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104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1976

[Report No. 104–142]

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SEPTEMBER 20, 1995

Ordered to be printed with the amendments of the Senate numbered

AN ACT

Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development,

Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies

programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996,

and for other purposes.

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

3 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any

4 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for Ag5 riculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administra6 tion, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year

7 ending September 30, 1996, and for other purposes,

8 namely:
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1 TITLE I

2 AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS

3 PRODUCTION, PROCESSING, AND MARKETING

4 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

6 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary

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

8 under 5 U.S.C. 3109, Ω1æ$10,227,000 $12,801,000, of

9 which Ω2æ$7,500,000 $10,000,000, to remain available

10 until expended, shall be available for InfoShare: Provided,

11 That not to exceed $11,000 of this amount, along with

12 any unobligated balances of representation funds in the

13 Foreign Agricultural Service shall be available for official

14 reception and representation expenses, not otherwise pro15 vided for, as determined by the Secretary.

16 EXECUTIVE OPERATIONS

17 CHIEF ECONOMIST

18 For necessary expenses of the Chief Economist, in19 cluding economic analysis, risk assessment, cost benefit

20 analysis, and the functions of the World Agricultural Out21 look Board, as authorized by the Agricultural Marketing

22 Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1622g), and including employment

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

24 the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), of which not
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1 to exceed $5,000 is for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109,

2 Ω3æ$3,948,000 $3,814,000.

3 NATIONAL APPEALS DIVISION

4 For necessary expenses of the National Appeals Divi5 sion, including employment pursuant to the second sen6 tence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7

7 U.S.C. 2225), of which not to exceed $25,000 is for em8 ployment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $11,846,000.

9 OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS

10 For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and

11 Program Analysis, including employment pursuant to the

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

13 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), of which not to exceed $5,000 is

14 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $5,899,000.

15 CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

16 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Fi17 nancial Officer, including employment pursuant to the sec18 ond sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944

19 (7 U.S.C. 2225), of which not to exceed $10,000 is for

20 employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $4,133,000: Provided,

21 That the Chief Financial Officer shall reinstate and mar22 ket cross-servicing activities of the National Finance

23 CenterΩ4æ:–Provided further, That none of the funds ap24 propriated or otherwise made available by this Act shall

25 be used to obtain, modify, re-engineer, license, operate,

26 implement, or expand commercial off-the-shelf financial
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1 management software systems or existing commercial off2 the-shelf system financial management contracts, beyond

3 general ledger systems and accounting support software,

4 at the National Finance Center until thirty legislative days

5 after the Secretary of Agriculture submits to the House

6 and Senate Committees on Appropriations a complete and

7 thorough cost-benefit analysis and a certification by the

8 Secretary of Agriculture that this analysis provides a de9 tailed and accurate cost-benefit analysis comparison be10 tween obtaining or expanding commercial off-the-shelf

11 software systems and conducting identical or comparable

12 software systems acquisitions, re-engineering, or modifica13 tions in-house.

14 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR

15 ADMINISTRATION

16 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of

17 the Assistant Secretary for Administration to carry out

18 the programs funded in this Act, $596,000.

19 AGRICULTURE BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES AND RENTAL

20 PAYMENTS

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

22 For payment of space rental and related costs pursu23 ant to Public Law 92–313, including authorities pursuant

24 to the 1984 delegation of authority from the Adminis25 trator of General Services to the Department of Agri-
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1 culture Ω5æunder 40 U.S.C. 486, for programs and activi2 ties of the Department which are included in this Act,

3 $110,187,000, of which $20,216,000 shall be retained by

4 the Department for the operation, maintenance, and re5 pair of Agriculture buildings: Provided, That in the event

6 an agency within the Department should require modifica7 tion of space needs, the Secretary of Agriculture may

8 transfer a share of that agency’s appropriation made

9 available by this Act to this appropriation, or may transfer

10 a share of this appropriation to that agency’s appropria11 tion, but such transfers shall not exceed 5 percent of the

12 funds made available for space rental and related costs

13 to or from this account. In addition, for construction, re14 pair, improvement, extension, alteration, and purchase of

15 fixed equipment or facilities as necessary to carry out the

16 programs of the Department, where not otherwise pro17 vided, $25,587,000, to remain available until expended;

18 making a total appropriation of $135,774,000.

19 ADVISORY COMMITTEES (USDA)

20 For necessary expenses for activities of advisory com21 mittees of the Department of Agriculture which are in22 cluded in this Act, Ω6æ$800,000 $650,000: Provided, That

23 no other funds appropriated to the Department in this Act

24 shall be available to the Department for support of activi25 ties of advisory committees.
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1 HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

3 For necessary expenses of the Department of Agri4 culture, to comply with the requirement of section 107(g)

5 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Com6 pensation, and Liability Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C.

7 9607(g), Ω7æand section 6001 of the Resource Conserva8 tion and Recovery Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 6961,

9 $15,700,000, to remain available until expended: Pro10 vided, That appropriations and funds available herein to

11 the Department for Hazardous Waste Management may

12 be transferred to any agency of the Department for its

13 use in meeting all requirements pursuant to the above

14 Acts on Federal and non-Federal lands.

15 DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

17 For Personnel, Operations, Information Resources

18 Management, Civil Rights Enforcement, Small and Dis19 advantaged Business Utilization, Administrative Law

20 Judges and Judicial Officer, Disaster Management and

21 Coordination, and Modernization of the Administrative

22 Process, $27,986,000, to provide for necessary expenses

23 for management support services to offices of the Depart24 ment and for general administration and disaster manage25 ment of the Department, repairs and alterations, and
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1 other miscellaneous supplies and expenses not otherwise

2 provided for and necessary for the practical and efficient

3 work of the Department, including employment pursuant

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

5 Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), of which not to exceed

6 $10,000 is for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Pro7 vided, That this appropriation shall be reimbursed from

8 applicable appropriations in this Act for travel expenses

9 incident to the holding of hearings as required by 5 U.S.C.

10 551–558.

11 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR

12 CONGRESSIONAL RELATIONS

13 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of

14 the Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations to

15 carry out the programs funded in this Act, including pro16 grams involving intergovernmental affairs and liaison

17 within the executive branch, Ω8æ$3,797,000:–Provided,

18 That no other funds appropriated to the Department in

19 this Act shall be available to the Department for support

20 of activities of congressional relations $1,764,000.

21 OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS

22 For necessary expenses to carry on services relating

23 to the coordination of programs involving public affairs,

24 for the dissemination of agricultural information, and the

25 coordination of information, work, and programs author-
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1 ized by Congress in the Department, $8,198,000, includ2 ing employment pursuant to the second sentence of section

3 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), of

4 which not to exceed $10,000 shall be available for employ5 ment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, and not to exceed $2,000,000

6 may be used for farmers’ bulletins.

7 OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL

8 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector

9 General, including employment pursuant to the second

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

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

12 amended, $63,639,000, including such sums as may be

13 necessary for contracting and other arrangements with

14 public agencies and private persons pursuant to section

15 6(a)(9) of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended,

16 including a sum not to exceed $50,000 for employment

17 under 5 U.S.C. 3109; and including a sum not to exceed

18 Ω9æ$95,000 $125,000 for certain confidential operational

19 expenses including the payment of informants, to be ex20 pended under the direction of the Inspector General pur21 suant to Public Law 95–452 and section 1337 of Public

22 Law 97–98Ω10æ: Provided, That funds transferred to the

23 Office of the Inspector General through forfeiture proceed24 ings or from the Department of Justice Assets Forfeiture

25 Fund or the Department of the Treasury Forfeiture Fund,
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1 as a participating agency, as an equitable share from the

2 forfeiture of property in investigations in which the Office

3 of Inspector General participates, or through the granting

4 of a Petition for Remission or Mitigation, shall be deposited

5 to the credit of this account for law enforcement activities

6 authorized under the Inspector General Act of 1978, as

7 amended, to remain available until expended.

8 OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL

9 For necessary expenses of the Office of the General

10 Counsel, $27,860,000.

11 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RESEARCH,

12 EDUCATION AND ECONOMICS

13 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of

14 the Under Secretary for Research, Education and Eco15 nomics to administer the laws enacted by the Congress

16 for the Economic Research Service, the National Agricul17 tural Statistics Service, the Agricultural Research Service

18 and the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Ex19 tension Service, $520,000.

20 ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE

21 For necessary expenses of the Economic Research

22 Service in conducting economic research and analysis, as

23 authorized by the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7

24 U.S.C. 1621–1627) and other laws, Ω11æ$53,131,000

25 $53,526,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall be
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1 available for employment pursuant to the second sentence

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

3 2225).

4 NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE

5 For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural

6 Statistics Service in conducting statistical reporting and

7 service work, including crop and livestock estimates, sta8 tistical coordination and improvements, and marketing

9 surveys, as authorized by the Agricultural Marketing Act

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

11 $81,107,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall be

12 available for employment pursuant to the second sentence

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

14 2225), and not to exceed $40,000 shall be available for

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

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 including the acqui23 sition, preservation, and dissemination of agricultural in24 formation; and for acquisition of lands by donation, ex25 change, or purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed $100,
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1 Ω12æ$705,610,000 $707,000,000: Provided, That appro2 priations hereunder shall be available for temporary em3 ployment pursuant to the second sentence of section

4 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and

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

6 under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That appropria7 tions hereunder shall be available for the operation and

8 maintenance of aircraft and the purchase of not to exceed

9 one for replacement only: Provided further, That appro10 priations hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7

11 U.S.C. 2250 for the construction, alteration, and repair

12 of buildings and improvements, but unless otherwise pro13 vided the cost of constructing any one building shall not

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

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

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

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

18 building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent

19 of the current replacement value of the building or

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

21 limitations on alterations contained in this Act shall not

22 apply to modernization or replacement of existing facilities

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

3 West Virginia: 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 Under

6 Secretary for Research, Education and Economics for the

7 scientific review of international issues involving agricul8 tural chemicals and food additives: Provided further, That

9 funds may be received from any State, other political sub10 division, organization, or individual for the purpose of es11 tablishing or operating any research facility or research

12 project of the Agricultural Research Service, as authorized

13 by law: Provided further, That all rights and title of the

14 United States in the property known as USDA Houma

15 Sugar Cane Research Laboratory, consisting of approxi16 mately 20 acres in the City of Houma and 150 acres of

17 farmland in Chacahula, Louisiana, including facilities and

18 equipment, shall be conveyed to the American Sugar Cane

19 League Ω13æFoundation: Provided further, That all rights

20 and title of the United States in the Agricultural Research

21 Station at Brawley, California, consisting of 80 acres of

22 land, including facilities and equipment, shall be conveyed

23 to Imperial County, California: Provided further, That all

24 rights and title of the United States in the Pecan Genetics

25 and Improvement Research Laboratory, consisting of 84.2
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1 acres of land, including facilities and equipment, shall be

2 conveyed to Texas A&M University: Provided further, That

3 the property originally conveyed by the State of Tennessee

4 to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Re5 search Service, in Lewisburg, Tennessee be conveyed to

6 the University of Tennessee.

7 None of the funds in the foregoing paragraph shall

8 be available to carry out research related to the produc9 tion, processing or marketing of tobacco or tobacco prod10 ucts.

11 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

12 For acquisition of land, construction, repair, improve13 ment, extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed equip14 ment or facilities as necessary to carry out the agricultural

15 research programs of the Department of Agriculture,

16 where not otherwise provided, $30,200,000, to remain

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

18 funds may be received from any State, other political sub19 division, organization, or individual for the purpose of es20 tablishing any research facility of the Agricultural Re21 search Service, as authorized by lawΩ14æ: Provided fur22 ther, That of the funds made available under this heading

23 for the National Center for Agricultural Utilization Re24 search, not less than $1,000,000 shall be available for the
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1 Grain Marketing Research Laboratory in Manhattan, Kan2 sas.

3 COOPERATIVE STATE RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND

4 EXTENSION SERVICE

5 RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES

6 For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for

7 cooperative forestry and other research, for facilities, and

8 for other expenses, including Ω15æ$166,165,000

9 $171,304,000 to carry into effect the provisions of the

10 Hatch Act (7 U.S.C. 361a–361i); Ω16æ$20,185,000

11 $20,809,000 for grants for cooperative forestry research

12 (16 U.S.C. 582a–582–a7); Ω17æ$27,313,000 $28,157,000

13 for payments to the 1890 land-grant colleges, including

14 Tuskegee University (7 U.S.C. 3222); Ω18æ$31,930,000

15 $42,670,000 for special grants for agricultural research (7

16 U.S.C. 450i(c)); Ω19æ$11,599,000 $9,769,000 for special

17 grants for agricultural research on improved pest control

18 (7 U.S.C. 450i(c)); Ω20æ$98,165,000 $99,582,000 for

19 competitive research grants (7 U.S.C. 450i(b));

20 Ω21æ$5,051,000 $5,551,000 for the support of animal

21 health and disease programs (7 U.S.C. Ω22æ195 3195);

22 Ω23æ$1,150,000 $500,000 for supplemental and alter23 native crops and products (7 U.S.C. 3319d);

24 Ω24æ$500,000 for grants for research pursuant to the Criti25 cal Agricultural Materials Act of 1984 (7 U.S.C. 178) and
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1 section 1472 of the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977, as

2 amended (7 U.S.C. 3318), to remain available until ex3 pended; $475,000 for rangeland research grants (7 U.S.C.

4 3331–3336); $3,500,000 for higher education graduate

5 fellowships grants (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(6)), to remain avail6 able until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); $4,350,000 for

7 higher education challenge grants (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(1));

8 $1,000,000 for a higher education minority scholars pro9 gram (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(5)), to remain available until ex10 pended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); $4,000,000 for aquaculture

11 grants (7 U.S.C. 3322); Ω25æ$8,000,000 $8,112,000 for

12 sustainable agriculture research and education (7 U.S.C.

13 5811); Ω26æ$9,207,000 for a program of capacity building

14 grants to colleges eligible to receive funds under the Act of

15 August 30, 1890 (7 U.S.C. 321–326 and 328), including

16 Tuskegee University, to remain available until expended (7

17 U.S.C. 2209b); Ω27æ$1,450,000 for payments to the 1994

18 Institutions pursuant to section 534(a)(1) of Public Law

19 103–382; and Ω28æ$6,289,000 $10,686,000 for necessary

20 expenses of Research and Education Activities, of which

21 not to exceed $100,000 shall be for employment under 5

22 U.S.C. 3109; in all, Ω29æ$389,172,000 $418,622,000.

23 None of the funds in the foregoing paragraph shall

24 be available to carry out research related to the produc-
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1 tion, processing or marketing of tobacco or tobacco prod2 ucts.

3 NATIVE AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS ENDOWMENT FUND

4 For establishment of a Native American institutions

5 endowment fund, as authorized by Public Law 130–382

6 (7 U.S.C. 301 note.), $4,600,000.

7 Ω30æBUILDINGS 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 eligible

11 recipients for such purposes, as necessary to carry out the

12 agricultural research, extension, and teaching programs of

13 the Department of Agriculture, where not otherwise pro14 vided, $57,838,000, to remain available until expended (7

15 U.S.C. 2209b).

16 EXTENSION ACTIVITIES

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 extension work under the Smith-Lever Act, as

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

22 of said Act, and under section 208(c) of Public Law 93–

23 471, for retirement and employees’ compensation costs for

24 extension agents and for costs of penalty mail for coopera25 tive extension agents and State extension directors,

26 Ω31æ$264,405,000 $272,582,000; payments for the nutri-
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1 tion and family education program for low-income areas

2 under section 3(d) of the Act, Ω32æ$59,588,000

3 $61,431,000; payments for the pest management program

4 under section 3(d) of the Act, $10,947,000; payments for

5 the farm safety program under section 3(d) of the Act,

6 Ω33æ$2,898,000 $2,988,000; payments for the pesticide

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

8 $3,363,000; payments to upgrade 1890 land-grant college

9 research, extension, and teaching facilities as authorized

10 by section 1447 of Public Law 95–113, as amended (7

11 U.S.C. 3222b), Ω34æ$7,664,000 $7,901,000, to remain

12 available until expended; payments for the rural develop13 ment centers under section 3(d) of the Act, Ω35æ$921,000

14 $950,000; payments for a groundwater quality program

15 under section 3(d) of the Act, Ω36æ$10,897,000

16 $11,234,000; payments for the agricultural telecommuni17 cations program, as authorized by Public Law 101–624

18 (7 U.S.C. 5926), Ω37æ$1,184,000 $1,221,000; payments

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

20 Ω38æ$9,700,000 $10,000,000; Ω39æpayments for a Nutri21 tion Education Initiative under 3(d) of the Act, $4,265,000;

22 payments for a food safety program under section 3(d)

23 of the Act, Ω40æ$2,400,000 $2,475,000; payments for car24 rying out the provisions of the Renewable Resources Ex25 tension Act of 1978, Ω41æ$3,241,000 $3,341,000; pay-
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1 ments for Indian reservation agents under section 3(d) of

2 the Act, Ω42æ$1,697,000 $1,750,000; payments for sus3 tainable agriculture programs under section 3(d) of the

4 Act, $3,463,000; Ω43æpayments for rural health and safety

5 education as authorized by section 2390 of Public Law 101–

6 624 (7 U.S.C. 2661 note, 2662), $2,750,000; payments for

7 cooperative extension work by the colleges receiving the

8 benefits of the second Morrill Act (7 U.S.C. 321–326,

9 328) and Tuskegee University, Ω44æ$24,708,000

10 $25,472,000; Ω45æ$2,550,000 for payments to the 1994 In11 stitutions pursuant to section 534(b)(3) of Public Law 103–

12 382; and for Federal administration and coordination in13 cluding administration of the Smith-Lever Act, as amend14 ed, and the Act of September 29, 1977 (7 U.S.C. 341–

15 349), as amended, and section 1361(c) of the Act of Octo16 ber 3, 1980 (7 U.S.C. Ω46æ301n 301 note), and to coordi17 nate and provide program leadership for the extension

18 work of the Department and the several States and insular

19 possessions, Ω47æ$6,181,000 $10,998,000; in all,

20 Ω48æ$413,257,000 $439,681,000: Provided, That funds

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

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

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

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

25 Islands, Micronesia, Northern Marianas, and American
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1 Samoa prior to availability of an equal sum from non-Fed2 eral sources for expenditure during the current fiscal year.

3 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR

4 MARKETING AND REGULATORY PROGRAMS

5 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of

6 the Assistant Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory

7 Programs to administer programs under the laws enacted

8 by the Congress for the Animal and Plant Health Inspec9 tion Service, Agricultural Marketing Service, and the

10 Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration,

11 $605,000.

12 ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

15 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, including

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

17 amended (21 U.S.C. 114b–c), necessary to prevent, con18 trol, and eradicate pests and plant and animal diseases;

19 to carry out inspection, quarantine, and regulatory activi20 ties; to discharge the authorities of the Secretary of Agri21 culture under the Act of March 2, 1931 (46 Stat. 1468;

22 7 U.S.C. 426–426b); and to protect the environment, as

23 authorized by law, Ω49æ$333,410,000 $329,125,000, of

24 which $4,799,000 shall be available for the control of out25 breaks of insects, plant diseases, animal diseases and for

26 control of pest animals and birds to the extent necessary
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1 to meet emergency conditions: Provided, That in fiscal

2 year 1996, amounts in the agricultural quarantine inspec3 tion user fee account shall be available for authorized pur4 poses without further appropriation: Provided further,

5 That no funds shall be used to formulate or administer

6 a brucellosis eradication program for the current fiscal

7 year that does not require minimum matching by the

8 States of at least 40 percent: Provided further, That this

9 appropriation shall be available for field employment pur10 suant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Or11 ganic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed

12 $40,000 shall be available for employment under 5 U.S.C.

13 3109: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be

14 available for the operation and maintenance of aircraft

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

16 be for replacement only: Provided further, That, in addi17 tion, in emergencies which threaten any segment of the

18 agricultural production industry of this country, the Sec19 retary may transfer from other appropriations or funds

20 available to the agencies or corporations of the Depart21 ment such sums as he may deem necessary, to be available

22 only in such emergencies for the arrest and eradication

23 of contagious or infectious diseases or pests of animals,

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

25 the Act of February 28, 1947, as amended, and section
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1 102 of the Act of September 21, 1944, as amended, and

2 any unexpended balances of funds transferred for such

3 emergency purposes in the next preceding fiscal year shall

4 be merged with such transferred amounts: Provided fur5 ther, That appropriations hereunder shall be available pur6 suant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the repair and alteration

7 of leased buildings and improvements, but unless other8 wise provided the cost of altering any one building during

9 the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the current

10 replacement value of the building.

11 In fiscal year 1996 the agency is authorized to collect

12 fees to cover the total costs of providing technical assist13 ance, goods, or services requested by States, other political

14 subdivisions, domestic and international organizations,

15 foreign governments, or individuals, provided that such

16 fees are structured such that any entity’s liability for such

17 fees is reasonably based on the technical assistance, goods,

18 or services provided to the entity by the agency, and such

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

20 until expended, without further appropriation, for provid21 ing such assistance, goods, or services.

22 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

23 For plans, construction, repair, preventive mainte24 nance, environmental support, improvement, extension, al25 teration, Ω50æmodernization, and purchase of fixed equip-
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1 ment or facilities, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 2250, and

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

3 Ω51æ$12,541,000 $4,973,000, to remain available until ex4 pended.

5 AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE

6 MARKETING SERVICES

7 For necessary expenses to carry on services related

8 to consumer protection, agricultural marketing and dis9 tribution, transportation, and regulatory programs, as au10 thorized by law, and for administration and coordination

11 of payments to States; including field employment pursu12 ant to section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C.

13 2225), and not to exceed $90,000 for employment under

14 5 U.S.C. 3109, Ω52æ$46,662,000 $46,517,000, including

15 funds for the wholesale market development program for

16 the design and development of wholesale and farmer mar17 ket facilities for the major metropolitan areas of the coun18 try: Provided, That this appropriation shall be available

19 pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and

20 repair of buildings and improvements, but the cost of al21 tering any one building during the fiscal year shall not

22 exceed 10 percent of the current replacement value of the

23 building.
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1 Fees may be collected for the cost of standardization

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

3 U.S.C. 9701).

4 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

5 Not to exceed $58,461,000 (from fees collected) shall

6 be obligated during the current fiscal year for administra7 tive expenses: Provided, That if crop size is understated

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

9 exceed this limitation by up to 10 percent with notification

10 to the Appropriations Committees.

11 FUNDS FOR STRENGTHENING MARKETS, INCOME, AND

12 SUPPLY (SECTION 32)

13 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

14 Funds available under section 32 of the Act of Au15 gust 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c) shall be used only for com16 modity program expenses as authorized therein, and other

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

18 Department of Commerce as authorized by the Fish and

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

20 provided in this Act; and (3) not more than $10,451,000

21 for formulation and administration of marketing agree22 ments and orders pursuant to the Agricultural Marketing

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

24 Act of 1961.

25 In fiscal year 1996, no more than $23,900,000 in sec26 tion 32 funds shall be used to promote sunflower and cot-
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1 tonseed oil exports as authorized by section 1541 of Public

2 Law 101–624 (7 U.S.C. 1464 note), and such funds shall

3 be used to facilitate additional sales of such oils in world

4 markets.

5 PAYMENTS TO STATES AND POSSESSIONS

6 For payments to departments of agriculture, bureaus

7 and departments of markets, and similar agencies for

8 marketing activities under section 204(b) of the Agricul9 tural Marketing Act of Ω53æ1956 1946 (7 U.S.C.

10 1623(b)), Ω54æ$1,000,000 $1,200,000.

11 GRAIN INSPECTION, PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS

12 ADMINISTRATION

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions

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

16 for the administration of the Packers and Stockyards Act,

17 for certifying procedures used to protect purchasers of

18 farm products, and the standardization activities related

19 to grain under the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946,

20 as amended, including field employment pursuant to sec21 tion 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225),

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

23 3109, Ω55æ$23,058,000 $23,289,000: Provided, That this

24 appropriation shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C.

25 2250) for the alteration and repair of buildings and im26 provements, but the cost of altering any one building dur-
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1 ing the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the cur2 rent replacement value of the building.

3 INSPECTION AND WEIGHING SERVICES

4 LIMITATION ON INSPECTION AND WEIGHING SERVICES

5 EXPENSES

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

7 be obligated during the current fiscal year for inspection

8 and weighing services: Provided, That if grain export ac9 tivities require additional supervision and oversight, or

10 other uncontrollable factors occur, this limitation may be

11 exceeded by up to 10 percent with notification to the Ap12 propriations Committees.

13 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD SAFETY

14 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of

15 the Under Secretary for Food Safety to administer the

16 laws enacted by the Congress for the Food Safety and In17 spection Service, Ω56æ$450,000 $440,000.

18 FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE

19 For necessary expenses to carry on services author20 ized by the Federal Meat Inspection Act, as amended, the

21 Poultry Products Inspection Act, as amended, and the

22 Egg Products Inspection Act, as amended,

23 Ω57æ$540,365,000 $563,004,000, and in addition,

24 $1,000,000 may be credited to this account from fees col25 lected for the cost of laboratory accreditation as author-
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1 ized by section 1017 of Public Law 102–237: Provided,

2 That this appropriation shall not be available for shell egg

3 surveillance under section 5(d) of the Egg Products In4 spection Act (21 U.S.C. 1034(d)): Provided further, That

5 this appropriation shall be available for field employment

6 pursuant to section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944

7 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $75,000 shall be avail8 able for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided fur9 ther, That this appropriation shall be available pursuant

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

11 buildings and improvements, but the cost of altering any

12 one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 per13 cent of the current replacement value of the building.

14 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FARM AND

15 FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICES

16 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of

17 the Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural

18 Services to administer the laws enacted by Congress for

19 the Consolidated Farm Service Agency, Foreign Agricul20 tural Service, and the Commodity Credit Corporation,

21 $549,000.

22 CONSOLIDATED FARM SERVICE AGENCY

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 For necessary expenses for carrying out the adminis25 tration and implementation of programs Ω58ædelegated to
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1 the Consolidated Farm Service Agency by the Secretary

2 under the Federal Crop Insurance Reform and Depart3 ment of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 adminis4 tered by the Consolidated Farm Service Agency,

5 Ω59æ$788,388,000 $805,888,000: Provided, That the Sec6 retary is authorized to use the services, facilities, and au7 thorities (but not the funds) of the Commodity Credit Cor8 poration to make program payments for all programs ad9 ministered by the Agency: Provided further, That other

10 funds made available to the Agency for authorized activi11 ties may be advanced to and merged with this account:

12 Provided further, That these funds shall be available for

13 employment pursuant to the second sentence of section

14 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and

15 not to exceed Ω60æ$500,000 $1,000,000 shall be available

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

17 STATE MEDIATION GRANTS

18 For grants pursuant to section 502(b) of the Agricul19 tural Credit Act of 1987, as amended (7 U.S.C. 5101–

20 5106), Ω61æ$2,000,000 $3,000,000.

21 DAIRY INDEMNITY PROGRAM

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

23 For necessary expenses involved in making indemnity

24 payments to dairy farmers for milk or cows producing

25 such milk and manufacturers of dairy products who have

26 been directed to remove their milk or dairy products from
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1 commercial markets because it contained residues of

2 chemicals registered and approved for use by the Federal

3 Government, and in making indemnity payments for milk,

4 or cows producing such milk, at a fair market value to

5 any dairy farmer who is directed to remove his milk from

6 commercial markets because of (1) the presence of prod7 ucts of nuclear radiation or fallout if such contamination

8 is not due to the fault of the farmer, or (2) residues of

9 chemicals or toxic substances not included under the first

10 sentence of the Act of August 13, 1968, as amended (7

11 U.S.C. 450j), if such chemicals or toxic substances were

12 not used in a manner contrary to applicable regulations

13 or labeling instructions provided at the time of use and

14 the contamination is not due to the fault of the farmer,

15 $100,000, to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C.

16 2209b): Provided, That none of the funds contained in this

17 Act shall be used to make indemnity payments to any

18 farmer whose milk was removed from commercial markets

19 as a result of his willful failure to follow procedures pre20 scribed by the Federal Government: Provided further, That

21 this amount shall be transferred to the Commodity Credit

22 Corporation: Provided further, That the Secretary is au23 thorized to utilize the services, facilities, and authorities

24 of the Commodity Credit Corporation for the purpose of

25 making dairy indemnity disbursements.
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1 Ω62æOUTREACH FOR SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED FARMERS

2 For grants and contracts pursuant to section 2501 of

3 the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990

4 (7 U.S.C. 2279), $2,000,000, to remain available until ex5 pended.

6 AGRICULTURAL CREDIT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM

7 ACCOUNT

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

9 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di10 rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by 7 U.S.C.

11 1928–1929, to be available from funds in the Agricultural

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

13 Ω63æ$585,000,000 $610,000,000, of which $550,000,000

14 shall be for guaranteed loans; operating loans,

15 Ω64æ$2,300,000,000 $2,450,000,000, of which

16 $1,700,000,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed

17 loans and $200,000,000 shall be for subsidized guaranteed

18 loans; Indian tribe land acquisition loans as authorized by

19 25 U.S.C. 488, $750,000; for emergency insured loans,

20 $100,000,000 to meet the needs resulting from natural

21 disasters; and for credit sales of acquired property,

22 Ω65æ$22,500,000 $21,696,000.

23 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including

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

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

26 ownership loans, Ω66æ$28,206,000 $34,053,000, of which
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1 $20,019,000 shall be for guaranteed loans; operating

2 loans, Ω67æ$91,000,000 $111,505,000, of which

3 $18,360,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans

4 and $17,960,000 shall be for subsidized guaranteed loans;

5 Indian tribe land acquisition loans as authorized by 25

6 U.S.C. 488, $206,000; for emergency insured loans,

7 $32,080,000 to meet the needs resulting from natural dis8 asters; and for credit sales of acquired property,

9 Ω68æ$4,113,000 $3,966,000.

10 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to

11 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs,

12 Ω69æ$221,541,000 $227,258,000, which shall be trans13 ferred to and merged with the following accounts in the

14 following amounts: Ω70æ$208,446,000 $214,163,000 to

15 ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’; $318,000 to ‘‘Rural Utilities

16 Service, Salaries and Expenses’’; and $171,000 to ‘‘Rural

17 Housing and Community Development Service, Salaries

18 and Expenses’’.

19 CORPORATIONS

20 The following corporations and agencies are hereby

21 authorized to make expenditures, within the limits of

22 funds and borrowing authority available to each such cor23 poration or agency and in accord with law, and to make

24 contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year

25 limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government
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1 Corporation Control Act, as amended, as may be necessary

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

3 the current fiscal year for such corporation or agency, ex4 cept as hereinafter provided.

5 FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION FUND

6 For payments as authorized by section 516 of the

7 Federal Crop Insurance Act, as amended, such sums as

8 may be necessary, to remain available until expended (7

9 U.S.C. 2209b).

10 COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION FUND

11 REIMBURSEMENT FOR NET REALIZED LOSSES

12 For fiscal year 1996, such sums as may be necessary

13 to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for net

14 realized losses sustained, but not previously reimbursed

15 (estimated to be $10,400,000,000 in the President’s fiscal

16 year 1996 Budget Request (H. Doc. 104–4)), but not to

17 exceed $10,400,000,000, pursuant to section 2 of the Act

18 of August 17, 1961, as amended (15 U.S.C. 713a–11).

19 OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE FOR HAZARDOUS WASTE

20 MANAGEMENT

21 For fiscal year 1996, the Commodity Credit Corpora22 tion shall not expend more than $5,000,000 for expenses

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

24 Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation,

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

26 section 6001 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery
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1 Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 6961: Provided, That ex2 penses shall be for operations and maintenance costs only

3 and that other hazardous waste management costs shall

4 be paid for by the USDA Hazardous Waste Management

5 appropriation in this Act.

6 TITLE II

7 CONSERVATION PROGRAMS

8 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR

9 NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT

10 Ω71æFor necessary salaries and expenses of the Of11 fice of the Under Secretary for Natural Resources and En12 vironment to administer the laws enacted by the Congress

13 for the Forest Service and the Natural Resources Con14 servation Service, $677,000.

15 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the

16 Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment

17 to administer the laws enacted by Congress for the Natural

18 Resources Conservation Service, $677,000: Provided, That

19 none of these funds shall be available to administer laws

20 enacted by Congress for the Forest Service: Provided further,

21 That $350,000 shall be made available to the Secretary of

22 Agriculture to administer the laws enacted by Congress for

23 the Forest Service: Provided further, That notwithstanding

24 section 245(c) of Public Law 103–354 (7 U.S.C. 6961(c)),

25 the Secretary of Agriculture may not delegate any authority
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1 to administer laws enacted by Congress, or funds provided

2 by this Act, for the Forest Service to the Under Secretary

3 for Natural Resources and Environment.

4 NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE

5 CONSERVATION OPERATIONS

6 For necessary expenses for carrying out the provi7 sions of the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–590f)

8 including preparation of conservation plans and establish9 ment of measures to conserve soil and water (including

10 farm irrigation and land drainage and such special meas11 ures for soil and water management as may be necessary

12 to prevent floods and the siltation of reservoirs and to con13 trol agricultural related pollutants); operation of conserva14 tion plant materials centers; classification and mapping of

15 soil; dissemination of information; acquisition of lands,

16 water, and interests therein for use in the plant materials

17 program by donation, exchange, or purchase at a nominal

18 cost not to exceed $100 pursuant to the Act of August

19 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 428a); purchase and erection or alter20 ation or improvement of permanent and temporary build21 ings; and operation and maintenance of aircraft,

22 Ω72æ$629,986,000 $637,860,000, to remain available until

23 expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b), of which not less than

24 $5,852,000 is for snow survey and water forecasting and

25 not less than $8,875,000 is for operation and establish-
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1 ment of the plant materials centers: Provided, That appro2 priations hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7

3 U.S.C. 2250 for construction and improvement of build4 ings and public improvements at plant materials centers,

5 except that the cost of alterations and improvements to

6 other buildings and other public improvements shall not

7 exceed $250,000: Provided further, That when buildings

8 or other structures are erected on non-Federal land, that

9 the right to use such land is obtained as provided in 7

10 U.S.C. 2250a: Provided further, That this appropriation

11 shall be available for technical assistance and related ex12 penses to carry out programs authorized by section 202(c)

13 of title II of the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control

14 Act of 1974, as amended (43 U.S.C. 1592(c)): Provided

15 further, That no part of this appropriation may be ex16 pended for soil and water conservation operations under

17 the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–590f) in dem18 onstration projects: Provided further, That this appropria19 tion shall be available for employment pursuant to the sec20 ond sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944

21 (7 U.S.C. 2225) and not to exceed $25,000 shall be avail22 able for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided fur23 ther, That qualified local engineers may be temporarily

24 employed at per diem rates to perform the technical plan25 ning work of the Service Ω73æ(16 U.S.C. 590e–2).
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1 Ω74æRIVER BASIN SURVEYS AND INVESTIGATIONS

2 For necessary expenses to conduct research, investiga3 tion, and surveys of watersheds of rivers and other water4 ways, in accordance with section 6 of the Watershed Protec5 tion and Flood Prevention Act approved August 4, 1954,

6 as amended (16 U.S.C. 1006–1009), $8,369,000: Provided,

7 That this appropriation shall be available for employment

8 pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Or9 ganic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed

10 $60,000 shall be available for employment under 5 U.S.C.

11 3109.

12 Ω75æWATERSHED PLANNING

13 For necessary expenses for small watershed investiga14 tions and planning, in accordance with the Watershed Pro15 tection and Flood Prevention Act, as amended (16 U.S.C.

16 1001–1008), $5,630,000: Provided, That this appropriation

17 shall be available for employment pursuant to the second

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

19 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $50,000 shall be available

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

21 WATERSHED AND FLOOD PREVENTION OPERATIONS

22 For necessary expenses to carry out preventive meas23 ures, including but not limited to research, engineering op24 erations, methods of cultivation, the growing of vegetation,

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

26 Ω76æand only high-priority projects authorized by the
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1 Flood Control Act (33 U.S.C. 701, 16 U.S.C. 1006a), in

2 accordance with the Watershed Protection and Flood Pre3 vention Act approved August 4, 1954, as amended (16

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

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

6 with the provisions of laws relating to the activities of the

7 Department, $100,000,000, to remain available until ex8 pended (7 U.S.C. 2209b) Ω77æ(of which $15,000,000 shall

9 be available for the watersheds authorized under the Flood

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

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

12 That this appropriation shall be available for employment

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

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

15 $200,000 shall be available for employment under 5

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

17 $1,000,000 of this appropriation is available to carry out

18 the purposes of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (Pub19 lic Law 93–205), as amended, including cooperative ef20 forts as contemplated by that Act to relocate endangered

21 or threatened species to other suitable habitats as may be

22 necessary to expedite project construction.

23 Ω78æRESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT

24 For necessary expenses in planning and carrying out

25 projects for resource conservation and development and for
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1 sound land use pursuant to the provisions of section 32(e)

2 of title III of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, as

3 amended (7 U.S.C. 1010–1011; 76 Stat. 607), and the pro4 visions of the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–f),

5 and the provisions of the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981

6 (16 U.S.C. 3451–3461), $27,000,000, to remain available

7 until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209): Provided, That this appro8 priation shall be available for employment pursuant to the

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

10 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $50,000 shall be avail11 able for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109.

12 Ω79æFORESTRY INCENTIVES PROGRAM

13 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, to

14 carry out the program of forestry incentives, as authorized

15 in the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 (16

16 U.S.C. 2101), including technical assistance and related ex17 penses $6,325,000, to remain available until expended, as

18 authorized by that Act.

19 Ω80æCOLORADO RIVER BASIN SALINITY CONTROL PROGRAM

20 For necessary expenses for carrying out a voluntary

21 cooperative salinity control program pursuant to section

22 202(c) of title II of the Colorado River Basin Salinity Con23 trol Act, as amended (43 U.S.C. 1592(c)), to be used to re24 duce salinity in the Colorado River and to enhance the sup25 ply and quality of water available for use in the United
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1 States and the Republic of Mexico, $2,681,000, to remain

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

3 the establishment of on-farm irrigation management sys4 tems, including lateral improvement measures, for making

5 cost-share payments to agricultural landowners and opera6 tors, Indian tribes, irrigation districts and associations,

7 local governmental and nongovernmental entities, and other

8 landowners to aid them in carrying out approved conserva9 tion practices as determined and recommended by the Sec10 retary, and for associated costs of program planning, infor11 mation and education, and program monitoring and eval12 uation.

13 Ω81æWATERSHED SURVEYS AND PLANNING

14 For necessary expenses to conduct research, inves15 tigation, and surveys of watersheds of rivers and other wa16 terways, and for small watershed investigations and plan17 ning, in accordance with the Watershed Protection and

18 Flood Prevention Act approved August 4, 1954, as

19 amended (16 U.S.C. 1001–1009), $14,000,000: 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), and not to exceed

23 $110,000 shall be available for employment under 5

24 U.S.C. 3109.
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1 Ω82æCONSERVATION PROGRAMS

2 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,

3 in planning and carrying out projects for resource con4 servation and development and for sound land use pursu5 ant to the provisions of section 32(e) of title III of the

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

7 1011; 76 Stat. 607), and the provisions of the Act of April

8 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–f), and the provisions of the

9 Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 (16 U.S.C. 3451–

10 3461), to carry out the program of forestry incentives, as

11 authorized in the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of

12 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2101), including technical assistance and

13 related expenses, and for carrying out a voluntary coopera14 tive salinity control program pursuant to section 202(c)

15 of title II of the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control

16 Act, as amended (43 U.S.C. 1592(c)), to be used to reduce

17 salinity in the Colorado River and to enhance the supply

18 and quality of water available for use in the United States

19 and the Republic of Mexico, to be used for the establish20 ment of on-farm irrigation management systems, includ21 ing related lateral improvement measures, for making

22 cost-share payments to agricultural landowners and opera23 tors, Indian tribes, irrigation districts and associations,

24 local governmental and nongovernmental entities, and

25 other landowners to aid them in carrying out approved
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1 conservation practices as determined and recommended by

2 the Secretary, and for associated costs of program plan3 ning, information and education, and program monitoring

4 and evaluation, $36,000,000, to remain available until ex5 pended (7 U.S.C. 2209, 16 U.S.C. 590p(b)(7)): Provided,

6 That this appropriation shall be available for employment

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

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

9 $50,000 shall be available for employment under 5 U.S.C.

10 3109.

11 WETLANDS RESERVE PROGRAM

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

13 For necessary expenses to carry out the wetlands re14 serve program pursuant to subchapter C of subtitle D of

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

16 3837), Ω83æ$210,000,000 $77,000,000, to remain avail17 able until expended: Provided, That the Secretary is au18 thorized to use the services, facilities, and authorities of

19 the Commodity Credit Corporation for the purpose of car20 rying out the wetlands reserve program.

21 CONSOLIDATED FARM SERVICE AGENCY

22 AGRICULTURAL CONSERVATION PROGRAM

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

24 For necessary expenses to carry into effect the pro25 gram authorized in sections 7 to 15, 16(a), 16(f), and 17

26 of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act ap-
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1 proved February 29, 1936, as amended and supplemented

2 (16 U.S.C. 590g–590o, 590p(a), 590p(f), and 590q), and

3 sections 1001–1004, 1006–1008, and 1010 of the Agricul4 tural Act of 1970, as added by the Agriculture and

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

6 1506–1508, and 1510), and including not to exceed

7 $15,000 for the preparation and display of exhibits, in8 cluding such displays at State, interstate, and inter9 national fairs within the United States, Ω84æ$75,000,000

10 $50,000,000, to remain available until expended (16 U.S.C.

11 590o), for agreements, excluding administration but in12 cluding technical assistance and related expenses (16

13 U.S.C. 590o), except that no participant in the agricul14 tural conservation program shall receive more than $3,500

15 per year, except where the participants from two or more

16 farms or ranches join to carry out approved practices de17 signed to conserve or improve the agricultural resources

18 of the community, or where a participant has a long-term

19 agreement, in which case the total payment shall not ex20 ceed the annual payment limitation multiplied by the num21 ber of years of the agreement: Provided, That no portion

22 of the funds for the current year’s program may be uti23 lized to provide financial or technical assistance for drain24 age on wetlands now designated as Wetlands Types 3 (III)

25 through 20 (XX) in United States Department of the In-
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1 terior, Fish and Wildlife Circular 39, Wetlands of the

2 United States, 1956: Provided further, That such amounts

3 shall be available for the purchase of seeds, fertilizers,

4 lime, trees, or any other conservation materials, or any

5 soil-terracing services, and making grants thereof to agri6 cultural producers to aid them in carrying out approved

7 farming practices as authorized by the Soil Conservation

8 and Domestic Allotment Act, as amended, as determined

9 and recommended by the county committees, approved by

10 the State committees and the Secretary, under programs

11 provided for herein: Provided further, That such assistance

12 will not be used for carrying out measures and practices

13 that are primarily production-oriented or that have little

14 or no conservation or pollution abatement benefits: Pro15 vided further, That not to exceed 5 percent of the alloca16 tion for the current year’s program for any county may,

17 on the recommendation of such county committee and ap18 proval of the State committee, be withheld and allotted

19 to the Natural Resources Conservation Service for services

20 of its technicians in formulating and carrying out the agri21 cultural conservation program in the participating coun22 ties, and shall not be utilized by the Natural Resources

23 Conservation Service for any purpose other than technical

24 and other assistance in such counties, and in addition, on

25 the recommendation of such county committee and ap-
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1 proval of the State committee, not to exceed 1 percent may

2 be made available to any other Federal, State, or local

3 public agency for the same purpose and under the same

4 conditions: Provided further, That not to exceed

5 Ω85æ$11,000,000 $15,000,000 of the amount appropriated

6 shall be used for water quality payments and practices in

7 the same manner as permitted under the program for

8 water quality authorized in chapter 2 of subtitle D of title

9 XII of the Food Security Act of 1985, as amended (16

10 U.S.C. 3838 et seq.).

11 CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

13 For necessary expenses to carry out the conservation

14 reserve program pursuant to the Food Security Act of

15 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831–3845), $1,781,785,000, to remain

16 available until expended, to be used for Commodity Credit

17 Corporation expenditures for cost-share assistance for the

18 establishment of conservation practices provided for in ap19 proved conservation reserve program contracts, for annual

20 rental payments provided in such contracts, and for tech21 nical assistance.
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1 TITLE III

2 RURAL ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY

3 DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS

4 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RURAL

5 ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

6 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of

7 the Under Secretary for Rural Economic and Community

8 Development to administer programs under the laws en9 acted by the Congress for the Rural Housing and Commu10 nity Development Service, Rural Business and Cooperative

11 Development Service, and the Rural Utilities Service of

12 the Department of Agriculture, $568,000.

13 Ω86æRURAL COMMUNITY ADVANCEMENT PROGRAM

14 For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees and

15 grants, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1926, 1928, and 1932,

16 and 86 Stat. 661–664, as amended; and 42 U.S.C. 1485

17 and 1490(a), $563,839,000, to remain available until ex18 pended, to be available for loans and grants for rural water

19 and waste disposal and solid waste management grants,

20 new construction of section 515 rental housing, direct loans

21 and loan guarantees for community facilities, loan guaran22 tees for business and industry assistance, and grants for

23 rural business enterprise: Provided, That the costs of direct

24 loans and loan guarantees, including the cost of modifying

25 such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
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1 sional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That of the

2 total amount appropriated, $20,044,000 shall be for

3 empowerment zones and enterprise communities, as author4 ized by Public Law 103–66: Provided further, That if such

5 funds are not obligated for empowerment zones and enter6 prise communities by June 30, 1996, they shall remain

7 available for other authorized purposes under this head:

8 Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated,

9 not to exceed $4,500,000 shall be available for contracting

10 with the National Rural Water Association or an equally

11 qualified national organization for a circuit rider program

12 to provide technical assistance for rural water systems: Pro13 vided further, That of the total amount appropriated, not

14 to exceed $20,000,000 shall be available for water and waste

15 disposal systems to benefit the Colonias along the United

16 States/Mexico border, including grants under section

17 306(c): Provided further, That loan guarantees for business

18 and industry assistance funded under this heading shall be

19 made available to tourist or other recreational businesses

20 in rural communities.

21 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to

22 carry out direct loans, loan guarantees, and grants,

23 $58,051,000, of which $57,614,000 shall be transferred to

24 and merged with ‘‘Rural Housing and Community Devel25 opment Service, Salaries and Expenses’’; ‘‘Rural Utilities
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1 Service, Salaries and Expenses’’; and ‘‘Rural Business and

2 Cooperative Development Service, Salaries and Expenses’’.

3 RURAL HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

4 SERVICE

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 For necessary expenses of the Rural Housing and

7 Community Development Service, including administering

8 the programs authorized by the Consolidated Farm and

9 Rural Development Act, as amended, title V of the Hous10 ing Act of 1949, as amended, and cooperative agreements,

11 Ω87æ$42,820,000 $50,346,000: Provided, That this appro12 priation shall be available for employment pursuant to the

13 second sentence of 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944, and

14 not to exceed $500,000 may be used for employment

15 under 5 U.S.C. 3109.

16 RURAL HOUSING INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

18 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di19 rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by title V of the

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

21 funds in the rural housing insurance fund, as follows:

22 Ω88æ$2,250,000,000 $2,700,000,000 for loans to section

23 502 borrowers, as determined by the Secretary, of which

24 $1,700,000,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed

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

26 $15,000,000 for section 514 farm labor housing;
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1 $150,000,000 for section 515 rental housing; $600,000

2 for site loans; and Ω89æ$35,000,000 $42,484,000 for cred3 it sales of acquired propertyΩ90æ:–Provided, That not4 withstanding section 520 of the Housing Act of 1949, the

5 Secretary of Agriculture may make loans under section

6 502 of such Act for properties in the Pine View West Sub7 division, located in Gibsonville, North Carolina, in the

8 same manner as provided under such section for prop9 erties in rural areas.

10 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including

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

12 the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: section

13 502 loans, Ω91æ$118,335,000 $212,790,000, of which

14 $2,890,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans;

15 section 504 housing repair loans, $14,193,000; section

16 514 farm labor housing, $8,629,000; section 515 rental

17 housing, $82,035,000Ω92æ,–provided the program is au18 thorized for fiscal year 1996; and credit sales of acquired

19 property, Ω93æ$6,100,000 $7,405,000.

20 Ω94æIn addition, for the cost (as defined in section

21 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974) of guaran22 teed loans under a demonstration program of loan guaran23 tees for multifamily rental housing in rural areas,

24 $1,000,000, to be derived from the amount made available

25 under this heading for the cost of low-income section 515
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1 loans and to become available for obligation only upon the

2 enactment of authorizing legislation.

3 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to

4 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs,

5 Ω95æ$385,889,000 $389,818,000, of which

6 Ω96æ$372,897,506 $376,860,000 shall be transferred to

7 and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Housing

8 and Community Development Service, Salaries and Ex9 penses’’.

10 RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

11 For rental assistance agreements entered into or re12 newed pursuant to the authority under section 521(a)(2)

13 or agreements entered into in lieu of forgiveness or pay14 ments for eligible households as authorized by section

15 502(c)(5)(D) of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended,

16 Ω97æ$535,900,000 $540,900,000; and in addition such

17 sums as may be necessary, as authorized by section 521(c)

18 of the Act, to liquidate debt incurred prior to fiscal year

19 1992 to carry out the rental assistance program under sec20 tion 521(a)(2) of the Act: Provided, That of this amount

21 not more than $5,900,000 shall be available for debt for22 giveness or payments for eligible households as authorized

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

24 $10,000 per project for advances to nonprofit organiza25 tions or public agencies to cover direct costs (other than

26 purchase price) incurred in purchasing projects pursuant
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1 to section 502(c)(5)(C) of the Act: Provided further, That

2 agreements entered into or renewed during fiscal year

3 1996 shall be funded for a five-year period, although the

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

5 amounts obligated.

6 SELF-HELP HOUSING LAND DEVELOPMENT FUND

7 For the principal amount of direct loans, as author8 ized by section 523(b)(1)(B) of the Housing Act of 1949,

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

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

11 modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of the Congres12 sional Budget Act of 1974, $31,000.

13 Ω98æCOMMUNITY FACILITY LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

15 For the cost of direct loans, $34,880,000, and for the

16 cost of guaranteed loans, $3,555,000, as authorized by 7

17 U.S.C. 1928 and 86 Stat. 661–664, as amended: Pro18 vided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying

19 such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Con20 gressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That

21 such sums shall remain available until expended for the

22 disbursement of loans obligated in fiscal year 1996: Pro23 vided further, That these funds are available to subsidize

24 gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans

25 not to exceed $200,000,000 and total loan principal, any

26 part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed
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1 $75,000,000: Provided further, That of the amounts avail2 able for the cost of direct loans not to exceed $1,208,000,

3 to subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount not

4 to exceed $6,930,000, shall be available for empowerment

5 zones and enterprise communities, as authorized by Public

6 Law 103–66: Provided further, That if such funds are not

7 obligated for empowerment zones and enterprise commu8 nities by June 30, 1996, they remain available for other

9 authorized purposes under this head.

10 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out

11 the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $8,836,000, of

12 which $8,731,000 shall be transferred to and merged with

13 the appropriation for ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’.

14 VERY LOW-INCOME HOUSING REPAIR GRANTS

15 For grants to the very low-income elderly for essen16 tial repairs to dwellings pursuant to section 504 of the

17 Housing Act of 1949, as amended, $24,900,000, to re18 main available until expended.

19 RURAL HOUSING FOR DOMESTIC FARM LABOR

20 For financial assistance to eligible nonprofit organi21 zations for housing for domestic farm labor, pursuant to

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

23 U.S.C. 1486), $10,000,000, to remain available until ex24 pended.
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1 MUTUAL AND SELF-HELP HOUSING GRANTS

2 For grants and contracts pursuant to section

3 523(b)(1)(A) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C.

4 1490c), $12,650,000, to remain available until expended

5 (7 U.S.C. 2209b).

6 Ω99æSUPERVISORY AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS

7 For grants pursuant to sections 509(f) and 525 of the

8 Housing Act of 1949, $1,000,000.

9 RURAL COMMUNITY FIRE PROTECTION GRANTS

10 For grants pursuant to section 7 of the Cooperative

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

12 Ω100æ$1,000,000 $3,000,000 to fund up to 50 percent of

13 the cost of organizing, training, and equipping rural volun14 teer fire departments.

15 COMPENSATION FOR CONSTRUCTION DEFECTS

16 For compensation for construction defects as author17 ized by section 509(c) of the Housing Act of 1949, as

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

19 RURAL HOUSING PRESERVATION GRANTS

20 For grants for rural housing preservation as author21 ized by section 552 of the Housing and Urban-Rural Re22 covery Act of 1983 (Public Law 98–181), $11,000,000.
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1 RURAL BUSINESS AND COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT

2 SERVICE

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

4 For necessary expenses of the Rural Business and

5 Cooperative Development Service, including administering

6 the programs authorized by the Consolidated Farm and

7 Rural Development Act, as amended; section 1323 of the

8 Food Security Act of 1985; the Cooperative Marketing Act

9 of 1926; for activities relating to the marketing aspects

10 of cooperatives, including economic research findings, as

11 authorized by the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946; for

12 activities with institutions concerning the development and

13 operation of agricultural cooperatives; and cooperative

14 agreements; Ω101æ$9,520,000 $9,013,000: Provided, That

15 this appropriation shall be available for employment pur16 suant to the second sentence of 706(a) of the Organic Act

17 of 1944, and not exceed $250,000 may be used for em18 ployment under 5 U.S.C. 3109.

19 Ω102æRURAL BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY LOANS PROGRAM

20 ACCOUNT

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

22 For the cost of guaranteed loans, $6,437,000, as au23 thorized by 7 U.S.C. 1928 and 86 Stat. 661–664, as

24 amended: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of

25 modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502
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1 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided fur2 ther, That such sums shall remain available until expended

3 for the disbursement of loans obligated in fiscal year 1996:

4 Provided further, That these funds are available to sub5 sidize gross obligations for the principal amount of guar6 anteed loans of $500,000,000: Provided further, That of

7 the amounts available for the cost of guaranteed loans in8 cluding the cost of modifying loans, $148,000, to subsidize

9 gross obligations for the loan principal, any part of which

10 is guaranteed, not to exceed $10,842,000, shall be avail11 able for empowerment zones and enterprise communities,

12 as authorized by Public Law 103–66: Provided further,

13 That if such funds are not obligated for empowerment

14 zones and enterprise communities by June 30, 1996, they

15 remain available for other authorized activities under this

16 head.

17 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out

18 the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $14,868,000, of

19 which $14,747,000 shall be transferred to and merged

20 with the appropriation for ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’.

21 RURAL DEVELOPMENT LOAN FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

22 Ω103æFor the cost of direct loans as authorized by

23 the rural development loan fund (42 U.S.C. 9812(a)) for

24 empowerment zones and enterprise communities, as au25 thorized by title XIII of the Omnibus Budget Reconcili-
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1 ation Act of 1993, $4,322,000, to subsidize gross obliga2 tions for the principal amount of direct loans, $7,246,000.

3 For the cost of direct loans, $22,395,000, as authorized

4 by the Rural Development Loan Fund (42 U.S.C. 9812(a)):

5 Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying

6 such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres7 sional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That these

8 funds are available to subsidize gross obligations for the

9 principal amount of direct loans of $37,544,000: Provided

10 further, That through June 30, 1996, of these amounts,

11 $6,484,000 shall be available for the cost of direct loans,

12 for empowerment zones and enterprise communities, as au13 thorized by title XIII of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation

14 Act of 1993, to subsidize gross obligations for the principal

15 amount of direct loans, $10,870,000.

16 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to

17 carry out the direct loan programs, $1,476,000, of which

18 $1,470,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the ap19 propriation for ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’.

20 RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LOANS PROGRAM

21 ACCOUNT

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

23 For the principal amount of direct loans, as author24 ized under section 313 of the Rural Electrification Act,
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1 for the purpose of promoting rural economic development

2 and job creation projects, $12,865,000.

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

4 modifying loans as defined in section 502 of the Congres5 sional Budget Act of 1974, $3,729,000.

6 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to

7 carry out the direct loan program, Ω104æ$584,000

8 $724,000, which shall be transferred to and merged with

9 the appropriation for ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’.

10 ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND

11 COMMERCIALIZATION REVOLVING FUND

12 For necessary expenses to carry out the Alternative

13 Agricultural Research and Commercialization Act of 1990

14 (7 U.S.C. 5901–5908), Ω105æ$5,000,000 $10,000,000 is

15 appropriated to the alternative agricultural research and

16 commercialization revolving fund.

17 Ω106æRURAL BUSINESS ENTERPRISE GRANTS

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

19 310B(j) (7 U.S.C. 1932) of the Consolidated Farm and

20 Rural Development Act to any qualified public or private

21 nonprofit organization, $45,000,000, of which $8,381,000

22 shall be available through June 30, 1996, for assistance

23 to empowerment zones and enterprise communities, as au24 thorized by title XIII of the Omnibus Budget Reconcili25 ation Act of 1993, after which any funds not obligated

26 shall remain available for other authorized purposes under
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1 this head: Provided, That $500,000 shall be available for

2 grants to qualified nonprofit organizations to provide tech3 nical assistance and training for rural communities need4 ing improved passenger transportation systems or facili5 ties in order to promote economic development.

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. 1932), Ω107æ$1,500,000 $3,000,000, of which

11 $1,300,000 may be available for the appropriate technology

12 transfer for rural areas program.

13 RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE

14 RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELEPHONE LOANS

15 PROGRAM ACCOUNT

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

17 Insured loans pursuant to the authority of section

18 305 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, as amended

19 (7 U.S.C. 935), shall be made as follows: 5 percent rural

20 electrification loans, $90,000,000; 5 percent rural tele21 phone loans, $70,000,000; cost of money rural telephone

22 loans, $300,000,000; municipal rate rural electric loans,

23 Ω108æ$500,000,000 $550,000,000; and loans made pursu24 ant to section 306 of that Act, $420,000,000, to remain

25 available until expended.
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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 and guaranteed loans authorized by

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

5 U.S.C. 935), as follows: cost of direct loans, $35,126,000;

6 cost of municipal rate loans, Ω109æ$54,150,000

7 $59,565,000; cost of money rural telephone loans, $60,000;

8 cost of loans guaranteed pursuant to section 306,

9 $2,520,000: Provided, That notwithstanding

10 Ω110æsections 305(c)(2) and section 305(d)(2) of the

11 Rural Electrification Act of 1936, borrower interest rates

12 may exceed 7 percent per year.

13 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to

14 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs,

15 Ω111æ$29,982,000 $32,183,000, which shall be trans16 ferred to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Salaries

17 and Expenses’’.

18 RURAL TELEPHONE BANK PROGRAM ACCOUNT

19 The Rural Telephone Bank is hereby authorized to

20 make such expenditures, within the limits of funds avail21 able to such corporation in accord with law, and to make

22 such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal

23 year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Govern24 ment Corporation Control Act, as amended, as may be

25 necessary in carrying out its authorized programs for the

26 current fiscal year. During fiscal year 1996 and within
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1 the resources and authority available, gross obligations for

2 the principal amount of direct loans shall be

3 $175,000,000.

4 For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Con5 gressional Budget Act of 1974, including the cost of modi6 fying loans, of direct loans authorized by the Rural Elec7 trification Act of 1936, as amended (7 U.S.C. 935),

8 Ω112æ$770,000 $5,023,000.

9 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to

10 carry out the loan programs, Ω113æ$3,541,000

11 $6,167,000.

12 DISTANCE LEARNING AND MEDICAL LINK GRANTS

13 For necessary expenses to carry into effect the pro14 grams authorized in sections 2331–2335 of Public Law

15 101–624, $7,500,000, to remain available until expended.

16 Ω114æRURAL DEVELOPMENT PERFORMANCE

17 PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM

18 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

19 For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees, and

20 grants, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1926, 1928, and 1932,

21 $435,000,000, to remain available until expended, to be

22 available for loans and grants for rural water and waste

23 disposal and solid waste management grants: Provided,

24 That the costs of direct loans and loan guarantees, includ25 ing the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined

26 in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974:
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1 Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated,

2 not to exceed $4,000,000 shall be available for contracting

3 with the National Rural Water Association or other equal4 ly qualified national organization for a circuit rider pro5 gram to provide technical assistance for rural water sys6 tems: Provided further, That of the total amount appro7 priated, not to exceed $18,700,000 shall be available for

8 water and waste disposal systems to benefit the Colonias

9 along the United States/Mexico border, including grants

10 pursuant to section 306C: Provided further, That of the

11 total amount appropriated, $18,688,000 shall be for

12 empowerment zones and enterprise communities, as au13 thorized by Public Law 103–66: Provided further, That

14 if such funds are not obligated for empowerment zones

15 and enterprise communities by June 30, 1996, they shall

16 remain available for other authorized purposes under this

17 head.

18 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to

19 carry out direct loans, loan guarantees, and grants,

20 $12,740,000, of which $12,623,000 shall be transferred

21 and merged with ‘‘Rural Utilities Service, Salaries and

22 Expenses’’.

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 For necessary expenses of the Rural Utilities Service,

25 including administering the programs authorized by the

26 Rural Electrification Act of 1936, as amended, and the
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1 Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, as

2 amended, Ω115æ$19,211,000 $18,449,000, of which

3 $7,000 shall be available for financial credit reports: Pro4 vided, That this appropriation shall be available for em5 ployment pursuant to the second sentence of 706(a) of the

6 Organic Act of 1944, and not to exceed $103,000 may

7 be used for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109.

8 TITLE IV

9 DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS

10 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD,

11 NUTRITION AND CONSUMER SERVICES

12 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of

13 the Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer

14 Services to administer the laws enacted by the Congress

15 for the Food and Consumer Service, Ω116æ$440,000

16 $540,000.

17 FOOD AND CONSUMER SERVICE

18 CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

20 For necessary expenses to carry out the National

21 School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751–1769b), and the appli22 cable provisions other than Ω117æsection 17 sections 17,

23 19, and 21 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C.

24 1772–1785, and 1789); Ω118æ$7,952,424,000

25 $7,952,610,000, to remain available through September 30,

26 1997, of which Ω119æ$2,354,566,000 $2,354,752,000 is
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1 hereby appropriated and $5,597,858,000 shall be derived

2 by transfer from funds available under section 32 of the

3 Act of August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c): Provided, That

4 up to $3,964,000 shall be available for independent ver5 ification of school food service claimsΩ120æ:–Provided fur6 ther, That $1,900,000 shall be available to provide finan7 cial and other assistance to operate the Food Service Man8 agement Institute.

9 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds

10 other than provided in this Act may be available for nutri11 tion education and training and the Food Service Manage12 ment Institute.

13 SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR

14 WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN (WIC)

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

16 For necessary expenses to carry out the special sup17 plemental nutrition program as authorized by section 17

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

19 $3,729,807,000, to remain available through September

20 30, 1997: Provided, That for fiscal year 1996,

21 $20,000,000 that would otherwise be available to States

22 for nutrition services and administration shall be made

23 available for food benefits: Provided further, That

24 $4,000,000 from unobligated balances for supervisory and

25 technical assistance grants may be transferred to and

26 merged with this account: Provided further, That up to
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1 $6,750,000 may be used to carry out the farmers’ market

2 nutrition program from any funds not needed to maintain

3 current caseload levels: Provided further, That none of the

4 funds in this Act shall be available to pay administrative

5 expenses of WIC clinics except those that have an an6 nounced policy of prohibiting smoking within the space

7 used to carry out the programΩ121æ: Provided further,

8 That on or after July 1, 1996, any funds recovered from

9 the previous fiscal year in excess of $100,000,000 may be

10 transferred by the Secretary of Agriculture to the Rural

11 Community Advancement Program and shall remain avail12 able until expended: Ω122æProvided further, That none of

13 the funds provided in this Act shall be available for the pur14 chase of infant formula except in accordance with the cost

15 containment and competitive bidding requirements speci16 fied in section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42

17 U.S.C. 1786) (as in effect on September 13, 1995).

18 Ω123æCOMMODITY SUPPLEMENTAL FOOD PROGRAM

19 For necessary expenses to carry out the commodity

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

21 of the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 (7

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

23 the projects in Detroit, New Orleans, and Des Moines,

24 $86,000,000 to remain available through September 30,

25 1997: Provided, That none of these funds shall be available
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1 to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for com2 modities donated to the program: Provided further, That

3 twenty percent of any Commodity Supplemental Food Pro4 gram funds carried over from fiscal year 1995 shall be

5 available for administrative costs of the program.

6 FOOD STAMP PROGRAM

7 For necessary expenses to carry out the Food Stamp

8 Act (7 U.S.C. 2011–2029), Ω124æ$27,097,828,000

9 $28,097,828,000: Provided, That funds provided herein

10 shall remain available through September 30, 1996, in ac11 cordance with section 18(a) of the Food Stamp ActΩ125æ:

12 Provided further, That $1,000,000,000 of the foregoing

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

14 amounts and at such times as may become necessary to

15 carry out program operations: Provided further, That

16 funds provided herein shall be expended in accordance

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

18 That this appropriation shall be subject to any work reg19 istration or workfare requirements as may be required by

20 law: Provided further, That $1,143,000,000 of the fore21 going amount shall be available for nutrition assistance

22 for Puerto Rico as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 2028.

23 Ω126æCOMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

24 For necessary expenses to carry out the commodity

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

26 of the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973
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1 (7 U.S.C. 612c(note)), section 204(a) of the Emergency

2 Food Assistance Act of 1983, as amended, and section

3 110 of the Hunger Prevention Act of 1988, $168,000,000,

4 to remain available through September 30, 1997: Pro5 vided, That none of these funds shall be available to reim6 burse the Commodity Credit Corporation for commodities

7 donated to the program: Provided further, That none of

8 the funds in this Act or any other Act may be used for

9 demonstration projects in the emergency food assistance

10 program.

11 FOOD DONATIONS PROGRAMS FOR SELECTED GROUPS

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

13 the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 (7

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

15 (7 U.S.C. 2013(b)), and section 311 of the Older Ameri16 cans Act of 1965, as amended (42 U.S.C. 3030a),

17 Ω127æ$215,000,000 $217,250,000, to remain available

18 through September 30, 1997Ω128æ: Provided, That not19 withstanding any other provision of law, for meals provided

20 pursuant to the Older Americans Act of 1965, a maximum

21 rate of reimbursement to States will be established by the

22 Secretary, subject to reduction if obligations would exceed

23 the amount of available funds, with any unobligated funds

24 to remain available only for obligation in the fiscal year

25 beginning October 1, 1996.
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1 Ω129æFor necessary expenses to carry out section 110

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

3 Ω130æTHE EMERGENCY FOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

4 For making payments to States to carry out the Emer5 gency Food Assistance Act of 1983, as amended,

6 $40,000,000: Provided, That, in accordance with section

7 202 of Public Law 98–92, these funds shall be available only

8 if the Secretary determines the existence of excess commod9 ities: Provided further, That none of the funds in this Act

10 or any other Act may be used for emergency food assistance

11 program demonstration projects.

12 FOOD PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION

13 For necessary administrative expenses of the domes14 tic food programs funded under this Act,

15 Ω131æ$108,323,000 $107,215,000, of which $5,000,000

16 shall be available only for simplifying procedures, reducing

17 overhead costs, tightening regulations, improving food

18 stamp coupon handling, and assistance in the prevention,

19 identification, and prosecution of fraud and other viola20 tions of lawΩ132æ; and $750,000 shall be available for in21 vesting in an automated data processing infrastructure for

22 the Food and Consumer Service: Provided, That this appro23 priation shall be available for employment pursuant to the

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

25 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $150,000 shall

26 be available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109.
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1 TITLE V

2 FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED

3 PROGRAMS

4 FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

6 For necessary expenses of the Foreign Agricultural

7 Service, including carrying out title VI of the Agricultural

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

9 development activities abroad, and for enabling the Sec10 retary to coordinate and integrate activities of the Depart11 ment in connection with foreign agricultural work, includ12 ing not to exceed $128,000 for representation allowances

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

14 August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), Ω133æ$123,520,000

15 $124,775,000, of which $5,176,000 may be transferred

16 from Commodity Credit Corporation funds, $2,792,000

17 may be transferred from the Commodity Credit Corpora18 tion program account in this Act, and $1,005,000 may

19 be transferred from the Public Law 480 program account

20 in this Act: Provided, That the Service may utilize ad21 vances of funds, or reimburse this appropriation for ex22 penditures made on behalf of Federal agencies, public and

23 private organizations and institutions under agreements

24 executed pursuant to the agricultural food production as25 sistance programs (7 U.S.C. 1736) and the foreign assist-
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1 ance programs of the International Development Coopera2 tion Administration (22 U.S.C. 2392)Ω134æ: Provided fur3 ther, That funds made available under this Act to carry

4 out non-generic activities of the market promotion program

5 established under section 203(e)(4) of the Agricultural

6 Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5623) may be used to provide

7 cost-share assistance only to organizations that are non-for8 eign entities recognized as small business concerns under

9 section 3(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632(a))

10 or to associations described in the first section of the Act

11 entitled ‘‘An Act to authorize association of producers of

12 agricultural products’’, approved February 22, 1922 (7

13 U.S.C. 291): Provided further, That none of the funds ap14 propriated or otherwise made available under this Act may

15 be used to pay the salaries of personnel who carry out the

16 market promotion program established under section 203

17 of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5623) if

18 the aggregate amount of funds and/or commodities under

19 the program exceeds $70,000,000.

20 None of the funds in the foregoing paragraph shall

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

22 tobacco products.

23 PUBLIC LAW 480 PROGRAM AND GRANT 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) $25,000,000 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) $50,000,000 is hereby appropriated for com13 modities supplied in connection with dispositions abroad

14 pursuant to title III of said Act Ω135æand shall be fi15 nanced from funds credited to the Commodity Credit Cor16 poration pursuant to section 426 of Public Law 103–465:

17 Provided, That not to exceed 15 percent of the funds made

18 available to carry out any title of said Act may be used

19 to carry out any other title of said Act: Provided further,

20 That such sums shall remain available until expended (7

21 U.S.C. 2209b).

22 For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Con23 gressional Budget Act of 1974, of direct credit agreements

24 as authorized by the Agricultural Trade Development and

25 Assistance Act of 1954, as amended, and the Food for
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1 Progress Act of 1985, as amended, including the cost of

2 modifying credit agreements under said Act,

3 $236,162,000.

4 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out

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

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

7 appropriated for Public Law 480 are utilized, $1,750,000.

8 SHORT-TERM EXPORT CREDIT

9 The Commodity Credit Corporation shall make avail10 able not less than $5,200,000,000 in credit guarantees

11 under its export credit guarantee program for short-term

12 credit extended to finance the export sales of United

13 States agricultural commodities and the products thereof,

14 as authorized by section 202(a) of the Agricultural Trade

15 Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5641).

16 INTERMEDIATE-TERM EXPORT CREDIT

17 The Commodity Credit Corporation shall make avail18 able not less than $500,000,000 in credit guarantees

19 under its export credit guarantee program for intermedi20 ate-term credit extended to finance the export sales of

21 United States agricultural commodities and the products

22 thereof, as authorized by section 202(b) of the Agricul23 tural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5641).
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1 COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION EXPORT LOANS

2 PROGRAM ACCOUNT

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

4 For administrative expenses to carry out the Com5 modity Credit Corporation’s export guarantee program,

6 GSM–102 and GSM–103, $3,381,000; to cover common

7 overhead expenses as permitted by section 11 of the Com8 modity Credit Corporation Charter Act and in conformity

9 with the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, of which not

10 to exceed $2,792,000 may be transferred to and merged

11 with the appropriation for the salaries and expenses of the

12 Foreign Agricultural Service, and of which not to exceed

13 $589,000 may be transferred to and merged with the ap14 propriation for the salaries and expenses of the Consoli15 dated Farm Service Agency.

16 TITLE VI

17 RELATED AGENCIES AND FOOD AND DRUG

18 ADMINISTRATION

19 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN

20 SERVICES

21 FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION

22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

23 For necessary expenses of the Food and Drug Ad24 ministration, including hire and purchase of passenger

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

26 District of Columbia or elsewhere; and for miscellaneous
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1 and emergency expenses of enforcement activities, author2 ized and approved by the Secretary and to be accounted

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

4 $25,000; $904,694,000, of which not to exceed

5 $84,723,000 in fees pursuant to section 736 of the Fed6 eral Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act may be credited to

7 this appropriation and remain available until expended:

8 Provided, That fees derived from applications received

9 during fiscal year 1996 shall be subject to the fiscal year

10 1996 limitation: Provided further, That none of these

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

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

13 In addition, fees pursuant to section 354 of the Pub14 lic Health Service Act may be credited to this account,

15 to remain available until expended.

16 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

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

20 where not otherwise provided, Ω136æ$15,350,000

21 $8,350,000, to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C.

22 2209b).

23 RENTAL PAYMENTS (FDA)

24 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

25 For payment of space rental and related costs pursu26 ant to Public Law 92–313 for programs and activities of
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1 the Food and Drug Administration which are included in

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

3 Food and Drug Administration should require modifica4 tion of space needs, a share of the salaries and expenses

5 appropriation may be transferred to this appropriation, or

6 a share of this appropriation may be transferred to the

7 salaries and expenses appropriation, but such transfers

8 shall not exceed 5 percent of the funds made available for

9 rental payments (FDA) to or from this account.

10 DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

11 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE

12 PAYMENTS TO THE FARM CREDIT SYSTEM FINANCIAL

13 ASSISTANCE CORPORATION

14 For necessary payments to the Farm Credit System

15 Financial Assistance Corporation by the Secretary of the

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

17 Credit Act of 1971, as amended, for reimbursement of in18 terest expenses incurred by the Financial Assistance Cor19 poration on obligations issued through 1994, as author20 ized, $15,453,000.

21 INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

22 COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION

23 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions

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

25 1 et seq.), including the purchase and hire of passenger
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1 motor vehicles; the rental of space (to include multiple

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

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

4 3109; Ω137æ$49,144,000 $54,058,000, including not to ex5 ceed $1,000 for official reception and representation ex6 penses: Provided, That the Commission is authorized to

7 charge reasonable fees to attendees of Commission spon8 sored educational events and symposia to cover the Com9 mission’s costs of providing those events and symposia,

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

11 credited to this account, to be available without further

12 appropriation.

13 Ω138æFARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION

14 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

15 SEC. 601. (a) For purposes of the administration of

16 chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code, any period of en17 rollment under a health benefits plan administered by the

18 Farm Credit Administration prior to the effective date of

19 this Act shall be deemed to be a period of enrollment in

20 a health benefits plan under chapter 89 of such title.

21 (b)(1) An individual who, on September 30, 1995, is

22 covered by a health benefits plan administered by the Farm

23 Credit Administration may enroll in an approved health

24 benefits plan described under section 8903 or 8903a of title

25 5, United States Code—
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1 (A) either as an individual or for self and fam2 ily, if such individual is an employee, annuitant, or

3 former spouse as defined under section 8901 of such

4 title; and

5 (B) for coverage effective on and after September

6 30, 1995.

7 (2) An individual who, on September 30, 1995, is enti8 tled to continued coverage under a health benefits plan ad9 ministered by the Farm Credit Administration—

10 (A) shall be deemed to be entitled to continued

11 coverage under section 8905a of title 5, United States

12 Code, for the same period that would have been per13 mitted under the plan administered by the Farm

14 Credit Administration; and

15 (B) may enroll in an approved health benefits

16 plan described under sections 8903 or 8903a of such

17 title in accordance with section 8905A of such title for

18 coverage effective on and after September 30, 1995.

19 (3) An individual who, on September 30, 1995, is cov20 ered as an unmarried dependent child under a health bene21 fits plan administered by the Farm Credit Administration

22 and who is not a member of family as defined under section

23 8901(5) of title 5, United States Code—

24 (A) shall be deemed to be entitled to continued

25 coverage under section 8905a of such title as though
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1 the individual had, on September 30, 1995, ceased to

2 meet the requirements for being considered an unmar3 ried dependent child under chapter 89 of such title;

4 and

5 (B) may enroll in an approved health benefits

6 plan described under section 8903 or 8903a of such

7 title in accordance with section 8905a for continued

8 coverage on and after September 30, 1995.

9 (c) The Farm Credit Administration shall transfer to

10 the Federal Employees Health Benefits Fund established

11 under section 8909 of title 5, United States Code, amounts

12 determined by the Director of the Office of Personnel Man13 agement, after consultation with the Farm Credit Adminis14 tration, to be necessary to reimburse the Fund for the cost

15 of providing benefits under this section not otherwise paid

16 for by the individual’s covered by this section. The amount

17 so transferred shall be held in the Fund and used by the

18 Office in addition to the amounts available under section

19 8906(g)(1) of such title.

20 (d) The Office of Personnel Management—

21 (1) shall administer the provisions of this section

22 to provide for—

23 (A) a period of notice and open enrollment

24 for individuals affected by this section; and
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1 (B) no lapse of health coverage for individ2 uals who enroll in a health benefits plan under

3 chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code, in ac4 cordance with this section; and

5 (2) may prescribe regulations to implement this

6 section.

7 TITLE VII—GENERAL PROVISIONS

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

9 appropriations and authorizations made for the Depart10 ment of Agriculture for the fiscal year 1996 under this

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

12 specifically provided for, of not to exceed 665 passenger

13 motor vehicles, of which 642 shall be for replacement only,

14 and for the hire of such vehicles.

15 SEC. 702. Funds in this Act available to the Depart16 ment of Agriculture shall be available for uniforms or al17 lowances therefor as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–

18 5902).

19 SEC. 703. Not less than $1,500,000 of the appropria20 tions of the Department of Agriculture in this Act for re21 search and service work authorized by the Acts of August

22 14, 1946, and July 28, 1954, Ω139æand (7 U.S.C. 427,

23 1621–1629), and by chapter 63 of title 31, United States

24 Code, shall be available for contracting in accordance with

25 said Acts and chapter.
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1 SEC. 704. The cumulative total of transfers to the

2 Working Capital Fund for the purpose of accumulating

3 growth capital for data services and National Finance

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

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

6 the Department shall be transferred to the Working Cap7 ital Fund without the approval of the agency adminis8 trator.

9 SEC. 705. New obligational authority provided for the

10 following appropriation items in this Act shall remain

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

12 Plant Health Inspection Service, the contingency fund to

13 meet emergency conditions, and integrated systems acqui14 sition project; Ω140æConsolidated Farm Service Agency,

15 salaries and expenses funds made available to county com16 mittees; and Foreign Agricultural Service, middle-income

17 country training program.

18 New obligational authority for the boll weevil pro19 gram; up to 10 percent of the screwworm program of the

20 Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service; Food Safety

21 and Inspection Service, field automation and information

22 management project; funds appropriated for rental pay23 ments; funds for the Native American institutions endow24 ment fund in the Cooperative State Research, Education,

25 and Extension Service, and funds for the competitive re-
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1 search grants (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)) shall remain available

2 until expended.

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

4 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the

5 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.

6 SEC. 707. Not to exceed $50,000 of the appropria7 tions available to the Department of Agriculture in this

8 Act shall be available to provide appropriate orientation

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

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

11 used to pay negotiated indirect cost rates on cooperative

12 agreements or similar arrangements between the United

13 States Department of Agriculture and nonprofit institu14 tions in excess of 10 percent of the total direct cost of

15 the agreement when the purpose of such cooperative ar16 rangements is to carry out programs of mutual interest

17 between the two parties. This does not preclude appro18 priate payment of indirect costs on grants and contracts

19 with such institutions when such indirect costs are com20 puted on a similar basis for all agencies for which appro21 priations are provided in this Act.

22 SEC. 709. Notwithstanding any other provision of

23 this Act, commodities acquired by the Department in con24 nection with Commodity Credit Corporation and section

25 32 price support operations may be used, as authorized
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1 by law (15 U.S.C. 714c and 7 U.S.C. 612c), to provide

2 commodities to individuals in cases of hardship as deter3 mined by the Secretary of Agriculture.

4 SEC. 710. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail5 able to reimburse the General Services Administration for

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

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

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

9 space or services below that of fiscal year Ω141æ1994 1995

10 or prohibit an expansion of rental space or services with

11 the use of funds otherwise appropriated in this Act. Fur12 ther, no agency of the Department of Agriculture, from

13 funds otherwise available, shall reimburse the General

14 Services Administration for payment of space rental and

15 related costs provided to such agency at a percentage rate

16 which is greater than is available in the case of funds ap17 propriated in this Act.

18 SEC. 711. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail19 able to restrict the authority of the Commodity Credit

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

21 on behalf of other agencies of the Department of Agri22 culture when such space will be jointly occupied.

23 SEC. 712. Ω142æNone With the exception of grants

24 awarded under the Small Business Innovation Development

25 Act of 1982, Public Law 97–219, as amended (15 U.S.C.
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1 638), none of the funds in this Act shall be available to

2 pay indirect costs on research grants awarded competi3 tively by the Cooperative State Research, Education, and

4 Extension Service that exceed 14 percent of total Federal

5 funds provided under each award.

6 SEC. 713. Notwithstanding any other provisions of

7 this Act, all loan levels provided in this Act shall be consid8 ered estimates, not limitations.

9 SEC. 714. Appropriations to the Department of Agri10 culture for the cost of direct and guaranteed loans made

11 available in fiscal year 1996 shall remain available until

12 expended to cover obligations made in fiscal year 1996 for

13 the following accounts: the rural development loan fund

14 program account; the Rural Telephone Bank program ac15 count; the rural electrification and telecommunications

16 loans program account; and the rural economic develop17 ment loans program account.

18 SEC. 715. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal

19 year 1996 pay raises for programs funded by this Act shall

20 be absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act.

21 SEC. 716. (a) COMPLIANCE WITH BUY AMERICAN

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

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

24 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. 717. 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. 718. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR

13 HONEY PAYMENTS OR LOAN FORFEITURES.—Notwith14 standing any other provision of this Act, none of the funds

15 appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act shall

16 be used by the Secretary of Agriculture to provide for a

17 total amount of payments and/or total amount of loan for18 feitures to a person to support the price of honey under

19 section 207 of the Ω143æAgriculture Agricultural Act of

20 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1446h) and section 405A of such Act (7

21 U.S.C. 1425a) in excess of zero dollars in the 1994, 1995,

22 and 1996 crop years.

23 SEC. 719. None of the funds in this Act may be used

24 to retire more than 5 percent of the Class A stock of the

25 Rural Telephone Bank.
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1 SEC. 720. None of the funds appropriated or other2 wise made available by this Act may be used to provide

3 benefits to households whose benefits are calculated using

4 a standard deduction greater than the standard deduction

5 in effect for fiscal year 1995.

6 SEC. 721. None of the funds made available in this

7 Act may be used for any program, project, or activity

8 when it is made known to the Federal entity or official

9 to which the funds are made available that the program,

10 project, or activity is not in compliance with any applicable

11 Federal law relating to risk assessment, the protection of

12 private property rights, or unfunded mandates.

13 Ω144æSEC. 722. None of the funds made available

14 in this Act shall be used to increase, from the fiscal year

15 1995 level, the level of Full Time Equivalency Positions

16 (whether through new hires or by transferring full time

17 eqivalents from other offices) in any of the following Food

18 and Drug Administration offices: Office of the Commis19 sioner, Office of Policy, Office of External Affairs (Imme20 diate Office, as well as Office of Health Affairs, Office

21 of Legislative Affairs, Office of Consumer Affairs, and Of22 fice of Public Affairs), and the Office of Management and

23 Systems (Immediate Office, as well as Office of Planning

24 and Evaluation and Office of Management).
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1 Ω145æSEC. 723. None of the funds made available

2 in this Act may be used to provide assistance to, or to

3 pay the salaries of personnel who carry out a market pro4 motion program pursuant to section 203 of the Agricul5 tural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5623) that provides

6 assistance to, the U.S. Mink Export Development Council

7 or any mink industry trade association.

8 Ω146æSEC. 724. None of the funds appropriated or

9 otherwise made available by this Act shall be used to enroll

10 in excess of 100,000 acres in the fiscal year 1996 wetlands

11 reserve program, as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 3837.

12 Ω147æSEC. 725. None of the funds appropriated or

13 otherwise made available by this Act shall be used to pay

14 the salaries of personnel who carry out an export enhance15 ment program (estimated to be $1,000,000,000 in the Presi16 dent’s fiscal year 1996 Budget (H. Doc. 104–4)) if the ag17 gregate amount of funds and/or commodities under such

18 program exceeds $795,556,000.

19 Ω148æSEC. 726. None of the funds made available in

20 this Act shall be used to pay the salaries of personnel to

21 provide assistance to livestock producers under provisions

22 of title VI of the Agricultural Act of 1949 if crop insurance

23 protection or noninsured crop disaster assistance for the loss

24 of feed produced on the farm is available to the producer

25 under the Federal Crop Insurance Act, as amended.
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1 Ω149æSEC. 727. None of the funds appropriated or

2 otherwise made available by this Act shall be used to enroll

3 additional acres in the Conservation Reserve Program au4 thorized by 16 U.S.C. 3831–3845: Provided, That 1,579,000

5 new acres shall be enrolled in the program in the year be6 ginning January 1, 1997.

7 Ω150æSEC. 728. None of the funds appropriated or

8 otherwise made available by this Act may be used to develop

9 compliance guidelines, implement or enforce a regulation

10 promulgated by the Food Safety and Inspection Service on

11 August 25, 1995 (60 Fed. Reg. 44396): Provided, That this

12 regulation shall take effect only if legislation is enacted

13 into law which directs the Secretary of Agriculture to pro14 mulgate such regulation, or the House Committee on Agri15 culture and the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutri16 tion and Forestry receive and approve a proposed revised

17 regulation submitted by the Secretary of Agriculture.

18 Ω151æSEC. 729. BOARD OF TEA EXPERTS.—None of

19 the funds appropriated under this Act may be used for the

20 salaries or expenses of the Board of Tea experts established

21 under section 2 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to prevent the

22 importation of impure and unwholesome tea’’, approved

23 March 2, 1897 (21 U.S.C. 42).

24 Ω152æSEC. 730. (a) None of the funds appropriated

25 or made available to the Federal Drug Administration by
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1 this Act shall be used to operate the Board of Tea Experts

2 and related activities.

3 (b) The Tea Importation Act (21 U.S.C. 41 et seq.)

4 is repealed.

5 Ω153æSEC. 731. It is the sense of the Senate that the

6 current statute establishing the Tobacco Marketing Assess7 ment, which raises revenues used solely for deficit reduction

8 purposes and not in any manner to offset the costs of the

9 tobacco program, should be amended to require that the cur10 rent assessment be set at a level sufficient to cover the ad11 ministrative costs of the tobacco program.

12 Ω154æSEC. 732. None of the funds available in this

13 Act shall be used for any action, including the development

14 or assertion of any position or recommendation by or on

15 behalf of the Forest Service, that directly or indirectly re16 sults in the loss of or restriction on the diversion and use

17 of water from existing water supply facilities located on Na18 tional Forest lands by the owners of such facilities, or result

19 in a material increase in the cost of such yield to the owners

20 of the water supply: Provided, That nothing in this section

21 shall preclude a mutual agreement between any agency of

22 the Department of Agriculture and a State or local gov23 ernmental entity or private entity or individual.

24 Ω155æSEC. 733. ENERGY SAVINGS AT FEDERAL FA25 CILITIES.
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1 (a) REDUCTION IN FACILITIES ENERGY COSTS.—The

2 head of each agency for which funds are made available

3 under this Act shall take all actions necessary to achieve

4 during fiscal year 1996 a 5 percent reduction, from the av5 erage previous three fiscal year levels, in the energy costs

6 of the facilities used by the agency.

7 (b) USE OF COST SAVINGS.—An amount equal to the

8 amount of cost savings realized by an agency under sub9 section (a) shall remain available for obligation through the

10 end of fiscal year 1997, without further authorization or

11 appropriation, as follows:

12 (1) CONSERVATION MEASURES.—Fifty percent of

13 the amount shall remain available for the implemen14 tation of additional energy conservation measures

15 and for water conservation measures at such facilities

16 used by the agency as are designated by the head of

17 the agency.

18 (2) OTHER PURPOSES.—Fifty percent of the

19 amount shall remain available for use by the agency

20 for such purposes as are designated by the head of the

21 agency, consistent with applicable law.

22 (c) REPORT.—

23 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than December 31,

24 1996, the Secretary of Agriculture shall submit a re25 port to Congress specifying the results of the actions
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1 taken under subsection (a) and providing any rec2 ommendations concerning how to further reduce en3 ergy costs and energy consumption in the future.

4 (2) CONTENTS.—Each report shall—

5 (A) specify the total energy costs of the fa6 cilities used by the agency;

7 (B) identify the reductions achieved; and

8 (C) specify the actions that resulted in the

9 reductions.

10 Ω156æSEC. 734. It is the sense of the Senate that the

11 current nonrefundable marketing assessment for the peanut

12 program should be amended to direct that the current as13 sessment is utilized in a manner to help defray the cost

14 of the peanut program, particularly to cover all adminis15 trative costs of the peanut program, including the salaries

16 and expenses of Department of Agriculture employees who

17 carry out the price support or production adjustment pro18 gram for peanuts.

19 Ω157æSEC. 735. MINK INDUSTRY.

20 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—

21 (1) since 1989, the Federal government, through

22 the Department of Agriculture Market Promotion

23 Program, has provided more than $13,000,000 to the

24 Mink Export Development Council for the overseas

25 promotion of mink coats and products; and
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1 (2) the Department of Commerce has estimated

2 that since 1989 the value of United States exports of

3 mink products has declined by more than 33 percent

4 and total United States mink production has been

5 halved.

6 (b) FUNDING.—None of the funds made available in

7 this Act may be used to carry out, or to pay the salaries

8 of personnel who carry out, the market promotion program

9 established under section 203 of the Agricultural Trade Act

10 of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5623), in a manner that provides assist11 ance to the United States Mink Export Development Coun12 cil or any mink industry trade association.

13 Ω158æSEC. 728. SENSE OF THE SENATE ON UNITED

14 STATES-CANADIAN COOPERATION CONCERNING AN OUTLET

15 TO RELIEVE FLOODING AT DEVILS LAKE IN NORTH DA16 KOTA.

17 (a) FINDINGS.—The Senate finds that—

18 (1) flooding in Devils Lake Basin, North Dakota,

19 has resulted in water levels in the lake reaching their

20 highest point in 120 years;

21 (2)(A) 667,000 trees are inundated and dying;

22 (B) 2500 homeowners in the county are pumping

23 water from basements;
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1 (C) the town of Devils Lake is threatened with

2 lake water nearing the limits of the protective dikes

3 of the lake;

4 (D) 17,400 acres of land have been inundated;

5 (E) roads are under water;

6 (F) other roads are closed and will be aban7 doned;

8 (G) homes and businesses have been diked, aban9 doned, or closed; and

10 (H) if the lake rises another 2 to 3 feet, damages

11 of approximately $74,000,000 will occur;

12 (3) the Army Corps of Engineers and the Bureau

13 of Reclamation are now studying the feasibility of

14 constructing an outlet from Devils Lake Basin;

15 (4) an outlet from Devils Lake Basin will allow

16 the transfer of water from Devils Lake Basin to the

17 Red River of the North watershed that the United

18 States shares with Canada; and

19 (5) the Treaty Relating to the Boundary Waters

20 and Questions Arising Along the Boundary Between

21 the United States and Canada, signed at Washington

22 on January 11, 1909 (36 Stat. 2448; TS 548) (com23 monly known as the ‘‘Boundary Waters Treaty of

24 1909’’), provides that ‘‘. . . waters flowing across the

25 boundary shall not be polluted on either side to the
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1 injury of health or property on the other.’’ (36 Stat.

2 2450).

3 (b) SENSE OF THE SENATE.—It is the sense of the Sen4 ate that the United States Government should seek to estab5 lish a joint United States-Canadian technical committee to

6 review the Devils Lake Basin emergency outlet project to

7 consider options for an outlet that would meet Canadian

8 concerns in regard to the Boundary Waters Treaty of 1909.

9 Ω159æSEC. 737. ELIMINATION OF UNNECESSARY AD10 VISORY COMMITTEES.

11 (a) SWINE HEALTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE.—Section

12 11 of the Swine Health Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 3810) is

13 repealed.

14 (b) GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE TECHNICAL ADVISORY

15 COMMITTEE.—Section 2404 of the Food, Agriculture, Con16 servation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 6703) is re17 pealed.

18 Ω160æSEC. 738. Upon the date of enactment of this

19 Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall immediately with20 draw Federal regulation 36 CFR Part 223 promulgated on

21 September 8, 1995, for a period of no less than 120 days:

22 Provided, That during such time the Secretary shall take

23 notice and public comment on the regulations and make

24 the necessary revisions to reflect public comment. Any fines

25 assessed pursuant to 36 CFR Part 223, from the effective
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1 date of said regulation to the date of enactment of this Act,

2 shall be null and void. During the 120 day period, the in3 terim regulatory guidelines published pursuant to 55 CFR

4 48572 and 56 CFR 65834 shall remain in effect.

5 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Agriculture, Rural De6 velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related

7 Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996’’.

8 Passed the House of Representatives July 21, 1995.

Attest: ROBIN H. CARLE,

Clerk.

9 Passed the Senate September 20 (legislative day,

10 September 5), 1995.

Attest: KELLY D. JOHNSTON,

Secretary.

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