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PUBLIC LAW 4 3 7 - J U N E 29, 1954

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and information contained in the application for payment are correct and true, to the best of his knowledge and belief, under the penalties of 62 Stat. 683. title 18, United States Code: Provided further, That none of the funds herein appropriated or made available for the functions assigned to the Agricultural Adjustment Agency pursuant to the 50 USC app 601 Executive Order Numbered 9069, of February 23, 1942, shall be note. used to pay the salaries or expenses of any regional information employees or any State information employees, but this shall not preclude the answering of inquiries or supplying of information at Soil b u i l d i n g the county level to individual farmers: Provided further, That such practices, etc. amount shall be available for salaries and other administrative expenses in connection with the formulation and administration of the 1955 program of soil-building practices and soil- and water49 Stat. 1148. conserving practices, under the Act of February 29, 1936, as amended 16 U s e S 9 0 g (amounting to $250,000,000, including administration, but of this 590q. amount not more than $195,000,000 may be used until a final program has been adopted relative to the use of acreage diverted from production, and formulated on the basis of a distribution of the funds available for payments and grants among the several States in accordance with their conservation needs as determined by the Secretary, except that the proportion allocated to any State shall not be reduced more than 15 per centum from the distribution for the next preceding program year, and no participant shall receive more '^-tJ"*"*^ ^"** ^^^^ $1,500: Provided., That the funds available for payments and grants from said sum of $195,000,000 shall be distributed among the grants several States in the same proportion as the original allocation of funds for payments and grants for the 1954 agricultural conservation program); but the payments or grants under such programs shall be conditioned upon the utilization of land with respect to which such payments or grants are to be made in conformity with farming practices which will encourage and provide for soil-building and soil- and water-conserving practices in the most practical and effective manner and adapted to conditions in the several States, as determined and approved by the State committees appointed pursuant to section 8(b) of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act, as amended (16 U.S.C. 590h (b)), for the respective 49 Stat. 1150. States: Provided further, That not to exceed 5 per centum of the allocation for the 1955 agricultural conservation program for any county may, on the recommendation of such county committee and approval of the State committee, be withheld and allotted to the Soil Conservation Service for services of its technicians in formulating and carrying out the agricultural conservation program in the participating counties, and the funds so allotted ma^ be placed in a single account for each State, and shall not be utilized Dy the Soil Conservation Service for any purpose other than technical and other assistance in such counties: Provided further., That for the 1955 program $2,500,000 shall be available for technical assistance in formulating and carrying out agricultural conservation practices and $1,000,000 shall be available for conservation practices related directly to flood prevention work in approved watersheds: Provided further., That in carrying out the 1955 program the Secretary shall give particular consideration to the conservation problems on farm lands diverted from crops under acreage-allotment programs: Provided further., That such amounts shall be available for the purP u r c has e of chase of seeds, fertilizers, lime, trees, or any other farming material, seeds, etc. or any soil-terracing services, and making grants thereof to agricultural producers to aid them in carrying out farming practices approved by the Secretary under programs provided for herein: Provided further., That no part of any funds available to the DepartRestriction.

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