Section 44 of the Alaska Omnibus Act (73 Stat. 151) authorizes grants to the State of Alaska for a 5-year period ending June 30, 1964, to facilitate assumption by the State of responsibilities hitherto performed in Alaska by the Federal Government.

These funds are to enable the President (a) to make grants to the State to assist in financing functions transferred from the Federal Government, and (b) to finance continued Federal operations for an interim period when the State requests a delay in transfer of functions. In June 1959, the State requested that the Federal Government continue operation of 17 intermediate airports, and allocations were made to the Federal Aviation Agency for this purpose.

Object Classification (in thousands of dollars)

GENERAL PROVISIONS

SEC. 601. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes within the United States not heretofore authorized by the Congress.

[SEC. 602. None of the funds herein appropriated shall be used for expenses of the Inspector General, Foreign Assistance, after the expiration of the thirty-five day period which begins on the date the General Accounting Office or any committee of the Congress, or any duly authorized subcommittee thereof, charged with considering foreign assistance legislation, appropriations, or expenditures, has delivered to the office of the Inspector General, Foreign Assistance, a written request that it be furnished any document, paper, communication, audit, review, finding, recommendation, report, or other material in the custody or control of the Inspector General, Foreign Assistance, relating to any review, inspection, or audit arranged for, directed, or conducted by him, unless and until there has been furnished to the General Accounting Office or to such committee or subcommittee, as the case may be, (A) the document, paper, communication, audit, review, finding, recommendation, report, or other material so requested or (B) a certification by the President, personally, that he has forbidden the furnishing thereof pursuant to such request and his reason for so doing.]

[SEC. 603. Appropriations and other funds made available in acts making appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1964, shall be reserved and withheld from obligation through the apportion ment procedure prescribed by law (31 U.S.C. 665) to the maximum extent possible, as determined by the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, on account of savings arising from enactment of any such acts after the beginning of such fiscal year. Nothing herein shall be construed to limit existing authority of law for reserving appropriations.]

[SEC. 604. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be used to conduct or assist in conducting any program (including but not limited to the payment of salaries, administrative expenses, and the conduct of research activities) related directly or indirectly to the establishment of a national service corps or similar domestic peace corps type of program.] (Foreign Aid and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1964.)

AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE

General and special funds:

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For expenses necessary to perform agricultural research relating to production, utilization, nutrition and consumer use, to control and eradicate pests and plant and animal diseases, and to perform related inspection, quarantine and regulatory work, and meat inspection: Provided, That appropriations hereunder shall be available for field employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (5 U.S.C. 574), and not to exceed $75,000 shall be available for employment under section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a): Provided further, That appropriations hereunder shall be available for the operation and maintenance of aircraft and the purchase of not to exceed two for replacement only: Provided further, That appropriations hereunder shall be available pursuant to title 5, United States Code, section 565a, for the construction, alteration, and repair of buildings and improvements, but unless otherwise provided, the cost of constructing any one building (except headhouses connecting greenhouses) shall not exceed $20,000, except for [three] five buildings to be constructed or improved at a cost not to exceed $45,000 each, and the cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed $7,500 or 7.5 per centum of the cost of the building, whichever is greater: Provided further, That the limitations on alterations contained in this Act shall not apply to a total of $100,000 for facilities at Beltsville, Maryland:

Research: For research and demonstrations on the production and utilization of agricultural products; home economics or nutrition and consumer use of agricultural and associated products; and related research and services; and for acquisition of land by donation, exchange, or purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed $100, [$91,496,700: Provided, That, in addition, not to exceed $15,000,000 may be transferred from the Commodity Credit Corporation to this appropriation, in accordance with the Act of June 29, 1948 (5 U.S.C. 714b), for utilization research and development, cost of production research, and other related research designed to reduce surplus commodities held or to be held by the Commodity Credit Corporation, including $10,000,000 for the planning, construction, alteration and equipping of research facilities, which amount shall remain available until expended: Provided further, That hereafter the Administrator of the Agricultural Research Service may enter into agreements with and receive funds from any State, other political subdivision, organization, or individual for the purpose of conducting cooperative research projects with such cooperators] $98,615,000, of which $2,394,300 shall remain available until expended for construction, alteration, and improvement of facilities, without regard to limitations contained in the above preamble: Provided [further], That the limitations contained herein shall not apply to replacement of buildings needed to carry out the Act of April 24, 1948 (21 U.S.C. 113(a)) [: Provided further, That the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to acquire approximately two-tenths of an acre of land at Pasadena, California];

Plant and animal disease and pest control: For operations and measures, not otherwise provided for, to control and eradicate pests and plant and animal diseases and for carrying out assigned inspection, quarantine, and regulatory activities, as authorized by law, including expenses pursuant to the Act of February 28, 1947, as amended (21 U.S. C. 114b-c), [$64,449,000] $65,955,000, of which $1,500,000 shall be apportioned for use pursuant to section 3679 of the Revised Statutes, as amended, for the control of outbreaks of insects and plant diseases to the extent necessary to meet emergency conditions: Provided, That no funds shall be used to formulate or administer a brucellosis eradication program for the current fiscal year that does not require minimum matching by any State of at least 40 per centum: Provided further, That no funds shall be available for carrying out the screwworm eradication program that does not require minimum matching by State or local sources of at least 50 per centum of the expenses of production, irradiation, and release of the screwworm flies: Provided further, That, in addition, in emergencies which threaten the livestock or poultry industries of the country, the Secretary may transfer from other appropriations or funds available to the agencies or corporations of the Department such sums as he may deem necessary, to be available only in such emergencies for the arrest and eradication of foot-and-mouth disease, rinderpest, contagious pleuropneumonia, or other contagious or

infectious diseases of animals, or European fowl pest and similar diseases in poultry, and for expenses in accordance with the Act of February 28, 1947, as amended, and any unexpended balances of funds transferred under this head in the next preceding fiscal year shall be merged with such transferred amounts;

Meat inspection: For carrying out the provisions of laws relating to Federal inspection of meat, and meat-food products, and the applicable provisions of the laws relating to process or renovated butter, [$27,931,000] $30,837,000;

Special fund: To provide for additional labor to be employed under contracts and cooperative agreements to strengthen the work at research installations in the field, not more than $1,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this head for the previous fiscal year may be used by the Administrator of the Agricultural Research Service in departmental research programs in the current fiscal year, the amount so used to be transferred to and merged with the appropriation otherwise available under "Salaries and expenses, Research". (5 U.S.C. 511-512, 524, 541c-5416, 563-564, 565a, 576, 2131; 7 U.S.C. 135-135k, 145-148a, 148c-164a, 166-167, 281-283, 391, 394-396, 401-404, 421-422a, 424-425, 427, 427i, 428a, 429-431, 433-434, 436-437, 450, 851-855, 1292, 1651-1656, 1704, 1901-1906; 10 U.S.C. 2306; 15 U.S.C. 69e; 16 U.S.C. 581-581a, 581f, 590a-590b, 590f, 590k; 18 U.S.C. 287, 1114; 19 U.S.C. 1201, 1306; 20 U.S.C. 191-194; 21 U.S.C. 71-91, 94-96, 98, 101–105, 111-114c, 114e−131, 134-134h, 151-158, 342a, 346-346a; 26 U.S.C. 4817, 7235c; 31 U.S.C. 725a; 42_U.S.C. 1476b-1476d, 1483, 1891-1893; 45 U.S.C. 71-74; 46 U.S.C. 466a-466b; 48 U.S.C. 1409m-14090; 49 U.S.C. 1474(a), 1509; 46 Stat. 67; Department of Agriculture and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1964.)

Note. Excludes $158 thousand for activities transferred in the estimates to the following appropriations: "Salaries and expenses, Office of the Inspector General, $154 thousand. "Salaries and expenses," Office of Management Services, $4 thousand. The amounts obligated in 1963 and 1964 are shown in the schedule as comparative transfers.

Program and Financing (in thousands of dollars)

The Service conducts basic and applied research relating to the production and utilization of agricultural products, research on nutrition and consumer use, and carries out those control and regulatory programs of the Department which involve enforcement of plant and animal quarantines, meat inspection, the control of diseases and insect pests of animals and plants, and related work.

1. Research (a) Farm research.-Improved breeding, feeding, and management practices are developed for farm livestock, poultry, and domestic fur animals. Practical methods are sought for control of diseases and parasites affecting them.

Practical

Investigations are conducted to improve varieties of food, feed, fiber and other plants, and to develop new crops; to improve crop-production practices, including methods to control plant diseases and nematodes; and to improve chemical, biological, and other methods for control of harmful pests affecting farm production.

Research is conducted to improve fertilizers, soil management, irrigation, and conservation practices; to study hydrologic problems of agricultural watersheds; to determine the relation of soils to plants, animals, and human nutrition; and to apply engineering principles to improve efficiency and reduce costs of agricultural production. Continuous review is maintained to emphasize work which will meet the problems of agricultural surpluses. The research is aimed at the profitable production of an adequate supply of food, feed, fiber, and other agricultural products of desired quality at minimum costs. Increased attention has been given to the production of agricultural products having industrial uses. The proportion of farm research funds going into basic research has steadily increased, and is currently estimated at 38% of the total funds for research. This basic research undergirds the other research efforts.

The 1965 estimates include increases for staffing new and expanded laboratories and watershed research centers;

research to avoid or minimize hazards associated with the control of agricultural pests and the use of agricultural chemicals; and foot-and-mouth and other exotic diseases of livestock. These are partially offset by eliminating several small field stations.

(b) Utilization research and development.-Chemical, physical, and biological research is conducted to develop increased industrial uses of farm products, and new and improved foods, feeds, and fabrics; and to develop improved methods for processing agricultural commodities.

(c) Nutrition and consumer use research.-Studies are made of nutrition, consumer use and food economics, and clothing and housing. An increase for research on food science is included in the 1965 estimates.

(d) Construction of facilities.-In 1963, $2,780 thousand was provided for construction and improvements at six locations which are expected to be completed in 1965. The 1965 estimates include increases for facilities for sugarbeet, pasture and range research at Fort Collins, Colo., and for construction and improvements to support activities, principally research, at Beltsville, Md.

(e) Contingencies.-Beginning in 1962, $1 million is available to meet urgent research needs that develop unexpectedly during the year, when such needs cannot be met by redirection of resources from other projects.

2. Plant and animal disease and pest control-(a) Plant disease and pest control.-Provision is made (1) through port-of-entry inspection to exclude from this country destructive insects, plant diseases, and nematodes that cause great damage to agricultural crops in other parts of the world; (2) to cooperate with States in eradicating or preventing spread of crop pests that become established in this country; and (3) to assist States in suppressing incipient and emergency outbreaks of crop pests when and where they occur. Increases proposed in 1965 are for strengthening plant quarantine protection necessary at ports-of-entry because of increased travel and shipping; offset by a decrease in the imported fire-ant control

program.

The volume of workload is indicated in the following table (in thousands): Inspections at ports of entry:

Airplanes.. Vessels..

1961 actual 1962 actual 1963 actual

130

137

146

60

25,962

27,934

(b) Animal disease and pest control.-Programs are conducted to exclude communicable diseases of foreign origin from this country; to prevent the spread of diseases through interstate shipments of livestock or distribution of impure or impotent veterinary biologics; to control and eradicate livestock diseases; and to maintain, through a marketing agreement with manufacturers and handlers, adequate supplies of hog cholera virus and serum for protection of swine. The estimates for 1965 propose increases for more adequate animal inspection and quarantine at ports to reduce the hazard of introduction of foreign animal diseases; expansion of the hog cholera program and activities relating to veterinary biologics under the Virus Serum Toxin Act, offset by decreases in scabies eradication and screwworm inspection activities to prevent reinfestations in the Southeast.

The volume of protective activities is indicated by selected examples in the following table (in thousands):