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 90 STAT. 852

PUBLIC LAW 94-351—JULY 12, 1976 ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT SUPPORT CENTER

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For necessary expenses of the Economic Management Support Center to provide management support services to selected agencies of the Department of Agriculture, $2,802,000: Provided, 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 $25,000 shall be available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109 (7 U.S.C. 2201-2202) O r r i C E 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 $10,000, for employment under 5 ILS.C. 3109, $18,434,000 and in addition, $7,932,000 shall be derived by transfer from the appropriation, "Food Stamp Program" and merged with this appropriation. OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL

For necessary expenses, including payment of fees or dues for the use of law libraries by attorneys in the field service, $8,708,000. AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE

7 USC 2254.

7 USC 2254.

For expenses necessary to enable the Agricultural Research Service to perform agricultural research and demonstration relating to production, utilization, marketing, and distribution (not otherwise provided for), home economics or nutrition and consumer use, and for acquisition of lands by donation, exchange, or purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed $100, except that the foregoing limitation shall not apply to the acquisition of lands for the U.S. Sugarcane Laboratory, Houma, Louisiana, at a cost not to exceed $450,000; $270,576,000: Provided, That appropriations hereunder 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 $75,000 shall be available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That appropriations hereunder shall be available for the operation and maintenance of aircraft and the purchase of not to exceed one for replacement only and for the acquisition without cost of not to exceed one to be obtained by transfer: Provided further, That of the appropriations hereunder, not less than $10,526,600 shall be available to conduct marketing research: Provided further, That appropriations hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250, for the construction, alteration, and repair of buildings and improvements, but unless otherwise provided, the cost of constructing any one building (except headhouses connecting greenhouses) shall not exceed $57,500, except for six buildings to be constructed or improved at a cost not to exceed $112,500 each, and the cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed $21,500, or 22 per centum of the cost of the building, whichever is greater: Provided further.^ That the limitations on alterations contained in this Act shall not apply to a total of $100,000 for facilities at Beltsville, Maryland: Provided further, That the foregoing limitations shall not apply to replacement of buildings needed to carry out the Act of April 24, 1948 (21 U.S.C. 113a).

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