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[71 Stat. 177]

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erosion, floods, hurricanes, or other natural disasters when, as a result of the foregoing, new conservation problems have been created which, (1) if not treated, will impair or endanger the land, (2) materially affect the productive capacity of the land, (3) represent damage which is unusual in character and, except for wind erosion, is not the type which would recur frequently in the same area, and (4) will be so costly to rehabilitate that Federal assistance is or will be required to return the land to productive agricultural use, and for^ reimbursement to the appropriation to the President for "Disaster relief", for allocations to the Secretary of Agriculture for such purposes, $4,000,000, to remain available through June 30, 1958: Provided, That this appropriation may be expended without regard to the adjustments required under section 8(e) of the Soil Conservation and 52 Domestic Allotment Act, as amended (16 U.S.C. 590h), and may be ^lStat. |^|' distributed among States and individual farmers without regard to other provisions of law.

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FARMERS' H O M E ADMINISTRATION DISASTER LOAN REVOLVING FUND

Not to exceed $11,500,000 of the Disaster Loan Revolving Fund established under the Act of April 6, 1949, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1148a-l to 1148a-3), may be used for emergency feed and seed assistance under section 2(d) of said Act in addition to, and under the same conditions as, the amount made available under this head in the Third Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1954 (68 Stat. 81, 88).

63 Stat. 43; 67 Stat. 150.

LOAN AUTHORIZATIONS

For an additional amount for loans under title I and section 43 of title IV of the Bankhead-Jones F a r m Tenant Act, as amended, g^|° f^^ ^^^' ^° ^* $26,000,000: Provided, That not to exceed the foregoing amount shall ^ use i6o:rioo6, be borrowed from the Secretary of the Treasury in accordance with ° ' the provisions set forth under this head in the Department of Agriculture Appropriation Act, 1952. ^^ Stat. 24o. OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

For an additional amount for "Office of the Secretary", not to exceed $23,400, to be derived by transfer from any appropriation available to the Department of Agriculture, for the fiscal year 1957, for salaries and expenses (exclusive of such appropriations which include funds for grants). COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION

The limitation under this head in the Department of Agriculture and Farm Credit Administration Appropriation Act, 1957, on the amount available for administrative expenses of the Corporation, is increased from "$31,000,000" to "$33,000,000". CHAPTER II DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For an additional amount for "Salaries and expenses", $55,000, to be derived by transfer from the appropriation for "Expenses",

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