Calendar No. 186

104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1976

[Report No. 104–142]

AN ACT

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

SEPTEMBER 14 (legislative day, SEPTEMBER 5), 1995

Reported with amendments
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Calendar No. 186

104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1976

[Report No. 104–142]

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JULY 24 (legislative day, JULY 10), 1995

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations

SEPTEMBER 14 (legislative day, SEPTEMBER 5), 1995

Reported by Mr. COCHRAN, with amendments

[Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic]

AN ACT

Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development,

Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies

programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996,

and for other purposes.

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

3 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any

4 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for Ag5 riculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administra6 tion, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year
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1 ending September 30, 1996, and for other purposes,

2 namely:

3 TITLE I

4 AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS

5 PRODUCTION, PROCESSING, AND MARKETING

6 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

8 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary

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

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

11 $7,500,000 $10,000,000, to remain available until ex12 pended, shall be available for InfoShare: Provided, That

13 not to exceed $11,000 of this amount, along with any un14 obligated balances of representation funds in the Foreign

15 Agricultural Service shall be available for official reception

16 and representation expenses, not otherwise provided for,

17 as determined 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 $3,948,000 $3,814,000.

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 under 40 U.S.C. 486, for programs and activities

3 of the Department which are included in this Act,

4 $110,187,000, of which $20,216,000 shall be retained by

5 the Department for the operation, maintenance, and re6 pair of Agriculture buildings: Provided, That in the event

7 an agency within the Department should require modifica8 tion of space needs, the Secretary of Agriculture may

9 transfer a share of that agency’s appropriation made

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

11 a share of this appropriation to that agency’s appropria12 tion, but such transfers shall not exceed 5 percent of the

13 funds made available for space rental and related costs

14 to or from this account. In addition, for construction, re15 pair, improvement, extension, alteration, and purchase of

16 fixed equipment or facilities as necessary to carry out the

17 programs of the Department, where not otherwise pro18 vided, $25,587,000, to remain available until expended;

19 making a total appropriation of $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 $650,000: Provided, That no

24 other funds appropriated to the Department in this Act
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1 shall be available to the Department for support of activi2 ties of 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), and section 6001 of the Resource Conservation

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

11 $15,700,000, to remain available until expended: Pro12 vided, That appropriations and funds available herein to

13 the Department for Hazardous Waste Management may

14 be transferred to any agency of the Department for its

15 use in meeting all requirements pursuant to the above

16 Acts on Federal and 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 $1,764,000.

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 $125,000 for certain confidential operational ex21 penses including the payment of informants, to be ex22 pended under the direction of the Inspector General pur23 suant to Public Law 95–452 and section 1337 of Public

24 Law 97–98: Provided, That funds transferred to the Office

25 of the Inspector General through forfeiture proceedings or
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1 from the Department of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund or

2 the Department of the Treasury Forfeiture Fund, as a par3 ticipating agency, as an equitable share from the forfeiture

4 of property in investigations in which the Office of Inspec5 tor General participates, or through the granting of a Peti6 tion for Remission or Mitigation, shall be deposited to the

7 credit of this account for law enforcement activities author8 ized under the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended,

9 to remain available until expended.

10 OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL

11 For necessary expenses of the Office of the General

12 Counsel, $27,860,000.

13 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RESEARCH,

14 EDUCATION AND ECONOMICS

15 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of

16 the Under Secretary for Research, Education and Eco17 nomics to administer the laws enacted by the Congress

18 for the Economic Research Service, the National Agricul19 tural Statistics Service, the Agricultural Research Service

20 and the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Ex21 tension Service, $520,000.

22 ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE

23 For necessary expenses of the Economic Research

24 Service in conducting economic research and analysis, as

25 authorized by the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7
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1 U.S.C. 1621–1627) and other laws, $53,131,000

2 $53,526,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall be

3 available for employment pursuant to the second sentence

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

5 2225).

6 NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE

7 For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural

8 Statistics Service in conducting statistical reporting and

9 service work, including crop and livestock estimates, sta10 tistical coordination and improvements, and marketing

11 surveys, as authorized by the Agricultural Marketing Act

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

13 $81,107,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall be

14 available for employment pursuant to the second sentence

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

16 2225), and not to exceed $40,000 shall be available for

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

18 AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

20 For necessary expenses to enable the Agricultural Re21 search Service to perform agricultural research and dem22 onstration relating to production, utilization, marketing,

23 and distribution (not otherwise provided for); home eco24 nomics or nutrition and consumer use including the acqui25 sition, preservation, and dissemination of agricultural in-
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1 formation; and for acquisition of lands by donation, ex2 change, or purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed $100,

3 $705,610,000 $707,000,000: Provided, That appropria4 tions hereunder shall be available for temporary employ5 ment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a)

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

7 exceed $115,000 shall be available for employment under

8 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That appropriations

9 hereunder shall be available for the operation and mainte10 nance of aircraft and the purchase of not to exceed one

11 for replacement only: Provided further, That appropria12 tions hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C.

13 2250 for the construction, alteration, and repair of build14 ings and improvements, but unless otherwise provided the

15 cost of constructing any one building shall not exceed

16 $250,000, except for headhouses or greenhouses which

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

18 buildings to be constructed or improved at a cost not to

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

20 building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent

21 of the current replacement value of the building or

22 $250,000, whichever is greater: Provided further, That the

23 limitations on alterations contained in this Act shall not

24 apply to modernization or replacement of existing facilities

25 at Beltsville, Maryland: Provided further, That the fore-
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1 going limitations shall not apply to replacement of build2 ings needed to carry out the Act of April 24, 1948 (21

3 U.S.C. 113a): Provided further, That the foregoing limita4 tions shall not apply to the purchase of land at Beckley,

5 West Virginia: Provided further, That not to exceed

6 $190,000 of this appropriation may be transferred to and

7 merged with the appropriation for the Office of the Under

8 Secretary for Research, Education and Economics for the

9 scientific review of international issues involving agricul10 tural chemicals and food additives: Provided further, That

11 funds may be received from any State, other political sub12 division, organization, or individual for the purpose of es13 tablishing or operating any research facility or research

14 project of the Agricultural Research Service, as authorized

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

16 United States in the property known as USDA Houma

17 Sugar Cane Research Laboratory, consisting of approxi18 mately 20 acres in the City of Houma and 150 acres of

19 farmland in Chacahula, Louisiana, including facilities and

20 equipment, shall be conveyed to the American Sugar Cane

21 League Foundation: Provided further, That all rights and

22 title of the United States in the Agricultural Research

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

24 land, including facilities and equipment, shall be conveyed

25 to Imperial County, California: Provided further, That all
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1 rights and title of the United States in the Pecan Genetics

2 and Improvement Research Laboratory, consisting of 84.2

3 acres of land, including facilities and equipment, shall be

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

5 the property originally conveyed by the State of Tennessee

6 to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Re7 search Service, in Lewisburg, Tennessee be conveyed to

8 the University of Tennessee.

9 None of the funds in the foregoing paragraph shall

10 be available to carry out research related to the produc11 tion, processing or marketing of tobacco or tobacco prod12 ucts.

13 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

14 For acquisition of land, construction, repair, improve15 ment, extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed equip16 ment or facilities as necessary to carry out the agricultural

17 research programs of the Department of Agriculture,

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

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

20 funds may be received from any State, other political sub21 division, organization, or individual for the purpose of es22 tablishing any research facility of the Agricultural Re23 search Service, as authorized by law.
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1 COOPERATIVE STATE RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND

2 EXTENSION SERVICE

3 RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES

4 For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for

5 cooperative forestry and other research, for facilities, and

6 for other expenses, including $166,165,000 $171,304,000

7 to carry into effect the provisions of the Hatch Act (7

8 U.S.C. 361a–361i); $20,185,000 $20,809,000 for grants

9 for cooperative forestry research (16 U.S.C. 582a–582–

10 a7); $27,313,000 $28,157,000 for payments to the 1890

11 land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee University (7

12 U.S.C. 3222); $31,930,000 $40,670,000 for special grants

13 for agricultural research (7 U.S.C. 450i(c)); $11,599,000

14 $9,769,000 for special grants for agricultural research on

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

16 $99,582,000 for competitive research grants (7 U.S.C.

17 450i(b)); $5,051,000 $5,551,000 for the support of animal

18 health and disease programs (7 U.S.C. 195 3195);

19 $1,150,000 $500,000 for supplemental and alternative

20 crops and products (7 U.S.C. 3319d); $500,000 for grants

21 for research pursuant to the Critical Agricultural Materials

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

23 and Agriculture Act of 1977, as amended (7 U.S.C. 3318),

24 to remain available until expended; $475,000 for range25 land research grants (7 U.S.C. 3331–3336); $3,500,000
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1 for higher education graduate fellowships grants (7 U.S.C.

2 3152(b)(6)), to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C.

3 2209b); $4,350,000 for higher education challenge grants

4 (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(1)); $1,000,000 for a higher education

5 minority scholars program (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(5)), to re6 main available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b);

7 $4,000,000 for aquaculture grants (7 U.S.C. 3322);

8 $8,000,000 $8,112,000 for sustainable agriculture re9 search and education (7 U.S.C. 5811); $9,207,000 for a

10 program of capacity building grants to colleges eligible to

11 receive funds under the Act of August 30, 1890 (7 U.S.C.

12 321–326 and 328), including Tuskegee University, to re13 main available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); and

14 $6,289,000 $10,686,000 for necessary expenses of Re15 search and Education Activities, of which not to exceed

16 $100,000 shall be for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109;

17 in all, $389,172,000 $418,172,000.

18 None of the funds in the foregoing paragraph shall

19 be available to carry out research related to the produc20 tion, processing or marketing of tobacco or tobacco prod21 ucts.

22 NATIVE AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS ENDOWMENT FUND

23 For establishment of a Native American institutions

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

25 (7 U.S.C. 301 note.), $4,600,000.
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1 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

2 For acquisition of land, construction, repair, improve3 ment, extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed equip4 ment or facilities and for grants to States and other eligible

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

6 agricultural research, extension, and teaching programs of

7 the Department of Agriculture, where not otherwise pro8 vided, $57,838,000, to remain available until expended (7

9 U.S.C. 2209b).

10 EXTENSION ACTIVITIES

11 Payments to States, the District of Columbia, Puerto

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

13 Marianas, and American Samoa: For payments for coop14 erative extension work under the Smith-Lever Act, as

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

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

17 471, for retirement and employees’ compensation costs for

18 extension agents and for costs of penalty mail for coopera19 tive extension agents and State extension directors,

20 $264,405,000 $272,582,000; payments for the nutrition

21 and family education program for low-income areas under

22 section 3(d) of the Act, $59,588,000 $61,431,000; pay23 ments for the pest management program under section

24 3(d) of the Act, $10,947,000; payments for the farm safe25 ty program under section 3(d) of the Act, $2,898,000

26 $2,988,000; payments for the pesticide impact assessment
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1 program under section 3(d) of the Act, $3,363,000; pay2 ments to upgrade 1890 land-grant college research, exten3 sion, and teaching facilities as authorized by section 1447

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

5 $7,664,000 $7,901,000, to remain available until ex6 pended; payments for the rural development centers under

7 section 3(d) of the Act, $921,000 $950,000; payments for

8 a groundwater quality program under section 3(d) of the

9 Act, $10,897,000 $11,234,000; payments for the agricul10 tural telecommunications program, as authorized by Pub11 lic Law 101–624 (7 U.S.C. 5926), $1,184,000 $1,221,000;

12 payments for youth-at-risk programs under section 3(d)

13 of the Act, $9,700,000 $10,000,000; payments for a Nutri14 tion Education Initiative under 3(d) of the Act, $4,265,000;

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

16 of the Act, $2,400,000 $2,475,000; payments for carrying

17 out the provisions of the Renewable Resources Extension

18 Act of 1978, $3,241,000 $3,341,000; payments for Indian

19 reservation agents under section 3(d) of the Act,

20 $1,697,000 $1,750,000; payments for sustainable agri21 culture programs under section 3(d) of the Act,

22 $3,463,000; payments for rural health and safety edu23 cation as authorized by section 2390 of Public Law 101–

24 624 (7 U.S.C. 2661 note, 2662), $2,750,000; payments for

25 cooperative extension work by the colleges receiving the
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1 benefits of the second Morrill Act (7 U.S.C. 321–326,

2 328) and Tuskegee University, $24,708,000 $25,472,000;

3 and for Federal administration and coordination including

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

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

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

7 1980 (7 U.S.C. 301n 301 note), and to coordinate and

8 provide program leadership for the extension work of the

9 Department and the several States and insular posses10 sions, $6,181,000 $10,998,000; in all, $413,257,000

11 $437,131,000: Provided, That funds hereby appropriated

12 pursuant to section 3(c) of the Act of June 26, 1953, and

13 section 506 of the Act of June 23, 1972, as amended, shall

14 not be paid to any State, the District of Columbia, Puerto

15 Rico, Guam, or the Virgin Islands, Micronesia, Northern

16 Marianas, and American Samoa prior to availability of an

17 equal sum from non-Federal sources for expenditure dur18 ing the current fiscal year.

19 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR

20 MARKETING AND REGULATORY PROGRAMS

21 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of

22 the Assistant Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory

23 Programs to administer programs under the laws enacted

24 by the Congress for the Animal and Plant Health Inspec25 tion Service, Agricultural Marketing Service, and the
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1 Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration,

2 $605,000.

3 ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

6 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, including

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

8 amended (21 U.S.C. 114b–c), necessary to prevent, con9 trol, and eradicate pests and plant and animal diseases;

10 to carry out inspection, quarantine, and regulatory activi11 ties; to discharge the authorities of the Secretary of Agri12 culture under the Act of March 2, 1931 (46 Stat. 1468;

13 7 U.S.C. 426–426b); and to protect the environment, as

14 authorized by law, $333,410,000 $329,125,000, of which

15 $4,799,000 shall be available for the control of outbreaks

16 of insects, plant diseases, animal diseases and for control

17 of pest animals and birds to the extent necessary to meet

18 emergency conditions: Provided, That in fiscal year 1996,

19 amounts in the agricultural quarantine inspection user fee

20 account shall be available for authorized purposes without

21 further appropriation: Provided further, That no funds

22 shall be used to formulate or administer a brucellosis

23 eradication program for the current fiscal year that does

24 not require minimum matching by the States of at least

25 40 percent: Provided further, That this appropriation shall

26 be available for field employment pursuant to the second
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1 sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7

2 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $40,000 shall be available

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

4 That this appropriation shall be available for the operation

5 and maintenance of aircraft and the purchase of not to

6 exceed four, of which two shall be for replacement only:

7 Provided further, That, in addition, in emergencies which

8 threaten any segment of the agricultural production indus9 try of this country, the Secretary may transfer from other

10 appropriations or funds available to the agencies or cor11 porations of the Department such sums as he may deem

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

13 arrest and eradication of contagious or infectious diseases

14 or pests of animals, poultry, or plants, and for expenses

15 in accordance with the Act of February 28, 1947, as

16 amended, and section 102 of the Act of September 21,

17 1944, as amended, and any unexpended balances of funds

18 transferred for such emergency purposes in the next pre19 ceding fiscal year shall be merged with such transferred

20 amounts: Provided further, That appropriations hereunder

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

22 repair and alteration of leased buildings and improve23 ments, but unless otherwise provided the cost of altering

24 any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed
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1 10 percent of the current replacement value of the build2 ing.

3 In fiscal year 1996 the agency is authorized to collect

4 fees to cover the total costs of providing technical assist5 ance, goods, or services requested by States, other political

6 subdivisions, domestic and international organizations,

7 foreign governments, or individuals, provided that such

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

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

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

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

12 until expended, without further appropriation, for provid13 ing such assistance, goods, or services.

14 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

15 For plans, construction, repair, preventive mainte16 nance, environmental support, improvement, extension, al17 teration, modernization, and purchase of fixed equipment

18 or facilities, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 2250, and acquisi19 tion of land as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 428a, $12,541,000

20 $4,973,000, to remain available until expended.

21 AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE

22 MARKETING SERVICES

23 For necessary expenses to carry on services related

24 to consumer protection, agricultural marketing and dis25 tribution, transportation, and regulatory programs, as au-
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1 thorized by law, and for administration and coordination

2 of payments to States; including field employment pursu3 ant to section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C.

4 2225), and not to exceed $90,000 for employment under

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

6 for the wholesale market development program for the de7 sign and development of wholesale and farmer market fa8 cilities for the major metropolitan areas of the country:

9 Provided, That this appropriation shall be available pursu10 ant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and repair

11 of buildings and improvements, but the cost of altering

12 any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed

13 10 percent of the current replacement value of the build14 ing.

15 Fees may be collected for the cost of standardization

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

17 U.S.C. 9701).

18 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

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

20 be obligated during the current fiscal year for administra21 tive expenses: Provided, That if crop size is understated

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

23 exceed this limitation by up to 10 percent with notification

24 to the Appropriations Committees.
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1 FUNDS FOR STRENGTHENING MARKETS, INCOME, AND

2 SUPPLY (SECTION 32)

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

4 Funds available under section 32 of the Act of Au5 gust 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c) shall be used only for com6 modity program expenses as authorized therein, and other

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

8 Department of Commerce as authorized by the Fish and

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

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

11 for formulation and administration of marketing agree12 ments and orders pursuant to the Agricultural Marketing

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

14 Act of 1961.

15 In fiscal year 1996, no more than $23,900,000 in sec16 tion 32 funds shall be used to promote sunflower and cot17 tonseed oil exports as authorized by section 1541 of Public

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

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

20 markets.

21 PAYMENTS TO STATES AND POSSESSIONS

22 For payments to departments of agriculture, bureaus

23 and departments of markets, and similar agencies for

24 marketing activities under section 204(b) of the Agricul25 tural Marketing Act of 1956 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1623(b)),

26 $1,000,000 $1,200,000.
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1 GRAIN INSPECTION, PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS

2 ADMINISTRATION

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

4 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions

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

6 for the administration of the Packers and Stockyards Act,

7 for certifying procedures used to protect purchasers of

8 farm products, and the standardization activities related

9 to grain under the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946,

10 as amended, including field employment pursuant to sec11 tion 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225),

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

13 3109, $23,058,000 $23,289,000: Provided, That this ap14 propriation shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C.

15 2250) for the alteration and repair of buildings and im16 provements, but the cost of altering any one building dur17 ing the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the cur18 rent replacement value of the building.

19 INSPECTION AND WEIGHING SERVICES

20 LIMITATION ON INSPECTION AND WEIGHING SERVICES

21 EXPENSES

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

23 be obligated during the current fiscal year for inspection

24 and weighing services: Provided, That if grain export ac25 tivities require additional supervision and oversight, or
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1 other uncontrollable factors occur, this limitation may be

2 exceeded by up to 10 percent with notification to the Ap3 propriations Committees.

4 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD SAFETY

5 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of

6 the Under Secretary for Food Safety to administer the

7 laws enacted by the Congress for the Food Safety and In8 spection Service, $450,000 $440,000.

9 FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE

10 For necessary expenses to carry on services author11 ized by the Federal Meat Inspection Act, as amended, the

12 Poultry Products Inspection Act, as amended, and the

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

14 $568,685,000, and in addition, $1,000,000 may be credited

15 to this account from fees collected for the cost of labora16 tory accreditation as authorized by section 1017 of Public

17 Law 102–237: Provided, That this appropriation shall not

18 be available for shell egg surveillance under section 5(d)

19 of the Egg Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 1034(d)):

20 Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available

21 for field employment pursuant to section 706(a) of the Or22 ganic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed

23 $75,000 shall be available for employment under 5 U.S.C.

24 3109: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be

25 available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alter-
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1 ation and repair of buildings and improvements, but the

2 cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year

3 shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement

4 value of the building.

5 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FARM AND

6 FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICES

7 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of

8 the Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural

9 Services to administer the laws enacted by Congress for

10 the Consolidated Farm Service Agency, Foreign Agricul11 tural Service, and the Commodity Credit Corporation,

12 $549,000.

13 CONSOLIDATED FARM SERVICE AGENCY

14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

15 For necessary expenses for carrying out the adminis16 tration and implementation of programs delegated to the

17 Consolidated Farm Service Agency by the Secretary under

18 the Federal Crop Insurance Reform and Department of

19 Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 administered by

20 the Consolidated Farm Service Agency, $788,388,000

21 $805,888,000: Provided, That the Secretary is authorized

22 to use the services, facilities, and authorities (but not the

23 funds) of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make pro24 gram payments for all programs administered by the

25 Agency: Provided further, That other funds made available
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1 to the Agency for authorized activities may be advanced

2 to and merged with this account: Provided further, That

3 these funds shall be available for employment pursuant to

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

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

6 $1,000,000 shall be available for employment under 5

7 U.S.C. 3109.

8 STATE MEDIATION GRANTS

9 For grants pursuant to section 502(b) of the Agricul10 tural Credit Act of 1987, as amended (7 U.S.C. 5101–

11 5106), $2,000,000 $3,000,000.

12 DAIRY INDEMNITY PROGRAM

13 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

14 For necessary expenses involved in making indemnity

15 payments to dairy farmers for milk or cows producing

16 such milk and manufacturers of dairy products who have

17 been directed to remove their milk or dairy products from

18 commercial markets because it contained residues of

19 chemicals registered and approved for use by the Federal

20 Government, and in making indemnity payments for milk,

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

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

23 commercial markets because of (1) the presence of prod24 ucts of nuclear radiation or fallout if such contamination

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

26 chemicals or toxic substances not included under the first
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1 sentence of the Act of August 13, 1968, as amended (7

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

3 not used in a manner contrary to applicable regulations

4 or labeling instructions provided at the time of use and

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

6 $100,000, to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C.

7 2209b): Provided, That none of the funds contained in this

8 Act shall be used to make indemnity payments to any

9 farmer whose milk was removed from commercial markets

10 as a result of his willful failure to follow procedures pre11 scribed by the Federal Government: Provided further, That

12 this amount shall be transferred to the Commodity Credit

13 Corporation: Provided further, That the Secretary is au14 thorized to utilize the services, facilities, and authorities

15 of the Commodity Credit Corporation for the purpose of

16 making dairy indemnity disbursements.

17 OUTREACH FOR SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED FARMERS

18 For grants and contracts pursuant to section 2501 of

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

20 (7 U.S.C. 2279), $2,000,000, to remain available until ex21 pended.

22 AGRICULTURAL CREDIT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM

23 ACCOUNT

24 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

25 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di26 rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by 7 U.S.C.
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1 1928–1929, to be available from funds in the Agricultural

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

3 $585,000,000 $610,000,000, of which $550,000,000 shall

4 be for guaranteed loans; operating loans, $2,300,000,000

5 $2,450,000,000, of which $1,700,000,000 shall be for

6 unsubsidized guaranteed loans and $200,000,000 shall be

7 for subsidized guaranteed loans; Indian tribe land acquisi8 tion loans as authorized by 25 U.S.C. 488, $750,000; for

9 emergency insured loans, $100,000,000 to meet the needs

10 resulting from natural disasters; and for credit sales of

11 acquired property, $22,500,000 $21,696,000.

12 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including

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

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

15 ownership loans, $28,206,000 $34,053,000, of which

16 $20,019,000 shall be for guaranteed loans; operating

17 loans, $91,000,000 $111,505,000, of which $18,360,000

18 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans and

19 $17,960,000 shall be for subsidized guaranteed loans; In20 dian tribe land acquisition loans as authorized by 25

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

22 $32,080,000 to meet the needs resulting from natural dis23 asters; and for credit sales of acquired property,

24 $4,113,000 $3,966,000.
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1 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to

2 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs,

3 $221,541,000 $227,258,000, which shall be transferred to

4 and merged with the following accounts in the following

5 amounts: $208,446,000 $214,163,000 to ‘‘Salaries and Ex6 penses’’; $318,000 to ‘‘Rural Utilities Service, Salaries

7 and Expenses’’; and $171,000 to ‘‘Rural Housing and

8 Community Development Service, Salaries and Expenses’’.

9 CORPORATIONS

10 The following corporations and agencies are hereby

11 authorized to make expenditures, within the limits of

12 funds and borrowing authority available to each such cor13 poration or agency and in accord with law, and to make

14 contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year

15 limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government

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

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

18 the current fiscal year for such corporation or agency, ex19 cept as hereinafter provided.

20 FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION FUND

21 For payments as authorized by section 516 of the

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

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

24 U.S.C. 2209b).
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1 COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION FUND

2 REIMBURSEMENT FOR NET REALIZED LOSSES

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

4 to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for net

5 realized losses sustained, but not previously reimbursed

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

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

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

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

10 OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE FOR HAZARDOUS WASTE

11 MANAGEMENT

12 For fiscal year 1996, the Commodity Credit Corpora13 tion shall not expend more than $5,000,000 for expenses

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

15 Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation,

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

17 section 6001 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery

18 Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 6961: Provided, That ex19 penses shall be for operations and maintenance costs only

20 and that other hazardous waste management costs shall

21 be paid for by the USDA Hazardous Waste Management

22 appropriation in this Act.
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1 TITLE II

2 CONSERVATION PROGRAMS

3 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR

4 NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT

5 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of

6 the Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environ7 ment to administer the laws enacted by the Congress for

8 the Forest Service and the Natural Resources Conserva9 tion Service, $677,000.

10 NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE

11 CONSERVATION OPERATIONS

12 For necessary expenses for carrying out the provi13 sions of the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–590f)

14 including preparation of conservation plans and establish15 ment of measures to conserve soil and water (including

16 farm irrigation and land drainage and such special meas17 ures for soil and water management as may be necessary

18 to prevent floods and the siltation of reservoirs and to con19 trol agricultural related pollutants); operation of conserva20 tion plant materials centers; classification and mapping of

21 soil; dissemination of information; acquisition of lands,

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

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

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

25 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 428a); purchase and erection or alter-
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1 ation or improvement of permanent and temporary build2 ings; and operation and maintenance of aircraft,

3 $629,986,000 $637,860,000, to remain available until ex4 pended (7 U.S.C. 2209b), of which not less than

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

6 not less than $8,875,000 is for operation and establish7 ment of the plant materials centers: Provided, That appro8 priations hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7

9 U.S.C. 2250 for construction and improvement of build10 ings and public improvements at plant materials centers,

11 except that the cost of alterations and improvements to

12 other buildings and other public improvements shall not

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

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

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

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

17 shall be available for technical assistance and related ex18 penses to carry out programs authorized by section 202(c)

19 of title II of the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control

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

21 further, That no part of this appropriation may be ex22 pended for soil and water conservation operations under

23 the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–590f) in dem24 onstration projects: Provided further, That this appropria25 tion shall be available for employment pursuant to the sec-
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1 ond sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944

2 (7 U.S.C. 2225) and not to exceed $25,000 shall be avail3 able for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided fur4 ther, That qualified local engineers may be temporarily

5 employed at per diem rates to perform the technical plan6 ning work of the Service (16 U.S.C. 590e–2).

7 RIVER BASIN SURVEYS AND INVESTIGATIONS

8 For necessary expenses to conduct research, investiga9 tion, and surveys of watersheds of rivers and other water10 ways, in accordance with section 6 of the Watershed Protec11 tion and Flood Prevention Act approved August 4, 1954,

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

13 That this appropriation shall be available for employment

14 pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Or15 ganic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed

16 $60,000 shall be available for employment under 5 U.S.C.

17 3109.

18 WATERSHED PLANNING

19 For necessary expenses for small watershed investiga20 tions and planning, in accordance with the Watershed Pro21 tection and Flood Prevention Act, as amended (16 U.S.C.

22 1001–1008), $5,630,000: Provided, That this appropriation

23 shall be available for employment pursuant to the second

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

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

26 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109.
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1 WATERSHED AND FLOOD PREVENTION OPERATIONS

2 For necessary expenses to carry out preventive meas3 ures, including but not limited to research, engineering op4 erations, methods of cultivation, the growing of vegetation,

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

6 and only high-priority projects authorized by the Flood

7 Control Act (33 U.S.C. 701, 16 U.S.C. 1006a), in accord8 ance with the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention

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

10 1001–1005, 1007–1009), the provisions of the Act of

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

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

13 Department, $100,000,000, to remain available until ex14 pended (7 U.S.C. 2209b) (of which $15,000,000 shall be

15 available for the watersheds authorized under the Flood

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

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

18 That this appropriation shall be available for employment

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

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

21 $200,000 shall be available for employment under 5

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

23 $1,000,000 of this appropriation is available to carry out

24 the purposes of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (Pub25 lic Law 93–205), as amended, including cooperative ef-
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1 forts as contemplated by that Act to relocate endangered

2 or threatened species to other suitable habitats as may be

3 necessary to expedite project construction.

4 RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT

5 For necessary expenses in planning and carrying out

6 projects for resource conservation and development and for

7 sound land use pursuant to the provisions of section 32(e)

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

9 amended (7 U.S.C. 1010–1011; 76 Stat. 607), and the pro10 visions of the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–f),

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

12 (16 U.S.C. 3451–3461), $27,000,000, to remain available

13 until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209): Provided, That this appro14 priation shall be available for employment pursuant to the

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

16 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $50,000 shall be avail17 able for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109.

18 FORESTRY INCENTIVES PROGRAM

19 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, to

20 carry out the program of forestry incentives, as authorized

21 in the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 (16

22 U.S.C. 2101), including technical assistance and related ex23 penses $6,325,000, to remain available until expended, as

24 authorized by that Act.
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1 COLORADO RIVER BASIN SALINITY CONTROL PROGRAM

2 For necessary expenses for carrying out a voluntary

3 cooperative salinity control program pursuant to section

4 202(c) of title II of the Colorado River Basin Salinity Con5 trol Act, as amended (43 U.S.C. 1592(c)), to be used to re6 duce salinity in the Colorado River and to enhance the sup7 ply and quality of water available for use in the United

8 States and the Republic of Mexico, $1,000,000, to remain

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

10 the establishment of on-farm irrigation management sys11 tems, including lateral improvement measures, for making

12 cost-share payments to agricultural landowners and opera13 tors, Indian tribes, irrigation districts and associations,

14 local governmental and nongovernmental entities, and other

15 landowners to aid them in carrying out approved conserva16 tion practices as determined and recommended by the Sec17 retary, and for associated costs of program planning, infor18 mation and education, and program monitoring and eval19 uation.

20 WATERSHED SURVEYS AND PLANNING

21 For necessary expenses to conduct research, inves22 tigation, and surveys of watersheds of rivers and other wa23 terways, and for small watershed investigations and plan24 ning, in accordance with the Watershed Protection and

25 Flood Prevention Act approved August 4, 1954, as

26 amended (16 U.S.C. 1001–1009), $14,000,000: Provided,
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1 That this appropriation shall be available for employment

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

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

4 $110,000 shall be available for employment under 5

5 U.S.C. 3109.

6 CONSERVATION PROGRAMS

7 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,

8 in planning and carrying out projects for resource con9 servation and development and for sound land use pursu10 ant to the provisions of section 32(e) of title III of the

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

12 1011; 76 Stat. 607), and the provisions of the Act of April

13 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–f), and the provisions of the

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

15 3461), to carry out the program of forestry incentives, as

16 authorized in the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of

17 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2101), including technical assistance and

18 related expenses, and for carrying out a voluntary coopera19 tive salinity control program pursuant to section 202(c)

20 of title II of the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control

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

22 salinity in the Colorado River and to enhance the supply

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

24 and the Republic of Mexico, to be used for the establish25 ment of on-farm irrigation management systems, includ26 ing related lateral improvement measures, for making
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1 cost-share payments to agricultural landowners and opera2 tors, Indian tribes, irrigation districts and associations,

3 local governmental and nongovernmental entities, and

4 other landowners to aid them in carrying out approved

5 conservation practices as determined and recommended by

6 the Secretary, and for associated costs of program plan7 ning, information and education, and program monitoring

8 and evaluation, $36,000,000, to remain available until ex9 pended (7 U.S.C. 2209, 16 U.S.C. 590p(b)(7)): Provided,

10 That this appropriation shall be available for employment

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

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

13 $50,000 shall be available for employment under 5 U.S.C.

14 3109.

15 WETLANDS RESERVE PROGRAM

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

17 For necessary expenses to carry out the wetlands re18 serve program pursuant to subchapter C of subtitle D of

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

20 3837), $210,000,000 $77,000,000, to remain available

21 until expended: Provided, That the Secretary is authorized

22 to use the services, facilities, and authorities of the Com23 modity Credit Corporation for the purpose of carrying out

24 the wetlands reserve program.
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1 CONSOLIDATED FARM SERVICE AGENCY

2 AGRICULTURAL CONSERVATION PROGRAM

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

4 For necessary expenses to carry into effect the pro5 gram authorized in sections 7 to 15, 16(a), 16(f), and 17

6 of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act ap7 proved February 29, 1936, as amended and supplemented

8 (16 U.S.C. 590g–590o, 590p(a), 590p(f), and 590q), and

9 sections 1001–1004, 1006–1008, and 1010 of the Agricul10 tural Act of 1970, as added by the Agriculture and

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

12 1506–1508, and 1510), and including not to exceed

13 $15,000 for the preparation and display of exhibits, in14 cluding such displays at State, interstate, and inter15 national fairs within the United States, $75,000,000

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

17 590o), for agreements, excluding administration but in18 cluding technical assistance and related expenses (16

19 U.S.C. 590o), except that no participant in the agricul20 tural conservation program shall receive more than $3,500

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

22 farms or ranches join to carry out approved practices de23 signed to conserve or improve the agricultural resources

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

25 agreement, in which case the total payment shall not ex26 ceed the annual payment limitation multiplied by the num-
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1 ber of years of the agreement: Provided, That no portion

2 of the funds for the current year’s program may be uti3 lized to provide financial or technical assistance for drain4 age on wetlands now designated as Wetlands Types 3 (III)

5 through 20 (XX) in United States Department of the In6 terior, Fish and Wildlife Circular 39, Wetlands of the

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

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

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

10 soil-terracing services, and making grants thereof to agri11 cultural producers to aid them in carrying out approved

12 farming practices as authorized by the Soil Conservation

13 and Domestic Allotment Act, as amended, as determined

14 and recommended by the county committees, approved by

15 the State committees and the Secretary, under programs

16 provided for herein: Provided further, That such assistance

17 will not be used for carrying out measures and practices

18 that are primarily production-oriented or that have little

19 or no conservation or pollution abatement benefits: Pro20 vided further, That not to exceed 5 percent of the alloca21 tion for the current year’s program for any county may,

22 on the recommendation of such county committee and ap23 proval of the State committee, be withheld and allotted

24 to the Natural Resources Conservation Service for services

25 of its technicians in formulating and carrying out the agri-
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1 cultural conservation program in the participating coun2 ties, and shall not be utilized by the Natural Resources

3 Conservation Service for any purpose other than technical

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

5 the recommendation of such county committee and ap6 proval of the State committee, not to exceed 1 percent may

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

8 public agency for the same purpose and under the same

9 conditions: Provided further, That not to exceed

10 $11,000,000 $15,000,000 of the amount appropriated shall

11 be used for water quality payments and practices in the

12 same manner as permitted under the program for water

13 quality authorized in chapter 2 of subtitle D of title XII

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

15 3838 et seq.).

16 CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

18 For necessary expenses to carry out the conservation

19 reserve program pursuant to the Food Security Act of

20 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831–3845), $1,781,785,000, to remain

21 available until expended, to be used for Commodity Credit

22 Corporation expenditures for cost-share assistance for the

23 establishment of conservation practices provided for in ap24 proved conservation reserve program contracts, for annual

25 rental payments provided in such contracts, and for tech26 nical assistance.
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1 TITLE III

2 RURAL ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY

3 DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS

4 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RURAL

5 ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

6 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of

7 the Under Secretary for Rural Economic and Community

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

11 Development Service, and the Rural Utilities Service of

12 the Department of Agriculture, $568,000.

13 RURAL COMMUNITY ADVANCEMENT PROGRAM

14 For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees and

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

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

17 and 1490(a), $528,839,000, to remain available until ex18 pended, to be available for loans and grants for rural water

19 and waste disposal and solid waste management grants,

20 new construction of section 515 rental housing, direct loans

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

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

24 loans and loan guarantees, including the cost of modifying

25 such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres26 sional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That of the
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1 total amount appropriated, $20,044,000 shall be for

2 empowerment zones and enterprise communities, as author3 ized by Public Law 103–66: Provided further, That if such

4 funds are not obligated for empowerment zones and enter5 prise communities by June 30, 1996, they shall remain

6 available for other authorized purposes under this head:

7 Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated,

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

9 with the National Rural Water Association or an equally

10 qualified national organization for a circuit rider program

11 to provide technical assistance for rural water systems: Pro12 vided further, That of the total amount appropriated, not

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

14 disposal systems to benefit the Colonias along the United

15 States/Mexico border, including grants under section

16 306(c).

17 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to

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

19 $58,051,000, of which $57,614,000 shall be transferred to

20 and merged with ‘‘Rural Housing and Community Devel21 opment Service, Salaries and Expenses’’; ‘‘Rural Utilities

22 Service, Salaries and Expenses’’; and ‘‘Rural Business and

23 Cooperative Development Service, Salaries and Expenses’’.
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1 RURAL HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

2 SERVICE

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

4 For necessary expenses of the Rural Housing and

5 Community Development Service, including administering

6 the programs authorized by the Consolidated Farm and

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

9 $42,820,000 $50,346,000: Provided, That this appropria10 tion shall be available for employment pursuant to the sec11 ond sentence of 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944, and

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

13 under 5 U.S.C. 3109.

14 RURAL HOUSING INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

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

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

20 $2,250,000,000 $2,700,000,000 for loans to section 502

21 borrowers, as determined by the Secretary, of which

22 $1,700,000,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed

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

24 $15,000,000 for section 514 farm labor housing;

25 $150,000,000 for section 515 rental housing; $600,000

26 for site loans; and $35,000,000 $42,484,000 for credit
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1 sales of acquired property:–Provided, That notwithstand2 ing section 520 of the Housing Act of 1949, the Secretary

3 of Agriculture may make loans under section 502 of such

4 Act for properties in the Pine View West Subdivision, lo5 cated in Gibsonville, North Carolina, in the same manner

6 as provided under such section for properties in rural

7 areas.

8 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including

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

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

11 502 loans, $118,335,000 $212,790,000, of which

12 $2,890,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans;

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

14 514 farm labor housing, $8,629,000; section 515 rental

15 housing, $82,035,000,–provided the program is authorized

16 for fiscal year 1996; and credit sales of acquired property,

17 $6,100,000 $7,405,000.

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

19 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974) of guaranteed

20 loans under a demonstration program of loan guarantees

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

22 to be derived from the amount made available under this

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

24 to become available for obligation only upon the enactment

25 of authorizing legislation.
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1 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to

2 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs,

3 $385,889,000 $389,818,000, of which $372,897,506

4 $376,860,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the

5 appropriation for ‘‘Rural Housing and Community Devel6 opment Service, Salaries and Expenses’’.

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 $540,900,000; and in addition such sums as

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

15 Act, to liquidate debt incurred prior to fiscal year 1992

16 to carry out the rental assistance program under section

17 521(a)(2) of the Act: Provided, That of this amount not

18 more than $5,900,000 shall be available for debt forgive19 ness or payments for eligible households as authorized by

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

21 $10,000 per project for advances to nonprofit organiza22 tions or public agencies to cover direct costs (other than

23 purchase price) incurred in purchasing projects pursuant

24 to section 502(c)(5)(C) of the Act: Provided further, That

25 agreements entered into or renewed during fiscal year

26 1996 shall be funded for a five-year period, although the
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1 life 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

26 (7 U.S.C. 2209b).
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1 SUPERVISORY AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS

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

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

4 RURAL COMMUNITY FIRE PROTECTION GRANTS

5 For grants pursuant to section 7 of the Cooperative

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

7 $1,000,000 $3,000,000 to fund up to 50 percent of the

8 cost of organizing, training, and equipping rural volunteer

9 fire departments.

10 COMPENSATION FOR CONSTRUCTION DEFECTS

11 For compensation for construction defects as author12 ized by section 509(c) of the Housing Act of 1949, as

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

14 RURAL HOUSING PRESERVATION GRANTS

15 For grants for rural housing preservation as author16 ized by section 552 of the Housing and Urban-Rural Re17 covery Act of 1983 (Public Law 98–181), $11,000,000.

18 RURAL BUSINESS AND COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT

19 SERVICE

20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

21 For necessary expenses of the Rural Business and

22 Cooperative Development Service, including administering

23 the programs authorized by the Consolidated Farm and

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

25 Food Security Act of 1985; the Cooperative Marketing Act

26 of 1926; for activities relating to the marketing aspects
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1 of cooperatives, including economic research findings, as

2 authorized by the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946; for

3 activities with institutions concerning the development and

4 operation of agricultural cooperatives; and cooperative

5 agreements; $9,520,000 $9,013,000: Provided, That this

6 appropriation shall be available for employment pursuant

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

8 1944, and not exceed $250,000 may be used for employ9 ment under 5 U.S.C. 3109.

10 RURAL BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY LOANS PROGRAM

11 ACCOUNT

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

13 For the cost of guaranteed loans, $6,437,000, as au14 thorized by 7 U.S.C. 1928 and 86 Stat. 661–664, as

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

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

17 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided fur18 ther, That such sums shall remain available until expended

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

20 Provided further, That these funds are available to sub21 sidize gross obligations for the principal amount of guar22 anteed loans of $500,000,000: Provided further, That of

23 the amounts available for the cost of guaranteed loans in24 cluding the cost of modifying loans, $148,000, to subsidize

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

26 is guaranteed, not to exceed $10,842,000, shall be avail-
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1 able for empowerment zones and enterprise communities,

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

3 That if such funds are not obligated for empowerment

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

5 remain available for other authorized activities under this

6 head.

7 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out

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

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

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

11 RURAL DEVELOPMENT LOAN FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

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

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

14 empowerment zones and enterprise communities, as au15 thorized by title XIII of the Omnibus Budget Reconcili16 ation Act of 1993, $4,322,000, to subsidize gross obliga17 tions for the principal amount of direct loans, $7,246,000.

18 For the cost of direct loans, $17,895,000, as authorized

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

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

21 such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres22 sional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That these

23 funds are available to subsidize gross obligations for the

24 principal amount of direct loans of $30,000,000: Provided

25 further, That through June 30, 1996, of these amounts,
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1 $6,484,000 shall be available for the cost of direct loans,

2 for empowerment zones and enterprise communities, as au3 thorized by title XIII of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation

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

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

6 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to

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

8 $1,470,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the ap9 propriation for ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’.

10 RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LOANS PROGRAM

11 ACCOUNT

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

13 For the principal amount of direct loans, as author14 ized under section 313 of the Rural Electrification Act,

15 for the purpose of promoting rural economic development

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

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

18 modifying loans as defined in section 502 of the Congres19 sional Budget Act of 1974, $3,729,000.

20 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to

21 carry out the direct loan program, $584,000 $724,000,

22 which shall be transferred to and merged with the appro23 priation for ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’.
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1 ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND

2 COMMERCIALIZATION REVOLVING FUND

3 For necessary expenses to carry out the Alternative

4 Agricultural Research and Commercialization Act of 1990

5 (7 U.S.C. 5901–5908), $5,000,000 $10,000,000 is appro6 priated to the alternative agricultural research and com7 mercialization revolving fund.

8 RURAL BUSINESS ENTERPRISE GRANTS

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

10 310B(j) (7 U.S.C. 1932) of the Consolidated Farm and

11 Rural Development Act to any qualified public or private

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

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

14 to empowerment zones and enterprise communities, as au15 thorized by title XIII of the Omnibus Budget Reconcili16 ation Act of 1993, after which any funds not obligated

17 shall remain available for other authorized purposes under

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

19 grants to qualified nonprofit organizations to provide tech20 nical assistance and training for rural communities need21 ing improved passenger transportation systems or facili22 ties in order to promote economic development.

23 RURAL TECHNOLOGY AND COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT

24 GRANTS

25 For grants pursuant to section 310(f) of the Consoli26 dated Farm and Rural Development Act, as amended (7
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1 U.S.C. 1932), $1,500,000 $1,500,000, of which $1,300,000

2 may be available for the appropriate technology transfer for

3 rural areas program.

4 RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE

5 RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELEPHONE LOANS

6 PROGRAM ACCOUNT

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

8 Insured loans pursuant to the authority of section

9 305 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, as amended

10 (7 U.S.C. 935), shall be made as follows: 5 percent rural

11 electrification loans, $90,000,000; 5 percent rural tele12 phone loans, $70,000,000; cost of money rural telephone

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

14 $500,000,000 $550,000,000; and loans made pursuant to

15 section 306 of that Act, $420,000,000, to remain available

16 until expended.

17 For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Con18 gressional Budget Act of 1974, including the cost of modi19 fying loans, of direct and guaranteed loans authorized by

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

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

22 cost of municipal rate loans, $54,150,000 $59,565,000;

23 cost of money rural telephone loans, $60,000; cost of loans

24 guaranteed pursuant to section 306, $2,520,000: Pro25 vided, That notwithstanding sections 305(c)(2) and section
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1 305(d)(2) of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, bor2 rower interest rates may exceed 7 percent per year.

3 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to

4 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs,

5 $29,982,000 $32,183,000, which shall be transferred to

6 and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Salaries and Ex7 penses’’.

8 RURAL TELEPHONE BANK PROGRAM ACCOUNT

9 The Rural Telephone Bank is hereby authorized to

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

12 such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal

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

15 necessary in carrying out its authorized programs for the

16 current fiscal year. During fiscal year 1996 and within

17 the resources and authority available, gross obligations for

18 the principal amount of direct loans shall be

19 $175,000,000.

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

24 $770,000 $5,023,000.

25 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to

26 carry out the loan programs, $3,541,000 $6,167,000.
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1 DISTANCE LEARNING AND MEDICAL LINK GRANTS

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

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

5 RURAL DEVELOPMENT PERFORMANCE PARTNERSHIPS

6 PROGRAM

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

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

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

11 available for loans and grants for rural water and waste

12 disposal and solid waste management grants: Provided,

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

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

16 Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated,

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

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

23 water and waste disposal systems to benefit the Colonias

24 along the United States/Mexico border, including grants

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

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

3 if such funds are not obligated for empowerment zones

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

5 remain available for other authorized purposes under this

6 head.

7 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to

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

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

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

11 Expenses’’.

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For necessary expenses of the Rural Utilities Service,

14 including administering the programs authorized by the

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

16 Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, as

17 amended, $19,211,000 $18,449,000, of which $7,000 shall

18 be available for financial credit reports: Provided, That

19 this appropriation shall be available for employment pur20 suant to the second sentence of 706(a) of the Organic Act

21 of 1944, and not to exceed $103,000 may be used for em22 ployment under 5 U.S.C. 3109.
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1 TITLE IV

2 DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS

3 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD,

4 NUTRITION AND CONSUMER SERVICES

5 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of

6 the Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer

7 Services to administer the laws enacted by the Congress

8 for the Food and Consumer Service, $440,000 $540,000.

9 FOOD AND CONSUMER SERVICE

10 CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

12 For necessary expenses to carry out the National

13 School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751–1769b), and the appli14 cable provisions other than section 17 sections 17, 19, and

15 21 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1772–

16 1785, and 1789); $7,952,424,000 $7,952,610,000, to re17 main available through September 30, 1997, of which

18 $2,354,566,000 $2,354,752,000 is hereby appropriated and

19 $5,597,858,000 shall be derived by transfer from funds

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

21 (7 U.S.C. 612c): Provided, That up to $3,964,000 shall

22 be available for independent verification of school food

23 service claims:–Provided further, That $1,900,000 shall be

24 available to provide financial and other assistance to oper25 ate the Food Service Management Institute.
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1 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds

2 other than provided in this Act may be available for nutri3 tion education and training and the Food Service Manage4 ment Institute.

5 SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR

6 WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN (WIC)

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

8 For necessary expenses to carry out the special sup9 plemental nutrition program as authorized by section 17

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

11 $3,729,807,000, to remain available through September

12 30, 1997: Provided, That for fiscal year 1996,

13 $20,000,000 that would otherwise be available to States

14 for nutrition services and administration shall be made

15 available for food benefits: Provided further, That

16 $4,000,000 from unobligated balances for supervisory and

17 technical assistance grants may be transferred to and

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

19 $6,750,000 may be used to carry out the farmers’ market

20 nutrition program from any funds not needed to maintain

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

22 funds in this Act shall be available to pay administrative

23 expenses of WIC clinics except those that have an an24 nounced policy of prohibiting smoking within the space

25 used to carry out the program: Provided further, That on

26 or after July 1, 1996, any funds recovered from the previous
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1 fiscal year in excess of $100,000,000 may be transferred by

2 the Secretary of Agriculture to the Rural Community Ad3 vancement Program and shall remain available until ex4 pended: Provided further, That none of the funds provided

5 in this Act shall be available for the purchase of infant for6 mula except in accordance with the cost containment and

7 competitive bidding requirements specified in section 17 of

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

9 effect on September 13, 1995).

10 COMMODITY SUPPLEMENTAL FOOD PROGRAM

11 For necessary expenses to carry out the commodity

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

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

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

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

16 $86,000,000 to remain available through September 30,

17 1997: Provided, That none of these funds shall be available

18 to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for com19 modities donated to the program: Provided further, That

20 twenty percent of any Commodity Supplemental Food Pro21 gram funds carried over from fiscal year 1995 shall be

22 available for administrative costs of the program.

23 FOOD STAMP PROGRAM

24 For necessary expenses to carry out the Food Stamp

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

26 $28,097,828,000: Provided, That funds provided herein
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1 shall remain available through September 30, 1996, in ac2 cordance with section 18(a) of the Food Stamp Act: Pro3 vided further, That $1,000,000,000 of the foregoing amount

4 shall be placed in reserve for use only in such amounts and

5 at such times as may become necessary to carry out pro6 gram operations: Provided further, That funds provided

7 herein shall be expended in accordance with section 16 of

8 the Food Stamp Act: Provided further, That this appro9 priation shall be subject to any work registration or

10 workfare requirements as may be required by law: Pro11 vided further, That $1,143,000,000 of the foregoing

12 amount shall be available for nutrition assistance for

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

14 COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

15 For necessary expenses to carry out the commodity

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

17 of the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973

18 (7 U.S.C. 612c(note)), section 204(a) of the Emergency

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

20 110 of the Hunger Prevention Act of 1988, $168,000,000,

21 to remain available through September 30, 1997: Pro22 vided, That none of these funds shall be available to reim23 burse the Commodity Credit Corporation for commodities

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

25 the funds in this Act or any other Act may be used for
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1 demonstration projects in the emergency food assistance

2 program.

3 FOOD DONATIONS PROGRAMS FOR SELECTED GROUPS

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

5 the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 (7

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

7 (7 U.S.C. 2013(b)), and section 311 of the Older Ameri8 cans Act of 1965, as amended (42 U.S.C. 3030a),

9 $215,000,000 $217,250,000, to remain available through

10 September 30, 1997: Provided, That notwithstanding any

11 other provision of law, for meals provided pursuant to the

12 Older Americans Act of 1965, a maximum rate of reim13 bursement to States will be established by the Secretary,

14 subject to reduction if obligations would exceed the amount

15 of available funds, with any unobligated funds to remain

16 available only for obligation in the fiscal year beginning

17 October 1, 1996.

18 For necessary expenses to carry out section 110 of the

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

20 THE EMERGENCY FOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

21 For making payments to States to carry out the Emer22 gency Food Assistance Act of 1983, as amended,

23 $40,000,000: Provided, That, in accordance with section

24 202 of Public Law 98–92, these funds shall be available only

25 if the Secretary determines the existence of excess commod26 ities: Provided further, That none of the funds in this Act
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1 or any other Act may be used for emergency food assistance

2 program demonstration projects.

3 FOOD PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION

4 For necessary administrative expenses of the domes5 tic food programs funded under this Act, $108,323,000

6 $107,215,000, of which $5,000,000 shall be available only

7 for simplifying procedures, reducing overhead costs, tight8 ening regulations, improving food stamp coupon handling,

9 and assistance in the prevention, identification, and pros10 ecution of fraud and other violations of law; and $750,000

11 shall be available for investing in an automated data proc12 essing infrastructure for the Food and Consumer Service:

13 Provided, That this appropriation shall be available for

14 employment pursuant to the second sentence of section

15 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and

16 not to exceed $150,000 shall be available for employment

17 under 5 U.S.C. 3109.

18 TITLE V

19 FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED

20 PROGRAMS

21 FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

23 For necessary expenses of the Foreign Agricultural

24 Service, including carrying out title VI of the Agricultural

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

26 development activities abroad, and for enabling the Sec-
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1 retary to coordinate and integrate activities of the Depart2 ment in connection with foreign agricultural work, includ3 ing not to exceed $128,000 for representation allowances

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

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

6 $124,775,000, of which $5,176,000 may be transferred

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

8 may be transferred from the Commodity Credit Corpora9 tion program account in this Act, and $1,005,000 may

10 be transferred from the Public Law 480 program account

11 in this Act: Provided, That the Service may utilize ad12 vances of funds, or reimburse this appropriation for ex13 penditures made on behalf of Federal agencies, public and

14 private organizations and institutions under agreements

15 executed pursuant to the agricultural food production as16 sistance programs (7 U.S.C. 1736) and the foreign assist17 ance programs of the International Development Coopera18 tion Administration (22 U.S.C. 2392).

19 None of the funds in the foregoing paragraph shall

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

21 tobacco products.

22 PUBLIC LAW 480 PROGRAM AND GRANT ACCOUNTS

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

24 For expenses during the current fiscal year, not oth25 erwise recoverable, and unrecovered prior years’ costs, in26 cluding interest thereon, under the Agricultural Trade De-
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1 velopment and Assistance Act of 1954, as amended (7

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

3 1731–1736g), as follows: (1) $291,342,000 for Public

4 Law 480 title I credit, including Food for Progress pro5 grams; (2) $25,000,000 is hereby appropriated for ocean

6 freight differential costs for the shipment of agricultural

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

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

9 is hereby appropriated for commodities supplied in connec10 tion with dispositions abroad pursuant to title II of said

11 Act; and (4) $50,000,000 is hereby appropriated for com12 modities supplied in connection with dispositions abroad

13 pursuant to title III of said Act and shall be financed from

14 funds credited to the Commodity Credit Corporation pursu15 ant to section 426 of Public Law 103–465: Provided, That

16 not to exceed 15 percent of the funds made available to

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

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

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

20 2209b).

21 For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Con22 gressional Budget Act of 1974, of direct credit agreements

23 as authorized by the Agricultural Trade Development and

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

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

2 $236,162,000.

3 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out

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

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

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

7 SHORT-TERM EXPORT CREDIT

8 The Commodity Credit Corporation shall make avail9 able not less than $5,200,000,000 in credit guarantees

10 under its export credit guarantee program for short-term

11 credit extended to finance the export sales of United

12 States agricultural commodities and the products thereof,

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

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

15 INTERMEDIATE-TERM EXPORT CREDIT

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

18 under its export credit guarantee program for intermedi19 ate-term credit extended to finance the export sales of

20 United States agricultural commodities and the products

21 thereof, as authorized by section 202(b) of the Agricul22 tural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5641).
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1 COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION EXPORT LOANS

2 PROGRAM ACCOUNT

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

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

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

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

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

11 with the appropriation for the salaries and expenses of the

12 Foreign Agricultural Service, and of which not to exceed

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

16 TITLE VI

17 RELATED AGENCIES AND FOOD AND DRUG

18 ADMINISTRATION

19 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN

20 SERVICES

21 FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION

22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

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

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

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

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

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

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

7 this appropriation and remain available until expended:

8 Provided, That fees derived from applications received

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

10 1996 limitation: Provided further, That none of these

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

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

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

15 to remain available until expended.

16 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

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

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

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

22 RENTAL PAYMENTS (FDA)

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

24 For payment of space rental and related costs pursu25 ant to Public Law 92–313 for programs and activities of

26 the Food and Drug Administration which are included in
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1 this Act, $46,294,000: Provided, That in the event the

2 Food and Drug Administration should require modifica3 tion of space needs, a share of the salaries and expenses

4 appropriation may be transferred to this appropriation, or

5 a share of this appropriation may be transferred to the

6 salaries and expenses appropriation, but such transfers

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

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

9 DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

10 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE

11 PAYMENTS TO THE FARM CREDIT SYSTEM FINANCIAL

12 ASSISTANCE CORPORATION

13 For necessary payments to the Farm Credit System

14 Financial Assistance Corporation by the Secretary of the

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

16 Credit Act of 1971, as amended, for reimbursement of in17 terest expenses incurred by the Financial Assistance Cor18 poration on obligations issued through 1994, as author19 ized, $15,453,000.

20 INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

21 COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION

22 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions

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

24 1 et seq.), including the purchase and hire of passenger

25 motor vehicles; the rental of space (to include multiple
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1 year leases) in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; and

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

3 3109; $49,144,000 $54,058,000, including not to exceed

4 $1,000 for official reception and representation expenses:

5 Provided, That the Commission is authorized to charge

6 reasonable fees to attendees of Commission sponsored edu7 cational events and symposia to cover the Commission’s

8 costs of providing those events and symposia, and notwith9 standing 31 U.S.C. 3302, said fees shall be credited to

10 this account, to be available without further appropriation.

11 FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION

12 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

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

14 chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code, any period of en15 rollment under a health benefits plan administered by the

16 Farm Credit Administration prior to the effective date of

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

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

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

20 covered by a health benefits plan administered by the Farm

21 Credit Administration may enroll in an approved health

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

23 5, United States Code—

24 (A) either as an individual or for self and fam25 ily, if such individual is an employee, annuitant, or
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1 former spouse as defined under section 8901 of such

2 title; and

3 (B) for coverage effective on and after September

4 30, 1995.

5 (2) An individual who, on September 30, 1995, is enti6 tled to continued coverage under a health benefits plan ad7 ministered by the Farm Credit Administration—

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

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

10 Code, for the same period that would have been per11 mitted under the plan administered by the Farm

12 Credit Administration; and

13 (B) may enroll in an approved health benefits

14 plan described under sections 8903 or 8903a of such

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

16 coverage effective on and after September 30, 1995.

17 (3) An individual who, on September 30, 1995, is cov18 ered as an unmarried dependent child under a health bene19 fits plan administered by the Farm Credit Administration

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

21 8901(5) of title 5, United States Code—

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

23 coverage under section 8905a of such title as though

24 the individual had, on September 30, 1995, ceased to

25 meet the requirements for being considered an unmar-
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1 ried dependent child under chapter 89 of such title;

2 and

3 (B) may enroll in an approved health benefits

4 plan described under section 8903 or 8903a of such

5 title in accordance with section 8905a for continued

6 coverage on and after September 30, 1995.

7 (c) The Farm Credit Administration shall transfer to

8 the Federal Employees Health Benefits Fund established

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

10 determined by the Director of the Office of Personnel Man11 agement, after consultation with the Farm Credit Adminis12 tration, to be necessary to reimburse the Fund for the cost

13 of providing benefits under this section not otherwise paid

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

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

16 Office in addition to the amounts available under section

17 8906(g)(1) of such title.

18 (d) The Office of Personnel Management—

19 (1) shall administer the provisions of this section

20 to provide for—

21 (A) a period of notice and open enrollment

22 for individuals affected by this section; and

23 (B) no lapse of health coverage for individ24 uals who enroll in a health benefits plan under
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1 chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code, in ac2 cordance with this section; and

3 (2) may prescribe regulations to implement this

4 section.

5 TITLE VII—GENERAL PROVISIONS

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

7 appropriations and authorizations made for the Depart8 ment of Agriculture for the fiscal year 1996 under this

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

10 specifically provided for, of not to exceed 665 passenger

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

12 and for the hire of such vehicles.

13 SEC. 702. Funds in this Act available to the Depart14 ment of Agriculture shall be available for uniforms or al15 lowances therefor as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–

16 5902).

17 SEC. 703. Not less than $1,500,000 of the appropria18 tions of the Department of Agriculture in this Act for re19 search and service work authorized by the Acts of August

20 14, 1946, and July 28, 1954, and (7 U.S.C. 427, 1621–

21 1629), and by chapter 63 of title 31, United States Code,

22 shall be available for contracting in accordance with said

23 Acts and chapter.

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

25 Working Capital Fund for the purpose of accumulating
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1 growth capital for data services and National Finance

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

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

4 the Department shall be transferred to the Working Cap5 ital Fund without the approval of the agency adminis6 trator.

7 SEC. 705. New obligational authority provided for the

8 following appropriation items in this Act shall remain

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

10 Plant Health Inspection Service, the contingency fund to

11 meet emergency conditions, and integrated systems acqui12 sition project; Consolidated Farm Service Agency, salaries

13 and expenses funds made available to county committees;

14 and Foreign Agricultural Service, middle-income country

15 training program.

16 New obligational authority for the boll weevil pro17 gram; up to 10 percent of the screwworm program of the

18 Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service; Food Safety

19 and Inspection Service, field automation and information

20 management project; funds appropriated for rental pay21 ments; funds for the Native American institutions endow22 ment fund in the Cooperative State Research, Education,

23 and Extension Service, and funds for the competitive re24 search grants (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)) shall remain available

25 until expended.
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1 SEC. 706. No part of any appropriation contained in

2 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the

3 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.

4 SEC. 707. Not to exceed $50,000 of the appropria5 tions available to the Department of Agriculture in this

6 Act shall be available to provide appropriate orientation

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

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

9 used to pay negotiated indirect cost rates on cooperative

10 agreements or similar arrangements between the United

11 States Department of Agriculture and nonprofit institu12 tions in excess of 10 percent of the total direct cost of

13 the agreement when the purpose of such cooperative ar14 rangements is to carry out programs of mutual interest

15 between the two parties. This does not preclude appro16 priate payment of indirect costs on grants and contracts

17 with such institutions when such indirect costs are com18 puted on a similar basis for all agencies for which appro19 priations are provided in this Act.

20 SEC. 709. Notwithstanding any other provision of

21 this Act, commodities acquired by the Department in con22 nection with Commodity Credit Corporation and section

23 32 price support operations may be used, as authorized

24 by law (15 U.S.C. 714c and 7 U.S.C. 612c), to provide
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1 commodities to individuals in cases of hardship as deter2 mined by the Secretary of Agriculture.

3 SEC. 710. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail4 able to reimburse the General Services Administration for

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

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

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

8 space or services below that of fiscal year 1994 1995 or

9 prohibit an expansion of rental space or services with the

10 use of funds otherwise appropriated in this Act. Further,

11 no agency of the Department of Agriculture, from funds

12 otherwise available, shall reimburse the General Services

13 Administration for payment of space rental and related

14 costs provided to such agency at a percentage rate which

15 is greater than is available in the case of funds appro16 priated in this Act.

17 SEC. 711. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail18 able to restrict the authority of the Commodity Credit

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

20 on behalf of other agencies of the Department of Agri21 culture when such space will be jointly occupied.

22 SEC. 712. None With the exception of grants awarded

23 under the Small Business Innovation Development Act of

24 1982, Public Law 97–219, as amended (15 U.S.C. 638),

25 none of the funds in this Act shall be available to pay indi-
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1 rect costs on research grants awarded competitively by the

2 Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension

3 Service that exceed 14 percent of total Federal funds pro4 vided under each award.

5 SEC. 713. Notwithstanding any other provisions of

6 this Act, all loan levels provided in this Act shall be consid7 ered estimates, not limitations.

8 SEC. 714. Appropriations to the Department of Agri9 culture for the cost of direct and guaranteed loans made

10 available in fiscal year 1996 shall remain available until

11 expended to cover obligations made in fiscal year 1996 for

12 the following accounts: the rural development loan fund

13 program account; the Rural Telephone Bank program ac14 count; the rural electrification and telecommunications

15 loans program account; and the rural economic develop16 ment loans program account.

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

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

19 be absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act.

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

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

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

23 expending the funds the entity will comply with sections

24 2 through 4 of the Act of March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 10a–

25 10c; popularly known as the ‘‘Buy American Act’’).
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1 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS; REQUIREMENT REGARD2 ING NOTICE.—

3 (1) PURCHASE OF AMERICAN-MADE EQUIPMENT

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

5 product that may be authorized to be purchased

6 with financial assistance provided using funds made

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

8 that entities receiving the assistance should, in ex9 pending the assistance, purchase only American10 made equipment and products.

11 (2) NOTICE TO RECIPIENTS OF ASSISTANCE.—

12 In providing financial assistance using funds made

13 available in this Act, the head of each Federal agen14 cy shall provide to each recipient of the assistance

15 a notice describing the statement made in paragraph

16 (1) by the Congress.

17 (c) PROHIBITION OF CONTRACTS WITH PERSONS

18 FALSELY LABELING PRODUCTS AS MADE IN AMERICA.—

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

20 agency that any person intentionally affixed a label bear21 ing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription, or any inscription

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

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

24 States, the person shall be ineligible to receive any con25 tract or subcontract made with funds made available in
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1 this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and ineli2 gibility procedures described in sections 9.400 through

3 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations.

4 SEC. 717. Notwithstanding the Federal Grant and

5 Cooperative Agreement Act, marketing services of the Ag6 ricultural Marketing Service may use cooperative agree7 ments to reflect a relationship between Agricultural Mar8 keting Service and a State or Cooperator to carry out agri9 cultural marketing programs.

10 SEC. 718. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR

11 HONEY PAYMENTS OR LOAN FORFEITURES.—Notwith12 standing any other provision of this Act, none of the funds

13 appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act shall

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

15 total amount of payments and/or total amount of loan for16 feitures to a person to support the price of honey under

17 section 207 of the Agriculture Agricultural Act of 1949

18 (7 U.S.C. 1446h) and section 405A of such Act (7 U.S.C.

19 1425a) in excess of zero dollars in the 1994, 1995, and

20 1996 crop years.

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

22 to retire more than 5 percent of the Class A stock of the

23 Rural Telephone Bank.

24 SEC. 720. None of the funds appropriated or other25 wise made available by this Act may be used to provide
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1 benefits to households whose benefits are calculated using

2 a standard deduction greater than the standard deduction

3 in effect for fiscal year 1995.

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

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

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

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

8 project, or activity is not in compliance with any applicable

9 Federal law relating to risk assessment, the protection of

10 private property rights, or unfunded mandates.

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

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

13 level, the level of Full Time Equivalency Positions (wheth14 er through new hires or by transferring full time eqivalents

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

16 Administration offices: Office of the Commissioner, Office

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

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

19 Affairs, Office of Consumer Affairs, and Office of Public

20 Affairs), and the Office of Management and Systems (Im21 mediate Office, as well as Office of Planning and Evalua22 tion and Office of Management).

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

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

25 salaries of personnel who carry out a market promotion
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1 program pursuant to section 203 of the Agricultural

2 Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5623) that provides assist3 ance to, the U.S. Mink Export Development Council or

4 any mink industry trade association.

5 SEC. 724. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise

6 made available by this Act shall be used to enroll in excess

7 of 100,000 acres in the fiscal year 1996 wetlands reserve

8 program, as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 3837.

9 SEC. 725. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise

10 made available by this Act shall be used to pay the salaries

11 of personnel who carry out an export enhancement program

12 (estimated to be $1,000,000,000 in the President’s fiscal

13 year 1996 Budget (H. Doc. 104–4)) if the aggregate amount

14 of funds and/or commodities under such program exceeds

15 $800,000,000.

16 SEC. 726. None of the funds made available in this

17 Act shall be used to pay the salaries of personnel to provide

18 assistance to livestock producers under provisions of title

19 VI of the Agricultural Act of 1949 if crop insurance protec20 tion or noninsured crop disaster assistance for the loss of

21 feed produced on the farm is available to the producer under

22 the Federal Crop Insurance Act, as amended.

23 SEC. 727. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise

24 made available by this Act shall be used to enroll additional

25 acres in the Conservation Reserve Program authorized by
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1 16 U.S.C. 3831–3845: Provided, That 1,579,000 new acres

2 shall be enrolled in the program in the year beginning Jan3 uary 1, 1997.

4 SEC. 728. DISASTER ASSISTANCE FOR INSECT DAM5 AGE TO 1995 COTTON CROP.—(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwith6 standing any other provision of law, such sums as may be

7 necessary, not to exceed $41,000,000, of funds of the Com8 modity Credit Corporation shall be available, through April

9 15, 1996, to producers of the 1995 crop of cotton that was

10 adversely affected by insect damage under terms and condi11 tions determined by the Secretary of Agriculture.

12 (b) ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE.—Any assistance pro13 vided under subsection (a) shall be in addition to any as14 sistance provided under Public Law 103–354 or any other

15 provision of law.

16 SEC. 729. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise

17 made available by this Act may be used to develop compli18 ance guidelines, implement or enforce a regulation promul19 gated by the Food Safety and Inspection Service on August

20 25, 1995 (60 Fed. Reg. 44396): Provided, That this regula21 tion shall take effect only if legislation is enacted into law

22 which directs the Secretary of Agriculture to promulgate

23 such regulation, or the House Committee on Agriculture

24 and the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and
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1 Forestry receive and approve a proposed revised regulation

2 submitted by the Secretary of Agriculture.

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

5 Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996’’.

Passed the House of Representatives July 21, 1995.

Attest: ROBIN H. CARLE,

Clerk.

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