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 91 STAT. 810

PUBLIC LAW 95-97—AUG. 12, 1977

Public Law 95-97 95th Congress An Act Aug. 12, 1977 [H.R. 7558]

Agriculture and related agencies appropriations, fiscal year 1978.

Making appropriations for Agriculture and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1978, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for Agriculture and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1978, and for other purposes; namely: TITLE 1—AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS PRODUCTION, PROCESSING AND MARKETING OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary of Agriculture, including not to exceed $5,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $2,496,000; in addition to appropriations provided herein, the Secretary may transfer u p to $1,500,000 for salaries and expenses of personnel on detail to his office: Provided, That this appropriation shall be reimbursed from applicable appropriations in this Act for travel expenses incident to the holding of hearings as required by 5 U.S.C. 551-558: Provided further. That not to exceed $4,000 of this amount shall be available for official reception and representation expenses, not otherwise provided for, as determined by the Secretary. DEPARTMENTAL, ADMINISTRATION

For Budget, Fiscal and Management, $3,568,721; for General Operations, $1,670,217; for A D P Systems, $201,335; for Personnel Administration, $2,146,127; for E q u a l Opportunity, $1,444,600; for Information Services provided by the Office of Communication, including the dissemination of agricultural information and the coordination of informational work and programs authorized by Congress in the Department, $5,245,000; making a total of $14,276,000 for Departmental Administration to provide for necessary expenses for management support services to 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, of which not to exceed $10,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109 and, not to exceed $1,585,000 may be used for farmers' bulletins and not less than two hundred 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 in 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).

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