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59 STAT.] 79TH CONG. , 1ST SESS.-CH. 589-DEC. 28, 1945 modity Credit Corporation, including the objects specified under this head in the Department of Agriculture Appropriation Act, 1946, $762,000, payable from the funds of said Corporation. SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM The limitation of $50,000,000 for the objects and for the purposes of the item "School lunch program" contained in the Department of Agriculture Appropriation Act, 1946, is increased by $7,500,000. MARKETING SERVICE Insecticide Act: For an additional amount, fiscal year 1946, for "Insecticide Act", including the objects specified under this head in the Department of Agriculture Appropriation Act, 1946, $26,500, and the limitation on the amount which may be expended for departmental personal services in the District of Columbia is hereby increased from "$1,228,446" to "$1,235,446". FARM LABOR SUPPLY PROGRAM Supply and distribution of farm labor: The authority and funds provided by the Farm Labor Supply Appropriation Act, 1944, as amended and supplemented, are hereby continued through December 31, 1946, to assist in providing an adequate supply of agricultural labor for the production, harvesting, and preparation for markets of agricultural commodities essential to the orderly transition from war to peace and for carrying out the other purposes of said Act, and, in addition to the amount hereby continued available, there is hereby appropriated the sum of $25,000,000 for such purposes, to be merged with the funds hereby continued available. Not less than $7,000,000 of such additional funds shall be apportioned among the several States in the manner and for the purposes specified in section 2 of said Act, and of the amount so apportioned, not more than $100,000 may be expended by the State agricultural extension services for the construc- tion of labor supply centers under the limitations of said section 2. In addition to the amounts heretofore made available for adminis- trative expenses pursuant to section 3 (c) of said Act, there is hereby made available, out of said funds, the sum of $562,023 for such purposes. Agricultural workers may be admitted into the United States to per- form agricultural labor in accordance with the provisions of section 5 (g) of said Act during the continuance of this program, notwithstand- ing any official determination of the cessation of hostilities in the present war. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY Salaries and expenses: For an additional amount, fiscal year 1946, for "Salaries and expenses", including the objects specified under this head in the Department of Commerce Appropriation Act, 1946, $63,400. Declassification and technical services: For all expenses necessary, fiscal year 1946 in the performance of activities and services relating to the declassification of scientific and technical data, its release for public benefit, the promotion of its maximum use by business and industry in the development and utilization of new products and processes, including all the objects for which the appropriation "Sala- ries and expenses, Office of the Secretary", is available, and including not to exceed $50,000 for the temporary employment of persons or 645 Ante, p. 167. Ante, p. 169. 58 Stat. 11. 50 U. S. 0., Supp. IV, app. if 1351-1365 . Payments to States. 68 Stat. 12 . 60 U. 8. 0., Supp. IV, app. 1352. 58 Stat. 13 . 50 U. . 0., Supp. IV, app. 1363 (c). Agricultural work- ers. 68 Stat. 16 . 60 U. S. 0., Supp. IV, app. I 1366 (g). Ante, pp. 187, 423.