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PUBLIC LAW 451-JULY 5, 1952

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(i) employees paid from funds of the Federal Intermediate Credit Banks, Production Credit Corporations, and the Farm Credit Administration except the portion thereof provided by direct appropriation from the General Fund of the Treasury; (j) employees paid from funds for marketing services; (k) employees of the Rural Electrification Administration; (1) employees of the Soil Conservation Service; (m) employees of meat inspection and other regulatory services; (n) employees of the Forest Service

Provided further, That when the total number of personnel subject

to this section has been reduced to 90 per centum of the total provided for in the budget estimates for 1953, such limitation may cease to apply and said 90 per centum shall become a ceiling for employment during the fiscal year 1953, and if exceeded at any time during fiscal year 1953 this provision shall again become operative. SEC. 411. (a) No part of the money appropriated by this Act to T

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any department, agency, or corporation which is m excess oi 90 tions. per centum of the amount required to pay the compensation of all persons the budget estimates for personal services heretofore submitted to the Congress for the fiscal year 1953 contemplated would be employed by such department, agency, or corporation during such fiscal year in the performance of— ..f.i.i „ (1) functions performed by a person designated as an information specialist, information and editorial specialist, publications and information coordinator, press relations officer or counsel, photographer, radio expert, television expert, motion picture expert, or publicity expert, or designated by any similar title, or ~ (2) functions performed by persons who assist persons performing the functions described in (1) in drafting, preparing, editing, typing, duplicating, or disseminating public information, publications or releases, radio or television scripts, magazine articles, photographs, motion pictures, and similar material, .,,, shall be available to pay the compensation of persons performing the functions described in (1) or (2), and the total amount of each appropriation, any part of which is available for such purpose, is hereby reduced by an amount equal to 10 per centum of the amount requested in such budget estimates for such purpose. (b) This section shall not apply to personnel engaged in the preparation and distribution of technical agricultural publications and " ' farmers bulletins, and the Agriculture Yearbook, the reporting and dissemination of the results of research and investigations, the preparation and distribution of information on the protection of natural resources against fire, insects, and disease, the preparation and broadcasting of the "Farm and Home Hour" and similar individual or network radio and television programs, and other work required to carry out the duties and responsibilities of the Department imposed by law other than work intended primarily for press, radio and television services, and popular publications. Personal s e r v SEC. 412. Of the total amount made available in this Act for per- ices, etc. sonal services above basic rates of the civilian personnel, for transportation of things (other than mail), and for travel of civilian employees, the Secretary is authorized and directed on or before September 1, 1952, to cover into the surplus funds of the Treasury, or return to the capital funds affected, sums equal to 10 per centum of the amounts included in the Budget estimates for such purposes, less an amount representing the reduction, if any, between the amount requested for such purpose in the Budget estimates and the amount appropriated herein for such purpose: Provided, That this section shall not apply to—