H. R. 4554

One Hundred Third Congress

of the

United States of America

AT THE SECOND SESSION

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,

the twenty-fifth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-four

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.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of

the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the

following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury

not otherwise appropriated, for Agriculture, Rural Development,

Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs

for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1995, and for other purposes, namely:

TITLE I—AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS

PRODUCTION, PROCESSING, AND MARKETING

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary of Agriculture, and not to exceed $75,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C.

3109, $2,801,000: Provided, That not to exceed $11,000 of this

amount, along with any unobligated balances of representation

funds in the Foreign Agricultural Service shall be available for

official reception and representation expenses, not otherwise provided for, as determined by the Secretary: Provided further, That

the Secretary may transfer salaries and expenses funds in this

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

between agencies of the Department of Agriculture to meet workload

requirements.

OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS

For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and Program

Analysis, including employment pursuant to the second sentence

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

which not to exceed $5,000 is for employment under 5 U.S.C.

3109, $5,795,000.

CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

For necessary expenses of the Chief Financial Officer to carry

out the mandates of the Chief Financial Officers Act of 1990,

$580,000.
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OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR ADMINISTRATION

For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant Secretary

for Administration to carry out the programs funded in this Act,

$596,000.

AGRICULTURE BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES AND RENTAL PAYMENTS

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

For payment of space rental and related costs pursuant to

Public Law 92–313 for programs and activities of the Department

of Agriculture which are included in this Act, $106,571,000, of

which $18,614,000 shall be retained by the Department of Agriculture for the operation, maintenance, and repair of Agriculture

buildings: Provided, That in the event an agency within the Department of Agriculture should require modification of space needs,

the Secretary of Agriculture may transfer a share of that agency’s

appropriation made available by this Act to this appropriation,

or may transfer a share of this appropriation to that agency’s

appropriation, but such transfers shall not exceed 5 per centum

of the funds made available for space rental and related costs

to or from this account. In addition, for construction, repair,

improvement, extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities as necessary to carry out the programs of the

Department, where not otherwise provided, $28,622,000, to remain

available until expended; making a total appropriation of

$135,193,000.

ADVISORY COMMITTEES (USDA)

For necessary expenses for activities of advisory committees

of the Department of Agriculture which are included in this Act,

$928,000: Provided, That no other funds appropriated to the Department of Agriculture in this Act shall be available to the Department

of Agriculture for support of activities of advisory committees.

HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses of the Department of Agriculture, to

comply with the requirement of section 107(g) of the Comprehensive

Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, as

amended, 42 U.S.C. 9607(g), and section 6001 of the Resource

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

$15,700,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That

appropriations and funds available herein to the Department of

Agriculture for hazardous waste management may be transferred

to any agency of the Department for its use in meeting all requirements pursuant to the above Acts on Federal and non-Federal

lands.

DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

For Finance and Management, $4,477,000, for Personnel, Operations, Information Resources Management, Civil Rights Enforcement, Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization,

Administrative Law Judges and Judicial Officer, and Emergency
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Programs, $21,710,000; making a total of $26,187,000 for Departmental Administration to provide for necessary expenses for

management support services to offices of the Department of Agriculture and for general administration and emergency preparedness

of the Department of Agriculture, repairs and alterations, and other

miscellaneous supplies and expenses not otherwise provided for

and necessary for the practical and efficient work of the Department

of Agriculture, including employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225),

of which not to exceed $10,000 is for employment under 5 U.S.C.

3109: Provided, That this appropriation shall be reimbursed from

applicable appropriations in this Act for travel expenses incident

to the holding of hearings as required by 5 U.S.C. 551–558.

OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CONGRESSIONAL

RELATIONS

For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant Secretary

for Congressional Relations to carry out the programs funded in

this Act, including programs involving intergovernmental affairs

and liaison within the executive branch, $1,764,000.

OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS

For necessary expenses to carry on services relating to the

coordination of programs involving public affairs, and for the

dissemination of agricultural information and the coordination of

information, work and programs authorized by Congress in the

Department, $8,198,000, including employment pursuant to the

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

U.S.C. 2225), of which not to exceed $10,000 shall be available

for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, and not to exceed $2,000,000

may be used for farmers’ bulletins.

OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL

For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector General,

including employment pursuant to the second sentence of section

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

General Act of 1978, as amended, $63,418,000, including such sums

as may be necessary for contracting and other arrangements with

public agencies and private persons pursuant to section 6(a)(9)

of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, and including

a sum not to exceed $50,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109;

and including a sum not to exceed $95,000 for certain confidential

operational expenses including the payment of informants, to be

expended under the direction of the Inspector General pursuant

to Public Law 95–452 and section 1337 of Public Law 97–98.

OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL

For necessary expenses of the Office of the General Counsel,

$25,992,000.
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OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR ECONOMICS

For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Economics to carry out the programs funded in this Act,

$540,000.

ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE

For necessary expenses of the Economic Research Service in conducting economic research and service relating to agricultural

production, marketing, and distribution, as authorized by the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621–1627) and other

laws, including economics of marketing; analyses relating to farm

prices, income and population, and demand for farm products, use

of resources in agriculture, adjustments, costs and returns in farming, and farm finance; research relating to the economic and marketing aspects of farmer cooperatives; and for analysis of supply and

demand for farm products in foreign countries and their effect

on prospects for United States exports, progress in economic development and its relation to sales of farm products, assembly and

analysis of agricultural trade statistics and analysis of international

financial and monetary programs and policies as they affect the

competitive position of United States farm products, $53,936,000;

of which $500,000 shall be available for investigation, determination, and finding as to the effect upon the production of food and

upon the agricultural economy of any proposed action affecting

such subject matter pending before the Administrator of the

Environmental Protection Agency for presentation, in the public

interest, before said Administrator, other agencies or before the

courts: Provided, That this appropriation shall be available for

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

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

this appropriation shall be available for analysis of statistics and

related facts on foreign production and full and complete information on methods used by other countries to move farm commodities

in world trade on a competitive basis.

NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE

For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural Statistics

Service in conducting statistical reporting and service work, including crop and livestock estimates, statistical coordination and

improvements, and marketing surveys, as authorized by the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621–1627) and other laws,

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

for employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a)

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

$40,000 shall be available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109.

WORLD AGRICULTURAL OUTLOOK BOARD

For necessary expenses of the World Agricultural Outlook Board

to coordinate and review all commodity and aggregate agricultural

and food data used to develop outlook and situation material within

the Department of Agriculture, as authorized by the Agricultural

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

That this appropriation shall be available for employment pursuant

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

1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225).
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OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR SCIENCE AND EDUCATION

For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Science and Education to administer the laws

enacted by the Congress for the Agricultural Research Service,

Cooperative State Research Service, Extension Service, and

National Agricultural Library, $520,000.

ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND COMMERCIALIZATION

REVOLVING FUND

For necessary expenses to carry out the Alternative Agricultural

Research and Commercialization Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5901–5908),

$6,500,000 is appropriated to the Alternative Agricultural Research

and Commercialization Revolving Fund.

AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses to enable the Agricultural Research

Service to perform agricultural research and demonstration relating

to production, utilization, marketing, and distribution (not otherwise

provided for), home economics or nutrition and consumer use, and

for acquisition of lands by donation, exchange, or purchase at a

nominal cost not to exceed $100, $696,382,000: Provided, That

appropriations hereunder shall be available for temporary employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the

Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $115,000

shall be available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided

further, That appropriations hereunder shall be available for the

operation and maintenance of aircraft and the purchase of not

to exceed one for replacement only: Provided further, That appropriations hereunder shall be available to conduct marketing

research: Provided further, That appropriations hereunder shall

be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for the construction, alteration, and repair of buildings and improvements, but unless otherwise provided the cost of constructing any one building shall not

exceed $250,000, except for headhouses or greenhouses which shall

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

be constructed or improved at a cost not to exceed $500,000 each,

and the cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year

shall not exceed 10 per centum of the current replacement value

of the building or $250,000, whichever is greater: Provided further,

That the limitations on alterations contained in this Act shall

not apply to modernization or replacement of existing facilities

at Beltsville, Maryland: Provided further, That the foregoing limitations shall not apply to replacement of buildings needed to carry

out the Act of April 24, 1948 (21 U.S.C. 113a): Provided further,

That the foregoing limitations shall not apply to the purchase

of land at Parlier, California, Beckley, West Virginia and Grand

Forks, North Dakota: Provided further, That not to exceed $190,000

of this appropriation may be transferred to and merged with the

appropriation for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Science

and Education for the scientific review of international issues

involving agricultural chemicals and food additives: Provided further, That funds may be received from any State, other political

subdivision, organization, or individual for the purpose of establish-
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ing or operating any research facility or research project of the

Agricultural Research Service, as authorized by law. None of the funds in the foregoing paragraph shall be available to carry out research related to the production, processing or

marketing of tobacco or tobacco products.

BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

For acquisition of land, construction, repair, improvement,

extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities

as necessary to carry out the agricultural research programs of

the Department of Agriculture, where not otherwise provided,

$43,718,000, to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b):

Provided, That funds may be received from any State, other political subdivision, organization, or individual for the purpose of establishing any research facility of the Agricultural Research Service, as

authorized by law.

COOPERATIVE STATE RESEARCH SERVICE

For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for coopera- tive forestry and other research, for facilities, and for other

expenses, including $171,304,000 to carry into effect the provisions

of the Hatch Act approved March 2, 1887, as amended, including

administration by the United States Department of Agriculture,

penalty mail costs of agricultural experiment stations under section

6 of the Hatch Act of 1887, as amended, and payments under

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

$20,809,000 for grants for cooperative forestry research under

the Act approved October 10, 1962 (16 U.S.C. 582a–582–a7), as

amended, including administrative expenses, and payments under

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

$28,157,000 for payments to the 1890 land-grant colleges, including

Tuskegee University, for research under section 1445 of the

National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy

Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3222), as amended, including administration

by the United States Department of Agriculture, and penalty mail

costs of the 1890 land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee University;

$52,295,000 for contracts and grants for agricultural research under

the Act of August 4, 1965, as amended (7 U.S.C. 450i(c));

$103,123,000 for competitive research grants under section 2(b)

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

health and disease programs authorized by section 1433 of Public

Law 95–113, including administrative expenses; $1,318,000 for

supplemental and alternative crops and products as authorized

by the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching

Policy Act of 1977, as amended (7 U.S.C. 3319d); $500,000 for

grants for research pursuant to the Critical Agricultural Materials

Act of 1984 (7 U.S.C. 178) and section 1472 of the Food and

Agriculture Act of 1977, as amended (7 U.S.C. 3318), to remain

available until expended; $475,000 for rangeland research grants

as authorized by subtitle M of the National Agricultural Research,

Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977, as amended; $8,990,000

for contracts and grants for agricultural research under the Act

of August 4, 1965, as amended (7 U.S.C. 450i(c)); $3,500,000 for

higher education graduate fellowships grants under section

1417(b)(6) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and
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Teaching Policy Act of 1977, as amended (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(6)),

including administrative expenses, to remain available until

expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); $4,350,000 for higher education challenge grants under section 1417(b)(1) of the National Agricultural

Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977, as amended

(7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(1)), including administrative expenses; $1,000,000

for a higher education minority scholars program under section

1417(b)(5) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and

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

including administrative expenses, to remain available until

expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); $4,000,000 for aquaculture grants as

authorized by section 1475 of the National Agricultural Research,

Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3322), and

other Acts; $8,112,000 for sustainable agriculture research and

education, as authorized by section 1621 of Public Law 101–624

(7 U.S.C. 5811), including administrative expenses; and $19,954,000

for necessary expenses of Cooperative State Research Service activities, including coordination and program leadership for higher education work of the Department, administration of payments to

State agricultural experiment stations, funds for employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act

of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), of which $9,917,000 shall be for a program

of capacity building grants to colleges eligible to receive funds

under the Act of August 30, 1890 (7 U.S.C. 321–326 and 328),

including Tuskegee University, to remain available until expended

(7 U.S.C. 2209b), of which not to exceed $100,000 shall be for

employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109; in all, $433,438,000.

None of the funds in the foregoing paragraph shall be available

to carry out research related to the production, processing or

marketing of tobacco or tobacco products.

BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

For acquisition of land, construction, repair, improvement,

extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities

and for grants to States and other eligible recipients for such

purposes, as necessary to carry out the agricultural research, extension, and teaching programs of the Department of Agriculture,

where not otherwise provided, $62,744,000, to remain available

until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b).

EXTENSION SERVICE

Payments to States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico,

Guam, the Virgin Islands, Micronesia, Northern Marianas, and

American Samoa: For payments for cooperative agricultural extension work under the Smith-Lever Act, as amended, to be distributed

under sections 3(b) and 3(c) of said Act, and under section 208(c)

of Public Law 93–471, for retirement and employees’ compensation

costs for extension agents and for costs of penalty mail for cooperative extension agents and State extension directors, $272,582,000;

payments for the nutrition and family education program for lowincome areas under section 3(d) of the Act, $61,431,000; payments

for the pest management program under section 3(d) of the Act,

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

Cooperative State Research Service; payments for the farm safety

and rural health programs under section 3(d) of the Act, $2,988,000;

payments for the pesticide impact assessment program under sec-
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tion 3(d) of the Act, $3,363,000; payments to upgrade 1890 landgrant college research and extension facilities as authorized by

section 1447 of Public Law 95–113, as amended (7 U.S.C. 3222b),

$7,901,000, to remain available until expended; payments for the

rural development centers under section 3(d) of the Act, $950,000;

payments for a groundwater quality program under section 3(d)

of the Act, $11,234,000; payments for the Agricultural Telecommunications Program, as authorized by Public Law 101–624 (7 U.S.C.

5926), $1,221,000; payments for youth-at-risk programs under section 3(d) of the Act, $10,000,000; payments for a Nutrition Education Initiative under section 3(d) of the Act, $4,265,000; payments

for a food safety program under section 3(d) of the Act, $2,475,000;

payments for carrying out the provisions of the Renewable

Resources Extension Act of 1978, $3,341,000; payments for Indian

reservation agents under section 3(d) of the Act, $1,750,000; payments for sustainable agriculture programs under section 3(d) of

the Act, $3,463,000; payments for rural health and safety education

as authorized by section 2390 of Public Law 101–624 (7 U.S.C.

2661 note, 2662), $2,750,000; payments for extension work by the

colleges receiving the benefits of the second Morrill Act (7 U.S.C.

321–326, 328) and Tuskegee University, $25,472,000; and for Federal administration and coordination including administration of

the Smith-Lever Act, as amended, and the Act of September 29,

1977 (7 U.S.C. 341–349), as amended, and section 1361(c) of the

Act of October 3, 1980 (7 U.S.C. 301n.), and to coordinate and

provide program leadership for the extension work of the Department and the several States and insular possessions, $12,611,000;

in all, $438,744,000: Provided, That funds hereby appropriated pursuant to section 3(c) of the Act of June 26, 1953, and section

506 of the Act of June 23, 1972, as amended, shall not be paid

to any State, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, or

the Virgin Islands, Micronesia, Northern Marianas, and American

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

sources for expenditure during the current fiscal year.

NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL LIBRARY

For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural Library,

$18,307,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall be available

for employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a)

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

$35,000 shall be available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109:

Provided further, That not to exceed $900,000 shall be available

pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for the alteration and repair of buildings

and improvements: Provided further, That $462,000 shall be available for a grant pursuant to section 1472 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7

U.S.C. 3818), in addition to other funds available in this appropriation for grants under this section.

OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR MARKETING AND

INSPECTION SERVICES

For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Marketing and Inspection Services to administer

programs under the laws enacted by the Congress for the Animal

and Plant Health Inspection Service, Food Safety and Inspection
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Service, Federal Grain Inspection Service, Agricultural Marketing

Service, and Packers and Stockyards Administration, $605,000.

ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

For expenses, not otherwise provided for, including those pursuant to the Act of February 28, 1947, as amended (21 U.S.C. 114b–

c), necessary to prevent, control, and eradicate pests and plant

and animal diseases; to carry out inspection, quarantine, and regulatory activities; to discharge the authorities of the Secretary of

Agriculture under the Act of March 2, 1931 (46 Stat. 1468; 7

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

by law, $443,651,000, of which $96,660,000 shall be derived from

user fees deposited in the Agricultural Quarantine Inspection User

Fee Account, and of which $4,938,000 shall be available for the

control of outbreaks of insects, plant diseases, animal diseases

and for control of pest animals and birds to the extent necessary

to meet emergency conditions: Provided, That, if the demand for

Agricultural Quarantine Inspection (AQI) user fee financed services

is greater than expected and/or other uncontrollable events occur,

the Agency may exceed the AQI User Fee limitation by up to

20 per centum, provided such funds are available in the Agricultural

Quarantine Inspection User Fee Account, and with notification

to the Appropriations Committees: Provided further, That no funds

shall be used to formulate or administer a brucellosis eradication

program for the current fiscal year that does not require minimum

matching by the States of at least 40 per centum: Provided further,

That this appropriation shall be available for field employment

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

Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $40,000 shall be

available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further,

That this appropriation shall be available for the operation and

maintenance of aircraft and the purchase of not to exceed four,

of which two shall be for replacement only: Provided further, That,

in addition, in emergencies which threaten any segment of the

agricultural production industry of this country, the Secretary may

transfer from other appropriations or funds available to the agencies

or corporations of the Department such sums as he may deem

necessary, to be available only in such emergencies for the arrest

and eradication of contagious or infectious disease or pests of animals, poultry, or plants, and for expenses in accordance with the

Act of February 28, 1947, as amended, and section 102 of the

Act of September 21, 1944, as amended, and any unexpended balances of funds transferred for such emergency purposes in the

next preceding fiscal year shall be merged with such transferred

amounts: Provided further, That appropriations hereunder shall

be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the repair and

alteration of leased buildings and improvements, but unless otherwise provided the cost of altering any one building during the

fiscal year shall not exceed 10 per centum of the current replacement value of the building.

In fiscal year 1995 the agency is authorized to collect fees

to cover the total costs of providing technical assistance, goods,
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or services requested by States, other political subdivisions, domestic and international organizations, foreign governments, or individuals, provided that such fees are structured such that any entity’s

liability for such fees is reasonably based on the technical assistance, goods, or services provided to the entity by the agency, and

such fees shall be credited to this account, to remain available

until expended, without further appropriation, for providing such

assistance, goods, or services.

BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

For plans, construction, repair, preventive maintenance,

environmental support, improvement, extension, alteration, and

purchase of fixed equipment or facilities, as authorized by 7 U.S.C.

2250, and acquisition of land as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 428a,

$6,973,000, to remain available until expended.

FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE

For necessary expenses to carry on services authorized by the

Federal Meat Inspection Act, as amended, and the Poultry Products

Inspection Act, as amended, $516,738,000, and in addition,

$1,000,000 may be credited to this account from fees collected

for the cost of laboratory accreditation as authorized by section

1017 of Public Law 102–237: Provided, That this appropriation

shall be available for field employment pursuant to section 706(a)

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

$75,000 shall be available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109:

Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and repair of buildings

and improvements, but the cost of altering any one building during

the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 per centum of the current

replacement value of the building.

FEDERAL GRAIN INSPECTION SERVICE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the United

States Grain Standards Act, as amended, and the standardization

activities related to grain under the Agricultural Marketing Act

of 1946, as amended, including field employment pursuant to section

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

exceed $20,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $11,325,000:

Provided, That this appropriation shall be available pursuant to

law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and repair of buildings and

improvements, but the cost of altering any one building during

the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 per centum of the current

replacement value of the building.

INSPECTION AND WEIGHING SERVICES

LIMITATION ON INSPECTION AND WEIGHING SERVICE EXPENSES

Not to exceed $42,784,000 (from fees collected) shall be obligated during the current fiscal year for Inspection and Weighing

Services: Provided, That if grain export activities require additional

supervision and oversight, or other uncontrollable factors occur,
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this limitation may be exceeded by up to 10 per centum with

notification to the Appropriations Committees.

AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE

MARKETING SERVICES

For necessary expenses to carry on services related to consumer protection, agricultural marketing and distribution, transportation,

agricultural cooperatives, and regulatory programs, as authorized

by law, and for administration and coordination of payments to

States; including field employment pursuant to section 706(a) of

the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $90,000

for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $56,591,000; including funds

for the Wholesale Market Development Program for the design

and development of wholesale and farmer market facilities for the

major metropolitan areas of the country: Provided, That this appro- priation shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for

the alteration and repair of buildings and improvements, but the

cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year shall not

exceed 10 per centum of the current replacement value of the

building.

Fees may be collected for the cost of standardization activities,

as established by regulation pursuant to law (31 U.S.C. 9701).

LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

Not to exceed $57,054,000 (from fees collected) shall be obligated during the current fiscal year for administrative expenses:

Provided, That if crop size is understated and/or other uncontrollable events occur, the agency may exceed this limitation by

up to 10 per centum with notification to the Appropriations

Committees.

FUNDS FOR STRENGTHENING MARKETS, INCOME, AND SUPPLY

(SECTION 32)

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

Funds available under section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c) shall be used only for commodity program

expenses as authorized therein, and other related operating

expenses, except for: (1) transfers to the Department of Commerce

as authorized by the Fish and Wildlife Act of August 8, 1956;

(2) transfers otherwise provided in this Act; and (3) not more

than $10,309,000 for formulation and administration of Marketing

Agreements and Orders pursuant to the Agricultural Marketing

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

of 1961.

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

sunflower and cottonseed oil exports to the full extent authorized

by section 1541 of Public Law 101–624 (7 U.S.C. 1464 note), and

such funds shall be used to facilitate additional sales of such oils

in world markets.

PAYMENTS TO STATES AND POSSESSIONS

For payments to departments of agriculture, bureaus and

departments of markets, and similar agencies for marketing activi-
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ties under section 204(b) of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946

(7 U.S.C. 1623(b)), $1,200,000.

PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS ADMINISTRATION

For necessary expenses for administration of the Packers and

Stockyards Act, as authorized by law, and for certifying procedures

used to protect purchasers of farm products, including field employment pursuant to section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7

U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $5,000 for employment under 5

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

FARM INCOME STABILIZATION

OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

AND COMMODITY PROGRAMS

For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the Under

Secretary for International Affairs and Commodity Programs to

administer the laws enacted by Congress for the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service, Foreign Agricultural Service,

and the Commodity Credit Corporation, $549,000.

AGRICULTURAL STABILIZATION AND CONSERVATION SERVICE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

For necessary administrative expenses of the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service, including expenses to formulate

and carry out programs authorized by title III of the Agricultural

Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1301–1393); the

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

sections 7 to 15, 16(a), 16(f), and 17 of the Soil Conservation

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

590p(a), 590p(f), and 590q); sections 1001 to 1004, 1006 to 1008,

and 1010 of the Agricultural Act of 1970, as amended (16 U.S.C.

1501 to 1504, 1506 to 1508, and 1510); the Water Bank Act, as

amended (16 U.S.C. 1301–1311); the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2101); sections 202(c) and 205 of

title II of the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act of 1974,

as amended (43 U.S.C. 1592(c), 1595); sections 401, 402, and 404

to 406 of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2201

to 2205); the United States Warehouse Act, as amended (7 U.S.C.

241–273); title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985, as amended

(16 U.S.C. 3811 et seq.); and laws pertaining to the Commodity

Credit Corporation, $717,958,000; of which $716,333,000 is hereby

appropriated, and $1,036,000 is transferred from the Public Law

480 Program Account in this Act and $589,000 is transferred from

the Commodity Credit Corporation Program Account in this Act:

Provided, That other funds made available to the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service for authorized activities may

be advanced to and merged with this account: Provided further,

That these funds shall be available for employment pursuant to

the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944

(7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $100,000 shall be available

for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That no
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part of the funds made available under this Act shall be used:

(1) to influence the vote in any referendum; (2) to influence agricultural legislation, except as permitted in 18 U.S.C. 1913; or (3)

for salaries or other expenses of members of county and community

committees established pursuant to section 8(b) of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act, as amended, for engaging

in any activities other than advisory and supervisory duties and

delegated program functions prescribed in administrative

regulations.

CORPORATIONS

The following corporations and agencies are hereby authorized

to make expenditures, within the limits of funds and borrowing

authority available to each such corporation or agency and in accord

with law, and to make contracts and commitments without regard

to fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government Corporation Control Act, as amended, as may be necessary

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

fiscal year for such corporation or agency, except as hereinafter

provided.

FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION

ADMINISTRATIVE AND OPERATING EXPENSES

For administrative and operating expenses, as authorized by

the Federal Crop Insurance Act, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1516),

$68,884,000: Provided, That until October 1, 1995, the Secretary

of Agriculture may collect and use such sums as may be necessary

for the delivery of catastrophic risk protection under subsections

(b) and (c) of section 508 of the Federal Crop Insurance Act, as

that Act would be amended by section 6(a)(3) of H.R. 4217 as

passed by the House on August 5, 1994, if such provision or similar

provision is enacted into law: Provided further, That in addition

to amounts otherwise appropriated in this Act, there are hereby

appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the

purposes of the crop insurance fund established under section 516

of the Federal Crop Insurance Act, as that Act would be amended

by sections 8 (b) and (c) of H.R. 4217, if such provision or similar

provision is enacted into law: Provided further, That not to exceed

$700 shall be available for official reception and representation

expenses, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1506(i): Provided further, That

none of the funds in this Act may be used to offer a Federal

crop insurance policy in counties on crops where a loss ratio, that

has already been recalculated pursuant to law to reflect the premium rates issued by the Corporation for the 1994 crop year,

is in excess of 1.10 more than 70 percent of the years that a

policy has been offered since 1980: Provided further, That none

of the funds in this Act may be used to pay operating and administrative costs that exceed 31 per centum of premium to insurers

of policies on which the Corporation provides reinsurance, except

to reimburse said insurers for excess loss adjustment expenses

as provided for in the Standard Reinsurance Agreement issued

by the Corporation: Provided further, That the fourth proviso shall

not apply in any county affected if the Corporation has implemented

a nonstandard classification system in such county for those individual farms that have experienced excessive losses since 1980 under

which the premium rates, notwithstanding the provision of section
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508(d) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act, are increased over comparable rates effective for the 1994 crop, or the insured yields

are decreased from comparable yields for the 1994 crop, or a combination of both, by an amount or amounts sufficient to ensure

that an estimated loss ratio will not exceed 1.1 for the crop produced

on such farms during the 1995 crop year.

FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION FUND

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

Crop Insurance Act, as amended, $219,107,000, to remain available

until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b).

COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION FUND

REIMBURSEMENT FOR NET REALIZED LOSSES

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

reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for net realized losses

sustained, but not previously reimbursed (estimated to be

$15,500,000,000 in the President’s fiscal year 1995 Budget Request

(H. Doc. 103–179)), but not to exceed $15,500,000,000, pursuant

to section 2 of the Act of August 17, 1961, as amended (15 U.S.C.

713a–11).

OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE FOR HAZARDOUS WASTE

MANAGEMENT

For fiscal year 1995, the Commodity Credit Corporation shall

not expend more than $5,000,000 for expenses to comply with

the requirement of section 107(g) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended,

42 U.S.C. 9607(g), and section 6001 of the Resource Conservation

and Recovery Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 6961: Provided, That

expenses shall be for operations and maintenance costs only and

that other hazardous waste management costs shall be paid for

by the USDA Hazardous Waste Management appropriation in this

Act.

DISASTER ASSISTANCE

Such sums as may be necessary from the Commodity Credit

Corporation shall be available, through July 15, 1995, to producers

under the same terms and conditions authorized in chapter 3,

subtitle B, title XXII of Public Law 101–624 for 1994 crops, including aquaculture and excluding ornamental fish, affected by natural

disasters: Provided, That these funds shall be made available upon

enactment of this Act: Provided further, That such funds shall

also be available for payments to producers for 1995 through 1996

orchard crop losses, if the losses are due to freezing conditions

incurred between January 1, 1994 and March 31, 1994, and Federal

crop insurance is not available for affected orchard crop producers:

Provided further, That such funds shall also be available to fund

the costs of replanting, reseeding, or repairing damage to commercial trees, including orchard and nursery inventory, as a result

of 1994 weather-related damages: Provided further, That the terms

and conditions of section 521, paragraphs (a) (3) and (4), paragraph

(b)(3), subparagraph (c)(2)(C), and subsections (d) and (e), as amended in section 201 of S. 2095 (as reported by the Committee on
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Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry on June 22, 1994) shall apply

to all claims for assistance made under this paragraph: Provided

further, That such amounts and uses of funds made available under

this paragraph are designated by Congress as emergency requirements pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget

and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, and that such funds

and uses shall be available only to the extent an official budget

request for a specific dollar amount, that includes designation of

the entire amount of the request as an emergency requirement

pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control

Act of 1985, is transmitted by the President to the Congress.

TITLE II—CONSERVATION PROGRAMS

OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR

NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT

For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment to administer

the laws enacted by the Congress for the Forest Service and the

Soil Conservation Service, $677,000.

SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE

CONSERVATION OPERATIONS

For necessary expenses for carrying out the provisions of the

Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–590f) including preparation

of conservation plans and establishment of measures to conserve

soil and water (including farm irrigation and land drainage and

such special measures for soil and water management as may

be necessary to prevent floods and the siltation of reservoirs and

to control agricultural related pollutants); operation of conservation

plant materials centers; classification and mapping of soil; dissemination of information; acquisition of lands by donation, exchange,

or purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed $100; purchase and

erection or alteration or improvement of permanent and temporary

buildings; and operation and maintenance of aircraft, $556,062,000,

and the unobligated and uncommitted portion of the fiscal year

1994 appropriation for the Conservation Reserve Program shall

be transferred to this account, to remain available until expended

(7 U.S.C. 2209b); of which not less than $5,756,000 is for snow

survey and water forecasting and not less than $8,070,000 is for

operation and establishment of the plant materials centers: Provided, That except for $3,399,000 for improvements of the plant

materials centers, the cost of any permanent building purchased,

erected, or as improved, exclusive of the cost of constructing a

water supply or sanitary system and connecting the same to any

such building and with the exception of buildings acquired in

conjunction with land being purchased for other purposes, shall

not exceed $10,000, except for one building to be constructed at

a cost not to exceed $100,000 and eight buildings to be constructed

or improved at a cost not to exceed $50,000 per building and

except that alterations or improvements to other existing permanent

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

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

That when buildings or other structures are erected on non-Federal
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land that the right to use such land is obtained as provided in

7 U.S.C. 2250a: Provided further, That no part of this appropriation

may be expended for soil and water conservation operations under

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

projects: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available

for employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a)

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

$25,000 shall be available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109:

Provided further, That qualified local engineers may be temporarily

employed at per diem rates to perform the technical planning

work of the Service.

RIVER BASIN SURVEYS AND INVESTIGATIONS

For necessary expenses to conduct research, investigation, and

surveys of watersheds of rivers and other waterways, in accordance

with section 6 of the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention

Act approved August 4, 1954, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1006–1009),

$12,970,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall be available

for employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a)

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

$60,000 shall be available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109.

WATERSHED PLANNING

For necessary expenses for small watershed investigations and

planning, in accordance with the Watershed Protection and Flood

Prevention Act, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1001–1008), $10,546,000:

Provided, That this appropriation shall be available for employment

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

Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $50,000 shall be

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

WATERSHED AND FLOOD PREVENTION OPERATIONS

For necessary expenses to carry out preventive measures,

including but not limited to research, engineering operations, methods of cultivation, the growing of vegetation, rehabilitation of existing works and changes in use of land, in accordance with the

Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act approved August

4, 1954, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1001–1005, 1007–1009), the provisions of the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–f), and in

accordance with the provisions of laws relating to the activities

of the Department, $70,000,000, to remain available until expended

(7 U.S.C. 2209b) (of which $10,000,000 shall be available for the

watersheds authorized under the Flood Control Act approved June

22, 1936 (33 U.S.C. 701, 16 U.S.C. 1006a), as amended and supplemented): Provided, That, for fiscal year 1995 only, not to exceed

10 per centum of the foregoing amounts shall be available for

allocation to any one State: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available for employment pursuant to the second

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

2225), and not to exceed $200,000 shall be available for employment

under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That not to exceed

$1,000,000 of this appropriation is available to carry out the purposes of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (Public Law 93–

205), as amended, including cooperative efforts as contemplated

by that Act to relocate endangered or threatened species to other
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suitable habitats as may be necessary to expedite project

construction.

RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT

For necessary expenses in planning and carrying out projects for resource conservation and development and for sound land use

pursuant to the provisions of section 32(e) of title III of the

Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1010–

1011; 76 Stat. 607), the provisions of the Act of April 27, 1935

(16 U.S.C. 590a–f), and the provisions of the Agriculture and Food

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

until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209): Provided, That this appropriation

shall be available for employment pursuant to the second sentence

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

not to exceed $50,000 shall be available for employment under

5 U.S.C. 3109.

GREAT PLAINS CONSERVATION PROGRAM

For necessary expenses to carry into effect a program of con- servation in the Great Plains area, pursuant to section 16(b) of

the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act, as added by

the Act of August 7, 1956, as amended (16 U.S.C. 590p(b)),

$15,172,000, to remain available until expended (16 U.S.C.

590p(b)(7)).

AGRICULTURAL STABILIZATION AND CONSERVATION SERVICE

AGRICULTURAL CONSERVATION PROGRAM

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses to carry into effect the program authorized in sections 7 to 15, 16(a), 16(f), and 17 of the Soil Conservation

and Domestic Allotment Act approved February 29, 1936, as

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

and 590q), and sections 1001–1004, 1006–1008, and 1010 of the

Agricultural Act of 1970, as added by the Agriculture and Consumer

Protection Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1501–1504, 1506–1508, and 1510),

and including not to exceed $15,000 for the preparation and display

of exhibits, including such displays at State, interstate, and international fairs within the United States, $100,000,000, to remain

available until expended (16 U.S.C. 590o), for agreements, excluding

administration but including technical assistance and related

expenses (16 U.S.C. 590o), except that no participant in the Agricultural Conservation Program shall receive more than $3,500 per

year, except where the participants from two or more farms or

ranches join to carry out approved practices designed to conserve

or improve the agricultural resources of the community, or where

a participant has a long-term agreement, in which case the total

payment shall not exceed the annual payment limitation multiplied

by the number of years of the agreement: Provided, That no portion

of the funds for the current year’s program may be utilized to

provide financial or technical assistance for drainage on wetlands

now designated as Wetlands Types 3 (III) through 20 (XX) in

United States Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Circular

39, Wetlands of the United States, 1956: Provided further, That

such amounts shall be available for the purchase of seeds, fertilizers,
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lime, trees, or any other conservation materials, or any soil-terracing services, and making grants thereof to agricultural producers

to aid them in carrying out approved farming practices as authorized by the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act, as

amended, as determined and recommended by the county committees, approved by the State committees and the Secretary, under

programs provided for herein: Provided further, That such assistance will not be used for carrying out measures and practices

that are primarily production-oriented or that have little or no

conservation or pollution abatement benefits: Provided further, That

not to exceed 5 per centum of the allocation for the current year’s

program for any county may, on the recommendation of such county

committee and approval of the State committee, be withheld and

allotted to the Soil Conservation Service for services of its technicians in formulating and carrying out the Agricultural Conservation

Program in the participating counties, and shall not be utilized

by the Soil Conservation Service for any purpose other than technical and other assistance in such counties, and in addition, on

the recommendation of such county committee and approval of

the State committee, not to exceed 1 per centum may be made

available to any other Federal, State, or local public agency for

the same purpose and under the same conditions: Provided further,

That for the current year’s program $2,500,000 shall be available

for technical assistance in formulating and carrying out rural

environmental practices: Provided further, That not to exceed

$15,000,000 of the amount appropriated shall be used for water

quality payments and practices in the same manner as permitted

under the program for water quality authorized in chapter 2 of

subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985, as amended

(16 U.S.C. 3838 et seq.).

FORESTRY INCENTIVES PROGRAM

For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, to carry

out the program of forestry incentives, as authorized in the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2101), including

technical assistance and related expenses, $6,625,000, to remain

available until expended, as authorized by that Act.

COLORADO RIVER BASIN SALINITY CONTROL PROGRAM

For necessary expenses for carrying out a voluntary cooperative

salinity control program pursuant to section 202(c) of title II of

the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act, as amended (43

U.S.C. 1592(c)), to be used to reduce salinity in the Colorado River

and to enhance the supply and quality of water available for use

in the United States and the Republic of Mexico, $4,500,000 to

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

investigations and surveys, for technical assistance in developing

conservation practices and in the preparation of salinity control

plans, for the establishment of on-farm irrigation management systems, including related lateral improvement measures, for making

cost-share payments to agricultural landowners and operators,

Indian tribes, irrigation districts and associations, local governmental and nongovernmental entities, and other landowners to

aid them in carrying out approved conservation practices as determined and recommended by the county ASC committees, approved

by the State ASC committees and the Secretary, and for associated
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costs of program planning, information and education, and program

monitoring and evaluation: Provided, That the Soil Conservation

Service shall provide technical assistance and the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service shall provide administrative

services for the program, including but not limited to, the negotiation and administration of agreements and the disbursement of

payments: Provided further, That such program shall be coordinated

with the regular Agricultural Conservation Program and with

research programs of other agencies.

CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses to carry out the conservation reserve

program pursuant to the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C.

3831–3845), $1,743,274,000, to remain available until expended,

to be used for Commodity Credit Corporation expenditures for costshare assistance for the establishment of conservation practices

provided for in approved conservation reserve program contracts,

and for annual rental payments provided in such contracts, and

for technical assistance.

WETLANDS RESERVE PROGRAM

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses to carry out the Wetlands Reserve

Program pursuant to subchapter C of subtitle D of title XII of

the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3837), $93,200,000, to

remain available until expended: Provided, That the Secretary is

authorized to use the services, facilities, and authorities of the

Commodity Credit Corporation for the purpose of carrying out the

Wetlands Reserve Program.

TITLE III—FARMERS HOME AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT

PROGRAMS

OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR SMALL COMMUNITY AND

RURAL DEVELOPMENT

For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the Under

Secretary for Small Community and Rural Development to administer programs under the laws enacted by the Congress for the

Farmers Home Administration, Rural Electrification Administration, Federal Crop Insurance Corporation, and rural development

activities of the Department of Agriculture, $568,000.

RURAL DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION

The Secretary may transfer funds from the Farmers Home

Administration in this Act to fund the Rural Development Administration, as authorized by law.
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RURAL DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION AND FARMERS HOME

ADMINISTRATION

RURAL HOUSING INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

For gross obligations for the principal amount of direct and

guaranteed loans as authorized by title V of the Housing Act of

1949, as amended, to be available from funds in the Rural Housing

Insurance Fund, as follows: $2,200,000,000 for loans to section

502 borrowers, as determined by the Secretary, of which

$1,000,000,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans;

$35,000,000 for section 504 housing repair loans; $15,915,000 for

section 514 farm labor housing; $220,000,000 for section 515 rental

housing; and $632,000 for site loans: Provided, That up to

$48,650,000 of these funds shall be made available for section

502(g), Deferral Mortgage Demonstration.

For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including the

cost of modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: low-income section 502 loans,

$244,720,000 of which $17,200,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans; section 504 housing repair loans, $11,690,000; section

514 farm labor housing, $7,911,000; and section 515 rental housing,

$115,500,000.

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

Congressional Budget Act of 1974) of guaranteed loans under a

demonstration program of loan guarantees for multifamily rental

housing in rural areas, $1,000,000, to be derived from the amount

made available under this heading for the cost of low-income section

502 loans and to become available for obligation only upon the

enactment of authorizing legislation.

In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry

out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $389,818,000.

RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

For rental assistance agreements entered into or renewed

pursuant to the authority under section 521(a)(2) or agreements

entered into in lieu of forgiveness or payments for eligible households as authorized by section 502(c)(5)(D) of the Housing Act

of 1949, as amended, $523,008,000; and in addition such sums

as may be necessary, as authorized by section 521(c) of the Act,

to liquidate debt incurred prior to fiscal year 1992 to carry out

the Rental Assistance Program under section 521(a)(2) of the Act:

Provided, That of this amount not more than $5,900,000 shall

be available for debt forgiveness or payments for eligible households

as authorized by section 502(c)(5)(D) of the Act, and not to exceed

$10,000 per project for advances to nonprofit organizations or public

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

in purchasing projects pursuant to section 502(c)(5)(C) of the Act:

Provided further, That agreements entered into or renewed during

fiscal year 1995 shall be funded for a five-year period, although

the life of any such agreement may be extended to fully utilize

amounts obligated.
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SELF-HELP HOUSING LAND DEVELOPMENT FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

For gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans,

as authorized by section 523(b)(1)(B) of the Housing Act of 1949,

as amended (42 U.S.C. 1490c), $603,000.

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

loans, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act

of 1974, $11,000.

In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry

out the direct loan program, $14,000.

AGRICULTURAL CREDIT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

For gross obligations for the principal amount of direct and

guaranteed loans as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1928–1929, to be available from funds in the Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund, as

follows: farm ownership loans, $618,755,000, of which $540,674,000

shall be for guaranteed loans; operating loans, $2,465,000,000, of

which $1,735,000,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans

and $230,000,000 shall be for subsidized guaranteed loans; Indian

tribe land acquisition loans as authorized by 25 U.S.C. 488,

$1,000,000; and for emergency insured loans, $100,000,000 to meet

the needs resulting from natural disasters.

For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including the

cost of modifying loans as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: farm ownership loans,

$31,853,000, of which $20,870,000 shall be for guaranteed loans;

operating loans, $95,340,000, of which $9,360,000 shall be for

unsubsidized guaranteed loans and $29,425,000 shall be for subsidized guaranteed loans; Indian tribe land acquisition loans as

authorized by 25 U.S.C. 488, $123,000; and for emergency insured

loans, $26,290,000 to meet the needs resulting from natural

disasters.

In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry

out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $243,766,000.

RURAL DEVELOPMENT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

For gross obligations for the principal amount of direct and

guaranteed loans as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1928 and 86 Stat.

661–664, as amended, to be available from funds in the Rural

Development Insurance Fund, as follows: water and sewer facility

loans, $905,523,000; community facility loans, $300,000,000, of

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

industrial development loans, $500,000,000: Provided, That none

of the funds made available in this Act may be used to make

transfers between the above limitations: Provided further, That

of the amounts appropriated above, $17,000,000 of direct water

and sewer facility, $7,800,000 of direct community facility, and

$11,000,000 of guaranteed industrial development loan funds shall

be available through July 30, 1995, for empowerment zones and

enterprise communities, as authorized by title XIII of the Omnibus

Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993.

For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including the

cost of modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: direct water and sewer

facility loans, $126,502,000; direct community facility loans,

$21,375,000; guaranteed community facility loans, $3,728,000; and
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guaranteed industrial development loans, $4,750,000: Provided,

That of the amounts appropriated in this paragraph, $2,360,000

for direct water and sewer facility loans, $741,000 for direct community facility, and $103,000 for guaranteed industrial development

loans shall be available through July 30, 1995, for empowerment

zones and enterprise communities, as authorized by title XIII of

the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993.

In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry

out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $57,294,000.

RURAL DEVELOPMENT LOAN FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

For the cost of direct loans, $46,000,000, as authorized by

the Rural Development Loan Fund (42 U.S.C. 9812(a)): Provided,

That such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall

be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of

1974: Provided further, That these funds are available to subsidize

gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans of

$88,038,000: Provided further, That through July 30, 1995, of these

amounts, $5,519,000 shall be available for the cost of direct loans,

for empowerment zones and enterprise communities, as authorized

by title XIII of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993,

to subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount of direct

loans, $10,565,000.

In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry

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

STATE MEDIATION GRANTS

For grants pursuant to section 502(b) of the Agricultural Credit

Act of 1987, as amended (7 U.S.C. 5101–5106), $3,000,000.

RURAL WATER AND WASTE DISPOSAL GRANTS

For grants pursuant to section 306(a)(2) of the Consolidated

Farm and Rural Development Act, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1926),

$500,000,000, to remain available until expended, pursuant to section 306(d) of the above Act of which $19,047,000 shall be available,

through July 30, 1995, for empowerment zones and enterprise

communities, as authorized by title XIII of the Omnibus Budget

Reconciliation Act of 1993, and of which $25,000,000 shall be available for water and waste disposal systems to benefit the Colonias

along the United States/Mexico border, including grants pursuant

to section 306C: Provided, That, with the exception of the foregoing

$19,047,000, and the foregoing $25,000,000, these funds shall not

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

Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act.

VERY LOW-INCOME HOUSING REPAIR GRANTS

For grants to the very low-income elderly for essential repairs

to dwellings pursuant to section 504 of the Housing Act of 1949,

as amended, $24,900,000, to remain available until expended.

RURAL HOUSING FOR DOMESTIC FARM LABOR

For financial assistance to eligible nonprofit organizations for

housing for domestic farm labor, pursuant to section 516 of the
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Housing Act of 1949, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1486), $10,900,000,

to remain available until expended.

MUTUAL AND SELF-HELP HOUSING

For grants and contracts pursuant to section 523(b)(1)(A) of

the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490c), $12,650,000, to remain

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

RURAL WATER AND WASTE DISPOSAL GRANTS

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary may

use 1980 or 1990 census information for grant eligibility of projects

submitted to the agency prior to the availability of 1990 census

information in amounts not to exceed total project cost overruns.

RURAL COMMUNITY FIRE PROTECTION GRANTS

For grants pursuant to section 7 of the Cooperative Forestry

Assistance Act of 1978 (Public Law 95–313), $3,400,000 to fund

up to 50 per centum of the cost of organizing, training, and equipping rural volunteer fire departments.

COMPENSATION FOR CONSTRUCTION DEFECTS

For compensation for construction defects as authorized by

section 509(c) of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended, $495,000,

to remain available until expended.

RURAL HOUSING PRESERVATION GRANTS

For grants for rural housing preservation as authorized by

section 552 of the Housing and Urban-Rural Recovery Act of 1983

(Public Law 98–181), $22,000,000.

RURAL BUSINESS ENTERPRISE GRANTS

For grants authorized under section 310B(c) and 310B(j) (7

U.S.C. 1932) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development

Act to any qualified public or private nonprofit organization,

$47,500,000, of which $1,000,000 shall be available to carry out

the Northern Great Plains Rural Development Act (if enacted);

and of which $9,500,000 shall be available through July 30, 1995,

for assistance to empowerment zones and enterprise communities,

as authorized by title XIII of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation

Act of 1993: Provided, That $500,000 shall be available for grants

to qualified nonprofit organizations to provide technical assistance

and training for rural communities needing improved passenger

transportation systems or facilities in order to promote economic

development.

SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT GRANTS

For grants for pollution abatement and control projects author- ized under section 310B(b) (7 U.S.C. 1932) of the Consolidated

Farm and Rural Development Act, $2,995,000: Provided, That such

assistance shall include regional technical assistance for improvement of solid waste management.
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OUTREACH FOR SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED FARMERS

For grants and contracts pursuant to section 2501 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 2279),

$2,995,000, to remain available until expended.

RURAL TECHNOLOGY AND COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS

For grants pursuant to section 310(f) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1926(a)(11)),

$1,750,000.

LOCAL TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND PLANNING GRANTS

For grants pursuant to section 306(a)(11)(A) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, as amended (7 U.S.C.

1926(a)(11)), $1,750,000.

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses of the Farmers Home Administration,

not otherwise provided for, in administering the programs authorized by the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7

U.S.C. 1921–2000), as amended; title V of the Housing Act of

1949, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1471–1490o); the Rural Rehabilitation

Corporation Trust Liquidation Act, approved May 3, 1950 (40 U.S.C.

440–444), for administering the loan program authorized by title

III–A of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 (Public Law 88–

452 approved August 20, 1964), as amended; the Cooperative

Marketing Act of July 2, 1926 (7 U.S.C. 451–457); and for activities

relating to the marketing aspects of cooperatives, including economic research and analysis and the application of economic

research findings, as authorized by the Agricultural Marketing Act

of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621–1627), and for activities with institutions

or organizations throughout the world concerning the development

and operation of agricultural cooperatives (7 U.S.C. 3291), and

such other programs which the Farmers Home Administration has

the responsibility for administering, $700,585,000; of which

$37,811,000 is hereby appropriated, $374,255,000 shall be derived

by transfer from the Rural Housing Insurance Fund Program

Account in this Act and merged with this account, $229,735,000

shall be derived by transfer from the Agriculture Credit Insurance

Fund Program Account in this Act and merged with this account,

$57,294,000 shall be derived by transfer from the Rural Development Insurance Fund Program Account in this Act and merged

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

the Rural Development Loan Fund Program Account in this Act

and merged with this account, and $14,000 shall be derived by

transfer from the Self-Help Housing Land Development Fund Program Account in this Act and merged with this account: Provided,

That not to exceed $515,000 of this appropriation may be used

for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That not

to exceed $4,263,000 of this appropriation shall be available for

contracting with the National Rural Water Association or other

equally qualified national organization for a circuit rider program

to provide technical assistance for rural water systems: Provided

further, That not to exceed $2,000,000 shall be available through
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cooperative agreements to assist in developing efforts to provide

information and technical assistance to traditionally underrepresented communities to encourage business community

development.

RURAL ELECTRIFICATION ADMINISTRATION

To carry into effect the provisions of the Rural Electrification

Act of 1936, as amended (7 U.S.C. 901–950(b)), as follows:

RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELEPHONE LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

Insured loans pursuant to the authority of section 305 of the

Rural Electrification Act of 1936, as amended (7 U.S.C. 935), shall

be made as follows: 5 percent rural electrification loans,

$100,000,000; 5 percent rural telephone loans, $75,000,000; cost

of money rural telephone loans, $297,000,000; municipal rate rural

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

306 of that Act, $420,000,000, to remain available until expended.

For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional

Budget Act of 1974, including the cost of modifying loans, of direct

and guaranteed loans authorized by the Rural Electrification Act

of 1936, as amended (7 U.S.C. 935), as follows: cost of direct loans,

$15,200,000; cost of municipal rate loans, $46,020,000; cost of money

rural telephone loans, $60,000; cost of loans guaranteed pursuant

to section 306, $450,000.

In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry

out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $29,982,000.

RURAL TELEPHONE BANK PROGRAM ACCOUNT

The Rural Telephone Bank is hereby authorized to make such

expenditures, within the limits of funds available to such corporation in accord with law, and to make such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by

section 104 of the Government Corporation Control Act, as

amended, as may be necessary in carrying out its authorized programs for the current fiscal year. During fiscal year 1995 and

within the resources and authority available, gross obligations for

the principal amount of direct loans shall be $175,000,000.

For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional

Budget Act of 1974, including the cost of modifying loans, of direct

loans authorized by the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, as

amended (7 U.S.C. 935), $770,000.

In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry

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

DISTANCE LEARNING AND MEDICAL LINK PROGRAMS

For necessary expenses to carry into effect the programs authorized in sections 2331–2335 of Public Law 101–624, $7,500,000,

to remain available until expended.

REA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

For gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans,

as authorized under section 313 of the Rural Electrification Act,

for the purpose of promoting rural economic development and job

creation projects, $12,865,000.
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For the cost of direct loans, including the cost of modifying loans as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act

of 1974, $3,077,000.

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

For administrative expenses to carry out the provisions of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, as amended (7 U.S.C. 901–950(b)),

and to administer the loan and loan guarantee programs for

Community Antenna Television facilities as authorized by the

Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1921–

1995), and for which commitments were made prior to fiscal year

1994, including not to exceed $7,000 for financial and credit reports,

funds for employment pursuant to the second sentence of section

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

exceed $103,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $38,776,000;

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

Electrification and Telephone Loans Program Account in this Act

and $8,794,000 shall be derived by transfer from the Rural Telephone Bank Program Account in this Act: Provided, That none

of the funds in this Act may be used to authorize the transfer

of additional funds to this account from the Rural Telephone Bank.

TITLE IV—DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS

OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR FOOD AND CONSUMER

SERVICES

For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Food and Consumer Services to administer the

laws enacted by the Congress for the Food and Nutrition Service,

$540,000.

FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE

CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses to carry out the National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751–1769b), and the applicable provisions other

than sections 3 and 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42

U.S.C. 1773–1785, and 1788–1789); $7,451,351,000, to remain available through September 30, 1996, of which $2,202,274,000 is hereby

appropriated and $5,249,077,000 shall be derived by transfer from

funds available under section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935

(7 U.S.C. 612c): Provided, That up to $3,849,000 shall be available

for independent verification of school food service claims: Provided

further, That $1,853,000 shall be available to provide financial

and other assistance to operate the Food Service Management

Institute: Provided further, That $500,000 shall be available to

provide grants to States for non-recurring costs in providing for

the special dietary needs of children with disabilities.

SPECIAL MILK PROGRAM

For necessary expenses to carry out the special milk program,

as authorized by section 3 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966
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(42 U.S.C. 1772), $18,089,000, to remain available through September 30, 1996.

SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL FOOD PROGRAM FOR WOMEN, INFANTS, AND

CHILDREN (WIC)

For necessary expenses to carry out the special supplemental

food program as authorized by section 17 of the Child Nutrition

Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786), $3,470,000,000, to remain available

through September 30, 1996, of which up to $6,750,000 may be

used to carry out the farmers’ market coupon program: Provided,

That none of the funds in this Act shall be available to pay administrative expenses of WIC clinics except those that have an announced

policy of prohibiting smoking within the space used to carry out

the program.

COMMODITY SUPPLEMENTAL FOOD PROGRAM

For necessary expenses to carry out the commodity supplemental food program as authorized by section 4(a) of the Agriculture

and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c (note)), including not less than $8,000,000 for the projects in Detroit, New

Orleans, and Des Moines, $84,500,000, to remain available through

September 30, 1996: Provided, That none of these funds shall

be available to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for

commodities donated to the program.

FOOD STAMP PROGRAM

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses to carry out the Food Stamp Act (7

U.S.C. 2011–2029), and section 601 of Public Law 96–597 (48 U.S.C.

1469d), $28,830,710,000: Provided, That funds provided herein shall

remain available through September 30, 1995, in accordance with

section 18(a) of the Food Stamp Act: Provided further, That

$2,500,000,000 of the foregoing amount shall be placed in reserve

for use only in such amounts and at such times as may become

necessary to carry out program operations: Provided further, That

funds provided herein shall be expended in accordance with section

16 of the Food Stamp Act: Provided further, That this appropriation

shall be subject to any work registration or work fare requirements

as may be required by law: Provided further, That $1,143,000,000

of the foregoing amount shall be available for Nutrition Assistance

for Puerto Rico as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 2028, of which $12,472,000

shall be transferred to the Animal and Plant Health Inspection

Service for the Cattle Tick Eradication Project: Provided further,

That none of the funds in this Act shall be used to cash out

food stamp benefits beyond a total of 25 projects and the total

participation in such projects shall not exceed 3 per centum of

the estimated national household level participating in the Food

Stamp Program.

FOOD DONATIONS PROGRAMS FOR SELECTED GROUPS

For necessary expenses to carry out section 4(a) of the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c (note)),

section 4(b) of the Food Stamp Act (7 U.S.C. 2013(b)), and section

311 of the Older Americans Act of 1965, as amended (42 U.S.C.
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3030a), $183,154,000, to remain available through September 30,

1996.

For necessary expenses to carry out section 110 of the Hunger

Prevention Act of 1988, $40,000,000.

THE EMERGENCY FOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

For necessary expenses to carry out the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983, as amended, $40,000,000: Provided, That, in

accordance with section 202 of Public Law 98–92, these funds

shall be available only if the Secretary determines the existence

of excess commodities.

For purchases of commodities to carry out the Emergency Food

Assistance Act of 1983, as amended, $25,000,000.

FOOD PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION

For necessary administrative expenses of the domestic food

programs funded under this Act, $106,465,000; of which $5,000,000

shall be available only for simplifying procedures, reducing overhead

costs, tightening regulations, improving food stamp coupon handling, and assistance in the prevention, identification, and prosecution of fraud and other violations of law: Provided, That this

appropriation shall be available for employment pursuant to the

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

U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $150,000 shall be available for

employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109.

TITLE V—FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED

PROGRAMS

FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses of the Foreign Agricultural Service,

including carrying out title VI of the Agricultural Act of 1954,

as amended (7 U.S.C. 1761–1768), market development activities

abroad, and for enabling the Secretary to coordinate and integrate

activities of the Department in connection with foreign agricultural

work, including not to exceed $128,000 for representation allowances and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of the Act approved

August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), $118,011,000, of which $4,914,000

may be transferred from Commodity Credit Corporation funds,

$2,792,000 may be transferred from the Commodity Credit Corporation Program Account in this Act, and $1,425,000 may be transferred from the Public Law 480 Program Account in this Act:

Provided, That in addition, funds available to the Department of

Agriculture shall be available to assist an international organization

in meeting the costs, including salaries, fringe benefits and other

associated costs, related to the employment by the organization

of Federal personnel that may transfer to the organization under

the provisions of 5 U.S.C. 3581–3584, or of other well-qualified

United States citizens, for the performance of activities that contribute to increased understanding of international agricultural issues,

with transfer of funds for this purpose from one appropriation

to another or to a single account authorized, such funds remaining

available until expended: Provided further, That the Service may
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utilize advances of funds, or reimburse this appropriation for

expenditures made on behalf of Federal agencies, public and private

organizations and institutions under agreements executed pursuant

to the agricultural food production assistance programs (7 U.S.C.

1736) and the foreign assistance programs of the International

Development Cooperation Administration (22 U.S.C. 2392).

None of the funds in the foregoing paragraph shall be available to promote the sale or export of tobacco or tobacco products.

SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES OVERSEAS (FOREIGN CURRENCY PROGRAM)

LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

For payments in foreign currencies owed to or owned by the United States for research activities authorized by section 104(c)(7)

of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954,

as amended (7 U.S.C. 1704(c)(7)), not to exceed $1,062,000: Provided, That not to exceed $25,000 of these funds shall be available

for payments in foreign currencies for expenses of employment

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

Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), as amended by 5 U.S.C. 3109.

PUBLIC LAW 480 PROGRAM ACCOUNTS

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

For expenses during the current fiscal year, not otherwise recoverable, and unrecovered prior years’ costs, including interest

thereon, under the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance

Act of 1954, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1691, 1701–1715, 1721–1726,

1727–1727f, 1731–1736g), as follows: (1) $291,342,000 for Public

Law 480 title I credit, including Food for Progress programs; (2)

$29,000,000 is hereby appropriated for ocean freight differential

costs for the shipment of agricultural commodities pursuant to

title I of said Act and the Food for Progress Act of 1985, as

amended; (3) $821,100,000 is hereby appropriated for commodities

supplied in connection with dispositions abroad pursuant to title

II of said Act; and (4) $157,442,000 is hereby appropriated for

commodities supplied in connection with dispositions abroad pursuant to title III of said Act: Provided, That not to exceed 15 per

centum of the funds made available to carry out any title of said

Act may be used to carry out any other title of said Act: Provided

further, That such sums shall remain available until expended

(7 U.S.C. 2209b).

For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional

Budget Act of 1974, of direct credit agreements as authorized by

the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954,

as amended, and the Food for Progress Act of 1985, as amended,

including the cost of modifying credit agreements under said Act,

$236,162,000.

In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the Public

Law 480 title I credit program, and the Food for Progress Act

of 1985, as amended, to the extent funds appropriated for Public

Law 480 are utilized, $2,461,000.

SHORT-TERM EXPORT CREDIT

The Commodity Credit Corporation shall make available not

less than $5,000,000,000 in credit guarantees under its export credit
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guarantee program for short-term credit extended to finance the

export sales of United States agricultural commodities and the

products thereof, as authorized by section 211(b)(1) of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5641).

INTERMEDIATE EXPORT CREDIT

The Commodity Credit Corporation shall make available not

less than $500,000,000 in credit guarantees under its export guarantee program for intermediate-term credit extended to finance the

export sales of United States agricultural commodities and the

products thereof, as authorized by section 211(b)(2) of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5641).

EMERGING DEMOCRACIES EXPORT CREDIT

The Commodity Credit Corporation shall make available not

less than $200,000,000 in credit guarantees under its Export

Guarantee Program for credit expended to finance the export sales

of United States agricultural commodities and the products thereof

to emerging democracies, as authorized by section 1542 of Public

Law 101–624 (7 U.S.C. 5622 note).

COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION EXPORT LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

For administrative expenses to carry out CCC’s Export Guarantee Program, GSM 102 and GSM 103, $3,381,000; to cover common

overhead expenses as permitted by section 11 of the Commodity

Credit Corporation Charter Act and in conformity with the Federal

Credit Reform Act of 1990, of which not to exceed $2,792,000

may be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for the

salaries and expenses of the Foreign Agricultural Service, and of

which not to exceed $589,000 may be transferred to and merged

with the appropriation for the salaries and expenses of the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service.

TITLE VI—RELATED AGENCIES AND FOOD AND DRUG

ADMINISTRATION

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Food and Drug Administration,

including hire and purchase of passenger motor vehicles; for rental

of special purpose space in the District of Columbia or elsewhere;

and for miscellaneous and emergency expenses of enforcement

activities, authorized and approved by the Secretary and to be

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

$25,000; $899,394,000, of which not to exceed $79,423,000 in fees

pursuant to section 736 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic

Act may be credited to this appropriation and remain available

until expended: Provided, That fees derived from applications

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

1995 limitation.
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In addition, of the foregoing amount such sums as may be

necessary may be used for the inspection of mammography facilities,

notwithstanding section 354(r) of the Public Health Service Act.

Fees collected under said Act shall be credited to the foregoing

account and shall remain available until expended.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no employee of

the United States Department of Agriculture shall be peremptorily

removed without a hearing from his or her position because of

remarks made during personal time regarding Departmental policies or proposed policies.

The stay (published at 58 Fed. Reg. 47962) of the 1987 food

additive regulation relating to selenium (21 Code of Federal Regulations 573.920) is suspended until December 31, 1995.

In addition to amounts provided, proceeds from the sale of

any animals that are surplus to FDA’s needs shall be retained

by the Food and Drug Administration and credited to the salaries

and expenses appropriation for 1995.

BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

For plans, construction, repair, improvement, extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities of or used

by the Food and Drug Administration, where not otherwise provided, $18,150,000, to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C.

2209b): Provided, That the Food and Drug Administration may

accept donated land in Montgomery and/or Prince George’s Counties, Maryland.

RENTAL PAYMENTS (FDA)

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

For payment of space rental and related costs pursuant to

Public Law 92–313 for programs and activities of the Food and

Drug Administration which are included in this Act, $46,294,000:

Provided, That in the event the Food and Drug Administration

should require modification of space needs, a share of the salaries

and expenses appropriation may be transferred to this appropriation, or a share of this appropriation may be transferred to the

salaries and expenses appropriation, but such transfers shall not

exceed 5 per centum of the funds made available for rental payments (FDA) to or from this account.

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE

PAYMENTS TO THE FARM CREDIT SYSTEM FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

CORPORATION

For necessary payments to the Farm Credit System Financial

Assistance Corporation by the Secretary of the Treasury, as authorized by section 6.28(c) of the Farm Credit Act of 1971, as amended,

for reimbursement of interest expenses incurred by the Financial

Assistance Corporation on obligations issued through 1994, as

authorized, $57,026,000.
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INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION

For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the

Commodity Exchange Act, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), including

the purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; the rental of

space (to include multiple year leases) in the District of Columbia

and elsewhere; and not to exceed $25,000 for employment under

5 U.S.C. 3109; $49,144,000, including not to exceed $1,000 for

official reception and representation expenses: Provided, That the

Commission is authorized to charge reasonable fees to attendees

of Commission sponsored educational events and symposia to cover

the Commission’s costs of providing those events and symposia,

and notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, said fees shall be credited

to this account, to be available without further appropriation.

FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION

LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

Not to exceed $40,420,000 (from assessments collected from

farm credit institutions and from the Federal Agricultural Mortgage

Corporation) shall be obligated during the current fiscal year for

administrative expenses as authorized under 12 U.S.C. 2249.

TITLE VII—GENERAL PROVISIONS

SEC. 701. Within the unit limit of cost fixed by law, appropriations and authorizations made for the Department of Agriculture

for the fiscal year 1995 under this Act shall be available for the

purchase, in addition to those specifically provided for, of not to

exceed 706 passenger motor vehicles, of which 705 shall be for

replacement only, and for the hire of such vehicles.

SEC. 702. Funds in this Act available to the Department of

Agriculture shall be available for uniforms or allowances therefor

as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902).

SEC. 703. Not less than $1,500,000 of the appropriations of

the Department of Agriculture in this Act for research and service

work authorized by the Acts of August 14, 1946, and July 28,

1954, and (7 U.S.C. 427, 1621–1629), and by chapter 63 of title

31, United States Code, shall be available for contracting in accordance with said Acts and chapter.

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

Capital Fund for the purpose of accumulating growth capital for

data services and National Finance Center operations shall not

exceed $2,000,000: Provided, That no funds in this Act appropriated

to an agency of the Department shall be transferred to the Working

Capital Fund without the approval of the agency administrator.

SEC. 705. New obligational authority provided for the following

appropriation items in this Act shall remain available until

expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b): Animal and Plant Health Inspection

Service, the contingency fund to meet emergency conditions, and

Integrated Systems Acquisition Project; Agricultural Stabilization

and Conservation Service, salaries and expenses funds made available to county committees; Foreign Agricultural Service, MiddleIncome Country Training Program; higher education graduate

fellowships grants under section 1417(b)(6) of the National Agricul-
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tural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977, as

amended (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(6)); and capacity building grants to

colleges eligible to receive funds under the Act of August 30, 1890,

including Tuskegee University.

New obligational authority for the Boll Weevil Program; up

to 10 per centum of the Screwworm Program of the Animal and

Plant Health Inspection Service; funds appropriated for Rental Payments; and higher education minority scholars programs under

section 1417(b)(5) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension,

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

shall remain available until expended.

SEC. 706. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act

shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year

unless expressly so provided herein.

SEC. 707. Not to exceed $50,000 of the appropriations available

to the Department of Agriculture in this Act shall be available

to provide appropriate orientation and language training pursuant

to Public Law 94–449.

SEC. 708. No funds appropriated by this Act may be used

to pay negotiated indirect cost rates on cooperative agreements

or similar arrangements between the United States Department

of Agriculture and nonprofit institutions in excess of 10 per centum

of the total direct cost of the agreement when the purpose of

such cooperative arrangements is to carry out programs of mutual

interest between the two parties. This does not preclude appropriate

payment of indirect costs on grants and contracts with such institutions when such indirect costs are computed on a similar basis

for all agencies for which appropriations are provided in this Act.

SEC. 709. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act,

commodities acquired by the Department in connection with

Commodity Credit Corporation and section 32 price support operations may be used, as authorized by law (15 U.S.C. 714c and

7 U.S.C. 612c), to provide commodities to individuals in cases of

hardship as determined by the Secretary of Agriculture.

SEC. 710. None of the funds in this Act shall be available

to reimburse the General Services Administration for payment of

space rental and related costs in excess of the amounts specified

in this Act; nor shall this or any other provision of law require

a reduction in the level of rental space or services below that

of fiscal year 1994 or prohibit an expansion of rental space or

services with the use of funds otherwise appropriated in this Act.

Further, no agency of the Department of Agriculture, from funds

otherwise available, shall reimburse the General Services Administration for payment of space rental and related costs provided

to such agency at a percentage rate which is greater than is available in the case of funds appropriated in this Act.

SEC. 711. None of the funds in this Act shall be available

to restrict the authority of the Commodity Credit Corporation to

lease space for its own use or to lease space on behalf of other

agencies of the Department of Agriculture when such space will

be jointly occupied.

SEC. 712. None of the funds in this Act shall be available

to pay indirect costs on research grants awarded competitively

by the Cooperative State Research Service that exceed 14 per centum of total Federal funds provided under each award.
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SEC. 713. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Act,

all loan levels provided in this Act shall be considered estimates,

not limitations.

SEC. 714. Appropriations to the Department of Agriculture for

the cost of direct and guaranteed loans made available in fiscal

year 1995 shall remain available until expended to cover obligations

made in fiscal year 1995 for the following accounts: Rural Development Insurance Fund Program Account; Rural Development Loan

Fund Program Account; the Rural Telephone Bank Program

Account; the Rural Electrification and Telephone Loans Program

Account; and the REA Economic Development Loans Program

Account.

SEC. 715. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made

available by this Act shall be used to pay the salaries of personnel

who carry out a Market Promotion Program pursuant to section

203 (7 U.S.C. 5623) of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978, with

respect to tobacco or if the aggregate amount of funds and/or

commodities under such program exceeds $85,500,000.

SEC. 716. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made

available by this Act shall be used to enroll in excess of 100,000

acres in the fiscal year 1995 Wetlands Reserve Program, as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 3837, unless additional acres in excess of the

100,000 acre limitation can be enrolled without exceeding

$93,200,000: Provided, That the unobligated portion of the fiscal

year 1994 appropriation shall be transferred to and merged with

the appropriation for the Soil Conservation Service, Conservation

Operations.

SEC. 717. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made

available by this Act shall be used to enroll additional acres in

the Conservation Reserve Program authorized by 16 U.S.C. 3831–

3845.

SEC. 718. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 1995

pay raises for programs funded by this Act shall be absorbed within

the levels appropriated in this Act.

SEC. 719. (a) COMPLIANCE WITH BUY AMERICAN ACT.—None

of the funds made available in this Act may be expended by an

entity unless the entity agrees that in expending the funds the

entity will comply with sections 2 through 4 of the Act of March

3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 10a–10c; popularly known as the ‘‘Buy American

Act’’).

(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS; REQUIREMENT REGARDING NOTICE.— (1) PURCHASE OF AMERICAN-MADE EQUIPMENT AND PROD- UCTS.—In the case of any equipment or product that may

be authorized to be purchased with financial assistance provided using funds made available in this Act, it is the sense

of the Congress that entities receiving the assistance should,

in expending the assistance, purchase only American-made

equipment and products.

(2) NOTICE TO RECIPIENTS OF ASSISTANCE.—In providing

financial assistance using funds made available in this Act,

the head of each Federal agency shall provide to each recipient

of the assistance a notice describing the statement made in

paragraph (1) by the Congress.

(c) PROHIBITION OF CONTRACTS WITH PERSONS FALSELY LABELING PRODUCTS AS MADE IN AMERICA.—If it has been finally determined by a court or Federal agency that any person intentionally

affixed a label bearing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription, or any
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inscription with the same meaning, to any product sold in or shipped

to the United States that is not made in the United States, the

person shall be ineligible to receive any contract or subcontract

made with funds made available in this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and ineligibility procedures described in sections

9.400 through 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations.

SEC. 720. Notwithstanding the Federal Grant and Cooperative

Agreement Act, marketing services of the Agricultural Marketing

Service may use cooperative agreements to reflect a relationship

between Agricultural Marketing Service and a State or Cooperator

to carry out agricultural marketing programs.

SEC. 721. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made

available by this Act shall be used to pay the salaries of personnel

who carry out an export enhancement program (estimated to be

$1,000,000,000 in the President’s fiscal year 1995 Budget Request

(H. Doc. 103–179)) if the aggregate amount of funds and/or commodities under such program exceeds $800,000,000.

SEC. 722. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made

available by this Act shall be used to pay the salaries of personnel

who carry out a sunflower and cottonseed oil export program authorized by section 1541 of Public Law 101–624 if the aggregate amount

of funds and/or commodities under such program exceeds

$25,650,000.

SEC. 723. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR HONEY PAYMENTS

OR LOAN FORFEITURES.—Notwithstanding any other provision of

this Act, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available

by this Act shall be used by the Secretary of Agriculture to provide

for a total amount of payments and/or total amount of loan forfeitures to a person to support the price of honey under section 207

of the Agriculture Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1446h) and section 405A

of such Act (7 U.S.C. 1425a) in excess of zero dollars in the 1994

and 1995 crop years.

SEC. 724. No funds shall be available in fiscal year 1995 and

thereafter for payments under the Act of August 30, 1890 and

the tenth and eleventh paragraphs under the heading ‘‘Emergency

Appropriations’’ of the Act of March 4, 1907 (7 U.S.C. 321 et

seq.).

SEC. 725. The Secretary shall take reasonable steps to ensure

that no funds made available under this Act be used to provide

any direct individual Federal benefit or assistance to any individual

applying for such benefit or assistance unless said individual meets

all eligibility criteria for the benefit or assistance.

SEC. 726. (a) In addition to funds made available elsewhere

in this Act, there are hereby appropriated as of the date of enactment of this Act the following, to remain available through September 30, 1995:

Emergency Community Water Assistance Grants,

$10,000,000

Very Low-Income Housing Repair Grants, $15,000,000

Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund Program Account: For

the cost of direct loans, including the cost of modifying loans,

as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act

of 1974, as follows: emergency loans, $7,670,000.

(b) Of the amount appropriated in the Emergency Supplemental

Appropriations Act of 1994, Public Law 103–211, for Watershed

and Flood Prevention Operations, $23,000,000 is transferred to

the Emergency Conservation Program.
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(c) These amounts are designated by Congress as emergency

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

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

and that such amounts shall be available only to the extent the

President designates such use as emergency requirements pursuant

to such Act.

SEC. 727. REPAYMENT OF DEFICIENCY PAYMENTS.—In any case

in which the Secretary of Agriculture finds that the farming, ranching, or aquaculture operations of producers on a farm have been

substantially affected by a natural disaster in the United States

or by a major disaster or emergency designated by the President

under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), the Secretary of Agriculture

shall not require any repayment under subparagraph (G) or (H)

of section 114(a)(2) of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C.

1445j(a)(2)) for the 1993 crop of a commodity prior to March 1,

1995.

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Agricultural, Rural Development,

Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1995’’.

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Vice President of the United States and

President of the Senate.