Union Calendar No. 299

103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 4554

[Report No. 103–542]

A BILL

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

JUNE 9, 1994

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on

the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
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Union Calendar No. 299

103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 4554

[Report No. 103–542]

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.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JUNE 9, 1994

Mr. DURBIN, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following

bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the

State of the Union and ordered to be printed

A BILL

Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development,

Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies

programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1995,

and for other purposes.

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

3 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any

4 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for Ag5 riculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administra-
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1 tion, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year

2 ending September 30, 1995, and for other purposes,

3 namely:

4 TITLE I—AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS

5 PRODUCTION, PROCESSING, AND MARKETING

6 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

8 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary

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

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

11 exceed $11,000 of this amount, along with any unobli12 gated balances of representation funds in the Foreign Ag13 ricultural Service shall be available for official reception

14 and representation expenses, not otherwise provided for,

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

16 Secretary may transfer salaries and expenses funds in this

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

18 years between agencies of the Department of Agriculture

19 to meet workload requirements.

20 OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS

21 For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and

22 Program Analysis, including employment pursuant to the

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

24 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), of which not to exceed $5,000 is

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

2 For necessary expenses of the Chief Financial Officer

3 to carry out the mandates of the Chief Financial Officers

4 Act of 1990, $580,000.

5 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR

6 ADMINISTRATION

7 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant

8 Secretary for Administration to carry out the programs

9 funded in this Act, $596,000.

10 AGRICULTURE BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES AND RENTAL

11 PAYMENTS

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

15 the Department of Agriculture which are included in this

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

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

20 of Agriculture should require modification of space needs,

21 the Secretary of Agriculture may transfer a share of that

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

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

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

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

7 ADVISORY COMMITTEES (USDA)

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

11 funds appropriated to the Department of Agriculture in

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

14 HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

3 DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

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

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

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

11 to provide for necessary expenses for management support

12 services to offices of the Department of Agriculture and

13 for general administration and emergency preparedness of

14 the Department of Agriculture, repairs and alterations,

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

18 employment pursuant to the second sentence of section

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

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

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

22 reimbursed from applicable appropriations in this Act for

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

2 CONGRESSIONAL RELATIONS

3 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant

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

6 intergovernmental affairs and liaison within the executive

7 branch, $1,764,000.

8 OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS

9 For necessary expenses to carry on services relating

10 to the coordination of programs involving public affairs,

11 and for the dissemination of agricultural information and

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

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

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

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

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

19 OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL

20 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector

21 General, including employment pursuant to the second

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

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

24 amended, $63,918,000, including such sums as may be

25 necessary for contracting and other arrangements with
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1 public agencies and private persons pursuant to section

2 6(a)(9) of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended,

3 and including a sum not to exceed $50,000 for employ4 ment under 5 U.S.C. 3109; and including a sum not to

5 exceed $95,000 for certain confidential operational ex6 penses including the payment of informants, to be ex7 pended under the direction of the Inspector General pur8 suant to Public Law 95–452 and section 1337 of Public

9 Law 97–98.

10 OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL

11 For necessary expenses of the Office of the General

12 Counsel, $25,992,000.

13 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR ECONOMICS

14 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant

15 Secretary for Economics to carry out the programs funded

16 in this Act, $540,000.

17 ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE

18 For necessary expenses of the Economic Research

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

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

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

3 for analysis of supply and demand for farm products in

4 foreign countries and their effect on prospects for United

5 States exports, progress in economic development and its

6 relation to sales of farm products, assembly and analysis

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

9 they affect the competitive position of United States farm

10 products, $54,306,000; of which $500,000 shall be avail11 able for investigation, determination, and finding as to the

12 effect upon the production of food and upon the agricul13 tural economy of any proposed action affecting such sub14 ject matter pending before the Administrator of the Envi15 ronmental Protection Agency for presentation, in the pub16 lic interest, before said Administrator, other agencies or

17 before the courts: Provided, That this appropriation shall

18 be available for employment pursuant to the second sen19 tence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7

20 U.S.C. 2225): Provided further, That this appropriation

21 shall be available for analysis of statistics and related facts

22 on foreign production and full and complete information

23 on methods used by other countries to move farm com24 modities in world trade on a competitive basis.
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1 NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE

2 For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural

3 Statistics Service in conducting statistical reporting and

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

6 surveys, as authorized by the Agricultural Marketing Act

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

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

9 available for employment pursuant to the second sentence

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

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

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

13 WORLD AGRICULTURAL OUTLOOK BOARD

14 For necessary expenses of the World Agricultural

15 Outlook Board to coordinate and review all commodity

16 and aggregate agricultural and food data used to develop

17 outlook and situation material within the Department of

18 Agriculture, as authorized by the Agricultural Marketing

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

20 That this appropriation shall be available for employment

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

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

2 AND EDUCATION

3 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of

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

8 $520,000.

9 ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND

10 COMMERCIALIZATION REVOLVING FUND

11 For necessary expenses to carry out the Alternative

12 Agricultural Research and Commercialization Act of 1990

13 (7 U.S.C. 5901–5908), $4,000,000 is appropriated to the

14 Alternative Agricultural Research and Commercialization

15 Revolving Fund.

16 AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

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

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

24 cost not to exceed $100, $693,977,000: Provided, That ap25 propriations hereunder shall be available for temporary
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1 employment pursuant to the second sentence of section

2 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and

3 not to exceed $115,000 shall be available for employment

4 under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That appropria5 tions hereunder shall be available for the operation and

6 maintenance of aircraft and the purchase of not to exceed

7 one for replacement only: Provided further, That appro8 priations hereunder shall be available to conduct market9 ing research: Provided further, That appropriations here10 under shall be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for

11 the construction, alteration, and repair of buildings and

12 improvements, but unless otherwise provided the cost of

13 constructing any one building shall not exceed $250,000,

14 except for headhouses or greenhouses which shall each be

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

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

17 each, and the cost of altering any one building during the

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

19 replacement value of the building or $250,000, whichever

20 is greater: Provided further, That the limitations on alter21 ations contained in this Act shall not apply to moderniza22 tion or replacement of existing facilities at Beltsville,

23 Maryland: Provided further, That the foregoing limitations

24 shall not apply to replacement of buildings needed to carry

25 out the Act of April 24, 1948 (21 U.S.C. 113a): Provided
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1 further, That the foregoing limitations shall not apply to

2 the purchase of land at Parlier, California and Grand

3 Forks, North Dakota: Provided further, That not to exceed

4 $190,000 of this appropriation may be transferred to and

5 merged with the appropriation for the Office of the Assist6 ant Secretary for Science and Education for the scientific

7 review of international issues involving agricultural chemi8 cals and food additives: Provided further, That funds may

9 be received from any State, other political subdivision, or10 ganization, or individual for the purpose of establishing

11 or operating any research facility or research project of

12 the Agricultural Research Service, as authorized by law.

13 None of the funds in the foregoing paragraph shall

14 be available to carry out research related to the produc15 tion, processing or marketing of tobacco or tobacco prod16 ucts.

17 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

18 For acquisition of land, construction, repair, improve19 ment, extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed equip20 ment or facilities as necessary to carry out the agricultural

21 research programs of the Department of Agriculture,

22 where not otherwise provided, $23,400,000, to remain

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

24 funds may be received from any State, other political sub25 division, organization, or individual for the purpose of es-
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1 tablishing any research facility of the Agricultural Re2 search Service, as authorized by law.

3 COOPERATIVE STATE RESEARCH SERVICE

4 For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for

5 cooperative forestry and other research, for facilities, and

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

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

8 1887, as amended, including administration by the United

9 States Department of Agriculture, penalty mail costs of

10 agricultural experiment stations under section 6 of the

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

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

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

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

18 payments to the 1890 land-grant colleges, including

19 Tuskegee University, for research under section 1445 of

20 the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and

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

24 land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee University;

25 $44,969,000 for contracts and grants for agricultural re-
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1 search under the Act of August 4, 1965, as amended (7

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

3 grants under section 2(b) of the Act of August 4, 1965,

4 as amended (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)), including administrative

5 expenses; $5,551,000 for the support of animal health and

6 disease programs authorized by section 1433 of Public

7 Law 95–113, including administrative expenses;

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

9 products as authorized by the National Agricultural Re10 search, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977, as

11 amended (7 U.S.C. 3319d); $400,000 for grants for re12 search pursuant to the Critical Agricultural Materials Act

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

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

15 remain available until expended; $475,000 for rangeland

16 research grants as authorized by subtitle M of the Na17 tional Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching

18 Policy Act of 1977, as amended; $3,500,000 for higher

19 education graduate fellowships grants under section

20 1417(b)(6) of the National Agricultural Research, Exten21 sion, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977, as amended (7

22 U.S.C. 3152(b)(6)), including administrative expenses, to

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

24 $1,500,000 for higher education challenge grants under

25 section 1417(b)(1) of the National Agricultural Research,
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1 Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977, as amended

2 (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(1)), including administrative expenses;

3 $1,000,000 for a higher education minority scholars pro4 gram under section 1417(b)(5) of the National Agricul5 tural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of

6 1977, as amended (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(5)), including ad7 ministrative expenses, to remain available until expended

8 (7 U.S.C. 2209b); $4,000,000 for aquaculture grants as

9 authorized by section 1475 of the National Agricultural

10 Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7

11 U.S.C. 3322), and other Acts; $7,400,000 for sustainable

12 agriculture research and education, as authorized by sec13 tion 1621 of Public Law 101–624 (7 U.S.C. 5811), includ14 ing administrative expenses; and $19,954,000 for nec15 essary expenses of Cooperative State Research Service ac16 tivities, including coordination and program leadership for

17 higher education work of the Department, administration

18 of payments to State agricultural experiment stations,

19 funds for employment pursuant to the second sentence of

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

21 2225), of which $9,917,000 shall be for a program of ca22 pacity building grants to colleges eligible to receive funds

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

24 328), including Tuskegee University, to remain available

25 until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b), of which not to exceed
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1 $100,000 shall be for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109;

2 in all, $413,960,000.

3 None of the funds in the foregoing paragraph shall

4 be available to carry out research related to the produc5 tion, processing or marketing of tobacco or tobacco prod6 ucts.

7 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

8 For acquisition of land, construction, repair, improve9 ment, extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed equip10 ment or facilities and for grants to States and other eligi11 ble recipients for such purposes, as necessary to carry out

12 the agricultural research, extension, and teaching pro13 grams of the Department of Agriculture, where not other14 wise provided, $34,148,000, to remain available until ex15 pended (7 U.S.C. 2209b).

16 EXTENSION SERVICE

17 Payments to States, the District of Columbia, Puerto

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

19 Marianas, and American Samoa: For payments for coop20 erative agricultural extension work under the Smith-Lever

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

22 3(c) of said Act, and under section 208(c) of Public Law

23 93–471, for retirement and employees’ compensation costs

24 for extension agents and for costs of penalty mail for coop25 erative extension agents and State extension directors,

26 $272,582,000; payments for the nutrition and family edu-
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1 cation program for low-income areas under section 3(d)

2 of the Act, $61,431,000; payments for the pest manage3 ment program under section 3(d) of the Act, $10,147,000;

4 payments for the farm safety and rural health programs

5 under section 3(d) of the Act, $2,988,000; payments for

6 the pesticide impact assessment program under section

7 3(d) of the Act, $3,363,000; payments to upgrade 1890

8 land-grant college research and extension facilities as au9 thorized by section 1447 of Public Law 95–113, as

10 amended (7 U.S.C. 3222b), $7,901,000, to remain avail11 able until expended; payments for the rural development

12 centers under section 3(d) of the Act, $950,000; payments

13 for a groundwater quality program under section 3(d) of

14 the Act, $11,234,000; payments for the Agricultural Tele15 communications Program, as authorized by Public Law

16 101–624 (7 U.S.C. 5926), $1,221,000; payments for

17 youth-at-risk programs under section 3(d) of the Act,

18 $10,000,000; payments for a Nutrition Education Initia19 tive under section 3(d) of the Act, $4,265,000; payments

20 for a food safety program under section 3(d) of the Act,

21 $2,475,000; payments for carrying out the provisions of

22 the Renewable Resources Extension Act of 1978,

23 $3,341,000; payments for Indian reservation agents under

24 section 3(d) of the Act, $1,750,000; payments for sustain25 able agriculture programs under section 3(d) of the Act,
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1 $2,963,000; payments for extension work by the colleges

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

3 321–326, 328) and Tuskegee University, $25,472,000;

4 and for Federal administration and coordination including

5 administration of the Smith-Lever Act, as amended, and

6 the Act of September 29, 1977 (7 U.S.C. 341–349), as

7 amended, and section 1361(c) of the Act of October 3,

8 1980 (7 U.S.C. 301n.), and to coordinate and provide pro9 gram leadership for the extension work of the Department

10 and the several States and insular possessions,

11 $7,117,000; in all, $429,200,000: Provided, That funds

12 hereby appropriated pursuant to section 3(c) of the Act

13 of June 26, 1953, and section 506 of the Act of June

14 23, 1972, as amended, shall not be paid to any State, the

15 District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, or the Virgin

16 Islands, Micronesia, Northern Marianas, and American

17 Samoa prior to availability of an equal sum from non-Fed18 eral sources for expenditure during the current fiscal year.

19 NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL LIBRARY

20 For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural

21 Library, $17,845,000: Provided, That this appropriation

22 shall be available for employment pursuant to the second

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

24 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $35,000 shall be available

25 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further,
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1 That not to exceed $900,000 shall be available pursuant

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

3 and improvements.

4 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR

5 MARKETING AND INSPECTION SERVICES

6 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of

7 the Assistant Secretary for Marketing and Inspection

8 Services to administer programs under the laws enacted

9 by the Congress for the Animal and Plant Health Inspec10 tion Service, Food Safety and Inspection Service, Federal

11 Grain Inspection Service, Agricultural Marketing Service,

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

13 ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE

14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

16 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, including

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

18 amended (21 U.S.C. 114b–c), necessary to prevent, con19 trol, and eradicate pests and plant and animal diseases;

20 to carry out inspection, quarantine, and regulatory activi21 ties; to discharge the authorities of the Secretary of Agri22 culture under the Act of March 2, 1931 (46 Stat. 1468;

23 7 U.S.C. 426–426b); and to protect the environment, as

24 authorized by law, $438,651,000, of which $96,660,000

25 shall be derived from user fees deposited in the Agricul-
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1 tural Quarantine Inspection User Fee Account, and of

2 which $4,938,000 shall be available for the control of out3 breaks of insects, plant diseases, animal diseases and for

4 control of pest animals and birds to the extent necessary

5 to meet emergency conditions: Provided, That, if the de6 mand for Agricultural Quarantine Inspection (AQI) user

7 fee financed services is greater than expected and/or other

8 uncontrollable events occur, the Agency may exceed the

9 AQI User Fee limitation by up to 20 per centum, provided

10 such funds are available in the Agricultural Quarantine

11 Inspection User Fee Account, and with notification to the

12 Appropriations Committees: Provided further, That no

13 funds shall be used to formulate or administer a brucel14 losis eradication program for the current fiscal year that

15 does not require minimum matching by the States of at

16 least 40 per centum: Provided further, That this appro17 priation shall be available for field employment pursuant

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

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

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

21 Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available

22 for the operation and maintenance of aircraft and the pur23 chase of not to exceed four, of which two shall be for re24 placement only: Provided further, That, in addition, in

25 emergencies which threaten any segment of the agricul-
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1 tural production industry of this country, the Secretary

2 may transfer from other appropriations or funds available

3 to the agencies or corporations of the Department such

4 sums as he may deem necessary, to be available only in

5 such emergencies for the arrest and eradication of con6 tagious or infectious disease or pests of animals, poultry,

7 or plants, and for expenses in accordance with the Act

8 of February 28, 1947, as amended, and section 102 of

9 the Act of September 21, 1944, as amended, and any un10 expended balances of funds transferred for such emer11 gency purposes in the next preceding fiscal year shall be

12 merged with such transferred amounts: Provided further,

13 That appropriations hereunder shall be available pursuant

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

15 leased buildings and improvements, but unless otherwise

16 provided the cost of altering any one building during the

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

18 replacement value of the building.

19 In fiscal year 1995 the Agency is authorized to collect

20 fees for the total direct and indirect costs of technical as21 sistance, goods, or services provided to States, other politi22 cal subdivisions, domestic and international organizations,

23 foreign governments, or individuals, and such fees shall

24 be credited to this account, to remain available until ex-
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1 pended, without further appropriation, for providing such

2 assistance, goods, or services.

3 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

4 For plans, construction, repair, preventive mainte5 nance, environmental support, improvement, extension, al6 teration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities, as

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

8 authorized by 7 U.S.C. 428a, $6,973,000, to remain avail9 able until expended.

10 FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE

11 For necessary expenses to carry on services author12 ized by the Federal Meat Inspection Act, as amended, and

13 the Poultry Products Inspection Act, as amended,

14 $430,929,000, and in addition, $1,000,000 may be cred15 ited to this account from fees collected for the cost of lab16 oratory accreditation as authorized by section 1017 of

17 Public Law 102–237: Provided, That this appropriation

18 shall be available for field employment pursuant to section

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

20 not to exceed $75,000 shall be available for employment

21 under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That this appro22 priation shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250)

23 for the alteration and repair of buildings and improve24 ments, but the cost of altering any one building during
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1 the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 per centum of the cur2 rent replacement value of the building.

3 FEDERAL GRAIN INSPECTION SERVICE

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions

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

7 and the standardization activities related to grain under

8 the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, as amended, in9 cluding field employment pursuant to section 706(a) of the

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

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

12 $11,325,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall be

13 available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alter14 ation and repair of buildings and improvements, but the

15 cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year

16 shall not exceed 10 per centum of the current replacement

17 value of the building.

18 INSPECTION AND WEIGHING SERVICES

19 LIMITATION ON INSPECTION AND WEIGHING SERVICE

20 EXPENSES

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

22 be obligated during the current fiscal year for Inspection

23 and Weighing Services: Provided, That if grain export ac24 tivities require additional supervision and oversight, or

25 other uncontrollable factors occur, this limitation may be
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1 exceeded by up to 10 per centum with notification to the

2 Appropriations Committees.

3 AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE

4 MARKETING SERVICES

5 For necessary expenses to carry on services related

6 to consumer protection, agricultural marketing and dis7 tribution, transportation, agricultural cooperatives, and

8 regulatory programs, as authorized by law, and for admin9 istration and coordination of payments to States; includ10 ing field employment pursuant to section 706(a) of the

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

12 $90,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109,

13 $55,728,000; including funds for the Wholesale Market

14 Development Program for the design and development of

15 wholesale and farmer market facilities for the major met16 ropolitan areas of the country: Provided, That this appro17 priation shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250)

18 for the alteration and repair of buildings and improve19 ments, but the cost of altering any one building during

20 the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 per centum of the cur21 rent replacement value of the building.

22 Fees may be collected for the cost of standardization

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

24 U.S.C. 9701).
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1 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

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

3 be obligated during the current fiscal year for administra4 tive expenses: Provided, That if crop size is understated

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

6 exceed this limitation by up to 10 per centum with notifi7 cation to the Appropriations Committees.

8 FUNDS FOR STRENGTHENING MARKETS, INCOME, AND

9 SUPPLY (SECTION 32)

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

11 Funds available under section 32 of the Act of Au12 gust 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c) shall be used only for com13 modity program expenses as authorized therein, and other

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

15 Department of Commerce as authorized by the Fish and

16 Wildlife Act of August 8, 1956; (2) transfers otherwise

17 provided in this Act; and (3) not more than $10,309,000

18 for formulation and administration of Marketing Agree19 ments and Orders pursuant to the Agricultural Marketing

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

21 Act of 1961.

22 PAYMENTS TO STATES AND POSSESSIONS

23 For payments to departments of agriculture, bureaus

24 and departments of markets, and similar agencies for

25 marketing activities under section 204(b) of the Agricul-
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1 tural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1623(b)),

2 $1,200,000.

3 PERISHABLE AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES ACT

4 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for fiscal

5 year 1995 the Agricultural Marketing Service shall recover

6 the full cost of the Perishable Agricultural Commodities

7 Act, including legal services provided by the Office of the

8 General Counsel.

9 PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS ADMINISTRATION

10 For necessary expenses for administration of the

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

12 for certifying procedures used to protect purchasers of

13 farm products, including field employment pursuant to

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

15 2225), and not to exceed $5,000 for employment under

16 5 U.S.C. 3109, $11,989,000.

17 FARM INCOME STABILIZATION

18 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR

19 INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS AND COMMODITY PROGRAMS

20 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of

21 the Under Secretary for International Affairs and Com22 modity Programs to administer the laws enacted by Con23 gress for the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation

24 Service, Foreign Agricultural Service, and the Commodity

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

2 SERVICE

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

19 II of the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act of

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

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

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

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

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

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

2 the Public Law 480 Program Account in this Act and

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

17 of county and community committees established pursuant

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

20 other than advisory and supervisory duties and delegated

21 program functions prescribed in administrative regula22 tions.

23 CORPORATIONS

24 The following corporations and agencies are hereby

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

3 contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year

4 limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government

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

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

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

9 FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION

10 ADMINISTRATIVE AND OPERATING EXPENSES

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

13 (7 U.S.C. 1516), $72,796,000: Provided, That not to ex14 ceed $700 shall be available for official reception and rep15 resentation expenses, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1506(i):

16 Provided further, That none of the funds in this Act may

17 be used to offer a Federal crop insurance policy in coun18 ties on crops where a loss ratio, that has already been

19 recalculated pursuant to law to reflect the premium rates

20 issued by the Corporation for the 1994 crop year, is in

21 excess of 1.10 more than 70 percent of the years that a

22 policy has been offered since 1980: Provided further, That

23 none of the funds in this Act may be used to pay operating

24 and administrative costs that exceed 31 per centum of pre25 mium to insurers of policies on which the Corporation pro-
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1 vides reinsurance, except to reimburse said insurers for

2 excess loss adjustment expenses as provided for in the

3 Standard Reinsurance Agreement issued by the Corpora4 tion: Provided further, That the second proviso shall not

5 apply in any county affected if the Corporation has imple6 mented a nonstandard classification system in such county

7 for those individual farms that have experienced excessive

8 losses since 1980 under which the premium rates, notwith9 standing the provision of section 508(d) of the Federal

10 Crop Insurance Act, are increased over comparable rates

11 effective for the 1994 crop, or the insured yields are de12 creased from comparable yields for the 1994 crop, or a

13 combination of both, by an amount or amounts sufficient

14 to ensure that an estimated loss ratio will not exceed 1.1

15 for the crop produced on such farms during the 1995 crop

16 year.

17 FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION FUND

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

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

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

21 COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION FUND

22 REIMBURSEMENT FOR NET REALIZED LOSSES

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

24 to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for net

25 realized losses sustained, but not previously reimbursed

26 (estimated to be $15,500,000,000 in the President’s fiscal
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1 year 1995 Budget Request (H. Doc. 103–179)), but not

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

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

4 11).

5 OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE FOR HAZARDOUS WASTE

6 MANAGEMENT

7 For fiscal year 1995, the Commodity Credit Corpora8 tion shall not expend more than $5,000,000 for expenses

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

10 Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation,

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

12 section 6001 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery

13 Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 6961: Provided, That ex14 penses shall be for operations and maintenance costs only

15 and that other hazardous waste management costs shall

16 be paid for by the USDA Hazardous Waste Management

17 appropriation in this Act.

18 TITLE II—CONSERVATION PROGRAMS

19 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR

20 NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT

21 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of

22 the Assistant Secretary for Natural Resources and Envi23 ronment to administer the laws enacted by the Congress

24 for the Forest Service and the Soil Conservation Service,

25 $677,000.
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1 SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE

2 CONSERVATION OPERATIONS

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

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

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

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

12 soil; dissemination of information; acquisition of lands by

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

14 exceed $100; purchase and erection or alteration or im15 provement of permanent and temporary buildings; and op16 eration and maintenance of aircraft, $576,562,000, to re17 main available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); of which

18 not less than $5,756,000 is for snow survey and water

19 forecasting and not less than $8,070,000 is for operation

20 and establishment of the plant materials centers: Provided,

21 That except for $2,399,000 for improvements of the plant

22 materials centers, the cost of any permanent building pur23 chased, erected, or as improved, exclusive of the cost of

24 constructing a water supply or sanitary system and con25 necting the same to any such building and with the excep-
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1 tion of buildings acquired in conjunction with land being

2 purchased for other purposes, shall not exceed $10,000,

3 except for one building to be constructed at a cost not

4 to exceed $100,000 and eight buildings to be constructed

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

6 and except that alterations or improvements to other exist7 ing permanent buildings costing $5,000 or more may be

8 made in any fiscal year in an amount not to exceed $2,000

9 per building: Provided further, That when buildings or

10 other structures are erected on non-Federal land that the

11 right to use such land is obtained as provided in 7 U.S.C.

12 2250a: Provided further, That no part of this appropria13 tion may be expended for soil and water conservation oper14 ations under the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–

15 590f) in demonstration projects: Provided further, That

16 this appropriation shall be available for employment pur17 suant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Or18 ganic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225) and not to exceed

19 $25,000 shall be available for employment under 5 U.S.C.

20 3109: Provided further, That qualified local engineers may

21 be temporarily employed at per diem rates to perform the

22 technical planning work of the Service.

23 RIVER BASIN SURVEYS AND INVESTIGATIONS

24 For necessary expenses to conduct research, inves25 tigation, and surveys of watersheds of rivers and other wa26 terways, in accordance with section 6 of the Watershed
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1 Protection and Flood Prevention Act approved August 4,

2 1954, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1006–1009), $12,970,000:

3 Provided, That this appropriation shall be available for

4 employment pursuant to the second sentence of section

5 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and

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

7 under 5 U.S.C. 3109.

8 WATERSHED PLANNING

9 For necessary expenses for small watershed investiga10 tions and planning, in accordance with the Watershed Pro11 tection and Flood Prevention Act, as amended (16 U.S.C.

12 1001–1008), $10,546,000: Provided, That this appropria13 tion shall be available for employment pursuant to the sec14 ond sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944

15 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $50,000 shall be avail16 able for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109.

17 WATERSHED AND FLOOD PREVENTION OPERATIONS

18 For necessary expenses to carry out preventive meas19 ures, including but not limited to research, engineering op20 erations, methods of cultivation, the growing of vegetation,

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

22 in accordance with the Watershed Protection and Flood

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

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

25 of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–f), and in accordance

26 with the provisions of laws relating to the activities of the
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1 Department, $65,000,000, to remain available until ex2 pended (7 U.S.C. 2209b) (of which $10,000,000 shall be

3 available for the watersheds authorized under the Flood

4 Control Act approved June 22, 1936 (33 U.S.C. 701, 16

5 U.S.C. 1006a), as amended and supplemented): Provided,

6 That, not to exceed 5 per centum of the foregoing amounts

7 shall be available for allocation to any one State: Provided

8 further, That this appropriation shall be available for em9 ployment pursuant to the second sentence of section

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

11 not to exceed $200,000 shall be available for employment

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

13 $1,000,000 of this appropriation is available to carry out

14 the purposes of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (Pub15 lic Law 93–205), as amended, including cooperative ef16 forts as contemplated by that Act to relocate endangered

17 or threatened species to other suitable habitats as may be

18 necessary to expedite project construction.

19 RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT

20 For necessary expenses in planning and carrying out

21 projects for resource conservation and development and

22 for sound land use pursuant to the provisions of section

23 32(e) of title III of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant

24 Act, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1010–1011; 76 Stat. 607), the

25 provisions of the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–

26 f), and the provisions of the Agriculture and Food Act
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1 of 1981 (16 U.S.C. 3451–3461), $32,845,000, to remain

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

3 this appropriation shall be available for employment pur4 suant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Or5 ganic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed

6 $50,000 shall be available for employment under 5 U.S.C.

7 3109.

8 GREAT PLAINS CONSERVATION PROGRAM

9 For necessary expenses to carry into effect a program

10 of conservation in the Great Plains area, pursuant to sec11 tion 16(b) of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allot12 ment Act, as added by the Act of August 7, 1956, as

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

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

15 AGRICULTURAL STABILIZATION AND CONSERVATION

16 SERVICE

17 AGRICULTURAL CONSERVATION PROGRAM

18 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

19 For necessary expenses to carry into effect the pro20 gram authorized in sections 7 to 15, 16(a), 16(f), and 17

21 of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act ap22 proved February 29, 1936, as amended and supplemented

23 (16 U.S.C. 590g–590o, 590p(a), 590p(f), and 590q), and

24 sections 1001–1004, 1006–1008, and 1010 of the Agricul25 tural Act of 1970, as added by the Agriculture and

26 Consumer Protection Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1501–1504,
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1 1506–1508, and 1510), and including not to exceed

2 $15,000 for the preparation and display of exhibits, in3 cluding such displays at State, interstate, and inter4 national fairs within the United States, $100,000,000, to

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

6 agreements, excluding administration but including tech7 nical assistance and related expenses (16 U.S.C. 590o),

8 except that no participant in the Agricultural Conserva9 tion Program shall receive more than $3,500 per year, ex10 cept where the participants from two or more farms or

11 ranches join to carry out approved practices designed to

12 conserve or improve the agricultural resources of the com13 munity, or where a participant has a long-term agreement,

14 in which case the total payment shall not exceed the an15 nual payment limitation multiplied by the number of years

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

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

18 financial or technical assistance for drainage on wetlands

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

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

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

22 1956: Provided further, That such amounts shall be avail23 able for the purchase of seeds, fertilizers, lime, trees, or

24 any other conservation materials, or any soil-terracing

25 services, and making grants thereof to agricultural pro-
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1 ducers to aid them in carrying out approved farming prac2 tices as authorized by the Soil Conservation and Domestic

3 Allotment Act, as amended, as determined and rec4 ommended by the county committees, approved by the

5 State committees and the Secretary, under programs pro6 vided for herein: Provided further, That such assistance

7 will not be used for carrying out measures and practices

8 that are primarily production-oriented or that have little

9 or no conservation or pollution abatement benefits: Pro10 vided further, That not to exceed 5 per centum of the allo11 cation for the current year’s program for any county may,

12 on the recommendation of such county committee and ap13 proval of the State committee, be withheld and allotted

14 to the Soil Conservation Service for services of its techni15 cians in formulating and carrying out the Agricultural

16 Conservation Program in the participating counties, and

17 shall not be utilized by the Soil Conservation Service for

18 any purpose other than technical and other assistance in

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

20 such county committee and approval of the State commit21 tee, not to exceed 1 per centum may be made available

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

23 same purpose and under the same conditions: Provided

24 further, That for the current year’s program $2,500,000

25 shall be available for technical assistance in formulating
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1 and carrying out rural environmental practices: Provided

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

3 appropriated shall be used for water quality payments and

4 practices in the same manner as permitted under the pro5 gram for water quality authorized in chapter 2 of subtitle

6 D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985, as amend7 ed (16 U.S.C. 3838 et seq.).

8 FORESTRY INCENTIVES PROGRAM

9 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,

10 to carry out the program of forestry incentives, as author11 ized in the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978

12 (16 U.S.C. 2101), including technical assistance and relat13 ed expenses, $6,625,000, to remain available until ex14 pended, as authorized by that Act.

15 COLORADO RIVER BASIN SALINITY CONTROL PROGRAM

16 For necessary expenses for carrying out a voluntary

17 cooperative salinity control program pursuant to section

18 202(c) of title II of the Colorado River Basin Salinity Con19 trol Act, as amended (43 U.S.C. 1592(c)), to be used to

20 reduce salinity in the Colorado River and to enhance the

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

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

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

24 investigations and surveys, for technical assistance in de25 veloping conservation practices and in the preparation of

26 salinity control plans, for the establishment of on-farm ir-
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1 rigation management systems, including related lateral

2 improvement measures, for making cost-share payments

3 to agricultural landowners and operators, Indian tribes,

4 irrigation districts and associations, local governmental

5 and nongovernmental entities, and other landowners to aid

6 them in carrying out approved conservation practices as

7 determined and recommended by the county ASC commit8 tees, approved by the State ASC committees and the Sec9 retary, and for associated costs of program planning, in10 formation and education, and program monitoring and

11 evaluation: Provided, That the Soil Conservation Service

12 shall provide technical assistance and the Agricultural

13 Stabilization and Conservation Service shall provide ad14 ministrative services for the program, including but not

15 limited to, the negotiation and administration of agree16 ments and the disbursement of payments: Provided fur17 ther, That such program shall be coordinated with the reg18 ular Agricultural Conservation Program and with research

19 programs of other agencies.

20 CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

22 For necessary expenses to carry out the conservation

23 reserve program pursuant to the Food Security Act of

24 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831–3845), $1,743,274,000, to remain

25 available until expended, to be used for Commodity Credit

26 Corporation expenditures for cost-share assistance for the
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1 establishment of conservation practices provided for in ap2 proved conservation reserve program contracts, and for

3 annual rental payments provided in such contracts, and

4 for technical assistance.

5 WETLANDS RESERVE PROGRAM

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

7 For necessary expenses to carry out the Wetlands Re8 serve Program pursuant to subchapter C of subtitle D of

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

10 3837), $93,200,000, to remain available until expended:

11 Provided, That the Secretary is authorized to use the serv12 ices, facilities, and authorities of the Commodity Credit

13 Corporation for the purpose of carrying out the Wetlands

14 Reserve Program.

15 TITLE III—FARMERS HOME AND RURAL

16 DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS

17 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR SMALL

18 COMMUNITY AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT

19 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of

20 the Under Secretary for Small Community and Rural De21 velopment to administer programs under the laws enacted

22 by the Congress for the Farmers Home Administration,

23 Rural Electrification Administration, Federal Crop Insur24 ance Corporation, and rural development activities of the

25 Department of Agriculture, $568,000.
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1 RURAL DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION

2 The Secretary may transfer funds from the Farmers

3 Home Administration in this Act to fund the Rural Devel4 opment Administration, as authorized by law.

5 RURAL DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION AND FARMERS

6 HOME ADMINISTRATION

7 RURAL HOUSING INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

8 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di9 rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by title V of the

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

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

12 $2,400,000,000 for loans to section 502 borrowers, as de13 termined by the Secretary, of which $1,000,000,000 shall

14 be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans; $35,000,000 for

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

16 514 farm labor housing; $30,000,000 for section 515 rent17 al housing; and $632,000 for site loans: Provided, That

18 up to $48,650,000 of these funds shall be made available

19 for section 502(g), Deferral Mortgage Demonstration.

20 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including

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

22 the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: low23 income section 502 loans, $282,640,000 of which

24 $17,200,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans;

25 section 504 housing repair loans, $11,690,000; section
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1 514 farm labor housing, $7,911,000; and section 515

2 rental housing, $15,750,000.

3 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to

4 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs,

5 $389,818,000.

6 RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

7 For rental assistance agreements entered into or re8 newed pursuant to the authority under section 521(a)(2)

9 or agreements entered into in lieu of forgiveness or pay10 ments for eligible households as authorized by section

11 502(c)(5)(D) of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended,

12 $523,008,000; and in addition such sums as may be nec13 essary, as authorized by section 521(c) of the Act, to liq14 uidate debt incurred prior to fiscal year 1992 to carry out

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

16 of the Act: Provided, That of this amount not more than

17 $5,900,000 shall be available for debt forgiveness or pay18 ments for eligible households as authorized by section

19 502(c)(5)(D) of the Act, and not to exceed $10,000 per

20 project for advances to nonprofit organizations or public

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

22 incurred in purchasing projects pursuant to section

23 502(c)(5)(C) of the Act: Provided further, That agree24 ments entered into or renewed during fiscal year 1995

25 shall be funded for a five-year period, although the life
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1 of any such agreement may be extended to fully utilize

2 amounts obligated.

3 SELF-HELP HOUSING LAND DEVELOPMENT FUND

4 PROGRAM ACCOUNT

5 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di6 rect loans, as authorized by section 523(b)(1)(B) of the

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

8 $603,000.

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

10 modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of the Congres11 sional Budget Act of 1974, $11,000.

12 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to

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

14 AGRICULTURAL CREDIT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM

15 ACCOUNT

16 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di17 rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by 7 U.S.C.

18 1928–1929, to be available from funds in the Agricultural

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

20 $618,755,000, of which $540,674,000 shall be for guaran21 teed loans; operating loans, $2,465,000,000, of which

22 $1,735,000,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed

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

24 loans; $4,312,000 for water development, use, and con25 servation loans, of which $1,415,000 shall be for guaran26 teed loans; Indian tribe land acquisition loans as author-
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1 ized by 25 U.S.C. 488, $1,000,000; and for emergency

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

3 from natural disasters.

4 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including

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

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

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

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

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

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

11 loans; $411,000 for water development, use, and conserva12 tion loans, of which $31,000 shall be for guaranteed loans;

13 Indian tribe land acquisition loans as authorized by 25

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

15 $26,060,000 to meet the needs resulting from natural dis16 asters.

17 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to

18 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs,

19 $243,766,000.

20 RURAL DEVELOPMENT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM

21 ACCOUNT

22 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di23 rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1928

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

25 funds in the Rural Development Insurance Fund, as fol26 lows: water and sewer facility loans, $834,193,000; com-
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1 munity facility loans, $300,000,000, of which $75,000,000

2 shall be for guaranteed loans; and guaranteed industrial

3 development loans, $500,000,000: Provided, That none of

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

5 transfers between the above limitations: Provided further,

6 That of the amounts appropriated above, $17,000,000 of

7 direct water and sewer facility, $7,800,000 of direct com8 munity facility, and $11,000,000 of guaranteed industrial

9 development loan funds shall be available through July 30,

10 1995, for empowerment zones and enterprise commu11 nities, as authorized by title XIII of the Omnibus Budget

12 Reconciliation Act of 1993.

13 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including

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

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

16 water and sewer facility loans, $115,786,000; direct com17 munity facility loans, $21,723,000; guaranteed community

18 facility loans, $3,728,000; and guaranteed industrial de19 velopment loans, $4,750,000: Provided, That of the

20 amounts appropriated in this paragraph, $2,360,000 for

21 direct water and sewer facility loans, $753,000 for direct

22 community facility, and $103,000 for guaranteed indus23 trial development loans shall be available through July 30,

24 1995, for empowerment zones and enterprise commu-
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1 nities, as authorized by title XIII of the Omnibus Budget

2 Reconciliation Act of 1993.

3 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to

4 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs,

5 $57,294,000.

6 RURAL DEVELOPMENT LOAN FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

7 For the cost of direct loans, $46,000,000, as author8 ized by the Rural Development Loan Fund (42 U.S.C.

9 9812(a)): Provided, That such costs, including the cost of

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

11 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided fur12 ther, That these funds are available to subsidize gross obli13 gations for the principal amount of direct loans of

14 $88,038,000: Provided further, That through July 30,

15 1995, of these amounts, $5,519,000 shall be available for

16 the cost of direct loans, for empowerment zones and enter17 prise communities, as authorized by title XIII of the Om18 nibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993, to subsidize

19 gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans,

20 $10,565,000.

21 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to

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

23 STATE MEDIATION GRANTS

24 For grants pursuant to section 502(b) of the Agricul25 tural Credit Act of 1987, as amended (7 U.S.C. 5101–

26 5106), $2,000,000.
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1 RURAL WATER AND WASTE DISPOSAL GRANTS

2 For grants pursuant to section 306(a)(2) of the Con3 solidated Farm and Rural Development Act, as amended

4 (7 U.S.C. 1926), $500,000,000, to remain available until

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

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

7 1995, for empowerment zones and enterprise commu8 nities, as authorized by title XIII of the Omnibus Budget

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

10 shall be available for water and waste disposal systems to

11 benefit the Colonias along the United States/Mexico bor12 der, including grants pursuant to section 306C: Provided,

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

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

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

16 the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act.

17 VERY LOW-INCOME HOUSING REPAIR GRANTS

18 For grants to the very low-income elderly for essen19 tial repairs to dwellings pursuant to section 504 of the

20 Housing Act of 1949, as amended, $24,900,000, to re21 main available until expended.

22 RURAL HOUSING FOR DOMESTIC FARM LABOR

23 For financial assistance to eligible nonprofit organi24 zations for housing for domestic farm labor, pursuant to

25 section 516 of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended (42
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1 U.S.C. 1486), $10,900,000, to remain available until ex2 pended.

3 MUTUAL AND SELF-HELP HOUSING

4 For grants and contracts pursuant to section

5 523(b)(1)(A) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C.

6 1490c), $12,650,000, to remain available until expended

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

8 SUPERVISORY AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS

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

10 of the Housing Act of 1949, $2,400,000, to remain avail11 able until expended.

12 RURAL COMMUNITY FIRE PROTECTION GRANTS

13 For grants pursuant to section 7 of the Cooperative

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

15 $3,400,000 to fund up to 50 per centum of the cost of

16 organizing, training, and equipping rural volunteer fire de17 partments.

18 COMPENSATION FOR CONSTRUCTION DEFECTS

19 For compensation for construction defects as author20 ized by section 509(c) of the Housing Act of 1949, as

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

22 RURAL HOUSING PRESERVATION GRANTS

23 For grants for rural housing preservation as author24 ized by section 552 of the Housing and Urban-Rural Re25 covery Act of 1983 (Public Law 98–181), $22,000,000.
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1 RURAL BUSINESS ENTERPRISE GRANTS

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

3 310B(j) (7 U.S.C. 1932) of the Consolidated Farm and

4 Rural Development Act to any qualified public or private

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

6 shall be to assist in developing cooperative efforts to pro7 vide information and technical assistance to under-rep8 resented groups in traditionally agricultural or other natu9 ral resource dependent communities for encouraging busi10 ness development; and of which $9,500,000 shall be avail11 able through July 30, 1995, for assistance to

12 empowerment zones and enterprise communities, as au13 thorized by title XIII of the Omnibus Budget Reconcili14 ation Act of 1993: Provided, That $500,000 shall be avail15 able for grants to qualified nonprofit organizations to pro16 vide technical assistance and training for rural commu17 nities needing improved passenger transportation systems

18 or facilities in order to promote economic development.

19 SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT GRANTS

20 For grants for pollution abatement and control

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

22 1932) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development

23 Act, $2,995,000: Provided, That such assistance shall in24 clude regional technical assistance for improvement of

25 solid waste management.
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1 OUTREACH FOR SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED FARMERS

2 For grants and contracts pursuant to section 2501

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

4 1990 (7 U.S.C. 2279), $2,995,000, to remain available

5 until expended.

6 RURAL TECHNOLOGY AND COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT

7 GRANTS

8 For grants pursuant to section 310(f) of the Consoli9 dated Farm and Rural Development Act, as amended (7

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

11 LOCAL TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND PLANNING GRANTS

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

13 Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, as

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

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

17 For necessary expenses of the Farmers Home Admin18 istration, not otherwise provided for, in administering the

19 programs authorized by the Consolidated Farm and Rural

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

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

22 1471–1490o); the Rural Rehabilitation Corporation Trust

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

24 444), for administering the loan program authorized by

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

26 (Public Law 88–452 approved August 20, 1964), as
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1 amended; the Cooperative Marketing Act of July 2, 1926

2 (7 U.S.C. 451–457); and for activities relating to the mar3 keting aspects of cooperatives, including economic re4 search and analysis and the application of economic re5 search findings, as authorized by the Agricultural Market6 ing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621–1627), and for activities

7 with institutions or organizations throughout the world

8 concerning the development and operation of agricultural

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

10 which the Farmers Home Administration has the respon11 sibility for administering, $700,585,000; of which

12 $37,811,000 is hereby appropriated, $374,255,000 shall

13 be derived by transfer from the Rural Housing Insurance

14 Fund Program Account in this Act and merged with this

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

16 the Agriculture Credit Insurance Fund Program Account

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

18 shall be derived by transfer from the Rural Development

19 Insurance Fund Program Account in this Act and merged

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

21 from the Rural Development Loan Fund Program Ac22 count in this Act and merged with this account, and

23 $14,000 shall be derived by transfer from the Self-Help

24 Housing Land Development Fund Program Account in

25 this Act and merged with this account: Provided, That not
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1 to exceed $515,000 of this appropriation may be used for

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

3 not to exceed $4,159,000 of this appropriation shall be

4 available for contracting with the National Rural Water

5 Association or other equally qualified national organiza6 tion for a circuit rider program to provide technical assist7 ance for rural water systems: Provided further, That not

8 to exceed $2,000,000 shall be available through coopera9 tive agreements to assist in developing efforts to provide

10 information and technical assistance to traditionally

11 under-represented communities to encourage business

12 community development.

13 RURAL ELECTRIFICATION ADMINISTRATION

14 To carry into effect the provisions of the Rural Elec15 trification Act of 1936, as amended (7 U.S.C. 901–

16 950(b)), as follows:

17 RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELEPHONE LOANS

18 PROGRAM ACCOUNT

19 Insured loans pursuant to the authority of section

20 305 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, as amended

21 (7 U.S.C. 935), shall be made as follows: 5 percent rural

22 electrification loans, $100,000,000; 5 percent rural tele23 phone loans, $75,000,000; cost of money rural telephone

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

25 $575,250,000; and loans made pursuant to section 306
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1 of that Act, $420,000,000, to remain available until ex2 pended.

3 For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Con4 gressional Budget Act of 1974, including the cost of modi5 fying loans, of direct and guaranteed loans authorized by

6 the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, as amended (7

7 U.S.C. 935), as follows: cost of direct loans, $19,120,000;

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

9 rural telephone loans, $40,000; cost of loans guaranteed

10 pursuant to section 306, $450,000.

11 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to

12 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs,

13 $29,982,000.

14 RURAL TELEPHONE BANK PROGRAM ACCOUNT

15 The Rural Telephone Bank is hereby authorized to

16 make such expenditures, within the limits of funds avail17 able to such corporation in accord with law, and to make

18 such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal

19 year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Govern20 ment Corporation Control Act, as amended, as may be

21 necessary in carrying out its authorized programs for the

22 current fiscal year. During fiscal year 1995 and within

23 the resources and authority available, gross obligations for

24 the principal amount of direct loans shall be

25 $175,000,000.
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1 For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Con2 gressional Budget Act of 1974, including the cost of modi3 fying loans, of direct loans authorized by the Rural Elec4 trification Act of 1936, as amended (7 U.S.C. 935),

5 $2,728,000.

6 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to

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

8 DISTANCE LEARNING AND MEDICAL LINK PROGRAMS

9 For necessary expenses to carry into effect the pro10 grams authorized in sections 2331–2335 of Public Law

11 101–624, $7,500,000, to remain available until expended.

12 REA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LOANS PROGRAM

13 ACCOUNT

14 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di15 rect loans, as authorized under section 313 of the Rural

16 Electrification Act, for the purpose of promoting rural eco17 nomic development and job creation projects,

18 $12,865,000.

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

20 modifying loans as defined in section 502 of the Congres21 sional Budget Act of 1974, $3,077,000.

22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

24 For administrative expenses to carry out the provi25 sions of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, as amended

26 (7 U.S.C. 901–950(b)), and to administer the loan and
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1 loan guarantee programs for Community Antenna Tele2 vision facilities as authorized by the Consolidated Farm

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

4 for which commitments were made prior to fiscal year

5 1994, including not to exceed $7,000 for financial and

6 credit reports, funds for employment pursuant to the sec7 ond sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944

8 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $103,000 for employ9 ment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $38,776,000; of which

10 $29,982,000 shall be derived by transfer from the Rural

11 Electrification and Telephone Loans Program Account in

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

13 the Rural Telephone Bank Program Account in this Act:

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

15 to authorize the transfer of additional funds to this ac16 count from the Rural Telephone Bank.

17 TITLE IV—DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS

18 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR FOOD AND

19 CONSUMER SERVICES

20 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of

21 the Assistant Secretary for Food and Consumer Services

22 to administer the laws enacted by the Congress for the

23 Food and Nutrition Service, $540,000.
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1 FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE

2 CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

4 For necessary expenses to carry out the National

5 School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751–1769b), and the appli6 cable provisions other than sections 3 and 17 of the Child

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

8 1789); $7,451,351,000, to remain available through Sep9 tember 30, 1996, of which $2,202,274,000 is hereby ap10 propriated and $5,249,077,000 shall be derived by trans11 fer from funds available under section 32 of the Act of

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

13 appropriated for the purpose of section 7 of the Child Nu14 trition Act of 1966 shall be allocated among the States

15 but the distribution of such funds to an individual State

16 is contingent upon that State’s agreement to participate

17 in studies and surveys of programs authorized under the

18 National School Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition Act

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

20 by the Congress and requested by the Secretary of Agri21 culture: Provided further, That if the Secretary of Agri22 culture determines that a State’s administration of any

23 program under the National School Lunch Act or the

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

25 the regulations issued pursuant to these Acts, is seriously

26 deficient, and the State fails to correct the deficiency with-
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1 in a specified period of time, the Secretary may withhold

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

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

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

5 Act; upon a subsequent determination by the Secretary

6 that the programs are operated in an acceptable manner

7 some or all of the funds withheld may be allocated: Pro8 vided further, That only final reimbursement claims for

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

10 agencies by eligible schools, summer camps, institutions,

11 and service institutions within sixty days following the

12 month for which the reimbursement is claimed shall be

13 eligible for reimbursement from funds appropriated under

14 this Act. States may receive program funds appropriated

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

16 during any month only if the final program operations re17 port for such month is submitted to the Department with18 in ninety days following that month. Exceptions to these

19 claims or reports submission requirements may be made

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

21 up to $3,849,000 shall be available for independent ver22 ification of school food service claims: Provided further,

23 That $1,706,000 shall be available to provide financial

24 and other assistance to operate the Food Service Manage25 ment Institute.
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1 SPECIAL MILK PROGRAM

2 For necessary expenses to carry out the special milk

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

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

5 available through September 30, 1996. Only final reim6 bursement claims for milk submitted to State agencies

7 within sixty days following the month for which the reim8 bursement is claimed shall be eligible for reimbursement

9 from funds appropriated under this Act. States may re10 ceive program funds appropriated under this Act only if

11 the final program operations report for such month is sub12 mitted to the Department within ninety days following

13 that month. Exceptions to these claims or reports submis14 sion requirements may be made at the discretion of the

15 Secretary.

16 SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL FOOD PROGRAM FOR WOMEN,

17 INFANTS, AND CHILDREN (WIC)

18 For necessary expenses to carry out the special sup19 plemental food program as authorized by section 17 of the

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

21 $3,470,000,000, to remain available through September

22 30, 1996, of which up to $5,500,000 may be used to carry

23 out the farmer’s market coupon program: Provided, That

24 none of the funds in this Act shall be available to pay

25 administrative expenses of WIC clinics except those that

26 have an announced policy of prohibiting smoking within
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1 the space used to carry out the program: Provided further,

2 That no State will incur an interest liability to the Federal

3 Government on WIC rebate funds provided that all inter4 est earned by the State on these funds is used for program

5 purposes.

6 COMMODITY SUPPLEMENTAL FOOD PROGRAM

7 For necessary expenses to carry out the commodity

8 supplemental food program as authorized by section 4(a)

9 of the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973

10 (7 U.S.C. 612c (note)), including not less than $8,000,000

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

12 $94,500,000, to remain available through September 30,

13 1996: Provided, That none of these funds shall be avail14 able to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for

15 commodities donated to the program.

16 FOOD STAMP PROGRAM

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

18 For necessary expenses to carry out the Food Stamp

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

20 That funds provided herein shall remain available through

21 September 30, 1995, in accordance with section 18(a) of

22 the Food Stamp Act: Provided further, That

23 $2,500,000,000 of the foregoing amount shall be placed

24 in reserve for use only in such amounts and at such times

25 as may become necessary to carry out program operations:

26 Provided further, That funds provided herein shall be ex-
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1 pended in accordance with section 16 of the Food Stamp

2 Act: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be

3 subject to any work registration or work fare requirements

4 as may be required by law: Provided further, That

5 $1,143,000,000 of the foregoing amount shall be available

6 for Nutrition Assistance for Puerto Rico as authorized by

7 7 U.S.C. 2028, of which $12,472,000 shall be transferred

8 to the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service for the

9 Cattle Tick Eradication Project: Provided further, That no

10 funds provided herein shall be available to provide food

11 assistance in cash in any county not covered by a dem12 onstration project that received final approval from the

13 Secretary on or before July 1, 1994.

14 FOOD DONATIONS PROGRAMS FOR SELECTED GROUPS

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

16 the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 (7

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

18 (7 U.S.C. 2013(b)), and section 311 of the Older Ameri19 cans Act of 1965, as amended (42 U.S.C. 3030a),

20 $183,154,000, to remain available through September 30,

21 1996.

22 For necessary expenses to carry out section 110 of

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

24 THE EMERGENCY FOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

25 For necessary expenses to carry out the Emergency

26 Food Assistance Act of 1983, as amended, $40,000,000:
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1 Provided, That, in accordance with section 202 of Public

2 Law 98–92, these funds shall be available only if the Sec3 retary determines the existence of excess commodities.

4 For purchases of commodities to carry out the Emer5 gency Food Assistance Act of 1983, as amended,

6 $40,000,000.

7 FOOD PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION

8 For necessary administrative expenses of the domes9 tic food programs funded under this Act, $106,465,000;

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

11 procedures, reducing overhead costs, tightening regula12 tions, improving food stamp coupon handling, and assist13 ance in the prevention, identification, and prosecution of

14 fraud and other violations of law: Provided, That this ap15 propriation shall be available for employment pursuant to

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

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

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

19 TITLE V—FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND

20 RELATED PROGRAMS

21 FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

23 For necessary expenses of the Foreign Agricultural

24 Service, including carrying out title VI of the Agricultural

25 Act of 1954, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1761–1768), market
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1 development activities abroad, and for enabling the Sec2 retary to coordinate and integrate activities of the Depart3 ment in connection with foreign agricultural work, includ4 ing not to exceed $128,000 for representation allowances

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

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

7 $4,914,000 may be transferred from Commodity Credit

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

9 the Commodity Credit Corporation Program Account in

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

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

12 That in addition, funds available to the Department of Ag13 riculture shall be available to assist an international orga14 nization in meeting the costs, including salaries, fringe

15 benefits and other associated costs, related to the employ16 ment by the organization of Federal personnel that may

17 transfer to the organization under the provisions of 5

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

19 States citizens, for the performance of activities that con20 tribute to increased understanding of international agri21 cultural issues, with transfer of funds for this purpose

22 from one appropriation to another or to a single account

23 authorized, such funds remaining available until expended:

24 Provided further, That the Service may utilize advances

25 of funds, or reimburse this appropriation for expenditures
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1 made on behalf of Federal agencies, public and private or2 ganizations and institutions under agreements executed

3 pursuant to the agricultural food production assistance

4 programs (7 U.S.C. 1736) and the foreign assistance pro5 grams of the International Development Cooperation Ad6 ministration (22 U.S.C. 2392).

7 None of the funds in the foregoing paragraph shall

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

9 tobacco products.

10 SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES OVERSEAS (FOREIGN CURRENCY

11 PROGRAM)

12 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

13 For payments in foreign currencies owed to or owned

14 by the United States for research activities authorized by

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

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

17 1704(c)(7)), not to exceed $1,062,000: Provided, That not

18 to exceed $25,000 of these funds shall be available for pay19 ments in foreign currencies for expenses of employment

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

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

22 U.S.C. 3109.

23 PUBLIC LAW 480 PROGRAM ACCOUNTS

24 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

25 For expenses during the current fiscal year, not oth26 erwise recoverable, and unrecovered prior years’ costs, in-
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1 cluding interest thereon, under the Agricultural Trade De2 velopment and Assistance Act of 1954, as amended (7

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

4 1731–1736g), as follows: (1) $291,342,000 for Public

5 Law 480 title I credit, including Food for Progress pro6 grams; (2) $29,000,000 is hereby appropriated for ocean

7 freight differential costs for the shipment of agricultural

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

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

10 is hereby appropriated for commodities supplied in connec11 tion with dispositions abroad pursuant to title II of said

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

13 commodities supplied in connection with dispositions

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

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

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

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

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

19 2209b).

20 For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Con21 gressional Budget Act of 1974, of direct credit agreements

22 as authorized by the Agricultural Trade Development and

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

24 Progress Act of 1985, as amended, including the cost of
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1 modifying credit agreements under said Act,

2 $236,162,000.

3 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out

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

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

6 appropriated for Public Law 480 are utilized, $2,461,000.

7 SHORT-TERM EXPORT CREDIT

8 The Commodity Credit Corporation shall make avail9 able not less than $5,000,000,000 in credit guarantees

10 under its export credit guarantee program for short-term

11 credit extended to finance the export sales of United

12 States agricultural commodities and the products thereof,

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

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

15 INTERMEDIATE EXPORT CREDIT

16 The Commodity Credit Corporation shall make avail17 able not less than $500,000,000 in credit guarantees

18 under its export guarantee program for intermediate-term

19 credit extended to finance the export sales of United

20 States agricultural commodities and the products thereof,

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

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

23 EMERGING DEMOCRACIES EXPORT CREDIT

24 The Commodity Credit Corporation shall make avail25 able not less than $200,000,000 in credit guarantees

26 under its Export Guarantee Program for credit expended
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1 to finance the export sales of United States agricultural

2 commodities and the products thereof to emerging democ3 racies, as authorized by section 1542 of Public Law 101–

4 624 (7 U.S.C. 5622 note).

5 COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION EXPORT LOANS

6 PROGRAM ACCOUNT

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

8 For administrative expenses to carry out CCC’s Ex9 port Guarantee Program, GSM 102 and GSM 103,

10 $3,381,000; to cover common overhead expenses as per11 mitted by section 11 of the Commodity Credit Corporation

12 Charter Act and in conformity with the Federal Credit Re13 form Act of 1990, of which not to exceed $2,792,000 may

14 be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for

15 the salaries and expenses of the Foreign Agricultural

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

17 transferred to and merged with the appropriation for the

18 salaries and expenses of the Agricultural Stabilization and

19 Conservation Service.
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1 TITLE VI—RELATED AGENCIES AND FOOD

2 AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION

3 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN

4 SERVICES

5 FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7 For necessary expenses of the Food and Drug Ad8 ministration, including hire and purchase of passenger

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

10 District of Columbia or elsewhere; and for miscellaneous

11 and emergency expenses of enforcement activities, author12 ized and approved by the Secretary and to be accounted

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

14 $25,000; $914,394,000, of which not to exceed

15 $79,423,000 in fees pursuant to section 736 of the Fed16 eral Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act may be credited to

17 this appropriation and remain available until expended:

18 Provided, That fees derived from applications received

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

20 1995 limitation: Provided further, That none of these

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

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

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

24 rules or regulations for a selenium supplement level in ani25 mal feeds below 0.3 parts per million.
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1 In addition, of the foregoing amount such sums as

2 may be necessary may be used for the inspection of mam3 mography facilities, notwithstanding section 354(r) of the

4 Public Health Service Act. Fees collected under said Act

5 shall be credited to the foregoing account and shall remain

6 available until expended.

7 In addition to amounts provided, proceeds from the

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

9 be retained by the Food and Drug Administration and

10 credited to the salaries and expenses appropriation for

11 1995.

12 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

13 For plans, construction, repair, improvement, exten14 sion, alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facili15 ties of or used by the Food and Drug Administration,

16 where not otherwise provided, $18,150,000, to remain

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

18 the Food and Drug Administration may accept donated

19 land in Montgomery and/or Prince George’s Counties,

20 Maryland.

21 RENTAL PAYMENTS (FDA)

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

23 For payment of space rental and related costs pursu24 ant to Public Law 92–313 for programs and activities of

25 the Food and Drug Administration which are included in

26 this Act, $46,294,000: Provided, That in the event the
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1 Food and Drug Administration should require modifica2 tion of space needs, a share of the salaries and expenses

3 appropriation may be transferred to this appropriation, or

4 a share of this appropriation may be transferred to the

5 salaries and expenses appropriation, but such transfers

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

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

8 DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

9 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE

10 PAYMENTS TO THE FARM CREDIT SYSTEM FINANCIAL

11 ASSISTANCE CORPORATION

12 For necessary payments to the Farm Credit System

13 Financial Assistance Corporation by the Secretary of the

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

15 Credit Act of 1971, as amended, for reimbursement of in16 terest expenses incurred by the Financial Assistance Cor17 poration on obligations issued through 1994, as author18 ized, $57,026,000.

19 INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

20 COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION

21 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions

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

23 1 et seq.), including the purchase and hire of passenger

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

25 year leases) in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; and
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1 not to exceed $25,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C.

2 3109; $47,480,000, including not to exceed $1,000 for of3 ficial reception and representation expenses: Provided,

4 That the Commission is authorized to charge fees to cover

5 the cost of Commission-sponsored educational events and

6 symposia, and notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, said fees

7 shall be credited to this account, to be available without

8 further appropriation.

9 FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION

10 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

11 Not to exceed $40,420,000 (from assessments col12 lected from farm credit institutions and from the Federal

13 Agricultural Mortgage Corporation) shall be obligated

14 during the current fiscal year for administrative expenses

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

16 TITLE VII—GENERAL PROVISIONS

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

18 appropriations and authorizations made for the Depart19 ment of Agriculture for the fiscal year 1995 under this

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

21 specifically provided for, of not to exceed 706 passenger

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

23 and for the hire of such vehicles.

24 SEC. 702. Funds in this Act available to the Depart25 ment of Agriculture shall be available for uniforms or al-
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1 lowances therefor as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–

2 5902).

3 SEC. 703. Not less than $1,500,000 of the appropria4 tions of the Department of Agriculture in this Act for re5 search and service work authorized by the Acts of August

6 14, 1946, and July 28, 1954, and (7 U.S.C. 427, 1621–

7 1629), and by chapter 63 of title 31, United States Code,

8 shall be available for contracting in accordance with said

9 Acts and chapter.

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

11 Working Capital Fund for the purpose of accumulating

12 growth capital for data services and National Finance

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

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

15 the Department shall be transferred to the Working Cap16 ital Fund without the approval of the agency adminis17 trator.

18 SEC. 705. New obligational authority provided for the

19 following appropriation items in this Act shall remain

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

21 Plant Health Inspection Service, the contingency fund to

22 meet emergency conditions, and Integrated Systems Ac23 quisition Project; Agricultural Stabilization and Conserva24 tion Service, salaries and expenses funds made available

25 to county committees; Foreign Agricultural Service, Mid-
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1 dle-Income Country Training Program; higher education

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

3 the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and

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

5 3152(b)(6)); and capacity building grants to colleges eligi6 ble to receive funds under the Act of August 30, 1890,

7 including Tuskegee University.

8 New obligational authority for the Boll Weevil Pro9 gram; up to 10 per centum of the Screwworm Program

10 of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service; funds

11 appropriated for Rental Payments; and higher education

12 minority scholars programs under section 1417(b)(5) of

13 the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and

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

15 3152(b)(5)) shall remain available until expended.

16 SEC. 706. No part of any appropriation contained in

17 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the

18 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.

19 SEC. 707. Not to exceed $50,000 of the appropria20 tions available to the Department of Agriculture in this

21 Act shall be available to provide appropriate orientation

22 and language training pursuant to Public Law 94–449.

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

24 used to pay negotiated indirect cost rates on cooperative

25 agreements or similar arrangements between the United
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1 States Department of Agriculture and nonprofit institu2 tions in excess of 10 per centum of the total direct cost

3 of the agreement when the purpose of such cooperative

4 arrangements is to carry out programs of mutual interest

5 between the two parties. This does not preclude appro6 priate payment of indirect costs on grants and contracts

7 with such institutions when such indirect costs are com8 puted on a similar basis for all agencies for which appro9 priations are provided in this Act.

10 SEC. 709. Notwithstanding any other provision of

11 this Act, commodities acquired by the Department in con12 nection with Commodity Credit Corporation and section

13 32 price support operations may be used, as authorized

14 by law (15 U.S.C. 714c and 7 U.S.C. 612c), to provide

15 commodities to individuals in cases of hardship as deter16 mined by the Secretary of Agriculture.

17 SEC. 710. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail18 able to reimburse the General Services Administration for

19 payment of space rental and related costs in excess of the

20 amounts specified in this Act; nor shall this or any other

21 provision of law require a reduction in the level of rental

22 space or services below that of fiscal year 1994 or prohibit

23 an expansion of rental space or services with the use of

24 funds otherwise appropriated in this Act. Further, no

25 agency of the Department of Agriculture, from funds oth-
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1 erwise available, shall reimburse the General Services Ad2 ministration for payment of space rental and related costs

3 provided to such agency at a percentage rate which is

4 greater than is available in the case of funds appropriated

5 in this Act.

6 SEC. 711. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail7 able to restrict the authority of the Commodity Credit

8 Corporation to lease space for its own use or to lease space

9 on behalf of other agencies of the Department of Agri10 culture when such space will be jointly occupied.

11 SEC. 712. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail12 able to pay indirect costs on research grants awarded com13 petitively by the Cooperative State Research Service that

14 exceed 14 per centum of total Federal funds provided

15 under each award.

16 SEC. 713. Notwithstanding any other provisions of

17 this Act, all loan levels provided in this Act shall be consid18 ered estimates, not limitations.

19 SEC. 714. Appropriations to the Department of Agri20 culture for the cost of direct and guaranteed loans made

21 available in fiscal year 1995 shall remain available until

22 expended to cover obligations made in fiscal year 1995 for

23 the following accounts: Rural Development Insurance

24 Fund Program Account; Rural Development Loan Fund

25 Program Account; the Rural Telephone Bank Program
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1 Account; the Rural Electrification and Telephone Loans

2 Program Account; and the REA Economic Development

3 Loans Program Account.

4 SEC. 715. None of the funds appropriated or other5 wise made available by this Act shall be used to pay the

6 salaries of personnel who carry out a Market Promotion

7 Program pursuant to section 203 (7 U.S.C. 5623) of the

8 Agricultural Trade Act of 1978, with respect to tobacco

9 or if the aggregate amount of funds and/or commodities

10 under such program exceeds $90,000,000.

11 SEC. 716. None of the funds appropriated or other12 wise made available by this Act shall be used to enroll

13 in excess of 100,000 acres in the fiscal year 1995 Wet14 lands Reserve Program, as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 3837.

15 SEC. 717. None of the funds appropriated or other16 wise made available by this Act shall be used to enroll

17 additional acres in the Conservation Reserve Program au18 thorized by 16 U.S.C. 3831–3845.

19 SEC. 718. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal

20 year 1995 pay raises for programs funded by this Act shall

21 be absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act.

22 SEC. 719. (a) COMPLIANCE WITH BUY AMERICAN

23 ACT.—None of the funds made available in this Act may

24 be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees that in

25 expending the funds the entity will comply with sections
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1 2 through 4 of the Act of March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 10a–

2 10c; popularly known as the ‘‘Buy American Act’’).

3 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS; REQUIREMENT REGARD4 ING NOTICE.—

5 (1) PURCHASE OF AMERICAN-MADE EQUIPMENT

6 AND PRODUCTS.—In the case of any equipment or

7 product that may be authorized to be purchased

8 with financial assistance provided using funds made

9 available in this Act, it is the sense of the Congress

10 that entities receiving the assistance should, in ex11 pending the assistance, purchase only American12 made equipment and products.

13 (2) NOTICE TO RECIPIENTS OF ASSISTANCE.—

14 In providing financial assistance using funds made

15 available in this Act, the head of each Federal agen16 cy shall provide to each recipient of the assistance

17 a notice describing the statement made in paragraph

18 (1) by the Congress.

19 (c) PROHIBITION OF CONTRACTS WITH PERSONS

20 FALSELY LABELING PRODUCTS AS MADE IN AMERICA.—

21 If it has been finally determined by a court or Federal

22 agency that any person intentionally affixed a label bear23 ing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription, or any inscription

24 with the same meaning, to any product sold in or shipped

25 to the United States that is not made in the United
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1 States, the person shall be ineligible to receive any con2 tract or subcontract made with funds made available in

3 this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and ineli4 gibility procedures described in sections 9.400 through

5 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations.

6 SEC. 720. Notwithstanding the Federal Grant and

7 Cooperative Agreement Act, marketing services of the Ag8 ricultural Marketing Service may use cooperative agree9 ments to reflect a relationship between Agricultural Mar10 keting Service and a State or Cooperator to carry out agri11 cultural marketing programs.

12 SEC. 721. None of the funds appropriated or other13 wise made available by this Act shall be used to pay the

14 salaries of personnel who carry out an export enhancement

15 program (estimated to be $1,000,000,000 in the Presi16 dent’s fiscal year 1995 Budget Request (H. Doc. 103–

17 179)) if the aggregate amount of funds and/or commod18 ities under such program exceeds $850,000,000.

19 SEC. 722. None of the funds appropriated or other20 wise made available by this Act shall be used to pay the

21 salaries of personnel who carry out a sunflower and cot22 tonseed oil export program authorized by section 1541 of

23 Public Law 101–624 if the aggregate amount of funds

24 and/or commodities under such program exceeds

25 $27,000,000.
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1 SEC. 723. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth2 erwise made available by this Act shall be used by the Sec3 retary of Agriculture to provide a total amount of pay4 ments to a person to support the price of honey under

5 section 207 of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C.

6 1446h) and section 405A of such Act (7 U.S.C. 1425a)

7 in excess of $0 in the 1994 crop year.

8 (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act,

9 none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made avail10 able by this Act shall be used by the Secretary of Agri11 culture to provide for a total amount of payments and/

12 or total amount of loan forfeitures to a person to support

13 the price of honey under section 207 of the Agricultural

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

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

16 crop year.

17 SEC. 724. None of the funds in this Act may be used

18 by the Secretary of Agriculture to warrant to the Sec19 retary of the Treasury a payment out of the Treasury of

20 the United States for purposes specified in the tenth and

21 eleventh paragraphs under the heading ‘‘Emergency Ap22 propriations’’ of the Act of March 4, 1907 (7 U.S.C. 321,

23 et seq.): Provided, That $2,850,000 is hereby appropriated

24 for higher education challenge grants under section

25 1417(b)(1) of the National Agricultural Research, Exten-
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1 sion, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977, as amended (7

2 U.S.C. 3152(b)(1)), including administrative expenses.

3 SEC. 725. Notwithstanding any other provision of

4 this Act $25,000,000 is hereby appropriated for unfore5 seen expenses due to the reorganization and streamlining

6 of the agencies of the Department of Agriculture which

7 may be transferred to any agency of the Department fund8 ed in this Act for its use in meeting these unforeseen

9 needs: Provided, That such funds shall not be available

10 for obligation prior to September 29, 1995.

11 SEC. 726. None of the funds made available in this

12 Act for the Food Stamp Program may be used in violation

13 of 7 U.S.C. sec. 2015(f) or of any applicable Federal law

14 or regulation of the United States.

15 SEC. 727. None of the funds made available in this

16 Act for the Conservation Reserve Program may be used

17 in violation of 7 CFR 1498.4(a) or of any applicable Fed18 eral law or regulation of the United States.

19 SEC. 728. None of the funds made available in this

20 Act for the Wetlands Reserve Program may be used in

21 violation of 7 CFR 1498.4(a) or of any applicable Federal

22 law or regulation of the United States.

23 SEC. 729. None of the funds made available in this

24 Act for the Agricultural Water Quality Protection Pro25 gram may be used in violation of 7 CFR 1498.4(a) or of
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1 any applicable Federal law or regulation of the United

2 States.

3 SEC. 730. None of the funds made available in this

4 Act for Integrated Farm Management Program Option

5 may be used in violation of 7 CFR 1498.4(a) or of any

6 applicable Federal law or regulation of the United States.

7 SEC. 731. None of the funds made available in this

8 Act for Farm Labor Housing Grants (Section 516) may

9 be used in violation of 7 CFR 1944.9(c) or of any applica10 ble Federal law or regulation of the United States.

11 SEC. 732. None of the funds made available in this

12 Act for Rural Housing Loans (section 502) may be used

13 in violation of 7 CFR 1944.9(c) or of any applicable Fed14 eral law or regulation of the United States.

15 SEC. 733. None of the funds made available in this

16 Act for Rural Rental Housing Loans (section 515) may

17 be used in violation of 7 CFR 1944.9(c) or of any applica18 ble Federal law or regulation of the United States.

19 SEC. 734. None of the funds made available in this

20 Act for Rural Rental Assistance Payments (section 521)

21 may be used in violation of 7 CFR 1944.9(c) or of any

22 applicable Federal law or regulation of the United States.

23 SEC. 735. None of the funds made available in this

24 Act for Rural Housing Self-Help Technical Assistance

25 Grants may be used in violation of 7 CFR 1944.9(c) or
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1 of any applicable Federal law or regulation of the United

2 States.

3 SEC. 736. None of the funds made available in this

4 Act for Rural Housing Site Loans (sections 523 and 524)

5 may be used in violation of 7 CFR 1944.9(c) or of any

6 applicable Federal law or regulation of the United States.

7 SEC. 737. None of the funds made available in this

8 Act for Farm Labor Housing Loans and Grants may be

9 used in violation of 7 CFR 1944.9(c) or of any applicable

10 Federal law or regulation of the United States.

11 SEC. 738. None of the funds made available in this

12 Act for Rural Rental Housing Loans may be used in viola13 tion of 7 CFR 1944.9(c) or of any applicable Federal law

14 or regulation of the United States.

15 SEC. 739. None of the funds made available in this

16 Act for Farm Ownership Loans may be used in violation

17 of 7 CFR 1943.12(a)(1) or of any applicable Federal law

18 or regulation of the United States.

19 SEC. 740. None of the funds made available in this

20 Act for Emergency Loans may be used in violation of 7

21 CFR 1945.162(b)(1) or of any applicable Federal law or

22 regulation of the United States.

23 SEC. 741. None of the funds made available in this

24 Act for Farm Operating Loans may be used in violation
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1 of 7 CFR 1941.12(a)(1) or of any applicable Federal law

2 or regulation of the United States.

3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Agricultural, Rural

4 Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Relat5 ed Agencies Appropriations Act, 1995’’.

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