and in cooperation with other agencies; including printing and binding, purchase of books and periodicals, rent in the District of Columbia, furnishing of subsistence to employees, training of employees, and the purchase and erection of permanent buildings: Provided, That the cost of any building purchased, erected, or as improved, exclusive of the cost of constructing a water supply or sanitary system and connecting the same with any such building, shall not exceed $2,500 except where buildings are acquired in conjunction with land. being purchased for other purposes and except for twenty buildings to be constructed at a cost not to exceed $15,000 per building: Provided further, That no money appropriated in this Act shall be available for the construction of any such building on land not owned by the Government: Provided further, That during the fiscal year 1938 the appropriations for the work of the Soil Conservation Service shall be available for meeting the expenses of warehouse maintenance and the procurement, care, and handling of supplies, materials, and equipment stored therein for distribution to projects under the supervision of the Soil Conservation Service and for sale and distribution to other Government activities, the cost of such supplies and materials or the value of such equipment (including the cost of transportation and handling), to be reimbursed to appropriations current at the time additional supplies, materials, or equipment are procured from the appropriations chargeable with the cost or value of such supplies, materials, or equipment: Provided further, That reproductions of such aerial or other photographs, mosaics, and maps as shall be required in connection with the authorized work of the Soil Conservation Service may be furnished at the cost of reproduction to Federal, State, county, or municipal agencies requesting such reproductions, the money received from such sales to be deposited in the Treasury to the credit of this appropriation; as follows:

General administrative expenses: For necessary expenses for general administrative purposes, including the salary of the Chief of the Soil Conservation Service and other personal services in the District of Columbia, $675,000: Provided, That no part of the money appropriated in this paragraph shall be available for expenditure if any emergency or other appropriations are made available for administrative expenses in administering the funds provided in regular appropriations to the Soil Conservation Service_

Soil and moisture conservation and land-use investigations: For research and investigations into the character, cause, extent, history, and effects of erosion and soil and moisture depletion and methods for soil and moisture conservation, including construction, operation, and maintenance of experimental watersheds, stations, laboratories, plots, and installations, and other necessary expenses--.

Soil and moisture conservation operations, demonstrations, and information: For carrying out preventive measures to conserve soil and moisture; including such special measures as may be necessary to prevent floods and the siltation of reservoirs, the establishment and operation of erosion nurseries, the making of conservation plans and surveys, the dissemination of information, and other necessary

expenses

Total, Soil Conservation Service, $24,390,780, of which not to exceed $1,780,000 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia, and not to exceed $100,000 shall be available for the purchase of motor-propelled and horse-drawn passenger-carrying vehicles necessary in the conduct of field work outside the District of Columbia and not to exceed $850 for the purchase of one passengercarrying vehicle for use in the District of Columbia.

$675,000.00

1,540, 780.00

22, 175, 000. 00

CONSERVATION AND USE OF AGRICULTURAL LAND RESOURCES, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to carry into effect the provisions of sections 7 to 17, inclusive, of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act, approved February 29, 1936 (U. S. C., Supp. II, title 16, secs. 590g-590q), including the employment of personal services and rent in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; printing and binding; purchase of law books, books of reference, periodicals, and newspapers; and other necessary expenses, $340,000,000, together with not to exceed $110,000,000 of the funds made available for the fiscal years 1937 and 1938 by section 32 of the Act entitled "An Act to amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act, and for other purposes", approved August 24, 1935 (U. S. C., Supp. II, title 7, sec. 612c). Provided, That the unobligated funds made available for the fiscal year 1937 be first transferred, and not to exceed $50,000,000 of the unexpended balance of the appropriation of $100,000,000 provided under section 12 (a), title I, of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of May 12, 1933 (U. S. C., Supp. II, title 7, sec. 612), in all, not to exceed $500,000,000, to remain available until June 30, 1939, for compliances under said Act of February 29, 1936, pursuant to the provisions of the 1937 programs carried out during the period November 1, 1936, to December 31, 1937, inclusive: Provided, That no part of such amount shall be available after June 30, 1938, for salaries and other administrative expenses except for payment of obligations therefor incurred prior to July 1, 1938: Provided further, That such amount. shall be available for salaries and other administrative expenses in connection with the formulation and administration of the 1938 programs or plans now or hereafter authorized under section 7 or 8, or both, of said Act: Provided further, That the Secretary of Agriculture may, in his discretion, from time to time transfer to the General Accounting Office such sums as may be necessary to pay administrative expenses of the General Accounting Office in auditing payments under this item: Provided further, That such amount shall be available for the purchase of seeds, fertilizers, or any other farming materials and making grants thereof to agricultural producers to aid them in carrying out farming practices approved by the Secretary of Agriculture in the 1937 programs, for the reimbursement of the Tennessee Valley Authority for fertilizers heretofore or hereafter furnished by it to the Secretary of Agriculture for such purpose, and for the payment of all expenses necessary in making such grants including all or part of the costs incident to the delivery thereof: Provided further, That not to exceed $5,000,000 of the funds appropriated under section 2 of the "Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1937" is hereby made available, subject to the limitations prescribed therein, for compliances in the calendar year 1937 under the provisions of sections 7 to 17, inclusive, of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act, approved February 29, 1936, but obligations incurred hereunder with respect to such compliances shall not be included in applying the limitations on the amount of obligations which may be incurred for any calendar year contained in section 16 of said Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act: And provided further, That the funds provided by section 32 of the Act entitled "An Act to amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act, and for other purposes", approved August 24, 1935 (U. S. C., Supp. II, title 7, sec. 612c), shall be available during the fiscal year 1938 for administrative expenses in such sums as the President may direct in carrying out the provisions of said section, including the employment of persons and means in the District of Columbia and else

where, in accordance with the provisions of law applicable to the employment of persons and means by Agricultural Adjustment Administration__.

[For amendment of the foregoing paragraph, see p. 350.]

INTERCHANGE OF APPROPRIATIONS

Not to exceed 10 per centum of the foregoing amounts for the miscellaneous expenses of the work of any bureau, division, or office herein provided for shall be available interchangeably for expenditures on the objects included within the general expenses of such bureau, division, or office, but no more than 10 per centum shall be added to any one item of appropriation except in cases of extraordinary emergency, and then only upon the written order of the Secretary of Agriculture: Provided, That a statement of any transfers of appropriations made hereunder shall be included in the annual Budget.

MISCELLANEOUS

WORK FOR OTHER DEPARTMENTS

During the fiscal year 1938 the head of any department or independent establishment of the Government requiring inspections, analyses, and tests of food and other products, within the scope of the functions of the Department of Agriculture and which that Department is unable to perform within the limits of its appropriations, may, with the approval of the Secretary of Agriculture transfer to the Department of Agriculture for direct expenditure such sums as may be necessary for the performance of such work.

PASSENGER-CARRYING VEHICLES

Within the limitations specified under the several headings the lump-sum appropriations herein made for the Department of Agriculture shall be available for the purchase of motor-propelled and horse-drawn passenger-carrying vehicles necessary in the conduct of the field work of the Department of Agriculture outside the District of Columbia: Provided, That such vehicles shall be used only for official service outside the District of Columbia, but this shall not prevent the continued use for official service of motor trucks in the District of Columbia: Provided further, That the limitation on expenditures for purchase of passenger-carrying vehicles in the field service shall be interchangeable between the various bureaus and offices of the Department, to such extent as the exigencies of the service may require: Provided further, That appropriations contained in this Act shall be available for the maintenance, operation, and repair of motorpropelled and horse-drawn passenger-carrying vehicles: Provided further, That the Secretary of Agriculture may exchange motor-propelled and horse-drawn vehicles, tractors, road equipment, and boats, and parts, accessories, tires, or equipment thereof, in whole or in part payment for vehicles, tractors, road equipment, or boats, or parts, accessories, tires, or equipment of such vehicles, tractors, road equipment, or boats purchased by him: Provided further, That the funds available to the Agricultural Adjustment Administration may be used during the fiscal year for which appropriations are herein. made for the maintenance, repair, and operation of one passengercarrying vehicle for official purposes in the District of Columbia.

BELTSVILLE RESEARCH CENTER

For general administrative purposes, including maintenance, operation, repairs, and other expenses, $75,000; and, in addition thereto,

$340,000,000.00

this appropriation may be augmented, by transfer of funds or by reimbursement, from applicable appropriations, to cover the cost, including handling and other related charges, of services and supplies, equipment and materials furnished, stores of which may be maintained at the Center, and the applicable appropriations may also be charged their proportionate share of the necessary general expenses of the Center not covered by this appropriation: Provided, That not to exceed $600 may be expended from this appropriation for the purchase of one passenger-carrying automobile for official

purposes

INTERNATIONAL PRODUCTION CONTROL COMMITTEES

During the fiscal year 1938 the Secretary of Agriculture may expend not to exceed $7,500 from the funds available to the Agricultural Adjustment Administration for the share of the United States as a member of the International Wheat Advisory Committee or like events or bodies concerned with the reduction of agricultural surpluses or other objectives of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration, together with traveling and all other necessary expenses relating thereto.

[For modification of the foregoing paragraph, see p. 350.]

ELIMINATION OF DISEASED CATTLE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

For carrying into effect the provisions of section 37 of the Act entitled "An Act to amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act and for other purposes", approved August 24, 1935 (U. S. C., Supp. II, title 7, sec. 612b), $5,119,135, the unobligated balance of the $21,364,000 made available under this head for the fiscal year 1937 by the Agricultural Appropriation Act for that year, and $10,744,865 of the unobligated balance of the funds appropriated by Public Resolution Numbered 27, Seventy-third Congress (48 Stat., p. 805), and reappropriated by said section 37 of the Act approved August 24, 1935, are hereby made available as one fund for obligation during the fiscal year 1938 for the elimination of diseased dairy and beef cattle, including cattle suffering from tuberculosis or Bang's disease, for payments to owners with respect thereto, and for experimentation, as authorized by said section 37, including the employment of persons and means in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, printing and binding, the purchase, maintenance, operation, and repair of passenger-carrying vehicles necessary in the conduct of field work outside the District of Columbia, and other necessary expenses: Provided, That $2,000,000 of the amount herein reappropriated may be used only in those States which have made appropriations for indemnifying the owners of cattle reacting to the test for Bang's disease.

FOREST ROADS AND TRAILS

For carrying out the provisions of section 23 of the Federal Highway Act approved November 9, 1921 (U. S. C., title 23, sec. 23), including not to exceed $115,260 for departmental personal services in the District of Columbia, $12,500,000, which sum is composed of $5,500,000, the balance of the amount authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 1937, by the Act approved June 18, 1934, and $7,000,000, part of the sum of $14,000,000 authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 1938 by the Act approved June 16, 1936, to be immediately available and to remain available until expended: Provided, That this appropriation shall be available for the rental, purchase, or construction of buildings necessary for the storage of equipment and supplies used for road and trail construction and maintenance, but the total cost of any such building purchased or

$75, 000. 00

constructed under this authorization shall not exceed $7,500: Provided further, That for each of the fiscal years ending June 30, 1938, and June 30, 1939, the apportionment for forest highways in Alaska shall be $350,000 and the remainder of the sums which otherwise would be apportioned and prorated to Alaska for said fiscal years shall be reapportioned in the same manner and on the same basis as provided in the second paragraph of section 23 (a) of the Federal Highway Act among those States whose forest highway apportionments for the fiscal years 1938 and 1939 otherwise would be less than 1 per centum of the entire apportionment for forest highways: Provided further, That there shall be available from this appropriation not to exceed $10,000 for the acquisition of land by purchase, condemnation, gift, grant, dedication, or otherwise, and not to exceed $150,000 for the acquisition by purchase or construction of buildings, for the storage and repair of Government equipment for use in the construction and maintenance of roads.

This title niay be cited as the "Department of Agriculture Appropriation Act, 1938".

[Total, Department of Agriculture, $626,381,208.]

TITLE II-FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For salaries and expenses of the Farm Credit Administration in the District of Columbia and the field; traveling expenses of officers and employees including not to exceed $5,000 for travel incurred under proper authority attending meetings or conventions of members of organizations at which matters of importance to the work of the Farm Credit Administration are to be discussed or transacted; printing and binding; contingent and miscellaneous expenses, including law books, books of reference, and not to exceed $750 for periodicals, newspapers, and maps; contract stenographic reporting services, and expert services for the preparation of amortization tables; library membership fees or dues in organizations which issue publications to members only or to members at a lower price than to others, payment for which may be made in advance; purchase of manuscripts, data, and special reports by personal service without regard to the provisions of any other Act; procurement of supplies and services without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (U. S. C., title 41, sec. 5) when the aggregate amount involved does not exceed $50; purchase, exchange, maintenance, repair, and operation of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles and motor trucks to be used only for official purposes; typewriters, adding machines, and other labor-saving devices, including their repair and exchange; garage rental in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; payment of actual transportation expenses and not to exceed $10 per diem in lieu of subsistence and other expenses of persons serving, while away from their homes, without other compensation from the United States, in an advisory capacity to the Farm Credit Administration; employment of persons, firms, and others for the performance of special services, including legal services, and other miscellaneous expenses; collection of moneys due the United States on account of loans made under the provisions of the Acts of March 3, 1921 (41 Stat., p. 1347), March 20, 1922 (42 Stat., p. 467), April 26, 1924 (43 Stat., p. 110), February 28, 1927 (44 Stat., p. 1251), February 25, 1929 (45 Stat., p. 1306), as amended May 17, 1929 (46 Stat., p. 3), March 3, 1930 (46 Stat., pp. 78, 79), December 20, 1930 (46 Stat., p. 1032), February 14, 1931 (46 Stat., p. 1160), and February 23, 1931 (46 Stat., p. 1276); January 22, 1932 (47 Stat., p. 5), February 4, 1933 (47 Stat., p. 795), March 4, 1933 (47 Stat., p. 1547), February 23,

$12,500,000.00