remaining available from the 1952 Appropriation for the emergency replacement of buildings should that become necessary. The fifth change proposes to delete references to the act of May 9, 1938, and the act of August 13, 1954, which amended that act. It is not necessary to include these references in the appropriation language and deletion of them will shorten and simplify the language. Appropriate references will be included hereafter in the language citations in the printed budget. The deletion of these references will not affect in any way the nature or scope of the work conducted under this item. The act of May 9, 1938, provides for control of incipient or emergency outbreaks of insect or plant diseases, including grasshoppers, Mormon crickets, and chinch bugs. The act of August 13, 1954, amending it provides for cooperation with the Government of Canada or Mexico in the control of outbreaks of insect pests or plant diseases. The sixth change would: (a) Delete language prohibiting the use of this appropriation for payment of indemnities because of injury or destruction of property as a result of plant insect and disease control activities, except potatoes and tomatoes as authorized under the Golden Nematode Act. Inclusion of the language is unnecessary because indemnity payments are specifically prohibited by section 102 (c) of the Department of Agriculture Organic Act of 1944 (7 U. S. C. 147c), and authority to pay indemnities for potatoes and tomatoes is specifically set forth in the Golden Nematode Act (act of June 15, 1948). (b) Delete the proviso which would permit the Secretary, in his discretion, to require cooperation from States or others in carrying out the sweetpotato weevil control, barberry eradication, and golden nematode control programs. This proviso is a repetition of the authority which the Secretary already has in section 102 (a) of the Department of Agriculture Organic Act of 1944 (7 U. S. C. 147a), and in the Golden Nematode Act (7 U. S. C. 150c), to require cooperation at his discretion. The Department is in full agreement with the objective of the language which it is proposed to delete. The States are assuming an increasing amount of the responsibility in planning, administering, and financing these programs. In cooperation with the National Association of Commissioners, Secretaries, and Directors of Agriculture, as representatives of the States, the Department has developed criteria for measuring the extent of responsibility of the Federal Government and the States in carrying out these and similar programs. The deletion would in no way affect the authority of the Secretary and is proposed with the sole intent of shortening and simplifying the wording of the language. AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE U. S. Department of Agriculture, detailed statement of obligations, by project AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE-Continued U. S. Department of Agriculture, detailed statement of obligations, by project—Con. AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE-Continued U. S. Department of Agriculture, detailed statement of obligations, by project-Con. 1 Includes $6,527 of fiscal year 1956 funds obligated by Bureau of Public Roads in fiscal year 1957 for supervision of road construction contract let in fiscal year 1956 (11 Comp. Gen. No. A-43067), |