a). 60 Stat. 1086. 7U.S.o. 427i(b). 60 Stat. 1087. 7U.S.0.§51621- 1627. Transfer of funds. Post,p. 610 . Availability of funds. Work relating to fish, etc. Adjustments in amounts.

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