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PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 445-JUNE 22, 1946 53 Stat. 1275. 7 U.S.C., Supp. V, §1605. International Seed Testing Congress. 42 stat. 159; 49 Stat. 648. 7U.S.C., Supp.V, 204 et seq. 42 Stat. 1435 . 36 Stat. 331. 49 Stat. 1491. 52 Stat. 36 . Post, p. 1063. Assistance to needy farmers. 57 Stat. 542 . 58 Stat. 742. 5U. S. C., Supp.V, §574. Semiannual relort to Congress. Disability or death benefits. 48 Stat. 351 . 5U.S.C., Supp.V, 1 796 note. standards with respect to certain imported seeds; and for other pur- poses", approved August 9, 1939, as amended (7 U. S . C . 1561-1610), $137,000: Provided, That not to exceed $250 of this amount may be used for meeting the share of the United States in the expenses of the International Seed Testing Congress. Packers and Stockyards Act: For carrying out the provisions of the Packers and Stockyards Act, approved August 15, 1921, as amended by the Act of August 14, 1935 (7 U. S. C. 181-229), $464,500. Naval Stores Act: For enabling the Secretary to carry into effect the provisions of the Naval Stores Act of March 3, 1923 (7 U. S. C. 91-99), $33,800. Insecticide Act: For enabling the Secretary to carry into effect the provisions of the Act of April 26, 1910 (7 U. S . C . 121 -134), entitled "An Act for preventing the manufacture, sale, or transportation of adulterated or misbranded paris greens, lead arsenates, other insecti- cides, and also fungicides, and for regulating traffic therein, and for other purposes", $262,500. Commodity Exchange Act: To enable the Secretary to carry into effect the provisions of the Commodity Exchange Act, as amended (7 U. S. C. 1-17a), $495,000. Freight rates for farm products: To carry out the provisions of section 201 (a) to 201 (d), inclusive, of title II of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U. S . C. 1291), $123,000. LOANS, GRANTS, AND RURAL REHABILITATION To enable the Secretary to continue to provide assistance through rural rehabilitation and grants to needy farmers in the United States, its Territories and possessions, including (1) loans to needy indi- vidual farmers, (2) grants, (3) making and servicing of loans and grants under this and prior laws, (4) farm debt adjustment service, (5) liquidation as expeditiously as possible of Federal rural rehabili- tation projects, and (6) servicing and collecting loans made under the provisions of the Act of July 12, 1943, Public Law 140, as amended, $24,000,000, which sum shall be also available for necessary adminis- trative expenses incident to the foregoing, including personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; not to exceed $57,000 for employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706 (a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (5 U. S . C . 574); purchase of lawbooks, books of reference, periodicals, and not to exceed $1.000 for newspapers; and printing and binding: Provided, That the Secretary shall transmit to the Congress semiannually a progress report with respect to the liquidation of Federal rural rehabilitation projects, under his super- vision, showing by name and by States all dispositions of such projects, or parts thereof, together with the amounts of Federal funds expended in the process of liquidation, and any losses incurred in the use of such funds. In making any grant payments under this Act, the Secretary is authorized to require with respect to such payments the performance of work on useful public projects, Federal and non-Federal, including work on private or public land in furtherance of the conservation of natural resources, and the provisions of the Act of February 15, 1934 (5 U. S . C . 796), as amended, relating to disability or death compen- sation, and benefits shall apply to those persons performing such work: Provided, That this section shall not apply to any case coming within the purview of the workmen's compensation law of any State, Territory, or possession, or in which the claimant has received or is entitled to receive similar benefits for injury or death. 292 [60 STAT.