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PUBLIC LAW 97-000—MMMM. DD, 1982

96 STAT. 1810 Passenger motor vehicles.

Uniforms.

7 USC 1623a.

7 USC 427i. Marihuana.

Working capital fund.

7 USC 1691 note.

7 USC 1762. Part-time and intermittent assistance.

PUBLIC LAW 97-370—DEC. 18, 1982

SEC. 602. Within the unit limit of cost fixed by law, appropriations and authorizations made for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year 1983 under this Act shall be available for the purchase, in addition to those specifically provided for, of not to exceed seven hundred thirteen (713) passenger motor vehicles of which six hundred sixty-two (662) shall be for replacement only, and for the hire of such vehicles. SEC. 603. Funds in this Act available to the Department of Agriculture shall be available for uniforms or allowances therefor as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901-5902). SEC. 604. 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, 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 in accordance with said Acts. SEC. 605. No part of the funds contained in this Act may be used to make production or other payments to a person, persons, or corporations who harvest or knowingly permit to be harvested for illegal use, marihuana, or other such prohibited drug-producing plants on any part of lands owned or controlled by such persons or corporations. SEC. 606. Advances of money from any appropriation in this Act for the Department of Agriculture may be made by authority of the Secretary of Agriculture to chiefs of field parties. SEC. 607. 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 $1,500,000: Provided, That no funds appropriated to an agency of the Department shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund without the approval of the agency administrator. SEC. 608. New obligational authority provided for the following appropriation items in this Act shall remain available until expended: Scientific Activities Overseeis (Foreign Currency Program); Public Law 480; Mutual and Self-Help Housing; Rural Housing for Domestic Farm Labor; Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations; Resource Conservation and Development; Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Buildings and Facilities; Agricultural Research Service, Buildings and Facilities; and Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service Salaries and Expenses funds made available to county committees. SEC. 609. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall remain available for obligation beypnd the current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. SEC. 610. Not to exceed $50,000 of the appropriations available to the Department of Agriculture in this Act shall be available to provide appropriate orientation and language training pursuant to Public Law 94-449. SEC. 611. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, employees of the agencies of the Department of Agriculture, including employees of the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation County Committees, may be utilized to provide part-time and intermittent assistance to other agencies of the Department, without reimbursement, during periods when they are not otherwise fully utilized, and ceilings on full-time equivalent staff years established for or by the Department of Agriculture shall exclude overtime as well as staff years expended as a result of carrying out programs associated with