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PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 280 -JUNE 29, 1949 58 Stat. 741 . Expenditures a commitmentsof cer corporations agencies. 59 Stat. 598. 31U.S.C., Su II, § 849. Post, p . 978. Adminstrative penses. Post, p . 978. Nonadministrat expenses. the provisions of section 3 (a) of said Act, and such additional amounts, not to exceed a total of $150,000,000, to be borrowed under the same terms and conditions if and to the extent that the Secretarv of Agriculture shall certify, from time to time, to the Secretary of the Treasury that such additional amounts are required during the fiscal year 1950, under the then existing conditions, for the expeditious and orderly development of the program. ADMINISTRATION OF FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE ACT Operating expenses: For operating and administrative expenses, and not to exceed $700 for newspapers, $4,054,000. FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION For necessary expenses, including personal services in the District of Columbia; not to exceed $5,000 for attendance at meetings or conventions of members of organizations at which matters of impor- tance to the work of the Farm Credit Administration are to be discussed or transacted; not to exceed $750 for periodicals and news- papers; library membership fees or dues in organizations which issue publications to members only or to members at a lower price than to others, payment for which may be made in advance; not to exceed $20,000 for expenditures authorized by section 602 of the Organic Act of 1944 (12 U. S . C . 833); purchase of one passenger motor vehicle (for replacement only) for use in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; garage rental in the District of Columbia; payment of actual transportation and other necessary expenses and not to exceed $10 per diem in lieu of subsistence of persons serving, while away from their homes, without other compensation from the United States, in an advisory capacity to the Farm Credit Administration, except that such expenditures shall not exceed $10,000; examination of corporations, banks, associations, and institutions operated, super- vised, or regulated by the Farm Credit Administration $500,000, together with not to exceed $2,294,000 of collections from Federal Farm Credit agencies of assessments and charges, to be advanced by transfer and counter warrant to this appropriation, to cover the cost of Farm Credit Administration facilities, examlinations, and other services rendered to such agencies; in all, $2,794,000. TITLE II atd The following corporations and agencies, respectively, are hereby and authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits of funds and borrowing authority available to each such corporation or agency and in accord with law, and to make such contracts and commitments with- out regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Gppovernment Corporation Control Act, as amended, as may be necessary in carrying out the programs set forth in the Budget for the fiscal year 1950 for each such corporation or agency, except as hereinafter provided: Federal Crop Insurance Corporation. Commodity Credit Corporation: Nothing in this Act shall be so construed as to prevent the Commodity Credit Corporation from carry- ex- ing out any activity or any program authorized by law: Provided,That not to exceed $12,000,000 shall be available for administrative expenses of the Corporation and not to exceed $400 for periodicals, maps, and ive newspapers: Providedfurther, That all necessary expenses (including legal and special services performed on a contract or fee basis, but not 346 [63 STAT.