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 PUBLIC LAW 95-448—OCT. 11, 1978

92 STAT. 1093

cultural Eesearch Service; Agricultural Conservation Program; and the appropriation to liquidate contract authorizations for the Agricultural Conservation Program. SEC. 608. 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; Foreign Agricultural Service, 738; and Soil Conservation Service, 13,965. SEC. 609. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. SEC. 610. Not to exceed $50,000 of the appropriations available to the Department of Agriculture shall be available to provide appropriate orientation and language training pursuant to Public Law 94-449. SEC. 611. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, employees of the agencies of the Department of Agriculture, including employees of the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation County Committees, may be utilized to provide part-time and intermittent assistance to other agencies of the Department, without reimbursement, during periods when they are not otherwise fully utilized. Approved October 11, 1978.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: HOUSE REPORTS: No. 95-1290 (Comm. on Appropriations) and No. 95-1579 (Coram. of Conference). SENATE REPORT No. 95-1058 (Comm. on Appropriations). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 124 (1978): June 22, considered and passed House. Aug. 9, 10, considered and passed Senate, amended. Sept. 26, House agreed to conference report; receded and concurred in Senate amendment No. 83; receded and concurred with amendments in other Senate amendments. Sept. 27, Senate agreed to conference report; concurred in House amendments.

Fiscal year limitation. Language training. 90 Stat. 1500. Part-time and intermittent assistance.

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