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 PUBLIC LAW 96-365—SEPT. 26, 1980

94 STAT. 1313

Corporation who are not employed by the Federal Government shall be paid such compensation for their services as Directors as the Secretary of Agriculture shall determine, but such compensation shall not exceed the daily equivalent of the rate prescribed for grade GS-18 under section 5332 of title 5 of the United States Code when 5 USC 5332 actually employed, and actual necessary traveling and subsistence note. expenses, or a per diem allowance in lieu of subsistence expenses, as authorized by section 5703 of title 5 of the United States Code for persons in Government service employed intermittently, when on the business of the Corporation away from their homes or regular places of business.". GENERAL POWERS FOR THE CORPORATION

SEC. 103. Section 506 of the Federal Crop Insurance Act is amended ^ use 1506. byC in subsection (c), striking out "make contracts and"; D (2) amending subsection (d) to read as follows: "(d) subject to the provisions of section 508(c), may sue and be sued Post, p. 1315. in its corporate name, but no attachment, injunction, garnishment, or other similar process, mesne or final, shall be issued against the Corporation or its property. The district courts of the United States, including the district courts of the District of Columbia and of any territory or possession, shall have exclusive original jurisdiction, without regard to the amount in controversy, of all suits brought by or against the Corporation. The Corporation may intervene in any court in any suit, action, or proceeding in which it has an interest. Any suit against the Corporation shall be brought in the District of Columbia, or in the district wherein the plaintiff resides or is engaged in business;"; (3) in subsection (f), striking out "free"; and (4) at the end of subsection (j), striking out the period and inserting in lieu thereof "; and", and adding at the end of section 506 a new subsection (k) as follows: "(k) may enter into and carry out contracts or agreements necessary in the conduct of its business, as determined by the Board. State and local laws or rules shall not apply to contracts or agreements of the Corporation or the parties thereto to the extent that such contracts or agreements provide that such laws or rules shall not apply, or to the extent that such laws or rules are inconsistent with such contracts or agreements.". U S E OF PRIVATE INSURANCE COMPANIES AND OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES

SEC. 104. Section 507 of the Federal Crop Insurance Act is amended 7 USC 1507. by(1) amending subsection (c) to read as follows: "(c) In the administration of this title, the Board shall, to the maximum extent possible, (1) establish or use committees or associations of producers and make payments to them to cover the administrative and program expenses, as determined by the Board, incurred by them in cooperating in carrying out this title, (2) contract with private insurance companies and reimburse such companies for the administrative and program expenses, as determined by the Board, incurred by them, under terms and provisions and rates of compensation consistent with those generally prevailing in the insurance industry, and (3) encourage the sale of Federal crop insurance

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