§1392 Administrative Expenses; Posting Names and Compensation of Local Employees

Summary

The Secretary can spend money needed to run the programs covered here and certain parts of Title 16 (sections 590g, 590h, 590i, and 590j–590q). That includes paying staff and rent in Washington and elsewhere, travel, supplies and equipment, law and reference books, periodicals, and making displays for fairs. At the Secretary’s request, the Treasury must set up separate accounts and move money from the program funds when Agricultural Adjustment Administration staff or facilities are used, in proportion to the estimated administrative costs. Starting with the fiscal year ending June 30, 1942, administrative costs in Washington and the States (not counting county and local committee expenses) must not be more than 3% of the total money available for carrying out this subchapter and chapter 3B of Title 16, unless another law or appropriation says otherwise. For section 612c and the listed sections (601, 602, 608a–608d, 610, 612, 614, 624, and 671–673), the limit is 4% starting the same fiscal year. If county or local committee costs are taken out of chapter 3B payments, parity payments, or loans (starting with the fiscal year ending June 30, 1939), each farmer getting benefits must be told the amount or percent taken out. The names, addresses, and yearly pay of county or local committee members and employees must be posted once a year where they work.