62 STAT.] SOTH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CH. 543 -JUNE 19, 1948 WATER FACILITIES, ARID AND SEMIARID AREAS To carry into effect the provisions of the Act to promote conserva- tion in the arid and semiarid areas of the United States by aiding in the development of facilities for water storage and utilization. approved August 28, 1937, as amended (16 U. S. C. 590r-590x, 590z-5), $1,750,000, of which not to exceed $11,000 may be expended for per- sonal services in the District of Columbia. RURAL ELECTRIFICATION ADMINISTRATION To carry into effect the provisions of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, approved May 20, 1936, as amended (7 U. S. C. 901-915, as amended by the Act of July 30, 1947 (Public Law 266)), as follows: Salaries and expenses: For administrative expenses, including personal services in the District of Columbia; not to exceed $500 for newspapers; and not to exceed $500 for financial and credit reports; $5,450,000. Loans: For loans in accordance with sections 3, 4, and 5 of said Act, and for carrying out the provisions of section 7 thereof, $400,000,000, to be borrowed from the Secretary of the Treasury in accordance with the provisions of section 3 (a) of said Act. GENERAL PROVISIONS-DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE SEC. 2 . No funds appropriated or made available under this title shall be used to pay the compensation or expenses of any officer or employee of the Department or any bureau, office, agency, or service of the Department, or any corporation, institution, or association supervised thereby, who makes or approves, or directs or authorizes the approval of, any loan or advance by the Regional Agricultural Credit Corporation of Washington, District of Columbia, unless such loan or advance (1) is for the purpose of protecting the security for or assisting in the collection of a loan or advance theretofore made by the Corporation, or (2) is for use in and confined to a specific area or region in which the Secretary of Agriculture shall have found that such loans for specified agricultural purposes and for limited time periods are necessary because of economic emer- gencies or production disasters. All loans and advances made pur- suant to this section will carry the full personal liability of the borrower, shall be secured by crops or livestock and such additional collateral as is deemed necessary to afford reasonable assurance of repayment, and will be accompanied by a certificate of refusal of the loan or advance by a local bank or the production credit associa- tion serving the area: Provided, however, That the Secretary of Agriculture may authorize the Regional Agricultural Credit Cor- poration to reenter an area or region where an economic emergency or production disaster has occurred, in conformity with the pro- visions of section 201 (e) of the Emergency Relief and Construc- tion Act of 1932, as amended (title 12, U. S. C. 1148). SEC. 3 . Within the unit limit of cost fixed by law the lump-sum appropriations made for the Department under this title shall be available for the purchase of passenger motor vehicles, and for the hire of such vehicles, necessary in the conduct of the work of the Department outside the District of Columbia, but the number of such vehicles purchased or otherwise acquired for all the activities of the Department for which appropriations are made under such title shall not exceed the total number indicated for purchase by the Department under the statements of proposed expenditures for purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles in the Budget. 68706°- 49 - -pt. 1- - 529 50 Stat. 869. 49 Stat. 1363 . 7U.S.C., Supp.I, §903. 61 Stat. 646. Post, p. 1038. 49 Stat. 1364, 1366. 7 U.S .8C . §§903-905, 907; Supp. I, 903. Limitations respect- ing loans and ad- vances. ,llb)ility of borrow- er, etc. Regional Agricul- tural Credit Corp. 47 Stat. 713. 12 U.S. C., Supp. I, 1148. Passenger motor vehicles.
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