Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 58 Part 1.djvu/450

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PUBLIC LAWS--CH. 296-JUNE 28,1944 Land-use planning. Poa, p. 862 . Peanut statistics. 40 Stat. 1898; 52 Stat. 348. Adjustments In amounts. Cotton acreage re- port. Apple production. 46 Stat. 497. Combined Food Board. Membership ex- penses. PoFt, p. 453 . increases in such appropriations or authorizations: Provided further, That no part of the funds herein appropriated or made available to the Bureau of 'Agricultural Economics shall be used for State and county land-use planning. Crop and livestock estimates: For collecting, compiling, abstract- ing, analyzing, summarizing, interpreting, and publishing data relat- ing to agriculture, including crop and livestock estimates, acreage, yield, grades, staples of cotton, stocks, and value of farm crops and numbers, grades, and value of livestock and livestock products on farms, in cooperation with the Extension Service and other Federal, State, and local agencies, and for the collection and publication of statistics of peanuts as provided by the Act approved June 24, 1936, as amended May 12, 1938 (7 U. S . C. 951-957), $1,500,000, together with such amounts from other appropriations or authorizations as are provided in the schedules in the Budget for the fiscal year 1945 for such salaries and expenses, which several amounts or portions thereof, as may be determined by the Secretary, not exceeding a total of $175,000, shall be transferred to and made a part of this appropria- tion: Provided, however, That if the total amounts of such appro- priations or authorizations for the fiscal year 1945 shall at any time exceed or fall below the amounts estimated, respectively, therefor in the Budget for 1945, the amounts transferred or to be transferred therefrom to this appropriation and the amount which may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia shall be increased or decreased in such amounts as the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, after a hearing thereon with representatives of the Department, shall determine are appropriate to the requirements as changed by such reductions or increases in such appropriations or authorizations: Provided further, That no part of the funds herein appropriated shall be available for any expense incident to ascer- taining, collating, or publishing a report stating the intention of farmers as to the acreage to be planted in cotton: Provided further, That estimates of apple production shall be confined to the commercial crop. OFFICE OF FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL RELATIONS Salaries and expenses: For carrying out the functions of the Sec- retary under the Act of June 5, 1930, as amended (7 U. S . C. 541-545), independently and in cooperation with other branches of the Government, State agencies, purchasing and consuming organiza- tions and persons engaged in the production, transportation, market- ing, and distribution of farm and food products, and for enabling the Secretary to discharge his functions as a member of the joint Great Britain-United States board known as the Combined Food Board, including the employment of persons and means in the Dis- trict of Columbia and elsewhere, and the purchase of such books and periodicals and not to exceed $500 for newspapers as may be neces- sary in connection with this work, $481,505. INTERNATIONAL PRODUCTION CONTROL COMMITTEES Not to exceed $12,500 may be expended from the appropriations "Salaries and expenses, Agricultural Adjustment Administration" and "Sugar Act" for the share of the United States as a member of the International Wheat Advisory Committee, the International Sugar Council, or like events or bodies concerned with the reduction of agricultural surpluses or with other objectives of said appropria- tions, together with traveling and other necessary expenses relating thereto. 430 [58 STAT.