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Farmers Home Administration (86 Stat. 663) : 

 Provided further, That this appropriation shall be 

 available for field 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 

 $50,000 shall be available for employment under 

 5 U.S.C. 3109. 



GREAT PLAINS CONSERVATION PROGRAM 



For necessary expenses to carry into effect a 

 program of conservation in the Great Plains area, 

 pursuant to section 16(b) of the Soil Conserva- 

 tion and Domestic Allotment Act, as added by the 

 Act of August 7, 1956. as amended (16 U.S.C. 590p) , 

 $21,370,000, to remain available until expended. 



Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation 

 Service 



agricultural conservation program 



For necessary expenses to carry into effect the 

 program authorized in sections 7 to 15, 16(a), and 

 17 of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allot- 

 ment Act, approved February 29, 1936, as amended 

 and supplemented (16 U.S.C. 590g-590o, 590p(a), 

 and 590q) , and sections 1001-1008, and 1010 of the 

 Agricultural Act of 1970, as added by the Agricul- 

 ture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 (16 

 U.S.C. 1501-1508, and 1510), and including not to 

 exceed $15,000 for the preparation and display of 

 exhibits, including such displays at State, inter- 

 state, and international fairs within the United 

 States, $105,000,000, for compliance with the pro- 

 grams of soil-building and soil- and water- 

 conserving practices authorized under this head in 

 the Agriculture and Related Agencies Appropria- 

 tion Act, 1976, entered into during the period July 1, 

 1975, to December 31, 1976, inclusive: Provided, 

 That no portion of the funds for the current year's 

 program may be utilized to provide financial or 

 technical assistance for drainage on wetlands now 

 designated as Wetland Types 3(111), 4(IV), and 

 5(V) in United States Department of the Interior, 

 Fish and Wildlife Circular 39, Wetlands of the 

 United States, 1956: Provided further, That neces- 

 sary amounts shall b'e available for administrative 

 expenses in connection with the formulation and 

 administration of the 1977 program of soil-building 

 and soil- and water-conserving practices, includ- 

 ing related wildlife conserving practices, and pol- 

 lution abatement practices, under the Act of Feb- 

 ruary 29, 1936, as amended (amounting to $190,- 

 000,000, excluding administration, except that no 

 participant in the Agricultural Conservation Pro- 

 gram shall receive more than $2,500. except where 

 the participants from two or more farms or 

 ranches join to carry out approved practices de- 

 signed to conserve or improve the agricultural 

 resources of the community) : Provided further. 

 That such amounts shall be available for the pur- 

 chase of seeds, fertilizers, lime, trees, or any other 

 conservation material, or any soil-terracing serv- 

 ices, and making grants thereof to agricultural 

 producers to aid them in carrying out approved 

 1970 farming practices to be selected by the county 

 committees under oroerams orovided for hprpin- 



Provided further. That no part of the funds in this 

 Act may be used to obtain or require submission of 

 information from participants in this program not 

 required in carrying out the 1970 program: Pro- 

 vided further. That not to exceed 5 per centum of 

 the allocation for the current year's program for 

 any county may. on the recommendation of such 

 county committee and approval of the State com- 

 mittee, be withheld and allotted to the Soil Con- 

 servation Service for services of its technicians in 

 formulating and carrying out the Agricultural 

 Conservation Program in the participating coun- 

 ties, and shall not be utilized by the Soil Conserva- 

 tion Service for any purpose other than technical 

 and other assistance in such counties, and in addi- 

 tion, on the recommendation of such county com- 

 mittee and approval of the State committee, not 

 to exceed 1 per centum may be made available to 

 any other Federal, State, or local public agency for 

 the same purix)se and under the same conditions: 

 Provided further. That for the current year's pro- 

 gram $2,500,000 shall be available for technical 

 assistance in formulating and carrying out rural 

 environmental practices: Provided further. That 

 no part of any funds available to the Department, 

 or any bureau, office, corporation, or other agency 

 constituting a part of such Department, shall be 

 used in the current fiscal year for the payment of 

 salary or travel expenses of any person who has 

 been convicted of violating the Act entitled "An Act 

 to prevent pernicious political activities", approved 

 August 2, 1939, as amended, or who has been found 

 in accordance with the provisions of title 18 U.S.C. 

 1913, to have violated or attempted to violate such 

 section which prohibits the use of Federal appro- 

 priations for the payment of personal services or 

 other expenses designed to influence in any man- 

 ner a Member of Congress to favor or oppose any 

 legislation or appropriation by Congress except 

 upon request of any Member or through the proper 

 official channels. 



forestry incentives program 



For necessary expenses not otherwise provided 

 for, to carry out the program of forestry incentives, 

 as authorized in sections 1009 and 1010 of the Agri- 

 cultural Act of 1970, as added by the Agriculture 

 and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 

 1509-1510) including technical assistance and re- 

 lated expenses, $15,000,000. 



water bank program 



For necessary expenses to carry into effect the 

 provisions of the Water Bank Act (16 U.S.C. 1301- 

 1311). $10,000,000, to remain available until ex- 

 pended. 



emergency conservation measures 



For emergency conservation measures, to be used 

 for the same purposes and subject to the same con- 

 ditions as funds appropriated under this head in 

 the Third Supplemental Appropriations Act. 1957, 

 $10,000,000, with which shall be merged the unex- 

 pended balances of funds heretofore appropriated 

 for emergency conservation measures. 



