Union Calendar No. 83

104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H.R. 1976

[Report No. 104–172]

A BILL

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

JUNE 30, 1995

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on

the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
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Union Calendar No. 83

104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1976

[Report No. 104–172]

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.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JUNE 30, 1995

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

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

State of the Union and ordered to be printed

A BILL

Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development,

Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies

programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996,

and for other purposes.

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

3 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any

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

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

3 namely:

4 TITLE I

5 AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS

6 PRODUCTION, PROCESSING, AND MARKETING

7 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

9 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary

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

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

12 shall be available for InfoShare: Provided, That not to ex13 ceed $11,000 of this amount, along with any unobligated

14 balances of representation funds in the Foreign Agricul15 tural Service shall be available for official reception and

16 representation expenses, not otherwise provided for, as de17 termined by the Secretary.

18 EXECUTIVE OPERATIONS

19 CHIEF ECONOMIST

20 For necessary expenses of the Chief Economist, in21 cluding economic analysis, risk assessment, cost benefit

22 analysis, and the functions of the World Agricultural Out23 look Board, as authorized by the Agricultural Marketing

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

25 pursuant to the second sentence of the section 706(a) of
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1 the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), of which not

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

3 $3,748,000.

4 NATIONAL APPEALS DIVISION

5 For necessary expenses of the National Appeals Divi6 sion, including employment pursuant to the second sen7 tence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7

8 U.S.C. 2225), of which not to exceed $25,000 is for em9 ployment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $11,846,000.

10 OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS

11 For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and

12 Program Analysis, including employment pursuant to the

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

14 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), of which not to exceed $5,000 is

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

16 CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

17 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Fi18 nancial Officer, including employment pursuant to the sec19 ond sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944

20 (7 U.S.C. 2225), of which not to exceed $10,000 is for

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

22 That the Chief Financial Officer shall reinstate and mar23 ket cross-servicing activities of the National Finance Cen24 ter: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated

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

26 obtain, modify, re-engineer, license, operate, implement, or
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1 expand commercial off-the-shelf financial management

2 software systems or existing commercial off-the-shelf sys3 tem financial management contracts, beyond general ledg4 er systems and accounting support software, at the Na5 tional Finance Center until thirty legislative days after the

6 Secretary of Agriculture submits to the House and Senate

7 Committees on Appropriations a complete and thorough

8 cost-benefit analysis and a certification by the Secretary

9 of Agriculture that this analysis provides a detailed and

10 accurate cost-benefit analysis comparison between obtain11 ing or expanding commercial off-the-shelf software sys12 tems and conducting identical or comparable software sys13 tems acquisitions, re-engineering, or modifications in14 house.

15 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR

16 ADMINISTRATION

17 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of

18 the Assistant Secretary for Administration to carry out

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

20 AGRICULTURE BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES AND RENTAL

21 PAYMENTS

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

23 For payment of space rental and related costs pursu24 ant to Public Law 92–313, including authorities pursuant

25 to the 1984 delegation of authority from the Adminis-
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1 trator of General Services to the Department of Agri2 culture, for programs and activities of the Department

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

4 $20,216,000 shall be retained by the Department for the

5 operation, maintenance, and repair of Agriculture build6 ings: Provided, That in the event an agency within the

7 Department should require modification of space needs,

8 the Secretary of Agriculture may transfer a share of that

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

10 appropriation, or may transfer a share of this appropria11 tion to that agency’s appropriation, but such transfers

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

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

14 addition, for construction, repair, improvement, extension,

15 alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities

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

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

18 available until expended; making a total appropriation of

19 $135,774,000.

20 ADVISORY COMMITTEES (USDA)

21 For necessary expenses for activities of advisory com22 mittees of the Department of Agriculture which are in23 cluded in this Act, $800,000: Provided, That no other

24 funds appropriated to the Department in this Act shall
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1 be available to the Department for support of activities

2 of advisory committees.

3 HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

5 For necessary expenses of the Department of Agri6 culture, to comply with the requirement of section 107(g)

7 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Com8 pensation, and Liability Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C.

9 9607(g), section 6001 of the Resource Conservation and

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

11 to remain available until expended: Provided, That appro12 priations and funds available herein to the Department for

13 Hazardous Waste Management may be transferred to any

14 agency of the Department for its use in meeting all re15 quirements pursuant to the above Acts on Federal and

16 non-Federal lands.

17 DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION

18 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

19 For Personnel, Operations, Information Resources

20 Management, Civil Rights Enforcement, Small and Dis21 advantaged Business Utilization, Administrative Law

22 Judges and Judicial Officer, Disaster Management and

23 Coordination, and Modernization of the Administrative

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

25 for management support services to offices of the Depart-
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1 ment and for general administration and disaster manage2 ment of the Department, repairs and alterations, and

3 other miscellaneous supplies and expenses not otherwise

4 provided for and necessary for the practical and efficient

5 work of the Department, including employment pursuant

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

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

8 $10,000 is for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Pro9 vided, That this appropriation shall be reimbursed from

10 applicable appropriations in this Act for travel expenses

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

12 551–558.

13 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR

14 CONGRESSIONAL RELATIONS

15 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of

16 the Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations to

17 carry out the programs funded in this Act, including pro18 grams involving intergovernmental affairs and liaison

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

20 no other funds appropriated to the Department in this Act

21 shall be available to the Department for support of activi22 ties of congressional relations.

23 OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS

24 For necessary expenses to carry on services relating

25 to the coordination of programs involving public affairs,
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1 for the dissemination of agricultural information, and the

2 coordination of information, work, and programs author3 ized by Congress in the Department, $8,198,000, includ4 ing employment pursuant to the second sentence of section

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

6 which not to exceed $10,000 shall be available for employ7 ment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, and not to exceed $2,000,000

8 may be used for farmers’ bulletins.

9 OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL

10 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector

11 General, including employment pursuant to the second

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

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

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

15 necessary for contracting and other arrangements with

16 public agencies and private persons pursuant to section

17 6(a)(9) of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended,

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

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

20 $95,000 for certain confidential operational expenses in21 cluding the payment of informants, to be expended under

22 the direction of the Inspector General pursuant to Public

23 Law 95–452 and section 1337 of Public Law 97–98.
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1 OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL

2 For necessary expenses of the Office of the General

3 Counsel, $27,860,000.

4 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RESEARCH,

5 EDUCATION AND ECONOMICS

6 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of

7 the Under Secretary for Research, Education and Eco8 nomics to administer the laws enacted by the Congress

9 for the Economic Research Service, the National Agricul10 tural Statistics Service, the Agricultural Research Service

11 and the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Ex12 tension Service, $520,000.

13 ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE

14 For necessary expenses of the Economic Research

15 Service in conducting economic research and analysis, as

16 authorized by the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7

17 U.S.C. 1621–1627) and other laws, $53,131,000: Pro18 vided, That this appropriation shall be available for em19 ployment pursuant to the second sentence of section

20 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225).

21 NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE

22 For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural

23 Statistics Service in conducting statistical reporting and

24 service work, including crop and livestock estimates, sta25 tistical coordination and improvements, and marketing
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1 surveys, as authorized by the Agricultural Marketing Act

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

3 $81,107,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall be

4 available for employment pursuant to the second sentence

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

6 2225), and not to exceed $40,000 shall be available for

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

8 AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

10 For necessary expenses to enable the Agricultural Re11 search Service to perform agricultural research and dem12 onstration relating to production, utilization, marketing,

13 and distribution (not otherwise provided for); home eco14 nomics or nutrition and consumer use including the acqui15 sition, preservation, and dissemination of agricultural in16 formation; and for acquisition of lands by donation, ex17 change, or purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed $100,

18 $705,610,000: Provided, That appropriations hereunder

19 shall be available for temporary employment pursuant to

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

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

22 be available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Pro23 vided further, That appropriations hereunder shall be

24 available for the operation and maintenance of aircraft

25 and the purchase of not to exceed one for replacement
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1 only: Provided further, That appropriations hereunder

2 shall be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for the con3 struction, alteration, and repair of buildings and improve4 ments, but unless otherwise provided the cost of construct5 ing any one building shall not exceed $250,000, except for

6 headhouses or greenhouses which shall each be limited to

7 $1,000,000, and except for ten buildings to be constructed

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

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

10 shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement

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

12 Provided further, That the limitations on alterations con13 tained in this Act shall not apply to modernization or re14 placement of existing facilities at Beltsville, Maryland:

15 Provided further, That the foregoing limitations shall not

16 apply to replacement of buildings needed to carry out the

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

18 That the foregoing limitations shall not apply to the pur19 chase of land at Beckley, West Virginia: Provided further,

20 That not to exceed $190,000 of this appropriation may

21 be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for

22 the Office of the Under Secretary for Research, Education

23 and Economics for the scientific review of international

24 issues involving agricultural chemicals and food additives:

25 Provided further, That funds may be received from any
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1 State, other political subdivision, organization, or individ2 ual for the purpose of establishing or operating any re3 search facility or research project of the Agricultural Re4 search Service, as authorized by law: Provided further,

5 That all rights and title of the United States in the prop6 erty known as USDA Houma Sugar Cane Research Lab7 oratory, consisting of approximately 20 acres in the City

8 of Houma and 150 acres of farmland in Chacahula, Lou9 isiana, including facilities and equipment, shall be con10 veyed to the American Sugar Cane League: Provided fur11 ther, That all rights and title of the United States in the

12 Agricultural Research Station at Brawley, California, con13 sisting of 80 acres of land, including facilities and equip14 ment, shall be conveyed to Imperial County, California:

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

16 States in the Pecan Genetics and Improvement Research

17 Laboratory, consisting of 84.2 acres of land, including fa18 cilities and equipment, shall be conveyed to Texas A&M

19 University: Provided further, That the property originally

20 conveyed by the State of Tennessee to the U.S. Depart21 ment of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, in

22 Lewisburg, Tennessee be conveyed to the University of

23 Tennessee.

24 None of the funds in the foregoing paragraph shall

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

3 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

4 For acquisition of land, construction, repair, improve5 ment, extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed equip6 ment or facilities as necessary to carry out the agricultural

7 research programs of the Department of Agriculture,

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

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

10 funds may be received from any State, other political sub11 division, organization, or individual for the purpose of es12 tablishing any research facility of the Agricultural Re13 search Service, as authorized by law.

14 COOPERATIVE STATE RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND

15 EXTENSION SERVICE

16 RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES

17 For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for

18 cooperative forestry and other research, for facilities, and

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

20 effect the provisions of the Hatch Act (7 U.S.C. 361a–

21 361i); $20,185,000 for grants for cooperative forestry re22 search (16 U.S.C. 582a–582–a7); $27,313,000 for pay23 ments to the 1890 land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee

24 University (7 U.S.C. 3222); $31,485,000 for special

25 grants for agricultural research (7 U.S.C. 450i(c));
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1 $11,599,000 for special grants for agricultural research

2 on improved pest control (7 U.S.C. 450i(c)); $98,810,000

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

4 $5,051,000 for the support of animal health and disease

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

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

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

8 3336); $3,500,000 for higher education graduate fellow9 ships grants (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(6)), to remain available

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

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

12 $1,000,000 for a higher education minority scholars pro13 gram (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(5)), to remain available until ex14 pended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); $4,000,000 for aquaculture

15 grants (7 U.S.C. 3322); $8,000,000 for sustainable agri16 culture research and education (7 U.S.C. 5811); and

17 $6,289,000 for necessary expenses of Research and Edu18 cation Activities, of which not to exceed $100,000 shall

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

20 $389,372,000.

21 None of the funds in the foregoing paragraph shall

22 be available to carry out research related to the produc23 tion, processing or marketing of tobacco or tobacco prod24 ucts.
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1 NATIVE AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS ENDOWMENT FUND

2 For establishment of a Native American institutions

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

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

5 EXTENSION ACTIVITIES

6 Payments to States, the District of Columbia, Puerto

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

8 Marianas, and American Samoa: For payments for coop9 erative extension work under the Smith-Lever Act, as

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

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

12 471, for retirement and employees’ compensation costs for

13 extension agents and for costs of penalty mail for coopera14 tive extension agents and State extension directors,

15 $264,405,000; payments for the nutrition and family edu16 cation program for low-income areas under section 3(d)

17 of the Act, $59,588,000; payments for the pest manage18 ment program under section 3(d) of the Act, $10,947,000;

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

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

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

22 $3,363,000; payments to upgrade 1890 land-grant college

23 research, extension, and teaching facilities as authorized

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

25 U.S.C. 3222b), $7,664,000, to remain available until ex26 pended; payments for the rural development centers under
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1 section 3(d) of the Act, $921,000; payments for a ground2 water quality program under section 3(d) of the Act,

3 $10,897,000; payments for the agricultural telecommuni4 cations program, as authorized by Public Law 101–624

5 (7 U.S.C. 5926), $1,184,000; payments for youth-at-risk

6 programs under section 3(d) of the Act, $9,700,000; pay7 ments for a food safety program under section 3(d) of the

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

9 of the Renewable Resources Extension Act of 1978,

10 $3,241,000; payments for Indian reservation agents under

11 section 3(d) of the Act, $1,697,000; payments for sustain12 able agriculture programs under section 3(d) of the Act,

13 $3,463,000; payments for cooperative extension work by

14 the colleges receiving the benefits of the second Morrill

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

16 $24,708,000; and for Federal administration and coordi17 nation including administration of the Smith-Lever Act,

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

19 341–349), as amended, and section 1361(c) of the Act of

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

21 provide program leadership for the extension work of the

22 Department and the several States and insular posses23 sions, $6,181,000; in all, $413,257,000: Provided, That

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

25 Act of June 26, 1953, and section 506 of the Act of June
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1 23, 1972, as amended, shall not be paid to any State, the

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

3 Islands, Micronesia, Northern Marianas, and American

4 Samoa prior to availability of an equal sum from non-Fed5 eral sources for expenditure during the current fiscal year.

6 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR

7 MARKETING AND REGULATORY PROGRAMS

8 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of

9 the Assistant Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory

10 Programs to administer programs under the laws enacted

11 by the Congress for the Animal and Plant Health Inspec12 tion Service, Agricultural Marketing Service, and the

13 Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration,

14 $605,000.

15 ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE

16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

18 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, including

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

20 amended (21 U.S.C. 114b–c), necessary to prevent, con21 trol, and eradicate pests and plant and animal diseases;

22 to carry out inspection, quarantine, and regulatory activi23 ties; to discharge the authorities of the Secretary of Agri24 culture under the Act of March 2, 1931 (46 Stat. 1468;

25 7 U.S.C. 426–426b); and to protect the environment, as

26 authorized by law, $333,410,000, of which $4,799,000
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1 shall be available for the control of outbreaks of insects,

2 plant diseases, animal diseases and for control of pest ani3 mals and birds to the extent necessary to meet emergency

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

5 in the agricultural quarantine inspection user fee account

6 shall be available for authorized purposes without further

7 appropriation: Provided further, That no funds shall be

8 used to formulate or administer a brucellosis eradication

9 program for the current fiscal year that does not require

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

11 Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available

12 for field employment pursuant to the second sentence of

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

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

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

16 this appropriation shall be available for the operation and

17 maintenance of aircraft and the purchase of not to exceed

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

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

20 any segment of the agricultural production industry of this

21 country, the Secretary may transfer from other appropria22 tions or funds available to the agencies or corporations

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

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

25 eradication of contagious or infectious diseases or pests
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1 of animals, poultry, or plants, and for expenses in accord2 ance with the Act of February 28, 1947, as amended, and

3 section 102 of the Act of September 21, 1944, as amend4 ed, and any unexpended balances of funds transferred for

5 such emergency purposes in the next preceding fiscal year

6 shall be merged with such transferred amounts: Provided

7 further, That appropriations hereunder shall be available

8 pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the repair and alter9 ation of leased buildings and improvements, but unless

10 otherwise provided the cost of altering any one building

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

12 current replacement value of the building.

13 In fiscal year 1996 the agency is authorized to collect

14 fees to cover the total costs of providing technical assist15 ance, goods, or services requested by States, other political

16 subdivisions, domestic and international organizations,

17 foreign governments, or individuals, provided that such

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

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

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

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

22 until expended, without further appropriation, for provid23 ing such assistance, goods, or services.
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1 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

2 For plans, construction, repair, preventive mainte3 nance, environmental support, improvement, extension, al4 teration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities, as

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

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

7 available until expended.

8 AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE

9 MARKETING SERVICES

10 For necessary expenses to carry on services related

11 to consumer protection, agricultural marketing and dis12 tribution, transportation, and regulatory programs, as au13 thorized by law, and for administration and coordination

14 of payments to States; including field employment pursu15 ant to section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C.

16 2225), and not to exceed $90,000 for employment under

17 5 U.S.C. 3109, $46,662,000, including funds for the

18 wholesale market development program for the design and

19 development of wholesale and farmer market facilities for

20 the major metropolitan areas of the country: Provided,

21 That this appropriation shall be available pursuant to law

22 (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and repair of buildings

23 and improvements, but the cost of altering any one build24 ing during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of

25 the current replacement value of the building.
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1 Fees may be collected for the cost of standardization

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

3 U.S.C. 9701).

4 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

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

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

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

9 exceed this limitation by up to 10 percent with notification

10 to the Appropriations Committees.

11 FUNDS FOR STRENGTHENING MARKETS, INCOME, AND

12 SUPPLY (SECTION 32)

13 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

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

18 Department of Commerce as authorized by the Fish and

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

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

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

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

24 Act of 1961.

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

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

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

4 markets.

5 PAYMENTS TO STATES AND POSSESSIONS

6 For payments to departments of agriculture, bureaus

7 and departments of markets, and similar agencies for

8 marketing activities under section 204(b) of the Agricul9 tural Marketing Act of 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1623(b)),

10 $1,000,000.

11 GRAIN INSPECTION, PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS

12 ADMINISTRATION

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions

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

16 for the administration of the Packers and Stockyards Act,

17 for certifying procedures used to protect purchasers of

18 farm products, and the standardization activities related

19 to grain under the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946,

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

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

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

24 shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the

25 alteration and repair of buildings and improvements, but

26 the cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year
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1 shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement

2 value of the building.

3 INSPECTION AND WEIGHING SERVICES

4 LIMITATION ON INSPECTION AND WEIGHING SERVICES

5 EXPENSES

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

7 be obligated during the current fiscal year for inspection

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

10 other uncontrollable factors occur, this limitation may be

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

13 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD SAFETY

14 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of

15 the Under Secretary for Food Safety to administer the

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

18 FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE

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

21 Poultry Products Inspection Act, as amended, and the

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

23 and in addition, $1,000,000 may be credited to this ac24 count from fees collected for the cost of laboratory accredi25 tation as authorized by section 1017 of Public Law 102–
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1 237: Provided, That this appropriation shall not be avail2 able for shell egg surveillance under section 5(d) of the

3 Egg Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 1034(d)): Pro4 vided further, That this appropriation shall be available

5 for field employment pursuant to section 706(a) of the Or6 ganic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed

7 $75,000 shall be available for employment under 5 U.S.C.

8 3109: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be

9 available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alter10 ation and repair of buildings and improvements, but the

11 cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year

12 shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement

13 value of the building: Provided further, That none of the

14 funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this

15 Act may be used by the Secretary of Agriculture to pro16 mulgate, implement, or administer any rules of the Food

17 Safety and Inspection Service, as set forth in parts 301–

18 391 of title 9, Code of Federal Regulations, pursuant to

19 the agency’s proposed rule: Pathogen Reduction; Hazard

20 Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) Systems:

21 Docket No. 93–016P; published on February 3, 1995, and

22 any successor dockets published thereafter, except that the

23 Secretary may take such action after a committee has

24 been established, in accordance with the negotiated rule25 making procedures provided in 5 U.S.C. 561 et seq., and
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1 that committee has transmitted, within nine months of es2 tablishment of such committee, a report based on a review

3 of (1) HACCP principles; (2) current rules and other ad4 ministrative requirements; and, (3) proposed rules and pe5 titions pending before the agency.

6 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FARM AND

7 FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICES

8 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of

9 the Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural

10 Services to administer the laws enacted by Congress for

11 the Consolidated Farm Service Agency, Foreign Agricul12 tural Service, and the Commodity Credit Corporation,

13 $549,000.

14 CONSOLIDATED FARM SERVICE AGENCY

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 For necessary expenses for carrying out the adminis17 tration and implementation of programs delegated to the

18 Consolidated Farm Service Agency by the Secretary under

19 the Federal Crop Insurance Reform and Department of

20 Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994, $805,888,000:

21 Provided, That the Secretary is authorized to use the serv22 ices, facilities, and authorities (but not the funds) of the

23 Commodity Credit Corporation to make program pay24 ments for all programs administered by the Agency: Pro25 vided further, That other funds made available to the
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1 Agency for authorized activities may be advanced to and

2 merged with this account: Provided further, That these

3 funds shall be available for employment pursuant to the

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

5 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $500,000 shall

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

7 STATE MEDIATION GRANTS

8 For grants pursuant to section 502(b) of the Agricul9 tural Credit Act of 1987, as amended (7 U.S.C. 5101–

10 5106), $2,000,000.

11 DAIRY INDEMNITY PROGRAM

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

13 For necessary expenses involved in making indemnity

14 payments to dairy farmers for milk or cows producing

15 such milk and manufacturers of dairy products who have

16 been directed to remove their milk or dairy products from

17 commercial markets because it contained residues of

18 chemicals registered and approved for use by the Federal

19 Government, and in making indemnity payments for milk,

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

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

22 commercial markets because of (1) the presence of prod23 ucts of nuclear radiation or fallout if such contamination

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

25 chemicals or toxic substances not included under the first

26 sentence of the Act of August 13, 1968, as amended (7
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1 U.S.C. 450j), if such chemicals or toxic substances were

2 not used in a manner contrary to applicable regulations

3 or labeling instructions provided at the time of use and

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

5 $100,000, to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C.

6 2209b): Provided, That none of the funds contained in this

7 Act shall be used to make indemnity payments to any

8 farmer whose milk was removed from commercial markets

9 as a result of his willful failure to follow procedures pre10 scribed by the Federal Government: Provided further, That

11 this amount shall be transferred to the Commodity Credit

12 Corporation: Provided further, That the Secretary is au13 thorized to utilize the services, facilities, and authorities

14 of the Commodity Credit Corporation for the purpose of

15 making dairy indemnity disbursements.

16 AGRICULTURAL CREDIT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM

17 ACCOUNT

18 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

19 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di20 rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by 7 U.S.C.

21 1928–1929, to be available from funds in the Agricultural

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

23 $585,000,000, of which $550,000,000 shall be for guaran24 teed loans; operating loans, $2,300,000,000, of which

25 $1,700,000,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed

26 loans and $200,000,000 shall be for subsidized guaranteed
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1 loans; Indian tribe land acquisition loans as authorized by

2 25 U.S.C. 488, $750,000; for emergency insured loans,

3 $100,000,000 to meet the needs resulting from natural

4 disasters; and for credit sales of acquired property,

5 $22,500,000.

6 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including

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

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

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

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

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

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

13 loans; Indian tribe land acquisition loans as authorized by

14 25 U.S.C. 488, $206,000; for emergency insured loans,

15 $32,080,000 to meet the needs resulting from natural dis16 asters; and for credit sales of acquired property,

17 $4,113,000.

18 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to

19 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs,

20 $221,541,000, which shall be transferred to and merged

21 with the following accounts in the following amounts:

22 $208,446,000 to ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’; $318,000 to

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

24 $171,000 to ‘‘Rural Housing and Community Develop25 ment Service, Salaries and Expenses’’.
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1 CORPORATIONS

2 The following corporations and agencies are hereby

3 authorized to make expenditures, within the limits of

4 funds and borrowing authority available to each such cor5 poration or agency and in accord with law, and to make

6 contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year

7 limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government

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

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

10 the current fiscal year for such corporation or agency, ex11 cept as hereinafter provided.

12 FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION FUND

13 For payments as authorized by section 516 of the

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

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

16 U.S.C. 2209b).

17 COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION FUND

18 REIMBURSEMENT FOR NET REALIZED LOSSES

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

20 to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for net

21 realized losses sustained, but not previously reimbursed

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

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

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

25 of August 17, 1961, as amended (15 U.S.C. 713a–11).
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1 OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE FOR HAZARDOUS WASTE

2 MANAGEMENT

3 For fiscal year 1996, the Commodity Credit Corpora4 tion shall not expend more than $5,000,000 for expenses

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

6 Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation,

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

8 section 6001 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery

9 Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 6961: Provided, That ex10 penses shall be for operations and maintenance costs only

11 and that other hazardous waste management costs shall

12 be paid for by the USDA Hazardous Waste Management

13 appropriation in this Act.

14 TITLE II

15 CONSERVATION PROGRAMS

16 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR

17 NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT

18 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of

19 the Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environ20 ment to administer the laws enacted by the Congress for

21 the Forest Service and the Natural Resources Conserva22 tion Service, $677,000.
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1 NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE

2 CONSERVATION OPERATIONS

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

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

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

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

12 soil; dissemination of information; acquisition of lands,

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

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

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

16 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 428a); purchase and erection or alter17 ation or improvement of permanent and temporary build18 ings; and operation and maintenance of aircraft,

19 $629,986,000, of which not less than $5,852,000 is for

20 snow survey and water forecasting and not less than

21 $8,875,000 is for operation and establishment of the plant

22 materials centers: Provided, That appropriations here23 under shall be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for

24 construction and improvement of buildings and public im25 provements at plant materials centers, except that the cost
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1 of alterations and improvements to other buildings and

2 other public improvements shall not exceed $250,000: Pro3 vided further, That when buildings or other structures are

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

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

6 further, That this appropriation shall be available for tech7 nical assistance and related expenses to carry out pro8 grams authorized by section 202(c) of title II of the Colo9 rado River Basin Salinity Control Act of 1974, as amend10 ed (43 U.S.C. 1592(c)): Provided further, That no part

11 of this appropriation may be expended for soil and water

12 conservation operations under the Act of April 27, 1935

13 (16 U.S.C. 590a–590f) in demonstration projects: Pro14 vided further, That this appropriation shall be available

15 for employment pursuant to the second sentence of section

16 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225) and

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

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

19 local engineers may be temporarily employed at per diem

20 rates to perform the technical planning work of the Serv21 ice.

22 WATERSHED AND FLOOD PREVENTION OPERATIONS

23 For necessary expenses to carry out preventive meas24 ures, including but not limited to research, engineering op25 erations, methods of cultivation, the growing of vegetation,

26 rehabilitation of existing works and changes in use of land,
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1 and only high-priority projects authorized by the Flood

2 Control Act (33 U.S.C. 701, 16 U.S.C. 1006a), in accord3 ance with the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention

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

5 1001–1005, 1007–1009), the provisions of the Act of

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

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

8 Department, $100,000,000, to remain available until ex9 pended (7 U.S.C. 2209b): Provided, That this appropria10 tion shall be available for employment pursuant to the sec11 ond sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944

12 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $200,000 shall be

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

14 further, That not to exceed $1,000,000 of this appropria15 tion is available to carry out the purposes of the Endan16 gered Species Act of 1973 (Public Law 93–205), as

17 amended, including cooperative efforts as contemplated by

18 that Act to relocate endangered or threatened species to

19 other suitable habitats as may be necessary to expedite

20 project construction.

21 WATERSHED SURVEYS AND PLANNING

22 For necessary expenses to conduct research, inves23 tigation, and surveys of watersheds of rivers and other wa24 terways, and for small watershed investigations and plan25 ning, in accordance with the Watershed Protection and

26 Flood Prevention Act approved August 4, 1954, as
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1 amended (16 U.S.C. 1001–1009), $14,000,000: Provided,

2 That this appropriation shall be available for employment

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

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

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

6 U.S.C. 3109.

7 CONSERVATION PROGRAMS

8 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,

9 in planning and carrying out projects for resource con10 servation and development and for sound land use pursu11 ant to the provisions of section 32(e) of title III of the

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

13 1011; 76 Stat. 607), and the provisions of the Act of April

14 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–f), and the provisions of the

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

16 3461), and to carry into effect a program of conservation

17 in the Great Plains area, pursuant to section 16(b) of the

18 Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act, as added

19 by the Act of August 7, 1956, as amended (16 U.S.C.

20 590p(b)), to carry out the program of forestry incentives,

21 as authorized in the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act

22 of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2101), including technical assistance

23 and related expenses, and for carrying out a voluntary co24 operative salinity control program pursuant to section

25 202(c) of title II of the Colorado River Basin Salinity Con26 trol Act, as amended (43 U.S.C. 1592(c)), to be used to
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1 reduce salinity in the Colorado River and to enhance the

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

3 States and the Republic of Mexico, to be used for the es4 tablishment of on-farm irrigation management systems,

5 including related lateral improvement measures, for mak6 ing cost-share payments to agricultural landowners and

7 operators, Indian tribes, irrigation districts and associa8 tions, local governmental and nongovernmental entities,

9 and other landowners to aid them in carrying out ap10 proved conservation practices as determined and rec11 ommended by the Secretary, and for associated costs of

12 program planning, information and education, and pro13 gram monitoring and evaluation, $47,000,000, to remain

14 available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209, 16 U.S.C.

15 590p(b)(7)): Provided, That this appropriation shall be

16 available for employment pursuant to the second sentence

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

18 2225), and not to exceed $50,000 shall be available for

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

20 WETLANDS RESERVE PROGRAM

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

22 For necessary expenses to carry out the wetlands re23 serve program pursuant to subchapter C of subtitle D of

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

25 3837), $77,000,000, to remain available until expended:

26 Provided, That the Secretary is authorized to use the serv-
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1 ices, facilities, and authorities of the Commodity Credit

2 Corporation for the purpose of carrying out the wetlands

3 reserve program.

4 CONSOLIDATED FARM SERVICE AGENCY

5 AGRICULTURAL CONSERVATION PROGRAM

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

7 For necessary expenses to carry into effect the pro8 gram authorized in sections 7 to 15, 16(a), 16(f), and 17

9 of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act ap10 proved February 29, 1936, as amended and supplemented

11 (16 U.S.C. 590g–590o, 590p(a), 590p(f), and 590q), and

12 sections 1001–1004, 1006–1008, and 1010 of the Agricul13 tural Act of 1970, as added by the Agriculture and

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

15 1506–1508, and 1510), and including not to exceed

16 $15,000 for the preparation and display of exhibits, in17 cluding such displays at State, interstate, and inter18 national fairs within the United States, $75,000,000, to

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

20 agreements, excluding administration but including tech21 nical assistance and related expenses (16 U.S.C. 590o),

22 except that no participant in the agricultural conservation

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

24 where the participants from two or more farms or ranches

25 join to carry out approved practices designed to conserve

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

2 which case the total payment shall not exceed the annual

3 payment limitation multiplied by the number of years of

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

5 the current year’s program may be utilized to provide fi6 nancial or technical assistance for drainage on wetlands

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

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

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

10 1956: Provided further, That such amounts shall be avail11 able for the purchase of seeds, fertilizers, lime, trees, or

12 any other conservation materials, or any soil-terracing

13 services, and making grants thereof to agricultural pro14 ducers to aid them in carrying out approved farming prac15 tices as authorized by the Soil Conservation and Domestic

16 Allotment Act, as amended, as determined and rec17 ommended by the county committees, approved by the

18 State committees and the Secretary, under programs pro19 vided for herein: Provided further, That such assistance

20 will not be used for carrying out measures and practices

21 that are primarily production-oriented or that have little

22 or no conservation or pollution abatement benefits: Pro23 vided further, That not to exceed 5 percent of the alloca24 tion for the current year’s program for any county may,

25 on the recommendation of such county committee and ap-
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1 proval of the State committee, be withheld and allotted

2 to the Natural Resources Conservation Service for services

3 of its technicians in formulating and carrying out the agri4 cultural conservation program in the participating coun5 ties, and shall not be utilized by the Natural Resources

6 Conservation Service for any purpose other than technical

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

8 the recommendation of such county committee and ap9 proval of the State committee, not to exceed 1 percent may

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

11 public agency for the same purpose and under the same

12 conditions: Provided further, That not to exceed

13 $11,000,000 of the amount appropriated shall be used for

14 water quality payments and practices in the same manner

15 as permitted under the program for water quality author16 ized in chapter 2 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food

17 Security Act of 1985, as amended (16 U.S.C. 3838 et

18 seq.).

19 CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

21 For necessary expenses to carry out the conservation

22 reserve program pursuant to the Food Security Act of

23 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831–3845), $1,781,785,000, to remain

24 available until expended, to be used for Commodity Credit

25 Corporation expenditures for cost-share assistance for the

26 establishment of conservation practices provided for in ap-
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1 proved conservation reserve program contracts, for annual

2 rental payments provided in such contracts, and for tech3 nical assistance.

4 TITLE III

5 RURAL ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY

6 DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS

7 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RURAL

8 ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

9 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of

10 the Under Secretary for Rural Economic and Community

11 Development to administer programs under the laws en12 acted by the Congress for the Rural Housing and Commu13 nity Development Service, Rural Business and Cooperative

14 Development Service, and the Rural Utilities Service of

15 the Department of Agriculture, $568,000.

16 RURAL HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

17 SERVICE

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 For necessary expenses of the Rural Housing and

20 Community Development Service, including administering

21 the programs authorized by the Consolidated Farm and

22 Rural Development Act, as amended, title V of the Hous23 ing Act of 1949, as amended, and cooperative agreements,

24 $53,315,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall be

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

2 $500,000 may be used for employment under 5 U.S.C.

3 3109.

4 RURAL HOUSING INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

6 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di7 rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by title V of the

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

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

10 $2,400,000,000 for loans to section 502 borrowers, as de11 termined by the Secretary, of which $1,500,000,000 shall

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

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

14 514 farm labor housing; $150,000,000 for section 515

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

16 for credit sales of acquired property.

17 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including

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

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

20 502 loans, $191,460,000, of which $2,550,000 shall be for

21 unsubsidized guaranteed loans; section 504 housing repair

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

23 $8,629,000; section 515 rental housing, $82,035,000, pro24 vided the program is authorized for fiscal year 1996; and

25 credit sales of acquired property, $6,100,000.
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1 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to

2 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs,

3 $390,211,000, of which $377,074,000 shall be transferred

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

5 and Community Development Service, Salaries and Ex6 penses’’.

7 RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

8 For rental assistance agreements entered into or re9 newed pursuant to the authority under section 521(a)(2)

10 or agreements entered into in lieu of forgiveness or pay11 ments for eligible households as authorized by section

12 502(c)(5)(D) of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended,

13 $535,900,000; and in addition such sums as may be nec14 essary, as authorized by section 521(c) of the Act, to liq15 uidate debt incurred prior to fiscal year 1992 to carry out

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

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

18 $5,900,000 shall be available for debt forgiveness or pay19 ments for eligible households as authorized by section

20 502(c)(5)(D) of the Act, and not to exceed $10,000 per

21 project for advances to nonprofit organizations or public

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

23 incurred in purchasing projects pursuant to section

24 502(c)(5)(C) of the Act: Provided further, That agree25 ments entered into or renewed during fiscal year 1996

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

2 amounts obligated.

3 SELF-HELP HOUSING LAND DEVELOPMENT FUND

4 For the principal amount of direct loans, as author5 ized by section 523(b)(1)(B) of the Housing Act of 1949,

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

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

8 modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of the Congres9 sional Budget Act of 1974, $31,000.

10 COMMUNITY FACILITY LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

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

14 U.S.C. 1928 and 86 Stat. 661–664, as amended: Pro15 vided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying

16 such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Con17 gressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That

18 such sums shall remain available until expended for the

19 disbursement of loans obligated in fiscal year 1996: Pro20 vided further, That these funds are available to subsidize

21 gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans

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

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

24 $75,000,000: Provided further, That of the amounts avail25 able for the cost of direct loans not to exceed $1,208,000,

26 to subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount not
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1 to exceed $6,930,000, shall be available for empowerment

2 zones and enterprise communities, as authorized by Public

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

4 obligated for empowerment zones and enterprise commu5 nities by June 30, 1996, they remain available for other

6 authorized purposes under this head.

7 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out

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

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

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

11 VERY LOW-INCOME HOUSING REPAIR GRANTS

12 For grants to the very low-income elderly for essen13 tial repairs to dwellings pursuant to section 504 of the

14 Housing Act of 1949, as amended, $24,900,000, to re15 main available until expended.

16 RURAL HOUSING FOR DOMESTIC FARM LABOR

17 For financial assistance to eligible nonprofit organi18 zations for housing for domestic farm labor, pursuant to

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

20 U.S.C. 1486), $10,000,000, to remain available until ex21 pended.

22 MUTUAL AND SELF-HELP HOUSING GRANTS

23 For grants and contracts pursuant to section

24 523(b)(1)(A) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C.

25 1490c), $12,650,000, to remain available until expended

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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 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

10 For the cost of direct loans, $35,790,000, as author11 ized by the rural development loan fund (42 U.S.C.

12 9812(a)): 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 these funds are available to subsidize gross obli16 gations for the principal amount of direct loans of

17 $60,000,000: Provided further, That through June 30,

18 1996, of these amounts, $4,322,000 shall be available for

19 the cost of direct loans for empowerment zones and enter20 prise communities, as authorized by title XIII of the Om21 nibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993, to subsidize

22 gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans,

23 $7,246,000.

24 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to

25 carry out the direct loan programs, $1,792,000, of which
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1 $1,784,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the

2 appropriation for ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’.

3 RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LOANS PROGRAM

4 ACCOUNT

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

6 For the principal amount of direct loans, as author7 ized under section 313 of the Rural Electrification Act,

8 for the purpose of promoting rural economic development

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

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

11 modifying loans as defined in section 502 of the Congres12 sional Budget Act of 1974, $3,729,000.

13 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to

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

15 be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for

16 ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’.

17 ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND

18 COMMERCIALIZATION REVOLVING FUND

19 For necessary expenses to carry out the Alternative

20 Agricultural Research and Commercialization Act of 1990

21 (7 U.S.C. 5901–5908), $5,000,000 is appropriated to the

22 alternative agricultural research and commercialization re23 volving fund.

24 RURAL BUSINESS ENTERPRISE GRANTS

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

26 310B(j) (7 U.S.C. 1932) of the Consolidated Farm and
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1 Rural Development Act to any qualified public or private

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

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

4 to empowerment zones and enterprise communities, as au5 thorized by title XIII of the Omnibus Budget Reconcili6 ation Act of 1993, after which any funds not obligated

7 shall remain available for other authorized purposes under

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

9 grants to qualified nonprofit organizations to provide tech10 nical assistance and training for rural communities need11 ing improved passenger transportation systems or facili12 ties in order to promote economic development.

13 RURAL TECHNOLOGY AND COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT

14 GRANTS

15 For grants pursuant to section 310(f) of the Consoli16 dated Farm and Rural Development Act, as amended (7

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

18 RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE

19 RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELEPHONE LOANS

20 PROGRAM ACCOUNT

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

22 Insured loans pursuant to the authority of section

23 305 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, as amended

24 (7 U.S.C. 935), shall be made as follows: 5 percent rural

25 electrification loans, $90,000,000; 5 percent rural tele26 phone loans, $70,000,000; cost of money rural telephone
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1 loans, $300,000,000; municipal rate rural electric loans,

2 $500,000,000; and loans made pursuant to section 306

3 of that Act, $420,000,000, to remain available until ex4 pended.

5 For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Con6 gressional Budget Act of 1974, including the cost of modi7 fying loans, of direct and guaranteed loans authorized by

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

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

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

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

12 pursuant to section 306, $2,520,000: Provided, That not13 withstanding sections 305(c)(2) and 305(d)(2) of the

14 Rural Electrification Act of 1936, borrower interest rates

15 may exceed 7 percent per year.

16 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to

17 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs,

18 $29,982,000, which shall be transferred to and merged

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

20 RURAL TELEPHONE BANK PROGRAM ACCOUNT

21 The Rural Telephone Bank is hereby authorized to

22 make such expenditures, within the limits of funds avail23 able to such corporation in accord with law, and to make

24 such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal

25 year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Govern26 ment Corporation Control Act, as amended, as may be
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1 necessary in carrying out its authorized programs for the

2 current fiscal year. During fiscal year 1996 and within

3 the resources and authority available, gross obligations for

4 the principal amount of direct loans shall be

5 $175,000,000.

6 For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Con7 gressional Budget Act of 1974, including the cost of modi8 fying loans, of direct loans authorized by the Rural Elec9 trification Act of 1936, as amended (7 U.S.C. 935),

10 $770,000.

11 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to

12 carry out the loan programs, $3,541,000.

13 DISTANCE LEARNING AND MEDICAL LINK GRANTS

14 For necessary expenses to carry into effect the pro15 grams authorized in sections 2331–2335 of Public Law

16 101–624, $7,500,000, to remain available until expended.

17 RURAL DEVELOPMENT PERFORMANCE PARTNERSHIPS

18 PROGRAM

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

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

22 $562,000,000, to remain available until expended, to be

23 available for loans and grants for rural water and waste

24 disposal and solid waste management grants: Provided,

25 That the costs of direct loans and loan guarantees, includ26 ing the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined
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1 in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974:

2 Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated,

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

4 with the National Rural Water Association or other equal5 ly qualified national organization for a circuit rider pro6 gram to provide technical assistance for rural water sys7 tems: Provided further, That of the total amount appro8 priated, not to exceed $18,700,000 shall be available for

9 water and waste disposal systems to benefit the Colonias

10 along the United States/Mexico border, including grants

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

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

13 empowerment zones and enterprise communities, as au14 thorized by Public Law 103–66: Provided further, That

15 if such funds are not obligated for empowerment zones

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

17 remain available for other authorized purposes under this

18 head.

19 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to

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

21 $12,740,000, of which $12,623,000 shall be transferred

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

23 Expenses’’.

24 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

25 For necessary expenses of the Rural Utilities Service,

26 including administering the programs authorized by the
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1 Rural Electrification Act of 1936, as amended, and the

2 Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, as

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

4 for financial credit reports: Provided, That this appropria5 tion shall be available for employment pursuant to the sec6 ond sentence of 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944, and

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

8 under 5 U.S.C. 3109.

9 TITLE IV

10 DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS

11 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD,

12 NUTRITION AND CONSUMER SERVICES

13 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of

14 the Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer

15 Services to administer the laws enacted by the Congress

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

17 FOOD AND CONSUMER SERVICE

18 CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

20 For necessary expenses to carry out the National

21 School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751–1769b), and the appli22 cable provisions other than section 17 of the Child Nutri23 tion Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1772–1785, and 1789);

24 $7,952,424,000, to remain available through September

25 30, 1997, of which $2,354,566,000 is hereby appropriated

26 and $5,597,858,000 shall be derived by transfer from
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1 funds available under section 32 of the Act of August 24,

2 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c): Provided, That up to $3,964,000

3 shall be available for independent verification of school

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

5 shall be available to provide financial and other assistance

6 to operate the Food Service Management Institute.

7 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds

8 other than provided in this Act may be available for nutri9 tion education and training and the Food Service Manage10 ment Institute.

11 SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR

12 WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN (WIC)

13 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

14 For necessary expenses to carry out the special sup15 plemental nutrition program as authorized by section 17

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

17 $3,729,807,000, to remain available through September

18 30, 1997: Provided, That for fiscal year 1996,

19 $20,000,000 that would otherwise be available to States

20 for nutrition services and administration shall be made

21 available for food benefits: Provided further, That

22 $4,000,000 from unobligated balances for supervisory and

23 technical assistance grants may be transferred to and

24 merged with this account: Provided further, That the par25 ticipation level on September 30, 1996, shall not exceed

26 7.3 million: Provided further, That up to $6,750,000 may
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1 be used to carry out the farmers’ market nutrition pro2 gram from any funds not needed to maintain current case3 load levels: Provided further, That none of the funds in

4 this Act shall be available to pay administrative expenses

5 of WIC clinics except those that have an announced policy

6 of prohibiting smoking within the space used to carry out

7 the program.

8 FOOD STAMP PROGRAM

9 For necessary expenses to carry out the Food Stamp

10 Act (7 U.S.C. 2011–2029), $27,097,828,000: Provided,

11 That funds provided herein shall remain available through

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

13 the Food Stamp Act: Provided further, That funds pro14 vided herein shall be expended in accordance with section

15 16 of the Food Stamp Act: Provided further, That this

16 appropriation shall be subject to any work registration or

17 workfare requirements as may be required by law: Pro18 vided further, That $1,143,000,000 of the foregoing

19 amount shall be available for nutrition assistance for

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

21 COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

22 For necessary expenses to carry out the commodity

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

24 of the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973

25 (7 U.S.C. 612c(note)), section 204(a) of the Emergency

26 Food Assistance Act of 1983, as amended, and section
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1 110 of the Hunger Prevention Act of 1988, $168,000,000,

2 to remain available through September 30, 1997: Pro3 vided, That none of these funds shall be available to reim4 burse the Commodity Credit Corporation for commodities

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

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

7 demonstration projects in the emergency food assistance

8 program.

9 FOOD DONATIONS PROGRAMS FOR SELECTED GROUPS

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

11 the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 (7

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

13 (7 U.S.C. 2013(b)), and section 311 of the Older Ameri14 cans Act of 1965, as amended (42 U.S.C. 3030a),

15 $215,000,000, to remain available through September 30,

16 1997.

17 FOOD PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION

18 For necessary administrative expenses of the domes19 tic food programs funded under this Act, $108,323,000,

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

21 procedures, reducing overhead costs, tightening regula22 tions, improving food stamp coupon handling, and assist23 ance in the prevention, identification, and prosecution of

24 fraud and other violations of law: Provided, That this ap25 propriation shall be available for employment pursuant to

26 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 $150,000 shall

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

3 TITLE V

4 FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED

5 PROGRAMS

6 FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

8 For necessary expenses of the Foreign Agricultural

9 Service, including carrying out title VI of the Agricultural

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

11 development activities abroad, and for enabling the Sec12 retary to coordinate and integrate activities of the Depart13 ment in connection with foreign agricultural work, includ14 ing not to exceed $128,000 for representation allowances

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

16 August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), $123,520,000, of which

17 $5,176,000 may be transferred from Commodity Credit

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

19 the Commodity Credit Corporation program account in

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

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

22 That the Service may utilize advances of funds, or reim23 burse this appropriation for expenditures made on behalf

24 of Federal agencies, public and private organizations and

25 institutions under agreements executed pursuant to the
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1 agricultural food production assistance programs (7

2 U.S.C. 1736) and the foreign assistance programs of the

3 International Development Cooperation Administration

4 (22 U.S.C. 2392).

5 None of the funds in the foregoing paragraph shall

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

7 tobacco products.

8 PUBLIC LAW 480 PROGRAM AND GRANT ACCOUNTS

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

10 For expenses during the current fiscal year, not oth11 erwise recoverable, and unrecovered prior years’ costs, in12 cluding interest thereon, under the Agricultural Trade De13 velopment and Assistance Act of 1954, as amended (7

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

15 1731–1736g), as follows: (1) $291,342,000 for Public

16 Law 480 title I credit, including Food for Progress pro17 grams; (2) $25,000,000 is hereby appropriated for ocean

18 freight differential costs for the shipment of agricultural

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

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

21 is hereby appropriated for commodities supplied in connec22 tion with dispositions abroad pursuant to title II of said

23 Act; and (4) $50,000,000 is hereby appropriated for com24 modities supplied in connection with dispositions abroad

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

26 exceed 15 percent of the funds made available to carry
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1 out any title of said Act may be used to carry out any

2 other title of said Act: Provided further, That such sums

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

4 For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Con5 gressional Budget Act of 1974, of direct credit agreements

6 as authorized by the Agricultural Trade Development and

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

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

9 modifying credit agreements under said Act,

10 $236,162,000.

11 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out

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

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

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

15 SHORT-TERM EXPORT CREDIT

16 The Commodity Credit Corporation shall make avail17 able not less than $5,200,000,000 in credit guarantees

18 under its export credit guarantee program for short-term

19 credit extended to finance the export sales of United

20 States agricultural commodities and the products thereof,

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

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

23 INTERMEDIATE-TERM EXPORT CREDIT

24 The Commodity Credit Corporation shall make avail25 able not less than $500,000,000 in credit guarantees

26 under its export credit guarantee program for intermedi-
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1 ate-term credit extended to finance the export sales of

2 United States agricultural commodities and the products

3 thereof, as authorized by section 202(b) of the Agricul4 tural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5641).

5 COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION EXPORT LOANS

6 PROGRAM ACCOUNT

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

8 For administrative expenses to carry out the Com9 modity Credit Corporation’s export guarantee program,

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

11 overhead expenses as permitted by section 11 of the Com12 modity Credit Corporation Charter Act and in conformity

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

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

15 with the appropriation for the salaries and expenses of the

16 Foreign Agricultural Service, and of which not to exceed

17 $589,000 may be transferred to and merged with the ap18 propriation for the salaries and expenses of the Consoli19 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. None of the funds appropriated or other11 wise made available by this Act shall be used to enroll

12 in excess of 100,000 acres in the fiscal year 1996 wetlands

13 reserve program, as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 3837.

14 SEC. 716. None of the funds appropriated or other15 wise made available by this Act shall be used to enroll

16 additional acres in the conservation reserve program au17 thorized by 16 U.S.C. 3831–3845.

18 SEC. 717. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal

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

20 be absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act.

21 SEC. 718. (a) COMPLIANCE WITH BUY AMERICAN

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

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

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

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

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

5 (1) PURCHASE OF AMERICAN-MADE EQUIPMENT

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

7 product that may be authorized to be purchased

8 with financial assistance provided using funds made

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

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

13 (2) NOTICE TO RECIPIENTS OF ASSISTANCE.—

14 In providing financial assistance using funds made

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

17 a notice describing the statement made in paragraph

18 (1) by the Congress.

19 (c) PROHIBITION OF CONTRACTS WITH PERSONS

20 FALSELY LABELING PRODUCTS AS MADE IN AMERICA.—

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

22 agency that any person intentionally affixed a label bear23 ing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription, or any inscription

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

25 to the United States that is not made in the United
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1 States, the person shall be ineligible to receive any con2 tract or subcontract made with funds made available in

3 this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and ineli4 gibility procedures described in sections 9.400 through

5 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations.

6 SEC. 719. Notwithstanding the Federal Grant and

7 Cooperative Agreement Act, marketing services of the Ag8 ricultural Marketing Service may use cooperative agree9 ments to reflect a relationship between Agricultural Mar10 keting Service and a State or Cooperator to carry out agri11 cultural marketing programs.

12 SEC. 720. None of the funds appropriated or other13 wise made available by this Act shall be used to pay the

14 salaries of personnel who carry out an export enhancement

15 program (estimated to be $1,000,000,000 in the Presi16 dent’s fiscal year 1996 Budget Request (H. Doc. 104–4))

17 if the aggregate amount of funds and/or commodities

18 under such program exceeds $800,000,000.

19 SEC. 721. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR

20 HONEY PAYMENTS OR LOAN FORFEITURES.—Notwith21 standing any other provision of this Act, none of the funds

22 appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act shall

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

24 total amount of payments and/or total amount of loan for25 feitures to a person to support the price of honey under
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1 section 207 of the Agriculture Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C.

2 1446h) and section 405A of such Act (7 U.S.C. 1425a)

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

4 years.

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

6 Act shall be used to pay the salaries of personnel to pro7 vide assistance to livestock producers under provisions of

8 title VI of the Agricultural Act of 1949 if crop insurance

9 protection or noninsured crop disaster assistance for the

10 loss of feed produced on the farm is available to the pro11 ducer under the Federal Crop Insurance Act, as amended.

12 SEC. 723. None of the funds in this Act may be used

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

14 Telephone Bank.

15 SEC. 724. None of the funds appropriated or other16 wise made available by this Act may be used to provide

17 benefits to households whose benefits are calculated using

18 a standard deduction greater than the standard deduction

19 in effect for fiscal year 1995.

20 SEC. 725. None of the funds made available in this

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

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

23 to which the funds are made available that the program,

24 project, or activity is not in compliance with any applicable
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1 Federal law relating to risk assessment, the protection of

2 private property rights, or unfunded mandates.

3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Agriculture, Rural De4 velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related

5 Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996’’.

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