PUBLIC LAW 104-180—AUG. 6, 1996
110 STAT. 1579
shell egg surveillance xinder section 5(d) of the Egg Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 1034(d)): Provided fuHher, That this appropriation shall be available for field employment pursuant to section
706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to
exceed $75,000 shall be avsdlable for employment under 5 U.S.C.
3109: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available
Eursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and repair of
uildings and improvements, but the cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the current
replacement value of the building.
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FARM AND FOREIGN
AGRICULTURAL SERVICES
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the Under
Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services to administer
the laws enacted by Congress for me Farm Service Agency, Foreign
Agricultural Service, and the Commodity Credit Corporation,
$572,000.
FARM SERVICE AGENCY
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses for carrying out the administration
and implementation of programs administered by the Farm Service
Agency, $746,440,000: Provided, That the Secretary is authorized
to use the services, facilities, and authorities (but not the funds)
of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make program payments
for all programs administered by the Agency: Provided further,
That other funds made available to the Agency for authorized
activities may be advanced to and merged with this account: Provided further. That these funds shall be available for employment
pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic
Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $1,000,000 shall
be available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109.
STATE MEDIATION GRANTS
For gTEUits pursuant to section 502(b) of the Agricultural Credit
Act of 1987, as amended (7 U.S.C. 5101-5106), $2,000,000.
DAIRY INDEMNITY PROGRAM
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses involved in making indemnity payments
to dsury farmers for milk or cows producing such milk and manufacturers of dairy products who have been directed to remove their
milk or dairy products from commercial markets because it contained residues of chemicals registered and approved for use by
the Federal Government, and in making indemnity payments for
milk, or cows producing such milk, at a fair market value to
any dairy farmer who is directed to remove his milk from commercial markets because of (1) the presence of products of nuclear
radiation or fallout if such contamination is not due to the fault
of the farmer, or (2) residues of chemicals or toxic substances
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