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PUBLIC LAW 90-463-AUG. 8, 1968
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TITLE IV—RELATED AGENCIES FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
Not to exceed $3,436,000 (from assessments collected from farm credit agencies) shall be obligated during the current fiscal year for administrative expenses. TITLE V—GENERAL PROVISIONS SEC. 501. Within the unit limit of cost fixed by law, appropriations ^^l^^^^^" '"°'°'" and authorizations made for the Department under this Act shall be " '^ ' ^ available for the purchase, in addition to those specifically provided for, of not to exceed six hundred and twenty-six (626) passenger motor vehicles, of which four hundred and fifty-seven (457) shall be for replacement only, and for the hire of such vehicles. SEC. 502. Provisions of law prohibiting or restricting the employ- Employment of ment of aliens shall not apply to employment under the appropriation for the Foreign Agricultural Service. SEC. 503. Funds available to the Department of Agriculture shall uniforms, aiiowbe available for uniforms or allowances therefor as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901-5902). ^ i^stl^'of^' SEC. 504. No part of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be ^^couon^prlces, used for the payment of any officer or employee of the Department prediction. who, as such officer or employee, or on behalf of the Department or any division, commission, or bureau thereof, issues, or causes to be issued, any prediction, oral or written, or forecast, except as to damage threatened or caused by insects and pests, with respect to future prices of cotton or the trend of same. SEC. 505. Except to provide materials required in or incident to Twine. research or experimental work where no suitable domestic product is available, no part of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be expended in the purchase of twine manufactured from commodities or materials produced outside of the United States. SEC. 506. Not less than $1,500,000 of the appropriations of the f^J^f'^^""^ Department for research and service work authorized by the Acts of August 14, 1946, July 28, 1954, and September 6, 1958 (7 U.S.C. 427, 1621-1629; 42 U.S.C. 1891-1893), shall be available for contracting Jt^'^':'!"^^ T '
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m accordance with said Acts. 72 Stat. 1793. SEC. 507. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. SEC. 508. None of the funds in this Act shall be available to finance ^ ^"^^J'^^r^^""'" interdepartmental boards, commissions, councils, committees, or sim- "xpensJ^s!"^^^' ilar groups under sec. 214 of the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1946 (31 U.S.C. 691) which do not have prior and specific Con- S9 Stat. 134. gressional approval of such method of financial support. SEC. 509. No part of the funds appropriated under this Act shall be. Pe'-s°"s inciting used to pay salaries of any Federal employee who is convicted in any hibition o plyV Federal, State, or local court of competent jurisdiction, of inciting, ^ents. promoting, or carrying on a riot, or any group activity resulting in material damage to property or injury to persons, found to be in violation of Federal, State, or local laws designed to protect persons or property in the community concerned. This Act may be cited as the "Department of Agriculture and Re- ^**°'"* "*^*lated Agencies Appropriation Act, 1969". Approved August 8, 1968.
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