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PUBLIC LAW 93-135-OCT. 24, 1973

60 Stat. 1087.

58 Stat. 742. 80 Stat. 416.

[87 STAT.

of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621-1627) and other laws, $22,859,200: Provided, That no part of the funds herein appropriated shall be available for any expense incident to publishing estimates of apple production for other than the commercial crop: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available for employment pursuant to the second Sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225). and not to exceed $40,000 shall be available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109. ECONOMIC RESEARCH

SERVICE

For necessary expenses of the Economic Research Service in conducting economic research and service relating to agricultural production, marketing, and distribution, as authorized by the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621-1627), and other laws, including economics of marketing; analyses relating to farm prices, income and population, and demand for farm products, use of resources in agriculture, adjustments, cost and returns in farming, and farm finance: and for analyses of supply and demand for farm products in foreign countries and their effect on prospects for United States exports, progress in economic development and its relation to sales of farm products, assembly and analysis of agricultural trade statistics and analysis of international financial and monetary programs and policies as they affect the competitive position of United States farm products: $15,780,000, of which not less than $200,000 shall be available for investigation, determination and finding as to the effect upon the production of food and upon the agricultural economy of any proposed action affecting such subject matter pending before the Administratoiof the Environmental Protection Agency for presentation, in the public interest, before said administrator, other agencies or before the courts: Provided, That not less than $350,000 of the funds contained in this appropriation shall be available to continue to gather statistics and conduct a special study on the price spread between the farmer and consumer: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available for employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $75,000 shall be available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That not less than $145,000 of the funds contained in this appropriation shall be available for analysis of statistics and related facts on foreign production and full and complete information on methods used by other countries to move farm commodities in world trade on a competitive basis. MARKETING SERVICES ^ AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE MARKETING SERVICES

? 42 Stat. 159. 7 USC 181.

58 Stat. 742.

For expenses necessary to carry on services related to consumer protection, agricultural marketing and distribution, and regulatory Drograms, other than Packers and Stockyards Act, as authorized by \Q,y^^ and for administration and coordination of payments to States: including field eraployment pursuant to section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $45,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109; $34,865,000: Provided, That this appropriation gh^ll be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and repair of buildings and improvements, but, unless otherwise provided, the cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed $7,500 or 7.5 per centum of the cost of the building, whichever is greater. •^* V,,. ..,

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