Sec. 705. Stenographic Services (b) The Department of Agriculture is authorized to contract for stenographic reporting services. (7 U.S.C. 2232) (c) Employees of the Department of Agriculture stationed abroad may, with the approval of the Secretary of Agriculture, enter into leases for official quarters, for periods not exceeding one year, and may pay rent, telephone, subscriptions to publications, and other charges incident to the conduct of their offices and the discharge of their duties, in advance, in any foreign country where custom or practice requires payment in advance. (7 U.S.C 2231) Temporary Employment Sec. 706. (a) . . . The Department of Agriculture may employ persons or organizations, on a temporary basis, by contract or otherwise, without regard to the Classification Act of 1949: Provided, That no expenditures for such temporary employment shall be made unless provision is made there for in the applicable appropriation and the cost thereof is not in excess of limitations prescribed therein. (7 U.S.C. 2225) Sec. 708. The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to make copies of bibliographies prepared by the Department library, microfilm and other photographic reproductions of books and other library materials in the Department and sell such bibliographies and reproductions at such prices (not less than estimated total cost of furnishing same) as he may determine, the money received from such sales to be deposited in the Treasury to the credit of the applicable appropriation current at the time the materials are furnished or payment there for is received. (7 U.S.C. 2244) Sec. 711. Unless otherwise provided herein or by other statute, the measure and character of cooperation authorized herein on the part of the Federal Government and on the part of the cooperator shall be such as may be prescribed by the Secretary, unless otherwise provided for in the applicable appropriation. (7 U.S.C. 2249) Federal-State Cooperation for Soil • Act of December 22, 1944 (Ch. 665, 58 Stat. 887, as amended by Acts of August 4, 1954, P.L. 566, 68 Stat. 666, and September 27, 1962, P.L. 87-703, 76 Stat. 608; 33 Ú.S.C. 701b; 16 U.S.C. 1004) Sec. 13. The following works of improvement for run-off and water-flow retardation, and soil-erosion prevention, are hereby adopted and authorized . . . the projects herein shall be initiated as expeditiously and prosecuted as vigorously as may be consistent with budgetary requirements. Nothing in this section shall be construed as approving or authorizing the acquisition of any land by the Federal Government until the legislature of the State in which the land lies shall have consented to the acquisition of lands by the United States for the purpose within the scope of this section. There shall be paid annually to the county in which any lands acquired under this section may lie, a sum equal to 1 per centum of the purchase price paid for the lands acquired in that country or, if not acquired by purchase, 1 per centum of their valuation at the time of their acquisition. Works of improvement were authorized on the following watersheds: Los Angeles River Basin Santa Ynez River Watershed Watershed Yazoo River Watershed Coosa River Watershed (Above Rome, Georgia) Little Sioux River Watershed Buffalo Creek Watershed (New York) Colorado River Watershed (Texas) Washita River Watershed NOTE.--Section 7 of the Act of August 4, 1954 (68 that in connection with these eleven watershed improvement programs authorized by Sec. 13, above, "the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to prosecute additional works of improvement for the conservation, development, utilization, and disposal of water in accordance with the provisions of section 4 of this Act or any amendments hereafter made thereto." (33 U.S.C. 701b; 16 U.S.C. 1004) Common Varieties of Mineral Materials • Act of July 31, 1947 (Ch. 406, 61 Stat. 681; 30 U.S.C. 601-602, 611) Sec. 1. The Secretary, under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe, may dispose of mineral materials (including but not limited to common varieties of the following: sand, stone, gravel, pumice, pumicite, cinders, and clay) and vegetative materials (including but not limited to yucca, manzanita, mesquite, cactus, and timber or other forest products) on public lands of the United States, including for the purposes of this Act, land described in the Acts of August 28, 1937 (50 Stat. 874), and June 24, 1954 (69 Stat. 270), if the disposal of such mineral or vegetative materials (1) is not otherwise expressly authorized by law, including but not limited to, the Act of June 28, 1934 (48 Stat. 1269), as amended, and the United States mining laws, and (2) is not expressly prohibited by laws of the United States, and (3) would not be detrimental to the public interest. Such materials may be disposed of only in accordance with the provisions of this Act and upon the payment of adequate compensation therefor, to be determined by the Secretary: Provided, however, That, to the extent not otherwise authorized by law, the Secretary is authorized in his discretion to permit any Federal, State, or Territorial agency, unit or subdivision, including municipalities, or any association or corporation not organized for profit, to take and remove, without charge, materials and resources subject to this Act, for use other than for commercial or industrial purposes or resale. Where the lands have been withdrawn in aid of a function of a Federal department or agency other than the department headed by the Secretary or of a State, Territory, county, municipality, water district or other local governmental subdivision or agency, the Secretary may make disposals under this Act only with the consent of such other Federal department or agency or of such State, Territory, or local governmental unit. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to apply to lands in any national park or national monument or to any Indian lands, or lands set aside or held for the benefit of Indians, including lands over which jurisdiction has been transferred to the Department of the Interior by Executive order for the use of Indians. As used in this Act, the word "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Interior except that it means the Secretary of Agriculture where the lands involved are administered by him for national forest purposes or for the purposes of Title III of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act or where withdrawn for the purpose of any other function of the Department of Agriculture. (30 U.S.C. 601) Sec. 2. (a) The Secretary shall dispose of materials under this Act to the highest responsible qualified bidder after formal advertising and such other public notice as he deems appropriate: Provided, however, That the Secretary may authorize negotiation of a contract for the disposal of materials if- (1) The contract is for the sale of less than two hundred fifty thousand board-feet of timber; or, if (2) the contract is for the disposal of materials to be used in connection with a public works improvement program on behalf of a Federal, State, or local governmental agency and the public exigency will not permit the delay incident to advertising; or, if (3) the contract is for the disposal of property for which it is impracticable to obtain competition. NOTE.--Section 2(b), repealed by the Congressional Sec. 3. No deposit of common varieties of sand, stone, gravel, pumice, pumicite, or cinders and no deposit of petrified wood shall be deemed a valuable mineral deposit within the meaning of the mining laws of the United States so as to give effective validity of any mining claim hereafter located under such mining laws: Provided, however, That nothing herein shall affect the validity of any mining locations based upon discovery of some other mineral occurring in or in association with such a deposit. "Common varieties" as used in this Act does not include deposits of such materials which are valuable because the deposit has some property giving it distinct and special value and does not include so-called "block pumice" which occurs in nature in pieces having one dimension of two inches or more. "Petrified wood' as used in this Act means agatized, opalized, petrified, or silicified wood, or any material formed by the replacement of wood by silica or other matter. (30 U.S.C. 611) |