Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations for 1993: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, One Hundred Second Congress, Second Session, Volume 4

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Page 695 - That there is hereby established at the seat of Government of the United States a Department of Agriculture, the general design and duties of which shall be to acquire and to diffuse among the people of the United States useful information on subjects connected with agriculture in the most general and comprehensive sense of that word, and to procure, propagate, and distribute among the people new and valuable seeds and plants.
Page 150 - That appropriations hereunder shall be available for temporary employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 USC 2225). and not to exceed $115.000 shall be available for employment under 5 USC 3109: Provided further.
Page 150 - Improved at a cost not to exceed $500,000 each, and the cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 per centum of the current replacement value of the building...
Page 150 - That this appropriation shall be available for employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 USC 2225), and not to exceed...
Page 150 - Maryland: Provided further, That the foregoing limitations shall not apply to replacement of buildings needed to carry out the Act of April 24, 1948 (21 USC 113a): Provided further, That the foregoing limitations shall not apply to the purchase of land...
Page 156 - Service (ARS) is authorized by the Department of Agriculture Organic Act of 1862 (7 USC 2201...
Page 695 - The National Agricultural Library provides access to the World's agricultural literature. Both current and historical information is collected and organized for effective utilization by a wide range of users. Library services include reference assistance, preparation of bibliographic files, and loan or photoduplication of library materials.
Page 461 - State, -not less than 52% shall be allotted to the States as follows: one-half in an amount proportionate to the relative rural population of each State to the total rural population of all States, and one-half in an amount proportionate to the relative farm population of each State to the total farm population of all States.
Page 461 - Act, as amended) provides that the distribution of Federal payments to States for fiscal year 1955 shall become a fixed base and that any sums appropriated In excess of the 1955 level shall be distributed In the following manner: -201 shall be allotted equally to each State. -not less than 52...
Page 450 - M of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977, as amended...

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