106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1906

AN ACT

Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Detember 30, 2000, and for other purposes. Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending Sep- velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and
106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1906

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

2 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the

3 fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for other pur4 poses, namely:

5 TITLE I

6 AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS

7 PRODUCTION, PROCESSING, AND MARKETING

8 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

10 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary

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

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

13 exceed $11,000 of this amount, along with any unobli14 gated balances of representation funds in the Foreign Ag15 ricultural Service, shall be available for official reception

16 and representation expenses, not otherwise provided for,

17 as determined by the Secretary: Provided further, That

18 none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made avail19 able by this Act may be used to pay the salaries and ex20 penses of personnel of the Department of Agriculture to

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

22 Provided further, That none of the funds made available

23 by this Act may be used to enforce section 793(d) of Pub24 lic Law 104–127.
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1 EXECUTIVE OPERATIONS

2 CHIEF ECONOMIST

3 For necessary expenses of the Chief Economist, in4 cluding economic analysis, risk assessment, cost-benefit

5 analysis, energy and new uses, and the functions of the

6 World Agricultural Outlook Board, as authorized by the

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

8 including employment pursuant to the second sentence of

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

10 2225), of which not to exceed $5,000 is for employment

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

12 NATIONAL APPEALS DIVISION

13 For necessary expenses of the National Appeals Divi14 sion, including employment pursuant to the second sen15 tence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7

16 U.S.C. 2225), of which not to exceed $25,000 is for em17 ployment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $11,718,000.

18 OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS

19 For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and

20 Program Analysis, including employment pursuant to the

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

22 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), of which not to exceed $5,000 is

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

24 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER

25 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief In26 formation Officer, including employment pursuant to the
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1 second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of

2 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), of which not to exceed $10,000

3 is for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $6,051,000 (re4 duced by $500,000).

5 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

6 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Fi7 nancial Officer, including employment pursuant to the sec8 ond sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944

9 (7 U.S.C. 2225), of which not to exceed $10,000 is for

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

11 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR

12 ADMINISTRATION

13 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of

14 the Assistant Secretary for Administration to carry out

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

16 AGRICULTURE BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES AND RENTAL

17 PAYMENTS

18 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

19 For payment of space rental and related costs pursu20 ant to Public Law 92–313, including authorities pursuant

21 to the 1984 delegation of authority from the Adminis22 trator of General Services to the Department of Agri23 culture under 40 U.S.C. 486, for programs and activities

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

25 the operation, maintenance, and repair of Agriculture

26 buildings, $140,364,000: Provided, That in the event an
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1 agency within the Department should require modification

2 of space needs, the Secretary of Agriculture may transfer

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

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

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

6 such transfers shall not exceed 5 percent of the funds

7 made available for space rental and related costs to or

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

9 improvement, extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed

10 equipment or facilities as necessary to carry out the pro11 grams of the Department, where not otherwise provided,

12 $26,000,000, to remain available until expended; making

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

14 HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

16 For necessary expenses of the Department of Agri17 culture, to comply with the requirement of section 107(g)

18 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Com19 pensation, and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9607(g), and sec20 tion 6001 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act,

21 42 U.S.C. 6961, $15,700,000, to remain available until

22 expended: Provided, That appropriations and funds avail23 able herein to the Department for Hazardous Waste Man24 agement may be transferred to any agency of the Depart-
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1 ment for its use in meeting all requirements pursuant to

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

3 DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

6 provide for necessary expenses for management support

7 services to offices of the Department and for general ad8 ministration and disaster management of the Department,

9 repairs and alterations, and other miscellaneous supplies

10 and expenses not otherwise provided for and necessary for

11 the practical and efficient work of the Department, includ12 ing employment pursuant to the second sentence of section

13 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), of

14 which not to exceed $10,000 is for employment under 5

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

16 reimbursed from applicable appropriations in this Act for

17 travel expenses incident to the holding of hearings as re18 quired by 5 U.S.C. 551–558.

19 OUTREACH FOR SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED FARMERS

20 For grants and contracts pursuant to section 2501

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

22 1990 (7 U.S.C. 2279), $3,000,000, to remain available

23 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’’.

Passed the House of Representatives June 8, 1999.

Attest:

Clerk.