Calendar No. 483

103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 4554

[Report No. 103–290]

AN ACT

Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Deposes. ending September 30, 1995, and for other pur- Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and

JUNE 21 (legislative day, JUNE 7), 1994

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on

Appropriations

JUNE 23 (legislative day, JUNE 7), 1994

Reported with amendments
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Calendar No. 483

103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 4554

[Report No. 103–290]

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JUNE 21 (legislative day, JUNE 7), 1994

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations

JUNE 23 (legislative day, JUNE 7), 1994

Reported by Mr. BUMPERS, with amendments

[Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic]

AN ACT

Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development,

Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies

programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1995,

and for other purposes.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any

4 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for Ag5 riculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administra6 tion, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year
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1 ending September 30, 1995, and for other purposes,

2 namely:

3 TITLE I—AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS

4 PRODUCTION, PROCESSING, AND MARKETING

5 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

7 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary

8 of Agriculture, and not to exceed $75,000 for employment

9 under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $2,801,000: Provided, That not to

10 exceed $11,000 of this amount, along with any unobli11 gated balances of representation funds in the Foreign Ag12 ricultural Service shall be available for official reception

13 and representation expenses, not otherwise provided for,

14 as determined by the Secretary: Provided further, That the

15 Secretary may transfer salaries and expenses funds in this

16 Act sufficient to finance a total of not to exceed 35 staff

17 years between agencies of the Department of Agriculture

18 to meet workload requirements.

19 OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS

20 For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and

21 Program Analysis, including employment pursuant to the

22 second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of

23 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), of which not to exceed $5,000 is

24 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $5,795,000.
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1 CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

2 For necessary expenses of the Chief Financial Officer

3 to carry out the mandates of the Chief Financial Officers

4 Act of 1990, $580,000.

5 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR

6 ADMINISTRATION

7 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant

8 Secretary for Administration to carry out the programs

9 funded in this Act, $596,000.

10 AGRICULTURE BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES AND RENTAL

11 PAYMENTS

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

13 For payment of space rental and related costs pursu14 ant to Public Law 92–313 for programs and activities of

15 the Department of Agriculture which are included in this

16 Act, $106,571,000, of which $18,614,000 shall be re17 tained by the Department of Agriculture for the operation,

18 maintenance, and repair of Agriculture buildings: Pro19 vided, That in the event an agency within the Department

20 of Agriculture should require modification of space needs,

21 the Secretary of Agriculture may transfer a share of that

22 agency’s appropriation made available by this Act to this

23 appropriation, or may transfer a share of this appropria24 tion to that agency’s appropriation, but such transfers

25 shall not exceed 5 per centum of the funds made available

26 for space rental and related costs to or from this account.
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1 In addition, for construction, repair, improvement, exten2 sion, alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facili3 ties as necessary to carry out the programs of the Depart4 ment, where not otherwise provided, $28,622,000, to re5 main available until expended; making a total appropria6 tion of $135,193,000.

7 ADVISORY COMMITTEES (USDA)

8 For necessary expenses for activities of advisory com9 mittees of the Department of Agriculture which are in10 cluded in this Act, $928,000: Provided, That no other

11 funds appropriated to the Department of Agriculture in

12 this Act shall be available to the Department of Agri13 culture for support of activities of advisory committees.

14 HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

16 For necessary expenses of the Department of Agri17 culture, to comply with the requirement of section 107(g)

18 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Com19 pensation, and Liability Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C.

20 9607(g), and section 6001 of the Resource Conservation

21 and Recovery Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 6961,

22 $15,700,000, to remain available until expended: Pro23 vided, That appropriations and funds available herein to

24 the Department of Agriculture for hazardous waste man25 agement may be transferred to any agency of the Depart-
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1 ment for its use in meeting all requirements pursuant to

2 the above Acts on Federal and non-Federal lands.

3 DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

5 For Finance and Management, $4,477,000, for Per6 sonnel, Operations, Information Resources Management,

7 Civil Rights Enforcement, Small and Disadvantaged Busi8 ness Utilization, Administrative Law Judges and Judicial

9 Officer, and Emergency Programs, $21,710,000; making

10 a total of $26,187,000 for Departmental Administration

11 to provide for necessary expenses for management support

12 services to offices of the Department of Agriculture and

13 for general administration and emergency preparedness of

14 the Department of Agriculture, repairs and alterations,

15 and other miscellaneous supplies and expenses not other16 wise provided for and necessary for the practical and effi17 cient work of the Department of Agriculture, including

18 employment pursuant to the second sentence of section

19 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), of

20 which not to exceed $10,000 is for employment under 5

21 U.S.C. 3109: Provided, That this appropriation shall be

22 reimbursed from applicable appropriations in this Act for

23 travel expenses incident to the holding of hearings as re24 quired by 5 U.S.C. 551–558.
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1 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR

2 CONGRESSIONAL RELATIONS

3 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant

4 Secretary for Congressional Relations to carry out the pro5 grams funded in this Act, including programs involving

6 intergovernmental affairs and liaison within the executive

7 branch, $1,764,000.

8 OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS

9 For necessary expenses to carry on services relating

10 to the coordination of programs involving public affairs,

11 and for the dissemination of agricultural information and

12 the coordination of information, work and programs au13 thorized by Congress in the Department, $8,198,000, in14 cluding employment pursuant to the second sentence of

15 section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C.

16 2225), of which not to exceed $10,000 shall be available

17 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, and not to exceed

18 $2,000,000 may be used for farmers’ bulletins.

19 OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL

20 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector

21 General, including employment pursuant to the second

22 sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7

23 U.S.C. 2225), and the Inspector General Act of 1978, as

24 amended, $63,918,000 $62,918,000, including such sums

25 as may be necessary for contracting and other arrange-
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1 ments with public agencies and private persons pursuant

2 to section 6(a)(9) of the Inspector General Act of 1978,

3 as amended, and including a sum not to exceed $50,000

4 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109; and including a sum

5 not to exceed $95,000 for certain confidential operational

6 expenses including the payment of informants, to be ex7 pended under the direction of the Inspector General pur8 suant to Public Law 95–452 and section 1337 of Public

9 Law 97–98.

10 OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL

11 For necessary expenses of the Office of the General

12 Counsel, $25,992,000.

13 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR ECONOMICS

14 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant

15 Secretary for Economics to carry out the programs funded

16 in this Act, $540,000.

17 ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE

18 For necessary expenses of the Economic Research

19 Service in conducting economic research and service relat20 ing to agricultural production, marketing, and distribu21 tion, as authorized by the Agricultural Marketing Act of

22 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621–1627) and other laws, including eco23 nomics of marketing; analyses relating to farm prices, in24 come and population, and demand for farm products, use

25 of resources in agriculture, adjustments, costs and returns
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1 in farming, and farm finance; research relating to the eco2 nomic and marketing aspects of farmer cooperatives; and

3 for analysis of supply and demand for farm products in

4 foreign countries and their effect on prospects for United

5 States exports, progress in economic development and its

6 relation to sales of farm products, assembly and analysis

7 of agricultural trade statistics and analysis of inter8 national financial and monetary programs and policies as

9 they affect the competitive position of United States farm

10 products, $54,306,000 $53,565,000; of which $500,000

11 shall be available for investigation, determination, and

12 finding as to the effect upon the production of food and

13 upon the agricultural economy of any proposed action af14 fecting such subject matter pending before the Adminis15 trator of the Environmental Protection Agency for presen16 tation, in the public interest, before said Administrator,

17 other agencies or before the courts: Provided, That this

18 appropriation shall be available for employment pursuant

19 to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic

20 Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225): Provided further, That this

21 appropriation shall be available for analysis of statistics

22 and related facts on foreign production and full and com23 plete information on methods used by other countries to

24 move farm commodities in world trade on a competitive

25 basis.
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1 NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE

2 For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural

3 Statistics Service in conducting statistical reporting and

4 service work, including crop and livestock estimates, sta5 tistical coordination and improvements, and marketing

6 surveys, as authorized by the Agricultural Marketing Act

7 of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621–1627) and other laws,

8 $81,424,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall be

9 available for employment pursuant to the second sentence

10 of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C.

11 2225), and not to exceed $40,000 shall be available for

12 employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109.

13 WORLD AGRICULTURAL OUTLOOK BOARD

14 For necessary expenses of the World Agricultural

15 Outlook Board to coordinate and review all commodity

16 and aggregate agricultural and food data used to develop

17 outlook and situation material within the Department of

18 Agriculture, as authorized by the Agricultural Marketing

19 Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1622(g)), $2,498,000: Provided,

20 That this appropriation shall be available for employment

21 pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the

22 Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225).
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1 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR SCIENCE

2 AND EDUCATION

3 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of

4 the Assistant Secretary for Science and Education to ad5 minister the laws enacted by the Congress for the Agricul6 tural Research Service, Cooperative State Research Serv7 ice, Extension Service, and National Agricultural Library,

8 $520,000.

9 ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND

10 COMMERCIALIZATION REVOLVING FUND

11 For necessary expenses to carry out the Alternative

12 Agricultural Research and Commercialization Act of 1990

13 (7 U.S.C. 5901–5908), $4,000,000 $9,000,000 is appro14 priated to the Alternative Agricultural Research and Com15 mercialization Revolving Fund.

16 AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

18 For necessary expenses to enable the Agricultural Re19 search Service to perform agricultural research and dem20 onstration relating to production, utilization, marketing,

21 and distribution (not otherwise provided for), home eco22 nomics or nutrition and consumer use, and for acquisition

23 of lands by donation, exchange, or purchase at a nominal

24 cost not to exceed $100, $693,977,000 $698,787,000: Pro25 vided, That appropriations hereunder shall be available for
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1 temporary employment pursuant to the second sentence

2 of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C.

3 2225), and not to exceed $115,000 shall be available for

4 employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That

5 appropriations hereunder shall be available for the oper6 ation and maintenance of aircraft and the purchase of not

7 to exceed one for replacement only: Provided further, That

8 appropriations hereunder shall be available to conduct

9 marketing research: Provided further, That appropriations

10 hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250

11 for the construction, alteration, and repair of buildings

12 and improvements, but unless otherwise provided the cost

13 of constructing any one building shall not exceed

14 $250,000, except for headhouses or greenhouses which

15 shall each be limited to $1,000,000, and except for ten

16 buildings to be constructed or improved at a cost not to

17 exceed $500,000 each, and the cost of altering any one

18 building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 per cen19 tum of the current replacement value of the building or

20 $250,000, whichever is greater: Provided further, That the

21 limitations on alterations contained in this Act shall not

22 apply to modernization or replacement of existing facilities

23 at Beltsville, Maryland: Provided further, That the fore24 going limitations shall not apply to replacement of build25 ings needed to carry out the Act of April 24, 1948 (21
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1 U.S.C. 113a): Provided further, That the foregoing limita2 tions shall not apply to the purchase of land at Parlier,

3 California, Beckley, West Virginia and Grand Forks,

4 North Dakota: Provided further, That not to exceed

5 $190,000 of this appropriation may be transferred to and

6 merged with the appropriation for the Office of the Assist7 ant Secretary for Science and Education for the scientific

8 review of international issues involving agricultural chemi9 cals and food additives: Provided further, That funds may

10 be received from any State, other political subdivision, or11 ganization, or individual for the purpose of establishing

12 or operating any research facility or research project of

13 the Agricultural Research Service, as authorized by law.

14 None of the funds in the foregoing paragraph shall

15 be available to carry out research related to the produc16 tion, processing or marketing of tobacco or tobacco prod17 ucts.

18 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

19 For acquisition of land, construction, repair, improve20 ment, extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed equip21 ment or facilities as necessary to carry out the agricultural

22 research programs of the Department of Agriculture,

23 where not otherwise provided, $23,400,000 $38,718,000,

24 to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b): Pro25 vided, That funds may be received from any State, other

26 political subdivision, organization, or individual for the
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1 purpose of establishing any research facility of the Agri2 cultural Research Service, as authorized by law.

3 COOPERATIVE STATE RESEARCH SERVICE

4 For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for

5 cooperative forestry and other research, for facilities, and

6 for other expenses, including $171,304,000 to carry into

7 effect the provisions of the Hatch Act approved March 2,

8 1887, as amended, including administration by the United

9 States Department of Agriculture, penalty mail costs of

10 agricultural experiment stations under section 6 of the

11 Hatch Act of 1887, as amended, and payments under sec12 tion 1361(c) of the Act of October 3, 1980 (7 U.S.C.

13 301n.); $20,809,000 for grants for cooperative forestry re14 search under the Act approved October 10, 1962 (16

15 U.S.C. 582a–582–a7), as amended, including administra16 tive expenses, and payments under section 1361(c) of the

17 Act of October 3, 1980 (7 U.S.C. 301n.); $28,157,000 for

18 payments to the 1890 land-grant colleges, including

19 Tuskegee University, for research under section 1445 of

20 the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and

21 Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3222), as amend22 ed, including administration by the United States Depart23 ment of Agriculture, and penalty mail costs of the 1890

24 land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee University;

25 $44,969,000 $52,295,000 for contracts and grants for ag-
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1 ricultural research under the Act of August 4, 1965, as

2 amended (7 U.S.C. 450i(c)); $103,123,000 for competitive

3 research grants under section 2(b) of the Act of August

4 4, 1965, as amended (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)), including admin5 istrative expenses; $5,551,000 for the support of animal

6 health and disease programs authorized by section 1433

7 of Public Law 95–113, including administrative expenses;

8 $1,818,000 $650,000 for supplemental and alternative

9 crops and products as authorized by the National Agricul10 tural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of

11 1977, as amended (7 U.S.C. 3319d); $400,000 $500,000

12 for grants for research pursuant to the Critical Agricul13 tural Materials Act of 1984 (7 U.S.C. 178) and section

14 1472 of the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977, as amend15 ed (7 U.S.C. 3318), to remain available until expended;

16 $475,000 for rangeland research grants as authorized by

17 subtitle M of the National Agricultural Research, Exten18 sion, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977, as amended;

19 $3,500,000 for higher education graduate fellowships

20 grants under section 1417(b)(6) of the National Agricul21 tural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of

22 1977, as amended (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(6)), including ad23 ministrative expenses, to remain available until expended

24 (7 U.S.C. 2209b); $1,500,000 for higher education chal25 lenge grants under section 1417(b)(1) of the National Ag-
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1 ricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act

2 of 1977, as amended (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(1)), including ad3 ministrative expenses; $1,000,000 for a higher education

4 minority scholars program under section 1417(b)(5) of the

5 National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching

6 Policy Act of 1977, as amended (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(5)),

7 including administrative expenses, to remain available

8 until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); $4,000,000 for aqua9 culture grants as authorized by section 1475 of the Na10 tional Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching

11 Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3322), and other Acts;

12 $7,400,000 $8,825,000 for sustainable agriculture re13 search and education, as authorized by section 1621 of

14 Public Law 101–624 (7 U.S.C. 5811), including adminis15 trative expenses; and $19,954,000 $19,019,000 for nec16 essary expenses of Cooperative State Research Service ac17 tivities, including coordination and program leadership for

18 higher education work of the Department, administration

19 of payments to State agricultural experiment stations,

20 funds for employment pursuant to the second sentence of

21 section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C.

22 2225), of which $9,917,000 shall be for a program of ca23 pacity building grants to colleges eligible to receive funds

24 under the Act of August 30, 1890 (7 U.S.C. 321–326 and

25 328), including Tuskegee University, to remain available
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1 until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b), of which not to exceed

2 $100,000 shall be for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109;

3 in all, $413,960,000 $420,233,000.

4 None of the funds in the foregoing paragraph shall

5 be available to carry out research related to the produc6 tion, processing or marketing of tobacco or tobacco prod7 ucts.

8 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

9 For acquisition of land, construction, repair, improve10 ment, extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed equip11 ment or facilities and for grants to States and other eligi12 ble recipients for such purposes, as necessary to carry out

13 the agricultural research, extension, and teaching pro14 grams of the Department of Agriculture, where not other15 wise provided, $34,148,000 $59,836,000, to remain avail16 able until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b).

17 EXTENSION SERVICE

18 Payments to States, the District of Columbia, Puerto

19 Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, Micronesia, Northern

20 Marianas, and American Samoa: For payments for coop21 erative agricultural extension work under the Smith-Lever

22 Act, as amended, to be distributed under sections 3(b) and

23 3(c) of said Act, and under section 208(c) of Public Law

24 93–471, for retirement and employees’ compensation costs

25 for extension agents and for costs of penalty mail for coop26 erative extension agents and State extension directors,
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1 $272,582,000; payments for the nutrition and family edu2 cation program for low-income areas under section 3(d)

3 of the Act, $61,431,000; payments for the pest manage4 ment program under section 3(d) of the Act, $10,147,000

5 $10,947,000, of which up to $125,000 may be transferred

6 to the Cooperative State Research Service; payments for the

7 farm safety and rural health programs under section 3(d)

8 of the Act, $2,988,000; payments for the pesticide impact

9 assessment program under section 3(d) of the Act,

10 $3,363,000; payments to upgrade 1890 land-grant college

11 research and extension facilities as authorized by section

12 1447 of Public Law 95–113, as amended (7 U.S.C.

13 3222b), $7,901,000, to remain available until expended;

14 payments for the rural development centers under section

15 3(d) of the Act, $950,000; payments for a groundwater

16 quality program under section 3(d) of the Act,

17 $11,234,000; payments for the Agricultural Telecommuni18 cations Program, as authorized by Public Law 101–624

19 (7 U.S.C. 5926), $1,221,000; payments for youth-at-risk

20 programs under section 3(d) of the Act, $10,000,000; pay21 ments for a Nutrition Education Initiative under section

22 3(d) of the Act, $4,265,000; payments for a food safety

23 program under section 3(d) of the Act, $2,475,000; pay24 ments for carrying out the provisions of the Renewable

25 Resources Extension Act of 1978, $3,341,000; payments
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1 for Indian reservation agents under section 3(d) of the

2 Act, $1,750,000; payments for sustainable agriculture

3 programs under section 3(d) of the Act, $2,963,000

4 $3,963,000; payments for rural health and safety education

5 as authorized by section 2390 of Public Law 101–624 (7

6 U.S.C. 2661 note, 2662), $2,750,000; payments for exten7 sion work by the colleges receiving the benefits of the sec8 ond Morrill Act (7 U.S.C. 321–326, 328) and Tuskegee

9 University, $25,472,000; and for Federal administration

10 and coordination including administration of the Smith11 Lever Act, as amended, and the Act of September 29,

12 1977 (7 U.S.C. 341–349), as amended, and section

13 1361(c) of the Act of October 3, 1980 (7 U.S.C. 301n.),

14 and to coordinate and provide program leadership for the

15 extension work of the Department and the several States

16 and insular possessions, $7,117,000 $12,611,000; in all,

17 $429,200,000 $439,244,000: Provided, That funds hereby

18 appropriated pursuant to section 3(c) of the Act of June

19 26, 1953, and section 506 of the Act of June 23, 1972,

20 as amended, shall not be paid to any State, the District

21 of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, or the Virgin Islands,

22 Micronesia, Northern Marianas, and American Samoa

23 prior to availability of an equal sum from non-Federal

24 sources for expenditure during the current fiscal year.
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1 NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL LIBRARY

2 For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural

3 Library, $17,845,000 $18,307,000: Provided, That this ap4 propriation shall be available for employment pursuant to

5 the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act

6 of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $35,000 shall

7 be available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Pro8 vided further, That not to exceed $900,000 shall be avail9 able pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for the alteration and re10 pair of buildings and improvements: Provided further, That

11 $462,000 shall be available for a grant pursuant to section

12 1472 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and

13 Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3818), in addition

14 to other funds available in this appropriation for grants

15 under this section.

16 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR

17 MARKETING AND INSPECTION SERVICES

18 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of

19 the Assistant Secretary for Marketing and Inspection

20 Services to administer programs under the laws enacted

21 by the Congress for the Animal and Plant Health Inspec22 tion Service, Food Safety and Inspection Service, Federal

23 Grain Inspection Service, Agricultural Marketing Service,

24 and Packers and Stockyards Administration, $605,000.
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1 ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

4 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, including

5 those pursuant to the Act of February 28, 1947, as

6 amended (21 U.S.C. 114b–c), necessary to prevent, con7 trol, and eradicate pests and plant and animal diseases;

8 to carry out inspection, quarantine, and regulatory activi9 ties; to discharge the authorities of the Secretary of Agri10 culture under the Act of March 2, 1931 (46 Stat. 1468;

11 7 U.S.C. 426–426b); and to protect the environment, as

12 authorized by law, $438,651,000 $438,901,000, of which

13 $96,660,000 shall be derived from user fees deposited in

14 the Agricultural Quarantine Inspection User Fee Account,

15 and of which $4,938,000 shall be available for the control

16 of outbreaks of insects, plant diseases, animal diseases and

17 for control of pest animals and birds to the extent nec18 essary to meet emergency conditions: Provided, That, if

19 the demand for Agricultural Quarantine Inspection (AQI)

20 user fee financed services is greater than expected and/

21 or other uncontrollable events occur, the Agency may ex22 ceed the AQI User Fee limitation by up to 20 per centum,

23 provided such funds are available in the Agricultural

24 Quarantine Inspection User Fee Account, and with notifi25 cation to the Appropriations Committees: Provided further,
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1 That no funds shall be used to formulate or administer

2 a brucellosis eradication program for the current fiscal

3 year that does not require minimum matching by the

4 States of at least 40 per centum: Provided further, That

5 this appropriation shall be available for field employment

6 pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the

7 Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed

8 $40,000 shall be available for employment under 5 U.S.C.

9 3109: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be

10 available for the operation and maintenance of aircraft

11 and the purchase of not to exceed four, of which two shall

12 be for replacement only: Provided further, That, in addi13 tion, in emergencies which threaten any segment of the

14 agricultural production industry of this country, the Sec15 retary may transfer from other appropriations or funds

16 available to the agencies or corporations of the Depart17 ment such sums as he may deem necessary, to be available

18 only in such emergencies for the arrest and eradication

19 of contagious or infectious disease or pests of animals,

20 poultry, or plants, and for expenses in accordance with

21 the Act of February 28, 1947, as amended, and section

22 102 of the Act of September 21, 1944, as amended, and

23 any unexpended balances of funds transferred for such

24 emergency purposes in the next preceding fiscal year shall

25 be merged with such transferred amounts: Provided fur-
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1 ther, That appropriations hereunder shall be available pur2 suant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the repair and alteration

3 of leased buildings and improvements, but unless other4 wise provided the cost of altering any one building during

5 the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 per centum of the cur6 rent replacement value of the building.

7 In fiscal year 1995 the Agency is authorized to collect

8 fees for the total direct and indirect costs of technical as9 sistance, goods, or services provided to States, other politi10 cal subdivisions, domestic and international organizations,

11 foreign governments, or individuals, and such fees shall

12 be credited to this account, to remain available until ex13 pended, without further appropriation, for providing such

14 assistance, goods, or services.

15 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

16 For plans, construction, repair, preventive mainte17 nance, environmental support, improvement, extension, al18 teration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities, as

19 authorized by 7 U.S.C. 2250, and acquisition of land as

20 authorized by 7 U.S.C. 428a, $6,973,000, to remain avail21 able until expended.

22 FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE

23 For necessary expenses to carry on services author24 ized by the Federal Meat Inspection Act, as amended, and

25 the Poultry Products Inspection Act, as amended,
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1 $430,929,000 533,929,000, and in addition, $1,000,000

2 may be credited to this account from fees collected for the

3 cost of laboratory accreditation as authorized by section

4 1017 of Public Law 102–237: Provided, That this appro5 priation shall be available for field employment pursuant

6 to section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C.

7 2225), and not to exceed $75,000 shall be available for

8 employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That

9 this appropriation shall be available pursuant to law (7

10 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and repair of buildings

11 and improvements, but the cost of altering any one build12 ing during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 per centum

13 of the current replacement value of the building.

14 FEDERAL GRAIN INSPECTION SERVICE

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions

17 of the United States Grain Standards Act, as amended,

18 and the standardization activities related to grain under

19 the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, as amended, in20 cluding field employment pursuant to section 706(a) of the

21 Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed

22 $20,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109,

23 $11,325,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall be

24 available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alter25 ation and repair of buildings and improvements, but the
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1 cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year

2 shall not exceed 10 per centum of the current replacement

3 value of the building.

4 INSPECTION AND WEIGHING SERVICES

5 LIMITATION ON INSPECTION AND WEIGHING SERVICE

6 EXPENSES

7 Not to exceed $42,784,000 (from fees collected) shall

8 be obligated during the current fiscal year for Inspection

9 and Weighing Services: Provided, That if grain export ac10 tivities require additional supervision and oversight, or

11 other uncontrollable factors occur, this limitation may be

12 exceeded by up to 10 per centum with notification to the

13 Appropriations Committees.

14 AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE

15 MARKETING SERVICES

16 For necessary expenses to carry on services related

17 to consumer protection, agricultural marketing and dis18 tribution, transportation, agricultural cooperatives, and

19 regulatory programs, as authorized by law, and for admin20 istration and coordination of payments to States; includ21 ing field employment pursuant to section 706(a) of the

22 Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed

23 $90,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109,

24 $55,728,000; including funds for the Wholesale Market

25 Development Program for the design and development of
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1 wholesale and farmer market facilities for the major met2 ropolitan areas of the country: Provided, That this appro3 priation shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250)

4 for the alteration and repair of buildings and improve5 ments, but the cost of altering any one building during

6 the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 per centum of the cur7 rent replacement value of the building.

8 Fees may be collected for the cost of standardization

9 activities, as established by regulation pursuant to law (31

10 U.S.C. 9701).

11 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

12 Not to exceed $57,054,000 (from fees collected) shall

13 be obligated during the current fiscal year for administra14 tive expenses: Provided, That if crop size is understated

15 and/or other uncontrollable events occur, the agency may

16 exceed this limitation by up to 10 per centum with notifi17 cation to the Appropriations Committees.

18 FUNDS FOR STRENGTHENING MARKETS, INCOME, AND

19 SUPPLY (SECTION 32)

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

21 Funds available under section 32 of the Act of Au22 gust 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c) shall be used only for com23 modity program expenses as authorized therein, and other

24 related operating expenses, except for: (1) transfers to the

25 Department of Commerce as authorized by the Fish and

26 Wildlife Act of August 8, 1956; (2) transfers otherwise
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1 provided in this Act; and (3) not more than $10,309,000

2 for formulation and administration of Marketing Agree3 ments and Orders pursuant to the Agricultural Marketing

4 Agreement Act of 1937, as amended, and the Agricultural

5 Act of 1961.

6 In fiscal year 1996, section 32 funds shall be used to

7 promote sunflower and cottonseed oil exports to the full ex8 tent authorized by section 1541 of Public Law 101–624 (7

9 U.S.C. 1464 note), and such funds shall be used to facilitate

10 additional sales of such oils in world markets.

11 PAYMENTS TO STATES AND POSSESSIONS

12 For payments to departments of agriculture, bureaus

13 and departments of markets, and similar agencies for

14 marketing activities under section 204(b) of the Agricul15 tural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1623(b)),

16 $1,200,000.

17 PERISHABLE AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES ACT

18 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, during

19 fiscal year 1995, the Secretary of Agriculture shall require

20 persons filing complaints under section 6(a) of the Perish21 able Agricultural Commodities Act, 1930 (7 U.S.C.

22 499f(a)), to include a filing fee of $60 per petition. In

23 the event of further action on such a complaint during

24 fiscal year 1995, the person or persons making the com25 plaint shall submit a handling fee of $300, which shall

26 be reimbursed by the commission merchant, dealer, or
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1 broker involved whenever the Secretary issues a reparation

2 order under section 7 of such Act on the complaint. Such

3 fees shall be deposited in the Perishable Agricultural Com4 modities Act Fund.

5 PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS ADMINISTRATION

6 For necessary expenses for administration of the

7 Packers and Stockyards Act, as authorized by law, and

8 for certifying procedures used to protect purchasers of

9 farm products, including field employment pursuant to

10 section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C.

11 2225), and not to exceed $5,000 for employment under

12 5 U.S.C. 3109, $11,989,000.

13 FARM INCOME STABILIZATION

14 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR

15 INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS AND COMMODITY PROGRAMS

16 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of

17 the Under Secretary for International Affairs and Com18 modity Programs to administer the laws enacted by Con19 gress for the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation

20 Service, Foreign Agricultural Service, and the Commodity

21 Credit Corporation, $549,000.
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1 AGRICULTURAL STABILIZATION AND CONSERVATION

2 SERVICE

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

5 For necessary administrative expenses of the Agricul6 tural Stabilization and Conservation Service, including ex7 penses to formulate and carry out programs authorized

8 by title III of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938,

9 as amended (7 U.S.C. 1301–1393); the Agricultural Act

10 of 1949, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1421 et seq.); sections 7

11 to 15, 16(a), 16(f), and 17 of the Soil Conservation and

12 Domestic Allotment Act, as amended (16 U.S.C. 590g–

13 590o, 590p(a), 590p(f), and 590q); sections 1001 to 1004,

14 1006 to 1008, and 1010 of the Agricultural Act of 1970,

15 as amended (16 U.S.C. 1501 to 1504, 1506 to 1508, and

16 1510); the Water Bank Act, as amended (16 U.S.C.

17 1301–1311); the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of

18 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2101); sections 202(c) and 205 of title

19 II of the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act of

20 1974, as amended (43 U.S.C. 1592(c), 1595); sections

21 401, 402, and 404 to 406 of the Agricultural Credit Act

22 of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2201 to 2205); the United States

23 Warehouse Act, as amended (7 U.S.C. 241–273); title XII

24 of the Food Security Act of 1985, as amended (16 U.S.C.

25 3811 et seq.); and laws pertaining to the Commodity Cred26 it Corporation, $717,958,000; of which $716,333,000 is
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1 hereby appropriated, and $1,036,000 is transferred from

2 the Public Law 480 Program Account in this Act and

3 $589,000 is transferred from the Commodity Credit Cor4 poration Program Account in this Act: Provided, That

5 other funds made available to the Agricultural Stabiliza6 tion and Conservation Service for authorized activities

7 may be advanced to and merged with this account: Pro8 vided further, That these funds shall be available for em9 ployment pursuant to the second sentence of section

10 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and

11 not to exceed $100,000 shall be available for employment

12 under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That no part of

13 the funds made available under this Act shall be used: (1)

14 to influence the vote in any referendum; (2) to influence

15 agricultural legislation, except as permitted in 18 U.S.C.

16 1913; or (3) for salaries or other expenses of members

17 of county and community committees established pursuant

18 to section 8(b) of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Al19 lotment Act, as amended, for engaging in any activities

20 other than advisory and supervisory duties and delegated

21 program functions prescribed in administrative regula22 tions.

23 CORPORATIONS

24 The following corporations and agencies are hereby

25 authorized to make expenditures, within the limits of
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1 funds and borrowing authority available to each such cor2 poration or agency and in accord with law, and to make

3 contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year

4 limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government

5 Corporation Control Act, as amended, as may be necessary

6 in carrying out the programs set forth in the budget for

7 the current fiscal year for such corporation or agency, ex8 cept as hereinafter provided.

9 FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION

10 ADMINISTRATIVE AND OPERATING EXPENSES

11 For administrative and operating expenses, as au12 thorized by the Federal Crop Insurance Act, as amended

13 (7 U.S.C. 1516), $62,796,000 $72,796,000: Provided,

14 That $12,000,000 be made available for the Animal and

15 Plant Health Inspection Service: Provided further, That

16 not to exceed $700 shall be available for official reception

17 and representation expenses, as authorized by 7 U.S.C.

18 1506(i): Provided further, That none of the funds in this

19 Act may be used to offer a Federal crop insurance policy

20 in counties on crops where a loss ratio, that has already

21 been recalculated pursuant to law to reflect the premium

22 rates issued by the Corporation for the 1994 crop year,

23 is in excess of 1.10 more than 70 percent of the years

24 that a policy has been offered since 1980: Provided further,

25 That none of the funds in this Act may be used to pay
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1 operating and administrative costs that exceed 31 per cen2 tum of premium to insurers of policies on which the Cor3 poration provides reinsurance, except to reimburse said in4 surers for excess loss adjustment expenses as provided for

5 in the Standard Reinsurance Agreement issued by the

6 Corporation: Provided further, That the second proviso

7 shall not apply in any county affected if the Corporation

8 has implemented a nonstandard classification system in

9 such county for those individual farms that have experi10 enced excessive losses since 1980 under which the pre11 mium rates, notwithstanding the provision of section

12 508(d) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act, are increased

13 over comparable rates effective for the 1994 crop, or the

14 insured yields are decreased from comparable yields for

15 the 1994 crop, or a combination of both, by an amount

16 or amounts sufficient to ensure that an estimated loss

17 ratio will not exceed 1.1 for the crop produced on such

18 farms during the 1995 crop year.

19 FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION FUND

20 For payments as authorized by section 508(b) of the

21 Federal Crop Insurance Act, as amended, $219,107,000,

22 to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b).

23 COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION FUND

24 REIMBURSEMENT FOR NET REALIZED LOSSES

25 For fiscal year 1995, such sums as may be necessary

26 to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for net
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1 realized losses sustained, but not previously reimbursed

2 (estimated to be $15,500,000,000 in the President’s fiscal

3 year 1995 Budget Request (H. Doc. 103–179)), but not

4 to exceed $15,500,000,000, pursuant to section 2 of the

5 Act of August 17, 1961, as amended (15 U.S.C. 713a–

6 11).

7 OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE FOR HAZARDOUS WASTE

8 MANAGEMENT

9 For fiscal year 1995, the Commodity Credit Corpora10 tion shall not expend more than $5,000,000 for expenses

11 to comply with the requirement of section 107(g) of the

12 Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation,

13 and Liability Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 9607(g), and

14 section 6001 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery

15 Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 6961: Provided, That ex16 penses shall be for operations and maintenance costs only

17 and that other hazardous waste management costs shall

18 be paid for by the USDA Hazardous Waste Management

19 appropriation in this Act.

20 DISASTER ASSISTANCE

21 Funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation made

22 available under Public Law 103–75 shall remain available

23 through March 31, 1995, for payments to producers of or24 chard crops for losses incurred between January 1, 1994,

25 and March 31, 1994, if the losses are due to freezing condi26 tions in 1994: Provided, That not more than $12,000,000
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1 shall be available for such orchard crop losses: Provided fur2 ther, That amounts available under this Act shall be subject

3 to the terms and conditions of Public Law 101–624: Pro4 vided further, That the use of these funds for these purposes

5 is designated by Congress as an emergency requirement

6 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget

7 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended,

8 and that such funds shall be available only to the extent

9 that the President designates such use as an emergency re10 quirement pursuant to such Act: Provided further, That the

11 terms and conditions of section 521, paragraphs (a)(3) and

12 (4), paragraph (b)(3), subparagraph (c)(2)(C), and sub13 sections (d) and (e), as amended in section 201 of S. 2095

14 (as reported by the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition,

15 and Forestry on June 22, 1994) shall apply to all claims

16 for assistance made under this paragraph.

17 TITLE II—CONSERVATION PROGRAMS

18 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR

19 NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT

20 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of

21 the Assistant Secretary for Natural Resources and Envi22 ronment to administer the laws enacted by the Congress

23 for the Forest Service and the Soil Conservation Service,

24 $677,000.
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1 SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE

2 CONSERVATION OPERATIONS

3 For necessary expenses for carrying out the provi4 sions of the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–590f)

5 including preparation of conservation plans and establish6 ment of measures to conserve soil and water (including

7 farm irrigation and land drainage and such special meas8 ures for soil and water management as may be necessary

9 to prevent floods and the siltation of reservoirs and to con10 trol agricultural related pollutants); operation of conserva11 tion plant materials centers; classification and mapping of

12 soil; dissemination of information; acquisition of lands by

13 donation, exchange, or purchase at a nominal cost not to

14 exceed $100; purchase and erection or alteration or im15 provement of permanent and temporary buildings; and op16 eration and maintenance of aircraft, $576,562,000

17 $582,141,000, to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C.

18 2209b); of which not less than $5,756,000 is for snow sur19 vey and water forecasting and not less than $8,070,000

20 is for operation and establishment of the plant materials

21 centers: Provided, That except for $2,399,000 $3,899,000

22 for improvements of the plant materials centers, the cost

23 of any permanent building purchased, erected, or as im24 proved, exclusive of the cost of constructing a water supply

25 or sanitary system and connecting the same to any such
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1 building and with the exception of buildings acquired in

2 conjunction with land being purchased for other purposes,

3 shall not exceed $10,000, except for one building to be

4 constructed at a cost not to exceed $100,000 and eight

5 buildings to be constructed or improved at a cost not to

6 exceed $50,000 per building and except that alterations

7 or improvements to other existing permanent buildings

8 costing $5,000 or more may be made in any fiscal year

9 in an amount not to exceed $2,000 per building: Provided

10 further, That when buildings or other structures are erect11 ed on non-Federal land that the right to use such land

12 is obtained as provided in 7 U.S.C. 2250a: Provided fur13 ther, That no part of this appropriation may be expended

14 for soil and water conservation operations under the Act

15 of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–590f) in demonstration

16 projects: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be

17 available for employment pursuant to the second sentence

18 of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C.

19 2225) and not to exceed $25,000 shall be available for

20 employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That

21 qualified local engineers may be temporarily employed at

22 per diem rates to perform the technical planning work of

23 the Service.

24 RIVER BASIN SURVEYS AND INVESTIGATIONS

25 For necessary expenses to conduct research, inves26 tigation, and surveys of watersheds of rivers and other wa-
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1 terways, in accordance with section 6 of the Watershed

2 Protection and Flood Prevention Act approved August 4,

3 1954, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1006–1009), $12,970,000:

4 Provided, That this appropriation shall be available for

5 employment pursuant to the second sentence of section

6 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and

7 not to exceed $60,000 shall be available for employment

8 under 5 U.S.C. 3109.

9 WATERSHED PLANNING

10 For necessary expenses for small watershed investiga11 tions and planning, in accordance with the Watershed Pro12 tection and Flood Prevention Act, as amended (16 U.S.C.

13 1001–1008), $10,546,000: Provided, That this appropria14 tion shall be available for employment pursuant to the sec15 ond sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944

16 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $50,000 shall be avail17 able for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109.

18 WATERSHED AND FLOOD PREVENTION OPERATIONS

19 For necessary expenses to carry out preventive meas20 ures, including but not limited to research, engineering op21 erations, methods of cultivation, the growing of vegetation,

22 rehabilitation of existing works and changes in use of land,

23 in accordance with the Watershed Protection and Flood

24 Prevention Act approved August 4, 1954, as amended (16

25 U.S.C. 1001–1005, 1007–1009), the provisions of the Act

26 of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–f), and in accordance
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1 with the provisions of laws relating to the activities of the

2 Department, $65,000,000 $75,000,000, to remain avail3 able until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b) (of which

4 $10,000,000 shall be available for the watersheds author5 ized under the Flood Control Act approved June 22, 1936

6 (33 U.S.C. 701, 16 U.S.C. 1006a), as amended and sup7 plemented): Provided, That, not to exceed 5 per centum

8 of the foregoing amounts shall be available for allocation

9 to any one State: Provided further, That this appropriation

10 shall be available for employment pursuant to the second

11 sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7

12 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $200,000 shall be avail13 able for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided fur14 ther, That not to exceed $1,000,000 of this appropriation

15 is available to carry out the purposes of the Endangered

16 Species Act of 1973 (Public Law 93–205), as amended,

17 including cooperative efforts as contemplated by that Act

18 to relocate endangered or threatened species to other suit19 able habitats as may be necessary to expedite project con20 struction.

21 RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT

22 For necessary expenses in planning and carrying out

23 projects for resource conservation and development and

24 for sound land use pursuant to the provisions of section

25 32(e) of title III of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant

26 Act, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1010–1011; 76 Stat. 607), the
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1 provisions of the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–

2 f), and the provisions of the Agriculture and Food Act

3 of 1981 (16 U.S.C. 3451–3461), $32,845,000, to remain

4 available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209): Provided, That

5 this appropriation shall be available for employment pur6 suant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Or7 ganic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed

8 $50,000 shall be available for employment under 5 U.S.C.

9 3109.

10 GREAT PLAINS CONSERVATION PROGRAM

11 For necessary expenses to carry into effect a program

12 of conservation in the Great Plains area, pursuant to sec13 tion 16(b) of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allot14 ment Act, as added by the Act of August 7, 1956, as

15 amended (16 U.S.C. 590p(b)), $11,672,000, to remain

16 available until expended (16 U.S.C. 590p(b)(7)).

17 AGRICULTURAL STABILIZATION AND CONSERVATION

18 SERVICE

19 AGRICULTURAL CONSERVATION PROGRAM

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

21 For necessary expenses to carry into effect the pro22 gram authorized in sections 7 to 15, 16(a), 16(f), and 17

23 of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act ap24 proved February 29, 1936, as amended and supplemented

25 (16 U.S.C. 590g–590o, 590p(a), 590p(f), and 590q), and

26 sections 1001–1004, 1006–1008, and 1010 of the Agricul-
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1 tural Act of 1970, as added by the Agriculture and

2 Consumer Protection Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1501–1504,

3 1506–1508, and 1510), and including not to exceed

4 $15,000 for the preparation and display of exhibits, in5 cluding such displays at State, interstate, and inter6 national fairs within the United States, $100,000,000, to

7 remain available until expended (16 U.S.C. 590o), for

8 agreements, excluding administration but including tech9 nical assistance and related expenses (16 U.S.C. 590o),

10 except that no participant in the Agricultural Conserva11 tion Program shall receive more than $3,500 per year, ex12 cept where the participants from two or more farms or

13 ranches join to carry out approved practices designed to

14 conserve or improve the agricultural resources of the com15 munity, or where a participant has a long-term agreement,

16 in which case the total payment shall not exceed the an17 nual payment limitation multiplied by the number of years

18 of the agreement: Provided, That no portion of the funds

19 for the current year’s program may be utilized to provide

20 financial or technical assistance for drainage on wetlands

21 now designated as Wetlands Types 3 (III) through 20

22 (XX) in United States Department of the Interior, Fish

23 and Wildlife Circular 39, Wetlands of the United States,

24 1956: Provided further, That such amounts shall be avail25 able for the purchase of seeds, fertilizers, lime, trees, or
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1 any other conservation materials, or any soil-terracing

2 services, and making grants thereof to agricultural pro3 ducers to aid them in carrying out approved farming prac4 tices as authorized by the Soil Conservation and Domestic

5 Allotment Act, as amended, as determined and rec6 ommended by the county committees, approved by the

7 State committees and the Secretary, under programs pro8 vided for herein: Provided further, That such assistance

9 will not be used for carrying out measures and practices

10 that are primarily production-oriented or that have little

11 or no conservation or pollution abatement benefits: Pro12 vided further, That not to exceed 5 per centum of the allo13 cation for the current year’s program for any county may,

14 on the recommendation of such county committee and ap15 proval of the State committee, be withheld and allotted

16 to the Soil Conservation Service for services of its techni17 cians in formulating and carrying out the Agricultural

18 Conservation Program in the participating counties, and

19 shall not be utilized by the Soil Conservation Service for

20 any purpose other than technical and other assistance in

21 such counties, and in addition, on the recommendation of

22 such county committee and approval of the State commit23 tee, not to exceed 1 per centum may be made available

24 to any other Federal, State, or local public agency for the

25 same purpose and under the same conditions: Provided
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1 further, That for the current year’s program $2,500,000

2 shall be available for technical assistance in formulating

3 and carrying out rural environmental practices: Provided

4 further, That not to exceed $15,000,000 of the amount

5 appropriated shall be used for water quality payments and

6 practices in the same manner as permitted under the pro7 gram for water quality authorized in chapter 2 of subtitle

8 D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985, as amend9 ed (16 U.S.C. 3838 et seq.).

10 FORESTRY INCENTIVES PROGRAM

11 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,

12 to carry out the program of forestry incentives, as author13 ized in the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978

14 (16 U.S.C. 2101), including technical assistance and relat15 ed expenses, $6,625,000, to remain available until ex16 pended, as authorized by that Act.

17 COLORADO RIVER BASIN SALINITY CONTROL PROGRAM

18 For necessary expenses for carrying out a voluntary

19 cooperative salinity control program pursuant to section

20 202(c) of title II of the Colorado River Basin Salinity Con21 trol Act, as amended (43 U.S.C. 1592(c)), to be used to

22 reduce salinity in the Colorado River and to enhance the

23 supply and quality of water available for use in the United

24 States and the Republic of Mexico, $5,000,000 to remain

25 available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b), to be used for

26 investigations and surveys, for technical assistance in de-
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1 veloping conservation practices and in the preparation of

2 salinity control plans, for the establishment of on-farm ir3 rigation management systems, including related lateral

4 improvement measures, for making cost-share payments

5 to agricultural landowners and operators, Indian tribes,

6 irrigation districts and associations, local governmental

7 and nongovernmental entities, and other landowners to aid

8 them in carrying out approved conservation practices as

9 determined and recommended by the county ASC commit10 tees, approved by the State ASC committees and the Sec11 retary, and for associated costs of program planning, in12 formation and education, and program monitoring and

13 evaluation: Provided, That the Soil Conservation Service

14 shall provide technical assistance and the Agricultural

15 Stabilization and Conservation Service shall provide ad16 ministrative services for the program, including but not

17 limited to, the negotiation and administration of agree18 ments and the disbursement of payments: Provided fur19 ther, That such program shall be coordinated with the reg20 ular Agricultural Conservation Program and with research

21 programs of other agencies.

22 CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

24 For necessary expenses to carry out the conservation

25 reserve program pursuant to the Food Security Act of

26 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831–3845), $1,743,274,000, to remain
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1 available until expended, to be used for Commodity Credit

2 Corporation expenditures for cost-share assistance for the

3 establishment of conservation practices provided for in ap4 proved conservation reserve program contracts, and for

5 annual rental payments provided in such contracts, and

6 for technical assistance.

7 WETLANDS RESERVE PROGRAM

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

9 For necessary expenses to carry out the Wetlands Re10 serve Program pursuant to subchapter C of subtitle D of

11 title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C.

12 3837), $93,200,000, to remain available until expended:

13 Provided, That the Secretary is authorized to use the serv14 ices, facilities, and authorities of the Commodity Credit

15 Corporation for the purpose of carrying out the Wetlands

16 Reserve Program.

17 TITLE III—FARMERS HOME AND RURAL

18 DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS

19 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR SMALL

20 COMMUNITY AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT

21 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of

22 the Under Secretary for Small Community and Rural De23 velopment to administer programs under the laws enacted

24 by the Congress for the Farmers Home Administration,

25 Rural Electrification Administration, Federal Crop Insur-
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1 ance Corporation, and rural development activities of the

2 Department of Agriculture, $568,000.

3 RURAL DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION

4 The Secretary may transfer funds from the Farmers

5 Home Administration in this Act to fund the Rural Devel6 opment Administration, as authorized by law.

7 RURAL DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION AND FARMERS

8 HOME ADMINISTRATION

9 RURAL HOUSING INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

10 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di11 rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by title V of the

12 Housing Act of 1949, as amended, to be available from

13 funds in the Rural Housing Insurance Fund, as follows:

14 $2,323,339,000 $2,400,000,000 for loans to section 502

15 borrowers, as determined by the Secretary, of which

16 $1,000,000,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed

17 loans; $35,000,000 for section 504 housing repair loans;

18 $15,915,000 for section 514 farm labor housing;

19 $220,000,000 for section 515 rental housing; and

20 $632,000 for site loans: Provided, That up to $48,650,000

21 of these funds shall be made available for section 502(g),

22 Deferral Mortgage Demonstration.

23 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including

24 the cost of modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of

25 the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: low26 income section 502 loans, $268,105,000 $282,640,000 of
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1 which $17,200,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed

2 loans; section 504 housing repair loans, $11,690,000; sec3 tion 514 farm labor housing, $7,911,000; and section 515

4 rental housing, $115,500,000.

5 In addition, for the cost (as defined in section 502

6 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974) of guaranteed

7 loans under a demonstration program of loan guarantees

8 for multifamily rental housing in rural areas, $1,000,000,

9 to be derived from the amount made available under this

10 heading for the cost of low-income section 502 loans and

11 to become available for obligation only upon the enactment

12 of authorizing legislation.

13 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to

14 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs,

15 $389,818,000.

16 RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

17 For rental assistance agreements entered into or re18 newed pursuant to the authority under section 521(a)(2)

19 or agreements entered into in lieu of forgiveness or pay20 ments for eligible households as authorized by section

21 502(c)(5)(D) of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended,

22 $523,008,000; and in addition such sums as may be nec23 essary, as authorized by section 521(c) of the Act, to liq24 uidate debt incurred prior to fiscal year 1992 to carry out

25 the Rental Assistance Program under section 521(a)(2)

26 of the Act: Provided, That of this amount not more than
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1 $5,900,000 shall be available for debt forgiveness or pay2 ments for eligible households as authorized by section

3 502(c)(5)(D) of the Act, and not to exceed $10,000 per

4 project for advances to nonprofit organizations or public

5 agencies to cover direct costs (other than purchase price)

6 incurred in purchasing projects pursuant to section

7 502(c)(5)(C) of the Act: Provided further, That agree8 ments entered into or renewed during fiscal year 1995

9 shall be funded for a five-year period, although the life

10 of any such agreement may be extended to fully utilize

11 amounts obligated.

12 SELF-HELP HOUSING LAND DEVELOPMENT FUND

13 PROGRAM ACCOUNT

14 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di15 rect loans, as authorized by section 523(b)(1)(B) of the

16 Housing Act of 1949, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1490c),

17 $603,000.

18 For the cost of direct loans, including the cost of

19 modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of the Congres20 sional Budget Act of 1974, $11,000.

21 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to

22 carry out the direct loan program, $14,000.

23 AGRICULTURAL CREDIT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM

24 ACCOUNT

25 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di26 rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by 7 U.S.C.
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1 1928–1929, to be available from funds in the Agricultural

2 Credit Insurance Fund, as follows: farm ownership loans,

3 $618,755,000, of which $540,674,000 shall be for guaran4 teed loans; operating loans, $2,465,000,000, of which

5 $1,735,000,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed

6 loans and $230,000,000 shall be for subsidized guaranteed

7 loans; $4,312,000 for water development, use, and con8 servation loans, of which $1,415,000 shall be for guaran9 teed loans; Indian tribe land acquisition loans as author10 ized by 25 U.S.C. 488, $1,000,000; and for emergency

11 insured loans, $100,000,000 to meet the needs resulting

12 from natural disasters.

13 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including

14 the cost of modifying loans as defined in section 502 of

15 the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: farm

16 ownership loans, $31,853,000, of which $20,870,000 shall

17 be for guaranteed loans; operating loans, $95,340,000, of

18 which $9,360,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed

19 loans and $29,425,000 shall be for subsidized guaranteed

20 loans; $411,000 for water development, use, and conserva21 tion loans, of which $31,000 shall be for guaranteed loans;

22 Indian tribe land acquisition loans as authorized by 25

23 U.S.C. 488, $123,000; and for emergency insured loans,

24 $26,060,000 $26,290,000 to meet the needs resulting from

25 natural disasters.
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1 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to

2 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs,

3 $243,766,000.

4 RURAL DEVELOPMENT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM

5 ACCOUNT

6 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di7 rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1928

8 and 86 Stat. 661–664, as amended, to be available from

9 funds in the Rural Development Insurance Fund, as fol10 lows: water and sewer facility loans, $834,193,000

11 $976,853,000; community facility loans, $300,000,000, of

12 which $75,000,000 shall be for guaranteed loans; and

13 guaranteed industrial development loans, $500,000,000:

14 Provided, That none of the funds made available in this

15 Act may be used to make transfers between the above limi16 tations: Provided further, That of the amounts appro17 priated above, $17,000,000 $20,000,000 of direct water

18 and sewer facility, $7,800,000 of direct community facil19 ity, and $11,000,000 of guaranteed industrial develop20 ment loan funds shall be available through July 30, 1995,

21 for empowerment zones and enterprise communities, as

22 authorized by title XIII of the Omnibus Budget Reconcili23 ation Act of 1993.

24 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including

25 the cost of modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of

26 the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: direct
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1 water and sewer facility loans, $115,786,000

2 $136,466,000; direct community facility loans,

3 $21,723,000 $21,375,000; guaranteed community facility

4 loans, $3,728,000; and guaranteed industrial development

5 loans, $4,750,000: Provided, That of the amounts appro6 priated in this paragraph, $2,360,000 $2,794,000 for di7 rect water and sewer facility loans, $753,000 $741,000 for

8 direct community facility, and $103,000 $105,000 for

9 guaranteed industrial development loans shall be available

10 through July 30, 1995, for empowerment zones and enter11 prise communities, as authorized by title XIII of the Om12 nibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993.

13 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to

14 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs,

15 $57,294,000.

16 RURAL DEVELOPMENT LOAN FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

17 For the cost of direct loans, $46,000,000, as author18 ized by the Rural Development Loan Fund (42 U.S.C.

19 9812(a)): Provided, That such costs, including the cost of

20 modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502

21 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided fur22 ther, That these funds are available to subsidize gross obli23 gations for the principal amount of direct loans of

24 $88,038,000: Provided further, That through July 30,

25 1995, of these amounts, $5,519,000 shall be available for

26 the cost of direct loans, for empowerment zones and enter-
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1 prise communities, as authorized by title XIII of the Om2 nibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993, to subsidize

3 gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans,

4 $10,565,000.

5 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to

6 carry out the direct loan programs, $1,476,000.

7 AGRICULTURAL RESOURCE CONSERVATION

8 DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM ACCOUNT

9 For gross obligations for the principal amount of guar10 anteed loans, as authorized under sections 1465–1469 of

11 Public Law 101–624 for the Agricultural Resource Con12 servation Demonstration Program, $5,599,000.

13 For the cost of guaranteed loans, including the cost of

14 modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of the Congres15 sional Budget Act of 1974, $3,086,000.

16 STATE MEDIATION GRANTS

17 For grants pursuant to section 502(b) of the Agricul18 tural Credit Act of 1987, as amended (7 U.S.C. 5101–

19 5106), $2,000,000 $3,000,000.

20 RURAL WATER AND WASTE DISPOSAL GRANTS

21 For grants pursuant to section 306(a)(2) of the Con22 solidated Farm and Rural Development Act, as amended

23 (7 U.S.C. 1926), $500,000,000, to remain available until

24 expended, pursuant to section 306(d) of the above Act of

25 which $19,047,000 shall be available, through July 30,

26 1995, for empowerment zones and enterprise commu-
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1 nities, as authorized by title XIII of the Omnibus Budget

2 Reconciliation Act of 1993, and of which $25,000,000

3 shall be available for water and waste disposal systems to

4 benefit the Colonias along the United States/Mexico bor5 der, including grants pursuant to section 306C: Provided,

6 That, with the exception of the foregoing $19,047,000,

7 and the foregoing $25,000,000, these funds shall not be

8 used for any purpose not specified in section 306(a) of

9 the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act.

10 VERY LOW-INCOME HOUSING REPAIR GRANTS

11 For grants to the very low-income elderly for essen12 tial repairs to dwellings pursuant to section 504 of the

13 Housing Act of 1949, as amended, $24,900,000, to re14 main available until expended.

15 RURAL HOUSING FOR DOMESTIC FARM LABOR

16 For financial assistance to eligible nonprofit organi17 zations for housing for domestic farm labor, pursuant to

18 section 516 of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended (42

19 U.S.C. 1486), $10,900,000, to remain available until ex20 pended.

21 MUTUAL AND SELF-HELP HOUSING

22 For grants and contracts pursuant to section

23 523(b)(1)(A) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C.

24 1490c), $12,650,000, to remain available until expended

25 (7 U.S.C. 2209b).
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1 SUPERVISORY AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS

2 For grants pursuant to sections 509(g)(6) and 525

3 of the Housing Act of 1949, $2,400,000, to remain avail4 able until expended.

5 RURAL COMMUNITY FIRE PROTECTION GRANTS

6 For grants pursuant to section 7 of the Cooperative

7 Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 (Public Law 95–313),

8 $3,400,000 to fund up to 50 per centum of the cost of

9 organizing, training, and equipping rural volunteer fire de10 partments.

11 COMPENSATION FOR CONSTRUCTION DEFECTS

12 For compensation for construction defects as author13 ized by section 509(c) of the Housing Act of 1949, as

14 amended, $495,000, to remain available until expended.

15 RURAL HOUSING PRESERVATION GRANTS

16 For grants for rural housing preservation as author17 ized by section 552 of the Housing and Urban-Rural Re18 covery Act of 1983 (Public Law 98–181), $22,000,000.

19 RURAL BUSINESS ENTERPRISE GRANTS

20 For grants authorized under section 310B(c) and

21 310B(j) (7 U.S.C. 1932) of the Consolidated Farm and

22 Rural Development Act to any qualified public or private

23 nonprofit organization, $47,500,000, of which $2,000,000

24 shall be to assist in developing cooperative efforts to pro25 vide information and technical assistance to under-rep26 resented groups in traditionally agricultural or other natu-
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1 ral resource dependent communities for encouraging busi2 ness development; and of which $9,500,000 shall be avail3 able through July 30, 1995, for assistance to

4 empowerment zones and enterprise communities, as au5 thorized by title XIII of the Omnibus Budget Reconcili6 ation Act of 1993: Provided, That $500,000 shall be avail7 able for grants to qualified nonprofit organizations to pro8 vide technical assistance and training for rural commu9 nities needing improved passenger transportation systems

10 or facilities in order to promote economic development.

11 SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT GRANTS

12 For grants for pollution abatement and control

13 projects authorized under section 310B(b) (7 U.S.C.

14 1932) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development

15 Act, $2,995,000: Provided, That such assistance shall in16 clude regional technical assistance for improvement of

17 solid waste management.

18 OUTREACH FOR SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED FARMERS

19 For grants and contracts pursuant to section 2501

20 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of

21 1990 (7 U.S.C. 2279), $2,995,000, to remain available

22 until expended.
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1 RURAL TECHNOLOGY AND COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT

2 GRANTS

3 For grants pursuant to section 310(f) of the Consoli4 dated Farm and Rural Development Act, as amended (7

5 U.S.C. 1926(a)(11)), $1,500,000 $2,000,000.

6 LOCAL TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND PLANNING GRANTS

7 For grants pursuant to section 306(a)(11)(A) of the

8 Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, as

9 amended (7 U.S.C. 1926(a)(11)), $2,500,000.

10 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

12 For necessary expenses of the Farmers Home Admin13 istration, not otherwise provided for, in administering the

14 programs authorized by the Consolidated Farm and Rural

15 Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1921–2000), as amended; title

16 V of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended (42 U.S.C.

17 1471–1490o); the Rural Rehabilitation Corporation Trust

18 Liquidation Act, approved May 3, 1950 (40 U.S.C. 440–

19 444), for administering the loan program authorized by

20 title III–A of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964

21 (Public Law 88–452 approved August 20, 1964), as

22 amended; the Cooperative Marketing Act of July 2, 1926

23 (7 U.S.C. 451–457); and for activities relating to the mar24 keting aspects of cooperatives, including economic re25 search and analysis and the application of economic re26 search findings, as authorized by the Agricultural Market-
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1 ing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621–1627), and for activities

2 with institutions or organizations throughout the world

3 concerning the development and operation of agricultural

4 cooperatives (7 U.S.C. 3291), and such other programs

5 which the Farmers Home Administration has the respon6 sibility for administering, $700,585,000; of which

7 $37,811,000 is hereby appropriated, $374,255,000 shall

8 be derived by transfer from the Rural Housing Insurance

9 Fund Program Account in this Act and merged with this

10 account, $229,735,000 shall be derived by transfer from

11 the Agriculture Credit Insurance Fund Program Account

12 in this Act and merged with this account, $57,294,000

13 shall be derived by transfer from the Rural Development

14 Insurance Fund Program Account in this Act and merged

15 with this account, $1,476,000 shall be derived by transfer

16 from the Rural Development Loan Fund Program Ac17 count in this Act and merged with this account, and

18 $14,000 shall be derived by transfer from the Self-Help

19 Housing Land Development Fund Program Account in

20 this Act and merged with this account: Provided, That not

21 to exceed $515,000 of this appropriation may be used for

22 employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That

23 not to exceed $4,159,000 $4,368,000 of this appropriation

24 shall be available for contracting with the National Rural

25 Water Association or other equally qualified national orga-
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1 nization for a circuit rider program to provide technical

2 assistance for rural water systems: Provided further, That

3 not to exceed $2,000,000 shall be available through coop4 erative agreements to assist in developing efforts to pro5 vide information and technical assistance to traditionally

6 under-represented communities to encourage business

7 community development.

8 RURAL ELECTRIFICATION ADMINISTRATION

9 To carry into effect the provisions of the Rural Elec10 trification Act of 1936, as amended (7 U.S.C. 901–

11 950(b)), as follows:

12 RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELEPHONE LOANS

13 PROGRAM ACCOUNT

14 Insured loans pursuant to the authority of section

15 305 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, as amended

16 (7 U.S.C. 935), shall be made as follows: 5 percent rural

17 electrification loans, $100,000,000; 5 percent rural tele18 phone loans, $75,000,000; cost of money rural telephone

19 loans, $198,000,000; municipal rate rural electric loans,

20 $575,250,000; and loans made pursuant to section 306

21 of that Act, $420,000,000, to remain available until ex22 pended.

23 For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Con24 gressional Budget Act of 1974, including the cost of modi25 fying loans, of direct and guaranteed loans authorized by

26 the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, as amended (7
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1 U.S.C. 935), as follows: cost of direct loans, $19,120,000

2 $14,807,000; cost of municipal rate loans, $46,020,000;

3 cost of money rural telephone loans, $40,000; cost of loans

4 guaranteed pursuant to section 306, $450,000.

5 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to

6 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs,

7 $29,982,000.

8 RURAL TELEPHONE BANK PROGRAM ACCOUNT

9 The Rural Telephone Bank is hereby authorized to

10 make such expenditures, within the limits of funds avail11 able to such corporation in accord with law, and to make

12 such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal

13 year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Govern14 ment Corporation Control Act, as amended, as may be

15 necessary in carrying out its authorized programs for the

16 current fiscal year. During fiscal year 1995 and within

17 the resources and authority available, gross obligations for

18 the principal amount of direct loans shall be

19 $175,000,000.

20 For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Con21 gressional Budget Act of 1974, including the cost of modi22 fying loans, of direct loans authorized by the Rural Elec23 trification Act of 1936, as amended (7 U.S.C. 935),

24 $2,728,000 $770,000.
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1 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to

2 carry out the loan programs, $8,794,000.

3 DISTANCE LEARNING AND MEDICAL LINK PROGRAMS

4 For necessary expenses to carry into effect the pro5 grams authorized in sections 2331–2335 of Public Law

6 101–624, $7,500,000, to remain available until expended.

7 REA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LOANS PROGRAM

8 ACCOUNT

9 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di10 rect loans, as authorized under section 313 of the Rural

11 Electrification Act, for the purpose of promoting rural eco12 nomic development and job creation projects,

13 $12,865,000.

14 For the cost of direct loans, including the cost of

15 modifying loans as defined in section 502 of the Congres16 sional Budget Act of 1974, $3,077,000.

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

18 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

19 For administrative expenses to carry out the provi20 sions of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, as amended

21 (7 U.S.C. 901–950(b)), and to administer the loan and

22 loan guarantee programs for Community Antenna Tele23 vision facilities as authorized by the Consolidated Farm

24 and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1921–1995), and

25 for which commitments were made prior to fiscal year

26 1994, including not to exceed $7,000 for financial and
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1 credit reports, funds for employment pursuant to the sec2 ond sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944

3 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $103,000 for employ4 ment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $38,776,000; of which

5 $29,982,000 shall be derived by transfer from the Rural

6 Electrification and Telephone Loans Program Account in

7 this Act and $8,794,000 shall be derived by transfer from

8 the Rural Telephone Bank Program Account in this Act:

9 Provided, That none of the funds in this Act may be used

10 to authorize the transfer of additional funds to this ac11 count from the Rural Telephone Bank.

12 TITLE IV—DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS

13 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR FOOD AND

14 CONSUMER SERVICES

15 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of

16 the Assistant Secretary for Food and Consumer Services

17 to administer the laws enacted by the Congress for the

18 Food and Nutrition Service, $540,000.

19 FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE

20 CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

22 For necessary expenses to carry out the National

23 School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751–1769b), and the appli24 cable provisions other than sections 3 and 17 of the Child

25 Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773–1785, and 1788–

26 1789); $7,451,351,000, to remain available through Sep-
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1 tember 30, 1996, of which $2,202,274,000 is hereby ap2 propriated and $5,249,077,000 shall be derived by trans3 fer from funds available under section 32 of the Act of

4 August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c): Provided, That funds

5 appropriated for the purpose of section 7 of the Child Nu6 trition Act of 1966 shall be allocated among the States

7 but the distribution of such funds to an individual State

8 is contingent upon that State’s agreement to participate

9 in studies and surveys of programs authorized under the

10 National School Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition Act

11 of 1966, when such studies and surveys have been directed

12 by the Congress and requested by the Secretary of Agri13 culture: Provided further, That if the Secretary of Agri14 culture determines that a State’s administration of any

15 program under the National School Lunch Act or the

16 Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (other than section 17), or

17 the regulations issued pursuant to these Acts, is seriously

18 deficient, and the State fails to correct the deficiency with19 in a specified period of time, the Secretary may withhold

20 from the State some or all of the funds allocated to the

21 State under section 7 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966

22 and under section 13(k)(1) of the National School Lunch

23 Act; upon a subsequent determination by the Secretary

24 that the programs are operated in an acceptable manner

25 some or all of the funds withheld may be allocated: Pro-
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1 vided further, That only final reimbursement claims for

2 service of meals, supplements, and milk submitted to State

3 agencies by eligible schools, summer camps, institutions,

4 and service institutions within sixty days following the

5 month for which the reimbursement is claimed shall be

6 eligible for reimbursement from funds appropriated under

7 this Act. States may receive program funds appropriated

8 under this Act for meals, supplements, and milk served

9 during any month only if the final program operations re10 port for such month is submitted to the Department with11 in ninety days following that month. Exceptions to these

12 claims or reports submission requirements may be made

13 at the discretion of the Secretary: Provided further, That

14 up to $3,849,000 shall be available for independent ver15 ification of school food service claims: Provided further,

16 That $1,706,000 $1,853,000 shall be available to provide

17 financial and other assistance to operate the Food Service

18 Management Institute.

19 SPECIAL MILK PROGRAM

20 For necessary expenses to carry out the special milk

21 program, as authorized by section 3 of the Child Nutrition

22 Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1772), $18,089,000, to remain

23 available through September 30, 1996. Only final reim24 bursement claims for milk submitted to State agencies

25 within sixty days following the month for which the reim26 bursement is claimed shall be eligible for reimbursement
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1 from funds appropriated under this Act. States may re2 ceive program funds appropriated under this Act only if

3 the final program operations report for such month is sub4 mitted to the Department within ninety days following

5 that month. Exceptions to these claims or reports submis6 sion requirements may be made at the discretion of the

7 Secretary.

8 SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL FOOD PROGRAM FOR WOMEN,

9 INFANTS, AND CHILDREN (WIC)

10 For necessary expenses to carry out the special sup11 plemental food program as authorized by section 17 of the

12 Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786),

13 $3,470,000,000, to remain available through September

14 30, 1996, of which up to $5,500,000 $8,000,000 may be

15 used to carry out the farmer’s farmers’ market coupon

16 program: Provided, That none of the funds in this Act

17 shall be available to pay administrative expenses of WIC

18 clinics except those that have an announced policy of pro19 hibiting smoking within the space used to carry out the

20 program:–Provided further, That no State will incur an in21 terest liability to the Federal Government on WIC rebate

22 funds provided that all interest earned by the State on

23 these funds is used for program purposes.

24 COMMODITY SUPPLEMENTAL FOOD PROGRAM

25 For necessary expenses to carry out the commodity

26 supplemental food program as authorized by section 4(a)
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1 of the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973

2 (7 U.S.C. 612c (note)), including not less than $8,000,000

3 for the projects in Detroit, New Orleans, and Des Moines,

4 $94,500,000, to remain available through September 30,

5 1996: Provided, That none of these funds shall be avail6 able to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for

7 commodities donated to the program.

8 FOOD STAMP PROGRAM

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

10 For necessary expenses to carry out the Food Stamp

11 Act (7 U.S.C. 2011–2029), $28,817,457,000

12 $28,830,710,000: Provided, That funds provided herein

13 shall remain available through September 30, 1995, in ac14 cordance with section 18(a) of the Food Stamp Act: Pro15 vided further, That $2,500,000,000 of the foregoing

16 amount shall be placed in reserve for use only in such

17 amounts and at such times as may become necessary to

18 carry out program operations: Provided further, That

19 funds provided herein shall be expended in accordance

20 with section 16 of the Food Stamp Act: Provided further,

21 That this appropriation shall be subject to any work reg22 istration or work fare requirements as may be required

23 by law: Provided further, That $1,143,000,000 of the fore24 going amount shall be available for Nutrition Assistance

25 for Puerto Rico as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 2028, of which

26 $12,472,000 shall be transferred to the Animal and Plant
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1 Health Inspection Service for the Cattle Tick Eradication

2 Project: Provided further, That no funds provided herein

3 shall be available to provide food assistance in cash in any

4 county not covered by a demonstration project that re5 ceived final approval from the Secretary on or before July

6 1, 1994.

7 FOOD DONATIONS PROGRAMS FOR SELECTED GROUPS

8 For necessary expenses to carry out section 4(a) of

9 the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 (7

10 U.S.C. 612c (note)), section 4(b) of the Food Stamp Act

11 (7 U.S.C. 2013(b)), section 601 of Public Law 96–597 (48

12 U.S.C. 1469d) and section 311 of the Older Americans Act

13 of 1965, as amended (42 U.S.C. 3030a), $183,154,000

14 $188,404,000, to remain available through September 30,

15 1996.

16 For necessary expenses to carry out section 110 of

17 the Hunger Prevention Act of 1988, $40,000,000.

18 THE EMERGENCY FOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

19 For necessary expenses to carry out the Emergency

20 Food Assistance Act of 1983, as amended, $40,000,000:

21 Provided, That, in accordance with section 202 of Public

22 Law 98–92, these funds shall be available only if the Sec23 retary determines the existence of excess commodities.

24 For purchases of commodities to carry out the Emer25 gency Food Assistance Act of 1983, as amended,

26 $40,000,000.
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1 FOOD PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION

2 For necessary administrative expenses of the domes3 tic food programs funded under this Act, $106,465,000;

4 of which $5,000,000 shall be available only for simplifying

5 procedures, reducing overhead costs, tightening regula6 tions, improving food stamp coupon handling, and assist7 ance in the prevention, identification, and prosecution of

8 fraud and other violations of law: Provided, That this ap9 propriation shall be available for employment pursuant to

10 the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act

11 of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $150,000 shall

12 be available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109.

13 TITLE V—FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND

14 RELATED PROGRAMS

15 FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

17 For necessary expenses of the Foreign Agricultural

18 Service, including carrying out title VI of the Agricultural

19 Act of 1954, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1761–1768), market

20 development activities abroad, and for enabling the Sec21 retary to coordinate and integrate activities of the Depart22 ment in connection with foreign agricultural work, includ23 ing not to exceed $128,000 for representation allowances

24 and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of the Act approved

25 August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), $118,011,000, of which
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1 $4,914,000 may be transferred from Commodity Credit

2 Corporation funds, $2,792,000 may be transferred from

3 the Commodity Credit Corporation Program Account in

4 this Act, and $1,425,000 may be transferred from the

5 Public Law 480 Program Account in this Act: Provided,

6 That in addition, funds available to the Department of Ag7 riculture shall be available to assist an international orga8 nization in meeting the costs, including salaries, fringe

9 benefits and other associated costs, related to the employ10 ment by the organization of Federal personnel that may

11 transfer to the organization under the provisions of 5

12 U.S.C. 3581–3584, or of other well-qualified United

13 States citizens, for the performance of activities that con14 tribute to increased understanding of international agri15 cultural issues, with transfer of funds for this purpose

16 from one appropriation to another or to a single account

17 authorized, such funds remaining available until expended:

18 Provided further, That the Service may utilize advances

19 of funds, or reimburse this appropriation for expenditures

20 made on behalf of Federal agencies, public and private or21 ganizations and institutions under agreements executed

22 pursuant to the agricultural food production assistance

23 programs (7 U.S.C. 1736) and the foreign assistance pro24 grams of the International Development Cooperation Ad25 ministration (22 U.S.C. 2392).
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1 None of the funds in the foregoing paragraph shall

2 be available to promote the sale or export of tobacco or

3 tobacco products.

4 SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES OVERSEAS (FOREIGN CURRENCY

5 PROGRAM)

6 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

7 For payments in foreign currencies owed to or owned

8 by the United States for research activities authorized by

9 section 104(c)(7) of the Agricultural Trade Development

10 and Assistance Act of 1954, as amended (7 U.S.C.

11 1704(c)(7)), not to exceed $1,062,000: Provided, That not

12 to exceed $25,000 of these funds shall be available for pay13 ments in foreign currencies for expenses of employment

14 pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the

15 Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), as amended by 5

16 U.S.C. 3109.

17 PUBLIC LAW 480 PROGRAM ACCOUNTS

18 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

19 For expenses during the current fiscal year, not oth20 erwise recoverable, and unrecovered prior years’ costs, in21 cluding interest thereon, under the Agricultural Trade De22 velopment and Assistance Act of 1954, as amended (7

23 U.S.C. 1691, 1701–1715, 1721–1726, 1727–1727f,

24 1731–1736g), as follows: (1) $291,342,000 for Public

25 Law 480 title I credit, including Food for Progress pro26 grams; (2) $29,000,000 is hereby appropriated for ocean
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1 freight differential costs for the shipment of agricultural

2 commodities pursuant to title I of said Act and the Food

3 for Progress Act of 1985, as amended; (3) $821,100,000

4 is hereby appropriated for commodities supplied in connec5 tion with dispositions abroad pursuant to title II of said

6 Act; and (4) $157,442,000 is hereby appropriated for

7 commodities supplied in connection with dispositions

8 abroad pursuant to title III of said Act: Provided, That

9 not to exceed 15 per centum of the funds made available

10 to carry out any title of said Act may be used to carry

11 out any other title of said Act: Provided further, That such

12 sums shall remain available until expended (7 U.S.C.

13 2209b).

14 For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Con15 gressional Budget Act of 1974, of direct credit agreements

16 as authorized by the Agricultural Trade Development and

17 Assistance Act of 1954, as amended, and the Food for

18 Progress Act of 1985, as amended, including the cost of

19 modifying credit agreements under said Act,

20 $236,162,000.

21 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out

22 the Public Law 480 title I credit program, and the Food

23 for Progress Act of 1985, as amended, to the extent funds

24 appropriated for Public Law 480 are utilized, $2,461,000.
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1 SHORT-TERM EXPORT CREDIT

2 The Commodity Credit Corporation shall make avail3 able not less than $5,000,000,000 in credit guarantees

4 under its export credit guarantee program for short-term

5 credit extended to finance the export sales of United

6 States agricultural commodities and the products thereof,

7 as authorized by section 211(b)(1) of the Agricultural

8 Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5641).

9 INTERMEDIATE EXPORT CREDIT

10 The Commodity Credit Corporation shall make avail11 able not less than $500,000,000 in credit guarantees

12 under its export guarantee program for intermediate-term

13 credit extended to finance the export sales of United

14 States agricultural commodities and the products thereof,

15 as authorized by section 211(b)(2) of the Agricultural

16 Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5641).

17 EMERGING DEMOCRACIES EXPORT CREDIT

18 The Commodity Credit Corporation shall make avail19 able not less than $200,000,000 in credit guarantees

20 under its Export Guarantee Program for credit expended

21 to finance the export sales of United States agricultural

22 commodities and the products thereof to emerging democ23 racies, as authorized by section 1542 of Public Law 101–

24 624 (7 U.S.C. 5622 note).
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1 COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION EXPORT LOANS

2 PROGRAM ACCOUNT

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

4 For administrative expenses to carry out CCC’s Ex5 port Guarantee Program, GSM 102 and GSM 103,

6 $3,381,000; to cover common overhead expenses as per7 mitted by section 11 of the Commodity Credit Corporation

8 Charter Act and in conformity with the Federal Credit Re9 form Act of 1990, of which not to exceed $2,792,000 may

10 be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for

11 the salaries and expenses of the Foreign Agricultural

12 Service, and of which not to exceed $589,000 may be

13 transferred to and merged with the appropriation for the

14 salaries and expenses of the Agricultural Stabilization and

15 Conservation Service.

16 TITLE VI—RELATED AGENCIES AND FOOD

17 AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION

18 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN

19 SERVICES

20 FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

22 For necessary expenses of the Food and Drug Ad23 ministration, including hire and purchase of passenger

24 motor vehicles; for rental of special purpose space in the

25 District of Columbia or elsewhere; and for miscellaneous

26 and emergency expenses of enforcement activities, author-
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1 ized and approved by the Secretary and to be accounted

2 for solely on the Secretary’s certificate, not to exceed

3 $25,000; $914,394,000 $767,156,000, of which not to ex4 ceed $79,423,000 in fees pursuant to section 736 of the

5 Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act may be credited

6 to this appropriation and remain available until expended:

7 Provided, That fees derived from applications received

8 during fiscal year 1995 shall be subject to the fiscal year

9 1995 limitation:–Provided further, That none of these

10 funds shall be used to develop, establish, or operate any

11 program of user fees authorized by 31 U.S.C. 9701.

12 None of the funds in this Act may be used to enforce

13 rules or regulations for a selenium supplement level in ani14 mal feeds below 0.3 parts per million.

15 In addition, of the foregoing amount such sums as

16 may be necessary may be used for the inspection of mam17 mography facilities, notwithstanding section 354(r) of the

18 Public Health Service Act. Fees collected under said Act

19 shall be credited to the foregoing account and shall remain

20 available until expended.

21 In addition, $150,800,000, to be credited to this appro22 priation, from fees established and collected to cover the

23 costs of regulation of products under the jurisdiction of the

24 Food and Drug Administration, to remain available until

25 expended.
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1 None of the funds in this Act may be used to enforce

2 the permitted levels and conditions of use for the nutrient

3 selenium, as revised in the Federal Register for September

4 13, 1993. The permitted levels and conditions of use for the

5 nutrient selenium are deemed to be the levels and conditions

6 set forth in section 573.920 of title 21, Code of Federal Reg7 ulations, prior to September 13, 1993, unless and until the

8 Commissioner determines that the use of selenium at those

9 levels results in a direct and significant adverse effect on

10 the quality of the environment.

11 In addition to amounts provided, proceeds from the

12 sale of any animals that are surplus to FDA’s needs shall

13 be retained by the Food and Drug Administration and

14 credited to the salaries and expenses appropriation for

15 1995.

16 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

17 For plans, construction, repair, improvement, exten18 sion, alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facili19 ties of or used by the Food and Drug Administration,

20 where not otherwise provided, $18,150,000 $8,350,000, to

21 remain available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b): Pro22 vided, That the Food and Drug Administration may ac23 cept donated land in Montgomery and/or Prince George’s

24 Counties, Maryland.
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1 RENTAL PAYMENTS (FDA)

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

3 For payment of space rental and related costs pursu4 ant to Public Law 92–313 for programs and activities of

5 the Food and Drug Administration which are included in

6 this Act, $46,294,000: Provided, That in the event the

7 Food and Drug Administration should require modifica8 tion of space needs, a share of the salaries and expenses

9 appropriation may be transferred to this appropriation, or

10 a share of this appropriation may be transferred to the

11 salaries and expenses appropriation, but such transfers

12 shall not exceed 5 per centum of the funds made available

13 for rental payments (FDA) to or from this account.

14 DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

15 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE

16 PAYMENTS TO THE FARM CREDIT SYSTEM FINANCIAL

17 ASSISTANCE CORPORATION

18 For necessary payments to the Farm Credit System

19 Financial Assistance Corporation by the Secretary of the

20 Treasury, as authorized by section 6.28(c) of the Farm

21 Credit Act of 1971, as amended, for reimbursement of in22 terest expenses incurred by the Financial Assistance Cor23 poration on obligations issued through 1994, as author24 ized, $57,026,000.
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1 INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

2 COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION

3 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions

4 of the Commodity Exchange Act, as amended (7 U.S.C.

5 1 et seq.), including the purchase and hire of passenger

6 motor vehicles; the rental of space (to include multiple

7 year leases) in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; and

8 not to exceed $25,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C.

9 3109; $47,480,000 $50,809,000, including not to exceed

10 $1,000 for official reception and representation expenses:–

11 Provided, That the Commission is authorized to charge

12 fees to cover the cost of Commission-sponsored edu13 cational events and symposia, and notwithstanding 31

14 U.S.C. 3302, said fees shall be credited to this account,

15 to be available without further appropriation.

16 FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION

17 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

18 Not to exceed $40,420,000 (from assessments col19 lected from farm credit institutions and from the Federal

20 Agricultural Mortgage Corporation) shall be obligated

21 during the current fiscal year for administrative expenses

22 as authorized under 12 U.S.C. 2249.

23 TITLE VII—GENERAL PROVISIONS

24 SEC. 701. Within the unit limit of cost fixed by law,

25 appropriations and authorizations made for the Depart-
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1 ment of Agriculture for the fiscal year 1995 under this

2 Act shall be available for the purchase, in addition to those

3 specifically provided for, of not to exceed 706 passenger

4 motor vehicles, of which 705 shall be for replacement only,

5 and for the hire of such vehicles.

6 SEC. 702. Funds in this Act available to the Depart7 ment of Agriculture shall be available for uniforms or al8 lowances therefor as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–

9 5902).

10 SEC. 703. Not less than $1,500,000 of the appropria11 tions of the Department of Agriculture in this Act for re12 search and service work authorized by the Acts of August

13 14, 1946, and July 28, 1954, and (7 U.S.C. 427, 1621–

14 1629), and by chapter 63 of title 31, United States Code,

15 shall be available for contracting in accordance with said

16 Acts and chapter.

17 SEC. 704. The cumulative total of transfers to the

18 Working Capital Fund for the purpose of accumulating

19 growth capital for data services and National Finance

20 Center operations shall not exceed $2,000,000: Provided,

21 That no funds in this Act appropriated to an agency of

22 the Department shall be transferred to the Working Cap23 ital Fund without the approval of the agency adminis24 trator.
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1 SEC. 705. New obligational authority provided for the

2 following appropriation items in this Act shall remain

3 available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b): Animal and

4 Plant Health Inspection Service, the contingency fund to

5 meet emergency conditions, and Integrated Systems Ac6 quisition Project; Agricultural Stabilization and Conserva7 tion Service, salaries and expenses funds made available

8 to county committees; Foreign Agricultural Service, Mid9 dle-Income Country Training Program; higher education

10 graduate fellowships grants under section 1417(b)(6) of

11 the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and

12 Teaching Policy Act of 1977, as amended (7 U.S.C.

13 3152(b)(6)); and capacity building grants to colleges eligi14 ble to receive funds under the Act of August 30, 1890,

15 including Tuskegee University.

16 New obligational authority for the Boll Weevil Pro17 gram; up to 10 per centum of the Screwworm Program

18 of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service; funds

19 appropriated for Rental Payments; and higher education

20 minority scholars programs under section 1417(b)(5) of

21 the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and

22 Teaching Policy Act of 1977, as amended (7 U.S.C.

23 3152(b)(5)) shall remain available until expended.
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1 SEC. 706. No part of any appropriation contained in

2 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the

3 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.

4 SEC. 707. Not to exceed $50,000 of the appropria5 tions available to the Department of Agriculture in this

6 Act shall be available to provide appropriate orientation

7 and language training pursuant to Public Law 94–449.

8 SEC. 708. No funds appropriated by this Act may be

9 used to pay negotiated indirect cost rates on cooperative

10 agreements or similar arrangements between the United

11 States Department of Agriculture and nonprofit institu12 tions in excess of 10 per centum of the total direct cost

13 of the agreement when the purpose of such cooperative

14 arrangements is to carry out programs of mutual interest

15 between the two parties. This does not preclude appro16 priate payment of indirect costs on grants and contracts

17 with such institutions when such indirect costs are com18 puted on a similar basis for all agencies for which appro19 priations are provided in this Act.

20 SEC. 709. Notwithstanding any other provision of

21 this Act, commodities acquired by the Department in con22 nection with Commodity Credit Corporation and section

23 32 price support operations may be used, as authorized

24 by law (15 U.S.C. 714c and 7 U.S.C. 612c), to provide
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1 commodities to individuals in cases of hardship as deter2 mined by the Secretary of Agriculture.

3 SEC. 710. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail4 able to reimburse the General Services Administration for

5 payment of space rental and related costs in excess of the

6 amounts specified in this Act; nor shall this or any other

7 provision of law require a reduction in the level of rental

8 space or services below that of fiscal year 1994 or prohibit

9 an expansion of rental space or services with the use of

10 funds otherwise appropriated in this Act. Further, no

11 agency of the Department of Agriculture, from funds oth12 erwise available, shall reimburse the General Services Ad13 ministration for payment of space rental and related costs

14 provided to such agency at a percentage rate which is

15 greater than is available in the case of funds appropriated

16 in this Act.

17 SEC. 711. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail18 able to restrict the authority of the Commodity Credit

19 Corporation to lease space for its own use or to lease space

20 on behalf of other agencies of the Department of Agri21 culture when such space will be jointly occupied.

22 SEC. 712. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail23 able to pay indirect costs on research grants awarded com24 petitively by the Cooperative State Research Service that
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1 exceed 14 per centum of total Federal funds provided

2 under each award.

3 SEC. 713. Notwithstanding any other provisions of

4 this Act, all loan levels provided in this Act shall be consid5 ered estimates, not limitations.

6 SEC. 714. Appropriations to the Department of Agri7 culture for the cost of direct and guaranteed loans made

8 available in fiscal year 1995 shall remain available until

9 expended to cover obligations made in fiscal year 1995 for

10 the following accounts: Rural Development Insurance

11 Fund Program Account; Rural Development Loan Fund

12 Program Account; the Rural Telephone Bank Program

13 Account; the Rural Electrification and Telephone Loans

14 Program Account; and the REA Economic Development

15 Loans Program Account.

16 SEC. 715. None of the funds appropriated or other17 wise made available by this Act shall be used to pay the

18 salaries of personnel who carry out a Market Promotion

19 Program pursuant to section 203 (7 U.S.C. 5623) of the

20 Agricultural Trade Act of 1978, with respect to tobacco

21 or if the aggregate amount of funds and/or commodities

22 under such program exceeds $90,000,000 zero dollars.

23 SEC. 716. None of the funds appropriated or other24 wise made available by this Act shall be used to enroll
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1 in excess of 100,000 acres in the fiscal year 1995 Wet2 lands Reserve Program, as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 3837.

3 SEC. 717. None of the funds appropriated or other4 wise made available by this Act shall be used to enroll

5 additional acres in the Conservation Reserve Program au6 thorized by 16 U.S.C. 3831–3845.

7 SEC. 718. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal

8 year 1995 pay raises for programs funded by this Act shall

9 be absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act.

10 SEC. 719. (a) COMPLIANCE WITH BUY AMERICAN

11 ACT.—None of the funds made available in this Act may

12 be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees that in

13 expending the funds the entity will comply with sections

14 2 through 4 of the Act of March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 10a–

15 10c; popularly known as the ‘‘Buy American Act’’).

16 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS; REQUIREMENT REGARD17 ING NOTICE.—

18 (1) PURCHASE OF AMERICAN-MADE EQUIPMENT

19 AND PRODUCTS.—In the case of any equipment or

20 product that may be authorized to be purchased

21 with financial assistance provided using funds made

22 available in this Act, it is the sense of the Congress

23 that entities receiving the assistance should, in ex24 pending the assistance, purchase only American25 made equipment and products.
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1 (2) NOTICE TO RECIPIENTS OF ASSISTANCE.—

2 In providing financial assistance using funds made

3 available in this Act, the head of each Federal agen4 cy shall provide to each recipient of the assistance

5 a notice describing the statement made in paragraph

6 (1) by the Congress.

7 (c) PROHIBITION OF CONTRACTS WITH PERSONS

8 FALSELY LABELING PRODUCTS AS MADE IN AMERICA.—

9 If it has been finally determined by a court or Federal

10 agency that any person intentionally affixed a label bear11 ing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription, or any inscription

12 with the same meaning, to any product sold in or shipped

13 to the United States that is not made in the United

14 States, the person shall be ineligible to receive any con15 tract or subcontract made with funds made available in

16 this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and ineli17 gibility procedures described in sections 9.400 through

18 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations.

19 SEC. 720. Notwithstanding the Federal Grant and

20 Cooperative Agreement Act, marketing services of the Ag21 ricultural Marketing Service may use cooperative agree22 ments to reflect a relationship between Agricultural Mar23 keting Service and a State or Cooperator to carry out agri24 cultural marketing programs.
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1 SEC. 721. None of the funds appropriated or other2 wise made available by this Act shall be used to pay the

3 salaries of personnel who carry out an export enhancement

4 program (estimated to be $1,000,000,000 in the Presi5 dent’s fiscal year 1995 Budget Request (H. Doc. 103–

6 179)) if the aggregate amount of funds and/or commod7 ities under such program exceeds $850,000,000.

8 SEC. 722. None of the funds appropriated or other9 wise made available by this Act shall be used to pay the

10 salaries of personnel who carry out a sunflower and cot11 tonseed oil export program authorized by section 1541 of

12 Public Law 101–624 if the aggregate amount of funds

13 and/or commodities under such program exceeds

14 $27,000,000.

15 SEC. 723. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth16 erwise made available by this Act shall be used by the Sec17 retary of Agriculture to provide a total amount of pay18 ments to a person to support the price of honey under

19 section 207 of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C.

20 1446h) and section 405A of such Act (7 U.S.C. 1425a)

21 in excess of $0 in the 1994 crop year.

22 (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act,

23 none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made avail24 able by this Act shall be used by the Secretary of Agri25 culture to provide for a total amount of payments and/
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1 or total amount of loan forfeitures to a person to support

2 the price of honey under section 207 of the Agricultural

3 Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1446h) and section 405A of such

4 Act (7 U.S.C. 1425a) in excess of zero dollars in the 1994

5 crop year.

6 SEC. 724. None of the funds in this Act may be used

7 by the Secretary of Agriculture to warrant to the Sec8 retary of the Treasury a payment out of the Treasury of

9 the United States for purposes specified in the tenth and

10 eleventh paragraphs under the heading ‘‘Emergency Ap11 propriations’’ of the Act of March 4, 1907 (7 U.S.C. 321,

12 et seq.): Provided, That $2,850,000 is hereby appropriated

13 for higher education challenge grants under section

14 1417(b)(1) of the National Agricultural Research, Exten15 sion, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977, as amended (7

16 U.S.C. 3152(b)(1)), including administrative expenses.

17 SEC. 725. None of the funds made available in this

18 Act for the Food Stamp Program may be used in violation

19 of 7 U.S.C. sec. 2015(f) or of any applicable Federal law

20 or regulation of the United States.

21 SEC. 726. None of the funds made available in this

22 Act for the Conservation Reserve Program may be used

23 in violation of 7 CFR 1498.4(a) or of any applicable Fed24 eral law or regulation of the United States.
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1 SEC. 727. None of the funds made available in this

2 Act for the Wetlands Reserve Program may be used in

3 violation of 7 CFR 1498.4(a) or of any applicable Federal

4 law or regulation of the United States.

5 SEC. 728. None of the funds made available in this

6 Act for the Agricultural Water Quality Protection Pro7 gram may be used in violation of 7 CFR 1498.4(a) or of

8 any applicable Federal law or regulation of the United

9 States.

10 SEC. 729. None of the funds made available in this

11 Act for Integrated Farm Management Program Option

12 may be used in violation of 7 CFR 1498.4(a) or of any

13 applicable Federal law or regulation of the United States.

14 SEC. 730. None of the funds made available in this

15 Act for Farm Labor Housing Grants (section 516) may

16 be used in violation of 7 CFR 1944.9(c) or of any applica17 ble Federal law or regulation of the United States.

18 SEC. 731. None of the funds made available in this

19 Act for Rural Housing Loans (section 502) may be used

20 in violation of 7 CFR 1944.9(c) or of any applicable Fed21 eral law or regulation of the United States.

22 SEC. 732. None of the funds made available in this

23 Act for Rural Rental Housing Loans (section 515) may

24 be used in violation of 7 CFR 1944.9(c) or of any applica25 ble Federal law or regulation of the United States.
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1 SEC. 733. None of the funds made available in this

2 Act for Rural Rental Assistance Payments (section 521)

3 may be used in violation of 7 CFR 1944.9(c) or of any

4 applicable Federal law or regulation of the United States.

5 SEC. 734. None of the funds made available in this

6 Act for Rural Housing Self-Help Technical Assistance

7 Grants may be used in violation of 7 CFR 1944.9(c) or

8 of any applicable Federal law or regulation of the United

9 States.

10 SEC. 735. None of the funds made available in this

11 Act for Rural Housing Site Loans (sections 523 and 524)

12 may be used in violation of 7 CFR 1944.9(c) or of any

13 applicable Federal law or regulation of the United States.

14 SEC. 736. None of the funds made available in this

15 Act for Farm Labor Housing Loans and Grants may be

16 used in violation of 7 CFR 1944.9(c) or of any applicable

17 Federal law or regulation of the United States.

18 SEC. 737. None of the funds made available in this

19 Act for Rural Rental Housing Loans may be used in viola20 tion of 7 CFR 1944.9(c) or of any applicable Federal law

21 or regulation of the United States.

22 SEC. 738. None of the funds made available in this

23 Act for Farm Ownership Loans may be used in violation

24 of 7 CFR 1943.12(a)(1) or of any applicable Federal law

25 or regulation of the United States.
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1 SEC. 739. None of the funds made available in this

2 Act for Emergency Loans may be used in violation of 7

3 CFR 1945.162(b)(1) or of any applicable Federal law or

4 regulation of the United States.

5 SEC. 740. None of the funds made available in this

6 Act for Farm Operating Loans may be used in violation

7 of 7 CFR 1941.12(a)(1) or of any applicable Federal law

8 or regulation of the United States.

9 SEC. 741. Notwithstanding section 715 of this Act,

10 none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available

11 by this Act shall be used to pay the salaries of personnel

12 who carry out a Market Promotion Program pursuant to

13 section 203 (7 U.S.C. 5623) of the Agricultural Trade Act

14 of 1978, with respect to tobacco or if the aggregate amount

15 of funds and/or commodities under such program exceeds

16 $90,000,000: Provided, That the appropriated levels pro17 vided in this Act for the following accounts shall be reduced

18 by 1.5 percent:

19 Office of the Secretary.

20 Office of Budget and Program Analysis.

21 Chief Financial Officer.

22 Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administra23 tion.

24 Advisory Committees (USDA).

25 Departmental Administration.
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1 Office of the Assistant Secretary for Congres2 sional Relations.

3 Office of Communications.

4 Office of the Inspector General.

5 Office of the Assistant Secretary for Economics.

6 Economic Research Service.

7 National Agricultural Statistics Service.

8 World Agricultural Outlook Board.

9 Office of the Assistant Secretary for Science and

10 Education.

11 Office of the Assistant Secretary for Marketing

12 and Inspection Services.

13 Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service,

14 Salaries and Expenses.

15 Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation

16 Service, Salaries and Expenses.

17 Soil Conservation Service, Conservation Oper18 ations.

19 Rural Housing Insurance Fund Program Ac20 count, Administrative Expenses.

21 Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund Program

22 Account, Administrative Expenses.

23 Rural Development Insurance Fund Program

24 Account, Administrative Expenses.
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1 Rural Development Loan Fund Program Ac2 count, Administrative Expenses.

3 Farmers Home Administration, Salaries and

4 Expenses.

5 Rural Electrification and Telephone Loans Pro6 gram Account, Administrative Expenses.

7 Rural Telephone Bank Program Account, Ad8 ministrative Expenses.

9 Office of the Assistant Secretary for Food and

10 Consumer Services.

11 Food and Drug Administration, Salaries and

12 Expenses.

13 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Agricultural, Rural

14 Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Relat15 ed Agencies Appropriations Act, 1995’’.

Passed the House of Representatives June 17, 1994.

Attest: DONNALD K. ANDERSON,

Clerk.

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