PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 253-JUNE 30, 1939 atAdiountreapprpri- ence, periodicals, and newspapers, $429,560,000, together with not to exceed $70,000,000 of the unobligated balance of the appropriation made under this head by the Department of Agriculture Appropria- tion Act for the fiscal year 1938, in all, not to exceed $499,560,000, Availability. to remain available until June 30, 1941, for compliances under said Act of February 29, 1936, as amended, pursuant to the provisions of the 1939 programs carried out during the period October 1, 1938, to P'risos. December 31, 1939, inclusive: Provided, That no part of such amount se restricted. shall be available for carrying out the provisions of section 202 (f) 52 Stat. 3 .u of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, and not to exceed i1292. $3,200,000 shall be available under the provisions of section 202 (a) to 202 (e), inclusive, of said Act, including research on food products Li mitof farm commodities: Provided further, That no part of such amount shall be available after June 30, 1940, for salaries and other admin- istrative expenses except for payment of obligations therefor pAvarabiity for 190 incurred prior to July 1, 1940: Provided further, That such amount programs. shall be available for salaries and other administrative expenses in connection with the formulation and administration of the 1940 programs or plans now or hereafter authorized under section 49stat. 1148 , 1149; 7 or 8, or both, of said Act of February 29, 1936, or under said 52 Stat. 31 . 16 U. s . C., Supp. provisions of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938: Provided S. C 5upp.59 ch 7 . further, That the Secretary of Agriculture may, in his discretion, S.C., Supp.IV, ch.35. fh Tha the Transfer of funds. from time to time transfer to the General Accounting Office such sums as may be necessary to pay administrative expenses of the General Accounting Office in auditing payments under this Purchase of seeds item: Provided further, That such amount shall be available for etc.; grants to pro- ducer s. the purchase of seeds, fertilizers, lime, trees, or any other farming materials and making grants thereof to agricultural producers to aid them in carrying out farming practices approved by the Secre- tary of Agriculture m the 1939 and 1940 programs under said Act TennesseeValley of February 29, 1936, as amended; for the reimbursement of the Authority, etc., reim- bursement. Tennessee Valley Authority or any other Government agency for fertilizers, seeds, lime, trees, or other farming materials furnished by such agency; and for the payment of all expenses necessary in making such grants including all or part of the costs incident to traotdvnemxpe in- the delivery thereof: And provided further, That the funds pro- 49 stat.774. vided by section 32 of the Act entitled "An Act to amend the Agri- v,6ic. C P cultural Adjustment Act and for other purposes, approved August 24, 1935 (7 U. S . C. 612c), shall be available during the fiscal year 1940 for administrative expenses in accordance with the provisions 52 Stat. 69. of section 392 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, in carry- Ui.1 C., upp. ing out the provisions of said section 32, including the employment of persons and means in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, in accordance with the provisions of law applicable to the employ- ment of persons and means by the Agricultural Adjustment Admin- istration. PAIRIT PAYMENTS Parity payments. To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to make parity payments to producers of wheat, cotton, corn (in the commercial corn-producing 52 stat. 45 . area), rice, and tobacco pursuant to the provisions of section 303 of 7 U.S. C., Supp. IV, 1303. the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, $225,000,000: Provided, s^of"payment. however, That in expending the appropriation in this paragraph the rate of payment with respect to any commodity shall not exceed the amount by which the average farm price of the commodity is less than ondition. 5 per centum of the parity price: Provided further, That such pay- ments with respect to any such commodity shall be made with respect to a farm only in the event that the acreage planted to the com- modity for harvest on the farm in 1940 is not in excess of the 974 [53 STAT.
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