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PUBLIC LAW 437-JUNE 29, 1954

ment, or any bureau, office, corporation, or other agency constituting a part of such Department, shall be used in the current fiscal year for the payment of salary or travel expenses of any person who has been convicted of violating the Act entitled "An Act to prevent pernicious political activities", approved August 2, 1939, as amended, or who has been found in accordance with the provisions of title 18, United States Code, section 1913, to have violated or attempted to violate such section which prohibits the use of Federal appropriations for the payment of personal services or other expenses designed to influence in any manner a Member of Congress to favor or oppose any legislation or appropriation by Congress except upon request of any Member or through the proper official channels.

53 Stat. 1147. 5 USC llSKnote. 62 Stat. 792.

AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE M A R K E T I N G RESEARCH A N D SERVICE

For expenses necessary to carry on research and service to improve and develop marketing and distribution relating to agriculture as authorized by the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621-1627) and other laws, including the administration of marketing regulatory acts connected therewith: Marketing research and agricultural estimates: For research and development relating to agricultural marketing and distribution, for analyses relating to farm prices, income and population, and demand for farm products, and for crop and livestock estimates; $10,215,000: Provided, That no part of the funds herein appropriated shall be available for any expense incident to ascertaining, collating, or publishing a report stating the intention of farmers as to the acreage to be planted in cotton, or for estimates of apple production for other than the commercial crop. Marketing services: For services relating to agricultural marketing and distribution, for carrying out regulatory acts connected therewith, and for administration and coordination of payments to States; $11,575,500, including not to exceed $25,000 for employment at rates not to exceed $100 per diem, 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), in carrying out section 201(a) to 201 (d), inclusive, of title II of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1291) and section 203 (j) of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946.

60 Stat. 1087.

Restriction.

5 8 Stat. 742. 60 Stat. 810. 52 Stat. 3 6. 60 Stat. 1088. 7 USC 1622.

P A Y M E N T S TO STATES, TERRITORIES, A N D POSSESSIONS

For payments to departments of agriculture, bureaus and departments of markets and similar agencies for marketing activities under section 204(b) of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1623 (b)), $900,000. R E P A Y M E N T TO COMMODITY CREDIT

60 Stat. 1089.

CORPORATION

For reimbursement to Commodity Credit Corporation for sums transferred to the appropriation "Marketing services", fiscal year 1953 (including interest thereon through June 30, 1954), pursuant to authority contained under the head "Marketing services" in the Department of Agriculture Appropriation Act, 1952 (7 U.S.C. 414a), for grading tobacco and classing cotton without charge to producers, as authorized by law (7 U.S.C. 473a, 511d), $441,655.

65 Stat. 239. 50 Stat. Stat. 732.

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