123STA T . 2 09 3 PUBLIC LA W 111 –8 0 —O CT. 21 , 2009 ofAgricult ur e fu nd ed by t h i s Act to ma intain p ersonnel at the agency le v el
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d fu r th er ,T hat no funds made available by this appropriation may be obligated after 30 days from the date of enactment of this Act, unless the S ecretary has notified the C ommittees on Appropriations of both H ouses of Congress on the allocation of these funds by U S D A agency: Provided further, That no other funds appropriated to the Department by this Act shall be available to the Department for support of activities of congres - sional relations .OF F ICEO FCO M M UN IC AT ION SF or necessary e x penses of the Office of Communications, $9 , 72 2,000. OFFICE OF I NS P ECTO RG ENERA L For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General, including employment pursuant to the Inspector General Act of 1 97 8 , $88,72 5 ,000, including such sums as may be necessary for contracting and other arrangements w ith public agencies and pri- vate persons pursuant to section 6( a ) (9) of the Inspector General Act of 1978, and including not to exceed $125,000 for certain con- fidential operational expenses, including the payment of informants, to be expended under the direction of the Inspector General pursu- ant to P ublic L aw 95 –4 52 and section 1337 of Public Law 97– 98. OFFICE OF T H E GENERAL COUNSEL For necessary expenses of the Office of the General Counsel, $43,551,000. OFFICE OF THE UN D ER SECRETAR Y FOR R ESEARCH, E DUCATION AND ECONOMICS For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary for Research, Education and Economics, $895,000. ECONOMIC RESEARCH SER V ICE For necessary expenses of the Economic Research Service, $82,478,000. N ATIONAL A G RICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural Statistics Service, $161,830,000, of which up to $37,908,000 shall be available until expended for the Census of Agriculture. AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE SALARIES AND E X PENSES For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Research Service and for ac q uisition of lands by donation, exchange, or purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed $100, and for land exchanges where the lands exchanged shall be of equal value or shall be equali z ed by a payment of money to the grantor which shall not Notif i ca tio n.De a dl ine.
