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PUBLIC LAW 87-879-OCT. 24, 1962

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TITLE VI—GENERAL PROVISIONS SEC. 601. Within the unit limit of cost fixed by law, appropriations and authorizations made for the Department under this Act shall be available for the purchase, in addition to those specifically provided for, of not to exceed four hundred and seventy-six passenger motor vehicles, of which four hundred and forty-three shall be for replacement only, and for the hire of such vehicles. SEC. 602. Provisions of law prohibiting or restricting the employment of aliens shall not apply to employment under the appropriation for the Foreign Agricultural Service. SEC. 603. Funds available to the Department of Agriculture shall be available for uniforms or allowances therefor as authorized by the Act of September 1, 1954, as amended (5 U.S.C. 2131). SEC. 604. No part of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be used for the payment of any officer or employee of the Department who, as such officer or employee, or on behalf of the Department or any division, commission, or bureau thereof, issues, or causes to be issued, any prediction, oral or written, or forecast, except as to damage threatened or caused by insects and pests, with respect to future prices of cotton or the trend of same. SEC. 605. Except to provide materials required in or incident to research or experimental work where no suitable domestic product is available, no part of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be expended in the purchase of twine manufactured from commodities or materials produced outside of the United States. SEC. 606. Not less than $1,500,000 of the appropriations of the Department for research and service work authorized by the Acts of August 14, 1946, July 28, 1954, and September 6, 1958 (7 U.S.C. 427, 1621-1629; 42 U.SiC. 1891-1893), shall be available for contracting in accordance with said Acts. This Act may be cited as the "Department of Agriculture and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1963". Approved October 24, 1962.

P a s s e n g e r motor vehicles.

Employment of aliens.

68 Stat. 1114. Restriction.

Twine.

Contracting.

60 Stat. 1082, 1087; 72 Stat. 1793. Short title.

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