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PUBLIC LAWS-CHI. 356-JULY 30, 1947 52 Stat. 72. 59 Stat. 598. 31 U.S. C. 849. Post, p. 584. Administrative ex- penses. Nonadministrative expenses. Liquidation of con- tracts. Insurance of wheat, flax, etc. 58 Stat. 918. 7U.8.C. §1508(a) (1), (2). Post, p. 718. Post, p. 583. Ante, p. 20. 49 tat. 774 . 60 Stat. 230 . 42 U.S. C. I. 1751- 1760. 49 Stat. 774 . capital stock of the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation, as provided in section 504 of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U. S . C. 1504), $10,000,000. SEC. 202. The following corporations are hereby authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits of funds and borrowing authority available to each such corporation and in accord with law, and to make such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year limita- tions as provided by section 104 of the Government Corporation Con- trol Act, as may be necessary to carry out the programs set forth in the budget for the current fiscal year for each such corporation, except as hereinafter provided: Commodity Credit Corporation: Nothing in this Act shall be so construed as to prevent the Commodity Credit Corporation from carrying out any activity or any program authorized by law: Pro- vided, That not to exceed $8,450,000 shall be available for adminis- trative expenses of the Corporation, including not to exceed $400 for periodicals, maps, and newspapers, and not to exceed $30,000 for pen- alty mail: Provided further, That all necessary expenses (including legal and special services performed on a contract or fee basis, but not including other personal services) in connection with the acquisition, operation, maintenance, improvement, or disposition of any real or personal property belonging to the Corporation or in which it has an interest, including expenses of collections of pledged collateral, shall be considered as nonadministrative expenses for the purposes hereof. Federal Crop Insurance Corporation: Provided, That no part of the sums appropriated in section 201 of this title shall be used for any crop insurance operations other than the continuation of the trial crop insurance program, as authorized, and expenses necessary in the liquidation of insurance contracts on the 1947 and prior crops of wheat, cotton, and flax: Provided further, That none of the funds herein appropriated shall be used to insure any 1948 or subsequent crop except wheat in not to exceed six hundred and thirty-three counties and flax in not to exceed eighty-seven counties, in accordance with section 508 (a) (1) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act, as amended, and five additional crops in 1948 under the provisions of section 508 (a) (2) of said Act, as amended, including corn and tobacco in not to exceed fifty counties each and cotton in not to exceed fifty-six counties, unless otherwise provided by legislation. SEC. 203. The authorities, restrictions, and prohibitions specified under the head "General provisions" in the Government Corporations Appropriations Act, 1948, shall be applicable to title II of this Act. TITLE III-REDUCTION IN APPROPRIATION EXPORTATION AND DOMESTIC CONSUMPION OF AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES Notwithstanding any other provision of section 32, Public Law Numbered 320, Seventy-fourth Congress, approved August 24, 1935, as amended (7 U. S. C 1940 edition, 612 (c)), not more than $44,000,000 shall be available during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, for use in effectuating the purposes of that Act. To enable the Secretary to carry out the provisions of the National School Lunch Act of June 4, 1946 (Public Law 396). there is hereby made available $65,000,000 of the funds appropriated for the fiscal year 1948 by section 32 of the Act approved August 24, 1935 (7 U. S . C. 612 (c)), such amount to be without regard to the 25 per centum limitation contained in said section 32, and to be exclusive of funds expended in accordance with the last 550 [61 STAT.