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61 Stat. 7; 80 Stat. 330.

31 USC 665.

PUBLIC LAW 91-566-DEC. 22, 1970

[84 STAT.

measures, not otherwise provided for, to control and eradicate pests and plant and animal diseases and for carrying out assigned inspection, (juarantine, and regulatory activities, as authorized by law, including expenses pursuant to the Act of February 28, 1947, as amended (-21 r. S. C. 114b-c), $98,619,750, of which $1,500,000 shall be apportioned for use pursuant to section 3679 of the Revised Statutes, as amended, for the control of outbreaks of insects, plant diseases and animal diseases to the extent necessary to meet emergency conditions: Frorided. That no funds shall be used to formulate or administer a l)rucellosis eradication program for the current fiscal year that does not require minimum matching by any State of at least 40 per cent u m: Provided further. That, in addition, in emergencies which threaten the livestock or poultry industries of the country, the Secretary may transfer from other appropriations or funds available to the agencies or corporations of the Department such sums as he may deem necessary, to be available only in such emergencies for the arrest and eradication of foot-and-mouth disease, rinderpest, contagious pleuro; pneumonia, or other contagious or infectious diseases of animals, or FLuropean fowl pest and similar diseases in poultry, and for expenses in accordance with the Act of February 28, 1947, as amended, and any unexpended balances of funds transferred under this head in the next preceding fiscal year shall be merged with such transferred amounts; Special fund: To provide for additional labor, subprofessional and junior scientific help to be employed under contracts and cooperative agreements to strengthen the work at research installations in the field, not more than $2,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this head for the previous fiscal year may be used by the Administrator of the Agricultural Research Service in departmental research programs in the current fiscal year, the amount so used to be transferred to and merged with the appropriation otherwise available under "Salaries and expenses. Research". SALARIES A N D E X P E N S E S (SPEC l A L EOKEION C'URREXCY PROGRAM)

80 Stat. 1529.

58 Stat. 742. 80 Stat. 416.

For payments, in foreign currencies owed to or owned by the United States for market development research authorized by section 104 (b)(1) and for agricultural and forestry research and other functions related thereto authorized by section 104(b)(3) of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1704(b)(1), (3)), $5,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That this appropriation shall be available, in addition to other appropriations for these purposes, for payments in the foregoing currencies: Provided further,, That funds appropriated herein shall be used for payments in such foreign currencies as the Department determines are needed and can be used most effectively to carry out the purposes of this paragraph: Provided further, That not to exceed $25,000 of this appropriation shall be available for payments in foreign currencies for expenses of employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), as amended by 5 U.S.C. 3109. ' '

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