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months from the date of this enactment, the Sec- 

 retary of Agriculture may make appointments and 

 may continue employees of the organization here- 

 tofore established for the purpose of administering 

 those provisions of the National Industrial Re- 

 covery Act which relate to the prevention of soil 

 erosion, without regard to the civil-service laws 

 or regulations and chapter 51 and subchapter in 

 of chapter 53 of Title 5. and any persons with tech- 

 nical or practical knowledge may be employed and 

 compensated under this chapter on a basis to be 

 determined by the Civil Service Commission; and 

 (3) Make expenditures for personal services 

 and rent in the District of Columbia and else- 

 where, for the purchase of law books and books 

 of reference, for printing and binding, for the 

 purchase, operation, and maintenance of passen- 

 ger-carrying vehicles, and perform such acts, and 

 prescribe such regulations, as he may deem 

 proper to carry out the provisions of this chapter. 

 (Apr. 27, 1935, ch. 85. § 4. 49 Stat. 164; Oct. 8. 1949, 

 ch. 782. title XI, § 1106 (a), 63 Stat, 972.) 

 Amenduemts 

 1949 — Act Oct. 28, 1949, substituted "Classlflcatlon 

 Act of 1949" for "Classlflcatlon Act of 1923," which for 

 purposes of codification has been translated as chapter 51 

 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of Title 5. 



§590e. Soil Conservation Service: establishment; uti- 

 lization and transfer of existing governmental 

 agencies. 



The Secretary of Agriculture shall establish an 

 agency to be known as the "Soli Conservation Serv- 

 ice", to exercise the powers conferred on him by 

 this chapter and may utilize the organization here- 

 tofore established for the purpose of administering 

 those provisions of sections 202 and 203 of the Na- 

 tional Industrial Recovery Act which relate to the 

 prevention of soil erosion, together with such per- 

 sonnel thereof as the Secretary of Agriculture may 

 determine, and all unexpended balances of funds 

 heretofore allotted to said organization shall be 

 available until June 30, 1937, and the Secretary 

 of Agriculture shall assume all obligations Incurred 

 by said organization prior to transfer to the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture. In order that there may be 

 proper coordination of erosion-control activities the 

 Secretary of Agriculture may trRnsfer to the agency 

 created under this chapter such functions, funds, 

 personnel, and property of other agencies In the 

 Department of Agriculture as he may from time to 

 time determine. (Apr. 27, 1935, ch. 85, § 5. 49 Stat. 

 164.) 



§S90f. Appropriation authorized. 



There are authorized to be appropriated for the 

 purposes of this chapter such sums as Congress may 

 from time to time determine to be necessary. 



Appropriations for carrying out this chapter allo- 

 cated for the production or procurement of nm-sery 

 stocic by any Federal agency, or funds appropriated 

 to any Federal agency for allocation to cooperating 

 States for the production or procurement of nursery 

 stocic, shall remain available for expenditure for not 

 more than three fiscal years. (Apr. 27. 1935, ch. 85, 

 § 6, 49 Stat. 164; Sept. 21. 1944. ch. 412. title IH, § 302 

 (a), 58 Stat. 738.) 



Amendmentb 

 1944 — Act Sept. 21. 1944, added pax. beginning "Appro- 

 priations for carrying". 



§ 590k. Additional policies and purposes of chapter, 

 (a) Purposes enumerated. 



It is declared to be the policy of this chapter also 

 to secure, and the purposes of this chapter shall also 

 include. (1) preservation and improvement of soil 

 fertility; (2) promotion of the economic use and con- 

 servation of land ; ( 3 ) diminution of exploitation and 

 wasteful and unscientific use of national soil re- 

 sources; (4) the protection of rivers and harbors 

 against the results of soil erosion in aid of main- 

 taming the navigability of waters and water courses 

 and in aid of flood control; <5) reestablishment. at 

 as rapid a rate as the Secretary of Agriculture deter- 

 mines to be practicable and in the general public 

 interest, of the ratio between the purchasing power 

 of the net income per person on farms and that of 

 the income per person not on farms that prevailed 

 during the five-year period August 1909-July 1914. 

 inclusive, as determined from statistics available in 

 the United States Department of Agriculture, and 

 the maintenance of such ratio; and (6> prevention 

 and abatement of agricultural-related pollution. The 

 powers conferred under this section and sections 

 590h. 590i. and 590j to 590n of this title shall be used 

 to assist voluntary action calculated to effectuate the 

 purposes specified in this section. Such powers shall 

 not be used to discourage the production of supplies 

 of foods and fibers sufficient to maintain normal 

 domestic human consumption as determined by the 

 Secretary from the records of domestic human con- 

 sumption in the years 1920 to 1929. inclusive, taking 

 into consideration increased population, quantities 

 of any commodity that were forced into domestic 

 consumption by decline in exports during such pe- 

 riod, current trends in domestic consumption and 

 exports of particular commodities, and the quanti- 

 ties of substitutes available for domestic consump- 

 tion within any general class of food commodities. 

 In carrying out the purposes of this section due 

 regard shall be given to the maintenance of a con- 

 tinuous and stable supply of agricultural commodi- 

 ties adequate to meet consumer demand at prices 

 fair to both producers and consumers. 



(b)— (g) Repealed. Pub. L. 87-703, title I, §101(1). 

 Sept. 27, 1962. 76 Stat. 605. 



(Apr. 27, 1935, ch. 85, § 7, as added Feb. 29, 1936, 

 ch. 104, § 1. 49 Stat. 1148, and amended June 28, 

 1937. ch. 395. § 1. 50 Stat. 329: Sept. 27, 1962, Pub. 

 L. 87-703, title I, § 101(1), 76 Stat. 605.) 



(As amended Aug. 30, 1972, Pub. L. 92-419. title VI, 

 § 606(1), 86 Stat. 676.) 



Amendments 



1972— Subsec. (a) . Pub. L. 92-419 added cl. (6) . 



1962 — Subsecs. (b) — (g). Pub. L. 87-703 repealed sub- 

 sees, (b) — (g) which provided for State plans as follows: 

 subsec. (b). cooperation with States by making grants: 

 subsec. (c). State plans; subsec. (d), conditions of plans; 

 subsec. (e), approval of plans: subsec. (f). allocation of 

 funds: and subsec. (g) . apportionment of funds. 



1937 — Subsec. (g) . Act June 28. 1937, substituted "any 

 such apportionment of funds available for carrying out 



