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 PUBLIC LAW 96-108—NOV. 9, 1979

93 STAT. 823

to conduct marketing research: Provided further. That appropri- Construction ations hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for the S^fisc 2254 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 $80,000, except for ten buildings to be constructed or improved at a cost not to exceed $150,000 each, and the cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 per centum of the current replacement value of the building: Provided further. That the limitations on construction contained in this Act shall not apply to the establishment of a fruit and nut germ plasm repository at Davis, California, construction of a greenhouse/headhouse at Stillwater, Oklahoma, construction of a feedmill at El Reno, Oklahoma, and the construction of a greenhouse/headhouse at Fargo, North Dakota: 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). Special fund: To provide for additional labor, subprofessional, and Special fund, junior scientific help to be employed under contracts and cooperative agreements to strengthen the work at Federal research installations in the field, not more than $2,000,000 of the amount appropriated under the "Agricultural Research Service" heading for the previous fiscal year may be used by the director, Agricultural Research in departmental research programs in the current fiscal year, the amount so used to be transferred to and merged with the appropriation otherwise available under "Agricultural Research". SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES OVERSEAS (SPECIAL FOREIGN CURRENCY PROGRAM)

For payments in foreign currencies owed to or owned by the United States for market development research authorized by section 104(b)(1) and for agricultural and forestry research and other functions related thereto authorized by section 104(b)(3) of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1704(b)(1), (3)), $5,750,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall be available, in addition to other appropriations for these purposes, for payments in the foregoing currencies: Provided further. That funds appropriated herein shall be used for payments in such foreign currencies as the Department determines are needed, and can be used most effectively to carry out the purposes of this paragraph: Provided further. That not to exceed $25,000 of this appropriation shall be available for payments in foreign currencies for expenses of employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), as amended by 5 U.S.C. 3109. COOPERATIVE RESEARCH

For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for cooperative forestry and other research, for facilities, and for other expenses, including $118,566,000 to carry into effect the provisions of the Hatch Act, approved March 2, 1887, as amended by the Act approved August 11, 1955 (7 U.S.C. 361a-361i), and further amended by Public Law 92-318 approved June 23, 1972, and further amended by Public Law 93-471 approved October 26, 1974, including administration by the United States Department of Agriculture, and penalty mail costs of agricultural experiment stations under section 6 of the Hatch Act of

20 USC 1001 note. D.C. Code 31-1701 note.

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