APPROPRIATIONS unexpended balances of funds heretofore appropriated to the Department for river basin survey purposes: Provided, That this appropriation shall be available for field employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $60,000 shall be available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109. WATERSHED PLANNING $6,740,000 For necessary expenses for small watershed investigations and planning, in accordance with the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1001-1008), to remain available until expended, $6,740,000, with which shall be merged the unexpended balances of funds heretofore appropriated under this head: Provided, That this appropriation shall be available for field employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $50,000 shall be available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109. WATERSTIED AND FLOOD PREVENTION OPERATIONS 132,099,000 For necessary expenses to carry out preventive measures, including but not limited to research, engineering operations, methods of cultivation, the growing of vegetation, and changes in use of land, in accordance with the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act, approved August 4, 1954, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1001-1005, 1007-1008), the provisions of the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590 a-f), and in accordance with the provisions of laws relating to the activities of the Department, to remain available until expended, $132,099,000 (of which $26,688,000 shall be available for the watersheds authorized under the Flood Control Act, approved June 22, 1936 (33 U.S.C. 701, 709, 16 U.S.C. 1006a), as amended and supplemented), with which shall be merged the unexpended balances of funds heretofore appropriated or transferred to the Department for watershed protection and flood prevention purposes: Provided, That this appropriation shall be available for field employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706 (a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $200,000 shall be available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That $5,400,000 of the funds in the direct loan account of the Farmers Home Administration shall be available until expended for loans. GREAT PLAINS CONSERVATION PROGRAM For necessary expenses to carry into effect a program of conservation in the Great Plains area, pursuant to section 16(b) of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act, as added by the Act of August 7, 1956, as amended (16 U.S.C. 590p), $18,113,500, to remain available until expended. [Total, Soil Conservation Service, $321,777,500.] 18,113,500 AGRICULTURAL STABILIZATION AND CONSERVATION SERVICE RURAL ENVIRONMENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM For necessary expenses to carry into effect the program authorized in sections 7 to 15, 16(a), and 17 of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act, approved February 29, 1936, as amended (16 U.S.C. 590g-5900, 590p(a), and 5909), including not to exceed $15,000 for the preparation and display of exhibits, including such displays at State, interstate, and international fairs within the United States, $150,000,000, to remain available until December 31 of the $150,000,000 next succeeding fiscal year for compliance with the programs of soil- (liquidation building and soil- and water-conserving practices authorized under of contract this head in the Department of Agriculture and Related Agencies authorization) Appropriation Acts, 1970 and 1971, carried out during the period July 1, 1969, to December 31, 1971, inclusive: Provided, That none of the funds herein appropriated shall be used to pay the salaries or expenses of any regional information employees or any State information employees, but this shall not preclude the answering of inquiries or supplying of information at the county level to individual farmers: Provided further, That no portion of the funds for the current year's program may be utilized to provide financial or technical assistance for drainage on wetlands now designated as Wetland Types 3(III), 4(IV), and 5 (V) in United States Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Circular 39, Wetlands of the United States, 1956: Provided further, That necessary amounts shall be available for administrative expenses in connection with the formulation and administration of the 1972 program of soil-building and soil- and waterconserving practices, including related wildlife conserving practices and pollution abatement practices, under the Act of February 29, 1936, as amended (amounting to $195,500,000, excluding administra- 195,500,000 tion, except that no participant shall receive more than $2,500, except (contract where the participants from two or more farms or ranches join to authorization) carry out approved practices designed to conserve or improve the agricultural resources of the community): Provided further, That not to exceed 5 per centum of the allocation for the current year's program for any county may, on the recommendation of such county committee and approval of the State committee, be withheld and allotted to the Soil Conservation Service for services of its technicians in formulating and carrying out the Rural Environmental Assistance program in the participating counties, and shall not be utilized by the Soil Conservation Service for any purpose other than technical and other assistance in such counties, and in addition, on the recommendation of such county committee and approval of the State committee, not to exceed 1 per centum may be made available to any other Federal, State, or local public agency for the same purpose and under the same conditions: Provided further, That for the current year's program $2,500,000 shall be available for technical assistance in formulating and carrying out rural environmental practices: Provided further, That such amounts shall be available for the purchase of seeds, fertilizers, lime, trees, or any other farming material, or any soil-terracing services, and making grants thereof to agricultural producers to aid them in carrying out farming practices approved by the Secretary under programs provided for herein: Provided further, That no part of any funds available to the Department, or any bureau, office, corporation, or other agency constituting a part of such Department, shall be used in the current fiscal year for the payment of salary or travel expenses of any person who has been convicted of violating the Act entitled "An Act to prevent pernicious political activities”, approved August 2, 1939, as amended, or who has been found in accordance with the provisions of title 18, United States Code, section 1913, to have violated or attempted to violate such section which prohibits the use of Federal appropriations for the payment of personal services or other expenses designed to influence in any manner a Member of Congress to favor or oppose any legislation or appropriation by Congress except upon request of any Member or through the proper official channels. APPROPRIATIONS WATER BANK ACT PROGRAM For necessary expenses to carry into effect the provisions of the Water Bank Act (Public Law 91-559), $10,000,000 to remain available until expended. $10,000,000 EMERGENCY CONSERVATION MEASURES 12,000,000 For emergency conservation measures, to be used for the same purposes and subject to the same conditions as funds appropriated under this head in the Third Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1957, to remain available until expended, $12,000,000, with which shall be merged the unexpended balances of funds heretofore appropriated for emergency conservation measures. [Total, Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service, $217,500,000.) [Total, title III, Environmental Protection:] [Definite appropriations- $3,294,977,500.] $ 195,500,000.) _$150,000,000.] TITLE IV-CONSUMER PROTECTION AND SERVICES INDEPENDENT AGENCIES OFFICE OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS 1,410,000 For necessary expenses of the Office of Consumer Affairs, established by Executive Order 11583 of February 24, 1971, $1,410,000, of which $150,000 shall be transferred to the Consumer Products Information Coordination Center for necessary expenses, including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109. NATIONAL COMMISSION ON CONSUMER FINANCE For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of title IV of the Act of May 29, 1968 (Public Law 90–321, as amended by the joint resolution of July 20, 1970 (Public Law 91–344)), $625,000, to remain available until September 30, 1972, and the unobligated balance under this head for the fiscal year 1971 shall remain available until June 30, 1972. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 625,000 CONSUMER AND MARKETING SERVICE CONSUMER PROTECTIVE, MARKETING, AND REGULATORY PROGRAMS For expenses necessary to carry on services related to consumer protection, agricultural marketing and distribution, and regulatory programs, other than Packers and Stockyards Act, as authorized by law, and for administration and coordination of payments to States; including field employment pursuant to section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $75,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109; $178,468,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and repair of buildings and improvements, but, unless otherwise provided, the cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed $7,500 or 7.5 per centum of the cost of the building, whichever is greater. 178,468,000 PAYMENTS TO STATES AND POSSESSIONS For payments to departments of agriculture, bureaus and departments of markets, and similar agencies for marketing activities under section 204(b) of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1623 (b)), $1,600,000. $1,600,000 REMOVAL OF SURPLUS AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES (SECTION 32) Funds available under section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c) shall be used only for commodity program expenses as authorized therein, and other related operating expenses, except for (1) transfers to the Department of Commerce as authorized by the Fish and Wildlife Act of August 8, 1956; (2) transfers otherwise provided in this Act; (3) not more than $3,374,000 for formulation and administration of marketing agreements and orders pursuant to the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, as amended, and the Agricultural Act of 1961; and (4) in addition to other amounts provided in this Act, not more than $181,758,000 (including not to exceed $2,000,000 for State administrative expenses) for (a) child feeding programs and nutritional programs authorized by law in the School Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition Act, as amended, of which $11,225.000 shall be available, in addition to other funds available, for the summer programs of the nonschool feeding program; and (b) additional direct distribution or other programs, without regard to whether such area is under the food stamp program or a system of direct distribution, to provide, in the immediate vicinity of their place of permanent residence, either directly or through a State or local welfare agency, an adequate diet to other needy children and lowincome persons determined by the Secretary of Agriculture to be suffering, through no fault of their own, from general and continued hunger resulting from insufficient food. [Total, Consumer and Marketing Service, $180,068,000.] FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS 363,876,000 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the National School Lunch Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1751–1761); Public Law 91-248 and the applicable provisions other than section 3 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1773-1785); Public Law 91-248, $531,594,000, of which $167,718,000 shall be derived by transfer from funds available under section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c): Provided, That of the foregoing total amount there shall be available $237,047,000 for special assistance to needy schoolchildren, $25,000,000 (of which $6,500,000 shall be placed in contingency reserve to be released on determination of need) for the school breakfast program, $16,110,000 for the nonfood assistance program, $1,500,000 for State administrative expenses, and $20,775,000 for special food service programs for children: Provided further, That funds provided herein shall remain available until expended in accordance with section 3 of the National School Lunch Act, as amended: Provided further, That no part of this appropriation shall be used for nonfood assistance under section 5 of the National School Lunch Act, as amended: Provided further, That an additional $64,325,000 shall be transferred to this appropriation from funds available under section APPROPRIATIONS 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c), for purchase and distribution of agricultural commodities and other foods pursuant to section 6 of the National School Lunch Act, as amended: Provided further, That 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), and not to exceed $75,000 shall be available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available only within the limits of amounts authorized by law for fiscal year 1972. [For an additional amount of $17,000,000 for 1972 for the foregoing purposes, see p.55.] SPECIAL MILK PROGRAM For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the special milk program, as authorized by section 3 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1772), $104,000,000. $104,000,000 FOOD STAMP PROGRAM 2,200,000,000 For necessary expenses of the food stamp program pursuant to the FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION the Fair Packaging and Labeling Act (15 U.S.C. 1451 et seq.), the Import Milk Act (21 U.S.C. 141 et seq.), the Filled Milk Act (21 U.S.C. 61 et seq.), the Import Tea Act (21 U.S.C. 41 et seq.), the Federal Caustic Poison Act (44 Stat. 1406 et seq.), the Flammable Fabrics Act (15 U.S.C. 1191 et seq.), and sections 301, 311, 314, and 361 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 241, 243, 246, and 264) with respect to pesticide control, poison control, shellfish and milk sanitation, food service sanitation, interstate quarantine, and food and drug activities, including payment in advance for special tests and analyses and adverse reaction reporting by contract; studies of new developments pertinent to food and drug enforcement operations; payment for publication of technical and informational materials in professional and trade journals; payment of salaries and expenses for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for GS-18; and rental of special purpose space in the District of Columbia or elsewhere; $99,681,000, of which not to exceed $10,000 shall be available for miscellaneous and emergency expenses of enforcement activities, authorized or approved by the Secretary and to be accounted for solely on his certificate. 99,681,000 |