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PUBLIC LAW 92-399-AUG. 22, 1972

[86 STAT.

the preparation and display of exhibits, including such displays at State, interstate, and international fairs within the United States, $195,500,000, to remain available until December 31 of the next suc(^eedin^ fiscal year for compliance with the programs of soil-building '^^_ ,,., and soil- and water-conserving practices authorized under this head in the Department of Agriculture and Related Agencies Appropria84 Stat. 1490. fion Act, 1971 and the Act making Appropriations for Agriculture85 Stat. 183. Environmental and Consumer Protection Programs, J972, carried out during the period July 1, 1970, to December 31, 1972, inclusive:, ^ ^ „, J, Provided, That none of the funds herein appropriated shall be 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 the county level to individual farmers: Provided further, That no portion of the icaj. -i' funds for the current year's program may be utilized to provide .^•^ > financial or technical assistance for drainage on wetlands now designated as Wetland Types 3(111), 4 ( IV), and 5(V) in United States Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Circular 39, Wetlands of the United States, 1956: Provided further, That necessary amounts shall be available for administrative expenses in connection with the formulation and administration of the 1973 program of soil-building and soil- and water-conserving practices, including related wildlife conserving practices and pollution abatement practices, under the Act 49 Stat. 1148. of February 29, 1936, as amended (amounting to $225,500,000, exclud16 USC 590g. jjjg. administration, except that no participant shall receive more than $2,500, except where the participants from two or more farms or ranches join to carry out approved practices designed to conserve or improve the agricultural resources of the community): Provided .sar.?ujg ^*- fm'ther. That not to exceed 5 per centum of the allocation for the current year's 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 Rural Environmental Assistance program m the participating counties, and shall I 1., not be utilized by the Soil Conservation Service for any purpose other than technical and other assistance in such counties, and in addition, on the recommendation of such county committee and approval of the State committee, not to exceed 1 per centum may be made available to any other F HJeral, State, or local public agency for the same purpose and under t lie same conditions: Provided further, That for the current year's prot^ffiva $2,500,000 shall be available for technical assistance in formulating and carrying out rural environmental practices: Prodded further. That such amounts shall be available for the purchase of seeds, fertilizers, lime, trees, or any other farming material, 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 Department, or any bureau, office, corporation, or other agency constituting a part of such Depart'•';. ment, 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", 53 Stat. 1147. approvcd August 2, 1939, as amended, or who has been found in accordance with the provisions of title 18, United States Code, section 62 Stat. 792. 1913, to havc violatcd or attempted to violate such section which prohibits the use of Federal appropriations for the payment of per.sonal 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 ':>\l.t»iii •** proper official channels.

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