110 STAT. 1596 PUBLIC LAW 104-180—AUG. 6, 1996 7 USC 1623a. 7 USC 2209b. Assistance Corporation on obligations issued through 1994, as authorized $10,290,000. INDEPENDENT AGENCIES COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Commodity Exchange Act, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), including the purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; the rental of space (to include multiple year leases) in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; and not to exceed $25,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109; $55,101,000, including not to exceed $1,000 for official reception and representation expenses: Provided, That the Commission is authorized to charge reasonable fees to attendees of Commission sponsored educational events and S3nnposia to cover the Commission's costs of providing those events and s3anposia, and notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, said fees shall be credited to this account, to be avgdlable without further appropriation. FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES Not to exceed $37,478,000 (from assessments collected from farm credit institutions and from the Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation) shall be obligated during the current fiscal year for administrative expenses as authorized under 12 U.S.C. 2249: Provided, That this limitation shall not apply to expenses associated with receiverships. TITLE VII—GENERAL PROVISIONS SEC. 701. Within the unit limit of cost fixed by law, appropriations and authorizations made for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year 1997 under this Act shall be available for the purchase, in addition to those specifically provided for, of not to exceed 667 passenger motor vehicles, of which 643 shall be for replacement only, and for the hire of such vehicles. SEC. 702. Funds in this Act available to the Department of Agriculture shall be available for uniforms or allowances therefore as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901-5902). SEC. 703. Not less than $1,500,000 of the appropriations of the Department of Agriculture in this Act for research and service work authorized by the Acts of August 14, 1946, and July 28, 1954 (7 U.S.C. 427, 1621-1629), and by chapter 63 of title 31, United States Code, shall be available for contracting in accordance with said Acts and chapter. SEC. 704. The cumulative total of transfers to the Working Capital Fund for the purpose of accumulating growth capital for data services and National Finance Center operations shall not exceed $2,000,000: Provided, That no funds in this Act appropriated to an agency of the Department shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund without the approval of the agency administrator. SEC. 705. New obligational authority provided for the following appropriation items in this Act shall remain available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b): Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, the contingency fund to meet emergency conditions, fruit
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