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PUBLIC LAW 93-135-OCT. 24, 1973

to exceed $5,000 shall be available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That qualified local engineers may be temporarily employed at per diem rates to perform the technical planning work of the service. RIVER B A S I N SURVEYS A N D

485 ^^ Stat. 4i6.

INVESTIGATIONS

For necessary expenses to conduct research, investigations and surveys of the watersheds of rivers and other waterways, in accordance with section 6 of the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act, approved August 4, 1954, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1006), to remain available until expended, $12,351,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall be available for field 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 $60,000 shall be available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109.

68 Stat. ees. 58 Stat. 742.

WATERSHED P L A N N I N G

For necessary expenses for small watershed investigations and planning, in accordance with the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1001-1008), to remain avail- 68 Stat. eee; able until expended, $10,000,000: Provided, That this appropriation ge stat! 667.' shall be available for field 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 $50,000 shall be available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109. W A T E R S H E D A N D FLOOD P R E V E N T I O N

OPERATIONS

For necessary expenses to carry out preventive measures, including but not limited to research, engineering operations, methods of cultivation, the growing of vegetation, and changes in use of land, in accordance with the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act, approved August 4, 1954, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1001-1005, 10071008), the provisions of the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a-f), ^9 Stat. i63. and in accordance with the provisions of laws relating to the activities of the Department, to remain available until expended, $134,000,000 (of which $24,000,000 shall be available for the watersheds authorized under the Flood Control Act, approved June 22, 1936 (33 U.S.C. 701, 16 U.S.C. 1006a), as amended and supplemented): Provided, That ^9 Stat. 1570. this appropriation shall be available for field employment pursuant 74 statfisi. ' to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $200,000 shall be available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That $20,400,000 in loans may be insured, or made to be sold and insured under the Agricultural Credit Insurance F u n d of the Farmers Home Administration (86 Stat. 663). GREAT P L A I N S CONSERVATION

PROGRAM

For necessary expenses to carry into effect a program of conservation in the Great Plains area, pursuant to section 16(b) of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act, as added by the Act of August 7, 1956, as amended (16 U.S.C. 590p), $18,172,000, to remain galta^'i'gV^^' available until expended.

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