104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1976

AN ACT

Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Deposes. ending September 30, 1996, and for other pur- Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and
104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1976

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,
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1 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any

2 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for Ag3 riculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administra4 tion, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year

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

6 namely:

7 TITLE I

8 AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS

9 PRODUCTION, PROCESSING, AND MARKETING

10 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

12 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary

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

14 under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $10,227,000, of which $7,500,000

15 shall be available for InfoShare: Provided, That not to ex16 ceed $11,000 of this amount, along with any unobligated

17 balances of representation funds in the Foreign Agricul18 tural Service shall be available for official reception and

19 representation expenses, not otherwise provided for, as de20 termined by the Secretary.

21 EXECUTIVE OPERATIONS

22 CHIEF ECONOMIST

23 For necessary expenses of the Chief Economist, in24 cluding economic analysis, risk assessment, cost benefit

25 analysis, and the functions of the World Agricultural Out-
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1 look Board, as authorized by the Agricultural Marketing

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

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

4 the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), of which not

5 to exceed $5,000 is for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109,

6 $3,948,000.

7 NATIONAL APPEALS DIVISION

8 For necessary expenses of the National Appeals Divi9 sion, including employment pursuant to the second sen10 tence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7

11 U.S.C. 2225), of which not to exceed $25,000 is for em12 ployment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $11,846,000.

13 OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS

14 For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and

15 Program Analysis, including employment pursuant to the

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

17 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), of which not to exceed $5,000 is

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

19 CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

20 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Fi21 nancial Officer, including employment pursuant to the sec22 ond sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944

23 (7 U.S.C. 2225), of which not to exceed $10,000 is for

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

25 That the Chief Financial Officer shall reinstate and mar26 ket cross-servicing activities of the National Finance Cen-
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1 ter: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated

2 or otherwise made available by this Act shall be used to

3 obtain, modify, re-engineer, license, operate, implement, or

4 expand commercial off-the-shelf financial management

5 software systems or existing commercial off-the-shelf sys6 tem financial management contracts, beyond general ledg7 er systems and accounting support software, at the Na8 tional Finance Center until thirty legislative days after the

9 Secretary of Agriculture submits to the House and Senate

10 Committees on Appropriations a complete and thorough

11 cost-benefit analysis and a certification by the Secretary

12 of Agriculture that this analysis provides a detailed and

13 accurate cost-benefit analysis comparison between obtain14 ing or expanding commercial off-the-shelf software sys15 tems and conducting identical or comparable software sys16 tems acquisitions, re-engineering, or modifications in17 house.

18 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR

19 ADMINISTRATION

20 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of

21 the Assistant Secretary for Administration to carry out

22 the programs funded in this Act, $596,000.
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1 AGRICULTURE BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES AND RENTAL

2 PAYMENTS

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

4 For payment of space rental and related costs pursu5 ant to Public Law 92–313, including authorities pursuant

6 to the 1984 delegation of authority from the Adminis7 trator of General Services to the Department of Agri8 culture, for programs and activities of the Department

9 which are included in this Act, $110,187,000, of which

10 $20,216,000 shall be retained by the Department for the

11 operation, maintenance, and repair of Agriculture build12 ings: Provided, That in the event an agency within the

13 Department should require modification of space needs,

14 the Secretary of Agriculture may transfer a share of that

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

16 appropriation, or may transfer a share of this appropria17 tion to that agency’s appropriation, but such transfers

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

19 space rental and related costs to or from this account. In

20 addition, for construction, repair, improvement, extension,

21 alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities

22 as necessary to carry out the programs of the Department,

23 where not otherwise provided, $25,587,000, to remain

24 available until expended; making a total appropriation of

25 $135,774,000.
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1 ADVISORY COMMITTEES (USDA)

2 For necessary expenses for activities of advisory com3 mittees of the Department of Agriculture which are in4 cluded in this Act, $800,000: Provided, That no other

5 funds appropriated to the Department in this Act shall

6 be available to the Department for support of activities

7 of advisory committees.

8 HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

10 For necessary expenses of the Department of Agri11 culture, to comply with the requirement of section 107(g)

12 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Com13 pensation, and Liability Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C.

14 9607(g), section 6001 of the Resource Conservation and

15 Recovery Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 6961, $15,700,000,

16 to remain available until expended: Provided, That appro17 priations and funds available herein to the Department for

18 Hazardous Waste Management may be transferred to any

19 agency of the Department for its use in meeting all re20 quirements pursuant to the above Acts on Federal and

21 non-Federal lands.

22 DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

24 For Personnel, Operations, Information Resources

25 Management, Civil Rights Enforcement, Small and Dis-
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1 advantaged Business Utilization, Administrative Law

2 Judges and Judicial Officer, Disaster Management and

3 Coordination, and Modernization of the Administrative

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

5 for management support services to offices of the Depart6 ment and for general administration and disaster manage7 ment of the Department, repairs and alterations, and

8 other miscellaneous supplies and expenses not otherwise

9 provided for and necessary for the practical and efficient

10 work of the Department, including employment pursuant

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

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

13 $10,000 is for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Pro14 vided, That this appropriation shall be reimbursed from

15 applicable appropriations in this Act for travel expenses

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

17 551–558.

18 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR

19 CONGRESSIONAL RELATIONS

20 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of

21 the Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations to

22 carry out the programs funded in this Act, including pro23 grams involving intergovernmental affairs and liaison

24 within the executive branch, $3,797,000: Provided, That

25 no other funds appropriated to the Department in this Act
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1 shall be available to the Department for support of activi2 ties of congressional relations.

3 OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS

4 For necessary expenses to carry on services relating

5 to the coordination of programs involving public affairs,

6 for the dissemination of agricultural information, and the

7 coordination of information, work, and programs author8 ized by Congress in the Department, $8,198,000, includ9 ing employment pursuant to the second sentence of section

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

11 which not to exceed $10,000 shall be available for employ12 ment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, and not to exceed $2,000,000

13 may be used for farmers’ bulletins.

14 OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL

15 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector

16 General, including employment pursuant to the second

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

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

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

20 necessary for contracting and other arrangements with

21 public agencies and private persons pursuant to section

22 6(a)(9) of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended,

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

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

25 $95,000 for certain confidential operational expenses in-
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1 cluding the payment of informants, to be expended under

2 the direction of the Inspector General pursuant to Public

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

4 OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL

5 For necessary expenses of the Office of the General

6 Counsel, $27,860,000.

7 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RESEARCH,

8 EDUCATION AND ECONOMICS

9 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of

10 the Under Secretary for Research, Education and Eco11 nomics to administer the laws enacted by the Congress

12 for the Economic Research Service, the National Agricul13 tural Statistics Service, the Agricultural Research Service

14 and the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Ex15 tension Service, $520,000.

16 ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE

17 For necessary expenses of the Economic Research

18 Service in conducting economic research and analysis, as

19 authorized by the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7

20 U.S.C. 1621–1627) and other laws, $53,131,000: Pro21 vided, That this appropriation shall be available for em22 ployment pursuant to the second sentence of section

23 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225).
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1 NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE

2 For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural

3 Statistics Service in conducting statistical reporting and

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

6 surveys, as authorized by the Agricultural Marketing Act

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

8 $81,107,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall be

9 available for employment pursuant to the second sentence

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

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

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

13 AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

15 For necessary expenses to enable the Agricultural Re16 search Service to perform agricultural research and dem17 onstration relating to production, utilization, marketing,

18 and distribution (not otherwise provided for); home eco19 nomics or nutrition and consumer use including the acqui20 sition, preservation, and dissemination of agricultural in21 formation; and for acquisition of lands by donation, ex22 change, or purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed $100,

23 $705,610,000: Provided, That appropriations hereunder

24 shall be available for temporary employment pursuant to

25 the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act
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1 of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $115,000 shall

2 be available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Pro3 vided further, That appropriations hereunder shall be

4 available for the operation and maintenance of aircraft

5 and the purchase of not to exceed one for replacement

6 only: Provided further, That appropriations hereunder

7 shall be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for the con8 struction, alteration, and repair of buildings and improve9 ments, but unless otherwise provided the cost of construct10 ing any one building shall not exceed $250,000, except for

11 headhouses or greenhouses which shall each be limited to

12 $1,000,000, and except for ten buildings to be constructed

13 or improved at a cost not to exceed $500,000 each, and

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

15 shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement

16 value of the building or $250,000, whichever is greater:

17 Provided further, That the limitations on alterations con18 tained in this Act shall not apply to modernization or re19 placement of existing facilities at Beltsville, Maryland:

20 Provided further, That the foregoing limitations shall not

21 apply to replacement of buildings needed to carry out the

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

23 That the foregoing limitations shall not apply to the pur24 chase of land at Beckley, West Virginia: Provided further,

25 That not to exceed $190,000 of this appropriation may
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1 be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for

2 the Office of the Under Secretary for Research, Education

3 and Economics for the scientific review of international

4 issues involving agricultural chemicals and food additives:

5 Provided further, That funds may be received from any

6 State, other political subdivision, organization, or individ7 ual for the purpose of establishing or operating any re8 search facility or research project of the Agricultural Re9 search Service, as authorized by law: Provided further,

10 That all rights and title of the United States in the prop11 erty known as USDA Houma Sugar Cane Research Lab12 oratory, consisting of approximately 20 acres in the City

13 of Houma and 150 acres of farmland in Chacahula, Lou14 isiana, including facilities and equipment, shall be con15 veyed to the American Sugar Cane League: Provided fur16 ther, That all rights and title of the United States in the

17 Agricultural Research Station at Brawley, California, con18 sisting of 80 acres of land, including facilities and equip19 ment, shall be conveyed to Imperial County, California:

20 Provided further, That all rights and title of the United

21 States in the Pecan Genetics and Improvement Research

22 Laboratory, consisting of 84.2 acres of land, including fa23 cilities and equipment, shall be conveyed to Texas A&M

24 University: Provided further, That the property originally

25 conveyed by the State of Tennessee to the U.S. Depart-
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1 ment of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, in

2 Lewisburg, Tennessee be conveyed to the University of

3 Tennessee.

4 None of the funds in the foregoing paragraph shall

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

8 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

9 For acquisition of land, construction, repair, improve10 ment, extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed equip11 ment or facilities as necessary to carry out the agricultural

12 research programs of the Department of Agriculture,

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

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

15 funds may be received from any State, other political sub16 division, organization, or individual for the purpose of es17 tablishing any research facility of the Agricultural Re18 search Service, as authorized by law.

19 COOPERATIVE STATE RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND

20 EXTENSION SERVICE

21 RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES

22 For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for

23 cooperative forestry and other research, for facilities, and

24 for other expenses, including $166,165,000 to carry into

25 effect the provisions of the Hatch Act (7 U.S.C. 361a–
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1 361i); $20,185,000 for grants for cooperative forestry re2 search (16 U.S.C. 582a–582–a7); $27,313,000 for pay3 ments to the 1890 land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee

4 University (7 U.S.C. 3222); $31,930,000 for special

5 grants for agricultural research (7 U.S.C. 450i(c));

6 $11,599,000 for special grants for agricultural research

7 on improved pest control (7 U.S.C. 450i(c)); $98,165,000

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

9 $5,051,000 for the support of animal health and disease

10 programs (7 U.S.C. 195); $1,150,000 for supplemental

11 and alternative crops and products (7 U.S.C. 3319d);

12 $475,000 for rangeland research grants (7 U.S.C. 3331–

13 3336); $3,500,000 for higher education graduate fellow14 ships grants (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(6)), to remain available

15 until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); $4,350,000 for higher

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

17 $1,000,000 for a higher education minority scholars pro18 gram (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(5)), to remain available until ex19 pended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); $4,000,000 for aquaculture

20 grants (7 U.S.C. 3322); $8,000,000 for sustainable agri21 culture research and education (7 U.S.C. 5811); and

22 $6,289,000 for necessary expenses of Research and Edu23 cation Activities, of which not to exceed $100,000 shall

24 be for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109; in all,

25 $389,172,000.
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1 None of the funds in the foregoing paragraph shall

2 be available to carry out research related to the produc3 tion, processing or marketing of tobacco or tobacco prod4 ucts.

5 NATIVE AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS ENDOWMENT FUND

6 For establishment of a Native American institutions

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

8 (7 U.S.C. 301 note.), $4,600,000.

9 EXTENSION ACTIVITIES

10 Payments to States, the District of Columbia, Puerto

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

12 Marianas, and American Samoa: For payments for coop13 erative extension work under the Smith-Lever Act, as

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

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

16 471, for retirement and employees’ compensation costs for

17 extension agents and for costs of penalty mail for coopera18 tive extension agents and State extension directors,

19 $264,405,000; payments for the nutrition and family edu20 cation program for low-income areas under section 3(d)

21 of the Act, $59,588,000; payments for the pest manage22 ment program under section 3(d) of the Act, $10,947,000;

23 payments for the farm safety program under section 3(d)

24 of the Act, $2,898,000; payments for the pesticide impact

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

26 $3,363,000; payments to upgrade 1890 land-grant college
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1 research, extension, and teaching facilities as authorized

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

3 U.S.C. 3222b), $7,664,000, to remain available until ex4 pended; payments for the rural development centers under

5 section 3(d) of the Act, $921,000; payments for a ground6 water quality program under section 3(d) of the Act,

7 $10,897,000; payments for the agricultural telecommuni8 cations program, as authorized by Public Law 101–624

9 (7 U.S.C. 5926), $1,184,000; payments for youth-at-risk

10 programs under section 3(d) of the Act, $9,700,000; pay11 ments for a food safety program under section 3(d) of the

12 Act, $2,400,000; payments for carrying out the provisions

13 of the Renewable Resources Extension Act of 1978,

14 $3,241,000; payments for Indian reservation agents under

15 section 3(d) of the Act, $1,697,000; payments for sustain16 able agriculture programs under section 3(d) of the Act,

17 $3,463,000; payments for cooperative extension work by

18 the colleges receiving the benefits of the second Morrill

19 Act (7 U.S.C. 321–326, 328) and Tuskegee University,

20 $24,708,000; and for Federal administration and coordi21 nation including administration of the Smith-Lever Act,

22 as amended, and the Act of September 29, 1977 (7 U.S.C.

23 341–349), as amended, and section 1361(c) of the Act of

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

25 provide program leadership for the extension work of the
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1 Department and the several States and insular posses2 sions, $6,181,000; in all, $413,257,000: Provided, That

3 funds hereby appropriated pursuant to section 3(c) of the

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

5 23, 1972, as amended, shall not be paid to any State, the

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

7 Islands, Micronesia, Northern Marianas, and American

8 Samoa prior to availability of an equal sum from non-Fed9 eral sources for expenditure during the current fiscal year.

10 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR

11 MARKETING AND REGULATORY PROGRAMS

12 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of

13 the Assistant Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory

14 Programs to administer programs under the laws enacted

15 by the Congress for the Animal and Plant Health Inspec16 tion Service, Agricultural Marketing Service, and the

17 Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration,

18 $605,000.

19 ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE

20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

22 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, including

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

24 amended (21 U.S.C. 114b–c), necessary to prevent, con25 trol, and eradicate pests and plant and animal diseases;

26 to carry out inspection, quarantine, and regulatory activi-
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1 ties; to discharge the authorities of the Secretary of Agri2 culture under the Act of March 2, 1931 (46 Stat. 1468;

3 7 U.S.C. 426–426b); and to protect the environment, as

4 authorized by law, $333,410,000, of which $4,799,000

5 shall be available for the control of outbreaks of insects,

6 plant diseases, animal diseases and for control of pest ani7 mals and birds to the extent necessary to meet emergency

8 conditions: Provided, That in fiscal year 1996, amounts

9 in the agricultural quarantine inspection user fee account

10 shall be available for authorized purposes without further

11 appropriation: Provided further, That no funds shall be

12 used to formulate or administer a brucellosis eradication

13 program for the current fiscal year that does not require

14 minimum matching by the States of at least 40 percent:

15 Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available

16 for field employment pursuant to the second sentence of

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

18 2225), and not to exceed $40,000 shall be available for

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

20 this appropriation shall be available for the operation and

21 maintenance of aircraft and the purchase of not to exceed

22 four, of which two shall be for replacement only: Provided

23 further, That, in addition, in emergencies which threaten

24 any segment of the agricultural production industry of this

25 country, the Secretary may transfer from other appropria-
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1 tions or funds available to the agencies or corporations

2 of the Department such sums as he may deem necessary,

3 to be available only in such emergencies for the arrest and

4 eradication of contagious or infectious diseases or pests

5 of animals, poultry, or plants, and for expenses in accord6 ance with the Act of February 28, 1947, as amended, and

7 section 102 of the Act of September 21, 1944, as amend8 ed, and any unexpended balances of funds transferred for

9 such emergency purposes in the next preceding fiscal year

10 shall be merged with such transferred amounts: Provided

11 further, That appropriations hereunder shall be available

12 pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the repair and alter13 ation of leased buildings and improvements, but unless

14 otherwise provided the cost of altering any one building

15 during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the

16 current replacement value of the building.

17 In fiscal year 1996 the agency is authorized to collect

18 fees to cover the total costs of providing technical assist19 ance, goods, or services requested by States, other political

20 subdivisions, domestic and international organizations,

21 foreign governments, or individuals, provided that such

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

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

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

25 fees shall be credited to this account, to remain available
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1 until expended, without further appropriation, for provid2 ing such assistance, goods, or services.

3 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

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

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

8 authorized by 7 U.S.C. 428a, $12,541,000, to remain

9 available until expended.

10 AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE

11 MARKETING SERVICES

12 For necessary expenses to carry on services related

13 to consumer protection, agricultural marketing and dis14 tribution, transportation, and regulatory programs, as au15 thorized by law, and for administration and coordination

16 of payments to States; including field employment pursu17 ant to section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C.

18 2225), and not to exceed $90,000 for employment under

19 5 U.S.C. 3109, $46,662,000, including funds for the

20 wholesale market development program for the design and

21 development of wholesale and farmer market facilities for

22 the major metropolitan areas of the country: Provided,

23 That this appropriation shall be available pursuant to law

24 (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and repair of buildings

25 and improvements, but the cost of altering any one build-
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1 ing during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of

2 the current replacement value of the building.

3 Fees may be collected for the cost of standardization

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

5 U.S.C. 9701).

6 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

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

8 be obligated during the current fiscal year for administra9 tive expenses: Provided, That if crop size is understated

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

11 exceed this limitation by up to 10 percent with notification

12 to the Appropriations Committees.

13 FUNDS FOR STRENGTHENING MARKETS, INCOME, AND

14 SUPPLY (SECTION 32)

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

16 Funds available under section 32 of the Act of Au17 gust 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c) shall be used only for com18 modity program expenses as authorized therein, and other

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

20 Department of Commerce as authorized by the Fish and

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

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

23 for formulation and administration of marketing agree24 ments and orders pursuant to the Agricultural Marketing

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

26 Act of 1961.
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1 In fiscal year 1996, no more than $23,900,000 in sec2 tion 32 funds shall be used to promote sunflower and cot3 tonseed oil exports as authorized by section 1541 of Public

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

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

6 markets.

7 PAYMENTS TO STATES AND POSSESSIONS

8 For payments to departments of agriculture, bureaus

9 and departments of markets, and similar agencies for

10 marketing activities under section 204(b) of the Agricul11 tural Marketing Act of 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1623(b)),

12 $1,000,000.

13 GRAIN INSPECTION, PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS

14 ADMINISTRATION

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions

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

18 for the administration of the Packers and Stockyards Act,

19 for certifying procedures used to protect purchasers of

20 farm products, and the standardization activities related

21 to grain under the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946,

22 as amended, including field employment pursuant to sec23 tion 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225),

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

25 3109, $23,058,000: Provided, That this appropriation

26 shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the
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1 alteration and repair of buildings and improvements, but

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

3 shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement

4 value of the building.

5 INSPECTION AND WEIGHING SERVICES

6 LIMITATION ON INSPECTION AND WEIGHING SERVICES

7 EXPENSES

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

9 be obligated during the current fiscal year for inspection

10 and weighing services: Provided, That if grain export ac11 tivities require additional supervision and oversight, or

12 other uncontrollable factors occur, this limitation may be

13 exceeded by up to 10 percent with notification to the Ap14 propriations Committees.

15 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD SAFETY

16 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of

17 the Under Secretary for Food Safety to administer the

18 laws enacted by the Congress for the Food Safety and In19 spection Service, $450,000.

20 FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE

21 For necessary expenses to carry on services author22 ized by the Federal Meat Inspection Act, as amended, the

23 Poultry Products Inspection Act, as amended, and the

24 Egg Products Inspection Act, as amended, $540,365,000,

25 and in addition, $1,000,000 may be credited to this ac-
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1 count from fees collected for the cost of laboratory accredi2 tation as authorized by section 1017 of Public Law 102–

3 237: Provided, That this appropriation shall not be avail4 able for shell egg surveillance under section 5(d) of the

5 Egg Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 1034(d)): Pro6 vided further, That this appropriation shall be available

7 for field employment pursuant to section 706(a) of the Or8 ganic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed

9 $75,000 shall be available for employment under 5 U.S.C.

10 3109: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be

11 available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alter12 ation and repair of buildings and improvements, but the

13 cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year

14 shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement

15 value of the building.

16 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FARM AND

17 FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICES

18 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of

19 the Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural

20 Services to administer the laws enacted by Congress for

21 the Consolidated Farm Service Agency, Foreign Agricul22 tural Service, and the Commodity Credit Corporation,

23 $549,000.
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1 CONSOLIDATED FARM SERVICE AGENCY

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses for carrying out the adminis4 tration and implementation of programs delegated to the

5 Consolidated Farm Service Agency by the Secretary under

6 the Federal Crop Insurance Reform and Department of

7 Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994, $788,388,000:

8 Provided, That the Secretary is authorized to use the serv9 ices, facilities, and authorities (but not the funds) of the

10 Commodity Credit Corporation to make program pay11 ments for all programs administered by the Agency: Pro12 vided further, That other funds made available to the

13 Agency for authorized activities may be advanced to and

14 merged with this account: Provided further, That these

15 funds shall be available for employment pursuant to the

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

17 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $500,000 shall

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

19 STATE MEDIATION GRANTS

20 For grants pursuant to section 502(b) of the Agricul21 tural Credit Act of 1987, as amended (7 U.S.C. 5101–

22 5106), $2,000,000.

23 DAIRY INDEMNITY PROGRAM

24 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

25 For necessary expenses involved in making indemnity

26 payments to dairy farmers for milk or cows producing
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1 such milk and manufacturers of dairy products who have

2 been directed to remove their milk or dairy products from

3 commercial markets because it contained residues of

4 chemicals registered and approved for use by the Federal

5 Government, and in making indemnity payments for milk,

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

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

8 commercial markets because of (1) the presence of prod9 ucts of nuclear radiation or fallout if such contamination

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

11 chemicals or toxic substances not included under the first

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

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

14 not used in a manner contrary to applicable regulations

15 or labeling instructions provided at the time of use and

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

17 $100,000, to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C.

18 2209b): Provided, That none of the funds contained in this

19 Act shall be used to make indemnity payments to any

20 farmer whose milk was removed from commercial markets

21 as a result of his willful failure to follow procedures pre22 scribed by the Federal Government: Provided further, That

23 this amount shall be transferred to the Commodity Credit

24 Corporation: Provided further, That the Secretary is au25 thorized to utilize the services, facilities, and authorities
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1 of the Commodity Credit Corporation for the purpose of

2 making dairy indemnity disbursements.

3 AGRICULTURAL CREDIT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM

4 ACCOUNT

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

8 1928–1929, to be available from funds in the Agricultural

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

10 $585,000,000, of which $550,000,000 shall be for guaran11 teed loans; operating loans, $2,300,000,000, of which

12 $1,700,000,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed

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

14 loans; Indian tribe land acquisition loans as authorized by

15 25 U.S.C. 488, $750,000; for emergency insured loans,

16 $100,000,000 to meet the needs resulting from natural

17 disasters; and for credit sales of acquired property,

18 $22,500,000.

19 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including

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

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

22 ownership loans, $28,206,000, of which $20,019,000 shall

23 be for guaranteed loans; operating loans, $91,000,000, of

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

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

26 loans; Indian tribe land acquisition loans as authorized by
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1 25 U.S.C. 488, $206,000; for emergency insured loans,

2 $32,080,000 to meet the needs resulting from natural dis3 asters; and for credit sales of acquired property,

4 $4,113,000.

5 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to

6 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs,

7 $221,541,000, which shall be transferred to and merged

8 with the following accounts in the following amounts:

9 $208,446,000 to ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’; $318,000 to

10 ‘‘Rural Utilities Service, Salaries and Expenses’’; and

11 $171,000 to ‘‘Rural Housing and Community Develop12 ment Service, Salaries and Expenses’’.

13 CORPORATIONS

14 The following corporations and agencies are hereby

15 authorized to make expenditures, within the limits of

16 funds and borrowing authority available to each such cor17 poration or agency and in accord with law, and to make

18 contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year

19 limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government

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

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

22 the current fiscal year for such corporation or agency, ex23 cept as hereinafter provided.
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1 FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION FUND

2 For payments as authorized by section 516 of the

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

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

5 U.S.C. 2209b).

6 COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION FUND

7 REIMBURSEMENT FOR NET REALIZED LOSSES

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

9 to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for net

10 realized losses sustained, but not previously reimbursed

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

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

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

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

15 OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE FOR HAZARDOUS WASTE

16 MANAGEMENT

17 For fiscal year 1996, the Commodity Credit Corpora18 tion shall not expend more than $5,000,000 for expenses

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

20 Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation,

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

22 section 6001 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery

23 Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 6961: Provided, That ex24 penses shall be for operations and maintenance costs only

25 and that other hazardous waste management costs shall
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1 be paid for by the USDA Hazardous Waste Management

2 appropriation in this Act.

3 TITLE II

4 CONSERVATION PROGRAMS

5 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR

6 NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT

7 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of

8 the Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environ9 ment to administer the laws enacted by the Congress for

10 the Forest Service and the Natural Resources Conserva11 tion Service, $677,000.

12 NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE

13 CONSERVATION OPERATIONS

14 For necessary expenses for carrying out the provi15 sions of the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–590f)

16 including preparation of conservation plans and establish17 ment of measures to conserve soil and water (including

18 farm irrigation and land drainage and such special meas19 ures for soil and water management as may be necessary

20 to prevent floods and the siltation of reservoirs and to con21 trol agricultural related pollutants); operation of conserva22 tion plant materials centers; classification and mapping of

23 soil; dissemination of information; acquisition of lands,

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

25 program by donation, exchange, or purchase at a nominal
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1 cost not to exceed $100 pursuant to the Act of August

2 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 428a); purchase and erection or alter3 ation or improvement of permanent and temporary build4 ings; and operation and maintenance of aircraft,

5 $629,986,000, of which not less than $5,852,000 is for

6 snow survey and water forecasting and not less than

7 $8,875,000 is for operation and establishment of the plant

8 materials centers: Provided, That appropriations here9 under shall be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for

10 construction and improvement of buildings and public im11 provements at plant materials centers, except that the cost

12 of alterations and improvements to other buildings and

13 other public improvements shall not exceed $250,000: Pro14 vided further, That when buildings or other structures are

15 erected on non-Federal land, that the right to use such

16 land is obtained as provided in 7 U.S.C. 2250a: Provided

17 further, That this appropriation shall be available for tech18 nical assistance and related expenses to carry out pro19 grams authorized by section 202(c) of title II of the Colo20 rado River Basin Salinity Control Act of 1974, as amend21 ed (43 U.S.C. 1592(c)): Provided further, That no part

22 of this appropriation may be expended for soil and water

23 conservation operations under the Act of April 27, 1935

24 (16 U.S.C. 590a–590f) in demonstration projects: Pro25 vided further, That this appropriation shall be available
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1 for employment pursuant to the second sentence of section

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

3 not to exceed $25,000 shall be available for employment

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

5 local engineers may be temporarily employed at per diem

6 rates to perform the technical planning work of the Serv7 ice.

8 WATERSHED AND FLOOD PREVENTION OPERATIONS

9 For necessary expenses to carry out preventive meas10 ures, including but not limited to research, engineering op11 erations, methods of cultivation, the growing of vegetation,

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

13 and only high-priority projects authorized by the Flood

14 Control Act (33 U.S.C. 701, 16 U.S.C. 1006a), in accord15 ance with the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention

16 Act approved August 4, 1954, as amended (16 U.S.C.

17 1001–1005, 1007–1009), the provisions of the Act of

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

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

20 Department, $100,000,000, to remain available until ex21 pended (7 U.S.C. 2209b): Provided, That this appropria22 tion shall be available for employment pursuant to the sec23 ond sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944

24 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $200,000 shall be

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

26 further, That not to exceed $1,000,000 of this appropria-
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1 tion is available to carry out the purposes of the Endan2 gered Species Act of 1973 (Public Law 93–205), as

3 amended, including cooperative efforts as contemplated by

4 that Act to relocate endangered or threatened species to

5 other suitable habitats as may be necessary to expedite

6 project construction.

7 WATERSHED SURVEYS AND PLANNING

8 For necessary expenses to conduct research, inves9 tigation, and surveys of watersheds of rivers and other wa10 terways, and for small watershed investigations and plan11 ning, in accordance with the Watershed Protection and

12 Flood Prevention Act approved August 4, 1954, as

13 amended (16 U.S.C. 1001–1009), $14,000,000: Provided,

14 That this appropriation shall be available for employment

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

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

17 $110,000 shall be available for employment under 5

18 U.S.C. 3109.

19 CONSERVATION PROGRAMS

20 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,

21 in planning and carrying out projects for resource con22 servation and development and for sound land use pursu23 ant to the provisions of section 32(e) of title III of the

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

25 1011; 76 Stat. 607), and the provisions of the Act of April

26 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–f), and the provisions of the
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1 Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 (16 U.S.C. 3451–

2 3461), to carry out the program of forestry incentives, as

3 authorized in the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of

4 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2101), including technical assistance and

5 related expenses, and for carrying out a voluntary coopera6 tive salinity control program pursuant to section 202(c)

7 of title II of the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control

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

9 salinity in the Colorado River and to enhance the supply

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

11 and the Republic of Mexico, to be used for the establish12 ment of on-farm irrigation management systems, includ13 ing related lateral improvement measures, for making

14 cost-share payments to agricultural landowners and opera15 tors, Indian tribes, irrigation districts and associations,

16 local governmental and nongovernmental entities, and

17 other landowners to aid them in carrying out approved

18 conservation practices as determined and recommended by

19 the Secretary, and for associated costs of program plan20 ning, information and education, and program monitoring

21 and evaluation, $36,000,000, to remain available until ex22 pended (7 U.S.C. 2209, 16 U.S.C. 590p(b)(7)): Provided,

23 That this appropriation shall be available for employment

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

25 Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed
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1 $50,000 shall be available for employment under 5 U.S.C.

2 3109.

3 WETLANDS RESERVE PROGRAM

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

5 For necessary expenses to carry out the wetlands re6 serve program pursuant to subchapter C of subtitle D of

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

8 3837), $210,000,000, to remain available until expended:

9 Provided, That the Secretary is authorized to use the serv10 ices, facilities, and authorities of the Commodity Credit

11 Corporation for the purpose of carrying out the wetlands

12 reserve program.

13 CONSOLIDATED FARM SERVICE AGENCY

14 AGRICULTURAL CONSERVATION PROGRAM

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

16 For necessary expenses to carry into effect the pro17 gram authorized in sections 7 to 15, 16(a), 16(f), and 17

18 of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act ap19 proved February 29, 1936, as amended and supplemented

20 (16 U.S.C. 590g–590o, 590p(a), 590p(f), and 590q), and

21 sections 1001–1004, 1006–1008, and 1010 of the Agricul22 tural Act of 1970, as added by the Agriculture and

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

24 1506–1508, and 1510), and including not to exceed

25 $15,000 for the preparation and display of exhibits, in26 cluding such displays at State, interstate, and inter-
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1 national fairs within the United States, $75,000,000, to

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

3 agreements, excluding administration but including tech4 nical assistance and related expenses (16 U.S.C. 590o),

5 except that no participant in the agricultural conservation

6 program shall receive more than $3,500 per year, except

7 where the participants from two or more farms or ranches

8 join to carry out approved practices designed to conserve

9 or improve the agricultural resources of the community,

10 or where a participant has a long-term agreement, in

11 which case the total payment shall not exceed the annual

12 payment limitation multiplied by the number of years of

13 the agreement: Provided, That no portion of the funds for

14 the current year’s program may be utilized to provide fi15 nancial or technical assistance for drainage on wetlands

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

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

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

19 1956: Provided further, That such amounts shall be avail20 able for the purchase of seeds, fertilizers, lime, trees, or

21 any other conservation materials, or any soil-terracing

22 services, and making grants thereof to agricultural pro23 ducers to aid them in carrying out approved farming prac24 tices as authorized by the Soil Conservation and Domestic

25 Allotment Act, as amended, as determined and rec-
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1 ommended by the county committees, approved by the

2 State committees and the Secretary, under programs pro3 vided for herein: Provided further, That such assistance

4 will not be used for carrying out measures and practices

5 that are primarily production-oriented or that have little

6 or no conservation or pollution abatement benefits: Pro7 vided further, That not to exceed 5 percent of the alloca8 tion for the current year’s program for any county may,

9 on the recommendation of such county committee and ap10 proval of the State committee, be withheld and allotted

11 to the Natural Resources Conservation Service for services

12 of its technicians in formulating and carrying out the agri13 cultural conservation program in the participating coun14 ties, and shall not be utilized by the Natural Resources

15 Conservation Service for any purpose other than technical

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

17 the recommendation of such county committee and ap18 proval of the State committee, not to exceed 1 percent may

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

20 public agency for the same purpose and under the same

21 conditions: Provided further, That not to exceed

22 $11,000,000 of the amount appropriated shall be used for

23 water quality payments and practices in the same manner

24 as permitted under the program for water quality author25 ized in chapter 2 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food
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1 Security Act of 1985, as amended (16 U.S.C. 3838 et

2 seq.).

3 CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

5 For necessary expenses to carry out the conservation

6 reserve program pursuant to the Food Security Act of

7 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831–3845), $1,781,785,000, to remain

8 available until expended, to be used for Commodity Credit

9 Corporation expenditures for cost-share assistance for the

10 establishment of conservation practices provided for in ap11 proved conservation reserve program contracts, for annual

12 rental payments provided in such contracts, and for tech13 nical assistance.

14 TITLE III

15 RURAL ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY

16 DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS

17 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RURAL

18 ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

19 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of

20 the Under Secretary for Rural Economic and Community

21 Development to administer programs under the laws en22 acted by the Congress for the Rural Housing and Commu23 nity Development Service, Rural Business and Cooperative

24 Development Service, and the Rural Utilities Service of

25 the Department of Agriculture, $568,000.
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1 RURAL HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

2 SERVICE

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

4 For necessary expenses of the Rural Housing and

5 Community Development Service, including administering

6 the programs authorized by the Consolidated Farm and

7 Rural Development Act, as amended, title V of the Hous8 ing Act of 1949, as amended, and cooperative agreements,

9 $42,820,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall be

10 available for employment pursuant to the second sentence

11 of 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944, and not to exceed

12 $500,000 may be used for employment under 5 U.S.C.

13 3109.

14 RURAL HOUSING INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

16 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di17 rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by title V of the

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

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

20 $2,250,000,000 for loans to section 502 borrowers, as de21 termined by the Secretary, of which $1,700,000,000 shall

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

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

24 514 farm labor housing; $150,000,000 for section 515

25 rental housing; $600,000 for site loans; and $35,000,000

26 for credit sales of acquired property: Provided, That not-
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1 withstanding section 520 of the Housing Act of 1949, the

2 Secretary of Agriculture may make loans under section

3 502 of such Act for properties in the Pine View West Sub4 division, located in Gibsonville, North Carolina, in the

5 same manner as provided under such section for prop6 erties in rural areas.

7 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including

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

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

10 502 loans, $118,335,000, of which $2,890,000 shall be for

11 unsubsidized guaranteed loans; section 504 housing repair

12 loans, $14,193,000; section 514 farm labor housing,

13 $8,629,000; section 515 rental housing, $82,035,000, pro14 vided the program is authorized for fiscal year 1996; and

15 credit sales of acquired property, $6,100,000.

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

17 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974) of guaranteed

18 loans under a demonstration program of loan guarantees

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

20 to be derived from the amount made available under this

21 heading for the cost of low-income section 515 loans and

22 to become available for obligation only upon the enactment

23 of authorizing legislation.

24 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to

25 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs,
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1 $385,889,000, of which $372,897,506 shall be transferred

2 to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Housing

3 and Community Development Service, Salaries and Ex4 penses’’.

5 RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

6 For rental assistance agreements entered into or re7 newed pursuant to the authority under section 521(a)(2)

8 or agreements entered into in lieu of forgiveness or pay9 ments for eligible households as authorized by section

10 502(c)(5)(D) of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended,

11 $535,900,000; and in addition such sums as may be nec12 essary, as authorized by section 521(c) of the Act, to liq13 uidate debt incurred prior to fiscal year 1992 to carry out

14 the rental assistance program under section 521(a)(2) of

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

16 $5,900,000 shall be available for debt forgiveness or pay17 ments for eligible households as authorized by section

18 502(c)(5)(D) of the Act, and not to exceed $10,000 per

19 project for advances to nonprofit organizations or public

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

21 incurred in purchasing projects pursuant to section

22 502(c)(5)(C) of the Act: Provided further, That agree23 ments entered into or renewed during fiscal year 1996

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

25 of any such agreement may be extended to fully utilize

26 amounts obligated.
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1 SELF-HELP HOUSING LAND DEVELOPMENT FUND

2 For the principal amount of direct loans, as author3 ized by section 523(b)(1)(B) of the Housing Act of 1949,

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

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

6 modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of the Congres7 sional Budget Act of 1974, $31,000.

8 COMMUNITY FACILITY LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

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

12 U.S.C. 1928 and 86 Stat. 661–664, as amended: Pro13 vided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying

14 such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Con15 gressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That

16 such sums shall remain available until expended for the

17 disbursement of loans obligated in fiscal year 1996: Pro18 vided further, That these funds are available to subsidize

19 gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans

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

21 part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed

22 $75,000,000: Provided further, That of the amounts avail23 able for the cost of direct loans not to exceed $1,208,000,

24 to subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount not

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

26 zones and enterprise communities, as authorized by Public
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1 Law 103–66: Provided further, That if such funds are not

2 obligated for empowerment zones and enterprise commu3 nities by June 30, 1996, they remain available for other

4 authorized purposes under this head.

5 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out

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

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

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

9 VERY LOW-INCOME HOUSING REPAIR GRANTS

10 For grants to the very low-income elderly for essen11 tial repairs to dwellings pursuant to section 504 of the

12 Housing Act of 1949, as amended, $24,900,000, to re13 main available until expended.

14 RURAL HOUSING FOR DOMESTIC FARM LABOR

15 For financial assistance to eligible nonprofit organi16 zations for housing for domestic farm labor, pursuant to

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

18 U.S.C. 1486), $10,000,000, to remain available until ex19 pended.

20 MUTUAL AND SELF-HELP HOUSING GRANTS

21 For grants and contracts pursuant to section

22 523(b)(1)(A) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C.

23 1490c), $12,650,000, to remain available until expended

24 (7 U.S.C. 2209b).
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1 RURAL COMMUNITY FIRE PROTECTION GRANTS

2 For grants pursuant to section 7 of the Cooperative

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

4 $1,000,000 to fund up to 50 percent of the cost of orga5 nizing, training, and equipping rural volunteer fire depart6 ments.

7 COMPENSATION FOR CONSTRUCTION DEFECTS

8 For compensation for construction defects as author9 ized by section 509(c) of the Housing Act of 1949, as

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

11 RURAL HOUSING PRESERVATION GRANTS

12 For grants for rural housing preservation as author13 ized by section 552 of the Housing and Urban-Rural Re14 covery Act of 1983 (Public Law 98–181), $11,000,000.

15 RURAL BUSINESS AND COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT

16 SERVICE

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

18 For necessary expenses of the Rural Business and

19 Cooperative Development Service, including administering

20 the programs authorized by the Consolidated Farm and

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

22 Food Security Act of 1985; the Cooperative Marketing Act

23 of 1926; for activities relating to the marketing aspects

24 of cooperatives, including economic research findings, as

25 authorized by the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946; for

26 activities with institutions concerning the development and
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1 operation of agricultural cooperatives; and cooperative

2 agreements; $9,520,000: Provided, That this appropria3 tion shall be available for employment pursuant to the sec4 ond sentence of 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944, and

5 not exceed $250,000 may be used for employment under

6 5 U.S.C. 3109.

7 RURAL BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY LOANS PROGRAM

8 ACCOUNT

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

10 For the cost of guaranteed loans, $6,437,000, as au11 thorized by 7 U.S.C. 1928 and 86 Stat. 661–664, as

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

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

14 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided fur15 ther, That such sums shall remain available until expended

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

17 Provided further, That these funds are available to sub18 sidize gross obligations for the principal amount of guar19 anteed loans of $500,000,000: Provided further, That of

20 the amounts available for the cost of guaranteed loans in21 cluding the cost of modifying loans, $148,000, to subsidize

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

23 is guaranteed, not to exceed $10,842,000, shall be avail24 able for empowerment zones and enterprise communities,

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

26 That if such funds are not obligated for empowerment
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1 zones and enterprise communities by June 30, 1996, they

2 remain available for other authorized activities under this

3 head.

4 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out

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

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

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

8 RURAL DEVELOPMENT LOAN FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

9 For the cost of direct loans as authorized by the rural

10 development loan fund (42 U.S.C. 9812(a)) for

11 empowerment zones and enterprise communities, as au12 thorized by title XIII of the Omnibus Budget Reconcili13 ation Act of 1993, $4,322,000, to subsidize gross obliga14 tions for the principal amount of direct loans, $7,246,000.

15 RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LOANS PROGRAM

16 ACCOUNT

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

18 For the principal amount of direct loans, as author19 ized under section 313 of the Rural Electrification Act,

20 for the purpose of promoting rural economic development

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

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

23 modifying loans as defined in section 502 of the Congres24 sional Budget Act of 1974, $3,729,000.
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1 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to

2 carry out the direct loan program, $584,000, which shall

3 be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for

4 ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’.

5 ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND

6 COMMERCIALIZATION REVOLVING FUND

7 For necessary expenses to carry out the Alternative

8 Agricultural Research and Commercialization Act of 1990

9 (7 U.S.C. 5901–5908), $5,000,000 is appropriated to the

10 alternative agricultural research and commercialization re11 volving fund.

12 RURAL BUSINESS ENTERPRISE GRANTS

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

14 310B(j) (7 U.S.C. 1932) of the Consolidated Farm and

15 Rural Development Act to any qualified public or private

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

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

18 to empowerment zones and enterprise communities, as au19 thorized by title XIII of the Omnibus Budget Reconcili20 ation Act of 1993, after which any funds not obligated

21 shall remain available for other authorized purposes under

22 this head: Provided, That $500,000 shall be available for

23 grants to qualified nonprofit organizations to provide tech24 nical assistance and training for rural communities need25 ing improved passenger transportation systems or facili26 ties in order to promote economic development.
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1 RURAL TECHNOLOGY AND COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT

2 GRANTS

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

5 U.S.C. 1932), $1,500,000.

6 RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE

7 RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELEPHONE LOANS

8 PROGRAM ACCOUNT

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

10 Insured loans pursuant to the authority of section

11 305 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, as amended

12 (7 U.S.C. 935), shall be made as follows: 5 percent rural

13 electrification loans, $90,000,000; 5 percent rural tele14 phone loans, $70,000,000; cost of money rural telephone

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

16 $500,000,000; and loans made pursuant to section 306

17 of that Act, $420,000,000, to remain available until ex18 pended.

19 For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Con20 gressional Budget Act of 1974, including the cost of modi21 fying loans, of direct and guaranteed loans authorized by

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

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

24 cost of municipal rate loans, $54,150,000; cost of money

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

26 pursuant to section 306, $2,520,000: Provided, That not-
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1 withstanding sections 305(c)(2) and 305(d)(2) of the

2 Rural Electrification Act of 1936, borrower interest rates

3 may exceed 7 percent per year.

4 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to

5 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs,

6 $29,982,000, which shall be transferred to and merged

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

8 RURAL TELEPHONE BANK PROGRAM ACCOUNT

9 The Rural Telephone Bank is hereby authorized to

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

12 such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal

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

15 necessary in carrying out its authorized programs for the

16 current fiscal year. During fiscal year 1996 and within

17 the resources and authority available, gross obligations for

18 the principal amount of direct loans shall be

19 $175,000,000.

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

24 $770,000.

25 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to

26 carry out the loan programs, $3,541,000.
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1 DISTANCE LEARNING AND MEDICAL LINK GRANTS

2 For necessary expenses to carry into effect the pro3 grams authorized in sections 2331–2335 of Public Law

4 101–624, $7,500,000, to remain available until expended.

5 RURAL DEVELOPMENT PERFORMANCE PARTNERSHIPS

6 PROGRAM

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

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

10 $435,000,000, to remain available until expended, to be

11 available for loans and grants for rural water and waste

12 disposal and solid waste management grants: Provided,

13 That the costs of direct loans and loan guarantees, includ14 ing the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined

15 in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974:

16 Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated,

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

18 with the National Rural Water Association or other equal19 ly qualified national organization for a circuit rider pro20 gram to provide technical assistance for rural water sys21 tems: Provided further, That of the total amount appro22 priated, not to exceed $18,700,000 shall be available for

23 water and waste disposal systems to benefit the Colonias

24 along the United States/Mexico border, including grants

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

26 total amount appropriated, $18,688,000 shall be for
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1 empowerment zones and enterprise communities, as au2 thorized by Public Law 103–66: Provided further, That

3 if such funds are not obligated for empowerment zones

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

5 remain available for other authorized purposes under this

6 head.

7 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to

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

9 $12,740,000, of which $12,623,000 shall be transferred

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

11 Expenses’’.

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For necessary expenses of the Rural Utilities Service,

14 including administering the programs authorized by the

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

16 Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, as

17 amended, $19,211,000, of which $7,000 shall be available

18 for financial credit reports: Provided, That this appropria19 tion shall be available for employment pursuant to the sec20 ond sentence of 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944, and

21 not to exceed $103,000 may be used for employment

22 under 5 U.S.C. 3109.
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1 TITLE IV

2 DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS

3 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD,

4 NUTRITION AND CONSUMER SERVICES

5 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of

6 the Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer

7 Services to administer the laws enacted by the Congress

8 for the Food and Consumer Service, $440,000.

9 FOOD AND CONSUMER SERVICE

10 CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

12 For necessary expenses to carry out the National

13 School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751–1769b), and the appli14 cable provisions other than section 17 of the Child Nutri15 tion Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1772–1785, and 1789);

16 $7,952,424,000, to remain available through September

17 30, 1997, of which $2,354,566,000 is hereby appropriated

18 and $5,597,858,000 shall be derived by transfer from

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

20 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c): Provided, That up to $3,964,000

21 shall be available for independent verification of school

22 food service claims: Provided further, That $1,900,000

23 shall be available to provide financial and other assistance

24 to operate the Food Service Management Institute.

25 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds

26 other than provided in this Act may be available for nutri-
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1 tion education and training and the Food Service Manage2 ment Institute.

3 SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR

4 WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN (WIC)

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

6 For necessary expenses to carry out the special sup7 plemental nutrition program as authorized by section 17

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

9 $3,729,807,000, to remain available through September

10 30, 1997: Provided, That for fiscal year 1996,

11 $20,000,000 that would otherwise be available to States

12 for nutrition services and administration shall be made

13 available for food benefits: Provided further, That

14 $4,000,000 from unobligated balances for supervisory and

15 technical assistance grants may be transferred to and

16 merged with this account: Provided further, That up to

17 $6,750,000 may be used to carry out the farmers’ market

18 nutrition program from any funds not needed to maintain

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

20 funds in this Act shall be available to pay administrative

21 expenses of WIC clinics except those that have an an22 nounced policy of prohibiting smoking within the space

23 used to carry out the program.

24 FOOD STAMP PROGRAM

25 For necessary expenses to carry out the Food Stamp

26 Act (7 U.S.C. 2011–2029), $27,097,828,000: Provided,
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1 That funds provided herein shall remain available through

2 September 30, 1996, in accordance with section 18(a) of

3 the Food Stamp Act: Provided further, That funds pro4 vided herein shall be expended in accordance with section

5 16 of the Food Stamp Act: Provided further, That this

6 appropriation shall be subject to any work registration or

7 workfare requirements as may be required by law: Pro8 vided further, That $1,143,000,000 of the foregoing

9 amount shall be available for nutrition assistance for

10 Puerto Rico as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 2028.

11 COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

12 For necessary expenses to carry out the commodity

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

14 of the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973

15 (7 U.S.C. 612c(note)), section 204(a) of the Emergency

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

17 110 of the Hunger Prevention Act of 1988, $168,000,000,

18 to remain available through September 30, 1997: Pro19 vided, That none of these funds shall be available to reim20 burse the Commodity Credit Corporation for commodities

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

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

23 demonstration projects in the emergency food assistance

24 program.
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1 FOOD DONATIONS PROGRAMS FOR SELECTED GROUPS

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

3 the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 (7

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

5 (7 U.S.C. 2013(b)), and section 311 of the Older Ameri6 cans Act of 1965, as amended (42 U.S.C. 3030a),

7 $215,000,000, to remain available through September 30,

8 1997.

9 FOOD PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION

10 For necessary administrative expenses of the domes11 tic food programs funded under this Act, $108,323,000,

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

13 procedures, reducing overhead costs, tightening regula14 tions, improving food stamp coupon handling, and assist15 ance in the prevention, identification, and prosecution of

16 fraud and other violations of law: Provided, That this ap17 propriation shall be available for employment pursuant to

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

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

20 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), $123,520,000, of which

15 $5,176,000 may be transferred from Commodity Credit

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

17 the Commodity Credit Corporation program account in

18 this Act, and $1,005,000 may be transferred from the

19 Public Law 480 program account in this Act: Provided,

20 That the Service may utilize advances of funds, or reim21 burse this appropriation for expenditures made on behalf

22 of Federal agencies, public and private organizations and

23 institutions under agreements executed pursuant to the

24 agricultural food production assistance programs (7

25 U.S.C. 1736) and the foreign assistance programs of the
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1 International Development Cooperation Administration

2 (22 U.S.C. 2392).

3 None of the funds in the foregoing paragraph shall

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

5 tobacco products.

6 PUBLIC LAW 480 PROGRAM AND GRANT ACCOUNTS

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

8 For expenses during the current fiscal year, not oth9 erwise recoverable, and unrecovered prior years’ costs, in10 cluding interest thereon, under the Agricultural Trade De11 velopment and Assistance Act of 1954, as amended (7

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

13 1731–1736g), as follows: (1) $291,342,000 for Public

14 Law 480 title I credit, including Food for Progress pro15 grams; (2) $25,000,000 is hereby appropriated for ocean

16 freight differential costs for the shipment of agricultural

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

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

19 is hereby appropriated for commodities supplied in connec20 tion with dispositions abroad pursuant to title II of said

21 Act; and (4) $50,000,000 is hereby appropriated for com22 modities supplied in connection with dispositions abroad

23 pursuant to title III of said Act: Provided, That not to

24 exceed 15 percent of the funds made available to carry

25 out any title of said Act may be used to carry out any
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1 other title of said Act: Provided further, That such sums

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

3 For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Con4 gressional Budget Act of 1974, of direct credit agreements

5 as authorized by the Agricultural Trade Development and

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

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

8 modifying credit agreements under said Act,

9 $236,162,000.

10 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out

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

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

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

14 SHORT-TERM EXPORT CREDIT

15 The Commodity Credit Corporation shall make avail16 able not less than $5,200,000,000 in credit guarantees

17 under its export credit guarantee program for short-term

18 credit extended to finance the export sales of United

19 States agricultural commodities and the products thereof,

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

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

22 INTERMEDIATE-TERM EXPORT CREDIT

23 The Commodity Credit Corporation shall make avail24 able not less than $500,000,000 in credit guarantees

25 under its export credit guarantee program for intermedi26 ate-term credit extended to finance the export sales of
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1 United States agricultural commodities and the products

2 thereof, as authorized by section 202(b) of the Agricul3 tural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5641).

4 COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION EXPORT LOANS

5 PROGRAM ACCOUNT

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

7 For administrative expenses to carry out the Com8 modity Credit Corporation’s export guarantee program,

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

10 overhead expenses as permitted by section 11 of the Com11 modity Credit Corporation Charter Act and in conformity

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

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

14 with the appropriation for the salaries and expenses of the

15 Foreign Agricultural Service, and of which not to exceed

16 $589,000 may be transferred to and merged with the ap17 propriation for the salaries and expenses of the Consoli18 dated Farm Service Agency.
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1 TITLE VI

2 RELATED AGENCIES AND FOOD AND DRUG

3 ADMINISTRATION

4 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN

5 SERVICES

6 FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 For necessary expenses of the Food and Drug Ad9 ministration, including hire and purchase of passenger

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

11 District of Columbia or elsewhere; and for miscellaneous

12 and emergency expenses of enforcement activities, author13 ized and approved by the Secretary and to be accounted

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

15 $25,000; $904,694,000, of which not to exceed

16 $84,723,000 in fees pursuant to section 736 of the Fed17 eral Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act may be credited to

18 this appropriation and remain available until expended:

19 Provided, That fees derived from applications received

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

21 1996 limitation: Provided further, That none of these

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

23 program of user fees authorized by 31 U.S.C. 9701.
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1 In addition, fees pursuant to section 354 of the Pub2 lic Health Service Act may be credited to this account,

3 to remain available until expended.

4 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

5 For plans, construction, repair, improvement, exten6 sion, alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facili7 ties of or used by the Food and Drug Administration,

8 where not otherwise provided, $15,350,000, to remain

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

10 RENTAL PAYMENTS (FDA)

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

12 For payment of space rental and related costs pursu13 ant to Public Law 92–313 for programs and activities of

14 the Food and Drug Administration which are included in

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

16 Food and Drug Administration should require modifica17 tion of space needs, a share of the salaries and expenses

18 appropriation may be transferred to this appropriation, or

19 a share of this appropriation may be transferred to the

20 salaries and expenses appropriation, but such transfers

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

22 rental payments (FDA) to or from this account.
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1 DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

2 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE

3 PAYMENTS TO THE FARM CREDIT SYSTEM FINANCIAL

4 ASSISTANCE CORPORATION

5 For necessary payments to the Farm Credit System

6 Financial Assistance Corporation by the Secretary of the

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

8 Credit Act of 1971, as amended, for reimbursement of in9 terest expenses incurred by the Financial Assistance Cor10 poration on obligations issued through 1994, as author11 ized, $15,453,000.

12 INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

13 COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION

14 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions

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

16 1 et seq.), including the purchase and hire of passenger

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

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

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

20 3109; $49,144,000, including not to exceed $1,000 for of21 ficial reception and representation expenses: Provided,

22 That the Commission is authorized to charge reasonable

23 fees to attendees of Commission sponsored educational

24 events and symposia to cover the Commission’s costs of

25 providing those events and symposia, and notwithstanding
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1 31 U.S.C. 3302, said fees shall be credited to this account,

2 to be available without further appropriation.

3 TITLE VII—GENERAL PROVISIONS

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

5 appropriations and authorizations made for the Depart6 ment of Agriculture for the fiscal year 1996 under this

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

8 specifically provided for, of not to exceed 665 passenger

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

10 and for the hire of such vehicles.

11 SEC. 702. Funds in this Act available to the Depart12 ment of Agriculture shall be available for uniforms or al13 lowances therefor as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–

14 5902).

15 SEC. 703. Not less than $1,500,000 of the appropria16 tions of the Department of Agriculture in this Act for re17 search and service work authorized by the Acts of August

18 14, 1946, and July 28, 1954 (7 U.S.C. 427, 1621–1629),

19 and by chapter 63 of title 31, United States Code, shall

20 be available for contracting in accordance with said Acts

21 and chapter.

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

23 Working Capital Fund for the purpose of accumulating

24 growth capital for data services and National Finance

25 Center operations shall not exceed $2,000,000: Provided,
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1 That no funds in this Act appropriated to an agency of

2 the Department shall be transferred to the Working Cap3 ital Fund without the approval of the agency adminis4 trator.

5 SEC. 705. New obligational authority provided for the

6 following appropriation items in this Act shall remain

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

8 Plant Health Inspection Service, the contingency fund to

9 meet emergency conditions, and integrated systems acqui10 sition project; and Foreign Agricultural Service, middle11 income country training program.

12 New obligational authority for the boll weevil pro13 gram; up to 10 percent of the screwworm program of the

14 Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service; Food Safety

15 and Inspection Service, field automation and information

16 management project; funds appropriated for rental pay17 ments; funds for the Native American institutions endow18 ment fund in the Cooperative State Research, Education,

19 and Extension Service, and funds for the competitive re20 search grants (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)) shall remain available

21 until expended.

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

23 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the

24 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.
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1 SEC. 707. Not to exceed $50,000 of the appropria2 tions available to the Department of Agriculture in this

3 Act shall be available to provide appropriate orientation

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

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

6 used to pay negotiated indirect cost rates on cooperative

7 agreements or similar arrangements between the United

8 States Department of Agriculture and nonprofit institu9 tions in excess of 10 percent of the total direct cost of

10 the agreement when the purpose of such cooperative ar11 rangements is to carry out programs of mutual interest

12 between the two parties. This does not preclude appro13 priate payment of indirect costs on grants and contracts

14 with such institutions when such indirect costs are com15 puted on a similar basis for all agencies for which appro16 priations are provided in this Act.

17 SEC. 709. Notwithstanding any other provision of

18 this Act, commodities acquired by the Department in con19 nection with Commodity Credit Corporation and section

20 32 price support operations may be used, as authorized

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

22 commodities to individuals in cases of hardship as deter23 mined by the Secretary of Agriculture.

24 SEC. 710. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail25 able to reimburse the General Services Administration for
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1 payment of space rental and related costs in excess of the

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

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

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

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

6 funds otherwise appropriated in this Act. Further, no

7 agency of the Department of Agriculture, from funds oth8 erwise available, shall reimburse the General Services Ad9 ministration for payment of space rental and related costs

10 provided to such agency at a percentage rate which is

11 greater than is available in the case of funds appropriated

12 in this Act.

13 SEC. 711. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail14 able to restrict the authority of the Commodity Credit

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

16 on behalf of other agencies of the Department of Agri17 culture when such space will be jointly occupied.

18 SEC. 712. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail19 able to pay indirect costs on research grants awarded com20 petitively by the Cooperative State Research, Education,

21 and Extension Service that exceed 14 percent of total Fed22 eral funds provided under each award.

23 SEC. 713. Notwithstanding any other provisions of

24 this Act, all loan levels provided in this Act shall be consid25 ered estimates, not limitations.
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1 SEC. 714. Appropriations to the Department of Agri2 culture for the cost of direct and guaranteed loans made

3 available in fiscal year 1996 shall remain available until

4 expended to cover obligations made in fiscal year 1996 for

5 the following accounts: the rural development loan fund

6 program account; the Rural Telephone Bank program ac7 count; the rural electrification and telecommunications

8 loans program account; and the rural economic develop9 ment loans program account.

10 SEC. 715. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal

11 year 1996 pay raises for programs funded by this Act shall

12 be absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act.

13 SEC. 716. (a) COMPLIANCE WITH BUY AMERICAN

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

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

16 expending the funds the entity will comply with sections

17 2 through 4 of the Act of March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 10a–

18 10c; popularly known as the ‘‘Buy American Act’’).

19 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS; REQUIREMENT REGARD20 ING NOTICE.—

21 (1) PURCHASE OF AMERICAN-MADE EQUIPMENT

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

23 product that may be authorized to be purchased

24 with financial assistance provided using funds made

25 available in this Act, it is the sense of the Congress
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1 that entities receiving the assistance should, in ex2 pending the assistance, purchase only American3 made equipment and products.

4 (2) NOTICE TO RECIPIENTS OF ASSISTANCE.—

5 In providing financial assistance using funds made

6 available in this Act, the head of each Federal agen7 cy shall provide to each recipient of the assistance

8 a notice describing the statement made in paragraph

9 (1) by the Congress.

10 (c) PROHIBITION OF CONTRACTS WITH PERSONS

11 FALSELY LABELING PRODUCTS AS MADE IN AMERICA.—

12 If it has been finally determined by a court or Federal

13 agency that any person intentionally affixed a label bear14 ing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription, or any inscription

15 with the same meaning, to any product sold in or shipped

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

17 States, the person shall be ineligible to receive any con18 tract or subcontract made with funds made available in

19 this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and ineli20 gibility procedures described in sections 9.400 through

21 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations.

22 SEC. 717. Notwithstanding the Federal Grant and

23 Cooperative Agreement Act, marketing services of the Ag24 ricultural Marketing Service may use cooperative agree25 ments to reflect a relationship between Agricultural Mar-
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1 keting Service and a State or Cooperator to carry out agri2 cultural marketing programs.

3 SEC. 718. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR

4 HONEY PAYMENTS OR LOAN FORFEITURES.—Notwith5 standing any other provision of this Act, none of the funds

6 appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act shall

7 be used by the Secretary of Agriculture to provide for a

8 total amount of payments and/or total amount of loan for9 feitures to a person to support the price of honey under

10 section 207 of the Agriculture Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C.

11 1446h) and section 405A of such Act (7 U.S.C. 1425a)

12 in excess of zero dollars in the 1994, 1995, and 1996 crop

13 years.

14 SEC. 719. None of the funds in this Act may be used

15 to retire more than 5% of the Class A stock of the Rural

16 Telephone Bank.

17 SEC. 720. None of the funds appropriated or other18 wise made available by this Act may be used to provide

19 benefits to households whose benefits are calculated using

20 a standard deduction greater than the standard deduction

21 in effect for fiscal year 1995.

22 SEC. 721. None of the funds made available in this

23 Act may be used for any program, project, or activity

24 when it is made known to the Federal entity or official

25 to which the funds are made available that the program,
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1 project, or activity is not in compliance with any applicable

2 Federal law relating to risk assessment, the protection of

3 private property rights, or unfunded mandates.

4 SEC. 722. None of the funds made available in this

5 Act shall be used to increase, from the fiscal year 1995

6 level, the level of Full Time Equivalency Positions (wheth7 er through new hires or by transferring full time eqivalents

8 from other offices) in any of the following Food and Drug

9 Administration offices: Office of the Commissioner, Office

10 of Policy, Office of External Affairs (Immediate Office,

11 as well as Office of Health Affairs, Office of Legislative

12 Affairs, Office of Consumer Affairs, and Office of Public

13 Affairs), and the Office of Management and Systems (Im14 mediate Office, as well as Office of Planning and Evalua15 tion and Office of Management).

16 SEC. 723. None of the funds made available in this

17 Act may be used to provide assistance to, or to pay the

18 salaries of personnel who carry out a market promotion

19 program pursuant to section 203 of the Agricultural

20 Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5623) that provides assist21 ance to, the U.S. Mink Export Development Council or

22 any mink industry trade association.
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1 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Agriculture, Rural De2 velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related

3 Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996’’.

Passed the House of Representatives July 21, 1995.

Attest:

Clerk.