§ 1388. Utilization of local agencies
(a)
Designation of local agencies and local administrative areas
The provisions of sections
590h
(b) and
590k of title
16, relating to the utilization of State, county, local committees, the extension service, and other approved agencies, and to recognition and encouragement of cooperative associations, shall apply in the administration of this chapter; and the Secretary shall, for such purposes, utilize the same local, county, and State committees as are utilized under sections
590g,
590h,
590i, and
590j to
590q of title
16. The local administrative areas designated under section
590h
(b) of title
16, for the administration of programs under chapter
3B of title
16, and the local administrative areas designated for the administration of this chapter shall be the same.
(b)
Payments to county committees for administrative expenses
(1)
The Secretary is authorized and directed, from any funds made available for the purposes of this chapter and chapter
3B of title
16 in connection with which county committees are utilized, to make payments to county committees of farmers to cover the estimated administrative expenses incurred or to be incurred by them in cooperating in carrying out the provisions of this chapter and chapter
3B of title
16. All or part of such estimated administrative expenses of any such committee may be deducted pro rata from chapter
3B of title
16 payments, parity payments, or loans, or other payments under this chapter and chapter
3B of title
16, made unless payment of such expenses is otherwise provided by law. The Secretary may make such payments to such committees in advance of determination of performance by farmers.
(2)
(A)
The Secretary shall provide compensation to members of such county committees (at not less than the level in effect on December 31, 1985 for county committees) for work actually performed by such persons in cooperating in carrying out this chapter and chapter
3B of title
16 in connection with which such committees are used.
(c)
Travel expenses
(1)
The Secretary shall make payments to members of local, county, and State committees to cover expenses for travel incurred by such persons (including, in the case of a member of a local or county committee, travel between the home of such member and the local county office of the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service) in cooperating in carrying out this chapter and chapter
3B of title
16 in connection with which such Committees [1] are used.
[1] So in original. Probably should not be capitalized.