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PUBLIC LAW 979-AUG. 3, 1956

52 Stat. 69. 7 USC 1392.

68 Stat. 909.

50 Stat. 524.

52 Stat. 77.

Acquisition of land.

63 Stat. 166. 5 USC 835 note.

Working fund.

capital

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shall be subject to such limitations and conditions as may be provided in appropriation or other law. Funds so transferred may be placed in a single account for each State." SEC. 7. Section 392(b) of the Ajjricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended (7 U.S.C. 139 (b)), is amended by changing the period at the end of the first sentence to a comma and adding the words "unless otherwise provided by appropriation or other law." and by changing the period at the end of the second sentence to a comma and adding the words "unless otherwise provided by appropriation or other law.". SEC. 8. Section 606 of title VI of the Agricultural Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1766) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "Funds available for the purposes of this Act may be used for extending courtesies to representatives of foreign countries, when so provided in appropriation or other law." SEC. 9. (a) Section 4 of the Act of July 22, 1937, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1004), is hereby amended by inserting before the period at the end thereof the following: ": Provided further, That there may be distributed to States and Territories such amounts as may be provided in applicable appropriations, in addition to the amount otherwise distributed thereto, for loans in reclamation projects and to entrymen on unpatented public lands". (b) When authorized by appropriation or other law, funds of the Farmers' Home Administration available for administrative expenses may be placed in a single account. SEC. 10. Section 516(a) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1516 (a)), is amended to read as follows: " (a) There are hereby authorized to be appropriated siich sums, not in excess of $12,000,000 for each fiscal year beginning after June 30, 1938, as may be necessary to cover the operating and administrative costs of the Corporation, which shall be allotted to the Corporation in such amounts and at such time or times as the Secretary of Agriculture may determine: Provided, That expenses in connection with the purchase, transportation, handling, or sale of the agricultural commodity and the direct cost of loss adjusters for crop inspections and loss adjustments may be considered by the Corporation as being nonadministrative or nonoperating expenses. The Corporation is authorized to use premium income for administrative and operating costs within limits prescribed in applicable appropriations." SEC. 11. (a) The Department of Agriculture is authorized to acquire land, or interest therein, by purchase, exchange or otherwise, as may be necessary to carry out its authorized work: Provided, That no acquisition shall be made under this authority unless provision is made therefor in the applicable appropriation or other law. (b) Appropriations for the Department of Agriculture which are available for the purchase of land may be expended for options to purchase land: Provided, That not to exceed $1 may be expended for each option to purchase any particular tract or tracts of land unless otherwise provided in appropriation or other law. SEC. 12. Under such regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of Agriculture, funds available to the Department of Agriculture may be used for the payment of transportation expenses and per diem in lieu of subsistence expenses, in accordance with the Travel Expense Act of 1949, for travel between places of recruitment and duty, and while at places of duty, of persons appointed for temporary or seasonal services in inspection, classing or grading agricultural commodities. SEC. 13. There is hereby established a working capital fund which shall be available without fiscal year limitation for expenses neces-

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