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Union Calendar No. 87

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1906

[Report No. 106–157]

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.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MAY 21, 1999

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

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

State of the Union and ordered to be printed

A BILL

Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development,

Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies

for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for

other purposes.

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

3 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any

4 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the
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1 fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for other pur2 poses, namely:

3 TITLE I

4 AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS

5 PRODUCTION, PROCESSING, AND MARKETING

6 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

8 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary

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

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

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

14 and representation expenses, not otherwise provided for,

15 as determined by the Secretary: Provided further, That

16 none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made avail17 able by this Act may be used to pay the salaries and ex18 penses of personnel of the Department of Agriculture to

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

20 Provided further, That none of the funds made available

21 by this Act may be used to enforce section 793(d) of Pub22 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.

4 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

5 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Fi6 nancial Officer, including employment pursuant to the sec7 ond sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944

8 (7 U.S.C. 2225), of which not to exceed $10,000 is for

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

10 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR

11 ADMINISTRATION

12 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of

13 the Assistant Secretary for Administration to carry out

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

15 AGRICULTURE BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES AND RENTAL

16 PAYMENTS

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

18 For payment of space rental and related costs pursu19 ant to Public Law 92–313, including authorities pursuant

20 to the 1984 delegation of authority from the Adminis21 trator of General Services to the Department of Agri22 culture under 40 U.S.C. 486, for programs and activities

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

24 the operation, maintenance, and repair of Agriculture

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

26 agency within the Department should require modification
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1 of space needs, the Secretary of Agriculture may transfer

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

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

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

5 such transfers shall not exceed 5 percent of the funds

6 made available for space rental and related costs to or

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

8 improvement, extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed

9 equipment or facilities as necessary to carry out the pro10 grams of the Department, where not otherwise provided,

11 $26,000,000, to remain available until expended; making

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

13 HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

15 For necessary expenses of the Department of Agri16 culture, to comply with the requirement of section 107(g)

17 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Com18 pensation, and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9607(g), and sec19 tion 6001 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act,

20 42 U.S.C. 6961, $15,700,000, to remain available until

21 expended: Provided, That appropriations and funds avail22 able herein to the Department for Hazardous Waste Man23 agement may be transferred to any agency of the Depart24 ment for its use in meeting all requirements pursuant to

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

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

4 provide for necessary expenses for management support

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

7 repairs and alterations, and other miscellaneous supplies

8 and expenses not otherwise provided for and necessary for

9 the practical and efficient work of the Department, includ10 ing employment pursuant to the second sentence of section

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

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

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

14 reimbursed from applicable appropriations in this Act for

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

17 OUTREACH FOR SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED FARMERS

18 For grants and contracts pursuant to section 2501

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

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

21 until expended.
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1 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR

2 CONGRESSIONAL RELATIONS

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

4 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of

5 the Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations to

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

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

9 no other funds appropriated to the Department by this

10 Act shall be available to the Department for support of

11 activities of congressional relations: Provided further, That

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

13 funded by this Act to maintain personnel at the agency

14 level.

15 OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS

16 For necessary expenses to carry on services relating

17 to the coordination of programs involving public affairs,

18 for the dissemination of agricultural information, and the

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

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

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

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

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

3 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector

4 General, including employment pursuant to the second

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

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

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

8 contracting and other arrangements with public agencies

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

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

14 be expended under the direction of the Inspector General

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

17 OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL

18 For necessary expenses of the Office of the General

19 Counsel, $29,194,000.

20 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RESEARCH,

21 EDUCATION AND ECONOMICS

22 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of

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

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

2 and the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Ex3 tension Service, $940,000.

4 ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE

5 For necessary expenses of the Economic Research

6 Service in conducting economic research and analysis, as

7 authorized by the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7

8 U.S.C. 1621–1627) and other laws, $70,266,000: Pro9 vided, That this appropriation shall be available for em10 ployment pursuant to the second sentence of section

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

12 NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE

13 For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural

14 Statistics Service in conducting statistical reporting and

15 service work, including crop and livestock estimates, sta16 tistical coordination and improvements, marketing sur17 veys, and the Census of Agriculture, as authorized by 7

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10 and for land exchanges where the lands exchanged shall

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

12 money to the grantor which shall not exceed 25 percent

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

14 of Federal ownership, $836,381,000: Provided, That ap15 propriations hereunder shall be available for temporary

16 employment pursuant to the second sentence of section

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

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

19 under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That appropria20 tions hereunder shall be available for the operation and

21 maintenance of aircraft and the purchase of not to exceed

22 one for replacement only: Provided further, That appro23 priations hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7

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

25 of buildings and improvements, but unless otherwise pro-
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1 vided, the cost of constructing any one building shall not

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

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

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

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

6 building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent

7 of the current replacement value of the building or

8 $250,000, whichever is greater: Provided further, That the

9 limitations on alterations contained in this Act shall not

10 apply to modernization or replacement of existing facilities

11 at Beltsville, Maryland: Provided further, That appropria12 tions hereunder shall be available for granting easements

13 at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, including

14 an easement to the University of Maryland to construct

15 the Transgenic Animal Facility which upon completion

16 shall be accepted by the Secretary as a gift: Provided fur17 ther, That the foregoing limitations shall not apply to re18 placement of buildings needed to carry out the Act of April

19 24, 1948 (21 U.S.C. 113a): Provided further, That funds

20 may be received from any State, other political subdivi21 sion, organization, or individual for the purpose of estab22 lishing or operating any research facility or research

23 project of the Agricultural Research Service, as authorized

24 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
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1 procedures used to protect purchasers of farm products,

2 and the standardization activities related to grain under

3 the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, including field

4 employment pursuant to the second sentence of section

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

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

7 3109, $26,448,000: Provided, That this appropriation

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

9 alteration and repair of buildings and improvements, but

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

11 shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement

12 value of the building.

13 LIMITATION ON INSPECTION AND WEIGHING SERVICES

14 EXPENSES

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

16 be obligated during the current fiscal year for inspection

17 and weighing services: Provided, That if grain export ac18 tivities require additional supervision and oversight, or

19 other uncontrollable factors occur, this limitation may be

20 exceeded by up to 10 percent with notification to the Ap21 propriations Committees.

22 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD SAFETY

23 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of

24 the Under Secretary for Food Safety to administer the

25 laws enacted by the Congress for the Food Safety and In26 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, That

2 this amount shall be transferred to the Commodity Credit

3 Corporation: Provided further, That the Secretary is au4 thorized to utilize the services, facilities, and authorities

5 of the Commodity Credit Corporation for the purpose of

6 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 be

5 available for employment pursuant to the second sentence

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

7 2225), and not to exceed $25,000 shall be available for

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

9 qualified local engineers may be temporarily employed at

10 per diem rates to perform the technical planning work of

11 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, to remain

8 available until expended, of which $34,387,000 shall be

9 for rural community programs described in section

10 381E(d)(1) of such Act; of which $579,216,000 shall be

11 for the rural utilities programs described in sections

12 381E(d)(2), 306C(a)(2), and 306D of such Act; and of

13 which $52,500,000 shall be for the rural business and co14 operative development programs described in sections

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

16 the amount appropriated for rural community programs,

17 $5,000,000 shall be made available for hazardous weather

18 early warning systems; and $6,000,000 shall be available

19 for a Rural Community Development Initiative: Provided

20 further, That of the amount appropriated for the rural

21 business and cooperative development programs, not to ex22 ceed $500,000 shall be made available for a grant to a

23 qualified national organization to provide technical assist24 ance for rural transportation in order to promote economic

25 development; and $5,000,000 shall be made available for
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1 partnership technical assistance grants to rural commu2 nities: Provided further, That of the amount appropriated

3 for rural utilities programs, not to exceed $20,000,000

4 shall be for water and waste disposal systems to benefit

5 the Colonias along the United States/Mexico border, in6 cluding grants pursuant to section 306C of such Act; not

7 to exceed $20,000,000 shall be for water and waste dis8 posal systems for rural and native villages in Alaska pur9 suant to section 306D of such Act; not to exceed

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

11 rural waste systems pursuant to section 306(a)(14) of

12 such Act; and not to exceed $5,300,000 shall be for con13 tracting with qualified national organizations for a circuit

14 rider program to provide technical assistance for rural

15 water systems: Provided further, That of the total amount

16 appropriated, not to exceed $45,245,000 shall be available

17 through June 30, 2000, for empowerment zones and en18 terprise communities, as authorized by Public Law 103–

19 66, of which $2,106,000 shall be for rural community pro20 grams described in section 381E(d)(1) of the Consolidated

21 Farm and Rural Development Act; of which $34,704,000

22 shall be for the rural utilities programs described in sec23 tion 381E(d)(2) of such Act; of which $8,435,000 shall

24 be for the rural business and cooperative development pro25 grams described in section 381E(d)(3) of such Act: Pro-
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1 vided further, That any obligated and unobligated balances

2 available from prior years for the ‘‘Rural Utilities Assist3 ance Program’’ account shall be transferred to and

4 merged with this account.

5 RURAL HOUSING SERVICE

6 RURAL HOUSING INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

8 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di9 rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by title V of the

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

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

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

13 Secretary, of which $3,200,000,000 shall be for unsub14 sidized guaranteed loans; $32,400,000 for section 504

15 housing repair loans; $100,000,000 for section 538 guar16 anteed multi-family housing loans; $25,000,000 for sec17 tion 514 farm labor housing; $120,000,000 for section

18 515 rental housing; $5,152,000 for section 524 site loans;

19 $7,503,000 for credit sales of acquired property, of which

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

21 $5,000,000 for section 523 self-help housing land develop22 ment loans.

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: section

26 502 loans, $133,620,000, of which $19,520,000 shall be
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1 for unsubsidized guaranteed loans; section 504 housing re2 pair loans, $9,900,000; section 538 multi-family housing

3 guaranteed loans, $480,000; section 514 farm labor hous4 ing, $11,308,000; section 515 rental housing,

5 $47,616,000; section 524 site loans, $4,000; credit sales

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

7 may be for multi-family credit sales; and section 523 self8 help housing land development loans, $281,000: Provided,

9 That of the total amount appropriated in this paragraph,

10 $9,829,000 shall be for empowerment zones and enter11 prise communities, as authorized by Public Law 103–66,

12 empowerment zones as authorized by Section 951 of the

13 Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 (Public Law 105–34), enter14 prise communities as authorized by Division A, Title VII,

15 Section 766 of the Fiscal Year 1999 Omnibus Appropria16 tions Act (Public Law 105–277), and communities des17 ignated by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic

18 Area Partnership Zones: Provided further, That if such

19 funds are not obligated for empowerment zones and enter20 prise communities by June 30, 2000, they shall remain

21 available for other authorized purposes under this head.

22 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to

23 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs,

24 $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’’.

3 RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

4 For rental assistance agreements entered into or re5 newed pursuant to the authority under section 521(a)(2)

6 or agreements entered into in lieu of debt forgiveness or

7 payments for eligible households as authorized by section

8 502(c)(5)(D) of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended,

9 $583,400,000; and, in addition, such sums as may be nec10 essary, as authorized by section 521(c) of the Act, to liq11 uidate debt incurred prior to fiscal year 1992 to carry out

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

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

14 $5,900,000 shall be available for debt forgiveness or pay15 ments for eligible households as authorized by section

16 502(c)(5)(D) of the Act, and not to exceed $10,000 per

17 project for advances to nonprofit organizations or public

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

19 incurred in purchasing projects pursuant to section

20 502(c)(5)(C) of the Act: Provided further, That agree21 ments entered into or renewed during fiscal year 2000

22 shall be funded for a five-year period, although the life

23 of any such agreement may be extended to fully utilize

24 amounts obligated.
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1 MUTUAL AND SELF-HELP HOUSING GRANTS

2 For grants and contracts pursuant to section

3 523(b)(1)(A) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C.

4 1490c), $28,000,000, to remain available until expended

5 (7 U.S.C. 2209b): Provided, That of the total amount ap6 propriated, $1,000,000 shall be for empowerment zones

7 and enterprise communities, as authorized by Public Law

8 103–66, empowerment zones as authorized by Section 951

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

10 enterprise communities as authorized by Division A, Title

11 VII, Section 766 of the Fiscal Year 1999 Omnibus Appro12 priations Act (Public Law 105–277), and communities

13 designated by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Eco14 nomic Area Partnership Zones: Provided further, That if

15 such funds are not obligated for empowerment zones and

16 enterprise communities by June 30, 2000, they shall re17 main available for other authorized purposes under this

18 head.

19 RURAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE GRANTS

20 For grants and contracts for housing for domestic

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

22 and technical assistance, compensation for construction

23 defects, and rural housing preservation made by the Rural

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

25 1479(c), 1486, 1490e, and 1490m, $50,000,000, to re26 main available until expended: Provided, That of the total
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1 amount appropriated, $3,250,000 shall be for empower2 ment zones and enterprise communities, as authorized by

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

4 Section 951 of the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 (Public

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

6 Division A, Title VII, Section 766 of the Fiscal Year 1999

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

8 communities designated by the Secretary of Agriculture

9 as Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones: Provided fur10 ther, That if such funds are not obligated for empower11 ment zones and enterprise communities by June 30, 2000,

12 they shall remain available for other authorized purposes

13 under this head.

14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

15 For necessary expenses of the Rural Housing Service,

16 including administering the programs authorized by the

17 Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, title V

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

19 $61,979,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall be

20 available for employment pursuant to the second sentence

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

22 2225), and not to exceed $520,000 may be used for em23 ployment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That the

24 Administrator may expend not more than $10,000 to pro25 vide modest nonmonetary awards to non-USDA employ26 ees.
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1 RURAL BUSINESS-COOPERATIVE SERVICE

2 RURAL DEVELOPMENT LOAN FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

4 For the cost of direct loans, $22,799,000, as author5 ized by the Rural Development Loan Fund (42 U.S.C.

6 9812(a)): Provided, That such costs, including the cost of

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

8 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided fur9 ther, That these funds are available to subsidize gross obli10 gations for the principal amount of direct loans of

11 $52,495,000: Provided further, That of the total amount

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

13 of direct loans for empowerment zones and enterprise

14 communities, as authorized by Public Law 103–66, em15 powerment zones as authorized by Section 951 of the Tax16 payer Relief Act of 1997 (Public Law 105–34), enterprise

17 communities as authorized by Division A, Title VII, Sec18 tion 766 of the Fiscal Year 1999 Omnibus Appropriations

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

20 by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area

21 Partnership Zones, to subsidize gross obligations for the

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

23 further, That if such funds are not obligated for empower24 ment zones and enterprise communities by June 30, 2000,

25 they shall remain available for other authorized purposes

26 under this head.
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1 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out

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

3 to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Busi4 ness-Cooperative Service, Salaries and Expenses’’.

5 RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LOANS PROGRAM

6 ACCOUNT

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

8 For the principal amount of direct loans, as author9 ized under section 313 of the Rural Electrification Act,

10 for the purpose of promoting rural economic development

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

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

13 modifying loans as defined in section 502 of the Congres14 sional Budget Act of 1974, $3,453,000.

15 Of the funds derived from interest on the cushion of

16 credit payments in fiscal year 2000, as authorized by sec17 tion 313 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936,

18 $3,453,000 shall not be obligated and $3,453,000 are re19 scinded.

20 RURAL COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS

21 For rural cooperative development grants authorized

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

23 Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932), $6,000,000, of

24 which $1,500,000 shall be available for cooperative agree25 ments for the appropriate technology transfer for rural
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1 areas program and $1,500,000 for cooperative research

2 agreements.

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

4 For necessary expenses of the Rural Business-Coop5 erative Service, including administering the programs au6 thorized by the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop7 ment Act; section 1323 of the Food Security Act of 1985;

8 the Cooperative Marketing Act of 1926; for activities re9 lating to the marketing aspects of cooperatives, including

10 economic research findings, as authorized by the Agricul11 tural Marketing Act of 1946; for activities with institu12 tions concerning the development and operation of agricul13 tural cooperatives; and for cooperative agreements;

14 $24,612,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall be

15 available for employment pursuant to the second sentence

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

17 2225), and not to exceed $260,000 may be used for em18 ployment under 5 U.S.C. 3109.

19 RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE

20 RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

21 LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

23 Insured loans pursuant to the authority of section

24 305 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C.

25 935) shall be made as follows: 5 percent rural electrifica-
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1 tion loans, $121,500,000; 5 percent rural telecommuni2 cations loans, $75,000,000; cost of money rural tele3 communications loans, $300,000,000; municipal rate rural

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

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

6 rural telecommunications, $120,000,000, to remain avail7 able until expended.

8 For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Con9 gressional Budget Act of 1974, including the cost of modi10 fying loans, of direct and guaranteed loans authorized by

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

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

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

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

15 Rural Electrification Act of 1936, borrower interest rates

16 may exceed 7 percent per year.

17 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to

18 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs,

19 $31,046,000, which shall be transferred to and merged

20 with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Utilities Service, Sala21 ries and Expenses’’.

22 RURAL TELEPHONE BANK PROGRAM ACCOUNT

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

24 The Rural Telephone Bank is hereby authorized to

25 make such expenditures, within the limits of funds avail-
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1 able to such corporation in accord with law, and to make

2 such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal

3 year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Govern4 ment Corporation Control Act, as may be necessary in car5 rying out its authorized programs. During fiscal year 2000

6 and within the resources and authority available, gross ob7 ligations for the principal amount of direct loans shall be

8 $175,000,000.

9 For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Con10 gressional Budget Act of 1974, including the cost of modi11 fying loans, of direct loans authorized by the Rural Elec12 trification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935), $3,290,000.

13 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to

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

15 transferred to and merged with the appropriation for

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

17 DISTANCE LEARNING AND TELEMEDICINE PROGRAM

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

19 by 7 U.S.C. 950aaa et seq., $16,700,000, to remain avail20 able until expended, to be available for loans and grants

21 for telemedicine and distance learning services in rural

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

23 as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act

24 of 1974.
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1 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

2 For necessary expenses of the Rural Utilities Service,

3 including administering the programs authorized by the

4 Rural Electrification Act of 1936, and the Consolidated

5 Farm and Rural Development Act, and for cooperative

6 agreements, $34,107,000: Provided, That this appropria7 tion shall be available for employment pursuant to the sec8 ond sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944

9 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $105,000 may be used

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

11 TITLE IV

12 DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS

13 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD,

14 NUTRITION AND CONSUMER SERVICES

15 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of

16 the Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer

17 Services to administer the laws enacted by the Congress

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

19 FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE

20 CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

22 For necessary expenses to carry out the National

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

24 21, and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771

25 et seq.), except sections 17 and 21; $9,547,028,000, to
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1 remain available through September 30, 2001, of which

2 $4,611,829,000 is hereby appropriated and

3 $4,935,199,000 shall be derived by transfer from funds

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

5 (7 U.S.C. 612c): Provided, That none of the funds made

6 available under this heading shall be used for studies and

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

8 be available for independent verification of school food

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

10 under this heading shall be available unless the value of

11 bonus commodities provided under section 32 of the Act

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

13 612c), and section 416 of the Agricultural Act of 1949

14 (7 U.S.C. 1431) is included in meeting the minimum com15 modity assistance requirement of section 6(g) of the

16 National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1755(g)).

17 SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR

18 WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN (WIC)

19 For necessary expenses to carry out the special sup20 plemental nutrition program as authorized by section 17

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

22 $4,005,000,000, to remain available through September

23 30, 2001: Provided, That none of the funds made available

24 under this heading shall be used for studies and evalua25 tions: Provided further, That of the total amount available,

26 the Secretary shall obligate $10,000,000 for the farmers’
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1 market nutrition program within 45 days of the enactment

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

3 market nutrition program from any funds not needed to

4 maintain current caseload levels: Provided further, That

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

6 administrative expenses of WIC clinics except those that

7 have an announced policy of prohibiting smoking within

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

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

10 available for the purchase of infant formula except in ac11 cordance with the cost containment and competitive bid12 ding requirements specified in section 17 of the Child Nu13 trition Act of 1966.

14 FOOD STAMP PROGRAM

15 For necessary expenses to carry out the Food Stamp

16 Act (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), $21,577,444,000, of which

17 $100,000,000 shall be placed in reserve for use only in

18 such amounts and at such times as may become necessary

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

20 the funds made available under this head shall be used

21 for studies and evaluations: Provided further, That funds

22 provided herein shall be expended in accordance with sec23 tion 16 of the Food Stamp Act: Provided further, That

24 this appropriation shall be subject to any work registration

25 or workfare requirements as may be required by law: Pro26 vided further, That funds made available for Employment
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1 and Training under this head shall remain available until

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

3 Stamp Act.

4 COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

5 For necessary expenses to carry out the commodity

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

7 of the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973

8 (7 U.S.C. 612c note) and the Emergency Food Assistance

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

10 September 30, 2001: Provided, That none of these funds

11 shall be available to reimburse the Commodity Credit Cor12 poration for commodities donated to the program.

13 FOOD DONATIONS PROGRAMS

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

15 the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 (7

16 U.S.C. 612c note); special assistance for the nuclear af17 fected islands as authorized by section 103(h)(2) of the

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

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

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

21 September 30, 2001.

22 FOOD PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION

23 For necessary administrative expenses of the domes24 tic food programs funded under this Act, $108,561,000,

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

26 procedures, reducing overhead costs, tightening regula-
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1 tions, improving food stamp coupon handling, and assist2 ance in the prevention, identification, and prosecution of

3 fraud and other violations of law: Provided, That this ap4 propriation shall be available for employment pursuant to

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

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

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

8 TITLE V

9 FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED

10 PROGRAMS

11 FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE AND GENERAL SALES

12 MANAGER

13 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

14 For necessary expenses of the Foreign Agricultural

15 Service, including carrying out title VI of the Agricultural

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

17 activities abroad, and for enabling the Secretary to coordi18 nate and integrate activities of the Department in connec19 tion with foreign agricultural work, including not to exceed

20 $128,000 for representation allowances and for expenses

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

22 (7 U.S.C. 1766), $137,768,000: Provided, That the Serv23 ice may utilize advances of funds, or reimburse this appro24 priation for expenditures made on behalf of Federal agen25 cies, public and private organizations and institutions
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1 under agreements executed pursuant to the agricultural

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

3 the foreign assistance programs of the United States

4 Agency for International Development.

5 None of the funds in the foregoing paragraph shall

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

7 tobacco products.

8 PUBLIC LAW 480 PROGRAM ACCOUNT

9 For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Con10 gressional Budget Act of 1974, of Public Law 83–480 title

11 I credit agreements, including the cost of modifying credit

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

13 available until expended.

14 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out

15 such title I credit program, and the Food for Progress

16 Act of 1985, as amended, to the extent funds appropriated

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

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

19 merged with ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’, Foreign Agricul20 tural Service, and of which not to exceed $845,000 may

21 be transferred to and merged with ‘‘Salaries and Ex22 penses’’, Farm Service Agency (7 U.S.C. 1691, 1701–04,

23 1731–36g–3, 2209b).
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1 PUBLIC LAW 480 TITLE I OCEAN FREIGHT

2 DIFFERENTIAL GRANTS

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 $14,000,000, to remain available until expended for ocean

8 freight differential costs for the shipment of agricultural

9 commodities pursuant to title I of said Act, including Food

10 for Progress programs as authorized by the Food for

11 Progress Act of 1985, as amended: Provided, That funds

12 made available for the cost of title I agreements and for

13 title I ocean freight differential may be used interchange14 ably between the two accounts (7 U.S.C. 1701b, 2209b).

15 PUBLIC LAW 480 GRANTS—TITLES II AND III

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

17 For expenses during the current fiscal year, not oth18 erwise recoverable, and unrecovered prior years’ costs, in19 cluding interest thereon, under the Agricultural Trade De20 velopment and Assistance Act of 1954, as amended,

21 $837,000,000 for commodities supplied in connection with

22 dispositions abroad pursuant to title II of said Act: Pro23 vided, That sums made available to carry out title II or

24 title III of said Act shall remain available until September
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1 30, 2003 (7 U.S.C. 1691, 1721–26a, 1727–27e, 1731–

2 36g–3, 1737, 2209b).

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

4 the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act

5 of 1954, not to exceed 15 percent of the funds made avail6 able to carrry out any title of said Act may be used to

7 carry out any other title of said Act.

8 COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION EXPORT LOANS

9 PROGRAM ACCOUNT

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

11 For administrative expenses to carry out the Com12 modity Credit Corporation’s export guarantee program,

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

14 overhead expenses as permitted by section 11 of the Com15 modity Credit Corporation Charter Act and in conformity

16 with the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, of which

17 $3,413,000 may be transferred to and merged with the

18 appropriation for ‘‘Foreign Agricultural Service and Gen19 eral Sales Manager’’ and $672,000 may be transferred to

20 and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Farm Service

21 Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’.
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1 TITLE VI

2 FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION AND

3 RELATED AGENCIES

4 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN

5 SERVICES

6 FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 For necessary expenses of the Food and Drug Ad9 ministration, including hire and purchase of passenger

10 motor vehicles; for payment of space rental and related

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

12 activities of the Food and Drug Administration which are

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

14 in the District of Columbia or elsewhere; and for miscella15 neous and emergency expenses of enforcement activities,

16 authorized and approved by the Secretary and to be ac17 counted for solely on the Secretary’s certificate, not to ex18 ceed $25,000; $1,218,384,000, of which not to exceed

19 $145,434,000 in prescription drug user fees authorized by

20 21 U.S.C. 379(h) may be credited to this appropriation

21 and remain available until expended: Provided, That no

22 more than $100,180,000 shall be for payments to the Gen23 eral Services Administration for rent and related costs.
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1 In addition, mammography user fees authorized by

2 42 U.S.C. 263(b) may be credited to this account, to re3 main available until expended.

4 In addition, export certification user fees authorized

5 by 21 U.S.C. 381 may be credited to this account, to re6 main available until expended.

7 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

8 For plans, construction, repair, improvement, exten9 sion, alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facili10 ties of or used by the Food and Drug Administration,

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

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

13 INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

14 COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION

15 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions

16 of the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), in17 cluding the purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles;

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

19 District of Columbia and elsewhere; and not to exceed

20 $25,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109,

21 $65,000,000, including not to exceed $2,000 for official

22 reception and representation expenses: Provided, That the

23 Commission is authorized to charge reasonable fees to

24 attendees of Commission sponsored educational events and

25 symposia to cover the Commission’s costs of providing

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

2 available without further appropriation.

3 FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION

4 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

5 Not to exceed $35,800,000 (from assessments col6 lected from farm credit institutions and from the Federal

7 Agricultural Mortgage Corporation) shall be obligated

8 during the current fiscal year for administrative expenses

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

10 limitation shall not apply to expenses associated with re11 ceiverships.

12 TITLE VII—GENERAL PROVISIONS

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

14 appropriations and authorizations made for the Depart15 ment of Agriculture for the fiscal year 2000 under this

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

17 specifically provided for, of not to exceed 365 passenger

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

19 and for the hire of such vehicles.

20 SEC. 702. Funds in this Act available to the Depart21 ment of Agriculture shall be available for uniforms or al22 lowances therefor as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–

23 5902).

24 SEC. 703. Not less than $1,500,000 of the appropria25 tions of the Department of Agriculture in this Act for re-
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1 search and service work authorized by the Acts of August

2 14, 1946, and July 28, 1954 (7 U.S.C. 427 and 1621–

3 1629), and by chapter 63 of title 31, United States Code,

4 shall be available for contracting in accordance with said

5 Acts and chapter.

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

7 Working Capital Fund for the purpose of accumulating

8 growth capital for data services and National Finance

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

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

11 the Department shall be transferred to the Working Cap12 ital Fund without the approval of the agency adminis13 trator.

14 SEC. 705. New obligational authority provided for the

15 following appropriation items in this Act shall remain

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

17 Plant Health Inspection Service, the contingency fund to

18 meet emergency conditions, fruit fly program, integrated

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

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

21 for costs associated with collocating regional offices; Farm

22 Service Agency, salaries and expenses funds made avail23 able to county committees; and Foreign Agricultural Serv24 ice, middle-income country training program.
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1 New obligational authority for the Food Safety and

2 Inspection Service, field automation and information man3 agement project; funds appropriated for rental payments;

4 funds for the Native American Institutions Endowment

5 Fund in the Cooperative State Research, Education, and

6 Extension Service; and funds for the competitive research

7 grants (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)), shall remain available until ex8 pended.

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

10 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the

11 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.

12 SEC. 707. Not to exceed $50,000 of the appropria13 tions available to the Department of Agriculture in this

14 Act shall be available to provide appropriate orientation

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

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

17 used to pay negotiated indirect cost rates on cooperative

18 agreements or similar arrangements between the United

19 States Department of Agriculture and nonprofit institu20 tions in excess of 10 percent of the total direct cost of

21 the agreement when the purpose of such cooperative ar22 rangements is to carry out programs of mutual interest

23 between the two parties. This does not preclude appro24 priate payment of indirect costs on grants and contracts

25 with such institutions when such indirect costs are com-
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1 puted on a similar basis for all agencies for which appro2 priations are provided in this Act.

3 SEC. 709. Notwithstanding any other provision of

4 this Act, commodities acquired by the Department in con5 nection with Commodity Credit Corporation and section

6 32 price support operations may be used, as authorized

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

8 commodities to individuals in cases of hardship as deter9 mined by the Secretary of Agriculture.

10 SEC. 710. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail11 able to restrict the authority of the Commodity Credit

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

13 on behalf of other agencies of the Department of Agri14 culture when such space will be jointly occupied.

15 SEC. 711. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail16 able to pay indirect costs charged against agricultural re17 search, education, or extension grant awards issued by the

18 Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension

19 Service that exceed 19 percent of total Federal funds pro20 vided under each award: Provided, That notwithstanding

21 section 1462 of the National Agricultural Research, Ex22 tension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3310),

23 funds provided by this Act for grants awarded competi24 tively by the Cooperative State Research, Education, and

25 Extension Service shall be available to pay full allowable
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1 indirect costs for each grant awarded under the Small

2 Business Innovation Development Act of 1982, Public

3 Law 97–219 (15 U.S.C. 638).

4 SEC. 712. Notwithstanding any other provision of

5 this Act, all loan levels provided in this Act shall be consid6 ered estimates, not limitations.

7 SEC. 713. Appropriations for the Rural Housing In8 surance Fund Program Account for the cost of direct and

9 guaranteed loans made available in fiscal years 1994,

10 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, and 1999 shall remain available

11 until expended to cover obligations made in each of those

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

13 1557.

14 SEC. 714. Appropriations to the Department of Agri15 culture for the cost of direct and guaranteed loans made

16 available in fiscal year 2000 shall remain available until

17 expended to cover obligations made in fiscal year 2000 for

18 the following accounts: the rural development loan fund

19 program account; the Rural Telephone Bank program ac20 count; the rural electrification and telecommunications

21 loans program account; the Rural Housing Insurance

22 Fund Program Account; and the rural economic develop23 ment loans program account.
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1 SEC. 715. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal

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

3 be absorbed within the levels appropriated by this Act.

4 SEC. 716. Notwithstanding the Federal Grant and

5 Cooperative Agreement Act, marketing services of the Ag6 ricultural Marketing Service; Grain Inspection, Packers

7 and Stockyards Administration; the Animal and Plant

8 Health Inspection Service; and the food safety activities

9 of the Food Safety and Inspection Service may use cooper10 ative agreements to reflect a relationship between the Ag11 ricultural Marketing Service, the Grain Inspection, Pack12 ers and Stockyards Administration, the Animal and Plant

13 Health Inspection Service, or the Food Safety and Inspec14 tion Service and a State or Cooperator to carry out agri15 cultural marketing programs, to carry out programs to

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

17 carry out educational programs or special studies to im18 prove the safety of the Nation’s food supply.

19 SEC. 717. Notwithstanding the Federal Grant and

20 Cooperative Agreement Act, the Natural Resources Con21 servation Service may enter into contracts, grants, or co22 operative agreements with a State agency or subdivision,

23 or a public or private organization, for the acquisition of

24 goods or services, including personal services, to carry out

25 natural resources conservation activities: Provided, That
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1 Commodity Credit Corporation funds obligated for such

2 purposes shall not exceed the level obligated by the Com3 modity Credit Corporation for such purposes in fiscal year

4 1998.

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

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

7 Rural Telephone Bank or to maintain any account or sub8 account within the accounting records of the Rural Tele9 phone Bank the creation of which has not specifically been

10 authorized by statute: Provided, That notwithstanding any

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

12 otherwise made available in this Act may be used to trans13 fer to the Treasury or to the Federal Financing Bank any

14 unobligated balance of the Rural Telephone Bank tele15 phone liquidating account which is in excess of current

16 requirements and such balance shall receive interest as set

17 forth for financial accounts in section 505(c) of the Fed18 eral Credit Reform Act of 1990.

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

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

21 expenses of activities related to all advisory committees,

22 panels, commissions, and task forces of the Department

23 of Agriculture, except for panels used to comply with nego24 tiated rule makings and panels used to evaluate competi25 tively awarded grants: Provided, That interagency funding
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1 is authorized to carry out the purposes of the National

2 Drought Policy Commission.

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

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

5 of Public Law 104–127, the Federal Agriculture Improve6 ment and Reform Act.

7 SEC. 721. No employee of the Department of Agri8 culture may be detailed or assigned from an agency or

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

10 of the Department for more than 30 days unless the indi11 vidual’s employing agency or office is fully reimbursed by

12 the receiving agency or office for the salary and expenses

13 of the employee for the period of assignment.

14 SEC. 722. None of the funds appropriated or other15 wise made available to the Department of Agriculture

16 shall be used to transmit or otherwise make available to

17 any non-Department of Agriculture employee questions or

18 responses to questions that are a result of information re19 quested for the appropriations hearing process.

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

21 Department of Agriculture by this Act may be used to ac22 quire new information technology systems or significant

23 upgrades, as determined by the Office of the Chief Infor24 mation Officer, without the approval of the Chief Informa25 tion Officer and the concurrence of the Executive Informa-
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1 tion Technology Investment Review Board: Provided, That

2 notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the

3 funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this

4 Act may be transferred to the Office of the Chief Informa5 tion Officer without the prior approval of the Committee

6 on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.

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

8 or provided by previous Appropriations Acts to the agen9 cies funded by this Act that remain available for obligation

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

11 accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived by

12 the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by

13 this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure

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

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

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

17 project or activity for which funds have been denied or

18 restricted; (4) relocates an office or employees; (5) reorga19 nizes offices, programs, or activities; or (6) contracts out

20 or privatizes any functions or activities presently per21 formed by Federal employees; unless the Committee on

22 Appropriations of both Houses of Congress are notified

23 fifteen days in advance of such reprogramming of funds.

24 (b) None of the funds provided by this Act, or pro25 vided by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies
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1 funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or

2 expenditure in fiscal year 2000, or provided from any ac3 counts in the Treasury of the United States derived by

4 the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by

5 this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure

6 for activities, programs, or projects through a reprogram7 ming of funds in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, which8 ever is less, that: (1) augments existing programs,

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

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

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

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

13 personnel which would result in a change in existing pro14 grams, activities, or projects as approved by Congress; un15 less the Committee on Appropriations of both Houses of

16 Congress are notified fifteen days in advance of such re17 programming of funds.

18 SEC. 725. None of the funds appropriated or other19 wise made available by this Act or any other Act may be

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

21 out the Fund for Rural America Program, authorized by

22 section 793 of Public Law 104–127, with the exception

23 of funds made available under that section on January 1,

24 1997.
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1 SEC. 726. None of the funds appropriated or other2 wise made available by this Act shall be used to pay the

3 salaries and expenses of personnel who carry out an envi4 ronmental quality incentives program authorized by sec5 tions 334–341 of Public Law 104–127 in excess of

6 $174,000,000.

7 SEC. 727. None of the funds appropriated or other8 wise available to the Department of Agriculture may be

9 used to administer the provision of contract payments to

10 a producer under the Agricultural Market Transition Act

11 (7 U.S.C. 7201 et seq.) for contract acreage on which wild

12 rice is planted unless the contract payment is reduced by

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

14 SEC. 728. None of the funds appropriated or other15 wise made available by this Act shall be used to pay the

16 salaries and expenses of personnel to enroll in excess of

17 120,000 acres in the fiscal year 2000 wetlands reserve

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

19 SEC. 729. None of the funds appropriated or other20 wise made available by this or any other Act shall be used

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

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

23 Initiative for Future Agriculture and Food Systems.

24 SEC. 730. Notwithstanding section 381A of the Con25 solidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C.
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1 2009), the definitions of rural areas for certain business

2 programs administered by the Rural Business-Cooperative

3 Service and the community facilities programs adminis4 tered by the Rural Housing Service shall be those provided

5 for in statute and regulations prior to the enactment of

6 Public Law 104–127.

7 SEC. 731. None of the funds appropriated or other8 wise made available by this Act shall be used to carry out

9 any commodity purchase program that would prohibit eli10 gibility or participation by farmer-owned cooperatives.

11 SEC. 732. None of the funds appropriated or other12 wise made available by this Act shall be used to pay the

13 salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out a conserva14 tion farm option program, as authorized by section 335

15 of Public Law 104–127.

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

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

18 expenses of personnel who prepare or submit appropria19 tions language as part of the President’s Budget submis20 sion to the Congress of the United States for programs

21 under the jurisdiction of the Appropriations Subcommit22 tees on Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related

23 Agencies that assumes revenues or reflects a reduction

24 from the previous year due to user fees proposals that

25 have not been enacted into law prior to the submission
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1 of the Budget unless such Budget submission identifies

2 which additional spending reductions should occur in the

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

4 date of the convening of a committee of conference for

5 the fiscal year 2001 appropriations Act.

6 SEC. 734. None of the funds appropriated or other7 wise made available by this Act shall be used to establish

8 an Office of Community Food Security or any similar of9 fice within the United States Department of Agriculture

10 without the prior approval of the Committee on Appro11 priations of both Houses of Congress.

12 SEC. 735. None of the funds appropriated or other13 wise made available by this or any other Act may be used

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

15 105–185, the National Swine Research Center.

16 SEC. 736. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth17 erwise made available by this Act shall be used to pay the

18 salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out the emer19 gency food assistance program authorized by section 27(a)

20 of the Food Stamp Act (7 U.S.C. 2036(a)) if such pro21 gram exceeds $99,000,000.

22 (b) In addition to amounts otherwise appropriated or

23 made available by this Act, $1,000,000 is appropriated for

24 the purpose of providing Bill Emerson and Mickey Leland

25 Hunger Fellowships through the Congressional Hunger
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1 Center, which is an organization described in subsection

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

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

4 section.

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

6 shall be used to propose or issue rules, regulations, de7 crees, or orders for the purpose of implementation, or in

8 preparation for implementation of the Kyoto Protocol

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

10 Japan.

11 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Agriculture, Rural De12 velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related

13 Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000’’.
Union Calendar No. 87

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1906

[Report No. 106–157]

A BILL

Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Deposes. ending September 30, 2000, and for other pur- Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and

MAY 21, 1999

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on

the State of the Union and ordered to be printed