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106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1906

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

AUGUST 4, 1999

Ordered to be printed with the amendments of the Senate numbered

AN ACT

Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development,

Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies

for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, 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 Ω1æThat the following sums are appropriated, out of any

4 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the

5 fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for other pur6 poses, namely:
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1 TITLE I

2 AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS

3 PRODUCTION, PROCESSING, AND MARKETING

4 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

6 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary

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

8 under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $2,836,000: Provided, That not to

9 exceed $11,000 of this amount, along with any unobli10 gated balances of representation funds in the Foreign Ag11 ricultural Service, shall be available for official reception

12 and representation expenses, not otherwise provided for,

13 as determined by the Secretary: Provided further, That

14 none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made avail15 able by this Act may be used to pay the salaries and ex16 penses of personnel of the Department of Agriculture to

17 carry out section 793(c)(1)(C) of Public Law 104–127:

18 Provided further, That none of the funds made available

19 by this Act may be used to enforce section 793(d) of Pub20 lic Law 104–127.

21 EXECUTIVE OPERATIONS

22 CHIEF ECONOMIST

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

25 analysis, energy and new uses, and the functions of the
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1 World Agricultural Outlook Board, as authorized by the

2 Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1622g), and

3 including employment pursuant to the second sentence of

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

5 2225), of which not to exceed $5,000 is for employment

6 under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $5,620,000.

7 NATIONAL APPEALS DIVISION

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

11 U.S.C. 2225), of which not to exceed $25,000 is for em12 ployment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $11,718,000.

13 OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS

14 For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and

15 Program Analysis, including employment pursuant to the

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

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

18 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $6,583,000.

19 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER

20 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief In21 formation Officer, including employment pursuant to the

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

23 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), of which not to exceed $10,000

24 is for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $6,051,000 (re25 duced by $500,000).
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1 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

2 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Fi3 nancial Officer, including employment pursuant to the sec4 ond sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944

5 (7 U.S.C. 2225), of which not to exceed $10,000 is for

6 employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $4,283,000.

7 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR

8 ADMINISTRATION

9 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of

10 the Assistant Secretary for Administration to carry out

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

12 AGRICULTURE BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES AND RENTAL

13 PAYMENTS

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

15 For payment of space rental and related costs pursu16 ant to Public Law 92–313, including authorities pursuant

17 to the 1984 delegation of authority from the Adminis18 trator of General Services to the Department of Agri19 culture under 40 U.S.C. 486, for programs and activities

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

21 the operation, maintenance, and repair of Agriculture

22 buildings, $140,364,000: Provided, That in the event an

23 agency within the Department should require modification

24 of space needs, the Secretary of Agriculture may transfer

25 a share of that agency’s appropriation made available by
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1 this Act to this appropriation, or may transfer a share

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

3 such transfers shall not exceed 5 percent of the funds

4 made available for space rental and related costs to or

5 from this account. In addition, for construction, repair,

6 improvement, extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed

7 equipment or facilities as necessary to carry out the pro8 grams of the Department, where not otherwise provided,

9 $26,000,000, to remain available until expended; making

10 a total appropriation of $166,364,000.

11 HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

13 For necessary expenses of the Department of Agri14 culture, to comply with the requirement of section 107(g)

15 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Com16 pensation, and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9607(g), and sec17 tion 6001 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act,

18 42 U.S.C. 6961, $15,700,000, to remain available until

19 expended: Provided, That appropriations and funds avail20 able herein to the Department for Hazardous Waste Man21 agement may be transferred to any agency of the Depart22 ment for its use in meeting all requirements pursuant to

23 the above Acts on Federal and non-Federal lands.
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1 DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

3 For Departmental Administration, $36,117,000, to

4 provide for necessary expenses for management support

5 services to offices of the Department and for general ad6 ministration and disaster management of the Department,

7 repairs and alterations, and other miscellaneous supplies

8 and expenses not otherwise provided for and necessary for

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

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

14 reimbursed from applicable appropriations in this Act for

15 travel expenses incident to the holding of hearings as re16 quired by 5 U.S.C. 551–558.

17 OUTREACH FOR SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED FARMERS

18 For grants and contracts pursuant to section 2501

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

20 1990 (7 U.S.C. 2279), $3,000,000, to remain available

21 until expended.
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1 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR

2 CONGRESSIONAL RELATIONS

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

4 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of

5 the Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations to

6 carry out the programs funded by this Act, including pro7 grams involving intergovernmental affairs and liaison

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

9 no other funds appropriated to the Department by this

10 Act shall be available to the Department for support of

11 activities of congressional relations: Provided further, That

12 not less than $2,241,000 shall be transferred to agencies

13 funded by this Act to maintain personnel at the agency

14 level.

15 OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS

16 For necessary expenses to carry on services relating

17 to the coordination of programs involving public affairs,

18 for the dissemination of agricultural information, and the

19 coordination of information, work, and programs author20 ized by Congress in the Department, $8,138,000, includ21 ing employment pursuant to the second sentence of section

22 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), of

23 which not to exceed $10,000 shall be available for employ24 ment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, and not to exceed $2,000,000

25 may be used for farmers’ bulletins.
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1 OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

3 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector

4 General, including employment pursuant to the second

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

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

7 $65,128,000, including such sums as may be necessary for

8 contracting and other arrangements with public agencies

9 and private persons pursuant to section 6(a)(9) of the In10 spector General Act of 1978, including not to exceed

11 $50,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109; and includ12 ing not to exceed $125,000 for certain confidential oper13 ational expenses, including the payment of informants, to

14 be expended under the direction of the Inspector General

15 pursuant to Public Law 95–452 and section 1337 of Pub16 lic Law 97–98.

17 OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL

18 For necessary expenses of the Office of the General

19 Counsel, $29,194,000.

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, $940,000.

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, $70,266,000: 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 7

18 U.S.C. 1621–1627, Public Law 105–113, and other laws,

19 $100,559,000, of which up to $16,490,000 shall be avail20 able until expended for the Census of Agriculture: Pro21 vided, That this appropriation shall be available for em22 ployment pursuant to the second sentence of section

23 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and

24 not to exceed $40,000 shall be available for employment

25 under 5 U.S.C. 3109.
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1 AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE

2 For necessary expenses to enable the Agricultural Re3 search Service to perform agricultural research and dem4 onstration relating to production, utilization, marketing,

5 and distribution (not otherwise provided for); home eco6 nomics or nutrition and consumer use including the acqui7 sition, preservation, and dissemination of agricultural in8 formation; and for acquisition of lands by donation, ex9 change, or purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed $100,

10 and for land exchanges where the lands exchanged shall

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

12 money to the grantor which shall not exceed 25 percent

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

14 of Federal ownership, $836,381,000 (reduced by

15 $13,000,000): Provided, That appropriations hereunder

16 shall be available for temporary employment pursuant to

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

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

19 be available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Pro20 vided further, That appropriations hereunder shall be

21 available for the operation and maintenance of aircraft

22 and the purchase of not to exceed one for replacement

23 only: Provided further, That appropriations hereunder

24 shall be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for the con25 struction, alteration, and repair of buildings and improve-
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1 ments, but unless otherwise provided, the cost of con2 structing any one building shall not exceed $250,000, ex3 cept for headhouses or greenhouses which shall each be

4 limited to $1,000,000, and except for ten buildings to be

5 constructed or improved at a cost not to exceed $500,000

6 each, and the cost of altering any one building during the

7 fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the current re8 placement value of the building or $250,000, whichever

9 is greater: Provided further, That the limitations on alter10 ations contained in this Act shall not apply to moderniza11 tion or replacement of existing facilities at Beltsville,

12 Maryland: Provided further, That appropriations here13 under shall be available for granting easements at the

14 Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, including an ease15 ment to the University of Maryland to construct the

16 Transgenic Animal Facility which upon completion shall

17 be accepted by the Secretary as a gift: Provided further,

18 That the foregoing limitations shall not apply to replace19 ment of buildings needed to carry out the Act of April

20 24, 1948 (21 U.S.C. 113a): Provided further, That funds

21 may be received from any State, other political subdivi22 sion, organization, or individual for the purpose of estab23 lishing or operating any research facility or research

24 project of the Agricultural Research Service, as authorized

25 by law.
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1 None of the funds in the foregoing paragraph shall

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

5 In fiscal year 2000, the agency is authorized to

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

7 any permit, easement, lease, or other special use author8 ization for the occupancy or use of land and facilities (in9 cluding land and facilities at the Beltsville Agricultural

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

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

12 shall remain available until expended for authorized pur13 poses.

14 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

15 For acquisition of land, construction, repair, improve16 ment, extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed equip17 ment or facilities as necessary to carry out the agricultural

18 research programs of the Department of Agriculture,

19 where not otherwise provided, $44,500,000, to remain

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

21 funds may be received from any State, other political sub22 division, organization, or individual for the purpose of es23 tablishing any research facility of the Agricultural Re24 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 $180,545,000 to carry into

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

8 i), $21,932,000 for grants for cooperative forestry re9 search (16 U.S.C. 582a–a7), $29,676,000 for payments

10 to the 1890 land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee Uni11 versity (7 U.S.C. 3222), $62,916,000 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)), $105,411,000 for competi15 tive research grants (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)), $5,109,000 for

16 the support of animal health and disease programs (7

17 U.S.C. 3195), $750,000 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 $2,850,000 for an education grants program for Hispanic5 serving Institutions (7 U.S.C. 3241), $500,000 for a sec6 ondary agriculture education program and two-year post7 secondary education (7 U.S.C. 3152 (h)), $4,000,000 for

8 aquaculture grants (7 U.S.C. 3322), $8,000,000 for sus9 tainable agriculture research and education (7 U.S.C.

10 5811), $9,200,000 for a program of capacity building

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

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

13 326 and 328), including Tuskegee University, to remain

14 available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b), $1,552,000 for

15 payments to the 1994 Institutions pursuant to section

16 534(a)(1) of Public Law 103–382; and $10,888,000 for

17 necessary expenses of Research and Education Activities,

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

19 under 5 U.S.C. 3109; in all, $467,327,000.

20 None of the funds in the foregoing paragraph shall

21 be available to carry out research related to the produc22 tion, processing or marketing of tobacco or tobacco prod23 ucts.
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1 NATIVE AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS ENDOWMENT FUND

2 For establishment of a Native American institutions

3 endowment fund, as authorized by Public Law 103–382

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

5 EXTENSION ACTIVITIES

6 Payments to States, the District of Columbia, Puerto

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

8 Marianas, and American Samoa: for payments for cooper9 ative extension work under the Smith-Lever Act, to be dis10 tributed under sections 3(b) and 3(c) of said Act, and

11 under section 208(c) of Public Law 93–471, for retire12 ment and employees’ compensation costs for extension

13 agents and for costs of penalty mail for cooperative exten14 sion agents and State extension directors, $276,548,000;

15 payments for extension work at the 1994 Institutions

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

17 $2,060,000; payments for the nutrition and family edu18 cation program for low-income areas under section 3(d)

19 of the Act, $58,695,000; payments for the pest manage20 ment program under section 3(d) of the Act, $10,783,000;

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

22 of the Act, $3,000,000; payments for the pesticide impact

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

24 $3,214,000; payments to upgrade research, extension, and

25 teaching facilities at the 1890 land-grant colleges, includ26 ing Tuskegee University, as authorized by section 1447
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1 of Public Law 95–113 (7 U.S.C. 3222b), $8,426,000, to

2 remain available until expended; payments for the rural

3 development centers under section 3(d) of the Act,

4 $908,000; payments for a groundwater quality program

5 under section 3(d) of the Act, $9,561,000; payments for

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

7 $9,000,000; payments for a food safety program under

8 section 3(d) of the Act, $7,365,000; payments for carrying

9 out the provisions of the Renewable Resources Extension

10 Act of 1978, $3,192,000; payments for Indian reservation

11 agents under section 3(d) of the Act, $1,714,000; pay12 ments for sustainable agriculture programs under section

13 3(d) of the Act, $3,309,000; payments for rural health

14 and safety education as authorized by section 2390 of

15 Public Law 101–624 (7 U.S.C. 2661 note, 2662),

16 $2,628,000; payments for cooperative extension work by

17 the colleges receiving the benefits of the second Morrill

18 Act (7 U.S.C. 321–326 and 328) and Tuskegee Univer19 sity, $25,843,000; and for Federal administration and co20 ordination including administration of the Smith-Lever

21 Act, and the Act of September 29, 1977 (7 U.S.C. 341–

22 349), and section 1361(c) of the Act of October 3, 1980

23 (7 U.S.C. 301 note), and to coordinate and provide pro24 gram leadership for the extension work of the Department

25 and the several States and insular possessions,
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1 $12,741,000; in all, $438,987,000: Provided, That funds

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

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

4 23, 1972, shall not be paid to any State, the District of

5 Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, or the Virgin Islands, Mi6 cronesia, Northern Marianas, and American Samoa prior

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

8 for expenditure during the current fiscal year.

9 INTEGRATED ACTIVITIES

10 For the integrated research, education, and extension

11 competitive grants programs, including necessary adminis12 trative expenses, $10,000,000.

13 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR MARKETING

14 AND REGULATORY PROGRAMS

15 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of

16 the Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Pro17 grams to administer programs under the laws enacted by

18 the Congress for the Animal and Plant Health Inspection

19 Service, the Agricultural Marketing Service, and the Grain

20 Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration,

21 $618,000.
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1 ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

4 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, including

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

6 U.S.C. 114b–c), necessary to prevent, control, and eradi7 cate pests and plant and animal diseases; to carry out in8 spection, quarantine, and regulatory activities; to dis9 charge the authorities of the Secretary of Agriculture

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

11 426–426b); and to protect the environment, as authorized

12 by law, $444,000,000, of which $4,105,000 shall be avail13 able for the control of outbreaks of insects, plant diseases,

14 animal diseases and for control of pest animals and birds

15 to the extent necessary to meet emergency conditions: Pro16 vided, That no funds shall be used to formulate or admin17 ister a brucellosis eradication program for the current fis18 cal year that does not require minimum matching by the

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

20 appropriation shall be available for field employment pur21 suant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Or22 ganic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed

23 $40,000 shall be available for employment under 5 U.S.C.

24 3109: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be

25 available for the operation and maintenance of aircraft
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1 and the purchase of not to exceed four, of which two shall

2 be for replacement only: Provided further, That, in addi3 tion, in emergencies which threaten any segment of the

4 agricultural production industry of this country, the Sec5 retary may transfer from other appropriations or funds

6 available to the agencies or corporations of the Depart7 ment such sums as may be deemed necessary, to be avail8 able only in such emergencies for the arrest and eradi9 cation of contagious or infectious disease or pests of ani10 mals, poultry, or plants, and for expenses in accordance

11 with the Act of February 28, 1947, and section 102 of

12 the Act of September 21, 1944, and any unexpended bal13 ances of funds transferred for such emergency purposes

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

15 transferred amounts: Provided further, That appropria16 tions hereunder shall be available pursuant to law (7

17 U.S.C. 2250) for the repair and alteration of leased build18 ings and improvements, but unless otherwise provided the

19 cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year

20 shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement

21 value of the building.

22 In fiscal year 2000, the agency is authorized to collect

23 fees to cover the total costs of providing technical assist24 ance, goods, or services requested by States, other political

25 subdivisions, domestic and international organizations,
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1 foreign governments, or individuals, provided that such

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

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

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

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

6 until expended, without further appropriation, for pro7 viding such assistance, goods, or services.

8 Of the total amount available under this heading in

9 fiscal year 2000, $87,000,000 shall be derived from user

10 fees deposited in the Agricultural Quarantine Inspection

11 User Fee Account.

12 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

13 For plans, construction, repair, preventive mainte14 nance, environmental support, improvement, extension, al15 teration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities, as

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

17 authorized by 7 U.S.C. 428a, $7,200,000, to remain avail18 able until expended.

19 AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE

20 MARKETING SERVICES

21 For necessary expenses to carry on services related

22 to consumer protection, agricultural marketing and dis23 tribution, transportation, and regulatory programs, as au24 thorized by law, and for administration and coordination

25 of payments to States, including field employment pursu-
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1 ant 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 $90,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109,

4 $49,152,000, including funds for the wholesale market de5 velopment program for the design and development of

6 wholesale and farmer market facilities for the major met7 ropolitan areas of the country: Provided, That this appro8 priation shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250)

9 for the alteration and repair of buildings and improve10 ments, but the cost of altering any one building during

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

12 replacement value of the building.

13 Fees may be collected for the cost of standardization

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

15 U.S.C. 9701).

16 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEVEL

17 Not to exceed $60,730,000 (from fees collected) shall

18 be obligated during the current fiscal year for administra19 tive expenses: Provided, That if crop size is understated

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

21 exceed this limitation by up to 10 percent with notification

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

2 SUPPLY (SECTION 32)

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

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

8 Department of Commerce as authorized by the Fish and

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

10 provided in this Act; and (3) not more than $12,443,000

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

13 Agreement Act of 1937 and the Agricultural Act of 1961.

14 PAYMENTS TO STATES AND POSSESSIONS

15 For payments to departments of agriculture, bureaus

16 and departments of markets, and similar agencies for

17 marketing activities under section 204(b) of the Agricul18 tural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1623(b)),

19 $1,200,000.

20 GRAIN INSPECTION, PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS

21 ADMINISTRATION

22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

23 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions

24 of the United States Grain Standards Act, for the admin25 istration of the Packers and Stockyards Act, for certifying

26 procedures used to protect purchasers of farm products,
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1 and the standardization activities related to grain under

2 the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, including field

3 employment pursuant to the second sentence of section

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

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

6 3109, $26,448,000: Provided, That this appropriation

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

8 alteration and repair of buildings and improvements, but

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

10 shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement

11 value of the building.

12 LIMITATION ON INSPECTION AND WEIGHING SERVICES

13 EXPENSES

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

15 be obligated during the current fiscal year for inspection

16 and weighing services: Provided, That if grain export ac17 tivities require additional supervision and oversight, or

18 other uncontrollable factors occur, this limitation may be

19 exceeded by up to 10 percent with notification to the Ap20 propriations Committees.

21 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD SAFETY

22 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of

23 the Under Secretary for Food Safety to administer the

24 laws enacted by the Congress for the Food Safety and In25 spection Service, $446,000.
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1 FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE

2 For necessary expenses to carry out services author3 ized by the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry

4 Products Inspection Act, and the Egg Products Inspection

5 Act, $652,955,000, and in addition, $1,000,000 may be

6 credited to this account from fees collected for the cost

7 of laboratory accreditation as authorized by section 1017

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

9 shall not be available for shell egg surveillance under sec10 tion 5(d) of the Egg Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C.

11 1034(d)): Provided further, That this appropriation shall

12 be available for field employment pursuant to the second

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

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

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

16 That this appropriation shall be available pursuant to law

17 (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and repair of buildings

18 and improvements, but the cost of altering any one build19 ing during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of

20 the current replacement value of the building.

21 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FARM AND

22 FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICES

23 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of

24 the Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural

25 Services to administer the laws enacted by Congress for
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1 the Farm Service Agency, the Foreign Agricultural Serv2 ice, the Risk Management Agency, and the Commodity

3 Credit Corporation, $572,000.

4 FARM SERVICE AGENCY

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

7 For necessary expenses for carrying out the adminis8 tration and implementation of programs administered by

9 the Farm Service Agency, $794,839,000: Provided, That

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

11 and authorities (but not the funds) of the Commodity

12 Credit Corporation to make program payments for all pro13 grams administered by the Agency: Provided further, That

14 other funds made available to the Agency for authorized

15 activities may be advanced to and merged with this ac16 count: Provided further, That these funds shall be avail17 able for employment pursuant to the second sentence of

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

19 2225), and not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be available for

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

21 STATE MEDIATION GRANTS

22 For grants pursuant to section 502(b) of the Agricul23 tural Credit Act of 1987 (7 U.S.C. 5101–5106),

24 $4,000,000.
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1 DAIRY INDEMNITY PROGRAM

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

3 For necessary expenses involved in making indemnity

4 payments to dairy farmers for milk or cows producing

5 such milk and manufacturers of dairy products who have

6 been directed to remove their milk or dairy products from

7 commercial markets because it contained residues of

8 chemicals registered and approved for use by the Federal

9 Government, and in making indemnity payments for milk,

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

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

12 commercial markets because of: (1) the presence of prod13 ucts of nuclear radiation or fallout if such contamination

14 is not due to the fault of the farmer; or (2) residues of

15 chemicals or toxic substances not included under the first

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

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

18 manner contrary to applicable regulations or labeling in19 structions provided at the time of use and the contamina20 tion is not due to the fault of the farmer, $450,000, to

21 remain available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b): Pro22 vided, That none of the funds contained in this Act shall

23 be used to make indemnity payments to any farmer whose

24 milk was removed from commercial markets as a result

25 of the farmer’s willful failure to follow procedures pre-
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1 scribed by the Federal Government: Provided further,

2 That this amount shall be transferred to the Commodity

3 Credit Corporation: Provided further, That the Secretary

4 is authorized to utilize the services, facilities, and authori5 ties of the Commodity Credit Corporation for the purpose

6 of making dairy indemnity disbursements.

7 AGRICULTURAL CREDIT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM

8 ACCOUNT

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

10 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di11 rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by 7 U.S.C.

12 1928–1929, to be available from funds in the Agricultural

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

14 $559,422,000, of which $431,373,000 shall be for guaran15 teed loans; operating loans, $2,295,284,000, of which

16 $1,697,842,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed

17 loans and $97,442,000 shall be for subsidized guaranteed

18 loans; Indian tribe land acquisition loans as authorized by

19 25 U.S.C. 488, $1,028,000; for emergency insured loans,

20 $53,000,000 to meet the needs resulting from natural dis21 asters; and for boll weevil eradication program loans as

22 authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1989, $100,000,000.

23 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including

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

25 the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: farm
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1 ownership loans, $7,243,000, of which $2,416,000 shall

2 be for guaranteed loans; operating loans, $61,825,000, of

3 which $23,940,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed

4 loans and $8,585,000 shall be for subsidized guaranteed

5 loans; Indian tribe land acquisition loans as authorized by

6 25 U.S.C. 488, $21,000; and for emergency insured loans,

7 $8,231,000 to meet the needs resulting from natural dis8 asters.

9 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to

10 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs,

11 $214,161,000, of which $209,861,000 shall be transferred

12 to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Farm Service

13 Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’.

14 RISK MANAGEMENT AGENCY

15 For administrative and operating expenses, as au16 thorized by the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Re17 form Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 6933), $70,716,000: Provided,

18 That not to exceed $700 shall be available for official re19 ception and representation expenses, as authorized by 7

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

21 CORPORATIONS

22 The following corporations and agencies are hereby

23 authorized to make expenditures, within the limits of

24 funds and borrowing authority available to each such cor25 poration or agency and in accord with law, and to make
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1 contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year

2 limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government

3 Corporation Control Act as may be necessary in carrying

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

5 fiscal year for such corporation or agency, except as here6 inafter provided.

7 FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION FUND

8 For payments as authorized by section 516 of the

9 Federal Crop Insurance Act, such sums as may be nec10 essary, to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C.

11 2209b).

12 COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION FUND

13 REIMBURSEMENT FOR NET REALIZED LOSSES

14 For fiscal year 2000, such sums as may be necessary

15 to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for net

16 realized losses sustained, but not previously reimbursed

17 (estimated to be $14,368,000,000 in the President’s fiscal

18 year 2000 Budget Request (H. Doc. 106–3)), but not to

19 exceed $14,368,000,000, pursuant to section 2 of the Act

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

21 OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE FOR HAZARDOUS WASTE

22 MANAGEMENT

23 For fiscal year 2000, the Commodity Credit Corpora24 tion shall not expend more than $5,000,000 for expenses

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

26 Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation,
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1 and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9607(g), and section 6001

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

3 6961: Provided, That expenses shall be for operations and

4 maintenance costs only and that other hazardous waste

5 management costs shall be paid for by the USDA Haz6 ardous Waste Management appropriation in this Act.

7 TITLE II

8 CONSERVATION PROGRAMS

9 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR NATURAL

10 RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT

11 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of

12 the Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environ13 ment to administer the laws enacted by the Congress for

14 the Forest Service and the Natural Resources Conserva15 tion Service, $693,000.

16 NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE

17 CONSERVATION OPERATIONS

18 For necessary expenses for carrying out the provi19 sions of the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–f),

20 including preparation of conservation plans and establish21 ment of measures to conserve soil and water (including

22 farm irrigation and land drainage and such special meas23 ures for soil and water management as may be necessary

24 to prevent floods and the siltation of reservoirs and to con25 trol agricultural related pollutants); operation of conserva-
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1 tion plant materials centers; classification and mapping of

2 soil; dissemination of information; acquisition of lands,

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

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

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

6 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 428a); purchase and erection or alter7 ation or improvement of permanent and temporary build8 ings; and operation and maintenance of aircraft,

9 $654,243,000, to remain available until expended (7

10 U.S.C. 2209b), of which not less than $6,124,000 is for

11 snow survey and water forecasting and not less than

12 $9,238,000 is for operation and establishment of the plant

13 materials centers: Provided, That appropriations here14 under shall be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for

15 construction and improvement of buildings and public im16 provements at plant materials centers, except that the cost

17 of alterations and improvements to other buildings and

18 other public improvements shall not exceed $250,000: Pro19 vided further, That when buildings or other structures are

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

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

22 further, That this appropriation shall be available for tech23 nical assistance and related expenses to carry out pro24 grams authorized by section 202(c) of title II of the Colo25 rado River Basin Salinity Control Act of 1974 (43 U.S.C.
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1 1592(c)): Provided further, That no part of this appropria2 tion may be expended for soil and water conservation oper3 ations under the Act of April 27, 1935 in demonstration

4 projects: Provided further, That this appropriation shall

5 be available for employment pursuant to the second sen6 tence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7

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

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

9 That qualified local engineers may be temporarily em10 ployed at per diem rates to perform the technical planning

11 work of the Service (16 U.S.C. 590e–2).

12 WATERSHED SURVEYS AND PLANNING

13 For necessary expenses to conduct research, inves14 tigation, and surveys of watersheds of rivers and other wa15 terways, and for small watershed investigations and plan16 ning, in accordance with the Watershed Protection and

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

18 1001–1009), $10,368,000: Provided, That this appropria19 tion shall be available for employment pursuant to the sec20 ond sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944

21 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $110,000 shall be

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

23 WATERSHED AND FLOOD PREVENTION OPERATIONS

24 For necessary expenses to carry out preventive meas25 ures, including but not limited to research, engineering op-
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1 erations, methods of cultivation, the growing of vegetation,

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

3 in accordance with the Watershed Protection and Flood

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

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

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

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

8 Department, $99,443,000, to remain available until ex9 pended (7 U.S.C. 2209b) (of which up to $15,000,000

10 may be available for the watersheds authorized under the

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

12 701 and 16 U.S.C. 1006a)): Provided, That not to exceed

13 $47,000,000 of this appropriation shall be available for

14 technical assistance: Provided further, That this appro15 priation shall be available for employment pursuant to the

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

17 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $200,000 shall

18 be available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Pro19 vided further, That not to exceed $1,000,000 of this appro20 priation is available to carry out the purposes of the En21 dangered Species Act of 1973 (Public Law 93–205), in22 cluding cooperative efforts as contemplated by that Act

23 to relocate endangered or threatened species to other suit24 able habitats as may be necessary to expedite project con25 struction.
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1 RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT

2 For necessary expenses in planning and carrying out

3 projects for resource conservation and development and

4 for sound land use pursuant to the provisions of section

5 32(e) of title III of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act

6 (7 U.S.C. 1010–1011; 76 Stat. 607), the Act of April 27,

7 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–f), and the Agriculture and Food

8 Act of 1981 (16 U.S.C. 3451–3461), $35,265,000, to re9 main available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b): Provided,

10 That this appropriation shall be available for employment

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

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

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

14 3109.

15 TITLE III

16 RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS

17 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RURAL

18 DEVELOPMENT

19 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of

20 the Under Secretary for Rural Development to administer

21 programs under the laws enacted by the Congress for the

22 Rural Housing Service, the Rural Business-Cooperative

23 Service, and the Rural Utilities Service of the Department

24 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 1926d, and 1932, except for sections 381E, 381G, 381H,

6 381N, and 381O of the Consolidated Farm and Rural De7 velopment Act (7 U.S.C. 2009f), $666,103,000 (increased

8 by $3,000,000), to remain available until expended, of

9 which $34,387,000 shall be for rural community programs

10 described in section 381E(d)(1) of such Act; of which

11 $579,216,000 shall be for the rural utilities programs de12 scribed in sections 381E(d)(2), 306C(a)(2), and 306D of

13 such Act; and of which $52,500,000 shall be for the rural

14 business and cooperative development programs described

15 in sections 381E(d)(3) and 310B(f) of such Act: Provided,

16 That of the amount appropriated for rural community

17 programs, $5,000,000 shall be made available for haz18 ardous weather early warning systems; and $6,000,000

19 shall be available for a Rural Community Development

20 Initiative: Provided further, That of the amount appro21 priated for the rural business and cooperative development

22 programs, not to exceed $500,000 shall be made available

23 for a grant to a qualified national organization to provide

24 technical assistance for rural transportation in order to

25 promote economic development; and $5,000,000 shall be
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1 made available for partnership technical assistance grants

2 to rural communities: Provided further, That of the

3 amount appropriated for rural utilities programs, not to

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

5 systems to benefit the Colonias along the United States/

6 Mexico border, including grants pursuant to section 306C

7 of such Act; not to exceed $20,000,000 shall be for water

8 and waste disposal systems for rural and native villages

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

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

11 grants for rural waste systems pursuant to section

12 306(a)(14) of such Act; and not to exceed $5,300,000

13 shall be for contracting with qualified national organiza14 tions for a circuit rider program to provide technical as15 sistance for rural water systems: Provided further, That

16 of the total amount appropriated, not to exceed

17 $45,245,000 shall be available through June 30, 2000, for

18 empowerment zones and enterprise communities, as au19 thorized by Public Law 103–66, of which $2,106,000 shall

20 be for rural community programs described in section

21 381E(d)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop22 ment Act; of which $34,704,000 shall be for the rural util23 ities programs described in section 381E(d)(2) of such

24 Act; of which $8,435,000 shall be for the rural business

25 and cooperative development programs described in sec-
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1 tion 381E(d)(3) of such Act: Provided further, That any

2 obligated and unobligated balances available from prior

3 years for the ‘‘Rural Utilities Assistance Program’’ ac4 count shall be transferred to and merged with this ac5 count.

6 RURAL HOUSING SERVICE

7 RURAL HOUSING INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

9 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di10 rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by title V of the

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

12 rural housing insurance fund, as follows: $4,537,632,000

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

14 Secretary, of which $3,200,000,000 shall be for unsub15 sidized guaranteed loans, $32,400,000 for section 504

16 housing repair loans, $100,000,000 for section 538 guar17 anteed multi-family housing loans, $25,000,000 for sec18 tion 514 farm labor housing, $120,000,000 for section

19 515 rental housing, $5,152,000 for section 524 site loans,

20 $7,503,000 for credit sales of acquired property, of which

21 up to $1,250,000 may be for multi-family credit sales; and

22 $5,000,000 for section 523 self-help housing land develop23 ment loans.

24 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including

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

26 the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: section
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1 502 loans, $133,620,000, of which $19,520,000 shall be

2 for unsubsidized guaranteed loans; section 504 housing re3 pair loans, $9,900,000; section 538 multi-family housing

4 guaranteed loans, $480,000; section 514 farm labor hous5 ing, $11,308,000; section 515 rental housing,

6 $47,616,000; section 524 site loans, $4,000; credit sales

7 of acquired property, $874,000, of which up to $494,250

8 may be for multi-family credit sales; and section 523 self9 help housing land development loans, $281,000: Provided,

10 That of the total amount appropriated in this paragraph,

11 $9,829,000 shall be for empowerment zones and enter12 prise communities, as authorized by Public Law 103–66,

13 empowerment zones as authorized by section 951 of the

14 Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 (Public Law 105–34), enter15 prise communities as authorized by Division A, Title VII,

16 section 766 of the Fiscal Year 1999 Omnibus Appropria17 tions Act (Public Law 105–277), and communities des18 ignated by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic

19 Area Partnership Zones: Provided further, That if such

20 funds are not obligated for empowerment zones and enter21 prise communities by June 30, 2000, they shall remain

22 available for other authorized purposes under this head.

23 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to

24 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs,

25 $377,879,000, which shall be transferred to and merged
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1 with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Housing Service, Sala2 ries and Expenses’’: Provided, That of this amount the

3 Secretary of Agriculture may transfer up to $7,000,000

4 to the appropriation for ‘‘Outreach for Socially Disadvan5 taged Farmers’’.

6 RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

7 For rental assistance agreements entered into or re8 newed pursuant to the authority under section 521(a)(2)

9 or agreements entered into in lieu of debt forgiveness or

10 payments for eligible households as authorized by section

11 502(c)(5)(D) of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended,

12 $583,400,000; and, in addition, such sums as may be nec13 essary, as authorized by section 521(c) of the Act, to liq14 uidate debt incurred prior to fiscal year 1992 to carry out

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

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

17 $5,900,000 shall be available for debt forgiveness or pay18 ments for eligible households as authorized by section

19 502(c)(5)(D) of the Act, and not to exceed $10,000 per

20 project for advances to nonprofit organizations or public

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

22 incurred in purchasing projects pursuant to section

23 502(c)(5)(C) of the Act: Provided further, That agree24 ments entered into or renewed during fiscal year 2000

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

2 amounts obligated.

3 MUTUAL AND SELF-HELP HOUSING GRANTS

4 For grants and contracts pursuant to section

5 523(b)(1)(A) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C.

6 1490c), $28,000,000, to remain available until expended

7 (7 U.S.C. 2209b): Provided, That of the total amount ap8 propriated, $1,000,000 shall be for empowerment zones

9 and enterprise communities, as authorized by Public Law

10 103–66, empowerment zones as authorized by section 951

11 of the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 (Public Law 105–34),

12 enterprise communities as authorized by Division A, Title

13 VII, section 766 of the Fiscal Year 1999 Omnibus Appro14 priations Act (Public Law 105–277), and communities

15 designated by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Eco16 nomic Area Partnership Zones: Provided further, That if

17 such funds are not obligated for empowerment zones and

18 enterprise communities by June 30, 2000, they shall re19 main available for other authorized purposes under this

20 head.

21 RURAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE GRANTS

22 For grants and contracts for housing for domestic

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

24 and technical assistance, compensation for construction

25 defects, and rural housing preservation made by the Rural

26 Housing Service, as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 1474,
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1 1479(c), 1486, 1490e, and 1490m, $50,000,000, to re2 main available until expended: Provided, That of the total

3 amount appropriated, $3,250,000 shall be for empower4 ment zones and enterprise communities, as authorized by

5 Public Law 103–66, empowerment zones as authorized by

6 section 951 of the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 (Public

7 Law 105–34), enterprise communities as authorized by

8 Division A, Title VII, section 766 of the Fiscal Year 1999

9 Omnibus Appropriations Act (Public Law 105–277), and

10 communities designated by the Secretary of Agriculture

11 as Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones: Provided fur12 ther, That if such funds are not obligated for empower13 ment zones and enterprise communities by June 30, 2000,

14 they shall remain available for other authorized purposes

15 under this head.

16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

17 For necessary expenses of the Rural Housing Service,

18 including administering the programs authorized by the

19 Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, title V

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

21 $61,979,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall be

22 available for employment pursuant to the second sentence

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

24 2225), and not to exceed $520,000 may be used for em25 ployment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That the

26 Administrator may expend not more than $10,000 to pro-
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1 vide modest nonmonetary awards to non-USDA employ2 ees.

3 RURAL BUSINESS-COOPERATIVE SERVICE

4 RURAL DEVELOPMENT LOAN FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

6 For the cost of direct loans, $22,799,000, as author7 ized by the Rural Development Loan Fund (42 U.S.C.

8 9812(a)): Provided, That such costs, including the cost of

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

10 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided fur11 ther, That these funds are available to subsidize gross obli12 gations for the principal amount of direct loans of

13 $52,495,000: Provided further, That of the total amount

14 appropriated, $4,343,000 shall be available for the cost

15 of direct loans for empowerment zones and enterprise

16 communities, as authorized by Public Law 103–66, em17 powerment zones as authorized by section 951 of the Tax18 payer Relief Act of 1997 (Public Law 105–34), enterprise

19 communities as authorized by Division A, Title VII, sec20 tion 766 of the Fiscal Year 1999 Omnibus Appropriations

21 Act (Public Law 105–277), and communities designated

22 by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area

23 Partnership Zones, to subsidize gross obligations for the

24 principal amount of direct loans, $10,000,000: Provided

25 further, That if such funds are not obligated for empower26 ment zones and enterprise communities by June 30, 2000,
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1 they shall remain available for other authorized purposes

2 under this head.

3 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out

4 the direct loan programs, $3,337,000 shall be transferred

5 to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Busi6 ness-Cooperative Service, Salaries and Expenses’’.

7 RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LOANS PROGRAM

8 ACCOUNT

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

10 For the principal amount of direct loans, as author11 ized under section 313 of the Rural Electrification Act,

12 for the purpose of promoting rural economic development

13 and job creation projects, $15,000,000.

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

15 modifying loans as defined in section 502 of the Congres16 sional Budget Act of 1974, $3,453,000.

17 Of the funds derived from interest on the cushion of

18 credit payments in fiscal year 2000, as authorized by sec19 tion 313 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936,

20 $3,453,000 shall not be obligated and $3,453,000 are re21 scinded.

22 RURAL COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS

23 For rural cooperative development grants authorized

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

25 Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932), $6,000,000, of
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1 which $1,500,000 shall be available for cooperative agree2 ments for the appropriate technology transfer for rural

3 areas program and $1,500,000 for cooperative research

4 agreements.

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 For necessary expenses of the Rural Business-Coop7 erative Service, including administering the programs au8 thorized by the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop9 ment Act; section 1323 of the Food Security Act of 1985;

10 the Cooperative Marketing Act of 1926; for activities re11 lating to the marketing aspects of cooperatives, including

12 economic research findings, as authorized by the Agricul13 tural Marketing Act of 1946; for activities with institu14 tions concerning the development and operation of agricul15 tural cooperatives; and for cooperative agreements,

16 $24,612,000: 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 $260,000 may be used for em20 ployment under 5 U.S.C. 3109.
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1 RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE

2 RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

3 LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

5 Insured loans pursuant to the authority of section

6 305 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C.

7 935) shall be made as follows: 5 percent rural electrifica8 tion loans, $121,500,000; 5 percent rural telecommuni9 cations loans, $75,000,000; cost of money rural tele10 communications loans, $300,000,000; municipal rate rural

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

12 section 306 of that Act, rural electric, $1,500,000,000 and

13 rural telecommunications, $120,000,000, to remain avail14 able until expended.

15 For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Con16 gressional Budget Act of 1974, including the cost of modi17 fying loans, of direct and guaranteed loans authorized by

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

19 936), as follows: cost of rural electric loans, $11,922,000,

20 and the cost of telecommunications loans, $3,210,000:

21 Provided, That notwithstanding section 305(d)(2) of the

22 Rural Electrification Act of 1936, borrower interest rates

23 may exceed 7 percent per year.

24 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to

25 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs,
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1 $31,046,000, which shall be transferred to and merged

2 with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Utilities Service, Sala3 ries and Expenses’’.

4 RURAL TELEPHONE BANK PROGRAM ACCOUNT

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

6 The Rural Telephone Bank is hereby authorized to

7 make such expenditures, within the limits of funds avail8 able to such corporation in accord with law, and to make

9 such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal

10 year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Govern11 ment Corporation Control Act, as may be necessary in car12 rying out its authorized programs. During fiscal year 2000

13 and within the resources and authority available, gross ob14 ligations for the principal amount of direct loans shall be

15 $175,000,000.

16 For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Con17 gressional Budget Act of 1974, including the cost of modi18 fying loans, of direct loans authorized by the Rural Elec19 trification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935), $3,290,000.

20 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to

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

22 transferred to and merged with the appropriation for

23 ‘‘Rural Utilities Service, Salaries and Expenses’’.
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1 DISTANCE LEARNING AND TELEMEDICINE PROGRAM

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

3 by 7 U.S.C. 950aaa et seq., $16,700,000, to remain avail4 able until expended, to be available for loans and grants

5 for telemedicine and distance learning services in rural

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

7 as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act

8 of 1974.

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 For necessary expenses of the Rural Utilities Service,

11 including administering the programs authorized by the

12 Rural Electrification Act of 1936, and the Consolidated

13 Farm and Rural Development Act, and for cooperative

14 agreements, $34,107,000: 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 $105,000 may be used

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

19 TITLE IV

20 DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS

21 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD,

22 NUTRITION AND CONSUMER SERVICES

23 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of

24 the Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer
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1 Services to administer the laws enacted by the Congress

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

3 FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE

4 CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

6 For necessary expenses to carry out the National

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

8 21, and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771

9 et seq.), except sections 17 and 21, $9,547,028,000, to

10 remain available through September 30, 2001, of which

11 $4,611,829,000 is hereby appropriated and

12 $4,935,199,000 shall be derived by transfer from funds

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

14 (7 U.S.C. 612c): Provided, That none of the funds made

15 available under this heading shall be used for studies and

16 evaluations: Provided further, That up to $4,363,000 shall

17 be available for independent verification of school food

18 service claims: Provided further, That none of the funds

19 under this heading shall be available unless the value of

20 bonus commodities provided under section 32 of the Act

21 of August 24, 1935 (49 Stat. 774, chapter 641; 7 U.S.C.

22 612c), and section 416 of the Agricultural Act of 1949

23 (7 U.S.C. 1431) is included in meeting the minimum com24 modity assistance requirement of section 6(g) of the Na25 tional School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1755(g)).
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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 $4,005,000,000, to remain available through September

7 30, 2001: Provided, That none of the funds made available

8 under this heading shall be used for studies and evalua9 tions: Provided further, That of the total amount available,

10 the Secretary shall obligate $10,000,000 for the farmers’

11 market nutrition program within 45 days of the enactment

12 of this Act, and an additional $5,000,000 for the farmers’

13 market nutrition program from any funds not needed to

14 maintain current caseload levels: Provided further, That

15 none of the funds in this Act shall be available to pay

16 administrative expenses of WIC clinics except those that

17 have an announced policy of prohibiting smoking within

18 the space used to carry out the program: Provided further,

19 That none of the funds provided in this account shall be

20 available for the purchase of infant formula except in ac21 cordance with the cost containment and competitive bid22 ding requirements specified in section 17 of the Child Nu23 trition Act of 1966.

24 FOOD STAMP PROGRAM

25 For necessary expenses to carry out the Food Stamp

26 Act (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), $21,577,444,000, of which
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1 $100,000,000 shall be placed in reserve for use only in

2 such amounts and at such times as may become necessary

3 to carry out program operations: Provided, That none of

4 the funds made available under this head shall be used

5 for studies and evaluations: Provided further, That funds

6 provided herein shall be expended in accordance with sec7 tion 16 of the Food Stamp Act: Provided further, That

8 this appropriation shall be subject to any work registration

9 or workfare requirements as may be required by law: Pro10 vided further, That funds made available for Employment

11 and Training under this head shall remain available until

12 expended, as authorized by section 16(h)(1) of the Food

13 Stamp Act.

14 COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

15 For necessary expenses to carry out the commodity

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

17 of the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973

18 (7 U.S.C. 612c note) and the Emergency Food Assistance

19 Act of 1983, $141,000,000 (increased by $10,000,000),

20 to remain available through September 30, 2001: Pro21 vided, That none of these funds shall be available to reim22 burse the Commodity Credit Corporation for commodities

23 donated to the program.

24 FOOD DONATIONS PROGRAMS

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

26 the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 (7
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1 U.S.C. 612c note); special assistance for the nuclear af2 fected islands as authorized by section 103(h)(2) of the

3 Compacts of Free Association Act of 1985, as amended;

4 and section 311 of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42

5 U.S.C. 3030a), $141,081,000, to remain available through

6 September 30, 2001.

7 FOOD PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION

8 For necessary administrative expenses of the domes9 tic food programs funded under this Act, $108,561,000,

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

11 procedures, reducing overhead costs, tightening regula12 tions, improving food stamp coupon handling, and assist13 ance in the prevention, identification, and prosecution of

14 fraud and other violations of law: Provided, That this ap15 propriation shall be available for employment pursuant to

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

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

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

19 TITLE V

20 FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED

21 PROGRAMS

22 FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE AND GENERAL SALES

23 MANAGER

24 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

25 For necessary expenses of the Foreign Agricultural

26 Service, including carrying out title VI of the Agricultural
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1 Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1761–1768), market development

2 activities abroad, and for enabling the Secretary to coordi3 nate and integrate activities of the Department in connec4 tion with foreign agricultural work, including not to exceed

5 $128,000 for representation allowances and for expenses

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

7 (7 U.S.C. 1766), $137,768,000: Provided, That the Serv8 ice may utilize advances of funds, or reimburse this appro9 priation for expenditures made on behalf of Federal agen10 cies, public and private organizations and institutions

11 under agreements executed pursuant to the agricultural

12 food production assistance programs (7 U.S.C. 1736) and

13 the foreign assistance programs of the United States

14 Agency for International Development.

15 None of the funds in the foregoing paragraph shall

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

17 tobacco products.

18 PUBLIC LAW 480 PROGRAM ACCOUNT

19 For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Con20 gressional Budget Act of 1974, of Public Law 83–480 title

21 I credit agreements, including the cost of modifying credit

22 arrangements under said Act, $165,400,000, to remain

23 available until expended.

24 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out

25 such title I credit program, and the Food for Progress
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1 Act of 1985, as amended, to the extent funds appropriated

2 for Public Law 83–480 are utilized, $1,938,000, of which

3 not to exceed $1,093,000 may be transferred to and

4 merged with ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’, Foreign Agricul5 tural Service, and of which not to exceed $845,000 may

6 be transferred to and merged with ‘‘Salaries and Ex7 penses’’, Farm Service Agency (7 U.S.C. 1691, 1701–04,

8 1731–36g–3, and 2209b).

9 PUBLIC LAW 480 TITLE I OCEAN FREIGHT

10 DIFFERENTIAL GRANTS

11 For expenses during the current fiscal year, not oth12 erwise recoverable, and unrecovered prior years’ costs, in13 cluding interest thereon under the Agricultural Trade De14 velopment and Assistance Act of 1954, as amended,

15 $14,000,000 (reduced by $3,000,000), to remain available

16 until expended for ocean freight differential costs for the

17 shipment of agricultural commodities pursuant to title I

18 of said Act, including Food for Progress programs as au19 thorized by the Food for Progress Act of 1985, as amend20 ed: Provided, That funds made available for the cost of

21 title I agreements and for title I ocean freight differential

22 may be used interchangeably between the two accounts (7

23 U.S.C. 1701b and 2209b).
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1 PUBLIC LAW 480 GRANTS—TITLES II AND III

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

3 For expenses during the current fiscal year, not oth4 erwise recoverable, and unrecovered prior years’ costs, in5 cluding interest thereon, under the Agricultural Trade De6 velopment and Assistance Act of 1954, as amended,

7 $837,000,000 for commodities supplied in connection with

8 dispositions abroad pursuant to title II of said Act: Pro9 vided, That sums made available to carry out title II or

10 title III of said Act shall remain available until September

11 30, 2003 (7 U.S.C. 1691, 1721–26a, 1727–27e, 1731–

12 36g–3, 1737, and 2209b).

13 Of the funds made available by this Act to carry out

14 the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act

15 of 1954, not to exceed 15 percent of the funds made avail16 able to carrry out any title of said Act may be used to

17 carry out any other title of said Act.

18 COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION EXPORT LOANS

19 PROGRAM ACCOUNT

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

21 For administrative expenses to carry out the Com22 modity Credit Corporation’s export guarantee program,

23 GSM 102 and GSM 103, $4,085,000; to cover common

24 overhead expenses as permitted by section 11 of the Com25 modity Credit Corporation Charter Act and in conformity
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1 with the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, of which

2 $3,413,000 may be transferred to and merged with the

3 appropriation for ‘‘Foreign Agricultural Service and Gen4 eral Sales Manager’’ and $672,000 may be transferred to

5 and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Farm Service

6 Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’.

7 TITLE VI

8 FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION AND

9 RELATED AGENCIES

10 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN

11 SERVICES

12 FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 For necessary expenses of the Food and Drug Ad15 ministration, including hire and purchase of passenger

16 motor vehicles; for payment of space rental and related

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

18 activities of the Food and Drug Administration which are

19 included in this Act; for rental of special purpose space

20 in the District of Columbia or elsewhere; and for miscella21 neous and emergency expenses of enforcement activities,

22 authorized and approved by the Secretary and to be ac23 counted for solely on the Secretary’s certificate, not to ex24 ceed $25,000, $1,218,384,000, of which not to exceed

25 $145,434,000 in prescription drug user fees authorized by
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1 21 U.S.C. 379(h) may be credited to this appropriation

2 and remain available until expended: Provided, That no

3 more than $100,180,000 shall be for payments to the Gen4 eral Services Administration for rent and related costs.

5 In addition, mammography user fees authorized by

6 42 U.S.C. 263(b) may be credited to this account, to re7 main available until expended.

8 In addition, export certification user fees authorized

9 by 21 U.S.C. 381 may be credited to this account, to re10 main available until expended.

11 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

12 For plans, construction, repair, improvement, exten13 sion, alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facili14 ties of or used by the Food and Drug Administration,

15 where not otherwise provided, $31,750,000, to remain

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

17 INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

18 COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION

19 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions

20 of the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), in21 cluding the purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles;

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

23 District of Columbia and elsewhere; and not to exceed

24 $25,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109,

25 $65,000,000, including not to exceed $2,000 for official

26 reception and representation expenses: Provided, That the
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1 Commission is authorized to charge reasonable fees to

2 attendees of Commission sponsored educational events and

3 symposia to cover the Commission’s costs of providing

4 those events and symposia, and notwithstanding 31 U.S.C.

5 3302, said fees shall be credited to this account, to be

6 available without further appropriation.

7 FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION

8 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

9 Not to exceed $35,800,000 (from assessments col10 lected from farm credit institutions and from the Federal

11 Agricultural Mortgage Corporation) shall be obligated

12 during the current fiscal year for administrative expenses

13 as authorized under 12 U.S.C. 2249: Provided, That this

14 limitation shall not apply to expenses associated with re15 ceiverships.

16 TITLE VII—GENERAL PROVISIONS

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

18 appropriations and authorizations made for the Depart19 ment of Agriculture for the fiscal year 2000 under this

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

21 specifically provided for, of not to exceed 365 passenger

22 motor vehicles, of which 361 shall be for replacement only,

23 and for the hire of such vehicles.

24 SEC. 702. Funds in this Act available to the Depart25 ment of Agriculture shall be available for uniforms or al-
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1 lowances therefor as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–

2 5902).

3 SEC. 703. Not less than $1,500,000 of the appropria4 tions of the Department of Agriculture in this Act for re5 search and service work authorized by the Acts of August

6 14, 1946, and July 28, 1954 (7 U.S.C. 427 and 1621–

7 1629), and by chapter 63 of title 31, United States Code,

8 shall be available for contracting in accordance with said

9 Acts and chapter.

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

11 Working Capital Fund for the purpose of accumulating

12 growth capital for data services and National Finance

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

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

15 the Department shall be transferred to the Working Cap16 ital Fund without the approval of the agency adminis17 trator.

18 SEC. 705. New obligational authority provided for the

19 following appropriation items in this Act shall remain

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

21 Plant Health Inspection Service, the contingency fund to

22 meet emergency conditions, fruit fly program, integrated

23 systems acquisition project, boll weevil program, up to 10

24 percent of the screwworm program, and up to $2,000,000

25 for costs associated with collocating regional offices; Farm
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1 Service Agency, salaries and expenses funds made avail2 able to county committees; and Foreign Agricultural Serv3 ice, middle-income country training program.

4 New obligational authority for the Food Safety and

5 Inspection Service, field automation and information man6 agement project; funds appropriated for rental payments;

7 funds for the Native American Institutions Endowment

8 Fund in the Cooperative State Research, Education, and

9 Extension Service; and funds for the competitive research

10 grants (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)), shall remain available until ex11 pended.

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

13 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the

14 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.

15 SEC. 707. Not to exceed $50,000 of the appropria16 tions available to the Department of Agriculture in this

17 Act shall be available to provide appropriate orientation

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

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

20 used to pay negotiated indirect cost rates on cooperative

21 agreements or similar arrangements between the United

22 States Department of Agriculture and nonprofit institu23 tions in excess of 10 percent of the total direct cost of

24 the agreement when the purpose of such cooperative ar25 rangements is to carry out programs of mutual interest
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1 between the two parties. This does not preclude appro2 priate payment of indirect costs on grants and contracts

3 with such institutions when such indirect costs are com4 puted on a similar basis for all agencies for which appro5 priations are provided in this Act.

6 SEC. 709. Notwithstanding any other provision of

7 this Act, commodities acquired by the Department in con8 nection with Commodity Credit Corporation and section

9 32 price support operations may be used, as authorized

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

11 commodities to individuals in cases of hardship as deter12 mined by the Secretary of Agriculture.

13 SEC. 710. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail14 able to restrict the authority of the Commodity Credit

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

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

18 SEC. 711. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail19 able to pay indirect costs charged against agricultural re20 search, education, or extension grant awards issued by the

21 Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension

22 Service that exceed 19 percent of total Federal funds pro23 vided under each award: Provided, That notwithstanding

24 section 1462 of the National Agricultural Research, Ex25 tension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3310),
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1 funds provided by this Act for grants awarded competi2 tively by the Cooperative State Research, Education, and

3 Extension Service shall be available to pay full allowable

4 indirect costs for each grant awarded under the Small

5 Business Innovation Development Act of 1982, Public

6 Law 97–219 (15 U.S.C. 638).

7 SEC. 712. Notwithstanding any other provision of

8 this Act, all loan levels provided in this Act shall be consid9 ered estimates, not limitations.

10 SEC. 713. Appropriations for the Rural Housing In11 surance Fund Program Account for the cost of direct and

12 guaranteed loans made available in fiscal years 1994,

13 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, and 1999 shall remain available

14 until expended to cover obligations made in each of those

15 fiscal years respectively in accordance with 31 U.S.C.

16 1557.

17 SEC. 714. Appropriations to the Department of Agri18 culture for the cost of direct and guaranteed loans made

19 available in fiscal year 2000 shall remain available until

20 expended to cover obligations made in fiscal year 2000 for

21 the following accounts: the rural development loan fund

22 program account; the Rural Telephone Bank program ac23 count; the rural electrification and telecommunications

24 loans program account; the Rural Housing Insurance
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1 Fund Program Account; and the rural economic develop2 ment loans program account.

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

4 year 2000 pay raises for programs funded by this Act shall

5 be absorbed within the levels appropriated by this Act.

6 SEC. 716. Notwithstanding the Federal Grant and

7 Cooperative Agreement Act, marketing services of the Ag8 ricultural Marketing Service; Grain Inspection, Packers

9 and Stockyards Administration; the Animal and Plant

10 Health Inspection Service; and the food safety activities

11 of the Food Safety and Inspection Service may use cooper12 ative agreements to reflect a relationship between the Ag13 ricultural Marketing Service, the Grain Inspection, Pack14 ers and Stockyards Administration, the Animal and Plant

15 Health Inspection Service, or the Food Safety and Inspec16 tion Service and a State or Cooperator to carry out agri17 cultural marketing programs, to carry out programs to

18 protect the Nation’s animal and plant resources, or to

19 carry out educational programs or special studies to im20 prove the safety of the Nation’s food supply.

21 SEC. 717. Notwithstanding the Federal Grant and

22 Cooperative Agreement Act, the Natural Resources Con23 servation Service may enter into contracts, grants, or co24 operative agreements with a State agency or subdivision,

25 or a public or private organization, for the acquisition of
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1 goods or services, including personal services, to carry out

2 natural resources conservation activities: Provided, That

3 Commodity Credit Corporation funds obligated for such

4 purposes shall not exceed the level obligated by the Com5 modity Credit Corporation for such purposes in fiscal year

6 1998.

7 SEC. 718. None of the funds in this Act may be used

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

9 Rural Telephone Bank or to maintain any account or sub10 account within the accounting records of the Rural Tele11 phone Bank the creation of which has not specifically been

12 authorized by statute: Provided, That notwithstanding any

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

14 otherwise made available in this Act may be used to trans15 fer to the Treasury or to the Federal Financing Bank any

16 unobligated balance of the Rural Telephone Bank tele17 phone liquidating account which is in excess of current

18 requirements and such balance shall receive interest as set

19 forth for financial accounts in section 505(c) of the Fed20 eral Credit Reform Act of 1990.

21 SEC. 719. Of the funds made available by this Act,

22 not more than $1,800,000 shall be used to cover necessary

23 expenses of activities related to all advisory committees,

24 panels, commissions, and task forces of the Department

25 of Agriculture, except for panels used to comply with nego-
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1 tiated rule makings and panels used to evaluate competi2 tively awarded grants: Provided, That interagency funding

3 is authorized to carry out the purposes of the National

4 Drought Policy Commission.

5 SEC. 720. None of the funds appropriated in this Act

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

7 of Public Law 104–127, the Federal Agriculture Improve8 ment and Reform Act.

9 SEC. 721. No employee of the Department of Agri10 culture may be detailed or assigned from an agency or

11 office funded by this Act to any other agency or office

12 of the Department for more than 30 days unless the indi13 vidual’s employing agency or office is fully reimbursed by

14 the receiving agency or office for the salary and expenses

15 of the employee for the period of assignment.

16 SEC. 722. None of the funds appropriated or other17 wise made available to the Department of Agriculture

18 shall be used to transmit or otherwise make available to

19 any non-Department of Agriculture employee questions or

20 responses to questions that are a result of information re21 quested for the appropriations hearing process.

22 SEC. 723. None of the funds made available to the

23 Department of Agriculture by this Act may be used to ac24 quire new information technology systems or significant

25 upgrades, as determined by the Office of the Chief Infor-
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1 mation Officer, without the approval of the Chief Informa2 tion Officer and the concurrence of the Executive Informa3 tion Technology Investment Review Board: Provided, That

4 notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the

5 funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this

6 Act may be transferred to the Office of the Chief Informa7 tion Officer without the prior approval of the Committee

8 on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.

9 SEC. 724. (a) None of the funds provided by this Act,

10 or provided by previous Appropriations Acts to the agen11 cies funded by this Act that remain available for obligation

12 or expenditure in fiscal year 2000, or provided from any

13 accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived by

14 the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by

15 this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure

16 through a reprogramming of funds which: (1) creates new

17 programs; (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity;

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

19 project or activity for which funds have been denied or

20 restricted; (4) relocates an office or employees; (5) reorga21 nizes offices, programs, or activities; or (6) contracts out

22 or privatizes any functions or activities presently per23 formed by Federal employees; unless the Committee on

24 Appropriations of both Houses of Congress are notified

25 fifteen days in advance of such reprogramming of funds.
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1 (b) None of the funds provided by this Act, or pro2 vided by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies

3 funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or

4 expenditure in fiscal year 2000, or provided from any ac5 counts in the Treasury of the United States derived by

6 the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by

7 this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure

8 for activities, programs, or projects through a reprogram9 ming of funds in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, which10 ever is less, that: (1) augments existing programs,

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

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

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

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

15 personnel which would result in a change in existing pro16 grams, activities, or projects as approved by Congress; un17 less the Committee on Appropriations of both Houses of

18 Congress are notified fifteen days in advance of such re19 programming of funds.

20 SEC. 725. None of the funds appropriated or other21 wise made available by this Act or any other Act may be

22 used to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to carry

23 out the Fund for Rural America Program, authorized by

24 section 793 of Public Law 104–127, with the exception
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1 of funds made available under that section on January 1,

2 1997.

3 SEC. 726. None of the funds appropriated or other4 wise made available by this Act shall be used to pay the

5 salaries and expenses of personnel who carry out an envi6 ronmental quality incentives program authorized by sec7 tions 334–341 of Public Law 104–127 in excess of

8 $174,000,000.

9 SEC. 727. None of the funds appropriated or other10 wise available to the Department of Agriculture may be

11 used to administer the provision of contract payments to

12 a producer under the Agricultural Market Transition Act

13 (7 U.S.C. 7201 et seq.) for contract acreage on which wild

14 rice is planted unless the contract payment is reduced by

15 an acre for each contract acre planted to wild rice.

16 SEC. 728. None of the funds appropriated or other17 wise made available by this Act shall be used to pay the

18 salaries and expenses of personnel to enroll in excess of

19 120,000 acres in the fiscal year 2000 wetlands reserve

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

21 SEC. 729. None of the funds appropriated or other22 wise made available by this or any other Act shall be used

23 to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out

24 the provisions of section 401 of Public Law 105–185, the

25 Initiative for Future Agriculture and Food Systems.
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1 SEC. 730. Notwithstanding section 381A of the Con2 solidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C.

3 2009), the definitions of rural areas for certain business

4 programs administered by the Rural Business-Cooperative

5 Service and the community facilities programs adminis6 tered by the Rural Housing Service shall be those provided

7 for in statute and regulations prior to the enactment of

8 Public Law 104–127.

9 SEC. 731. None of the funds appropriated or other10 wise made available by this Act shall be used to carry out

11 any commodity purchase program that would prohibit eli12 gibility or participation by farmer-owned cooperatives.

13 SEC. 732. None of the funds appropriated or other14 wise made available by this Act shall be used to pay the

15 salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out a conserva16 tion farm option program, as authorized by section 335

17 of Public Law 104–127.

18 SEC. 733. None of the funds appropriated by this Act

19 or any other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and

20 expenses of personnel who prepare or submit appropria21 tions language as part of the President’s Budget submis22 sion to the Congress of the United States for programs

23 under the jurisdiction of the Appropriations Subcommit24 tees on Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related

25 Agencies that assumes revenues or reflects a reduction
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1 from the previous year due to user fees proposals that

2 have not been enacted into law prior to the submission

3 of the Budget unless such Budget submission identifies

4 which additional spending reductions should occur in the

5 event the user fees proposals are not enacted prior to the

6 date of the convening of a committee of conference for

7 the fiscal year 2001 appropriations Act.

8 SEC. 734. None of the funds appropriated or other9 wise made available by this Act shall be used to establish

10 an Office of Community Food Security or any similar of11 fice within the United States Department of Agriculture

12 without the prior approval of the Committee on Appro13 priations of both Houses of Congress.

14 SEC. 735. None of the funds appropriated or other15 wise made available by this or any other Act may be used

16 to carry out the provisions of section 612 of Public Law

17 105–185, the National Swine Research Center.

18 SEC. 736. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth19 erwise made available by this Act shall be used to pay the

20 salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out the emer21 gency food assistance program authorized by section 27(a)

22 of the Food Stamp Act (7 U.S.C. 2036(a)) if such pro23 gram exceeds $99,000,000.

24 (b) In addition to amounts otherwise appropriated or

25 made available by this Act, $1,000,000 is appropriated for
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1 the purpose of providing Bill Emerson and Mickey Leland

2 Hunger Fellowships through the Congressional Hunger

3 Center, which is an organization described in subsection

4 (c)(3) of section 501 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986

5 and is exempt from taxation under subsection (a) of such

6 section.

7 SEC. 737. None of the funds appropriated by this Act

8 shall be used to propose or issue rules, regulations, de9 crees, or orders for the purpose of implementation, or in

10 preparation for implementation of the Kyoto Protocol

11 which was adopted on December 11, 1997, in Kyoto,

12 Japan.

13 SEC. 738. After March 1, 2000, none of the funds

14 appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may

15 be used by the Secretary of Agriculture—

16 (1) to permit the importation of meat or meat

17 food products under subsections (a) and (f) of sec18 tion 20 of the Federal Meat Inspection Act (21

19 U.S.C. 620) from any foreign country in violation of

20 subsection (f) of such section; and

21 (2) to permit the importation of poultry or

22 poultry products under subsection (a) of section 17

23 of the Poultry Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C.

24 466) from any foreign country in violation of sub25 section (d) of such section.
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1 SEC. 739. None of the funds appropriated or other2 wise made available by this Act may be expended by an

3 entity unless the entity agrees that in expending the as4 sistance the entity will comply with sections 2 through 4

5 of the Act of March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 10a–10c; popu6 larly known as the ‘‘Buy American Act’’).

7 SEC. 740. (a) PURCHASE OF AMERICAN-MADE

8 EQUIPMENT AND PRODUCTS.—In the case of any equip9 ment or products that may be purchased using financial

10 assistance provided using funds appropriated or otherwise

11 made available by this Act, it is the sense of the Congress

12 that entities receiving such assistance should, in expending

13 the assistance, purchase only American-made equipment

14 and products.

15 (b) NOTICE TO RECIPIENTS OF ASSISTANCE.—In

16 providing financial assistance using funds appropriated or

17 otherwise made available by this Act, the Federal agency

18 providing the assistance shall provide to each recipient of

19 the assistance a notice describing the statement made in

20 subsection (a) by the Congress.

21 SEC. 741. If it has been finally determined by a court

22 or Federal agency that any person intentionally affixed a

23 label bearing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription, or any in24 scription with the same meaning, to any product sold in

25 or shipped to the United States that is not made in the
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1 United States, such person shall be ineligible to receive

2 any contract or subcontract made with funds appropriated

3 or otherwise made available by this Act, pursuant to the

4 debarment, suspension, and ineligibility procedures de5 scribed in section 9.400 through 9.409 of title 48, Code

6 of Federal Regulations.

7 SEC. 742. None of the funds appropriated or other8 wise made available by this Act may be used by the Food

9 and Drug Administration for the testing, development, or

10 approval (including approval of production, manufac11 turing, or distribution) of any drug for the chemical in12 ducement of abortion.

13 SEC. 743. Notwithstanding any other provision of

14 this Act, appropriations under this Art for the following

15 agencies and activities are hereby reduced to the following

16 respective amounts:

17 Agriculture Buildings and Facilities and Rental

18 Payments:

19 Repairs, Renovation, and Construction, $0.

20 Cooperative State Research, Education, and

21 Extension Service:

22 Integrated Activities, $0.

23 Agricultural Research Service:

24 Buildings and Facilities, $0.

25 Rural Housing Service:
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1 Rural Housing Insurance Fund Program

2 Account:

3 Administrative Expenses,

4 $375,879,000.

5 Food and Drug Administration:

6 Salaries and Expenses, $1,198,384,000.

7 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Agriculture, Rural De8 velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related

9 Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000’’.

10 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any

11 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for Ag12 riculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administra13 tion, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year end14 ing September 30, 2000, and for other purposes, namely:

15 TITLE I

16 AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS

17 PRODUCTION, PROCESSING, AND MARKETING

18 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

20 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary

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

22 under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $2,836,000: Provided, That not to ex23 ceed $11,000 of this amount, along with any unobligated

24 balances of representation funds in the Foreign Agricultural

25 Service, shall be available for official reception and rep-
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1 resentation expenses, not otherwise provided for, as deter2 mined by the Secretary: Provided further, That none of the

3 funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act

4 may be used to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel

5 of the Department of Agriculture to carry out section

6 793(c)(1)(C) of Public Law 104–127: Provided further,

7 That none of the funds made available by this Act may

8 be used to enforce section 793(d) of Public Law 104–127.

9 EXECUTIVE OPERATIONS

10 CHIEF ECONOMIST

11 For necessary expenses of the Chief Economist, includ12 ing economic analysis, risk assessment, cost-benefit anal13 ysis, energy and new uses, and the functions of the World

14 Agricultural Outlook Board, as authorized by the Agricul15 tural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1622g), and includ16 ing employment pursuant to the second sentence of section

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

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

19 3109, $6,411,000.

20 NATIONAL APPEALS DIVISION

21 For necessary expenses of the National Appeals Divi22 sion, including employment pursuant to the second sentence

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

24 2225), of which not to exceed $25,000 is for employment

25 under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $11,718,000.
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1 OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS

2 For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and Pro3 gram Analysis, including employment pursuant to the sec4 ond sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944

5 (7 U.S.C. 2225), of which not to exceed $5,000 is for em6 ployment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $6,583,000.

7 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER

8 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Infor9 mation Officer, including employment pursuant to the sec10 ond sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944

11 (7 U.S.C. 2225), of which not to exceed $10,000 is for em12 ployment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $5,551,000.

13 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

14 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Finan15 cial Officer, including employment pursuant to the second

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

17 U.S.C. 2225), of which not to exceed $10,000 is for employ18 ment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $5,283,000: Provided, That the

19 Chief Financial Officer shall actively market cross-servicing

20 activities of the National Finance Center.

21 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR

22 ADMINISTRATION

23 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the

24 Assistant Secretary for Administration to carry out the

25 programs funded by this Act, $613,000.
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1 AGRICULTURE BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES AND RENTAL

2 PAYMENTS

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

6 to the 1984 delegation of authority from the Administrator

7 of General Services to the Department of Agriculture under

8 40 U.S.C. 486, for programs and activities of the Depart9 ment which are included in this Act, and for the operation,

10 maintenance, and repair of Agriculture buildings,

11 $140,364,000: Provided, That in the event an agency within

12 the Department should require modification of space needs,

13 the Secretary of Agriculture may transfer a share of that

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

15 appropriation, or may transfer a share of this appropria16 tion to that agency’s appropriation, but such transfers shall

17 not exceed 5 percent of the funds made available for space

18 rental and related costs to or from this account. In addition,

19 for construction, repair, improvement, extension, alteration,

20 and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities as necessary

21 to carry out the programs of the Department, where not

22 otherwise provided, $5,000,000, to remain available until

23 expended; making a total appropriation of $145,364,000.
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1 HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

5 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensa6 tion, and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9607(g), and section

7 6001 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42

8 U.S.C. 6961, $15,700,000, to remain available until ex9 pended: Provided, That appropriations and funds available

10 herein to the Department for Hazardous Waste Manage11 ment may be transferred to any agency of the Department

12 for its use in meeting all requirements pursuant to the

13 above Acts on Federal and non-Federal lands.

14 DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

16 For Departmental Administration, $34,738,000, to

17 provide for necessary expenses for management support

18 services to offices of the Department and for general admin19 istration and disaster management of the Department, re20 pairs and alterations, and other miscellaneous supplies and

21 expenses not otherwise provided for and necessary for the

22 practical and efficient work of the Department, including

23 employment pursuant to the second sentence of section

24 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), of which

25 not to exceed $10,000 is for employment under 5 U.S.C.
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1 3109: Provided, That this appropriation shall be reim2 bursed from applicable appropriations in this Act for travel

3 expenses incident to the holding of hearings as required by

4 5 U.S.C. 551–558.

5 OUTREACH FOR SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED FARMERS

6 For grants and contracts pursuant to section 2501 of

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

8 (7 U.S.C. 2279), $3,000,000, to remain available until ex9 pended.

10 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR

11 CONGRESSIONAL RELATIONS

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

13 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the

14 Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations to carry out

15 the programs funded by this Act, including programs in16 volving intergovernmental affairs and liaison within the ex17 ecutive branch, $3,668,000: Provided, That no other funds

18 appropriated to the Department by this Act shall be avail19 able to the Department for support of activities of congres20 sional relations: Provided further, That not less than

21 $2,241,000 shall be transferred to agencies funded by this

22 Act to maintain personnel at the agency level.

23 OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS

24 For necessary expenses to carry on services relating to

25 the coordination of programs involving public affairs, for

26 the dissemination of agricultural information, and the co-
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1 ordination of information, work, and programs authorized

2 by Congress in the Department, $8,138,000, including em3 ployment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a)

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

5 to exceed $10,000 shall be available for employment under

6 5 U.S.C. 3109, and not to exceed $2,000,000 may be used

7 for farmers’ bulletins.

8 OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

10 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector

11 General, including employment pursuant to the second sen12 tence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C.

13 2225), and the Inspector General Act of 1978, $65,128,000,

14 including such sums as may be necessary for contracting

15 and other arrangements with public agencies and private

16 persons pursuant to section 6(a)(9) of the Inspector General

17 Act of 1978, including a sum not to exceed $50,000 for em18 ployment under 5 U.S.C. 3109; and including a sum not

19 to exceed $125,000 for certain confidential operational ex20 penses, including the payment of informants, to be expended

21 under the direction of the Inspector General pursuant to

22 Public Law 95–452 and section 1337 of Public Law 97–

23 98.
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1 OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL

2 For necessary expenses of the Office of the General

3 Counsel, $30,094,000.

4 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RESEARCH,

5 EDUCATION AND ECONOMICS

6 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the

7 Under Secretary for Research, Education and Economics

8 to administer the laws enacted by the Congress for the Eco9 nomic Research Service, the National Agricultural Statis10 tics Service, the Agricultural Research Service, and the Co11 operative State Research, Education, and Extension Serv12 ice, $540,000.

13 ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE

14 For necessary expenses of the Economic Research Serv15 ice in conducting economic research and analysis, as au16 thorized by the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7

17 U.S.C. 1621–1627) and other laws, $62,919,000: Provided,

18 That $2,500,000 shall be transferred to and merged with

19 the appropriation for ‘‘Food and Nutrition Service, Food

20 Program Administration’’ for studies and evaluations: Pro21 vided further, That not more than $500,000 of the amount

22 transferred under the preceding proviso shall be available

23 to conduct, not later than 180 days after the date of enact24 ment of this Act, a study based on all available administra25 tive data and onsite inspections conducted by the Secretary
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1 of Agriculture of local food stamp offices in each State, of

2 (1) reasons for the decline in participation in the food

3 stamp program, and (2) any problems that households with

4 eligible children have experienced in obtaining food stamps,

5 and to report the results of the study to the Committees on

6 Appropriations of both Houses of Congress and to the Com7 mittee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and

8 the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of

9 the Senate: Provided further, That this appropriation shall

10 be available for employment pursuant to the second sentence

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

12 2225): Provided further, That university research shall be

13 reduced below the fiscal year 1999 level by $2,000,000.

14 NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE

15 For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural

16 Statistics Service in conducting statistical reporting and

17 service work, including crop and livestock estimates, statis18 tical coordination and improvements, marketing surveys,

19 and the Census of Agriculture, as authorized by the Agricul20 tural Marketing Act of 1946, the Census of Agriculture Act

21 of 1997, and other laws, $99,355,000, of which up to

22 $16,490,000 shall be available until expended for the Census

23 of Agriculture: Provided, That this appropriation shall be

24 available for employment pursuant to the second sentence

25 of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944, and not to
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1 exceed $40,000 shall be available for employment under 5

2 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 econom9 ics or nutrition and consumer use including the acquisition,

10 preservation, and dissemination of agricultural informa11 tion; and for acquisition of lands by donation, exchange,

12 or purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed $100, and for

13 land exchanges where the lands exchanged shall be of equal

14 value or shall be equalized by a payment of money to the

15 grantor which shall not exceed 25 percent of the total value

16 of the land or interests transferred out of Federal ownership,

17 $809,499,000: Provided, That appropriations hereunder

18 shall be available for temporary employment pursuant to

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

20 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $115,000 shall be

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

22 further, That appropriations hereunder shall be available

23 for the operation and maintenance of aircraft and the pur24 chase of not to exceed one for replacement only: Provided

25 further, That appropriations hereunder shall be available
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1 pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for the construction, alteration,

2 and repair of buildings and improvements, but unless other3 wise provided, the cost of constructing any one building

4 shall not exceed $250,000, except for headhouses or green5 houses which shall each be limited to $1,000,000, and except

6 for ten buildings to be constructed or improved at a cost

7 not to exceed $500,000 each, and the cost of altering any

8 one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 per9 cent of the current replacement value of the building or

10 $250,000, whichever is greater: Provided further, That the

11 limitations on alterations contained in this Act shall not

12 apply to modernization or replacement of existing facilities

13 at Beltsville, Maryland: Provided further, That appropria14 tions hereunder shall be available for granting easements

15 at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, including an

16 easement to the University of Maryland to construct the

17 Transgenic Animal Facility which upon completion shall

18 be accepted by the Secretary as a gift: Provided further,

19 That the foregoing limitations shall not apply to replace20 ment of buildings needed to carry out the Act of April 24,

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

22 be received from any State, other political subdivision, or23 ganization, or individual for the purpose of establishing or

24 operating any research facility or research project of the

25 Agricultural Research Service, as authorized by law.
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1 None of the funds in the foregoing paragraph shall be

2 available to carry out research related to the production,

3 processing or marketing of tobacco or tobacco products.

4 In fiscal year 2000, the agency is authorized to charge

5 fees, commensurate with the fair market value, for any per6 mit, easement, lease, or other special use authorization for

7 the occupancy or use of land and facilities (including land

8 and facilities at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center)

9 issued by the agency, as authorized by law, and such fees

10 shall be credited to this account and shall remain available

11 until expended for authorized purposes.

12 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

13 For acquisition of land, construction, repair, improve14 ment, extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed equip15 ment or facilities as necessary to carry out the agricultural

16 research programs of the Department of Agriculture, where

17 not otherwise provided, $53,000,000, to remain available

18 until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b): Provided, That funds may

19 be received from any State, other political subdivision, or20 ganization, or individual for the purpose of establishing

21 any research facility of the Agricultural Research Service,

22 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 $180,545,000 to carry into ef7 fect the provisions of the Hatch Act (7 U.S.C. 361a–i);

8 $21,932,000 for grants for cooperative forestry research (16

9 U.S.C. 582a–a7); $30,676,000 for payments to the 1890

10 land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee University (7

11 U.S.C. 3222), of which $1,000,000 shall be made available

12 to West Virginia State College in Institute, West Virginia,

13 which for fiscal year 2000 and thereafter shall be designated

14 as an eligible institution under section 1445 of the National

15 Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act

16 of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3222); $56,901,000 for special grants for

17 agricultural research (7 U.S.C. 450i(c)); $13,721,000 for

18 special grants for agricultural research on improved pest

19 control (7 U.S.C. 450i(c)); $114,125,000 for competitive re20 search grants (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)); $5,109,000 for the support

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

22 $550,000 for supplemental and alternative crops and prod23 ucts (7 U.S.C. 3319d); $650,000 for grants for research pur24 suant to the Critical Agricultural Materials Act of 1984 (7

25 U.S.C. 178) and section 1472 of the Food and Agriculture
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1 Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3318), to remain available until ex2 pended; $500,000 for the 1994 research program (7 U.S.C.

3 301 note); $3,000,000 for higher education graduate fellow4 ship grants (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(6)), to remain available until

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

6 challenge grants (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(1)); $1,000,000 for a

7 higher education multicultural scholars program (7 U.S.C.

8 3152(b)(5)), to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C.

9 2209b); $2,850,000 for an education grants program for

10 Hispanic-serving Institutions (7 U.S.C. 3241); $500,000 for

11 a secondary agriculture education program and two-year

12 post-secondary education (7 U.S.C. 3152(h)); $4,000,000 for

13 aquaculture grants (7 U.S.C. 3322); $8,000,000 for sustain14 able agriculture research and education (7 U.S.C. 5811);

15 $9,200,000 for a program of capacity building grants (7

16 U.S.C. 3152(b)(4)) to colleges eligible to receive funds under

17 the Act of August 30, 1890 (7 U.S.C. 321–326 and 328),

18 including Tuskegee University, to remain available until

19 expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); $1,552,000 for payments to the

20 1994 Institutions pursuant to section 534(a)(1) of Public

21 Law 103–382; and $14,216,000 for necessary expenses of

22 Research and Education Activities, of which not to exceed

23 $100,000 shall be for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109; in

24 all, $473,377,000, of which not less than $250,000 shall be

25 provided to carry out market analysis programs at the
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1 Livestock Marketing Information Center in Lakewood, Col2 orado.

3 None of the funds in the foregoing paragraph shall be

4 available to carry out research related to the production,

5 processing or marketing of tobacco or tobacco products.

6 NATIVE AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS ENDOWMENT FUND

7 For establishment of a Native American institutions

8 endowment fund, as authorized by Public Law 103–382 (7

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

10 EXTENSION ACTIVITIES

11 Payments to States, the District of Columbia, Puerto

12 Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, Micronesia, Northern Mar13 ianas, and American Samoa: For payments for cooperative

14 extension work under the Smith-Lever Act, to be distributed

15 under sections 3(b) and 3(c) of said Act, and under section

16 208(c) of Public Law 93–471, for retirement and employees’

17 compensation costs for extension agents and for costs of pen18 alty mail for cooperative extension agents and State exten19 sion directors, $276,548,000; payments for extension work

20 at the 1994 Institutions under the Smith-Lever Act (7

21 U.S.C. 343(b)(3)), $3,060,000; payments for the nutrition

22 and family education program for low-income areas under

23 section 3(d) of the Act, $58,695,000; payments for the pest

24 management program under section 3(d) of the Act,

25 $10,783,000; payments for the farm safety program under

26 section 3(d) of the Act, $3,000,000; payments to upgrade
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1 research, extension, and teaching facilities at the 1890 land2 grant colleges, including Tuskegee University, as authorized

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

4 $12,000,000, to remain available until expended; payments

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

6 Act, $908,000; payments for youth-at-risk programs under

7 section 3(d) of the Act, $9,000,000; payments for carrying

8 out the provisions of the Renewable Resources Extension Act

9 of 1978, $3,192,000; payments for Indian reservation

10 agents under section 3(d) of the Act, $1,714,000; payments

11 for sustainable agriculture programs under section 3(d) of

12 the Act, $3,309,000; payments for rural health and safety

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

14 624 (7 U.S.C. 2661 note, 2662), $2,628,000; payments for

15 cooperative extension work by the colleges receiving the ben16 efits of the second Morrill Act (7 U.S.C. 321–326 and 328)

17 and Tuskegee University, $26,843,000, of which $1,000,000

18 shall be made available to West Virginia State College in

19 Institute, West Virginia, which for fiscal year 2000 and

20 thereafter shall be designated as an eligible institution

21 under section 1444 of the National Agricultural Research,

22 Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C.

23 3221); and for Federal administration and coordination in24 cluding administration of the Smith-Lever Act, and the Act

25 of September 29, 1977 (7 U.S.C. 341–349), and section
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1 1361(c) of the Act of October 3, 1980 (7 U.S.C. 301 note),

2 and to coordinate and provide program leadership for the

3 extension work of the Department and the several States

4 and insular possessions, $10,940,000; in all, $422,620,000:

5 Provided, That funds hereby appropriated pursuant to sec6 tion 3(c) of the Act of June 26, 1953, and section 506 of

7 the Act of June 23, 1972, shall not be paid to any State,

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

9 Islands, Micronesia, Northern Marianas, and American

10 Samoa prior to availability of an equal sum from non-Fed11 eral sources for expenditure during the current fiscal year.

12 INTEGRATED ACTIVITIES

13 For the integrated research, education, and extension

14 competitive grants programs, including necessary adminis15 trative expenses, $35,541,000, as follows: payments for the

16 water quality program, $13,000,000; payments for the food

17 safety program, $15,000,000; payments for the national ag18 riculture pesticide impact assessment program, $4,541,000;

19 payments for the methyl bromide transition program,

20 $3,000,000, as authorized under section 406 of the Agricul21 tural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of

22 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7626).
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1 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR MARKETING AND

2 REGULATORY PROGRAMS

3 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the

4 Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs

5 to administer programs under the laws enacted by the Con6 gress for the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service,

7 the Agricultural Marketing Service, and the Grain Inspec8 tion, Packers and Stockyards Administration, $618,000.

9 ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE

10 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

12 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, including

13 those pursuant to the Act of February 28, 1947 (21 U.S.C.

14 114b–c), necessary to prevent, control, and eradicate pests

15 and plant and animal diseases; to carry out inspection,

16 quarantine, and regulatory activities; to discharge the au17 thorities of the Secretary of Agriculture under the Act of

18 March 2, 1931 (46 Stat. 1468; 7 U.S.C. 426–426b); and

19 to protect the environment, as authorized by law,

20 $439,445,000, of which $4,105,000 shall be available for the

21 control of outbreaks of insects, plant diseases, animal dis22 eases and for control of pest animals and birds to the extent

23 necessary to meet emergency conditions: Provided, That no

24 funds shall be used to formulate or administer a brucellosis

25 eradication program for the current fiscal year that does

26 not require minimum matching by the States of at least
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1 40 percent: Provided further, That of the amounts made

2 available under this heading, not less than $24,970,000

3 shall be used for fruit fly exclusion and detection (including

4 at least $6,000,000 for fruit fly exclusion and detection in

5 the State of Florida): Provided further, That this appro6 priation shall be available for field employment pursuant

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

8 of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $40,000 shall

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

10 further, That this appropriation shall be available for the

11 operation and maintenance of aircraft and the purchase of

12 not to exceed four, of which two shall be for replacement

13 only: Provided further, That, in addition, in emergencies

14 which threaten any segment of the agricultural production

15 industry of this country, the Secretary may transfer from

16 other appropriations or funds available to the agencies or

17 corporations of the Department such sums as may be

18 deemed necessary, to be available only in such emergencies

19 for the arrest and eradication of contagious or infectious

20 disease or pests of animals, poultry, or plants, and for ex21 penses in accordance with the Act of February 28, 1947,

22 and section 102 of the Act of September 21, 1944, and any

23 unexpended balances of funds transferred for such emer24 gency purposes in the next preceding fiscal year shall be

25 merged with such transferred amounts: Provided further,
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1 That appropriations hereunder shall be available pursuant

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

3 leased buildings and improvements, but unless otherwise

4 provided the cost of altering any one building during the

5 fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replace6 ment value of the building.

7 In fiscal year 2000, the agency is authorized to collect

8 fees to cover the total costs of providing technical assistance,

9 goods, or services requested by States, other political sub10 divisions, domestic and international organizations, foreign

11 governments, or individuals, provided that such fees are

12 structured such that any entity’s liability for such fees is

13 reasonably based on the technical assistance, goods, or serv14 ices provided to the entity by the agency, and such fees shall

15 be credited to this account, to remain available until ex16 pended, without further appropriation, for providing such

17 assistance, goods, or services.

18 Of the total amount available under this heading in

19 fiscal year 2000, $90,000,000 shall be derived from user fees

20 deposited in the Agricultural Quarantine Inspection User

21 Fee Account.

22 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

23 For plans, construction, repair, preventive mainte24 nance, environmental support, improvement, extension, al25 teration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities, as

26 authorized by 7 U.S.C. 2250, and acquisition of land as
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1 authorized by 7 U.S.C. 428a, $5,200,000, to remain avail2 able until expended.

3 AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE

4 MARKETING SERVICES

5 For necessary expenses to carry on services related to

6 consumer protection, agricultural marketing and distribu7 tion, transportation, and regulatory programs, as author8 ized by law, and for administration and coordination of

9 payments to States, including field employment pursuant

10 to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act

11 of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225) and not to exceed $90,000 for em12 ployment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $51,229,000, including

13 funds for the wholesale market development program for the

14 design and development of wholesale and farmer market fa15 cilities for the major metropolitan areas of the country: Pro16 vided, That this appropriation shall be available pursuant

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

18 buildings and improvements, but the cost of altering any

19 one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 per20 cent of the current replacement value of the building.

21 Fees may be collected for the cost of standardization

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

23 U.S.C. 9701).

24 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

25 Not to exceed $60,730,000 (from fees collected) shall be

26 obligated during the current fiscal year for administrative
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1 expenses: Provided, That if crop size is understated and/

2 or other uncontrollable events occur, the agency may exceed

3 this limitation by up to 10 percent with notification to the

4 Appropriations Committees.

5 FUNDS FOR STRENGTHENING MARKETS, INCOME, AND

6 SUPPLY (SECTION 32)

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

8 Funds available under section 32 of the Act of August

9 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c) shall be used only for commodity

10 program expenses as authorized therein, and other related

11 operating expenses, except for: (1) transfers to the Depart12 ment of Commerce as authorized by the Fish and Wildlife

13 Act of August 8, 1956; (2) transfers otherwise provided in

14 this Act; and (3) not more than $12,443,000 for formulation

15 and administration of marketing agreements and orders

16 pursuant to the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of

17 1937 and the Agricultural Act of 1961.

18 PAYMENTS TO STATES AND POSSESSIONS

19 For payments to departments of agriculture, bureaus

20 and departments of markets, and similar agencies for mar21 keting activities under section 204(b) of the Agricultural

22 Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1623(b)), $1,200,000.
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1 GRAIN INSPECTION, PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS

2 ADMINISTRATION

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

4 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of

5 the United States Grain Standards Act, for the administra6 tion of the Packers and Stockyards Act, for certifying proce7 dures used to protect purchasers of farm products, and the

8 standardization activities related to grain under the Agri9 cultural Marketing Act of 1946, including field employment

10 pursuant 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 $25,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $26,287,000:

13 Provided, That this appropriation shall be available pursu14 ant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and repair

15 of buildings and improvements, but the cost of altering any

16 one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 per17 cent of the current replacement value of the building.

18 LIMITATION ON INSPECTION AND WEIGHING SERVICE

19 EXPENSES

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

21 obligated during the current fiscal year for inspection and

22 weighing services: Provided, That if grain export activities

23 require additional supervision and oversight, or other un24 controllable factors occur, this limitation may be exceeded

25 by up to 10 percent with notification to the Appropriations

26 Committees.
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1 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD SAFETY

2 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the

3 Under Secretary for Food Safety to administer the laws en4 acted by the Congress for the Food Safety and Inspection

5 Service, $446,000.

6 FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE

7 For necessary expenses to carry out services authorized

8 by the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry Products

9 Inspection Act, and the Egg Products Inspection Act,

10 $638,404,000, and in addition, $1,000,000 may be credited

11 to this account from fees collected for the cost of laboratory

12 accreditation as authorized by section 1017 of Public Law

13 102–237: Provided, That this appropriation shall not be

14 available for shell egg surveillance under section 5(d) of the

15 Egg Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 1034(d)): Provided

16 further, That this appropriation shall be available for field

17 employment pursuant to the second sentence of section

18 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and

19 not to exceed $75,000 shall be available for employment

20 under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That this appro21 priation shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250)

22 for the alteration and repair of buildings and improve23 ments, but the cost of altering any one building during the

24 fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replace25 ment value of the building.
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1 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FARM AND

2 FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICES

3 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the

4 Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Serv5 ices to administer the laws enacted by Congress for the

6 Farm Service Agency, the Foreign Agricultural Service, the

7 Risk Management Agency, and the Commodity Credit Cor8 poration, $572,000.

9 FARM SERVICE AGENCY

10 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

12 For necessary expenses for carrying out the adminis13 tration and implementation of programs administered by

14 the Farm Service Agency, $794,839,000: Provided, That the

15 Secretary is authorized to use the services, facilities, and

16 authorities (but not the funds) of the Commodity Credit

17 Corporation to make program payments for all programs

18 administered by the Agency: Provided further, That other

19 funds made available to the Agency for authorized activities

20 may be advanced to and merged with this account: Provided

21 further, That these funds shall be available for employment

22 pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Or23 ganic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed

24 $1,000,000 shall be available for employment under 5

25 U.S.C. 3109.
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1 STATE MEDIATION GRANTS

2 For grants pursuant to section 502(b) of the Agricul3 tural Credit Act of 1987 (7 U.S.C. 5101–5106), $2,000,000.

4 DAIRY INDEMNITY PROGRAM

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

6 For necessary expenses involved in making indemnity

7 payments to dairy farmers for milk or cows producing such

8 milk and manufacturers of dairy products who have been

9 directed to remove their milk or dairy products from com10 mercial markets because it contained residues of chemicals

11 registered and approved for use by the Federal Government,

12 and in making indemnity payments for milk, or cows pro13 ducing such milk, at a fair market value to any dairy farm14 er who is directed to remove his milk from commercial mar15 kets because of: (1) the presence of products of nuclear radi16 ation or fallout if such contamination is not due to the fault

17 of the farmer; or (2) residues of chemicals or toxic sub18 stances not included under the first sentence of the Act of

19 August 13, 1968 (7 U.S.C. 450j), if such chemicals or toxic

20 substances were not used in a manner contrary to applica21 ble regulations or labeling instructions provided at the time

22 of use and the contamination is not due to the fault of the

23 farmer, $450,000, to remain available until expended (7

24 U.S.C. 2209b): Provided, That none of the funds contained

25 in this Act shall be used to make indemnity payments to

26 any farmer whose milk was removed from commercial mar-
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1 kets as a result of the farmer’s willful failure to follow proce2 dures prescribed by the Federal Government: Provided fur3 ther, That this amount shall be transferred to the Com4 modity Credit Corporation: Provided further, That the Sec5 retary is authorized to utilize the services, facilities, and

6 authorities of the Commodity Credit Corporation for the

7 purpose of making dairy indemnity disbursements.

8 AGRICULTURAL CREDIT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM

9 ACCOUNT

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

11 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di12 rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1928–

13 1929, to be available from funds in the Agricultural Credit

14 Insurance Fund, as follows: farm ownership loans,

15 $559,422,000, of which $431,373,000 shall be for guaranteed

16 loans; operating loans, $2,397,842,000, of which

17 $1,697,842,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans

18 and $200,000,000 shall be for subsidized guaranteed loans;

19 Indian tribe land acquisition loans as authorized by 25

20 U.S.C. 488, $1,028,000; for emergency insured loans,

21 $25,000,000 to meet the needs resulting from natural disas22 ters; and for boll weevil eradication program loans as au23 thorized by 7 U.S.C. 1989, $100,000,000.

24 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including

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

26 Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: farm owner-
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1 ship loans, $7,243,000, of which $2,416,000, shall be for

2 guaranteed loans; operating loans, $70,860,000, of which

3 $23,940,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans and

4 $17,620,000 shall be for subsidized guaranteed loans; In5 dian tribe land acquisition loans as authorized by 25

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

7 $3,882,000 to meet the needs resulting from natural disas8 ters.

9 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to

10 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs,

11 $214,161,000, of which $209,861,000 shall be transferred to

12 and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Farm Service

13 Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’.

14 Funds appropriated by this Act to the Agricultural

15 Credit Insurance Program Account for farm ownership and

16 operating direct loans and guaranteed loans may be trans17 ferred among these programs with the prior approval of the

18 House and Senate Committees on Appropriations.

19 RISK MANAGEMENT AGENCY

20 For administrative and operating expenses, as author21 ized by the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform

22 Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 6933), $64,000,000: Provided, That

23 not to exceed $700 shall be available for official reception

24 and representation expenses, as authorized by 7 U.S.C.

25 1506(i).
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1 CORPORATIONS

2 The following corporations and agencies are hereby au3 thorized to make expenditures, within the limits of funds

4 and borrowing authority available to each such corporation

5 or agency and in accord with law, and to make contracts

6 and commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations

7 as provided by section 104 of the Government Corporation

8 Control Act as may be necessary in carrying out the pro9 grams set forth in the budget for the current fiscal year for

10 such corporation or agency, except as hereinafter provided.

11 FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION FUND

12 For payments as authorized by section 516 of the Fed13 eral Crop Insurance Act, such sums as may be necessary,

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

15 COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION FUND

16 REIMBURSEMENT FOR NET REALIZED LOSSES

17 For fiscal year 2000, such sums as may be necessary

18 to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for net re19 alized losses sustained, but not previously reimbursed, pur20 suant to section 2 of the Act of August 17, 1961 (15 U.S.C.

21 713a–11).

22 OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE FOR HAZARDOUS WASTE

23 MANAGEMENT

24 For fiscal year 2000, the Commodity Credit Corpora25 tion shall not expend more than $5,000,000 for expenses to

26 comply with the requirement of section 107(g) of the Com-
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1 prehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and

2 Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9607(g), and section 6001 of the

3 Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. 6961:

4 Provided, That expenses shall be for operations and mainte5 nance costs only and that other hazardous waste manage6 ment costs shall be paid for by the USDA Hazardous Waste

7 Management appropriation in this Act.

8 TITLE II

9 CONSERVATION PROGRAMS

10 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR NATURAL

11 RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT

12 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the

13 Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment

14 to administer the laws enacted by the Congress for the For15 est Service and the Natural Resources Conservation Service,

16 $693,000.

17 NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE

18 CONSERVATION OPERATIONS

19 For necessary expenses for carrying out the provisions

20 of the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–f), including

21 preparation of conservation plans and establishment of

22 measures to conserve soil and water (including farm irriga23 tion and land drainage and such special measures for soil

24 and water management as may be necessary to prevent

25 floods and the siltation of reservoirs and to control agricul-
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1 tural related pollutants); operation of conservation plant

2 materials centers; classification and mapping of soil; dis3 semination of information; acquisition of lands, water, and

4 interests therein for use in the plant materials program by

5 donation, exchange, or purchase at a nominal cost not to

6 exceed $100 pursuant to the Act of August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C.

7 428a); purchase and erection or alteration or improvement

8 of permanent and temporary buildings; and operation and

9 maintenance of aircraft, $656,243,000, to remain available

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

11 $5,990,000 is for snow survey and water forecasting and

12 not less than $9,125,000 is for operation and establishment

13 of the plant materials centers: Provided, That appropria14 tions hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C.

15 2250 for construction and improvement of buildings and

16 public improvements at plant materials centers, except that

17 the cost of alterations and improvements to other buildings

18 and other public improvements shall not exceed $250,000:

19 Provided further, That when buildings or other structures

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

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

22 further, That this appropriation shall be available for tech23 nical assistance and related expenses to carry out programs

24 authorized by section 202(c) of title II of the Colorado River

25 Basin Salinity Control Act of 1974 (43 U.S.C. 1592(c)):
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1 Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available

2 for employment pursuant to the second sentence of section

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

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

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

6 engineers may be temporarily employed at per diem rates

7 to perform the technical planning work of the Service (16

8 U.S.C. 590e–2).

9 WATERSHED SURVEYS AND PLANNING

10 For necessary expenses to conduct research, investiga11 tion, and surveys of watersheds of rivers and other water12 ways, and for small watershed investigations and planning,

13 in accordance with the Watershed Protection and Flood

14 Prevention Act approved August 4, 1954 (16 U.S.C. 1001–

15 1009), $10,368,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall

16 be available for employment pursuant to the second sentence

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

18 2225), and not to exceed $110,000 shall be available for em19 ployment under 5 U.S.C. 3109.

20 WATERSHED AND FLOOD PREVENTION OPERATIONS

21 For necessary expenses to carry out preventive meas22 ures, including but not limited to research, engineering op23 erations, methods of cultivation, the growing of vegetation,

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

25 in accordance with the Watershed Protection and Flood

26 Prevention Act approved August 4, 1954 (16 U.S.C. 1001–
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1 1005 and 1007–1009), the provisions of the Act of April

2 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–f), and in accordance with the

3 provisions of laws relating to the activities of the Depart4 ment, $99,443,000, to remain available until expended (7

5 U.S.C. 2209b) (of which up to $15,000,000 may be available

6 for the watersheds authorized under the Flood Control Act

7 approved June 22, 1936 (33 U.S.C. 701 and 16 U.S.C.

8 1006a)): Provided, That not to exceed $47,000,000 of this

9 appropriation shall be available for technical assistance:

10 Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available

11 for employment pursuant to the second sentence of section

12 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and

13 not to exceed $200,000 shall be available for employment

14 under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That not to exceed

15 $1,000,000 of this appropriation is available to carry out

16 the purposes of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (Public

17 Law 93–205), including cooperative efforts as contemplated

18 by that Act to relocate endangered or threatened species to

19 other suitable habitats as may be necessary to expedite

20 project construction: Provided further, That of the funds

21 available for Emergency Watershed Protection activities,

22 $5,000,000 shall be available for Mississippi and Wisconsin

23 for financial and technical assistance for pilot rehabilita24 tion projects of small, upstream dams built under the Wa25 tershed and Flood Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.,
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1 section 13 of the Act of December 22, 1994; Public Law

2 78–534; 58 Stat. 905), and the pilot watershed program au3 thorized under the heading ‘‘FLOOD PREVENTION’’ of

4 the Department of Agriculture Appropriation Act, 1954

5 (Public Law 83–156; 67 Stat. 214).

6 RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT

7 For necessary expenses in planning and carrying out

8 projects for resource conservation and development and for

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

10 of title III of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act (7

11 U.S.C. 1010–1011; 76 Stat. 607), the Act of April 27, 1935

12 (16 U.S.C. 590a–f), and the Agriculture and Food Act of

13 1981 (16 U.S.C. 3451–3461), $35,000,000, to remain avail14 able until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b): Provided, That this

15 appropriation shall be available for employment pursuant

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

17 of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $50,000 shall

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

19 FORESTRY INCENTIVES PROGRAM

20 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, to

21 carry out the program of forestry incentives, as authorized

22 by the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 (16

23 U.S.C. 2101), including technical assistance and related ex24 penses, $6,325,000, to remain available until expended, as

25 authorized by that Act.
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1 TITLE III

2 RURAL ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY

3 DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS

4 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RURAL

5 DEVELOPMENT

6 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the

7 Under Secretary for Rural Development to administer pro8 grams under the laws enacted by the Congress for the Rural

9 Housing Service, the Rural Business-Cooperative Service,

10 and the Rural Utilities Service of the Department of Agri11 culture, $588,000.

12 RURAL COMMUNITY ADVANCEMENT PROGRAM

13 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

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

16 1926d, and 1932, except for sections 381E–H, 381N, and

17 381O of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act

18 (7 U.S.C. 2009f), $718,006,000, to remain available until

19 expended, of which $23,150,000 shall be for rural commu20 nity programs described in section 381E(d)(1) of such Act;

21 of which $630,257,000 shall be for the rural utilities pro22 grams described in section 381E(d)(2), 306C(a)(2), and

23 306D of such Act; and of which $64,599,000 shall be for

24 the rural business and cooperative development programs

25 described in section 381E(d)(3) of such Act: Provided, That

26 of the amount appropriated for the rural business and coop-
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1 erative development programs, not to exceed $500,000 shall

2 be made available for a grant to a qualified national orga3 nization to provide technical assistance for rural transpor4 tation in order to promote economic development: Provided

5 further, That of the amount appropriated for rural utilities

6 programs, not to exceed $20,000,000 shall be for water and

7 waste disposal systems to benefit the Colonias along the

8 United States/Mexico borders, including grants pursuant to

9 section 306C of such Act; not to exceed $12,000,000 shall

10 be for water and waste disposal systems to benefit Federally

11 Recognized Native American Tribes, including grants pur12 suant to section 306C of such Act: Provided further, That

13 the Federally Recognized Native American Tribe is not eli14 gible for any other rural utilities programs set aside under

15 the Rural Community Advancement Program; not to exceed

16 $20,000,000 shall be for water and waste disposal systems

17 for rural and native villages in Alaska pursuant to section

18 306D of such Act; not to exceed $16,500,000 shall be for

19 technical assistance grants for rural waste systems pursu20 ant to section 306(a)(14) of such Act; and not to exceed

21 $7,300,000 shall be for contracting with qualified national

22 organizations for a circuit rider program to provide tech23 nical assistance for rural water systems: Provided further,

24 That of the total amount appropriated, not to exceed

25 $1,500,000 shall be available to the Grassroots project: Pro-
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1 vided further, That of the total amount appropriated, not

2 to exceed $45,245,000 shall be available through June 30,

3 2000, for empowerment zones and enterprise communities,

4 as authorized by Public Law 103–66, of which $2,106,000

5 shall be for rural community programs described in section

6 381E(d)(1) of such Act; of which $34,704,000 shall be for

7 the rural utilities programs described in section 381E(d)(2)

8 of such Act; of which $8,435,000 shall be for the rural busi9 ness and cooperative development programs described in

10 section 381E(d)(3) of such Act: Provided further, That any

11 obligated and unobligated balances available from prior

12 years for the ‘‘Rural Utilities Assistance Program’’ account,

13 shall be transferred to and merged with this account.

14 RURAL HOUSING SERVICE

15 RURAL HOUSING INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

17 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di18 rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by title V of the

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

20 housing insurance fund, as follows: $4,300,000,000 for loans

21 to section 502 borrowers, as determined by the Secretary,

22 of which $3,200,000,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaran23 teed loans; $32,396,000 for section 504 housing repair

24 loans; $100,000,000 for section 538 guaranteed multi-fam25 ily housing loans; $25,001,000 for section 514 farm labor

26 housing; $114,321,000 for section 515 rental housing;
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1 $5,152,000 for section 524 site loans; $12,824,000 for credit

2 sales of acquired property, of which up to $2,150,000 may

3 be for multi-family credit sales; and $5,000,000 for section

4 523 self-help housing land development loans.

5 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including

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

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

8 502 loans, $113,350,000, of which $19,520,000 shall be for

9 unsubsidized guaranteed loans; section 504 housing repair

10 loans, $9,900,000; section 538 multi-family housing guar11 anteed loans, $480,000; section 514 farm labor housing,

12 $11,308,000; section 515 rental housing, $45,363,000; sec13 tion 524 site loans, $4,000; credit sales of acquired prop14 erty, $1,499,000, of which up to $850,000 may be for multi15 family credit sales; and section 523 self-help housing land

16 development loans, $281,000: Provided, That of the total

17 amount appropriated in this paragraph, $11,180,000 shall

18 be for empowerment zones and enterprise communities, as

19 authorized by Public Law 103–66: Provided further, That

20 if such funds are not obligated for empowerment zones and

21 enterprise communities by June 30, 2000, they shall remain

22 available for other authorized purposes under this head.

23 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to

24 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs,

25 $360,785,000, which shall be transferred to and merged
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1 with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Housing Service, Sala2 ries and Expenses’’.

3 RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

4 For rental assistance agreements entered into or re5 newed pursuant to the authority under section 521(a)(2)

6 or agreements entered into in lieu of debt forgiveness or

7 payments for eligible households as authorized by section

8 502(c)(5)(D) of the Housing Act of 1949, $640,000,000;

9 and, in addition, such sums as may be necessary, as author10 ized by section 521(c) of the Act, to liquidate debt incurred

11 prior to fiscal year 1992 to carry out the rental assistance

12 program under section 521(a)(2) of the Act: Provided, That

13 of this amount, not more than $5,900,000 shall be available

14 for debt forgiveness or payments for eligible households as

15 authorized by section 502(c)(5)(D) of the Act, and not to

16 exceed $10,000 per project for advances to nonprofit organi17 zations or public agencies to cover direct costs (other than

18 purchase price) incurred in purchasing projects pursuant

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

20 agreements entered into or renewed during fiscal year 2000

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

22 any such agreement may be extended to fully utilize

23 amounts obligated.

24 MUTUAL AND SELF-HELP HOUSING GRANTS

25 For grants and contracts pursuant to section

26 523(b)(1)(A) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490c),
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1 $26,000,000, to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C.

2 2209b): Provided, That of the total amount appropriated,

3 $1,000,000 shall be for empowerment zones and enterprise

4 communities, as authorized by Public Law 103–66: Pro5 vided further, That if such funds are not obligated for em6 powerment zones and enterprise communities by June 30,

7 2000, they shall remain available for other authorized pur8 poses under this head.

9 RURAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE GRANTS

10 For grants and contracts for housing for domestic farm

11 labor, very low-income housing repair, supervisory and

12 technical assistance, compensation for construction defects,

13 and rural housing preservation made by the Rural Housing

14 Service, as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 1474, 1479(c), 1486,

15 1490e, and 1490m, $41,000,000, to remain available until

16 expended: Provided, That of the total amount appropriated,

17 $1,200,000 shall be for empowerment zones and enterprise

18 communities, as authorized by Public Law 103–66: Pro19 vided further, That if such funds are not obligated for em20 powerment zones and enterprise communities by June 30,

21 2000, they shall remain available for other authorized pur22 poses under this head.

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 For necessary expenses of the Rural Housing Service,

25 including administering the programs authorized by the

26 Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, title V of
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1 the Housing Act of 1949, and cooperative agreements,

2 $60,978,000: 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 $520,000 may be used for employ6 ment under 5 U.S.C. 3109.

7 RURAL BUSINESS-COOPERATIVE SERVICE

8 RURAL DEVELOPMENT LOAN FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

10 For the cost of direct loans, $16,615,000, as authorized

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

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

13 such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres14 sional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That these

15 funds are available to subsidize gross obligations for the

16 principal amount of direct loans of $38,256,000: Provided

17 further, That through June 30, 2000, of the total amount

18 appropriated, $3,216,000 shall be available for the cost of

19 direct loans for empowerment zones and enterprise commu20 nities, as authorized by Public Law 103–66, to subsidize

21 gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans,

22 $7,246,000: Provided further, That if such funds are not

23 obligated for empowerment zones and enterprise commu24 nities by June 30, 2000, they shall remain available for

25 other authorized purposes under this head: Provided fur26 ther, That none of the funds appropriated under this para-
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1 graph shall be available unless the Department of Agri2 culture proposes a revised regulation to allow lenders to be

3 charged a fee of up to 3 percent on guaranteed business

4 and industry loans.

5 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out

6 the direct loan programs, $3,337,000 shall be transferred

7 to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Business8 Cooperative Service, Salaries and Expenses’’.

9 RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LOANS PROGRAM

10 ACCOUNT

11 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

12 For the principal amount of direct loans, as authorized

13 under section 313 of the Rural Electrification Act, for the

14 purpose of promoting rural economic development and job

15 creation projects, $15,000,000.

16 For the cost of direct loans, including the cost of modi17 fying loans as defined in section 502 of the Congressional

18 Budget Act of 1974, $3,453,000.

19 Of the funds derived from interest on the cushion of

20 credit payments in fiscal year 2000, as authorized by sec21 tion 313 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936,

22 $3,453,000 shall not be obligated and $3,453,000 are re23 scinded.

24 RURAL COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS

25 For rural cooperative development grants authorized

26 under section 310B(e) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural
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1 Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932), $5,500,000, of which

2 $1,500,000 shall be available for cooperative agreements for

3 the appropriate technology transfer for rural areas pro4 gram: Provided, That at least twenty-five percent of the

5 total amount appropriated shall be made available to co6 operatives or associations of cooperatives that assist small,

7 minority producers.

8 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

9 For necessary expenses of the Rural Business-Coopera10 tive Service, including administering the programs author11 ized by the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act;

12 section 1323 of the Food Security Act of 1985; the Coopera13 tive Marketing Act of 1926; for activities relating to the

14 marketing aspects of cooperatives, including economic re15 search findings, as authorized by the Agricultural Mar16 keting Act of 1946; for activities with institutions con17 cerning the development and operation of agricultural co18 operatives; and for cooperative agreements; $25,680,000:

19 Provided, That this appropriation shall be available for em20 ployment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a)

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

22 exceed $260,000 may be used for employment under 5

23 U.S.C. 3109.
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1 ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND

2 COMMERCIALIZATION CORPORATION REVOLVING FUND

3 For necessary expenses to carry out the Alternative Ag4 ricultural Research and Commercialization Act of 1990 (7

5 U.S.C. 5901–5908), $3,500,000 is appropriated to the Alter6 native Agricultural Research and Commercialization Cor7 poration Revolving Fund.

8 RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE

9 RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

10 LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

12 Insured loans pursuant to the authority of section 305

13 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935) shall

14 be made as follows: 5 percent rural electrification loans,

15 $71,500,000; 5 percent rural telecommunications loans,

16 $75,000,000; cost of money rural telecommunications loans,

17 $300,000,000; municipal rate rural electric loans,

18 $295,000,000; and loans made pursuant to section 306 of

19 that Act, rural electric, $700,000,000 and rural tele20 communications, $120,000,000, to remain available until

21 expended.

22 For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congres23 sional Budget Act of 1974, including the cost of modifying

24 loans, of direct and guaranteed loans authorized by the

25 Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935 and 936),

26 as follows: cost of direct loans, $1,483,000; cost of municipal
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1 rate loans, $10,826,000; cost of money rural telecommuni2 cations loans, $2,370,000: Provided, That notwithstanding

3 section 305(d)(2) of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936,

4 borrower interest rates may exceed 7 percent per year.

5 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to

6 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs,

7 $29,982,000, which shall be transferred to and merged with

8 the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Utilities Service, Salaries and

9 Expenses’’.

10 RURAL TELEPHONE BANK PROGRAM ACCOUNT

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

12 The Rural Telephone Bank is hereby authorized to

13 make such expenditures, within the limits of funds available

14 to such corporation in accord with law, and to make such

15 contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year

16 limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government

17 Corporation Control Act, as may be necessary in carrying

18 out its authorized programs. During fiscal year 2000 and

19 within the resources and authority available, gross obliga20 tions for the principal amount of direct loans shall be

21 $157,509,000.

22 For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congres23 sional Budget Act of 1974, including the cost of modifying

24 loans, of direct loans authorized by the Rural Electrifica25 tion Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935), $2,961,000.
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1 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to

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

3 transferred to and merged with the appropriation for

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

5 DISTANCE LEARNING AND TELEMEDICINE PROGRAM

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

7 by 7 U.S.C. 950aaa et seq., $13,200,000, to remain avail8 able until expended, to be available for loans and grants

9 for telemedicine and distance learning services in rural

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

11 defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of

12 1974.

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 For necessary expenses of the Rural Utilities Service,

15 including administering the programs authorized by the

16 Rural Electrification Act of 1936, and the Consolidated

17 Farm and Rural Development Act, and for cooperative

18 agreements, $33,000,000: Provided, That this appropriation

19 shall be available for employment pursuant to the second

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

21 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $105,000 may be used for

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

2 DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS

3 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD,

4 NUTRITION AND CONSUMER SERVICES

5 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the

6 Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Serv7 ices to administer the laws enacted by the Congress for the

8 Food and Nutrition Service, $554,000.

9 FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE

10 CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

12 For necessary expenses to carry out the National

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

14 21, and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771

15 et seq.), except sections 17 and 21; $9,560,028,000, to re16 main available through September 30, 2001, of which

17 $4,624,829,000 is hereby appropriated and $4,935,199,000

18 shall be derived by transfer from funds available under sec19 tion 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c): Pro20 vided, That, except as specifically provided under this head21 ing, none of the funds made available under this heading

22 shall be used for studies and evaluations: Provided further,

23 That of the funds made available under this heading, up

24 to $13,000,000 shall be for school breakfast pilot projects,

25 including the evaluation required under section 18(e) of the

26 National School Lunch Act: Provided further, That up to
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1 $4,363,000 shall be available for independent verification

2 of school food service claims: Provided further, That none

3 of the funds under this heading shall be available unless

4 the value of bonus commodities provided under section 32

5 of the Act of August 24, 1935 (49 Stat. 774, chapter 641;

6 7 U.S.C. 612c), and section 416 of the Agricultural Act of

7 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1431) is included in meeting the minimum

8 commodity assistance requirement of section 6(g) of the Na9 tional School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1755(g)).

10 SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR

11 WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN (WIC)

12 For necessary expenses to carry out the special supple13 mental nutrition program as authorized by section 17 of

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

15 $4,038,107,000, to remain available through September 30,

16 2001: Provided, That none of the funds made available

17 under this heading shall be used for studies and evaluations:

18 Provided further, That of the total amount available, the

19 Secretary shall obligate $10,000,000 for the farmers’ market

20 nutrition program within 45 days of the enactment of this

21 Act, and an additional $5,000,000 for the farmers’ market

22 nutrition program from any funds not needed to maintain

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

24 funds in this Act shall be available to pay administrative

25 expenses of WIC clinics except those that have an announced

26 policy of prohibiting smoking within the space used to
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1 carry out the program: Provided further, That none of the

2 funds provided in this account shall be available for the

3 purchase of infant formula except in accordance with the

4 cost containment and competitive bidding requirements

5 specified in section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966:

6 Provided further, That none of the funds provided shall be

7 available for activities that are not fully reimbursed by

8 other federal government departments or agencies unless au9 thorized by section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966.

10 FOOD STAMP PROGRAM

11 For necessary expenses to carry out the Food Stamp

12 Act (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), $21,563,744,000, of which

13 $100,000,000 shall be placed in reserve for use only in such

14 amounts and at such times as may become necessary to

15 carry out program operations: Provided, That none of the

16 funds made available under this head shall be used for stud17 ies and evaluations: Provided further, That funds provided

18 herein shall be expended in accordance with section 16 of

19 the Food Stamp Act: Provided further, That this appropria20 tion shall be subject to any work registration or workfare

21 requirements as may be required by law: Provided further,

22 That funds made available for Employment and Training

23 under this head shall remain available until expended, as

24 authorized by section 16(h)(1) of the Food Stamp Act.
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1 COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

2 For necessary expenses to carry out the commodity

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

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

5 U.S.C. 612c note); the Emergency Food Assistance Act of

6 1983, $131,000,000, to remain available through September

7 30, 2001: Provided, That none of these funds shall be avail8 able to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for

9 commodities donated to the program.

10 FOOD DONATIONS PROGRAMS

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

12 Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973; special

13 assistance for the nuclear affected islands as authorized by

14 section 103(h)(2) of the Compacts of Free Association Act

15 of 1985, as amended; and section 311 of the Older Ameri16 cans Act of 1965, $141,081,000, to remain available through

17 September 30, 2001.

18 FOOD PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION

19 For necessary administrative expenses of the domestic

20 food programs funded under this Act, $111,561,000, of

21 which $5,000,000 shall be available only for simplifying

22 procedures, reducing overhead costs, tightening regulations,

23 improving food stamp coupon handling, and assistance in

24 the prevention, identification, and prosecution of fraud and

25 other violations of law and of which not less than

26 $3,000,000 shall be available to improve integrity in the
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1 Food Stamp and Child Nutrition programs: Provided, That

2 this appropriation shall be available for employment pursu3 ant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic

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

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

6 TITLE V

7 FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED PROGRAMS

8 FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE AND GENERAL SALES

9 MANAGER

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

11 For necessary expenses of the Foreign Agricultural

12 Service, including carrying out title VI of the Agricultural

13 Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1761–1768), market development ac14 tivities abroad, and for enabling the Secretary to coordinate

15 and integrate activities of the Department in connection

16 with foreign agricultural work, including not to exceed

17 $128,000 for representation allowances and for expenses

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

19 (7 U.S.C. 1766), $136,203,000: Provided, That the Service

20 may utilize advances of funds, or reimburse this appropria21 tion for expenditures made on behalf of Federal agencies,

22 public and private organizations and institutions under

23 agreements executed pursuant to the agricultural food pro24 duction assistance programs (7 U.S.C. 1737) and the for25 eign assistance programs of the United States Agency for
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1 International Development: Provided further, That of the

2 total amount appropriated, up to $2,000,000 shall remain

3 available until expended solely for the purpose of offsetting

4 fluctuations in international currency exchange rates, sub5 ject to documentation by the Foreign Agricultural Service.

6 None of the funds in the foregoing paragraph shall be

7 available to promote the sale or export of tobacco or tobacco

8 products, or alcoholic beverages, including wine.

9 PUBLIC LAW 480 PROGRAM AND GRANT ACCOUNTS

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

11 For expenses during the current fiscal year, not other12 wise recoverable, and unrecovered prior years’ costs, includ13 ing interest thereon, under the Agricultural Trade Develop14 ment and Assistance Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1691, 1701–

15 1704, 1721–1726a, 1727–1727e, 1731–1736g–3, and 1737),

16 as follows: (1) $142,840,000 for Public Law 480 title I cred17 it, including Food for Progress programs; (2) $16,249,000

18 is hereby appropriated for ocean freight differential costs

19 for the shipment of agricultural commodities pursuant to

20 title I of said Act and the Food for Progress Act of 1985;

21 and (3) $787,000,000 is hereby appropriated for commod22 ities supplied in connection with dispositions abroad pursu23 ant to title II of said Act: Provided, That not to exceed

24 15 percent of the funds made available to carry out any

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

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

3 For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congres4 sional Budget Act of 1974, of direct credit agreements as

5 authorized by the Agricultural Trade Development and As6 sistance Act of 1954, and the Food for Progress Act of 1985,

7 including the cost of modifying credit agreements under

8 said Act, $117,786,000.

9 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out

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

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

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

13 $1,035,000 may be transferred to and merged with the ap14 propriation for ‘‘Foreign Agricultural Service and General

15 Sales Manager’’ and $815,000 may be transferred to and

16 merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Farm Service Agency,

17 Salaries and Expenses’’.

18 COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION EXPORT LOANS

19 PROGRAM ACCOUNT

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

21 For administrative expenses to carry out the Com22 modity Credit Corporation’s export guarantee program,

23 GSM 102 and GSM 103, $3,820,000; to cover common over24 head expenses as permitted by section 11 of the Commodity

25 Credit Corporation Charter Act and in conformity with the

26 Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, of which $3,231,000
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1 may be transferred to and merged with the appropriation

2 for ‘‘Foreign Agricultural Service and General Sales Man3 ager’’ and $589,000 may be transferred to and merged with

4 the appropriation for ‘‘Farm Service Agency, Salaries and

5 Expenses’’.

6 TITLE VI

7 RELATED AGENCIES AND FOOD AND DRUG

8 ADMINISTRATION

9 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN

10 SERVICES

11 FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For necessary expenses of the Food and Drug Adminis14 tration, including hire and purchase of passenger motor ve15 hicles; for payment of space rental and related costs pursu16 ant to Public Law 92–313 for programs and activities of

17 the Food and Drug Administration which are included in

18 this Act; for rental of special purpose space in the District

19 of Columbia or elsewhere; and for miscellaneous and emer20 gency expenses of enforcement activities, authorized and ap21 proved by the Secretary and to be accounted for solely on

22 the Secretary’s certificate, not to exceed $25,000;

23 $1,180,972,000, of which not to exceed $145,434,000 in fees

24 pursuant to section 736 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cos25 metic Act may be credited to this appropriation and re-
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1 main available until expended: Provided, That fees derived

2 from applications received during fiscal year 2000 shall be

3 subject to the fiscal year 2000 limitation: Provided further,

4 That none of these funds shall be used to develop, establish,

5 or operate any program of user fees authorized by 31 U.S.C.

6 9701: Provided further, That of the total amount appro7 priated: (1) $264,845,000 shall be for the Center for Food

8 Safety and Applied Nutrition and related field activities

9 in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (2) $309,026,000 shall

10 be for the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research and

11 related field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs,

12 of which no less than $11,542,000 shall be available for

13 grants and contracts awarded under section 5 of the Or14 phan Drug Act (21 U.S.C. 360ee); (3) $132,092,000 shall

15 be for the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research and

16 for related field activities in the Office of Regulatory Af17 fairs; (4) $48,221,000 shall be for the Center for Veterinary

18 Medicine and for related field activities in the Office of Reg19 ulatory Affairs; (5) $154,271,000 shall be for the Center for

20 Devices and Radiological Health and for related field ac21 tivities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs, of which

22 $1,000,000 shall be for premarket review, enforcement and

23 oversight activities related to users and manufacturers of

24 all reprocessed medical devices as authorized by the Federal

25 Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321 et seq.), and
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1 of which no less than $55,500,000 and 522 full-time equiva2 lent positions shall be for premarket application review ac3 tivities to meet statutory review times; (6) $34,436,000 shall

4 be for the National Center for Toxicological Research; (7)

5 $34,000,000 shall be for the Office of Tobacco; (8)

6 $25,855,000 shall be for Rent and Related activities, other

7 than the amounts paid to the General Services Administra8 tion; (9) $100,180,000 shall be for payments to the General

9 Services Administration for rent and related costs; and (10)

10 $78,046,000 shall be for other activities, including the Office

11 of the Commissioner; the Office of Policy; the Office of the

12 Senior Associate Commissioner; the Office of International

13 and Constituent Relations; the Office of Policy, Legislation,

14 and Planning; and central services for these offices: Pro15 vided further, That funds may be transferred from one spec16 ified activity to another with the prior approval of the Com17 mittee on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.

18 In addition, fees pursuant to section 354 of the Public

19 Health Service Act may be credited to this account, to re20 main available until expended.

21 In addition, fees pursuant to section 801 of the Federal

22 Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act may be credited to this ac23 count, to remain available until expended.

24 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

25 For plans, construction, repair, improvement, exten26 sion, alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facili-
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1 ties of or used by the Food and Drug Administration, where

2 not otherwise provided, $8,350,000, to remain available

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

4 INDEPENDENT AGENCY

5 COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION

6 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of

7 the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), including

8 the purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; the rental

9 of space (to include multiple year leases) in the District

10 of Columbia and elsewhere; and not to exceed $25,000 for

11 employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $61,000,000, including

12 not to exceed $1,000 for official reception and representa13 tion expenses: Provided, That the Commission is authorized

14 to charge reasonable fees to attendees of Commission spon15 sored educational events and symposia to cover the Commis16 sion’s costs of providing those events and symposia, and

17 notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, said fees shall be credited

18 to this account, to be available without further appropria19 tion.

20 TITLE VII—GENERAL PROVISIONS

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

22 appropriations and authorizations made for the Depart23 ment of Agriculture for the fiscal year 2000 under this Act

24 shall be available for the purchase, in addition to those spe25 cifically provided for, of not to exceed 365 passenger motor
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1 vehicles, of which 361 shall be for replacement only, and

2 for the hire of such vehicles.

3 SEC. 702. Funds in this Act available to the Depart4 ment of Agriculture shall be available for uniforms or allow5 ances therefor as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902).

6 SEC. 703. Not less than $1,500,000 of the appropria7 tions of the Department of Agriculture in this Act for re8 search and service work authorized by the Acts of August

9 14, 1946, and July 28, 1954 (7 U.S.C. 427 and 1621–1629),

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

11 be available for contracting in accordance with said Acts

12 and chapter.

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

14 Working Capital Fund for the purpose of accumulating

15 growth capital for data services and National Finance Cen16 ter operations shall not exceed $2,000,000: Provided, That

17 no funds in this Act appropriated to an agency of the De18 partment shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund

19 without the approval of the agency administrator.

20 SEC. 705. New obligational authority provided for the

21 following appropriation items in this Act shall remain

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

23 Plant Health Inspection Service, the contingency fund to

24 meet emergency conditions, fruit fly program, integrated

25 systems acquisition project, and up to $2,000,000 for costs
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1 associated with collocating regional offices; Farm Service

2 Agency, salaries and expenses funds made available to

3 county committees; and Foreign Agricultural Service, mid4 dle-income country training program.

5 New obligational authority for the boll weevil program;

6 up to 10 percent of the screwworm program of the Animal

7 and Plant Health Inspection Service; Food Safety and In8 spection Service, field automation and information man9 agement project; funds appropriated for rental payments;

10 funds for the Native American Institutions Endowment

11 Fund in the Cooperative State Research, Education, and

12 Extension Service; and funds for the competitive research

13 grants (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)), shall remain available until ex14 pended.

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

16 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the

17 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.

18 SEC. 707. Not to exceed $50,000 of the appropriations

19 available to the Department of Agriculture in this Act shall

20 be available to provide appropriate orientation and lan21 guage training pursuant to Public Law 94–449.

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

23 used to pay negotiated indirect cost rates on cooperative

24 agreements or similar arrangements between the United

25 States Department of Agriculture and nonprofit institu-
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1 tions in excess of 10 percent of the total direct cost of the

2 agreement when the purpose of such cooperative arrange3 ments is to carry out programs of mutual interest between

4 the two parties. This does not preclude appropriate pay5 ment of indirect costs on grants and contracts with such

6 institutions when such indirect costs are computed on a

7 similar basis for all agencies for which appropriations are

8 provided in this Act.

9 SEC. 709. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail10 able to restrict the authority of the Commodity Credit Cor11 poration to lease space for its own use or to lease space

12 on behalf of other agencies of the Department of Agriculture

13 when such space will be jointly occupied.

14 SEC. 710. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail15 able to pay indirect costs charged against competitive agri16 cultural research, education, or extension grant awards

17 issued by the Cooperative State Research, Education, and

18 Extension Service that exceed 19 percent of total Federal

19 funds provided under each award: Provided, That notwith20 standing section 1462 of the National Agricultural Re21 search, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7

22 U.S.C. 3310), funds provided by this Act for grants award23 ed competitively by the Cooperative State Research, Edu24 cation, and Extension Service shall be available to pay full

25 allowable indirect costs for each grant awarded under the
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1 Small Business Innovation Development Act of 1982, Pub2 lic Law 97–219 (15 U.S.C. 638).

3 SEC. 711. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this

4 Act, all loan levels provided in this Act shall be considered

5 estimates, not limitations.

6 SEC. 712. Appropriations for the Rural Housing In7 surance Fund Program Account for the cost of direct and

8 guaranteed loans made available in fiscal years 1994, 1995,

9 1996, 1997, 1998, and 1999 shall remain available until

10 expended to cover obligations made in each of those fiscal

11 years respectively, in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 1557.

12 SEC. 713. Appropriations to the Department of Agri13 culture for the cost of direct and guaranteed loans made

14 available in fiscal year 2000 shall remain available until

15 expended to cover obligations made in fiscal year 2000 for

16 the following accounts: the rural development loan fund

17 program account; the Rural Telephone Bank program ac18 count; the rural electrification and telecommunications

19 loans program account; the Rural Housing Insurance Fund

20 Program Account; and the rural economic development

21 loans program account.

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

23 year 2000 pay raises for programs funded by this Act shall

24 be absorbed within the levels appropriated by this Act.
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1 SEC. 715. Notwithstanding the Federal Grant and Co2 operative Agreement Act, marketing services of the Agricul3 tural Marketing Service; Grain Inspection, Packers and

4 Stockyards Administration; and the Animal and Plant

5 Health Inspection Service may use cooperative agreements

6 to reflect a relationship between the Agricultural Marketing

7 Service; the Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Ad8 ministration; or the Animal and Plant Health Inspection

9 Service and a State or Cooperator to carry out agricultural

10 marketing programs, or to carry out programs to protect

11 the Nation’s animal and plant resources.

12 SEC. 716. Notwithstanding the Federal Grant and Co13 operative Agreement Act, the Natural Resources Conserva14 tion Service may enter into contracts, grants, or cooperative

15 agreements with a State agency or subdivision, or a public

16 or private organization, for the acquisition of goods or serv17 ices, including personal services, to carry out natural re18 sources conservation activities: Provided, That Commodity

19 Credit Corporation funds obligated for such purposes shall

20 not exceed the level obligated by the Commodity Credit Cor21 poration for such purposes in fiscal year 1998.

22 SEC. 717. None of the funds in this Act may be used

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

24 Rural Telephone Bank or to maintain any account or sub25 account within the accounting records of the Rural Tele-
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1 phone Bank the creation of which has not specifically been

2 authorized by statute: Provided, That notwithstanding any

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

4 otherwise made available in this Act may be used to trans5 fer to the Treasury or to the Federal Financing Bank any

6 unobligated balance of the Rural Telephone Bank telephone

7 liquidating account which is in excess of current require8 ments and such balance shall receive interest as set forth

9 for financial accounts in section 505(c) of the Federal Cred10 it Reform Act of 1990.

11 SEC. 718. Of the funds made available by this Act, not

12 more than $1,800,000 shall be used to cover necessary ex13 penses of activities related to all advisory committees, pan14 els, commissions, and task forces of the Department of Agri15 culture, except for panels used to comply with negotiated

16 rule makings and panels used to evaluate competitively

17 awarded grants: Provided, That interagency funding is au18 thorized to carry out the purposes of the National Drought

19 Policy Commission.

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

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

22 Public Law 104–127, the Federal Agriculture Improvement

23 and Reform Act.

24 SEC. 720. No employee of the Department of Agri25 culture may be detailed or assigned from an agency or office
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1 funded by this Act to any other agency or office of the De2 partment for more than 30 days unless the individual’s em3 ploying agency or office is fully reimbursed by the receiving

4 agency or office for the salary and expenses of the employee

5 for the period of assignment.

6 SEC. 721. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise

7 made available to the Department of Agriculture shall be

8 used to transmit or otherwise make available to any non9 Department of Agriculture employee questions or responses

10 to questions that are a result of information requested for

11 the appropriations hearing process.

12 SEC. 722. None of the funds made available to the De13 partment of Agriculture by this Act may be used to acquire

14 new information technology systems or significant up15 grades, as determined by the Office of the Chief Information

16 Officer, without the approval of the Chief Information Offi17 cer and the concurrence of the Executive Information Tech18 nology Investment Review Board: Provided, That notwith19 standing any other provision of law, none of the funds ap20 propriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be

21 transferred to the Office of the Chief Information Officer

22 without the prior approval of the Committee on Appropria23 tions of both Houses of Congress.

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

25 or provided by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies
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1 funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or

2 expenditure in fiscal year 2000, or provided from any ac3 counts in the Treasury of the United States derived by the

4 collection of fees available to the agencies funded by this

5 Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure through

6 a reprogramming of funds which: (1) creates new programs;

7 (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; (3) increases

8 funds or personnel by any means for any project or activity

9 for which funds have been denied or restricted; (4) relocates

10 an office or employees; (5) reorganizes offices, programs, or

11 activities; or (6) contracts out or privatizes any functions

12 or activities presently performed by Federal employees; un13 less the Committee on Appropriations of both Houses of

14 Congress are notified fifteen days in advance of such re15 programming of funds.

16 (b) None of the funds provided by this Act, or provided

17 by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by

18 this Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure

19 in fiscal year 2000, or provided from any accounts in the

20 Treasury of the United States derived by the collection of

21 fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be

22 available for obligation or expenditure for activities, pro23 grams, or projects through a reprogramming of funds in

24 excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, that: (1)

25 augments existing programs, projects, or activities; (2) re-
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1 duces by 10 percent funding for any existing program,

2 project, or activity, or numbers of personnel by 10 percent

3 as approved by Congress; or (3) results from any general

4 savings from a reduction in personnel which would result

5 in a change in existing programs, activities, or projects as

6 approved by Congress; unless the Committee on Appropria7 tions of both Houses of Congress are notified fifteen days

8 in advance of such reprogramming of funds.

9 SEC. 724. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise

10 made available by this Act or any other Act may be used

11 to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out

12 the transfer or obligation of fiscal year 2000 funds under

13 the provisions of section 793 of Public Law 104–127.

14 SEC. 725. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise

15 made available by this Act shall be used to pay the salaries

16 and expenses of personnel who carry out an environmental

17 quality incentives program authorized by sections 334–341

18 of Public Law 104–127 in excess of $174,000,000.

19 SEC. 726. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise

20 available to the Department of Agriculture in fiscal year

21 2000 or thereafter may be used to administer the provision

22 of contract payments to a producer under the Agricultural

23 Market Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7201 et seq.) for contract

24 acreage on which wild rice is planted unless the contract
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1 payment is reduced by an acre for each contract acre plant2 ed to wild rice.

3 SEC. 727. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise

4 made available by this Act shall be used to pay the salaries

5 and expenses of personnel to enroll in excess of 180,000

6 acres in the fiscal year 2000 wetlands reserve program as

7 authorized by 16 U.S.C. 3837.

8 SEC. 728. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise

9 made available by this Act shall be used to pay the salaries

10 and expenses of personnel to carry out the emergency food

11 assistance program authorized by section 27(a) of the Food

12 Stamp Act if such program exceeds $97,000,000.

13 SEC. 729. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise

14 made available by this or any other Act shall be used to

15 pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out the

16 transfer or obligation of fiscal year 2000 funds under the

17 provisions of section 401 of Public Law 105–185 in excess

18 of $50,000,000.

19 SEC. 730. Notwithstanding section 381A of the Con20 solidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C.

21 2009), in fiscal year 2000 and thereafter, the definitions

22 of rural areas for certain business programs administered

23 by the Rural Business-Cooperative Service and the commu24 nity facilities programs administered by the Rural Housing
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1 Service shall be those provided for in statute and regula2 tions prior to the enactment of Public Law 104–127.

3 SEC. 731. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise

4 made available by this Act shall be used to carry out any

5 commodity purchase program that would prohibit eligi6 bility or participation by farmer-owned cooperatives.

7 SEC. 732. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise

8 made available by this Act shall be used to pay the salaries

9 and expenses of personnel to carry out a conservation farm

10 option program, as authorized by section 335 of Public Law

11 104–127.

12 SEC. 733. None of the funds made available to the Food

13 and Drug Administration by this Act shall be used to close

14 or relocate, or to plan to close or relocate, the Food and

15 Drug Administration Division of Drug Analysis in St.

16 Louis, Missouri, or the Food and Drug Administration De17 troit, Michigan, District Office Laboratory; or to reduce the

18 Detroit, Michigan, Food and Drug Administration District

19 Office below the operating and full-time equivalent staffing

20 level of July 31, 1999; or to change the Detroit District Of21 fice to a station, residence post or similarly modified office;

22 or to reassign residence posts assigned to the Detroit Dis23 trict Office.

24 SEC. 734. None of the funds made available by this

25 Act or any other Act for any fiscal year may be used to
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1 carry out section 302(h) of the Agricultural Marketing Act

2 of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1622(h)) unless the Secretary of Agri3 culture inspects and certifies agricultural processing equip4 ment, and imposes a fee for the inspection and certification,

5 in a manner that is similar to the inspection and certifi6 cation of agricultural products under that section, as deter7 mined by the Secretary: Provided, That this provision shall

8 not affect the authority of the Secretary to carry out the

9 Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 601 et seq.), the

10 Poultry Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 451 et seq.),

11 or the Egg Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 1031 et seq.).

12 SEC. 735. None of the funds appropriated by this Act

13 or any other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and ex14 penses of personnel who prepare or submit appropriations

15 language as part of the President’s Budget submission to

16 the Congress of the United States for programs under the

17 jurisdiction of the Appropriations Subcommittees on Agri18 culture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies that as19 sumes revenues or reflects a reduction from the previous

20 year due to user fees proposals that have not been enacted

21 into law prior to the submission of the Budget unless such

22 Budget submission identifies which additional spending re23 ductions should occur in the event the users fees proposals

24 are not enacted prior to the date of the convening of a com-
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1 mittee of conference for the fiscal year 2001 appropriations

2 Act.

3 SEC. 736. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise

4 made available by this Act shall be used to establish an Of5 fice of Community Food Security or any similar office

6 within the United States Department of Agriculture with7 out the prior approval of the Committee on Appropriations

8 of both Houses of Congress.

9 SEC. 737. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise

10 made available by this or any other Act may be used to

11 carry out provision of section 612 of Public Law 105–185.

12 SEC. 738. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,

13 in fiscal year 2000 and thereafter, permanent employees of

14 county committees employed on or after October 1, 1998,

15 pursuant to 8(b) of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Al16 lotment Act (16 U.S.C. 590h(b)) shall be considered as hav17 ing Federal Civil Service status only for the purpose of ap18 plying for the United States Department of Agriculture

19 Civil Service vacancies.

20 SEC. 739. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise

21 made available by this Act may be used to declare excess

22 or surplus all or part of the lands and facilities owned by

23 the Federal Government and administered by the Secretary

24 of Agriculture at Fort Reno, Oklahoma, or to transfer or
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1 convey such lands or facilities, without the specific author2 ization of Congress.

3 SEC. 740. The Chief of the Natural Resources Con4 servation Service shall redistribute funds to apply toward

5 a Public Law 566 watershed project closeout using A–102

6 authority for settlement costs of this project in Mississippi.

7 SEC. 741. (a) Not later than 180 days after the date

8 of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall

9 offer to enter into an agreement with the Governor of the

10 State of Hawaii to conduct a pilot program to inspect mail

11 entering the State of Hawaii for any plant, plant product,

12 plant pest, or other organism that is subject to Federal

13 quarantine laws.

14 (b) The agreement described in subsection (a) shall

15 contain the same terms and conditions as are contained in

16 the memorandum of understanding entered into between the

17 Secretary and the State of California, dated February 1,

18 1999, unless the Secretary and the Governor agree to dif19 ferent terms or conditions.

20 (c) Unless the Secretary and the Governor agree other21 wise, the agreement described in subsection (b) shall termi22 nate on the later of—

23 (A) the date that is 1 year after the date the

24 agreement becomes effective; or
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1 (B) the date that the February 1, 1999 memo2 randum of understanding terminates.

3 SEC. 742. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,

4 the Secretary is authorized under Section 306 of the Con5 solidated Farm and Rural Development Act, as amended

6 (7 U.S.C. 1926), to provide guaranteed lines of credit, in7 cluding working capital loans, for health care facilities, to

8 address Year 2000 computer conversion issues.

9 SEC. 743. After taking any action involving the sei10 zure, quarantine, treatment, destruction, or disposal of

11 wheat infested with karnal bunt, the Secretary of Agri12 culture shall compensate the producers for economic losses

13 incurred as the result of the action not later than 45 days

14 after receipt of a claim that includes all appropriate paper15 work.

16 SEC. 744. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,

17 $3,000,000 is appropriated for the purpose of providing

18 Bill Emerson and Mickey Leland Hunger Fellowships

19 through the Congressional Hunger Center, which is an orga20 nization described in subsection (c)(3) of section 501 of the

21 Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and is exempt from taxation

22 under subsection (a) of such section.

23 SEC. 745. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,

24 there are hereby appropriated $250,000 for the program au25 thorized under Section 388 of the Federal Agriculture Im-
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1 provement and Reform Act of 1996, solely for use in the

2 State of New Hampshire.

3 SEC. 746. The Immigration and Nationality Act (8

4 U.S.C. 1188 et seq.) is amended: (a) in Section 218(c)(1)

5 by striking ‘‘60 days’’ and inserting ‘‘45 days’’, and (b)

6 in Section 218(c)(3)(A) by striking ‘‘20 days’’ and inserting

7 ‘‘30 days’’.

8 SEC. 747. SUCCESSORSHIP PROVISIONS RELATING TO

9 BARGAINING UNITS AND EXCLUSIVE REPRESENTATIVES.

10 (a) VOLUNTARY AGREEMENT.—

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—If the exercise of the Secretary

12 of Agriculture’s authority under this Act results in

13 changes to an existing bargaining unit that has been

14 certified under chapter 71 of title 5, United States

15 Code, the affected parties shall attempt to reach a vol16 untary agreement on a new bargaining unit and an

17 exclusive representative for such unit.

18 (2) CRITERIA.—In carrying out the requirements

19 of this subsection, the affected parties shall use cri20 teria set forth in—

21 (A) sections 7103(a)(4), 7111(e), 7111(f)(1),

22 and 7120 of title 5, United States Code, relating

23 to determining an exclusive representative; and

24 (B) section 7112 of title 5, United States

25 Code (disregarding subsections (b)(5) and (d)
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1 thereof), relating to determining appropriate

2 units.

3 (b) EFFECT OF AN AGREEMENT.—

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—If the affected parties reach

5 agreement on the appropriate unit and the exclusive

6 representative for such unit under subsection (a), the

7 Federal Labor Relations Authority shall certify the

8 terms of such agreement, subject to paragraph (2)(A).

9 Nothing in this subsection shall be considered to re10 quire the holding of any hearing or election as a con11 dition for certification.

12 (2) RESTRICTIONS.—

13 (A) CONDITIONS REQUIRING NONCERTIFI14 CATION.—The Federal Labor Relations Authority

15 may not certify the terms of an agreement under

16 paragraph (1) if—

17 (i) it determines that any of the cri18 teria referred to in subsection (a)(2) (dis19 regarding section 7112(a) of title 5, United

20 States Code) have not been met; or

21 (ii) after the Secretary’s exercise of au22 thority and before certification under this

23 section, a valid election under section

24 7111(b) of title 5, United States Code, is

25 held covering any employees who would be
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1 included in the unit proposed for certifi2 cation.

3 (B) TEMPORARY WAIVER OF PROVISION

4 THAT WOULD BAR AN ELECTION AFTER A COL5 LECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT IS

6 REACHED.—Nothing in section 7111(f)(3) of title

7 5, United States Code, shall prevent the holding

8 of an election under section 7111(b) of such title

9 that covers employees within a unit certified

10 under paragraph (1), or giving effect to the re11 sults of such an election (including a decision

12 not to be represented by any labor organization),

13 if the election is held before the end of the 12-

14 month period beginning on the date such unit is

15 so certified.

16 (C) CLARIFICATION.—The certification of a

17 unit under paragraph (1) shall not, for purposes

18 of the last sentence of section 7111(b) of title 5,

19 United States Code, or section 7111(f)(4) of such

20 title, be treated as if it had occurred pursuant to

21 an election.

22 (3) DELEGATION.—

23 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Federal Labor Rela24 tions Authority may delegate to any regional di25 rector (as referred to in section 7105(e) of title
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1 5, United States Code) its authority under the

2 preceding provisions of this subsection.

3 (B) REVIEW.—Any action taken by a re4 gional director under subparagraph (A) shall be

5 subject to review under the provisions of section

6 7105(f) of title 5, United States Code, in the

7 same manner as if such action had been taken

8 under section 7105(e) of such title, except that in

9 the case of a decision not to certify, such review

10 shall be required if application therefore is filed

11 by an affected party within the time specified in

12 such provisions.

13 (c) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the

14 term ‘‘affected party’’ means—

15 (1) with respect to an exercise of authority by

16 the Secretary of Agriculture under this Act, any labor

17 organization affected thereby; and

18 (2) the Department of Agriculture.

19 SEC. 748. EMERGENCY AND MARKET LOSS ASSIST20 ANCE. (a) MARKET LOSS ASSISTANCE.—

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Agriculture

22 (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall

23 use not more than $5,544,453,000 of funds of the

24 Commodity Credit Corporation to provide assistance

25 to owners and producers on a farm that are eligible
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1 for payments for fiscal year 1999 under a production

2 flexibility contract for the farm under the Agricul3 tural Market Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7201 et seq.).

4 (2) AMOUNT.—The amount of assistance made

5 available to owners and producers on a farm under

6 this subsection shall be proportionate to the amount

7 of the contract payment received by the owners and

8 producers for fiscal year 1999 under a production

9 flexibility contract for the farm under the Agricul10 tural Market Transition Act.

11 (3) TIME FOR PAYMENT.—The assistance made

12 available under this subsection for an eligible owner

13 or producer shall be provided not later than 45 days

14 after the date of enactment of this Act.

15 (b) SPECIALTY CROPS.—

16 (1) ASSISTANCE TO CERTAIN PRODUCERS.—The

17 Secretary shall use not more than $50,000,000 of

18 funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to pro19 vide assistance to producers of fruits and vegetables in

20 a manner determined by the Secretary.

21 (2) PAYMENTS TO CERTAIN PRODUCERS.—

22 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall use

23 such amounts as are necessary to provide pay24 ments to producers of quota peanuts or addi25 tional peanuts to partially compensate the pro-
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1 ducers for continuing low commodity prices, and

2 increasing costs of production, for the 1999 crop

3 year.

4 (B) AMOUNT.—The amount of a payment

5 made to producers on a farm of quota peanuts

6 or additional peanuts under subparagraph (A)

7 shall be equal to the product obtained by

8 multiplying—

9 (i) the quantity of quota peanuts or

10 additional peanuts produced or considered

11 produced by the producers under section

12 155 of the Agricultural Market Transition

13 Act (7 U.S.C. 7271); by

14 (ii) an amount equal to 5 percent of

15 the loan rate established for quota peanuts

16 or additional peanuts, respectively, under

17 section 155 of that Act.

18 (3) CONDITION ON PAYMENT OF SALARIES AND

19 EXPENSES.—None of the funds appropriated or other20 wise made available by this Act or any other Act may

21 be used to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel

22 of the Department of Agriculture to carry out or en23 force section 156(f) of the Agricultural Market Transi24 tion Act (7 U.S.C. 7272(f)) through fiscal year 2001,

25 if the Federal budget is determined by the Office of
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1 Management and Budget to be in surplus for fiscal

2 year 2000.

3 (c) LIMITATION ON MARKETING LOAN GAINS AND

4 LOAN DEFICIENCY PAYMENTS.—Notwithstanding section

5 1001(2) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C.

6 1308(1)), the total amount of the payments specified in sec7 tion 1001(3) of that Act that a person shall be entitled to

8 receive under the Agricultural Market Transition Act (7

9 U.S.C. 7201 et seq.) for 1 or more contract commodities

10 and oilseeds during the 1999 crop year may not exceed

11 $150,000.

12 (d) UPLAND COTTON PRICE COMPETITIVENESS.—

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 136(a) of the Agricul14 tural Market Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7236(a)) is

15 amended—

16 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘or cash

17 payments’’ and inserting ‘‘or cash payments, at

18 the option of the recipient,’’;

19 (B) by striking ‘‘3 cents per pound’’ each

20 place it appears and inserting ‘‘1.25 cents per

21 pound’’;

22 (C) in the first sentence of paragraph

23 (3)(A), by striking ‘‘owned by the Commodity

24 Credit Corporation in such manner, and at such

25 price levels, as the Secretary determines will best
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1 effectuate the purposes of cotton user marketing

2 certificates’’ and inserting ‘‘owned by the Com3 modity Credit Corporation or pledged to the

4 Commodity Credit Corporation as collateral for

5 a loan in such manner, and at such price levels,

6 as the Secretary determines will best effectuate

7 the purposes of cotton user marketing certificates,

8 including enhancing the competitiveness and

9 marketability of United States cotton’’; and

10 (D) by striking paragraph (4).

11 (2) ENSURING THE AVAILABILITY OF UPLAND

12 COTTON.—Section 136(b) of the Agricultural Market

13 Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7236(b)) is amended—

14 (A) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting

15 the following:

16 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—

17 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The President shall

18 carry out an import quota program during the

19 period ending July 31, 2003, as provided in this

20 subsection.

21 ‘‘(B) PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.—Except as

22 provided in subparagraph (C), whenever the Sec23 retary determines and announces that for any

24 consecutive 4-week period, the Friday through

25 Thursday average price quotation for the lowest-
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1 priced United States growth, as quoted for Middling (M) 13 2 ⁄32-inch cotton, delivered C.I.F.

3 Northern Europe, adjusted for the value of any

4 certificate issued under subsection (a), exceeds

5 the Northern Europe price by more than 1.25

6 cents per pound, there shall immediately be in

7 effect a special import quota.

8 ‘‘(C) TIGHT DOMESTIC SUPPLY.—During

9 any month for which the Secretary estimates the

10 season-ending United States upland cotton

11 stocks-to-use ratio, as determined under subpara12 graph (D), to be below 16 percent, the Secretary,

13 in making the determination under subpara14 graph (B), shall not adjust the Friday through

15 Thursday average price quotation for the lowest16 priced United States growth, as quoted for Middling (M) 13 17 ⁄32-inch cotton, delivered C.I.F.

18 Northern Europe, for the value of any certificates

19 issued under subsection (a).

20 ‘‘(D) SEASON-ENDING UNITED STATES

21 STOCKS-TO-USE RATIO.—For the purposes of

22 making estimates under subparagraph (C), the

23 Secretary shall, on a monthly basis, estimate

24 and report the season-ending United States up25 land cotton stocks-to-use ratio, excluding pro-
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1 jected raw cotton imports but including the

2 quantity of raw cotton that has been imported

3 into the United States during the marketing

4 year.’’; and

5 (B) by adding at the end the following:

6 ‘‘(7) LIMITATION.—The quantity of cotton en7 tered into the United States during any marketing

8 year under the special import quota established under

9 this subsection may not exceed the equivalent of 5

10 week’s consumption of upland cotton by domestic

11 mills at the seasonally adjusted average rate of the 3

12 months immediately preceding the first special import

13 quota established in any marketing year.’’.

14 (e) OILSEED PAYMENTS.—

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other

16 provision of law, the Secretary shall use not less than

17 $475,000,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit Cor18 poration to make payments to producers of the 1999

19 crop of oilseeds that are eligible to obtain a marketing

20 assistance loan under section 131 of the Agricultural

21 Market Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7231).

22 (2) COMPUTATION.—A payment to producers on

23 a farm under this subsection shall be computed by

24 multiplying—
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1 (A) a payment rate determined by the Sec2 retary; by

3 (B) the quantity of oilseeds that the pro4 ducers on the farm are eligible to place under

5 loan under section 131 of that Act.

6 (3) LIMITATION.—Payments made under this

7 subsection shall be considered to be contract payments

8 for the purposes of section 1001(1) of the Food Secu9 rity Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308(1)).

10 (f) ASSISTANCE TO LIVESTOCK AND DAIRY PRO11 DUCERS.—The Secretary shall use $325,000,000 of funds of

12 the Commodity Credit Corporation to provide assistance to

13 livestock and dairy producers in a manner determined by

14 the Secretary.

15 (g) TOBACCO.—The Secretary shall use $328,000,000

16 of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make dis17 tributions to tobacco growers in accordance with the for18 mulas established under the National Tobacco Grower Set19 tlement Trust.

20 (h) SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING FAST-TRACK

21 AUTHORITY AND FUTURE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION

22 NEGOTIATIONS.—It is the sense of Congress that—

23 (1) the President should make a formal request

24 for appropriate fast-track authority for future United

25 States trade negotiations;
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1 (2) regarding future World Trade Organization

2 negotiations—

3 (A) rules for trade in agricultural commod4 ities should be strengthened and trade-distorting

5 import and export practices should be eliminated

6 or substantially reduced;

7 (B) the rules of the World Trade Organiza8 tion should be strengthened regarding the prac9 tices or policies of a foreign government that

10 unreasonably—

11 (i) restrict market access for products

12 of new technologies, including products of

13 biotechnology; or

14 (ii) delay or preclude implementation

15 of a report of a dispute panel of the World

16 Trade Organization; and

17 (C) negotiations within the World Trade

18 Organization should be structured so as to pro19 vide the maximum leverage possible to ensure the

20 successful conclusion of negotiations on agricul21 tural products;

22 (3) the President should—

23 (A) conduct a comprehensive evaluation of

24 all existing export and food aid programs,

25 including—
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1 (i) the export credit guarantee program

2 established under section 202 of the Agricul3 tural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5622);

4 (ii) the market access program estab5 lished under section 203 of that Act (7

6 U.S.C. 5623);

7 (iii) the export enhancement program

8 established under section 301 of that Act (7

9 U.S.C. 5651);

10 (iv) the foreign market development co11 operator program established under section

12 702 of that Act (7 U.S.C. 5722); and

13 (v) programs established under the Ag14 ricultural Trade Development and Assist15 ance Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1691 et seq.);

16 and

17 (B) transmit to Congress—

18 (i) the results of the evaluation under

19 subparagraph (A); and

20 (ii) recommendations on maximizing

21 the effectiveness of the programs described

22 in subparagraph (A); and

23 (4) the Secretary should carry out a purchase

24 and donation or concessional sales initiative in each

25 of fiscal years 1999 and 2000 to promote the export
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1 of additional quantities of soybeans, beef, pork, poul2 try, and products of such commodities (including soy3 bean meal, soybean oil, textured vegetable protein,

4 and soy protein concentrates and isolates) using pro5 grams established under—

6 (A) the Commodity Credit Corporation

7 Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 714 et seq.);

8 (B) section 416 of the Agricultural Act of

9 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1431);

10 (C) titles I and II of the Agricultural Trade

11 Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (7

12 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); and

13 (D) the Food for Progress Act of 1985 (7

14 U.S.C. 1736o).

15 (i) CROP INSURANCE.—The Secretary shall use

16 $400,000,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation

17 to assist agricultural producers in purchasing additional

18 coverage for the 2000 crop year under the Federal Crop In19 surance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.).

20 (j) EMERGENCY REQUIREMENT.—The entire amount

21 necessary to carry out this section and the amendments

22 made by this section shall be available only to the extent

23 that an official budget request for the entire amount, that

24 includes designation of the entire amount of the request as

25 an emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced
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1 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as

2 amended, is transmitted by the President to the Congress:

3 Provided, That the entire amount is designated by the Con4 gress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section

5 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.

6 (k) REQUIREMENT OF CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL OF

7 ANY UNILATERAL AGRICULTURAL OR MEDICAL SANC8 TION.—

9 (1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection:

10 (A) AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY.—The term

11 ‘‘agricultural commodity’’ has the meaning given

12 the term in section 402 of the Agricultural Trade

13 Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (7

14 U.S.C. 1732).

15 (B) AGRICULTURAL PROGRAM.—The term

16 ‘‘agricultural program’’ means—

17 (i) any program administered under

18 the Agricultural Trade Development and

19 Assistance Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1691 et.

20 seq.);

21 (ii) any program administered under

22 section 416 of the Agricultural Act of 1949

23 (7 U.S.C. 1431);

24 (iii) any commercial sale of agricul25 tural commodities, including a commercial
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1 sale of an agricultural commodity that is

2 prohibited under a unilateral agricultural

3 sanction that is in effect on the date of en4 actment of this Act; or

5 (iv) any export financing (including

6 credits or credit guarantees) for agricultural

7 commodities.

8 (C) JOINT RESOLUTION.—The term ‘‘joint

9 resolution’’ means—

10 (i) in the case of paragraph (2)(A)(ii),

11 only a joint resolution introduced within 10

12 session days of Congress after the date on

13 which the report of the President under

14 paragraph (2)(A)(i) is received by Congress,

15 the matter after the resolving clause of

16 which is as follows: ‘‘That Congress ap17 proves the report of the President pursuant

18 to section ll(ll)(2)(A)(i) of the

19 lllll Act ll, transmitted on

20 lllllll.’’, with the blank com21 pleted with the appropriate date; and

22 (ii) in the case of paragraph (5)(B),

23 only a joint resolution introduced within 10

24 session days of Congress after the date on

25 which the report of the President under
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1 paragraph (5)(A) is received by Congress,

2 the matter after the resolving clause of

3 which is as follows: ‘‘That Congress ap4 proves the report of the President pursuant

5 to section ll(ll)(5)(A) of the

6 lllll Act ll, transmitted on

7 lllllll.’’, with the blank com8 pleted with the appropriate date.

9 (D) UNILATERAL AGRICULTURAL SANC10 TION.—The term ‘‘unilateral agricultural sanc11 tion’’ means any prohibition, restriction, or con12 dition on carrying out an agricultural program

13 with respect to a foreign country or foreign enti14 ty that is imposed by the United States for rea15 sons of foreign policy or national security, except

16 in a case in which the United States imposes the

17 measure pursuant to a multilateral regime and

18 the other member countries of that regime have

19 agreed to impose substantially equivalent meas20 ures.

21 (E) UNILATERAL MEDICAL SANCTION.—The

22 term ‘‘unilateral medical sanction’’ means any

23 prohibition, restriction, or condition on exports

24 of, or the provision of assistance consisting of,

25 medicine or a medical device with respect to a
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1 foreign country or foreign entity that is imposed

2 by the United States for reasons of foreign policy

3 or national security, except in a case in which

4 the United States imposes the measure pursuant

5 to a multilateral regime and the other member

6 countries of that regime have agreed to impose

7 substantially equivalent measures.

8 (2) RESTRICTION.—

9 (A) NEW SANCTIONS.—Except as provided

10 in paragraphs (3) and (4) and notwithstanding

11 any other provision of law, the President may

12 not impose a unilateral agricultural sanction or

13 unilateral medical sanction against a foreign

14 country or foreign entity for any fiscal year,

15 unless—

16 (i) not later than 60 days before the

17 sanction is proposed to be imposed, the

18 President submits a report to Congress

19 that—

20 (I) describes the activity proposed

21 to be prohibited, restricted, or condi22 tioned; and

23 (II) describes the actions by the

24 foreign country or foreign entity that

25 justify the sanction; and
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1 (ii) Congress enacts a joint resolution

2 stating the approval of Congress for the re3 port submitted under clause (i).

4 (B) EXISTING SANCTIONS.—

5 (i) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided

6 in clause (ii), with respect to any unilateral

7 agricultural sanction or unilateral medical

8 sanction that is in effect as of the date of

9 enactment of this Act for any fiscal year,

10 the President shall immediately cease to im11 plement such sanction.

12 (ii) EXEMPTIONS.—Clause (i) shall not

13 apply to a unilateral agricultural sanction

14 or unilateral medical sanction imposed with

15 respect to an agricultural program or activ16 ity described in clause (ii) or (iv) of para17 graph (1)(B).

18 (3) EXCEPTIONS.—The President may impose

19 (or continue to impose) a sanction described in para20 graph (2) without regard to the procedures required

21 by that paragraph—

22 (A) against a foreign country or foreign en23 tity with respect to which Congress has enacted

24 a declaration of war that is in effect on or after

25 the date of enactment of this Act; or
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1 (B) to the extent that the sanction would

2 prohibit, restrict, or condition the provision or

3 use of any agricultural commodity, medicine, or

4 medical device that is—

5 (i) controlled on the United States Mu6 nitions List;

7 (ii) an item for which export controls

8 are administered by the Department of

9 Commerce for foreign policy or national se10 curity reasons; or

11 (iii) used to facilitate the development

12 or production of a chemical or biological

13 weapon.

14 (4) COUNTRIES SUPPORTING INTERNATIONAL

15 TERRORISM.—This subsection shall not affect the cur16 rent prohibitions on providing, to the government of

17 any country supporting international terrorism,

18 United States government assistance, including

19 United States foreign assistance, United States export

20 assistance, or any United States credits or credit

21 guarantees.

22 (5) TERMINATION OF SANCTIONS.—Any unilat23 eral agricultural sanction or unilateral medical sanc24 tion that is imposed pursuant to the procedures de25 scribed in paragraph (2)(A) shall terminate not later
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1 than 2 years after the date on which the sanction be2 came effective unless—

3 (A) not later than 60 days before the date

4 of termination of the sanction, the President sub5 mits to Congress a report containing the rec6 ommendation of the President for the continu7 ation of the sanction for an additional period of

8 not to exceed 2 years and the request of the

9 President for approval by Congress of the rec10 ommendation; and

11 (B) Congress enacts a joint resolution stat12 ing the approval of Congress for the report sub13 mitted under subparagraph (A).

14 (6) CONGRESSIONAL PRIORITY PROCEDURES.—

15 (A) REFERRAL OF REPORT.—A report de16 scribed in paragraph (2)(A)(i) or (5)(A) shall be

17 referred to the appropriate committee or commit18 tees of the House of Representatives and to the

19 appropriate committee or committees of the Sen20 ate.

21 (B) REFERRAL OF JOINT RESOLUTION.—

22 (i) IN GENERAL.—A joint resolution

23 shall be referred to the committees in each

24 House of Congress with jurisdiction.
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1 (ii) REPORTING DATE.—A joint resolu2 tion referred to in clause (i) may not be re3 ported before the eighth session day of Con4 gress after the introduction of the joint reso5 lution.

6 (C) DISCHARGE OF COMMITTEE.—If the

7 committee to which is referred a joint resolution

8 has not reported the joint resolution (or an iden9 tical joint resolution) at the end of 30 session

10 days of Congress after the date of introduction of

11 the joint resolution—

12 (i) the committee shall be discharged

13 from further consideration of the joint reso14 lution; and

15 (ii) the joint resolution shall be placed

16 on the appropriate calendar of the House

17 concerned.

18 (D) FLOOR CONSIDERATION.—

19 (i) MOTION TO PROCEED.—

20 (I) IN GENERAL.—When the com21 mittee to which a joint resolution is re22 ferred has reported, or when a com23 mittee is discharged under subpara24 graph (C) from further consideration

25 of, a joint resolution—
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1 (aa) it shall be at any time

2 thereafter in order (even though a

3 previous motion to the same effect

4 has been disagreed to) for any

5 member of the House concerned to

6 move to proceed to the consider7 ation of the joint resolution; and

8 (bb) all points of order

9 against the joint resolution (and

10 against consideration of the joint

11 resolution) are waived.

12 (II) PRIVILEGE.—The motion to

13 proceed to the consideration of the joint

14 resolution—

15 (aa) shall be highly privi16 leged in the House of Representa17 tives and privileged in the Senate;

18 and

19 (bb) not debatable.

20 (III) AMENDMENTS AND MOTIONS

21 NOT IN ORDER.—The motion to pro22 ceed to the consideration of the joint

23 resolution shall not be subject to—

24 (aa) amendment;

25 (bb) a motion to postpone; or
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1 (cc) a motion to proceed to

2 the consideration of other busi3 ness.

4 (IV) MOTION TO RECONSIDER NOT

5 IN ORDER.—A motion to reconsider the

6 vote by which the motion is agreed to

7 or disagreed to shall not be in order.

8 (V) BUSINESS UNTIL DISPOSI9 TION.—If a motion to proceed to the

10 consideration of the joint resolution is

11 agreed to, the joint resolution shall re12 main the unfinished business of the

13 House concerned until disposed of.

14 (ii) LIMITATIONS ON DEBATE.—

15 (I) IN GENERAL.—Debate on the

16 joint resolution, and on all debatable

17 motions and appeals in connection

18 with the joint resolution, shall be lim19 ited to not more than 10 hours, which

20 shall be divided equally between those

21 favoring and those opposing the joint

22 resolution.

23 (II) FURTHER DEBATE LIMITA24 TIONS.—A motion to limit debate shall

25 be in order and shall not be debatable.
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1 (III) AMENDMENTS AND MOTIONS

2 NOT IN ORDER.—An amendment to, a

3 motion to postpone, a motion to pro4 ceed to the consideration of other busi5 ness, a motion to recommit the joint

6 resolution, or a motion to reconsider

7 the vote by which the joint resolution is

8 agreed to or disagreed to shall not be

9 in order.

10 (iii) VOTE ON FINAL PASSAGE.—Imme11 diately following the conclusion of the de12 bate on a joint resolution, and a single

13 quorum call at the conclusion of the debate

14 if requested in accordance with the rules of

15 the House concerned, the vote on final pas16 sage of the joint resolution shall occur.

17 (iv) RULINGS OF THE CHAIR ON PRO18 CEDURE.—An appeal from a decision of the

19 Chair relating to the application of the

20 rules of the Senate or House of Representa21 tives, as the case may be, to the procedure

22 relating to a joint resolution shall be de23 cided without debate.

24 (E) COORDINATION WITH ACTION BY OTHER

25 HOUSE.—If, before the passage by 1 House of a
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1 joint resolution of that House, that House re2 ceives from the other House a joint resolution,

3 the following procedures shall apply:

4 (i) NO COMMITTEE REFERRAL.—The

5 joint resolution of the other House shall not

6 be referred to a committee.

7 (ii) FLOOR PROCEDURE.—With respect

8 to a joint resolution of the House receiving

9 the joint resolution—

10 (I) the procedure in that House

11 shall be the same as if no joint resolu12 tion had been received from the other

13 House; but

14 (II) the vote on final passage shall

15 be on the joint resolution of the other

16 House.

17 (iii) DISPOSITION OF JOINT RESOLU18 TIONS OF RECEIVING HOUSE.—On disposi19 tion of the joint resolution received from the

20 other House, it shall no longer be in order

21 to consider the joint resolution originated in

22 the receiving House.

23 (F) PROCEDURES AFTER ACTION BY BOTH

24 THE HOUSE AND SENATE.—If a House receives a

25 joint resolution from the other House after the
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1 receiving House has disposed of a joint resolu2 tion originated in that House, the action of the

3 receiving House with regard to the disposition of

4 the joint resolution originated in that House

5 shall be deemed to be the action of the receiving

6 House with regard to the joint resolution origi7 nated in the other House.

8 (G) RULEMAKING POWER.—This paragraph

9 is enacted by Congress—

10 (i) as an exercise of the rulemaking

11 power of the Senate and House of Rep12 resentatives, respectively, and as such this

13 paragraph—

14 (I) is deemed to be a part of the

15 rules of each House, respectively, but

16 applicable only with respect to the pro17 cedure to be followed in that House in

18 the case of a joint resolution; and

19 (II) supersedes other rules only to

20 the extent that this paragraph is in21 consistent with those rules; and

22 (ii) with full recognition of the con23 stitutional right of either House to change

24 the rules (so far as the rules relate to the

25 procedure of that House) at any time, in
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1 the same manner and to the same extent as

2 in the case of any other rule of that House.

3 (7) GUIDELINES WITH RESPECT TO STATE SPON4 SORS OF INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM.—(A) Notwith5 standing any other provision of the Act, the export of

6 agricultural commodities or medicine or medical de7 vices to the government of a country that has been de8 termined by the Secretary of State to have repeatedly

9 provided support for acts of international terrorism

10 under section 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of

11 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2371) shall only be made—

12 (i) pursuant to one year licenses issued by

13 the United States Government for contracts en14 tered into during that one year period and com15 pleted within a twelve month period after the

16 signing of the contract; and

17 (ii) without benefit of Federal financing, di18 rect export subsidies, Federal credit guarantees

19 or other Federal promotion assistance programs.

20 (B) Quarterly reports to the appropriate congres21 sional committees shall be submitted by the applicable

22 agency charged with issuing licenses in subparagraph

23 (A)(i).

24 (8) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This subsection takes ef25 fect 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act.
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1 SEC. 749. (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that:

2 (1) The Clean Air Act requires that Federal re3 formulated gasoline contain oxygen as a means of

4 achieving air quality benefits.

5 (2) While both renewable ethanol and methyl ter6 tiary butyl ether (MTBE) may be used to meet this

7 Clean Air Act requirement, MTBE is in substantially

8 greater use than ethanol.

9 (3) MTBE is classified as a possible human car10 cinogen, and when leaked into water causes water to

11 take on the taste and smell of turpentine, rendering

12 it undrinkable.

13 (4) MTBE leaking from underground fuel stor14 age tanks, recreational watercraft and abandoned

15 automobiles has led to growing detections of MTBE in

16 drinking water, and has contaminated groundwater

17 and drinking water throughout the United States.

18 (5) Approximately 5 to 10 percent of drinking

19 water supplies in areas using reformulated gasoline

20 now show detectable levels of MTBE.

21 (6) MTBE poses a more pervasive threat to

22 drinking water than the other harmful constituents of

23 gasoline because MTBE is more soluble, more mobile

24 and slower to degrade than those other constituents.
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1 (7) Renewable ethanol provides air quality and

2 energy security benefits without raising drinking

3 water concerns.

4 (8) A substantial increase in renewable ethanol

5 production would enhance the energy security of the

6 United States by reducing dependence upon foreign

7 oil.

8 (9) A substantial increase in renewable ethanol

9 production would help alleviate the financial crisis

10 facing farmers.

11 (b) SENSE OF THE SENATE.—It is the sense of the Sen12 ate that the United States should—

13 (1) phase out MTBE in order to address the

14 threats MTBE poses to public health and the environ15 ment;

16 (2) promote renewable ethanol to replace MTBE

17 as a means of enhancing energy security and sup18 porting the farm economy;

19 (3) provide assistance to State and local govern20 ments to treat drinking water supplies contaminated

21 with MTBE;

22 (4) provide assistance to State and local govern23 ments to protect lakes and reservoirs from MTBE

24 contamination.
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1 SEC. 750. CONTRACTS FOR PROCUREMENT OF FOOD

2 FOR PEACE COMMODITIES. (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this sec3 tion:

4 (1) HUBZONE SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT.—The

5 term ‘‘HUBZone sole source contract’’ means a sole

6 source contract authorized by section 31 of the Small

7 Business Act (15 U.S.C. 657a).

8 (2) HUBZONE PRICE EVALUATION PREF9 ERENCE.—The term ‘‘HUBZone price evaluation

10 preference’’ means a price evaluation preference au11 thorized by section 31 of the Small Business Act (15

12 U.S.C. 657a).

13 (3) QUALIFIED HUBZONE SMALL BUSINESS

14 CONCERN.—The term ‘‘qualified HUBZone small

15 business concern’’ has the meaning given the term in

16 section 3(p) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.

17 632(p)).

18 (4) COVERED PROCUREMENT.—The term ‘‘cov19 ered procurement’’ means a contract for the procure20 ment or processing of a commodity furnished under

21 title II or III of the Agricultural Trade Development

22 and Assistance Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.),

23 section 416(b) of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7

24 U.S.C. 1431(b)), the Food for Progress Act of 1985 (7

25 U.S.C. 1736o), or any other commodity procurement
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1 or acquisition by the Commodity Credit Corporation

2 under any other law.

3 (b) PROHIBITION OF USE OF FUNDS.—None of the

4 funds made available by this Act may be used to award

5 a HUBZone sole source contract or a contract awarded

6 through full and open competition in combination with a

7 HUBZone price evaluation preference to any qualified

8 HUBZone small business concern in any covered procure9 ment if performance of the contract by the business concern

10 would exceed the production capacity of the business con11 cern or would require the business concern to subcontract

12 to any other company or enterprise for the purchase of the

13 commodity being procured through the covered procure14 ment.

15 SEC. 751. It is the sense of the Senate that the Sec16 retary of Agriculture shall exercise reasonable treatment of

17 producers in order to avoid harmful consequences regarding

18 the inadvertent planting of dry beans on contract acres, up

19 to and including the 1999 crop year.

20 SEC. 752. REDESIGNATION OF NATIONAL SCHOOL

21 LUNCH ACT AS RICHARD B. RUSSELL NATIONAL SCHOOL

22 LUNCH ACT. (a) IN GENERAL.—The first section of the Na23 tional School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 note) is amended

24 by striking ‘‘National School Lunch Act’’ and inserting

25 ‘‘Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act’’.
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1 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—The following provi2 sions of law are amended by striking ‘‘National School

3 Lunch Act’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Richard

4 B. Russell National School Lunch Act’’:

5 (1) Sections 3 and 13(3)(A) of the Commodity

6 Distribution Reform Act and WIC Amendments of

7 1987 (7 U.S.C. 612c note; Public Law 100–237).

8 (2) Section 404 of the Agricultural Act of 1949

9 (7 U.S.C. 1424).

10 (3) Section 201(a) of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to

11 extend the Agricultural Trade Development and As12 sistance Act of 1954, and for other purposes’’, ap13 proved September 21, 1959 (7 U.S.C. 1431c(a); 73

14 Stat. 610).

15 (4) Section 211(a) of the Agricultural Trade

16 Suspension Adjustment Act of 1980 (7 U.S.C.

17 4004(a)).

18 (5) Section 245A(h)(4)(A) of the Immigration

19 and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1255a(h)(4)(A)).

20 (6) Sections 403(c)(2)(C), 422(b)(3), 423(d)(3),

21 741(a)(1), and 742 of the Personal Responsibility and

22 Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8

23 U.S.C. 1613(c)(2)(C), 1632(b)(3), 1183a note, 42

24 U.S.C. 1751 note, 8 U.S.C. 1615; Public Law 104–

25 193).
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1 (7) Section 2243(b) of title 10, United States

2 Code.

3 (8) Sections 404B(g)(1)(A), 404D(c)(2), and

4 404F(a)(2) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20

5 U.S.C. 1070a–22(g)(1)(A), 1070a–24(c)(2), 1070a–

6 26(a)(2); Public Law 105–244).

7 (9) Section 231(d)(3)(A)(i) of the Carl D. Per8 kins Vocational Education Act (20 U.S.C.

9 2341(d)(3)(A)(i)).

10 (10) Section 1113(a)(5) of the Elementary and

11 Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.

12 6313(a)(5)).

13 (11) Section 1397E(d)(4)(A)(iv)(II) of the Inter14 nal Revenue Code of 1986.

15 (12) Sections 254(b)(2)(B) and 263(a)(2)(C) of

16 the Job Training Partnership Act (29 U.S.C.

17 1633(b)(2)(B), 1643(a)(2)(C)).

18 (13) Section 3803(c)(2)(C)(xiii) of title 31,

19 United States Code.

20 (14) Section 602(d)(9)(A) of the Federal Prop21 erty and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40

22 U.S.C. 474(d)(9)(A)).

23 (15) Sections 2(4), 3(1), and 301 of the Healthy

24 Meals for Healthy Americans Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C.

25 1751 note; Public Law 103–448).
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1 (16) Sections 3, 4, 7, 10, 13, 16(b), 17, and

2 19(d) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C.

3 1772, 1773, 1776, 1779, 1782, 1785(b), 1786,

4 1788(d)).

5 (17) Section 658O(b)(3) of the Child Care and

6 Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C.

7 9858m(b)(3)).

8 (18) Subsection (b) of the first section of Public

9 Law 87–688 (48 U.S.C. 1666(b)).

10 (19) Section 10405(a)(2)(H) of the Omnibus

11 Budget Reconciliation Act of 1989 (Public Law 101–

12 239; 103 Stat. 2489).

13 SEC. 753. Public Law 105–199 (112 Stat. 641) is

14 amended in section 3(b)(1)(G) by striking ‘‘persons’’, and

15 inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘governors, who may be represented

16 on the Commission by their respective designees,’’.

17 SEC. 754. SENSE OF THE SENATE CONCERNING AC18 TION PLAN ON FOOD SECURITY. It is the sense of the Senate

19 that the President should include in the fiscal year 2001

20 budget request funding to implement the United States Ac21 tion Plan on Food Security.

22 SEC. 755. FINANCIAL HARDSHIPS FACING APPLE

23 FARMERS. The Farm Service Agency—

24 (1) in view of the financial hardship facing United

25 States apple farmers as a result of a loss of markets and
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1 excessive imports of apple juice concentrate, shall review all

2 programs that assist apple growers in time of need;

3 (2) in view of the increased operating costs asso4 ciated with tree fruit production, shall review the lim5 its currently set on operating loan programs used by

6 apple growers to determine whether the current limits

7 are insufficient to cover those costs; and

8 (3) shall report to Congress its findings not later

9 than January 1, 2000.

10 SEC. 756. Section 889 of the Federal Agriculture Im11 provement and Reform Act of 1996 is amended—

12 (1) in the heading, by inserting ‘‘HARRY K.

13 DUPREE’’ before ‘‘STUTTGART’’;

14 (2) in subsection (b)(1)—

15 (A) in the heading, by inserting ‘‘HARRY

16 K. DUPREE’’ before ‘‘STUTTGART’’; and

17 (B) in subparagraphs (A) and (B), by in18 serting ‘‘Harry K. Dupree’’ before ‘‘Stuttgart

19 National Aquaculture Research Center’’ each

20 place it appears.

21 SEC. 757. TOBACCO LEASING AND INFORMATION. (a)

22 CROSS-COUNTY LEASING.—Section 319(l) of the Agricul23 tural Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1314e(l)) is amend24 ed in the second sentence by inserting ‘‘, Kentucky,’’ after

25 ‘‘Tennessee’’.
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1 (b) TOBACCO PRODUCTION AND MARKETING INFORMA2 TION.—Part I of subtitle B of title III of the Agricultural

3 Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1311 et seq.) is amended

4 by adding at the end the following:

5 ‘‘SEC. 320D. TOBACCO PRODUCTION AND MARKETING IN6 FORMATION.

7 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi8 sion of law, the Secretary may, subject to subsection (b),

9 release marketing information submitted by persons relat10 ing to the production and marketing of tobacco to State

11 trusts or similar organizations engaged in the distribution

12 of national trust funds to tobacco producers and other per13 sons with interests associated with the production of to14 bacco, as determined by the Secretary.

15 ‘‘(b) LIMITATIONS.—

16 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Information may be released

17 under subsection (a) only to the extent that—

18 ‘‘(A) the release is in the interest of tobacco

19 producers, as determined by the Secretary; and

20 ‘‘(B) the information is released to a State

21 trust or other organization that is created to, or

22 charged with, distributing funds to tobacco pro23 ducers or other parties with an interest in to24 bacco production or tobacco farms under a na25 tional or State trust or settlement.
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1 ‘‘(2) EXEMPTION FROM RELEASE.—The Sec2 retary shall, to the maximum extent practicable, in

3 advance of making a release of information under

4 subsection (a), allow, by announcement, a period of at

5 least 15 days for persons whose consent would other6 wise be required by law to effectuate the release, to

7 elect to be exempt from the release.

8 ‘‘(c) ASSISTANCE.—

9 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In making a release under

10 subsection (a), the Secretary may provide such other

11 assistance with respect to information released under

12 subsection (a) as will facilitate the interest of pro13 ducers in receiving the funds that are the subject of

14 a trust described in subsection (a).

15 ‘‘(2) FUNDS.—The Secretary shall use amounts

16 made available for salaries and expenses of the De17 partment to carry out paragraph (1).

18 ‘‘(d) RECORDS.—

19 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A person that obtains infor20 mation described in subsection (a) shall maintain

21 records that are consistent with the purposes of the re22 lease and shall not use the records for any purpose

23 not authorized under this section.
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1 ‘‘(2) PENALTY.—A person that knowingly vio2 lates this subsection shall be fined not more than

3 $10,000, imprisoned not more than 1 year, or both.

4 ‘‘(e) APPLICATION.—This section shall not apply to—

5 ‘‘(1) records submitted by cigarette manufactur6 ers with respect to the production of cigarettes;

7 ‘‘(2) records that were submitted as expected pur8 chase intentions in connection with the establishment

9 of national tobacco quotas; or

10 ‘‘(3) records that aggregate the purchases of par11 ticular buyers.’’.

12 SEC. 758. That notwithstanding section 306(a)(7) of

13 the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7

14 U.S.C. 1926(a)(7)), the city of Berlin, New Hampshire,

15 shall be eligible during fiscal year 2000 for a rural utilities

16 grant or loan under the Rural Community Advancement

17 Program.

18 SEC. 759. CRANBERRY MARKETING ORDERS. (a) PAID

19 ADVERTISING FOR CRANBERRIES AND CRANBERRY PROD20 UCTS.—Section 8c(6)(I) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act

21 (7 U.S.C. 608c(6)(I)), reenacted with amendments by the

22 Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, is amended

23 in the first proviso—
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1 (1) by striking ‘‘or Florida grown strawberries’’

2 and inserting ‘‘, Florida grown strawberries, or cran3 berries’’; and

4 (2) by striking ‘‘and Florida Indian River

5 grapefruit’’ and inserting ‘‘Florida Indian River

6 grapefruit, and cranberries’’.

7 (b) COLLECTION OF CRANBERRY INVENTORY DATA.—

8 Section 8d of the Agricultural Adjustment Act (7 U.S.C.

9 608d), reenacted with amendments by the Agricultural

10 Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, is amended by adding

11 at the end the following:

12 ‘‘(3) COLLECTION OF CRANBERRY INVENTORY DATA.—

13 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If an order is in effect with

14 respect to cranberries, the Secretary of Agriculture

15 may require persons engaged in the handling or im16 portation of cranberries or cranberry products (in17 cluding producer-handlers, second handlers, proc18 essors, brokers, and importers) to provide such infor19 mation as the Secretary considers necessary to effec20 tuate the declared policy of this title, including infor21 mation on acquisitions, inventories, and dispositions

22 of cranberries and cranberry products.

23 ‘‘(B) DELEGATION TO COMMITTEE.—The Sec24 retary may delegate the authority to carry out sub-
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1 paragraph (A) to any committee that is responsible

2 for administering an order covering cranberries.

3 ‘‘(C) CONFIDENTIALITY.—Paragraph (2) shall

4 apply to information provided under this paragraph.

5 ‘‘(D) VIOLATIONS.—Any person that violates this

6 paragraph shall be subject to the penalties provided

7 under section 8c(14).’’.

8 SEC. 760. Beginning in fiscal year 2001 and there9 after, the Food Stamp Act (Public Law 95–113, section

10 16(a)) is amended by inserting after the phrase ‘‘Indian

11 reservation under section 11(d) of this Act’’ the following

12 new phrase: ‘‘or in a Native village within the State of Alas13 ka identified in section 11(b) of Public Law 92–203, as

14 amended.’’.

15 SEC. 761. It is the sense of the Senate that the Sec16 retary of Agriculture shall periodically review the Food

17 Packages listed at 7 C.F.R. 246.10(c)(1996) and consider

18 including additional nutritious foods for women, infants

19 and children.

20 SEC. 762. EDUCATION GRANTS TO ALASKA NATIVE

21 SERVING INSTITUTIONS AND NATIVE HAWAIIAN SERVING

22 INSTITUTIONS. (a) EDUCATION GRANTS PROGRAM FOR

23 ALASKA NATIVE SERVING INSTITUTIONS.—

24 (1) GRANT AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of Agri25 culture may make competitive grants (or grants with-
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1 out regard to any requirement for competition) to

2 Alaska Native serving institutions for the purpose of

3 promoting and strengthening the ability of Alaska

4 Native serving institutions to carry out education,

5 applied research, and related community development

6 programs.

7 (2) USE OF GRANT FUNDS.—Grants made under

8 this section shall be used—

9 (A) to support the activities of consortia of

10 Alaska Native serving institutions to enhance

11 educational equity for under represented stu12 dents;

13 (B) to strengthen institutional educational

14 capacities, including libraries, curriculum, fac15 ulty, scientific instrumentation, instruction de16 livery systems, and student recruitment and re17 tention, in order to respond to identified State,

18 regional, national, or international educational

19 needs in the food and agriculture sciences;

20 (C) to attract and support undergraduate

21 and graduate students from under represented

22 groups in order to prepare them for careers re23 lated to the food, agricultural, and natural re24 source systems of the United States, beginning

25 with the mentoring of students at the high school
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1 level including by village elders and continuing

2 with the provision of financial support for stu3 dents through their attainment of a doctoral de4 gree; and

5 (D) to facilitate cooperative initiatives be6 tween two or more Alaska Native serving institu7 tions, or between Alaska Native serving institu8 tions and units of State government or the pri9 vate sector, to maximize the development and use

10 of resources, such as faculty, facilities, and

11 equipment, to improve food and agricultural

12 sciences teaching programs.

13 (3) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—

14 There are authorized to be appropriated to make

15 grants under this subsection $10,000,000 in fiscal

16 years 2001 through 2006.

17 (b) EDUCATION GRANTS PROGRAM FOR NATIVE HA18 WAIIAN SERVING INSTITUTIONS.—

19 (1) GRANT AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of Agri20 culture may make competitive grants (or grants with21 out regard to any requirement for competition) to Na22 tive Hawaiian serving institutions for the purpose of

23 promoting and strengthening the ability of Native

24 Hawaiian serving institutions to carry out education,
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1 applied research, and related community development

2 programs.

3 (2) USE OF GRANT FUNDS.—Grants made under

4 this section shall be used—

5 (A) to support the activities of consortia of

6 Native Hawaiian serving institutions to enhance

7 educational equity for under represented stu8 dents;

9 (B) to strengthen institutional educational

10 capacities, including libraries, curriculum, fac11 ulty, scientific instrumentation, instruction de12 livery systems, and student recruitment and re13 tention, in order to respond to identified State,

14 regional, national, or international educational

15 needs in the food and agriculture sciences;

16 (C) to attract and support undergraduate

17 and graduate students from under represented

18 groups in order to prepare them for careers re19 lated to the food, agricultural, and natural re20 source systems of the United States, beginning

21 with the mentoring of students at the high school

22 level and continuing with the provision of finan23 cial support for students through their attain24 ment of a doctoral degree; and
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1 (D) to facilitate cooperative initiatives be2 tween two or more Native Hawaiian serving in3 stitutions, or between Native Hawaiian serving

4 institutions and units of State government or the

5 private sector, to maximize the development and

6 use of resources, such as faculty, facilities, and

7 equipment, to improve food and agricultural

8 sciences teaching programs.

9 (3) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—

10 There are authorized to be appropriated to make

11 grants under this subsection $10,000,000 for each of

12 fiscal years 2001 through 2006.

13 SEC. 763. SMITH-LEVER ACT ALLOCATIONS IN STATES

14 WITH CONGRESSIONALLY-AUTHORIZED COST-OF-LIVING

15 ADJUSTMENTS. Beginning in fiscal year 2001 and there16 after, a State in which Federal employees receive a special

17 allowance because of the high cost of living or conditions

18 of environment which differ substantially from conditions

19 in other parts of the country as provided under section 1

20 of title IV of Public Law 102–141 (105 Stat. 861) shall

21 receive an allotment of no less than $2,000,000 under the

22 Smith-Lever Act of 1914, as amended (7 U.S.C. 343).

23 SEC. 764. HATCH ACT ALLOCATIONS IN STATES WITH

24 CONGRESSIONALLY-AUTHORIZED COST-OF-LIVING ADJUST25 MENTS. Beginning in fiscal year 2001 and thereafter, a
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1 State in which Federal employees receive a special allow2 ance because of the high cost of living or conditions of envi3 ronment which differ substantially from conditions in other

4 parts of the country as provided under section 1 of title

5 IV of Public Law 102–141 (105 Stat. 861) shall receive an

6 allotment of no less than $2,000,000 under 7 U.S.C. 361c(c).

7 SEC. 765. It is the sense of the Senate that the Food

8 and Drug Administration, to the maximum extent possible,

9 when conducting an Import Food Survey under the Presi10 dent’s Food Safety Initiative, ensure timely testing of

11 produce imports by conducting survey tests at the United

12 States Department of Agriculture or the Food and Drug

13 Administration laboratory closest to the port of entry if test14 ing results are not provided within twenty-four hours of

15 collection.

16 SEC. 766. DEREGULATION OF PRODUCER MILK

17 PRICES IN CLARK COUNTY, NEVADA. Effective October 1,

18 1999, section 8c(11) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act (7

19 U.S.C. 608c(11)), reenacted with amendments by the Agri20 cultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, is amended by

21 adding at the end the following:

22 ‘‘(D) PRODUCER MILK PRICES IN CLARK

23 COUNTY, NEVADA.—The price of milk received by

24 producers located in Clark County, Nevada—
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1 ‘‘(i) shall not be subject to any order

2 issued under this section or any other regu3 lation by the Secretary; and

4 ‘‘(ii) shall solely be regulated by the

5 State of Nevada and the Nevada State

6 Dairy Commission.’’.

7 SEC. 767. (a) The Senate finds that—

8 (1) agricultural producers in the United States

9 compete effectively when world markets are not dis10 torted by government intervention;

11 (2) the elimination of barriers to competition in

12 world markets for agricultural commodities is in the

13 interest of producers and consumers in the United

14 States;

15 (3) the United States must provide leadership on

16 the opening of the agricultural markets in upcoming

17 multilateral World Trade Organization negotiations;

18 (4) countries that import agricultural commod19 ities are more likely to liberalize practices if they are

20 confident that their trading partners will not curtail

21 the availability of agricultural commodities on world

22 markets for foreign policy purposes; and

23 (5) a multilateral commitment to use the open

24 market, rather than government intervention, to guar-
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1 antee food security would advance the interests of the

2 farm community of the United States.

3 (b) It is the sense of the Senate that members of the

4 World Trade Organization should undertake multilateral

5 negotiations to eliminate policies and programs that distort

6 world markets for agricultural commodities.

7 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Agriculture, Rural De8 velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related

9 Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000’’.

Passed the House of Representatives June 8, 1999.

Attest: JEFF TRANDAHL,

Clerk.

Passed the Senate August 4, 1999.

Attest: GARY SISCO,

Secretary.