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PUBLIC LAW 88-573-SEPT. 2, 1964
[78 STAT.
Public Law 88-573 September 2, 1964 [H. R. 11202]
Department of Agricultvire and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1965.
AN ACT Making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture and related agencies for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1965, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Department of Agriculture and related agencies for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1965, and for other purposes; namely: DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE TITLE I—GENERAL ACTIVITIES AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE SALARIES A N D
58 Stat. 742. 60 Stat. 810.
58 Stat. 742.
EXPENSES
For expenses necessary to perform agricultural research relating to production, utilization, marketing, nutrition and consumer use, to control and eradicate pests and plant and animal diseases, and to perform related inspection, quarantine and regulatory work, and meat inspection: Provided, That appropriations hereunder shall be available for field employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (5 U.S.C. 574), and not to exceed $75,000 shall be available for employment under section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a): Provided further, That appropriations hereunder shall be available for the operation and maintenance of aircraft and the purchase of not to exceed two for replacement only: Provided further, That appropriations hereunder shall be available pursuant to title 5, United States Code, section 565a, for the construction, alteration, and repair of buildings and improvements, but unless otherwise provided, the cost of constructing any one building (except headnouses connecting greenhouses) shall not exceed $20,000, except for six buildings to be constructed or improved at a cost not to exceed $45,000 each, and the cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed $7,500 or 7.5 per centuin of the cost of the building, whichever is greater: Provided further, That the limitations on alterations contained in this Act shall not apply to a total of $100,000 for facilities at Beltsville, Maryland: Research: For research and demonstrations on the production and utilization of agricultural products; agricultural marketing and distribution, not otherwise provided for; home economics or nutrition and consumer use of agricultural and associated products; and related research and services; and for acquisition of land by donation, exchange, or purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed $100, $114,991,000, plus not to exceed the following amounts, to remain available until expended, for the planning, construction, alteration, and equipping of research facilities: $1,000,000 for crops research facilities at Fort Collins, Colorado; $850,000 for facilities at the Agricultural Research Center, Beltsville, Maryland; $800,000 for a storedproduet insects laboratory, Savannah, Georgia; $260,000 for plans for a livestock insects and toxicology laboratory. College Station, Texas; $338,000 for plans for a plant disease, nematode, and insect laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland; $160,000 for plans for an insect attractants and stored-product insects laboratory, Gainesville, Florida; $l,000j000 for a peanut quality research laboratory, at Dawson, Georgia, on a site acquired by donation; and $240,000 for plans for a
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