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Calendar No. 409

105TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 2159

[Report No. 105–212]

Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug

Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending

September 30, 1999, and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JUNE 11, 1998

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

original bill; which was read twice and placed on the calendar

A BILL

Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development,

Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies

programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999,

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, 1999, 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, $2,836,000: Provided, That not to

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

14 and representation expenses, not otherwise provided for,

15 as determined by the Secretary.

16 EXECUTIVE OPERATIONS

17 CHIEF ECONOMIST

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

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

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

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

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

2 $5,048,000.

3 NATIONAL APPEALS DIVISION

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

7 U.S.C. 2225), of which not to exceed $25,000 is for em8 ployment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $11,718,000.

9 OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS

10 For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and

11 Program Analysis, including employment pursuant to the

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

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

14 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $5,986,000.

15 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER

16 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief In17 formation Officer, including employment pursuant to the

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

19 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), of which not to exceed $10,000

20 is for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $5,551,000.

21 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

22 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Fi23 nancial Officer, including employment pursuant to the sec24 ond sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944

25 (7 U.S.C. 2225), of which not to exceed $10,000 is for

26 employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $4,283,000: Provided,
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1 That the Chief Financial Officer shall actively market

2 cross-servicing activities of the National Finance Center.

3 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR

4 ADMINISTRATION

5 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of

6 the Assistant Secretary for Administration to carry out

7 the programs funded by this Act, $613,000.

8 AGRICULTURE BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES AND RENTAL

9 PAYMENTS

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

11 For payment of space rental and related costs pursu12 ant to Public Law 92–313, including authorities pursuant

13 to the 1984 delegation of authority from the Adminis14 trator of General Services to the Department of Agri15 culture under 40 U.S.C. 486, for programs and activities

16 of the Department which are included in this Act, and for

17 the operation, maintenance, and repair of Agriculture

18 buildings, $132,184,000: Provided, That in the event an

19 agency within the Department should require modification

20 of space needs, the Secretary of Agriculture may transfer

21 a share of that agency’s appropriation made available by

22 this Act to this appropriation, or may transfer a share

23 of this appropriation to that agency’s appropriation, but

24 such transfers shall not exceed 5 percent of the funds

25 made available for space rental and related costs to or
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1 from this account. In addition, for construction, repair,

2 improvement, extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed

3 equipment or facilities as necessary to carry out the pro4 grams of the Department, where not otherwise provided,

5 $5,000,000, to remain available until expended; making

6 a total appropriation of $137,184,000.

7 HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

9 For necessary expenses of the Department of Agri10 culture, to comply with the requirement of section 107(g)

11 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Com12 pensation, and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9607(g), and sec13 tion 6001 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act,

14 42 U.S.C. 6961, $15,700,000, to remain available until

15 expended: Provided, That appropriations and funds avail16 able herein to the Department for Hazardous Waste Man17 agement may be transferred to any agency of the Depart18 ment for its use in meeting all requirements pursuant to

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

20 DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

22 For Departmental Administration, $27,034,000, to

23 provide for necessary expenses for management support

24 services to offices of the Department and for general ad25 ministration and disaster management of the Department,
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1 repairs and alterations, and other miscellaneous supplies

2 and expenses not otherwise provided for and necessary for

3 the practical and efficient work of the Department, 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 is for employment under 5

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

8 reimbursed from applicable appropriations in this Act for

9 travel expenses incident to the holding of hearings as re10 quired by 5 U.S.C. 551–558.

11 OUTREACH FOR SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED FARMERS

12 For grants and contracts pursuant to section 2501

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

14 1990 (7 U.S.C. 2279), $3,000,000, to remain available

15 until expended.

16 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR

17 CONGRESSIONAL RELATIONS

18 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

19 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of

20 the Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations to

21 carry out the programs funded by this Act, including pro22 grams involving intergovernmental affairs and liaison

23 within the executive branch, $3,668,000: Provided, That

24 no other funds appropriated to the Department by this

25 Act shall be available to the Department for support of

26 activities of congressional relations: Provided further, That
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1 not less than $2,241,000 shall be transferred to agencies

2 funded by this Act to maintain personnel at the agency

3 level.

4 OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS

5 For necessary expenses to carry on services relating

6 to the coordination of programs involving public affairs,

7 for the dissemination of agricultural information, and the

8 coordination of information, work, and programs author9 ized by Congress in the Department, $8,138,000, includ10 ing employment pursuant to the second sentence of section

11 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), of

12 which not to exceed $10,000 shall be available for employ13 ment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, and not to exceed $2,000,000

14 may be used for farmers’ bulletins.

15 OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

17 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector

18 General, including employment pursuant to the second

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

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

21 $63,128,000, including such sums as may be necessary for

22 contracting and other arrangements with public agencies

23 and private persons pursuant to section 6(a)(9) of the In24 spector General Act of 1978, including a sum not to ex25 ceed $50,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109; and
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1 including a sum not to exceed $125,000, for certain con2 fidential operational expenses, including the payment of

3 informants, to be expended under the direction of the In4 spector General pursuant to Public Law 95–452 and sec5 tion 1337 of Public Law 97–98: Provided, That funds

6 transferred to the Office of the Inspector General through

7 forfeiture proceedings or from the Department of Justice

8 Assets Forfeiture Fund or the Department of the Treas9 ury Forfeiture Fund, as a participating agency, as an eq10 uitable share from the forfeiture of property in investiga11 tions in which the Office of the Inspector General partici12 pates, or through the granting of a Petition for Remission

13 or Mitigation, shall be deposited to the credit of this ac14 count for law enforcement activities authorized under the

15 Inspector General Act of 1978, to remain available until

16 expended.

17 OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL

18 For necessary expenses of the Office of the General

19 Counsel, $28,759,000.

20 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RESEARCH,

21 EDUCATION AND ECONOMICS

22 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of

23 the Under Secretary for Research, Education and Eco24 nomics to administer the laws enacted by the Congress

25 for the Economic Research Service, the National Agricul-
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1 tural Statistics Service, the Agricultural Research Service,

2 and the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Ex3 tension Service, $540,000.

4 ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE

5 For necessary expenses of the Economic Research

6 Service in conducting economic research and analysis, as

7 authorized by the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7

8 U.S.C. 1621–1627) and other laws, $53,109,000: Pro9 vided, That this appropriation shall be available for em10 ployment pursuant to the second sentence of section

11 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225).

12 NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE

13 For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural

14 Statistics Service in conducting statistical reporting and

15 service work, including crop and livestock estimates, sta16 tistical coordination and improvements, marketing sur17 veys, and the Census of Agriculture, as authorized by the

18 Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621–

19 1627), the Census of Agriculture Act of 1997 (Public Law

20 105–113), and other laws, $103,964,000, of which up to

21 $23,599,000 shall be available until expended for the Cen22 sus of Agriculture: Provided, That this appropriation shall

23 be available for employment pursuant to the second sen24 tence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7
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1 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $40,000 shall be available

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

3 AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

5 For necessary expenses to enable the Agricultural Re6 search Service to perform agricultural research and dem7 onstration relating to production, utilization, marketing,

8 and distribution (not otherwise provided for); home eco9 nomics or nutrition and consumer use including the acqui10 sition, preservation, and dissemination of agricultural in11 formation; and for acquisition of lands by donation, ex12 change, or purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed $100,

13 and for land exchanges where the lands exchanged shall

14 be of equal value or shall be equalized by a payment of

15 money to the grantor which shall not exceed 25 percent

16 of the total value of the land or interests transferred out

17 of Federal ownership, $767,921,000: Provided, That ap18 propriations hereunder shall be available for temporary

19 employment pursuant to the second sentence of section

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

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

22 under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That appropria23 tions hereunder shall be available for the operation and

24 maintenance of aircraft and the purchase of not to exceed

25 one for replacement only: Provided further, That appro-
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1 priations hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7

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

3 of buildings and improvements, but unless otherwise pro4 vided, the cost of constructing any one building shall not

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

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

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

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

9 building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent

10 of the current replacement value of the building or

11 $250,000, whichever is greater: Provided further, That the

12 limitations on alterations contained in this Act shall not

13 apply to modernization or replacement of existing facilities

14 at Beltsville, Maryland: Provided further, That appropria15 tions hereunder shall be available for granting easements

16 at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, including

17 an easement to the University of Maryland to construct

18 the Transgenic Animal Facility which upon completion

19 shall be accepted by the Secretary as a gift: Provided fur20 ther, That the foregoing limitations shall not apply to re21 placement of buildings needed to carry out the Act of April

22 24, 1948 (21 U.S.C. 113a): Provided further, That funds

23 may be received from any State, other political subdivi24 sion, organization, or individual for the purpose of estab25 lishing or operating any research facility or research
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1 project of the Agricultural Research Service, as authorized

2 by law.

3 None of the funds in the foregoing paragraph shall

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

7 In the fiscal year 1999, the agency is authorized to

8 charge fees, commensurate with the fair market value, for

9 any permit, easement, lease, or other special use author10 ization for the occupancy or use of land and facilities (in11 cluding land and facilities at the Beltsville Agricultural

12 Research Center) issued by the agency, as authorized by

13 law, and such fees shall be credited to this account, and

14 remain available until expended, for authorized purposes.

15 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

16 For acquisition of land, construction, repair, improve17 ment, extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed equip18 ment or facilities as necessary to carry out the agricultural

19 research programs of the Department of Agriculture,

20 where not otherwise provided, $45,430,000, to remain

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

22 funds may be received from any State, other political sub23 division, organization, or individual for the purpose of es24 tablishing any research facility of the Agricultural Re25 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 $173,796,000 to carry into

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

8 i); $21,112,000 for grants for cooperative forestry re9 search (16 U.S.C. 582a–a7); $28,567,000 for payments

10 to the 1890 land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee Uni11 versity (7 U.S.C. 3222); $49,200,000 for special grants

12 for agricultural research (7 U.S.C. 450i(c)); $15,048,000

13 for special grants for agricultural research on improved

14 pest control (7 U.S.C. 450i(c)); $97,200,000 for competi15 tive research grants (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)); $4,918,000 for

16 the support of animal health and disease programs (7

17 U.S.C. 3195); $550,000 for supplemental and alternative

18 crops and products (7 U.S.C. 3319d); $600,000 for grants

19 for research pursuant to the Critical Agricultural Mate20 rials Act of 1984 (7 U.S.C. 178) and section 1472 of the

21 Food and Agriculture Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3318), to

22 remain available until expended; $3,000,000 for higher

23 education graduate fellowship grants (7 U.S.C.

24 3152(b)(6)), to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C.

25 2209b); $4,350,000 for higher education challenge grants
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1 (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(1)); $1,000,000 for a higher education

2 multicultural scholars program (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(5)), to

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

4 $2,500,000 for an education grants program for Hispanic5 serving Institutions (7 U.S.C. 3241); $4,000,000 for

6 aquaculture grants (7 U.S.C. 3322); $8,000,000 for sus7 tainable agriculture research and education (7 U.S.C.

8 5811); $9,200,000 for a program of capacity building

9 grants (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(4)) to colleges eligible to receive

10 funds under the Act of August 30, 1890 (7 U.S.C. 321–

11 326 and 328), including Tuskegee University, to remain

12 available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); $1,494,000 for

13 payments to the 1994 Institutions pursuant to section

14 534(a)(1) of Public Law 103–382; and $10,247,000 for

15 necessary expenses of Research and Education Activities,

16 of which not to exceed $100,000 shall be for employment

17 under 5 U.S.C. 3109; in all, $434,782,000.

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 103–382

25 (7 U.S.C. 301 note), $4,600,000.
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1 EXTENSION ACTIVITIES

2 Payments to States, the District of Columbia, Puerto

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

4 Marianas, and American Samoa: For payments for coop5 erative extension work under the Smith-Lever Act, to be

6 distributed under sections 3(b) and 3(c) of said Act, and

7 under section 208(c) of Public Law 93–471, for retire8 ment and employees’ compensation costs for extension

9 agents and for costs of penalty mail for cooperative exten10 sion agents and State extension directors, $276,548,000;

11 payments for extension work at the 1994 Institutions

12 under the Smith-Lever Act (7 U.S.C. 343(b)(3)),

13 $2,060,000; payments for the nutrition and family edu14 cation program for low-income areas under section 3(d)

15 of the Act, $58,695,000; payments for the pest manage16 ment program under section 3(d) of the Act, $10,783,000;

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

18 of the Act, $2,855,000; payments for the pesticide impact

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

20 $3,214,000; payments to upgrade 1890 land-grant college

21 research, extension, and teaching facilities as authorized

22 by section 1447 of Public Law 95–113 (7 U.S.C. 3222b),

23 $8,304,000, to remain available until expended; payments

24 for the rural development centers under section 3(d) of

25 the Act, $908,000; payments for a groundwater quality
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1 program under section 3(d) of the Act, $9,061,000; pay2 ments for the agricultural telecommunications program,

3 as authorized by Public Law 101–624 (7 U.S.C. 5926),

4 $900,000; payments for youth-at-risk programs under sec5 tion 3(d) of the Act, $9,554,000; payments for a food safe6 ty program under section 3(d) of the Act, $2,365,000;

7 payments for carrying out the provisions of the Renewable

8 Resources Extension Act of 1978, $3,192,000; payments

9 for Indian reservation agents under section 3(d) of the

10 Act, $1,756,000; payments for sustainable agriculture

11 programs under section 3(d) of the Act, $3,309,000; pay12 ments for rural health and safety education as authorized

13 by section 2390 of Public Law 101–624 (7 U.S.C. 2661

14 note, 2662), $2,628,000; payments for cooperative exten15 sion work by the colleges receiving the benefits of the sec16 ond Morrill Act (7 U.S.C. 321–326 and 328) and

17 Tuskegee University, $25,843,000; and for Federal ad18 ministration and coordination including administration of

19 the Smith-Lever Act, and the Act of September 29, 1977

20 (7 U.S.C. 341–349), and section 1361(c) of the Act of

21 October 3, 1980 (7 U.S.C. 301 note), and to coordinate

22 and provide program leadership for the extension work of

23 the Department and the several States and insular posses24 sions, $10,206,000; in all, $432,181,000: Provided, That

25 funds hereby appropriated pursuant to section 3(c) of the
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1 Act of June 26, 1953, and section 506 of the Act of June

2 23, 1972, shall not be paid to any State, the District of

3 Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, or the Virgin Islands, Mi4 cronesia, Northern Marianas, and American Samoa prior

5 to availability of an equal sum from non-Federal sources

6 for expenditure during the current fiscal year.

7 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR

8 MARKETING AND REGULATORY PROGRAMS

9 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of

10 the Assistant Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory

11 Programs to administer programs under the laws enacted

12 by the Congress for the Animal and Plant Health Inspec13 tion Service, the Agricultural Marketing Service, and the

14 Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration,

15 $618,000.

16 ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

18 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

19 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, including

20 those pursuant to the Act of February 28, 1947 (21

21 U.S.C. 114b–c), necessary to prevent, control, and eradi22 cate pests and plant and animal diseases; to carry out in23 spection, quarantine, and regulatory activities; to dis24 charge the authorities of the Secretary of Agriculture

25 under the Act of March 2, 1931 (46 Stat. 1468; 7 U.S.C.

26 426–426b); and to protect the environment, as authorized
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1 by law, $424,473,000, of which $3,099,000 shall be avail2 able for the control of outbreaks of insects, plant diseases,

3 animal diseases and for control of pest animals and birds

4 to the extent necessary to meet emergency conditions: Pro5 vided, That no funds shall be used to formulate or admin6 ister a brucellosis eradication program for the current fis7 cal year that does not require minimum matching by the

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

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

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

13 3109: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be

14 available for the operation and maintenance of aircraft

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

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

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

20 available to the agencies or corporations of the Depart21 ment such sums as may be deemed necessary, to be avail22 able only in such emergencies for the arrest and eradi23 cation of contagious or infectious disease or pests of ani24 mals, poultry, or plants, and for expenses in accordance

25 with the Act of February 28, 1947, and section 102 of
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1 the Act of September 21, 1944, and any unexpended bal2 ances of funds transferred for such emergency purposes

3 in the next preceding fiscal year shall be merged with such

4 transferred amounts: Provided further, That appropria5 tions hereunder shall be available pursuant to law (7

6 U.S.C. 2250) for the repair and alteration of leased build7 ings and improvements, but unless otherwise provided, the

8 cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year

9 shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement

10 value of the building.

11 In fiscal year 1999, the agency is authorized to collect

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

14 subdivisions, domestic and international organizations,

15 foreign governments, or individuals, provided that such

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

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

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

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

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

22 Of the total amount available under this heading in

23 fiscal year 1999, $95,000,000 shall be derived from user

24 fees deposited in the Agricultural Quarantine Inspection

25 User Fee Account.
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1 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

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

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

6 authorized by 7 U.S.C. 428a, $4,200,000, to remain avail7 able until expended.

8 AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE

9 MARKETING SERVICES

10 For necessary expenses to carry on services related

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

14 of payments to States; including field employment pursu15 ant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Or16 ganic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed

17 $90,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109,

18 $45,567,000, including funds for the wholesale market de19 velopment program for the design and development of

20 wholesale and farmer market facilities for the major met21 ropolitan areas of the country: Provided, That this appro22 priation shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250)

23 for the alteration and repair of buildings and improve24 ments, but the cost of altering any one building during
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1 the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the current

2 replacement value of the building.

3 Fees may be collected for the cost of standardization

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

5 U.S.C. 9701).

6 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

7 Not to exceed $59,521,000 (from fees collected) shall

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

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

11 exceed this limitation by up to 10 percent with notification

12 to the Appropriations Committees.

13 FUNDS FOR STRENGTHENING MARKETS, INCOME, AND

14 SUPPLY (SECTION 32)

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

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

20 Department of Commerce as authorized by the Fish and

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

22 provided in this Act; and (3) not more than $10,998,000

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

25 Agreement Act of 1937 and the Agricultural Act of 1961.
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1 PAYMENTS TO STATES AND POSSESSIONS

2 For payments to departments of agriculture, bureaus

3 and departments of markets, and similar agencies for

4 marketing activities under section 204(b) of the Agricul5 tural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1623(b)),

6 $1,200,000.

7 GRAIN INSPECTION, PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS

8 ADMINISTRATION

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions

11 of the United States Grain Standards Act, for the admin12 istration of the Packers and Stockyards Act, for certifying

13 procedures used to protect purchasers of farm products,

14 and the standardization activities related to grain under

15 the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, including field

16 employment pursuant to the second sentence of section

17 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and

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

19 3109, $26,390,000: Provided, That this appropriation

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

21 alteration and repair of buildings and improvements, but

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

23 shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement

24 value of the building.
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1 INSPECTION AND WEIGHING SERVICES

2 LIMITATION ON INSPECTION AND WEIGHING SERVICE

3 EXPENSES

4 Not to exceed $42,557,000 (from fees collected) shall

5 be obligated during the current fiscal year for inspection

6 and weighing services: Provided, That if grain export ac7 tivities require additional supervision and oversight, or

8 other uncontrollable factors occur, this limitation may be

9 exceeded by up to 10 percent with notification to the Ap10 propriations Committees.

11 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD SAFETY

12 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of

13 the Under Secretary for Food Safety to administer the

14 laws enacted by the Congress for the Food Safety and In15 spection Service, $446,000.

16 FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

18 For necessary expenses to carry on services author19 ized by the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry

20 Products Inspection Act, and the Egg Products Inspection

21 Act, $605,149,000, and in addition, $1,000,000 may be

22 credited to this account from fees collected for the cost

23 of laboratory accreditation as authorized by section 1017

24 of Public Law 102–237: Provided, That this appropriation

25 shall not be available for shell egg surveillance under sec26 tion 5(d) of the Egg Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C.
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1 1034(d)): Provided further, That this appropriation shall

2 be available for field employment pursuant to the second

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

4 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $75,000 shall be available

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

6 That this appropriation shall be available pursuant to law

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

8 and improvements, but the cost of altering any one build9 ing during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of

10 the current replacement value of the building.

11 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FARM AND

12 FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICES

13 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of

14 the Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural

15 Services to administer the laws enacted by Congress for

16 the Farm Service Agency, the Foreign Agricultural Serv17 ice, the Risk Management Agency, and the Commodity

18 Credit Corporation, $572,000.

19 FARM SERVICE AGENCY

20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

22 For necessary expenses for carrying out the adminis23 tration and implementation of programs administered by

24 the Farm Service Agency, $710,842,000: Provided, That

25 the Secretary is authorized to use the services, facilities,

26 and authorities (but not the funds) of the Commodity
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1 Credit Corporation to make program payments for all pro2 grams administered by the Agency: Provided further, That

3 other funds made available to the Agency for authorized

4 activities may be advanced to and merged with this ac5 count: Provided further, That these funds shall be avail6 able for employment pursuant to the second sentence of

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

8 2225), and not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be available for

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

10 STATE MEDIATION GRANTS

11 For grants pursuant to section 502(b) of the Agricul12 tural Credit Act of 1987 (7 U.S.C. 5101–5106),

13 $2,000,000.

14 DAIRY INDEMNITY PROGRAM

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

16 For necessary expenses involved in making indemnity

17 payments to dairy farmers for milk or cows producing

18 such milk and manufacturers of dairy products who have

19 been directed to remove their milk or dairy products from

20 commercial markets because it contained residues of

21 chemicals registered and approved for use by the Federal

22 Government, and in making indemnity payments for milk,

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

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

25 commercial markets because of: (1) the presence of prod26 ucts of nuclear radiation or fallout if such contamination
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1 is not due to the fault of the farmer; or (2) residues of

2 chemicals or toxic substances not included under the first

3 sentence of the Act of August 13, 1968 (7 U.S.C. 450j),

4 if such chemicals or toxic substances were not used in a

5 manner contrary to applicable regulations or labeling in6 structions provided at the time of use and the contamina7 tion is not due to the fault of the farmer, $450,000, to

8 remain available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b): Pro9 vided, That none of the funds contained in this Act shall

10 be used to make indemnity payments to any farmer whose

11 milk was removed from commercial markets as a result

12 of the farmer’s willful failure to follow procedures pre13 scribed by the Federal Government: Provided further, That

14 this amount shall be transferred to the Commodity Credit

15 Corporation: Provided further, That the Secretary is au16 thorized to utilize the services, facilities, and authorities

17 of the Commodity Credit Corporation for the purpose of

18 making dairy indemnity disbursements.

19 AGRICULTURAL CREDIT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM

20 ACCOUNT

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

24 1928–1929, to be available from funds in the Agricultural

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

26 $488,872,000, of which $425,000,000 shall be for guaran-
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1 teed loans; operating loans, $1,788,378,000, of which

2 $992,906,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans

3 and $235,000,000 shall be for subsidized guaranteed

4 loans; Indian tribe land acquisition loans as authorized by

5 25 U.S.C. 488, $1,000,000; for emergency insured loans,

6 $25,000,000 to meet the needs resulting from natural dis7 asters; for boll weevil eradication program loans as author8 ized by 7 U.S.C. 1989, $40,000,000; and for credit sales

9 of acquired property, $25,000,000.

10 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including

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

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

13 ownership loans, $16,320,000, of which $6,758,000 shall

14 be for guaranteed loans; operating loans, $70,337,000, of

15 which $11,518,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed

16 loans and $20,539,000 shall be for subsidized guaranteed

17 loans; Indian tribe land acquisition loans as authorized by

18 25 U.S.C. 488, $153,000; for emergency insured loans,

19 $5,900,000 to meet the needs resulting from natural dis20 asters; for boll weevil eradication program loans as author21 ized by 7 U.S.C. 1989, $576,000; and for credit sales of

22 acquired property, $3,260,000.

23 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to

24 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs,

25 $219,861,000, of which $209,861,000 shall be transferred
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1 to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Farm Service

2 Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’.

3 RISK MANAGEMENT AGENCY

4 ADMINISTRATIVE AND OPERATING EXPENSES

5 For administrative and operating expenses, as au6 thorized by the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Re7 form Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 6933), $64,000,000: Provided,

8 That not to exceed $700 shall be available for official re9 ception and representation expenses, as authorized by 7

10 U.S.C. 1506(i).

11 CORPORATIONS

12 The following corporations and agencies are hereby

13 authorized to make expenditures, within the limits of

14 funds and borrowing authority available to each such cor15 poration or agency and in accord with law, and to make

16 contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year

17 limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government

18 Corporation Control Act as may be necessary in carrying

19 out the programs set forth in the budget for the current

20 fiscal year for such corporation or agency, except as here21 inafter provided.

22 FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION FUND

23 For payments as authorized by section 516 of the

24 Federal Crop Insurance Act, such sums as may be nec25 essary, to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C.

26 2209b).
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1 COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION FUND

2 REIMBURSEMENT FOR NET REALIZED LOSSES

3 For fiscal year 1999, 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 $8,439,000,000 in the President’s fiscal

7 year 1999 Budget Request (H. Doc. 105–177)), but not

8 to exceed $8,439,000,000, pursuant to section 2 of the

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

10 OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE FOR HAZARDOUS WASTE

11 MANAGEMENT

12 For fiscal year 1999, 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, 42 U.S.C. 9607(g), and section 6001

17 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C.

18 6961: Provided, That expenses shall be for operations and

19 maintenance costs only and that other hazardous waste

20 management costs shall be paid for by the USDA Hazard21 ous Waste Management appropriation in this Act.
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1 TITLE II

2 CONSERVATION PROGRAMS

3 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR NATURAL

4 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, $693,000.

10 NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE

11 CONSERVATION OPERATIONS

12 For necessary expenses for carrying out the programs

13 administered by the Natural Resources Conservation Serv14 ice, including the provisions of the Act of April 27, 1935

15 (16 U.S.C. 590a–f), including preparation of conservation

16 plans and establishment of measures to conserve soil and

17 water (including farm irrigation and land drainage and

18 such special measures for soil and water management as

19 may be necessary to prevent floods and the siltation of

20 reservoirs and to control agricultural related pollutants);

21 operation of conservation plant materials centers; classi22 fication and mapping of soil; dissemination of information;

23 acquisition of lands, water, and interests therein for use

24 in the plant materials program by donation, exchange, or

25 purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed $100 pursuant
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1 to the Act of August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 428a); purchase

2 and erection or alteration or improvement of permanent

3 and temporary buildings; and operation and maintenance

4 of aircraft, $638,231,000, to remain available until ex5 pended (7 U.S.C. 2209b), of which not less than

6 $5,835,000 is for snow survey and water forecasting and

7 not less than $9,025,000 is for operation and establish8 ment of the plant materials centers: Provided, That appro9 priations hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7

10 U.S.C. 2250 for construction and improvement of build11 ings and public improvements at plant materials centers,

12 except that the cost of alterations and improvements to

13 other buildings and other public improvements shall not

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

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

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

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

18 shall be available for technical assistance and related ex19 penses to carry out programs authorized by section 202(c)

20 of title II of the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control

21 Act of 1974 (43 U.S.C. 1592(c)): Provided further, That

22 no part of this appropriation may be expended for soil and

23 water conservation operations under the Act of April 27,

24 1935 in demonstration projects: Provided further, That

25 this appropriation shall be available for employment pur-
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1 suant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Or2 ganic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed

3 $25,000 shall be available for employment under 5 U.S.C.

4 3109: Provided further, That qualified local engineers may

5 be temporarily employed at per diem rates to perform the

6 technical planning work of the Service (16 U.S.C. 590e–

7 2).

8 WATERSHED SURVEYS AND PLANNING

9 For necessary expenses to conduct research, inves10 tigation, and surveys of watersheds of rivers and other wa11 terways, and for small watershed investigations and plan12 ning, in accordance with the Watershed Protection and

13 Flood Prevention Act approved August 4, 1954 (16 U.S.C.

14 1001–1009), $11,190,000: Provided, That this appropria15 tion shall be available for employment pursuant to the sec16 ond sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944

17 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $110,000 shall be

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

19 WATERSHED AND FLOOD PREVENTION OPERATIONS

20 For necessary expenses to carry out preventive meas21 ures, including but not limited to research, engineering op22 erations, methods of cultivation, the growing of vegetation,

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

24 in accordance with the Watershed Protection and Flood

25 Prevention Act approved August 4, 1954 (16 U.S.C.

26 1001–1005, 1007–1009), the provisions of the Act of
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1 April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–f), and in accordance

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

3 Department, $101,036,000, to remain available until ex4 pended (7 U.S.C. 2209b) (of which up to $15,000,000

5 may be available for the watersheds authorized under the

6 Flood Control Act approved June 22, 1936 (33 U.S.C.

7 701, 16 U.S.C. 1006a)): Provided, That this appropriation

8 shall be available for employment pursuant to the second

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

10 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $200,000 shall be avail11 able for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided fur12 ther, That not to exceed $1,000,000 of this appropriation

13 is available to carry out the purposes of the Endangered

14 Species Act of 1973 (Public Law 93–205), including coop15 erative efforts as contemplated by that Act to relocate en16 dangered or threatened species to other suitable habitats

17 as may be necessary to expedite project construction.

18 RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT

19 For necessary expenses in planning and carrying out

20 projects for resource conservation and development and

21 for sound land use pursuant to the provisions of section

22 32(e) of title III of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act

23 (7 U.S.C. 1010–1011; 76 Stat. 607), the Act of April 27,

24 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–f), and the Agriculture and Food

25 Act of 1981 (16 U.S.C. 3451–3461), $34,377,000, to re26 main available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b): 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 $50,000 shall be available for employment under 5 U.S.C.

5 3109.

6 FORESTRY INCENTIVES PROGRAM

7 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,

8 to carry out the program of forestry incentives, as author9 ized by the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978

10 (16 U.S.C. 2101), including technical assistance and relat11 ed expenses, $6,325,000, to remain available until ex12 pended, as authorized by that Act.

13 TITLE III

14 RURAL ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY

15 DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS

16 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RURAL

17 DEVELOPMENT

18 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of

19 the Under Secretary for Rural Development to administer

20 programs under the laws enacted by the Congress for the

21 Rural Housing Service, the Rural Business-Cooperative

22 Service, and the Rural Utilities Service of the Department

23 of Agriculture, $588,000.
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1 RURAL COMMUNITY ADVANCEMENT PROGRAM

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

4 grants, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1926, 1926a, 1926c,

5 and 1932, except for sections 381E–H and 381N of the

6 Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C.

7 2009f), $700,201,000, to remain available until expended,

8 of which $29,786,000 shall be for rural community pro9 grams described in section 381E(d)(1) of the Consolidated

10 Farm and Rural Development Act; of which $622,522,000

11 shall be for the rural utilities programs described in sec12 tion 381E(d)(2) of such Act; and of which $47,893,000

13 shall be for the rural business and cooperative develop14 ment programs described in section 381E(d)(3) of such

15 Act: Provided, That of the amount appropriated for the

16 rural business and cooperative development programs, not

17 to exceed $500,000 shall be made available for a grant

18 to a qualified national organization to provide technical

19 assistance for rural transportation in order to promote

20 economic development: Provided further, That of the total

21 amount appropriated, 3 percent shall be reserved for fed22 erally recognized Indian tribes through July 31, 1999, and

23 if not used by Indian tribes shall be available for use by

24 other qualified applicants: Provided further, That of the

25 total amount appropriated, not to exceed $1,000,000 shall

26 be available under 7 U.S.C. 381O and shall be used only
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1 for demonstration programs: Provided further, That of the

2 amount appropriated for rural utilities programs, not to

3 exceed $20,000,000 shall be for water and waste disposal

4 systems to benefit the Colonias along the United States/

5 Mexico border, including grants pursuant to section 306C

6 of such Act; not to exceed $25,000,000 shall be for water

7 and waste disposal systems for rural and native villages

8 in Alaska pursuant to section 306D of such Act; not to

9 exceed $16,215,000 shall be for technical assistance

10 grants for rural waste systems pursuant to section

11 306(a)(14) of such Act; and not to exceed $5,200,000

12 shall be for contracting with qualified national organiza13 tions for a circuit rider program to provide technical as14 sistance for rural water systems: Provided further, That

15 of the total amount appropriated, not to exceed

16 $33,926,000 shall be available through June 30, 1999, for

17 empowerment zones and enterprise communities, as au18 thorized by Public Law 103–66, of which $1,844,000 shall

19 be for rural community programs described in section

20 381E(d)(1) of such Act; of which $24,900,100 shall be

21 for the rural utilities programs described in section

22 381E(d)(2) of such Act; of which $8,134,000 shall be for

23 the rural business and cooperative development programs

24 described in section 381E(d)(3) of such Act.
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1 RURAL HOUSING SERVICE

2 RURAL HOUSING INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

4 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di5 rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by title V of the

6 Housing Act of 1949, to be available from funds in the

7 rural housing insurance fund, as follows: $4,000,000,000

8 for loans to section 502 borrowers, as determined by the

9 Secretary, of which $3,000,000,000 shall be for unsub10 sidized guaranteed loans; $30,000,000 for section 504

11 housing repair loans; $75,000,000 for section 538 guaran12 teed multi-family housing loans; $15,758,000 for section

13 514 farm labor housing; $128,640,000 for section 515

14 rental housing; $5,000,000 for section 524 site loans;

15 $25,000,000 for credit sales of acquired property, of which

16 up to $4,000,000 may be for multi-family credit sales; and

17 $5,000,000 for section 523 self-help housing land develop18 ment loans.

19 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including

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

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

22 502 loans, $120,900,000, of which $2,700,000 shall be for

23 unsubsidized guaranteed loans; section 504 housing repair

24 loans, $10,569,000; section 538 multi-family housing

25 guaranteed loans, $1,740,000; section 514 farm labor

26 housing, $8,199,000; section 515 rental housing,
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1 $62,069,000; section 524 site loans, $16,000; credit sales

2 of acquired property, $3,826,000, of which up to

3 $1,932,000 may be for multi-family credit sales; and sec4 tion 523 self-help housing land development loans,

5 $282,000: Provided, That of the total amount appro6 priated in this paragraph, $10,380,100 shall be for em7 powerment zones and enterprise communities, as author8 ized by Public Law 103–66: Provided further, That if such

9 funds are not obligated for empowerment zones and enter10 prise communities by June 30, 1999, they shall remain

11 available for other authorized purposes under this head.

12 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to

13 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs,

14 $360,785,000, which shall be transferred to and merged

15 with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Housing Service, Sala16 ries and Expenses’’.

17 RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

18 For rental assistance agreements entered into or re19 newed pursuant to the authority under section 521(a)(2)

20 or agreements entered into in lieu of debt forgiveness or

21 payments for eligible households as authorized by section

22 502(c)(5)(D) of the Housing Act of 1949, $583,397,000;

23 and, in addition, such sums as may be necessary, as au24 thorized by section 521(c) of the Act, to liquidate debt

25 incurred prior to fiscal year 1992 to carry out the rental

26 assistance program under section 521(a)(2) of the Act:
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1 Provided, That of this amount, not more than $5,900,000

2 shall be available for debt forgiveness or payments for eli3 gible households as authorized by section 502(c)(5)(D) of

4 the Act, and not to exceed $10,000 per project for ad5 vances to nonprofit organizations or public agencies to

6 cover direct costs (other than purchase price) incurred in

7 purchasing projects pursuant to section 502(c)(5)(C) of

8 the Act: Provided further, That agreements entered into

9 or renewed during fiscal year 1999 shall be funded for

10 a five-year period, although the life of any such agreement

11 may be extended to fully utilize amounts obligated.

12 MUTUAL AND SELF-HELP HOUSING GRANTS

13 For grants and contracts pursuant to section

14 523(b)(1)(A) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C.

15 1490c), $26,000,000, to remain available until expended

16 (7 U.S.C. 2209b): Provided, That of the total amount ap17 propriated, $1,000,000 shall be for empowerment zones

18 and enterprise communities, as authorized by Public Law

19 103–66: Provided further, That if such funds are not obli20 gated for empowerment zones and enterprise communities

21 by June 30, 1999, they shall remain available for other

22 authorized purposes under this head.

23 RURAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE GRANTS

24 For grants and contracts for housing for domestic

25 farm labor, very low-income housing repair, supervisory

26 and technical assistance, compensation for construction
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1 defects, and rural housing preservation made by the Rural

2 Housing Service, as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 1474,

3 1479(c), 1486, 1490e, and 1490m, $45,720,000, to re4 main available until expended: Provided, That of the total

5 amount appropriated, $1,372,000 shall be for empower6 ment zones and enterprise communities, as authorized by

7 Public Law 103–66: Provided further, That if such funds

8 are not obligated for empowerment zones and enterprise

9 communities by June 30, 1999, they shall remain available

10 for other authorized purposes under this head.

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For necessary expenses of the Rural Housing Service,

13 including administering the programs authorized by the

14 Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, title V

15 of the Housing Act of 1949, and cooperative agreements,

16 $60,978,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall be

17 available for employment pursuant to the second sentence

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

19 2225), and not to exceed $520,000 may be used for em20 ployment under 5 U.S.C. 3109.

21 RURAL BUSINESS-COOPERATIVE SERVICE

22 RURAL DEVELOPMENT LOAN FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

24 For the cost of direct loans, $16,615,000, as author25 ized by the Rural Development Loan Fund (42 U.S.C.

26 9812(a)): Provided, That such costs, including the cost of
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1 modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502

2 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided fur3 ther, That these funds are available to subsidize gross obli4 gations for the principal amount of direct loans of

5 $33,000,000: Provided further, That through June 30,

6 1999, of the total amount appropriated, $3,215,520 shall

7 be available for the cost of direct loans for empowerment

8 zones and enterprise communities, as authorized by title

9 XIII of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993,

10 to subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount of

11 direct loans, $7,246,000: Provided further, That if such

12 funds are not obligated for empowerment zones and enter13 prise communities by June 30, 1999, they shall remain

14 available for other authorized purposes under this head.

15 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out

16 the direct loan programs, $3,482,000 shall be transferred

17 to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Busi18 ness-Cooperative Service, Salaries and Expenses’’.

19 RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LOANS PROGRAM

20 ACCOUNT

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

22 For the principal amount of direct loans, as author23 ized under section 313 of the Rural Electrification Act,

24 for the purpose of promoting rural economic development

25 and job creation projects, $23,000,000.
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1 For the cost of direct loans, including the cost of

2 modifying loans as defined in section 502 of the Congres3 sional Budget Act of 1974, $5,801,000.

4 Of the funds derived from interest on the cushion of

5 credit payments in fiscal year 1999, as authorized by sec6 tion 313 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936,

7 $3,783,000 shall not be obligated and $3,783,000 are re8 scinded.

9 RURAL COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS

10 For rural cooperative development grants authorized

11 under section 310B(e) of the Consolidated Farm and

12 Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932), $3,000,000, of

13 which $1,300,000 shall be available for cooperative agree14 ments for the appropriate technology transfer for rural

15 areas program and $250,000 shall be available for an agri16 business and cooperative development program.

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

18 For necessary expenses of the Rural Business-Coop19 erative Service, including administering the programs au20 thorized by the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop21 ment Act; section 1323 of the Food Security Act of 1985;

22 the Cooperative Marketing Act of 1926; for activities re23 lating to the marketing aspects of cooperatives, including

24 economic research findings, as authorized by the Agricul25 tural Marketing Act of 1946; for activities with institu26 tions concerning the development and operation of agricul-
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1 tural cooperatives; and for cooperative agreements;

2 $25,680,000: 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), and not to exceed $260,000 may be used for em6 ployment under 5 U.S.C. 3109.

7 ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND

8 COMMERCIALIZATION CORPORATION REVOLVING FUND

9 For necessary expenses to carry out the Alternative

10 Agricultural Research and Commercialization Act of 1990

11 (7 U.S.C. 5901–5908), $7,000,000 are appropriated to

12 the Alternative Agricultural Research and Commercializa13 tion Corporation Revolving Fund.

14 RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE

15 RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

16 LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

18 Insured loans pursuant to the authority of section

19 305 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C.

20 935) shall be made as follows: 5 percent rural electrifica21 tion loans, $71,500,000; 5 percent rural telecommuni22 cations loans, $75,000,000; cost of money rural tele23 communications loans, $250,000,000; municipal rate rural

24 electric loans, $295,000,000; and loans made pursuant to

25 section 306 of that Act, rural electric, $700,000,000 and
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1 rural telecommunications, $120,000,000, to remain avail2 able until expended.

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

6 the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935 and

7 936), as follows: cost of direct loans, $16,667,000; cost

8 of municipal rate loans, $25,842,000; cost of money rural

9 telecommunications loans, $675,000: Provided, That not10 withstanding section 305(d)(2) of the Rural Electrifica11 tion Act of 1936, borrower interest rates may exceed 7

12 percent per year.

13 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to

14 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs,

15 $29,982,000, which shall be transferred to and merged

16 with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Utilities Service, Sala17 ries and Expenses’’.

18 RURAL TELEPHONE BANK PROGRAM ACCOUNT

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

20 The Rural Telephone Bank is hereby authorized to

21 make such expenditures, within the limits of funds avail22 able to such corporation in accord with law, and to make

23 such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal

24 year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Govern25 ment Corporation Control Act, as may be necessary in car26 rying out its authorized programs. During fiscal year 1999
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1 and within the resources and authority available, gross ob2 ligations for the principal amount of direct loans shall be

3 $140,000,000.

4 For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Con5 gressional Budget Act of 1974, including the cost of modi6 fying loans, of direct loans authorized by the Rural Elec7 trification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935), $3,710,000.

8 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to

9 carry out the loan programs, $3,000,000, which shall be

10 transferred to and merged with the appropriation for

11 ‘‘Rural Utilities Service, Salaries and Expenses’’.

12 DISTANCE LEARNING AND TELEMEDICINE PROGRAM

13 For the cost of direct loans and grants, as authorized

14 by 7 U.S.C. 950aaa et seq., $12,680,000, to remain avail15 able until expended, to be available for loans and grants

16 for telemedicine and distance learning services in rural

17 areas: Provided, That the costs of direct loans shall be

18 as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act

19 of 1974.

20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

21 For necessary expenses of the Rural Utilities Service,

22 including administering the programs authorized by the

23 Rural Electrification Act of 1936, and the Consolidated

24 Farm and Rural Development Act, and for cooperative

25 agreements, $33,000,000: Provided, That this appropria26 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 $105,000 may be used

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

4 TITLE IV

5 DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS

6 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD,

7 NUTRITION AND CONSUMER SERVICES

8 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of

9 the Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer

10 Services to administer the laws enacted by the Congress

11 for the Food and Nutrition Service, $554,000.

12 CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS

13 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

14 For necessary expenses to carry out the National

15 School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.), except section

16 21, and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771

17 et seq.), except sections 17 and 21; $9,219,897,000, to

18 remain available through September 30, 2000, of which

19 $4,171,747,000 are hereby appropriated and

20 $5,048,150,000 shall be derived by transfer from funds

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

22 (7 U.S.C. 612c): Provided, That up to $4,300,000 shall

23 be available for independent verification of school food

24 service claims.
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1 SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR

2 WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN (WIC)

3 For necessary expenses to carry out the special sup4 plemental nutrition program as authorized by section 17

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

6 $3,924,000,000, to remain available through September

7 30, 2000: Provided, That up to $15,000,000 may be used

8 to carry out the farmers’ market nutrition program: Pro9 vided further, That none of the funds in this Act shall be

10 available to pay administrative expenses of WIC clinics,

11 except those that have an announced policy of prohibiting

12 smoking within the space used to carry out the program:

13 Provided further, That none of the funds provided in this

14 account shall be available for the purchase of infant for15 mula except in accordance with the cost containment and

16 competitive bidding requirements specified in section 17

17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966.

18 FOOD STAMP PROGRAM

19 For necessary expenses to carry out the Food Stamp

20 Act (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), $23,781,806,000, of which

21 $100,000,000 shall be placed in reserve for use only in

22 such amounts and at such times as may become necessary

23 to carry out program operations: Provided, That not to

24 exceed $5,700,000 of the funds made available under this

25 head shall be used for studies and evaluations: Provided

26 further, That funds provided herein shall be expended in
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1 accordance with section 16 of the Food Stamp Act: Pro2 vided further, That this appropriation shall be subject to

3 any work registration or workfare requirements as may

4 be required by law: Provided further, That funds made

5 available for Employment and Training under this head

6 shall remain available until expended, as authorized by

7 section 16(h)(1) of the Food Stamp Act.

8 COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

9 For necessary expenses to carry out the commodity

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

11 of the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973

12 (7 U.S.C. 612c note) and the Emergency Food Assistance

13 Act of 1983, $141,000,000, to remain available through

14 September 30, 2000: Provided, That none of these funds

15 shall be available to reimburse the Commodity Credit Cor16 poration for commodities donated to the program.

17 FOOD DONATIONS PROGRAMS FOR SELECTED GROUPS

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

19 the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 (7

20 U.S.C. 612c note), and section 311 of the Older Ameri21 cans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3030a), $141,081,000, to

22 remain available through September 30, 2000.

23 FOOD PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION

24 For necessary administrative expenses of the domes25 tic food programs funded under this Act, $109,069,000,

26 of which $5,000,000 shall be available only for simplifying
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1 procedures, reducing overhead costs, tightening regula2 tions, improving food stamp coupon handling, and assist3 ance in the prevention, identification, and prosecution of

4 fraud and other violations of law: Provided, That this ap5 propriation shall be available for employment pursuant to

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

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

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

9 TITLE V

10 FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED

11 PROGRAMS

12 FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE AND GENERAL SALES

13 MANAGER

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

15 For necessary expenses of the Foreign Agricultural

16 Service, including carrying out title VI of the Agricultural

17 Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1761–1768), market development

18 activities abroad, and for enabling the Secretary to coordi19 nate and integrate activities of the Department in connec20 tion with foreign agricultural work, including not to exceed

21 $128,000 for representation allowances and for expenses

22 pursuant to section 8 of the Act approved August 3, 1956

23 (7 U.S.C. 1766), $131,795,000: Provided, That of the

24 total amount appropriated, up to $2,000,000 is available

25 solely for the purpose of offsetting fluctuations in inter-
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1 national currency exchange rates and these funds and any

2 other funds that are deposited into the overseas exchange

3 rate account shall be available until expended: Provided

4 further, That the Service may utilize advances of funds,

5 or reimburse this appropriation for expenditures made on

6 behalf of Federal agencies, public and private organiza7 tions and institutions under agreements executed pursu8 ant to the agricultural food production assistance pro9 grams (7 U.S.C. 1736) and the foreign assistance pro10 grams of the International Development Cooperation Ad11 ministration (22 U.S.C. 2392).

12 None of the funds in the foregoing paragraph shall

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

14 tobacco products.

15 PUBLIC LAW 480 PROGRAM AND GRANT ACCOUNTS

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

17 For expenses during the current fiscal year, not oth18 erwise recoverable, and unrecovered prior years’ costs, in19 cluding interest thereon, under the Agricultural Trade De20 velopment and Assistance Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1691,

21 1701–1704, 1721–1726a, 1727–1727e, 1731–1736g–3,

22 and 1737), as follows: (1) $203,475,000 for Public Law

23 480 title I credit, including Food for Progress programs;

24 (2) $17,608,000 is hereby appropriated for ocean freight

25 differential costs for the shipment of agricultural commod26 ities pursuant to title I of said Act and the Food for
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1 Progress Act of 1985; (3) $837,000,000 is hereby appro2 priated for commodities supplied in connection with dis3 positions abroad pursuant to title II of said Act; and (4)

4 $30,000,000 is hereby appropriated for commodities sup5 plied in connection with dispositions abroad pursuant to

6 title III of said Act: Provided, That not to exceed 15 per7 cent of the funds made available to carry out any title

8 of said Act may be used to carry out any other title of

9 said Act: Provided further, That such sums shall remain

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

11 For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Con12 gressional Budget Act of 1974, of direct credit agreements

13 as authorized by the Agricultural Trade Development and

14 Assistance Act of 1954, and the Food for Progress Act

15 of 1985, including the cost of modifying credit agreements

16 under said Act, $176,596,000.

17 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out

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

19 for Progress Act of 1985, to the extent funds appropriated

20 for Public Law 480 are utilized, $1,850,000, of which

21 $1,035,000 may be transferred to and merged with the

22 appropriation for ‘‘Foreign Agricultural Service and Gen23 eral Sales Manager’’ and $815,000 may be transferred to

24 and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Farm Service

25 Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’.
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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, $3,820,000; 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

10 $3,231,000 may be transferred to and merged with the

11 appropriation for ‘‘Foreign Agricultural Service and Gen12 eral Sales Manager’’ and $589,000 may be transferred to

13 and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Farm Service

14 Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’.

15 TITLE VI

16 RELATED AGENCIES AND FOOD AND DRUG

17 ADMINISTRATION

18 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN

19 SERVICES

20 FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

22 For necessary expenses of the Food and Drug Ad23 ministration, including hire and purchase of passenger

24 motor vehicles; for payment of space rental and related

25 costs pursuant to Public Law 92–313 for programs and

26 activities of the Food and Drug Administration which are
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1 included in this Act; for rental of special purpose space

2 in the District of Columbia or elsewhere; and for mis3 cellaneous and emergency expenses of enforcement activi4 ties, authorized and approved by the Secretary and to be

5 accounted for solely on the Secretary’s certificate, not to

6 exceed $25,000; $1,072,640,000, of which not to exceed

7 $132,273,000 in fees pursuant to section 736 of the Fed8 eral Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act may be credited to

9 this appropriation and remain available until expended:

10 Provided, That fees derived from applications received

11 during fiscal year 1999 shall be subject to the fiscal year

12 1999 limitation: Provided further, That none of these

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

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

15 In addition, fees pursuant to section 354 of the Pub16 lic Health Service Act may be credited to this account,

17 to remain available until expended.

18 In addition, fees pursuant to section 801 of the Fed19 eral Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act may be credited to

20 this account, to remain available until expended.

21 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

22 For plans, construction, repair, improvement, exten23 sion, alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facili24 ties of or used by the Food and Drug Administration,

25 where not otherwise provided, $12,350,000, to remain

26 available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b).
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1 DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

2 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE

3 PAYMENTS TO THE FARM CREDIT SYSTEM FINANCIAL

4 ASSISTANCE CORPORATION

5 For necessary payments to the Farm Credit System

6 Financial Assistance Corporation by the Secretary of the

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

8 Credit Act of 1971, for reimbursement of interest ex9 penses incurred by the Financial Assistance Corporation

10 on obligations issued through 1994, as authorized,

11 $2,565,000.

12 INDEPENDENT AGENCY

13 COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION

14 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions

15 of the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), in16 cluding the purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles;

17 the rental of space (to include multiple year leases) in the

18 District of Columbia and elsewhere; and not to exceed

19 $25,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109;

20 $61,000,000, including not to exceed $1,000 for official

21 reception and representation expenses: Provided, That the

22 Commission is authorized to charge reasonable fees to

23 attendees of Commission sponsored educational events and

24 symposia to cover the Commission’s costs of providing

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

2 available without further appropriation.

3 TITLE VII—GENERAL PROVISIONS

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

5 appropriations and authorizations made for the Depart6 ment of Agriculture for the fiscal year 1999 under this

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

8 specifically provided for, of not to exceed 440 passenger

9 motor vehicles, of which 437 shall be for replacement only,

10 and for the hire of such vehicles.

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

14 5902).

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

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

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

20 be available for contracting in accordance with said Acts

21 and chapter.

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

23 Working Capital Fund for the purpose of accumulating

24 growth capital for data services and National Finance

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

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

5 SEC. 705. New obligational authority provided for the

6 following appropriation items in this Act shall remain

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

8 Plant Health Inspection Service, the contingency fund to

9 meet emergency conditions, fruit fly program, integrated

10 systems acquisition project, and up to $2,000,000 for

11 costs associated with collocating regional offices; Farm

12 Service Agency, salaries and expenses funds made avail13 able to county committees; and Foreign Agricultural Serv14 ice, middle-income country training program.

15 New obligational authority for the boll weevil pro16 gram; up to 10 percent of the screwworm program of the

17 Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service; Food Safety

18 and Inspection Service, field automation and information

19 management project; funds appropriated for rental pay20 ments; funds for the Native American Institutions Endow21 ment Fund in the Cooperative State Research, Education,

22 and Extension Service; and funds for the competitive re23 search grants (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)), shall remain available

24 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 restrict the authority of the Commodity Credit

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

6 on behalf of other agencies of the Department of Agri7 culture when such space will be jointly occupied.

8 SEC. 711. With the exception of grants awarded

9 under the Small Business Innovation Development Act of

10 1982, Public Law 97–219 (15 U.S.C. 638), none of the

11 funds in this Act shall be available to pay indirect costs

12 on research grants awarded competitively by the Coopera13 tive State Research, Education, and Extension Service

14 that exceed 14 percent of total Federal funds provided

15 under each award.

16 SEC. 712. Notwithstanding any other provisions of

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

19 SEC. 713. Appropriations to the Department of Agri20 culture for the cost of direct and guaranteed loans made

21 available in fiscal year 1999 shall remain available until

22 expended to cover obligations made in fiscal year 1999 for

23 the following accounts: the rural development loan fund

24 program account; the Rural Telephone Bank program ac25 count; the rural electrification and telecommunications
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1 loans program account; and the rural economic develop2 ment loans program account.

3 SEC. 714. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal

4 year 1999 pay raises for programs funded by this Act shall

5 be absorbed within the levels appropriated by this Act.

6 SEC. 715. Notwithstanding the Federal Grant and

7 Cooperative Agreement Act, marketing services of the Ag8 ricultural Marketing Service and the Animal and Plant

9 Health Inspection Service may use cooperative agreements

10 to reflect a relationship between the Agricultural Market11 ing Service or the Animal and Plant Health Inspection

12 Service and a State or Cooperator to carry out agricultural

13 marketing programs or to carry out programs to protect

14 the Nation’s animal and plant resources.

15 SEC. 716. None of the funds in this Act may be used

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

17 Rural Telephone Bank or to maintain any account or sub18 account within the accounting records of the Rural Tele19 phone Bank the creation of which has not specifically been

20 authorized by statute: Provided, That notwithstanding any

21 other provision of law, none of the funds appropriated or

22 otherwise made available in this Act may be used to trans23 fer to the Treasury or to the Federal Financing Bank any

24 unobligated balance of the Rural Telephone Bank tele25 phone liquidating account which is in excess of current
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1 requirements and such balance shall receive interest as set

2 forth for financial accounts in section 505(c) of the Fed3 eral Credit Reform Act of 1990.

4 SEC. 717. Hereafter, none of the funds made avail5 able to the Department of Agriculture may be used to pro6 vide assistance to, or to pay the salaries of personnel who

7 carry out a market promotion/market access program pur8 suant to section 203 of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978

9 (7 U.S.C. 5623) that provides assistance to the United

10 States Mink Export Development Council or any mink in11 dustry trade association.

12 SEC. 718. Of the funds made available by this Act,

13 not more than $1,350,000 shall be used to cover necessary

14 expenses of activities related to all advisory committees,

15 panels, commissions, and task forces of the Department

16 of Agriculture, except for panels used to comply with nego17 tiated rule makings and panels used to evaluate competi18 tively awarded grants.

19 SEC. 719. None of the funds appropriated in this Act

20 may be used to carry out the provisions of section 918

21 of Public Law 104–127, the Federal Agriculture Improve22 ment and Reform Act.

23 SEC. 720. No employee of the Department of Agri24 culture may be detailed or assigned from an agency or

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1 of the Department for more than 30 days unless the indi2 vidual’s employing agency or office is fully reimbursed by

3 the receiving agency or office for the salary and expenses

4 of the employee for the period of assignment.

5 SEC. 721. None of the funds appropriated or other6 wise made available to the Department of Agriculture

7 shall be used to transmit or otherwise make available to

8 any non-Department of Agriculture employee questions or

9 responses to questions that are a result of information re10 quested for the appropriations hearing process.

11 SEC. 722. None of the funds made available to the

12 Department of Agriculture by this Act may be used to ac13 quire new information technology systems or significant

14 upgrades, as determined by the Office of the Chief Infor15 mation Officer, without the approval of the Chief Informa16 tion Officer and the concurrence of the Executive Informa17 tion Technology Investment Review Board.

18 SEC. 723. (a) None of the funds provided by this Act,

19 or provided by previous Appropriations Acts to the agen20 cies funded by this Act that remain available for obligation

21 or expenditure in fiscal year 1999, or provided from any

22 accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived by

23 the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by

24 this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure

25 through a reprogramming of funds which: (1) creates new
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1 programs; (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity;

2 (3) increases funds or personnel by any means for any

3 project or activity for which funds have been denied or

4 restricted; (4) relocates an office or employees; (5) reorga5 nizes offices, programs, or activities; or (6) contracts out

6 or privatizes any functions or activities presently per7 formed by Federal employees; unless the Appropriations

8 Committees of both Houses of Congress are notified fif9 teen days in advance of such reprogramming of funds.

10 (b) None of the funds provided by this Act, or pro11 vided by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies

12 funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or

13 expenditure in fiscal year 1999, or provided from any ac14 counts in the Treasury of the United States derived by

15 the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by

16 this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure

17 for activities, programs, or projects through a reprogram18 ming of funds in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, which19 ever is less, that: (1) augments existing programs,

20 projects, or activities; (2) reduces by 10 percent funding

21 for any existing program, project, or activity, or numbers

22 of personnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or

23 (3) results from any general savings from a reduction in

24 personnel which would result in a change in existing pro25 grams, activities, or projects as approved by Congress; un-
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1 less the Appropriations Committees of both Houses of

2 Congress are notified fifteen days in advance of such re3 programming of funds.

4 SEC. 724. Hereafter, none of the funds appropriated

5 or otherwise available to the Department of Agriculture

6 may be used to administer the provision of contract pay7 ments to a producer under the Agricultural Market Tran8 sition Act (7 U.S.C. 7201 et seq.) for contract acreage

9 on which wild rice is planted unless the contract payment

10 is reduced by an acre for each contract acre planted to

11 wild rice.

12 SEC. 725. The Federal facility located in Stuttgart,

13 Arkansas, and known as the ‘‘United States National Rice

14 Germplasm Evaluation and Enhancement Center’’, shall

15 be known and designated as the ‘‘Dale Bumpers National

16 Rice Research Center’’: Provided, That any reference in

17 law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of

18 the United States to such federal facility shall be deemed

19 to be a reference to the ‘‘Dale Bumpers National Rice Re20 search Center’’.

21 SEC. 726. Notwithstanding any other provision of

22 law, the Secretary of Agriculture, subject to the re23 programming requirements established by this Act, may

24 transfer up to $26,000,000 in discretionary funds made

25 available by this Act among programs of the Department,
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1 not otherwise appropriated for a specific purpose or a spe2 cific location, for distribution to or for the benefit of the

3 Lower Mississippi Delta Region, as defined in Public Law

4 100–460, prior to normal state or regional allocation of

5 funds: Provided, That any funds made available through

6 Chapter Four of Title III, Subtitle D of the Federal Agri7 culture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 may be in8 cluded in any amount reprogrammed under this section

9 if such funds are used for a purpose authorized by such

10 Chapter.

11 SEC. 727. None of the funds appropriated or other12 wise made available by this Act may be used to pay the

13 salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out section 793

14 of Public Law 104–127.

15 SEC. 728. None of the funds appropriated or other16 wise made available by this Act may be used to pay the

17 salaries and expenses of personnel to enroll in excess of

18 140,000 acres in the fiscal year 1999 wetlands reserve

19 program as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 3837.

20 SEC. 729. Notwithstanding section 27(a) of the Food

21 Stamp Act, the amount specified for allocation under such

22 section for fiscal year 1999 shall be $80,000,000.

23 SEC. 730. None of the funds appropriated or other24 wise made available by this Act shall be used to pay the

25 salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out a conserva-
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1 tion farm option program, as authorized by section 335

2 of Public Law 104–127.

3 SEC. 731. Public Law 102–237, Title X, Section

4 1013(a) and (b) (7 U.S.C. 426 note) is amended by strik5 ing ‘‘, to the extent practicable,’’ in each instance in which

6 it appears.

7 SEC. 732. Funds made available for conservation op8 erations by this or any other Act, including prior-year bal9 ances, shall be available for financial assistance and tech10 nical assistance for Franklin County, Mississippi, in the

11 amounts earmarked in appropriations report language.

12 SEC. 733. Notwithstanding section 381A of Public

13 Law 104–127, the definitions of rural areas for certain

14 business programs administered by the Rural Business15 Cooperative Service and the community facilities programs

16 administered by the Rural Housing Service shall be those

17 provided for in statute and regulations prior to the enact18 ment of Public Law 104–127.

19 SEC. 734. Section 306D of the Consolidated Farm

20 and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1926d) is amended

21 by inserting ‘‘25 percent in’’ in lieu of ‘‘equal’’ in sub22 section (b), and by inserting ‘‘$25,000,000’’ in lieu of

23 ‘‘$15,000,000’’ in subsection (d).

24 SEC. 735. None of the funds made available to the

25 Food and Drug Administration by this Act shall be used
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1 to close or relocate, or to plan to close or relocate, the

2 Food and Drug Administration Division of Drug Analysis

3 in St. Louis, Missouri.

4 SEC. 736. None of the funds appropriated or other5 wise made available by this Act shall be used to carry out

6 any commodity purchase program which would prohibit

7 participation by a farmer-owned cooperative.

8 SEC. 737. None of the funds made available by this

9 Act or any other Act for any fiscal year may be used to

10 carry out section 302(h) of the Agricultural Marketing Act

11 of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1622(h)) unless the Secretary of Agri12 culture inspects and certifies agricultural processing

13 equipment, and imposes a fee for the inspection and cer14 tification, in a manner that is similar to the inspection

15 and certification of agricultural products under that sec16 tion, as determined by the Secretary: Provided, That this

17 provision shall not affect the authority of the Secretary

18 to carry out the Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C.

19 601 et seq.), the Poultry Products Inspection Act (21

20 U.S.C. 451 et seq.), or the Egg Products Inspection Act

21 (21 U.S.C. 1031 et seq.).

22 SEC. 738. (a) AMENDMENT OF THE ARMS EXPORT

23 CONTROL ACT.—Section 102(b)(2)(D) of the Arms Ex24 port Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2799aa–1(b)(2)(D)) is

25 amended—
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1 (1) in clause (i) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end;

2 (2) in clause (ii) by striking the period at the

3 end and inserting ‘‘, or’’; and

4 (3) by inserting after clause (ii) the following:

5 ‘‘(iii) to any credit, credit guarantee, or

6 other financial assistance provided by the De7 partment of Agriculture for the purchase or

8 other provision of food or other agricultural

9 commodities.’’.

10 (b) The amendments made by subsection (a) shall

11 apply to any credit, credit guarantee, or other financial

12 assistance approved by the Department of Agriculture be13 fore, on, or after the date of enactment of this Act.

14 (c) Amounts made available by this section are des15 ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement

16 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget

17 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended:

18 Provided, That such amounts shall be available only to the

19 extent that an official budget request that includes des20 ignation of the entire amount of the request as an emer21 gency requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and

22 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is

23 transmitted by the President to the Congress.
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1 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Agriculture, Rural De2 velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related

3 Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999’’.
Calendar No. 409

105TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 2159

[Report No. 105–212]

A BILL

Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Deposes. ending September 30, 1999, and for other pur- Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and

JUNE 11, 1998

Read twice and placed on the calendar