This fund finances on a reimbursable basis various services such as repairing and replacing equipment, including aircraft, stocking and issuing supplies, operation of subsistence camps, operation of sign shops, photographic and reproduction facilities, and tree nurseries in support of programs of the Forest Service (16 U.S.C. 579b, as amended). These service operations serve programs of fire protection, timber utilization, construction and maintenance of roads and other improvements, reforestation, grazing, watershed, forest and forest products research, and kindred conservation activities of the Forest Service, including cooperative assistance with other Federal agencies, States, counties, and individuals engaged in the same objectives. Operating results and financial condition.-Government investment in the fund as of June 30, 1965, including donated assets and retained earnings for fiscal year 1965, is $34,730 thousand. By the end of 1967, the investment is anticipated to be $41,247 thousand, an increase of $6,517 thousand which represents estimated earnings and donations during 1966 and 1967. Retained earnings as of June 30, 1967, will total an estimated $9,900 thousand of which $7,146 thousand will have been invested in additional equipment and increased cost of equipment replaced; $1,458 thousand will be reserved for increased cost of equipment to be replaced and $1,296 thousand will provide adequate working capital for operation of the fund. Revenue, Expense, and Retained Earnings (in thousands of dollars) Unfilled customers orders.. -352 6,215 -568 -472 -472 29,234 31,441 32,843 34,081 2,220 4,348 GENERAL PROVISIONS SEC. 501. Within the unit limit of cost fixed by law, appropriations and authorizations made for the Department under this Act shall be available for the purchase, in addition to those specifically provided for, of not to exceed four hundred and [sixty-four (464)] ninety-eight passenger motor vehicles, of which four hundred and [forty-eight (448)] twenty-one shall be for replacement only, and for the hire of such vehicles. SEC. 502. Provisions of law prohibiting or restricting the employment of aliens shall not apply to employment under the appropriation for the Foreign Agricultural Service. SEC. 503. Funds available to the Department of Agriculture shall be available for uniforms or allowances therefor as authorized by the Act of September 1, 1954, as amended (5 U.S.C. 2131). SEC. 504. No part of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be used for the payment of any officer or employee of the Department who, as such officer or employee, or on behalf of the Department or any division, commission, or bureau thereof, issues, or causes to be issued, any prediction, oral or written, or forecast, except as to damage threatened or caused by insects and pests, with respect to future prices of cotton or the trend of same. SEC. 505. Except to provide materials required in or incident to research or experimental work where no suitable domestic product is available, no part of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be expended in the purchase of twine manufactured from commodities or materials produced outside of the United States. SEC. 506. Not less than $1,500,000 of the appropriations of the Department for research and service work at thorized by the Acts of August 14, 1946, July 28, 1954, and September 6, 1958 (7 U.S.C. 427, 1621-1629; 42 Ú.S.Č. 1891-1893), shall be available for contracting in accordance with said Acts. (Department of Agriculture and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1966.) DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE GENERAL ADMINISTRATION Program and Financing (in thousands of dollars)-Continued 5,556 5,050 General and special funds: SALARIES AND EXPENSES For expenses necessary for the general administration of the Department of Commerce, including expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the Great Lakes Pilotage Act of 1960 (74 Stat. 259), and not to exceed $1,500 for official entertainment, [$4,200,000 $5,050,000. [For an additional amount for "Salaries and expenses", $50,000. (5 U.S.C. 591–607; 50 U.S.C. App. 2031– 2032, 2061-2161; 50 U.S.C. 402b; 74 U.S.C. 259-262; Department of Commerce Appropriation Act, 1966; Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1966.) Program and Financing (in thousands of dollars) Identification code 1965 actual 1966 1967 estimate estimate 97 1 Selected resources as of June 30 are as follows: Unpaid undelivered orders, 1964. $29 thousand (1965 adjustments, $7 thousand); 1965, $100 thousand; 1966, $100 thousand; 1967, $100 thousand. 1. Executive direction of the Department.-Provides for the formulation of Government policy on matters affecting programs and functions assigned to the Department, and executive direction of the Department. 1,383 -506 3. Administrative services.-Provides general administrative services to the offices financed by this appropriation. 4. Great Lakes Pilotage Administration.-Administers a 5,050 pilotage service in conjunction with the Department of State, the Coast Guard, and Canadian counterparts as prescribed in the Great Lakes Pilotage Act of 1960. Object Classification (in thousands of dollars) 41 Transferred to: "Salaries and expenses," Business and Identification code Defense Services Administration (64 06-05-0120-01-506 |