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Public Law 437 June 29, 1954 [H. R. 8779]

Department of Agriculture and Farm Credit Administration Appropriation Act, 1955.

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PUBLIC LAW 437-JUNE 29, 1954

ST A T.

CHAPTER 409

AN ACT Making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture and for the Farm Credit Administration for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1955, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1955, namely: DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE TITLE I—REGULAR ACT IV I T I E S AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE SALARIES AND EXPENSES

58 Stat. 742. 60 Stat. 810.

31 USC 665. 52 Stat. 344.

62 Stat. 4 4 2. 7 USC 150 note.

For expenses necessary to perform agricultural research relating to production and utilization, to control and eradicate insect pests and plant and animal diseases, and to perform related inspection, quarantine and regulatory work, and meat inspection: Provided, That not to exceed $15,000 of the appropriations hereunder shall be available for employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (5 U.S.C. 574), as amended by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a): Provided further, That appropriations hereunder shall be available for the operation and maintenance of aircraft and the purchase (for emergency replacement only) of not to exceed one, and the construction, alteration, and repair of buildings and improvements, but unless otherwise provided, the cost of constructing any one building (except headhouses connecting greenhouses) shall not exceed $7,500 and the cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed $3,750 or two per centum of the cost of the building, whichever is greater: Research: For research and demonstrations on the production and utilization of agricultural products, and related research and services, including administration of payments to State Agricultural Experiment Stations; $35,353,000, of which not to exceed $20,000 shall be available for the construction of an office and a laboratory building at the Southeastern Tidewater Field Station, Fleming, Georgia, and of which not to exceed $28,000 shall be available for the construction or acquisition of the necessary lands and buildings for a pecan research laboratory at Albany, Georgia, and of which not to exceed $100,000 shall be available for the construction of a cotton ginning laboratory in the Southeast, including acquisition of necessary land. Plant and animal disease and pest control: For operations and measures to control and eradicate insect pests and plant and animal diseases and for carrying out assigned inspection, quarantine and regulatory activities, as authorized by law; $17,689,579, of which $400,000 shall be apportioned for use pursuant to section 3679 of the Revised Statutes, as amended, for the control of outbreaks of insects and plant diseases under the joint resolution approved May 9, 1938 (7 U.S.C. 148-148e) to the extent necessary to meet emergency conditions: Provided further, That no part of this appropriation shall be used to pay the cost or value of trees, farm animals, farm crops, or other property injured or destroyed as a result of plant insect and disease control activities except potatoes and tomatoes as authorized under the Golden Nematode Act: Provided further, That, in the dis-

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