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PUBLIC LAW 93-563-DEC. 31, 1974

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Public Law 93-563 December 31, 1974 AN ACT R- 6 oij Making appropriations for Agriculture-Environmental and Consumer Protection programs for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and for other purposes.

Agriculture-Environmental and

Consumer Protection Approprict, 1975.

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suHis are appropriated, out oi any money m the Treasury not otherwlsc appropriated, for Agriculture-Environmental and Consumer Protection programs for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and for other purposes; namely: TITLE I—AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS DEPARTMENT

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AGRICULTURE

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

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For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary of Agriculture, including the dissemination of agricultural information and the coordination of informational work and programs authorized by Congress in the Department, management support services to selected agencies and offices of the Department of Agriculture, and for general administration of the Department of Agriculture, repairs and alterations, and other miscellaneous supplies and expenses not otherwise provided for and necessary for the practical and efficient work of the Department of Agriculture, and not to exceed $15,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $16,575,000, of which $3,979,000 shall be available for the Office of Communication and, of which total appropriation not to exceed $822,000 may be used for farmers' bulletins, which shall be adapted to the interests of the people of the different sections of the country, an equal proportion of four-fifths of which shall be available to be delivered to or sent out under the addressed franks furnished by the Senators, Representatives, and Delegates in Congress, as they shall direct (7 U.S.C. 417), and not less than two hundred and thirty-two thousand two hundred and fifty copies for the use of the Senate and House of Representatives of part 2 of the annual report of the Secretary (known as the Yearbook of Agriculture) as authorized by 44 U.S.C. 1301: Provided, That this appropriation shall be reimbursed from applicable appropriations for travel expenses incident to the holding of hearings as required by 5 U.S.C. 551-558: Provided further, That not to exceed $2,500 of this amount shall be available for official reception and representation expenses, not otherwise provided for, as determined by the Secretary: Provided further, That m the preparation of motion pictures or exhibits by the Department, 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). None of the funds provided by this Act shall be used to pay the salaries of any personnel which carries out the provisions of section 610 of the Agricultural Act of 1970, except for research in an amount not to exceed $3,000,000; projects to be approved by the Secretary as provided by law. OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL

For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector General, including 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

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