Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 91.djvu/862

 91 STAT. 828

PUBLIC LAW 95-97—AUG. 12, 1977 TITLE VI—GENERAL PROVISIONS

Passenger motor vehicles.

Uniforms.

Contracts. 7 USC 1623a.

Marihuana.

Advance funds.

Certain salary payments, prohibition. 7 USC 2119. Working Capital Fund.

68 Stat. 454.

Programreducing employment ceilings.

Funds, transfer.

SEC. 601. Within the unit limit of cost fixed by law, appropriations and authorizations made for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year 1978 under this Act shall be available for the purchase, in addition to those specifically provided for, of not to exceed eight hundred forty-seven (847) passenger motor vehicles, of which six hundred thirty-six (636) shall be for replacement only, and for the hire of such vehicles. SEC. 602. Funds available to the Department of Agriculture shall be available for uniforms or allowances therefor as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901-5902). SEC. 603. Not less than $1,500,000 of the appropriations of the Department of Agriculture for research and service work authorized by the Acts of August 14, 1946, July 28, 1954, and September 6, 1958 (7 U.S.C. 427, 1621-1629; 42 U.S.C. 1891-1893), shall be available for contracting in accordance with said Acts. SEC. 604. No part of the funds contained in this Act may be used to make production or other payments to a person, persons, or corporations who harvest or knowingly permit to be harvested for illegal use, marihuana, or other such prohibited drug-producing plants on any part of lands owned or controlled by such persons or corporations. SEC. 605. Advances of money from any appropriation for the Department of Agriculture may be made by authority of the Secretary of Agriculture to chiefs of field parties. SEC. 606. None of the funds provided by this Act shall be used to pay the salaries of any person or persons who carry out the provisions of section 610 of the Agricultural Act of 1970, which provides for the transfer of funds to Cotton Incorporated. SEC. 607. Obligations chargeable against the Working Capital Fund during the period October 1, 1977, through September 30, 1978, shall not exceed $54,000,000: Provided, That no funds appropriated to an agency of the Department shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund without the approval of the agency administrator. SEC. 608. New obligational authority provided for the following appropriation items in this Act shall remain available until expended: Scientific Activities Overseas (Special Foreign Currency Program); Public Law 480; Rural Housing for Domestic Farm Labor; Mutual and Self-Help Housing; Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations; Resource Conservation and Development; Forestry Incentives Program; Emergency Conservation Measures; Buildings and Facilities, Food and Drug Administration; and the appropriation to liquidate contract authorizations for the Agricultural Conservation Program. SEC. 609. (A) None of the funds provided in this Act may be used to reduce programs by establishing an end-of-year employment ceiling on permanent positions below the level set herein for the following agencies: Farmers Home Administration, 7,440; Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service, 2,473; and Soil Conservation Service, 13,955. (B) The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to transfer unexpended balances of prior appropriations to accounts corresponding to current appropriations provided for "Domestic Food Programs" in this Act: Provided, That such transferred balances shall be available only for the same purposes, and for the same periods of time, for which they were originally appropriated.

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