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PUBLIC LAW 95-000—MMMM. DD, 1977

91 STAT. 826

PUBLIC LAW 95-97—AUG. 12, 1977 r

FOOD STAMP PROGRAM

For necessary expenses of the food stamp program pursuant to the 7 USC 2011 note. Food Stamp Act of 1964, as amended, $5,627,000,000: Provided, That funds provided herein shall remain available until expended in accord7 USC 2025. ance with section 16 of the Food Stamp Act of 1964, as amended: Availability to Provided further, That no part of the funds appropriated by this Act certain shall be used during the fiscal year ending September 30, 1978, to make households, food stamps available to any household, to the extent that the entitleprohibition. ment otherwise available to such household is attributable to an individual who: (i) has reached his eighteenth birthday; (ii) is enrolled in an institution of higher education; and (iii) is properly claimed as a dependent child for Federal income tax purposes by a taxpayer who is not a member of an eligible household: Provided further, That funds provided herein shall be expended in accordance 7 USC 2024. with section 15(b) of the Food Stamp Act of 1964, as amended: Provided further, That not less than 7 per centum of this authorization shall be placed in reserve to be apportioned pursuant to section 3679 31 USC 665. of the Revised Statutes, as amended, for use only in such amounts and at such times as may become necessary to carry out program operations. FOOD DONATIONS PROGRAM

For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 4(a) of the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973, as amended (7 U.S.C. 612c (note)), $31,400,000, of which $17,600,000 shall be available for the Commodity Supplemental Food Program without regard to whether an area is under the Food Stamp Program. ELDERLY FEEDING PROGRAM

For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 707 of the Older Americans Act of 1965, as amended (42 U.S.C. 3045f), $30,000,000. FOOD PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION

For necessary administrative expenses of the Domestic Food Programs funded under this Act, $64,951,000 to remain available until expended: Provided, That this appropriation shall be available for employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $150,000 shall be available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109. TITLE IV—INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE

For necessary expenses for the Foreign Agricultural Service, including carrying out title VI of the Agricultural Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1761-1768), market development activities abroad, and for enabling the Secretary to coordinate and integrate activities of the Department in connection with foreign agricultural work, including not to exceed $47,000 for representation allowances and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of the Act approved August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766),