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[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2536 Placed on Calendar Senate (PCS)]

                                                       Calendar No. 540
106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2536

                          [Report No. 106-288]

Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
   Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year 
           ending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 10, 2000

    Mr. Cochran, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the 
    following original bill; which was read twice and placed on the 
                                calendar

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                                 A BILL

 
Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
   Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year 
           ending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes.

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

                               DIVISION A

    That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 
programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and for other 
purposes, namely:

                                TITLE I

                         AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS

                 Production, Processing, and Marketing

                        Office of the Secretary

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary of 
Agriculture, and not to exceed $75,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 
3109, $27,914,000, of which, $25,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, shall be available only for the development and 
implementation of a common computing environment: Provided, That not to 
exceed $11,000 of this amount shall be available for official reception 
and representation expenses, not otherwise provided for, as determined 
by the Secretary: Provided further, That the funds made available for 
the development and implementation of a common computing environment 
shall only be available upon prior notice to the Committee on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: Provided further, That none 
of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may 
be used to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel of the Department 
of Agriculture to carry out section 793(c)(1)(C) of Public Law 104-127: 
Provided further, That none of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used to enforce section 793(d) of Public Law 104-127.

                          Executive Operations

                            chief economist

    For necessary expenses of the Chief Economist, including economic 
analysis, risk assessment, cost-benefit analysis, energy and new uses, 
and the functions of the World Agricultural Outlook Board, as 
authorized by the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1622g), 
and including employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 
706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), of which not to 
exceed $5,000 is for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $7,462,000.

                       national appeals division

    For necessary expenses of the National Appeals Division, including 
employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the 
Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), of which not to exceed $25,000 is 
for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $12,421,000.

                 office of budget and program analysis

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and Program 
Analysis, including employment pursuant to the second sentence of 
section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), of which not 
to exceed $5,000 is for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $6,765,000.

                Office of the Chief Information Officer

    For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Information 
Officer, including employment pursuant to the second sentence of 
section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), of which not 
to exceed $10,000 is for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $10,046,000.

                 Office of the Chief Financial Officer

    For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Financial 
Officer, including employment pursuant to the second sentence of 
section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), of which not 
to exceed $10,000 is for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $5,171,000.

          Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration

    For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the Assistant 
Secretary for Administration to carry out the programs funded by this 
Act, $629,000.

        Agriculture Buildings and Facilities and Rental Payments

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For payment of space rental and related costs pursuant to Public 
Law 92-313, including authorities pursuant to the 1984 delegation of 
authority from the Administrator of General Services to the Department 
of Agriculture under 40 U.S.C. 486, for programs and activities of the 
Department which are included in this Act, and for the operation, 
maintenance, improvement, and repair of Agriculture buildings, 
$182,747,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That in the 
event an agency within the Department should require modification of 
space needs, the Secretary of Agriculture may transfer a share of that 
agency's appropriation made available by this Act to this 
appropriation, or may transfer a share of this appropriation to that 
agency's appropriation, but such transfers shall not exceed 5 percent 
of the funds made available for space rental and related costs to or 
from this account.

                     Hazardous Materials Management

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For necessary expenses of the Department of Agriculture, to comply 
with the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9601, et seq., and the Resource Conservation 
and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. 6901, et seq., $15,700,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That appropriations and funds 
available herein to the Department for Hazardous Materials Management 
may be transferred to any agency of the Department for its use in 
meeting all requirements pursuant to the above Acts on Federal and non-
Federal lands.

                      Departmental Administration

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For Departmental Administration, $36,840,000, to provide for 
necessary expenses for management support services to offices of the 
Department and for general administration and disaster management of 
the Department, repairs and alterations, and other miscellaneous 
supplies and expenses not otherwise provided for and necessary for the 
practical and efficient work of the Department, including employment 
pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 
1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), of which not to exceed $10,000 is for employment 
under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided, That this appropriation shall be 
reimbursed from applicable appropriations in this Act for travel 
expenses incident to the holding of hearings as required by 5 U.S.C. 
551-558.

              outreach for socially disadvantaged farmers

    For grants and contracts pursuant to section 2501 of the Food, 
Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 2279), 
$3,000,000, to remain available until expended.

     Office of the Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the Assistant 
Secretary for Congressional Relations to carry out the programs funded 
by this Act, including programs involving intergovernmental affairs and 
liaison within the executive branch, $3,568,000: Provided, That no 
other funds appropriated to the Department by this Act shall be 
available to the Department for support of activities of congressional 
relations: Provided further, That not less than $2,202,000 shall be 
transferred to agencies funded by this Act to maintain personnel at the 
agency level.

                        Office of Communications

    For necessary expenses to carry on services relating to the 
coordination of programs involving public affairs, for the 
dissemination of agricultural information, and the coordination of 
information, work, and programs authorized by Congress in the 
Department, $8,873,000, including employment pursuant to the second 
sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), 
of which not to exceed $10,000 shall be available for employment under 
5 U.S.C. 3109, and not to exceed $2,000,000 may be used for farmers' 
bulletins.

                    Office of the Inspector General

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector General, 
including employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) 
of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and the Inspector General 
Act of 1978, $66,867,000, including such sums as may be necessary for 
contracting and other arrangements with public agencies and private 
persons pursuant to section 6(a)(9) of the Inspector General Act of 
1978, including not to exceed $50,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 
3109; and including not to exceed $125,000 for certain confidential 
operational expenses, including the payment of informants, to be 
expended under the direction of the Inspector General pursuant to 
Public Law 95-452 and section 1337 of Public Law 97-98.

                     Office of the General Counsel

    For necessary expenses of the Office of the General Counsel, 
$31,080,000.

  Office of the Under Secretary for Research, Education and Economics

    For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the Under 
Secretary for Research, Education and Economics to administer the laws 
enacted by the Congress for the Economic Research Service, the National 
Agricultural Statistics Service, the Agricultural Research Service, and 
the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, 
$556,000.

                       Economic Research Service

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For necessary expenses of the Economic Research Service in 
conducting economic research and analysis, as authorized by the 
Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621-1627) and other laws, 
$67,038,000: Provided, That $1,000,000 shall be transferred to and 
merged with the appropriation for ``Food and Nutrition Service, Food 
Program Administration'' for studies and evaluations: Provided further, 
That this appropriation shall be available for employment pursuant to 
the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 
U.S.C. 2225).

                National Agricultural Statistics Service

    For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural Statistics 
Service in conducting statistical reporting and service work, including 
crop and livestock estimates, statistical coordination and 
improvements, marketing surveys, and the Census of Agriculture, as 
authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1621-1627, Public Law 105-113, and other laws, 
$100,615,000, of which up to $15,000,000 shall be available until 
expended for the Census of Agriculture: Provided, That this 
appropriation shall be available for employment pursuant to the second 
sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), 
and not to exceed $40,000 shall be available for employment under 5 
U.S.C. 3109.

                     Agricultural Research Service

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses to enable the Agricultural Research Service 
to perform agricultural research and demonstration relating to 
production, utilization, marketing, and distribution (not otherwise 
provided for); home economics or nutrition and consumer use including 
the acquisition, preservation, and dissemination of agricultural 
information; and for acquisition of lands by donation, exchange, or 
purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed $100, and for land exchanges 
where the lands exchanged shall be of equal value or shall be equalized 
by a payment of money to the grantor which shall not exceed 25 percent 
of the total value of the land or interests transferred out of Federal 
ownership, $871,593,000: Provided, That appropriations hereunder shall 
be available for temporary employment pursuant to the second sentence 
of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not 
to exceed $115,000 shall be available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 
3109: Provided further, That appropriations hereunder shall be 
available for the operation and maintenance of aircraft and the 
purchase of not to exceed one for replacement only: Provided further, 
That appropriations hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 
2250 for the construction, alteration, and repair of buildings and 
improvements, but unless otherwise provided, the cost of constructing 
any one building shall not exceed $375,000, except for headhouses or 
greenhouses which shall each be limited to $1,200,000, and except for 
10 buildings to be constructed or improved at a cost not to exceed 
$750,000 each, and the cost of altering any one building during the 
fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement 
value of the building or $375,000, whichever is greater: Provided 
further, That the limitations on alterations contained in this Act 
shall not apply to modernization or replacement of existing facilities 
at Beltsville, Maryland: Provided further, That appropriations 
hereunder shall be available for granting easements at the Beltsville 
Agricultural Research Center, including an easement to the University 
of Maryland to construct the Transgenic Animal Facility which upon 
completion shall be accepted by the Secretary as a gift: Provided 
further, That the foregoing limitations shall not apply to replacement 
of buildings needed to carry out the Act of April 24, 1948 (21 U.S.C. 
113a): Provided further, That funds may be received from any State, 
other political subdivision, organization, or individual for the 
purpose of establishing or operating any research facility or research 
project of the Agricultural Research Service, as authorized by law.
    None of the funds in the foregoing paragraph shall be available to 
carry out research related to the production, processing or marketing 
of tobacco or tobacco products.
    In fiscal year 2001, the agency is authorized to charge fees, 
commensurate with the fair market value, for any permit, easement, 
lease, or other special use authorization for the occupancy or use of 
land and facilities (including land and facilities at the Beltsville 
Agricultural Research Center) issued by the agency, as authorized by 
law, and such fees shall be credited to this account, and shall remain 
available until expended for authorized purposes.

                        buildings and facilities

    For acquisition of land, construction, repair, improvement, 
extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities as 
necessary to carry out the agricultural research programs of the 
Department of Agriculture, where not otherwise provided, $56,330,000, 
to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b): Provided, That 
funds may be received from any State, other political subdivision, 
organization, or individual for the purpose of establishing any 
research facility of the Agricultural Research Service, as authorized 
by law.

      Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service

                   research and education activities

    For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for cooperative 
forestry and other research, for facilities, and for other expenses, 
including $180,545,000 to carry into effect the provisions of the Hatch 
Act (7 U.S.C. 361a-i); $21,932,000 for grants for cooperative forestry 
research (16 U.S.C. 582a-a7); $30,676,000 for payments to the 1890 
land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee University (7 U.S.C. 3222), of 
which $1,000,000 shall be made available to West Virginia State College 
in Institute, West Virginia; $62,207,000 for special grants for 
agricultural research (7 U.S.C. 450i(c)); $13,721,000 for special 
grants for agricultural research on improved pest control (7 U.S.C. 
450i(c)); $121,350,000 for competitive research grants (7 U.S.C. 
450i(b)); $5,109,000 for the support of animal health and disease 
programs (7 U.S.C. 3195); $750,000 for supplemental and alternative 
crops and products (7 U.S.C. 3319d); $650,000 for grants for research 
pursuant to the Critical Agricultural Materials Act of 1984 (7 U.S.C. 
178) and section 1472 of the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 
3318), to remain available until expended; $1,000,000 for the 1994 
research program (7 U.S.C. 301 note), to remain available until 
expended; $3,000,000 for higher education graduate fellowship grants (7 
U.S.C. 3152(b)(6)), to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C. 
2209b); $4,350,000 for higher education challenge grants (7 U.S.C. 
3152(b)(1)); $1,000,000 for a higher education multicultural scholars 
program (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(5)), to remain available until expended (7 
U.S.C. 2209b); $3,500,000 for an education grants program for Hispanic-
serving Institutions (7 U.S.C. 3241); $3,000,000 for a program of 
noncompetitive grants, to be awarded on an equal basis, to Alaska 
Native-serving and Native Hawaiian-serving Institutions to carry out 
higher education programs (7 U.S.C. 3242); $1,000,000 for a secondary 
agriculture education program and 2-year post-secondary education (7 
U.S.C. 3152(h)); $4,000,000 for aquaculture grants (7 U.S.C. 3322); 
$9,500,000 for sustainable agriculture research and education (7 U.S.C. 
5811); $9,500,000 for a program of capacity building grants (7 U.S.C. 
3152(b)(4)) to colleges eligible to receive funds under the Act of 
August 30, 1890 (7 U.S.C. 321-326 and 328), including Tuskegee 
University, to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); 
$1,552,000 for payments to the 1994 Institutions pursuant to section 
534(a)(1) of Public Law 103-382; and $16,402,000 for necessary expenses 
of Research and Education Activities, of which not to exceed $100,000 
shall be for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109; in all, $494,744,000.
    None of the funds in the foregoing paragraph shall be available to 
carry out research related to the production, processing or marketing 
of tobacco or tobacco products.

              native american institutions endowment fund

    For the Native American institutions endowment fund authorized by 
Public Law 103-382 (7 U.S.C. 301 note), $7,100,000: Provided, That 
hereafter, any distribution of the adjusted income from the Native 
American institutions endowment fund is authorized to be used for 
facility renovation, repair, construction, and maintenance, in addition 
to other authorized purposes.

                          extension activities

    Payments to States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, 
the Virgin Islands, Micronesia, Northern Marianas, and American Samoa: 
For payments for cooperative extension work under the Smith-Lever Act, 
to be distributed under sections 3(b) and 3(c) of said Act, and under 
section 208(c) of Public Law 93-471, for retirement and employees' 
compensation costs for extension agents and for costs of penalty mail 
for cooperative extension agents and State extension directors, 
$276,548,000; payments for extension work at the 1994 Institutions 
under the Smith-Lever Act (7 U.S.C. 343(b)(3)), $3,500,000; payments 
for the nutrition and family education program for low-income areas 
under section 3(d) of the Act, $58,695,000; payments for the pest 
management program under section 3(d) of the Act, $10,783,000; payments 
for the farm safety program under section 3(d) of the Act, $3,400,000; 
payments to upgrade research, extension, and teaching facilities at the 
1890 land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee University, as authorized 
by section 1447 of Public Law 95-113 (7 U.S.C. 3222b), $12,400,000, to 
remain available until expended; payments for the rural development 
centers under section 3(d) of the Act, $908,000; payments for youth-at-
risk programs under section 3(d) of the Act, $9,000,000; payments for 
carrying out the provisions of the Renewable Resources Extension Act of 
1978, $3,192,000; payments for Indian reservation agents under section 
3(d) of the Act, $2,500,000; payments for sustainable agriculture 
programs under section 3(d) of the Act, $4,000,000; payments for rural 
health and safety education as authorized by section 2390 of Public Law 
101-624 (7 U.S.C. 2661 note, 2662), $2,628,000; payments for 
cooperative extension work by the colleges receiving the benefits of 
the second Morrill Act (7 U.S.C. 321-326 and 328) and Tuskegee 
University, $26,843,000, of which $1,000,000 shall be made available to 
West Virginia State College in Institute, West Virginia; and for 
Federal administration and coordination including administration of the 
Smith-Lever Act, and the Act of September 29, 1977 (7 U.S.C. 341-349), 
and section 1361(c) of the Act of October 3, 1980 (7 U.S.C. 301 note), 
and to coordinate and provide program leadership for the extension work 
of the Department and the several States and insular possessions, 
$12,107,000; in all, $426,504,000: Provided, That funds hereby 
appropriated pursuant to section 3(c) of the Act of June 26, 1953, and 
section 506 of the Act of June 23, 1972, shall not be paid to any 
State, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, or the Virgin 
Islands, Micronesia, Northern Marianas, and American Samoa prior to 
availability of an equal sum from non-Federal sources for expenditure 
during the current fiscal year.

                         integrated activities

    For the integrated research, education, and extension competitive 
grants programs, including necessary administrative expenses, 
$43,541,000, as follows: payments for the water quality program, 
$13,000,000; payments for the food safety program, $15,000,000; 
payments for the national agriculture pesticide impact assessment 
program, $4,541,000; payments for the Food Quality Protection Act risk 
mitigation program for major food crop systems, $6,000,000; payments 
for crops affected by the Food Quality Protection Act implementation, 
$2,000,000; and payments for the methyl bromide transition program, 
$3,000,000, as authorized under section 406 of the Agricultural 
Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7626).

  Office of the Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs

    For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the Under 
Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs to administer programs 
under the laws enacted by the Congress for the Animal and Plant Health 
Inspection Service; the Agricultural Marketing Service; and the Grain 
Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration, $635,000.

               Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

                         salaries and expenses

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For expenses, not otherwise provided for, including those pursuant 
to the Act of February 28, 1947 (21 U.S.C. 114b-c), necessary to 
prevent, control, and eradicate pests and plant and animal diseases; to 
carry out inspection, quarantine, and regulatory activities; to 
discharge the authorities of the Secretary of Agriculture under the Act 
of March 2, 1931 (46 Stat. 1468; 7 U.S.C. 426-426b); and to protect the 
environment, as authorized by law, $458,149,000, of which $4,105,000 
shall be available for the control of outbreaks of insects, plant 
diseases, animal diseases and for control of pest animals and birds to 
the extent necessary to meet emergency conditions: Provided, That no 
funds shall be used to formulate or administer a brucellosis 
eradication program for the current fiscal year that does not require 
minimum matching by the States of at least 40 percent: Provided 
further, That this appropriation shall be available for field 
employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the 
Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $40,000 shall be 
available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That 
this appropriation shall be available for the operation and maintenance 
of aircraft and the purchase of not to exceed four, of which two shall 
be for replacement only: Provided further, That, in addition, in 
emergencies which threaten any segment of the agricultural production 
industry of this country, the Secretary may transfer from other 
appropriations or funds available to the agencies or corporations of 
the Department such sums as may be deemed necessary, to be available 
only in such emergencies for the arrest and eradication of contagious 
or infectious disease or pests of animals, poultry, or plants, and for 
expenses in accordance with the Act of February 28, 1947, and section 
102 of the Act of September 21, 1944, and any unexpended balances of 
funds transferred for such emergency purposes in the preceding fiscal 
year shall be merged with such transferred amounts: Provided further, 
That appropriations hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 
2250 for the repair and alteration of leased buildings and 
improvements, but unless otherwise provided the cost of altering any 
one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the 
current replacement value of the building.
    In fiscal year 2001, the agency is authorized to collect fees to 
cover the total costs of providing technical assistance, goods, or 
services requested by States, other political subdivisions, domestic 
and international organizations, foreign governments, or individuals, 
provided that such fees are structured such that any entity's liability 
for such fees is reasonably based on the technical assistance, goods, 
or services provided to the entity by the agency, and such fees shall 
be credited to this account, to remain available until expended, 
without further appropriation, for providing such assistance, goods, or 
services.
    Of the total amount available under this heading in fiscal year 
2001, $87,000,000 shall be derived from user fees deposited in the 
Agricultural Quarantine Inspection User Fee Account.

                        buildings and facilities

    For plans, construction, repair, preventive maintenance, 
environmental support, improvement, extension, alteration, and purchase 
of fixed equipment or facilities, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 2250, and 
acquisition of land as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 428a, $9,870,000, to 
remain available until expended.

                     Agricultural Marketing Service

                           marketing services

    For necessary expenses to carry on services related to consumer 
protection, agricultural marketing and distribution, transportation, 
and regulatory programs, as authorized by law, and for administration 
and coordination of payments to States, including field employment 
pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 
1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225) and not to exceed $90,000 for employment under 5 
U.S.C. 3109, $64,696,000, including funds for the wholesale market 
development program for the design and development of wholesale and 
farmer market facilities for the major metropolitan areas of the 
country: Provided, That this appropriation shall be available pursuant 
to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and repair of buildings and 
improvements, but the cost of altering any one building during the 
fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement 
value of the building: Provided further, That $639,000 may be 
transferred to the Expenses and Refunds, Inspection and Grading of Farm 
Products fund account for the cost of the National Organic Production 
Program and that such funds shall remain available until expended.
    Fees may be collected for the cost of standardization activities, 
as established by regulation pursuant to law (31 U.S.C. 9701).

                 limitation on administrative expenses

    Not to exceed $60,730,000 (from fees collected) shall be obligated 
during the current fiscal year for administrative expenses: Provided, 
That if crop size is understated and/or other uncontrollable events 
occur, the agency may exceed this limitation by up to 10 percent with 
notification to the Committee on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress.

    funds for strengthening markets, income, and supply (section 32)

                     (including transfers of funds)

    Funds available under section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935 (7 
U.S.C. 612c), shall be used only for commodity program expenses as 
authorized therein, and other related operating expenses, except for: 
(1) transfers to the Department of Commerce as authorized by the Fish 
and Wildlife Act of August 8, 1956; (2) transfers otherwise provided in 
this Act; and (3) not more than $13,438,000 for formulation and 
administration of marketing agreements and orders pursuant to the 
Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 and the Agricultural Act 
of 1961.

                   payments to states and possessions

    For payments to departments of agriculture, bureaus and departments 
of markets, and similar agencies for marketing activities under section 
204(b) of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1623(b)), 
$1,200,000.

        Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the United 
States Grain Standards Act, for the administration of the Packers and 
Stockyards Act, for certifying procedures used to protect purchasers of 
farm products, and the standardization activities related to grain 
under the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, including field 
employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the 
Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $25,000 for 
employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $27,269,000: Provided, That this 
appropriation shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for 
the alteration and repair of buildings and improvements, but the cost 
of altering any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 
percent of the current replacement value of the building.

         limitation on inspection and weighing service expenses

    Not to exceed $42,557,000 (from fees collected) shall be obligated 
during the current fiscal year for inspection and weighing services: 
Provided, That if grain export activities require additional 
supervision and oversight, or other uncontrollable factors occur, this 
limitation may be exceeded by up to 10 percent with notification to the 
Committee on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.

             Office of the Under Secretary for Food Safety

    For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the Under 
Secretary for Food Safety to administer the laws enacted by the 
Congress for the Food Safety and Inspection Service, $460,000.

                   Food Safety and Inspection Service

    For necessary expenses to carry out services authorized by the 
Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry Products Inspection Act, and 
the Egg Products Inspection Act, $678,011,000, of which no less than 
$578,544,000 shall be available for Federal food inspection; and in 
addition, $1,000,000 may be credited to this account from fees 
collected for the cost of laboratory accreditation as authorized by 
section 1017 of Public Law 102-237: Provided, That this appropriation 
shall not be available for shell egg surveillance under section 5(d) of 
the Egg Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 1034(d)): Provided further, 
That this appropriation shall be available for field employment 
pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 
1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $75,000 shall be available for 
employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That this 
appropriation shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for 
the alteration and repair of buildings and improvements, but the cost 
of altering any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 
percent of the current replacement value of the building.

    Office of the Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural 
                                Services

    For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the Under 
Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services to administer the 
laws enacted by Congress for the Farm Service Agency, the Foreign 
Agricultural Service, the Risk Management Agency, and the Commodity 
Credit Corporation, $589,000.

                          Farm Service Agency

                         salaries and expenses

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For necessary expenses for carrying out the administration and 
implementation of programs administered by the Farm Service Agency, 
$828,385,000: Provided, That the Secretary is authorized to use the 
services, facilities, and authorities (but not the funds) of the 
Commodity Credit Corporation to make program payments for all programs 
administered by the Agency: Provided further, That other funds made 
available to the Agency for authorized activities may be advanced to 
and merged with this account: Provided further, That these funds shall 
be available for employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 
706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed 
$1,000,000 shall be available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109.

                         state mediation grants

    For grants pursuant to section 502(b) of the Agricultural Credit 
Act of 1987 (7 U.S.C. 5101-5106), $3,000,000.

                        dairy indemnity program

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For necessary expenses involved in making indemnity payments to 
dairy farmers for milk or cows producing such milk and manufacturers of 
dairy products who have been directed to remove their milk or dairy 
products from commercial markets because it contained residues of 
chemicals registered and approved for use by the Federal Government, 
and in making indemnity payments for milk, or cows producing such milk, 
at a fair market value to any dairy farmer who is directed to remove 
his milk from commercial markets because of: (1) the presence of 
products of nuclear radiation or fallout if such contamination is not 
due to the fault of the farmer; or (2) residues of chemicals or toxic 
substances not included under the first sentence of the Act of August 
13, 1968 (7 U.S.C. 450j), if such chemicals or toxic substances were 
not used in a manner contrary to applicable regulations or labeling 
instructions provided at the time of use and the contamination is not 
due to the fault of the farmer, $450,000, to remain available until 
expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b): Provided, That none of the funds contained 
in this Act shall be used to make indemnity payments to any farmer 
whose milk was removed from commercial markets as a result of the 
farmer's willful failure to follow procedures prescribed by the Federal 
Government: Provided further, That this amount shall be transferred to 
the Commodity Credit Corporation: Provided further, That the Secretary 
is authorized to utilize the services, facilities, and authorities of 
the Commodity Credit Corporation for the purpose of making dairy 
indemnity disbursements.

           agricultural credit insurance fund program account

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For gross obligations for the principal amount of direct and 
guaranteed loans as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1928-1929, to be available 
from funds in the Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund, as follows: farm 
ownership loans, $559,373,000, of which $431,373,000 shall be for 
guaranteed loans; operating loans, $2,397,842,000, of which 
$1,697,842,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans and 
$200,000,000 shall be for subsidized guaranteed loans; Indian tribe 
land acquisition loans as authorized by 25 U.S.C. 488, $1,028,000; for 
emergency insured loans, $25,000,000 to meet the needs resulting from 
natural disasters; and for boll weevil eradication program loans as 
authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1989, $100,000,000.
    For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including the cost of 
modifying loans as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974, as follows: farm ownership loans, $15,986,000, of which 
$2,200,000 shall be for guaranteed loans; operating loans, $84,680,000, 
of which $23,260,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans and 
$16,320,000 shall be for subsidized guaranteed loans; Indian tribe land 
acquisition loans as authorized by 25 U.S.C. 488, $166,000; and for 
emergency insured loans, $6,133,000 to meet the needs resulting from 
natural disasters.
    In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry out the 
direct and guaranteed loan programs, $269,454,000, of which 
$265,315,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation 
for ``Farm Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses''.
    Funds appropriated by this Act to the Agricultural Credit Insurance 
Program Account for farm ownership and operating direct loans and 
guaranteed loans may be transferred among these programs with the prior 
approval of the Committee on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.

                         Risk Management Agency

    For administrative and operating expenses, as authorized by the 
Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 6933), 
$65,597,000: Provided, That not to exceed $700 shall be available for 
official reception and representation expenses, as authorized by 7 
U.S.C. 1506(i).

                              CORPORATIONS

    The following corporations and agencies are hereby authorized to 
make expenditures, within the limits of funds and borrowing authority 
available to each such corporation or agency and in accord with law, 
and to make contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year 
limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government Corporation 
Control Act as may be necessary in carrying out the programs set forth 
in the budget for the current fiscal year for such corporation or 
agency, except as hereinafter provided.

                Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Fund

    For payments as authorized by section 516 of the Federal Crop 
Insurance Act, such sums as may be necessary, to remain available until 
expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b).

                   Commodity Credit Corporation Fund

                 reimbursement for net realized losses

    For fiscal year 2001, such sums as may be necessary to reimburse 
the Commodity Credit Corporation for net realized losses sustained, but 
not previously reimbursed, pursuant to section 2 of the Act of August 
17, 1961 (15 U.S.C. 713a-11).

       operations and maintenance for hazardous waste management

    For fiscal year 2001, the Commodity Credit Corporation shall not 
expend more than $5,000,000 for site investigation and cleanup 
expenses, and operations and maintenance expenses to comply with the 
requirement of section 107(g) of the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9607(g), and 
section 6001 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. 
6961.

                                TITLE II

                         CONSERVATION PROGRAMS

  Office of the Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment

    For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the Under 
Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment to administer the laws 
enacted by the Congress for the Forest Service and the Natural 
Resources Conservation Service, $711,000.

                 Natural Resources Conservation Service

                        conservation operations

    For necessary expenses for carrying out the provisions of the Act 
of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a-f), including preparation of 
conservation plans and establishment of measures to conserve soil and 
water (including farm irrigation and land drainage and such special 
measures for soil and water management as may be necessary to prevent 
floods and the siltation of reservoirs and to control agricultural 
related pollutants); operation of conservation plant materials centers; 
classification and mapping of soil; dissemination of information; 
acquisition of lands, water, and interests therein for use in the plant 
materials program by donation, exchange, or purchase at a nominal cost 
not to exceed $100 pursuant to the Act of August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 
428a); purchase and erection or alteration or improvement of permanent 
and temporary buildings; and operation and maintenance of aircraft, 
$714,116,000, to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b), of 
which not less than $5,990,000 is for snow survey and water forecasting 
and not less than $9,975,000 is for operation and establishment of the 
plant materials centers: Provided, That appropriations hereunder shall 
be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for construction and improvement 
of buildings and public improvements at plant materials centers, except 
that the cost of alterations and improvements to other buildings and 
other public improvements shall not exceed $250,000: Provided further, 
That when buildings or other structures are erected on non-Federal 
land, that the right to use such land is obtained as provided in 7 
U.S.C. 2250a: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be 
available for technical assistance and related expenses to carry out 
programs authorized by section 202(c) of title II of the Colorado River 
Basin Salinity Control Act of 1974 (43 U.S.C. 1592(c)): Provided 
further, That this appropriation shall be available for employment 
pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 
1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $25,000 shall be available for 
employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That qualified local 
engineers may be temporarily employed at per diem rates to perform the 
technical planning work of the Service (16 U.S.C. 590e-2).

                     watershed surveys and planning

    For necessary expenses to conduct research, investigation, and 
surveys of watersheds of rivers and other waterways, and for small 
watershed investigations and planning, in accordance with the Watershed 
Protection and Flood Prevention Act approved August 4, 1954 (16 U.S.C. 
1001-1009), $10,705,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall be 
available for employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 
706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed 
$110,000 shall be available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109.

               watershed and flood prevention operations

    For necessary expenses to carry out preventive measures, including 
but not limited to research, engineering operations, methods of 
cultivation, the growing of vegetation, rehabilitation of existing 
works and changes in use of land, in accordance with the Watershed 
Protection and Flood Prevention Act approved August 4, 1954 (16 U.S.C. 
1001-1005 and 1007-1009), the provisions of the Act of April 27, 1935 
(16 U.S.C. 590a-f), and in accordance with the provisions of laws 
relating to the activities of the Department, $99,443,000, to remain 
available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b) (of which up to $15,000,000 
may be available for the watersheds authorized under the Flood Control 
Act approved June 22, 1936 (33 U.S.C. 701 and 16 U.S.C. 1006a)): 
Provided, That this appropriation shall be available for employment 
pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 
1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $200,000 shall be available for 
employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That not to exceed 
$1,000,000 of this appropriation is available to carry out the purposes 
of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (Public Law 93-205), including 
cooperative efforts as contemplated by that Act to relocate endangered 
or threatened species to other suitable habitats as may be necessary to 
expedite project construction: Provided further, That of the funds 
available for Emergency Watershed Protection activities, $4,000,000 
shall be available for Mississippi and Wisconsin for financial and 
technical assistance for pilot rehabilitation projects of small, 
upstream dams built under the Watershed and Flood Prevention Act (16 
U.S.C. 1001 et seq., section 13 of the Act of December 22, 1994; Public 
Law 78-534; 58 Stat. 905), and the pilot watershed program authorized 
under the heading ``FLOOD PREVENTION'' of the Department of Agriculture 
Appropriation Act, 1954 (Public Law 83-156; 67 Stat. 214).

                 resource conservation and development

    For necessary expenses in planning and carrying out projects for 
resource conservation and development and for sound land use pursuant 
to the provisions of section 32(e) of title III of the Bankhead-Jones 
Farm Tenant Act (7 U.S.C. 1010-1011; 76 Stat. 607); the Act of April 
27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a-f); and the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 
(16 U.S.C. 3451-3461), $36,265,000, to remain available until expended 
(7 U.S.C. 2209b): Provided, That this appropriation shall be available 
for employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the 
Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $50,000 shall be 
available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109.

                      forestry incentives program

    For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, to carry out 
the program of forestry incentives, as authorized by the Cooperative 
Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2101), including technical 
assistance and related expenses, $6,325,000, to remain available until 
expended, as authorized by that Act.

                               TITLE III

                       RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS

          Office of the Under Secretary for Rural Development

    For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the Under 
Secretary for Rural Development to administer programs under the laws 
enacted by the Congress for the Rural Housing Service, the Rural 
Business-Cooperative Service, and the Rural Utilities Service of the 
Department of Agriculture, $605,000.

                  rural community advancement program

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees, and grants, as 
authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1926, 1926a, 1926c, 1926d, and 1932, except for 
sections 381E-H, 381N, and 381O of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2009f), $749,284,000, to remain available 
until expended, of which $53,225,000 shall be for rural community 
programs described in section 381E(d)(1) of such Act; of which 
$634,360,000 shall be for the rural utilities programs described in 
sections 381E(d)(2), 306C(a)(2), and 306D of such Act; and of which 
$61,699,000 shall be for the rural business and cooperative development 
programs described in section 381E(d)(3) of such Act: Provided, That of 
the total amount appropriated in this account, $24,000,000 shall be for 
loans and grants to benefit Federally Recognized Native American 
Tribes, including grants for drinking and waste disposal systems 
pursuant to Section 306C of such Act: Provided further, That the 
Federally Recognized Native American Tribes are not eligible for any 
other rural utilities program set aside under the Rural Community 
Advancement Program: Provided further, That of the amount appropriated 
for rural community programs, $6,000,000 shall be available for a Rural 
Community Development Initiative: Provided further, That such funds 
shall be used solely to develop the capacity and ability of private, 
nonprofit community-based housing and community development 
organizations, and low-income rural communities to undertake projects 
to improve housing, community facilities, community and economic 
development projects in rural areas: Provided further, That such funds 
shall be made available to qualified private and public (including 
tribal) intermediary organizations proposing to carry out a program of 
technical assistance: Provided further, That such intermediary 
organizations shall provide matching funds from other sources in an 
amount not less than funds provided: Provided further, That of the 
amount appropriated for the rural business and cooperative development 
programs, not to exceed $500,000 shall be made available for a grant to 
a qualified national organization to provide technical assistance for 
rural transportation in order to promote economic development; and 
$2,000,000 shall be for grants to Mississippi Delta Region counties: 
Provided further, That of the amount appropriated for rural utilities 
programs, not to exceed $20,000,000 shall be for water and waste 
disposal systems to benefit the Colonias along the United States/Mexico 
borders, including grants pursuant to section 306C of such Act; not to 
exceed $20,000,000 shall be for water and waste disposal systems for 
rural and native villages in Alaska pursuant to section 306D of such 
Act, with up to one percent available to administer the program and up 
to one percent available to improve interagency coordination; not to 
exceed $16,215,000 shall be for technical assistance grants for rural 
waste systems pursuant to section 306(a)(14) of such Act; and not to 
exceed $9,500,000 shall be for contracting with qualified national 
organizations for a circuit rider program to provide technical 
assistance for rural water systems: Provided further, That of the total 
amount appropriated, not to exceed $42,574,650 shall be available 
through June 30, 2001, for authorized empowerment zones and enterprise 
communities and communities designated by the Secretary of Agriculture 
as Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones; of which $34,704,000 shall be 
for the rural utilities programs described in section 381E(d)(2) of 
such Act; and of which $8,435,000 shall be for the rural business and 
cooperative development programs described in section 381E(d)(3) of 
such Act.

                rural development salaries and expenses

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For necessary expenses of administering Rural Development programs 
as authorized by the Rural Electrification Act of 1936; the 
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act; title V of the Housing Act 
of 1949; section 1323 of the Food Security Act of 1985; the Cooperative 
Marketing Act of 1926 for activities related to marketing aspects of 
cooperatives, including economic research findings, authorized by the 
Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946; for activities with institutions 
concerning the development and operation of agricultural cooperatives; 
and for cooperative agreements: $130,371,000: Provided, That this 
appropriation shall be available for employment pursuant to the second 
sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), 
and not to exceed $1,000,000 may be used for employment under 5 U.S.C. 
3109: Provided further, That not more than $10,000 may be expended to 
provide modest nonmonetary awards to non-USDA employees: Provided 
further, That any balances available from prior years for the Rural 
Utilities Service, Rural Housing Service, and the Rural Business-
Cooperative Service salaries and expenses accounts shall be transferred 
to and merged with this account.

                         Rural Housing Service

              Rural Housing Insurance Fund Program Account

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For gross obligations for the principal amount of direct and 
guaranteed loans as authorized by title V of the Housing Act of 1949, 
to be available from funds in the rural housing insurance fund, as 
follows: $4,300,000,000 for loans to section 502 borrowers, as 
determined by the Secretary, of which $3,200,000,000 shall be for 
unsubsidized guaranteed loans; $32,396,000 for section 504 housing 
repair loans; $100,000,000 for section 538 guaranteed multi-family 
housing loans; $114,321,000 for section 515 rental housing; $5,152,000 
for section 524 site loans; $7,503,000 for credit sales of acquired 
property, of which up to $1,250,000 may be for multi-family credit 
sales; and $5,000,000 for section 523 self-help housing land 
development loans.
    For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including the cost of 
modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974, as follows: section 502 loans, $215,060,000, of which 
$38,400,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans; section 504 
housing repair loans, $11,481,000; section 538 multi-family housing 
guaranteed loans, $1,520,000; section 515 rental housing, $56,326,000; 
multi-family credit sales of acquired property, $613,000; and section 
523 self-help housing land development loans, $279,000: Provided, That 
of the total amount appropriated in this paragraph, $13,832,000 shall 
be available through June 30, 2001, for authorized empowerment zones 
and enterprise communities and communities designated by the Secretary 
of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones.
    In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry out the 
direct and guaranteed loan programs, $409,233,000, which shall be 
transferred to and merged with the appropriation for ``Rural 
Development, Salaries and Expenses''.

                       rental assistance program

    For rental assistance agreements entered into or renewed pursuant 
to the authority under section 521(a)(2) or agreements entered into in 
lieu of debt forgiveness or payments for eligible households as 
authorized by section 502(c)(5)(D) of the Housing Act of 1949, 
$680,000,000; and, in addition, such sums as may be necessary, as 
authorized by section 521(c) of the Act, to liquidate debt incurred 
prior to fiscal year 1992 to carry out the rental assistance program 
under section 521(a)(2) of the Act: Provided, That of this amount, not 
more than $5,900,000 shall be available for debt forgiveness or 
payments for eligible households as authorized by section 502(c)(5)(D) 
of the Act, and not to exceed $10,000 per project for advances to 
nonprofit organizations or public agencies to cover direct costs (other 
than purchase price) incurred in purchasing projects pursuant to 
section 502(c)(5)(C) of the Act: Provided further, That agreements 
entered into or renewed during fiscal year 2001 shall be funded for a 
5-year period, although the life of any such agreement may be extended 
to fully utilize amounts obligated.

                  mutual and self-help housing grants

    For grants and contracts pursuant to section 523(b)(1)(A) of the 
Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490c), $34,000,000, to remain available 
until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b): Provided, That of the total amount 
appropriated, $1,000,000 shall be available through June 30, 2001, for 
authorized empowerment zones and enterprise communities and communities 
designated by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area 
Partnership Zones.

                    rural housing assistance grants

    For grants and contracts for very low-income housing repair, 
supervisory and technical assistance, compensation for construction 
defects, and rural housing preservation made by the Rural Housing 
Service, as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 1474, 1479(c), 1490e, and 1490m, 
$44,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That of the 
total amount appropriated, $5,000,000 shall be for a housing 
demonstration program for agriculture, aquaculture, and seafood 
processor workers: Provided further, That of the total amount 
appropriated, $1,200,000 shall be available through June 30, 2001, for 
authorized empowerment zones and enterprise communities and communities 
designated by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area 
Partnership Zones.

                       farm labor program account

    For the cost of direct loans, grants, and contracts, as authorized 
by 42 U.S.C. 1484 and 1486, $28,750,000, to remain available until 
expended for direct farm labor housing loans and domestic farm labor 
housing grants and contracts.

                   Rural Business-Cooperative Service

              rural development loan fund program account

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For the cost of direct loans, $19,476,000, as authorized by the 
Rural Development Loan Fund (42 U.S.C. 9812(a)), of which $2,036,000 
shall be for Federally Recognized Native American Tribes; and of which 
$4,072,000 shall be for the Mississippi Delta Region Counties (as 
defined by Public Law 100-460): Provided, That such costs, including 
the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of 
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That these 
funds are available to subsidize gross obligations for the principal 
amount of direct loans of $38,256,000: Provided further, That of the 
total amount appropriated, $3,216,000 shall be available through June 
30, 2001, for the cost of direct loans for authorized empowerment zones 
and enterprise communities and communities designated by the Secretary 
of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones.
    In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the direct 
loan programs, $3,640,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the 
appropriation for ``Rural Development, Salaries and Expenses''.

            rural economic development loans program account

                    (including rescission of funds)

    For the principal amount of direct loans, as authorized under 
section 313 of the Rural Electrification Act, for the purpose of 
promoting rural economic development and job creation projects, 
$15,000,000.
    For the cost of direct loans, including the cost of modifying loans 
as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, 
$3,911,000.
    Of the funds derived from interest on the cushion of credit 
payments in fiscal year 2001, as authorized by section 313 of the Rural 
Electrification Act of 1936, $3,911,000 shall not be obligated and 
$3,911,000 are rescinded.

                  rural cooperative development grants

    For rural cooperative development grants authorized under section 
310B(e) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 
1932), $6,000,000, of which $1,500,000 shall be available for 
cooperative agreements for the appropriate technology transfer for 
rural areas program: Provided, That not to exceed $1,500,000 of the 
total amount appropriated shall be made available to cooperatives or 
associations of cooperatives whose primary focus is to provide 
assistance to small, minority producers.

                        Rural Utilities Service

   rural electrification and telecommunications loans program account

                     (including transfers of funds)

    Insured loans pursuant to the authority of section 305 of the Rural 
Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935) shall be made as follows: 5 
percent rural electrification loans, $121,500,000; 5 percent rural 
telecommunications loans, $75,000,000; cost of money rural 
telecommunications loans, $300,000,000; municipal rate rural electric 
loans, $295,000,000; and loans made pursuant to section 306 of that 
Act, rural electric, $1,700,000,000 and rural telecommunications, 
$120,000,000; and $500,000,000 for Treasury rate direct electric loans.
    For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974, including the cost of modifying loans, of direct and 
guaranteed loans authorized by the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 
U.S.C. 935 and 936), as follows: cost of direct loans, $19,871,000; and 
cost of municipal rate loans, $20,503,000: Provided, That 
notwithstanding section 305(d)(2) of the Rural Electrification Act of 
1936, borrower interest rates may exceed 7 percent per year.
    In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry out the 
direct and guaranteed loan programs, $34,716,000, which shall be 
transferred to and merged with the appropriation for ``Rural 
Development, Salaries and Expenses''.

                  rural telephone bank program account

                     (including transfers of funds)

    The Rural Telephone Bank is hereby authorized to make such 
expenditures, within the limits of funds available to such corporation 
in accord with law, and to make such contracts and commitments without 
regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 of the 
Government Corporation Control Act, as may be necessary in carrying out 
its authorized programs. During fiscal year 2001 and within the 
resources and authority available, gross obligations for the principal 
amount of direct loans shall be $175,000,000.
    For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974, including the cost of modifying loans, of direct loans 
authorized by the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935), 
$2,590,000.
    In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry out the 
loan programs, $3,000,000, which shall be transferred to and merged 
with the appropriation for ``Rural Development, Salaries and 
Expenses''.

               distance learning and telemedicine program

    For the cost of direct loans and grants, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 
950aaa et seq., $27,000,000, to remain available until expended, to be 
available for loans and grants for telemedicine and distance learning 
services in rural areas, of which $2,000,000 may be available for a 
pilot program to finance broadband transmission and local dial-up 
Internet service in areas that meet the definition of ``rural area'' 
contained in section 203(b) of the Rural Electrification Act (7 U.S.C. 
924(b)): Provided, That the cost of direct loans shall be as defined in 
section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.

                                TITLE IV

                         DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS

Office of the Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services

    For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the Under 
Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services to administer the 
laws enacted by the Congress for the Food and Nutrition Service, 
$570,000.

                       Food and Nutrition Service

                        child nutrition programs

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For necessary expenses to carry out the National School Lunch Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.), except section 21, and the Child Nutrition 
Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.), except sections 17 and 21; 
$9,541,539,000, to remain available through September 30, 2002, of 
which $4,413,960,000 is hereby appropriated and $5,127,579,000 shall be 
derived by transfer from funds available under section 32 of the Act of 
August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c): Provided, That, except as specifically 
provided under this heading, none of the funds made available under 
this heading shall be used for studies and evaluations: Provided 
further, That of the funds made available under this heading, up to 
$6,000,000 shall be for school breakfast pilot projects, including the 
evaluation required under section 18(e) of the National School Lunch 
Act: Provided further, That of the funds made available under this 
heading, $500,000 shall be for a School Breakfast Program startup grant 
pilot program for the State of Wisconsin: Provided further, That up to 
$4,511,000 shall be available for independent verification of school 
food service claims.

special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children 
                                 (wic)

    For necessary expenses to carry out the special supplemental 
nutrition program as authorized by section 17 of the Child Nutrition 
Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786), $4,052,000,000, to remain available 
through September 30, 2002: Provided, That none of the funds made 
available under this heading shall be used for studies and evaluations: 
Provided further, That of the total amount available, the Secretary 
shall obligate $15,000,000 for the farmers' market nutrition program 
within 45 days of the enactment of this Act, and an additional 
$5,000,000 for the farmers' market nutrition program from any funds not 
needed to maintain current caseload levels: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding section 17(h)(10)(A) of such Act, up to $14,000,000 
shall be available for the purposes specified in section 17(h)(10)(B), 
no less than $6,000,000 of which shall be used for the development of 
electronic benefit transfer systems: Provided further, That none of the 
funds in this Act shall be available to pay administrative expenses of 
WIC clinics except those that have an announced policy of prohibiting 
smoking within the space used to carry out the program: Provided 
further, That none of the funds provided in this account shall be 
available for the purchase of infant formula except in accordance with 
the cost containment and competitive bidding requirements specified in 
section 17 of such Act: Provided further, That none of the funds 
provided shall be available for activities that are not fully 
reimbursed by other Federal Government departments or agencies unless 
authorized by section 17 of such Act.

                           food stamp program

    For necessary expenses to carry out the Food Stamp Act (7 U.S.C. 
2011 et seq.), $21,221,293,000, of which $100,000,000 shall be placed 
in reserve for use only in such amounts and at such times as may become 
necessary to carry out program operations: Provided, That none of the 
funds made available under this heading shall be used for studies and 
evaluations: Provided further, That funds provided herein shall be 
expended in accordance with section 16 of the Food Stamp Act: Provided 
further, That this appropriation shall be subject to any work 
registration or workfare requirements as may be required by law: 
Provided further, That funds made available for Employment and Training 
under this heading shall remain available until expended, as authorized 
by section 16(h)(1) of the Food Stamp Act.

                      commodity assistance program

    For necessary expenses to carry out the commodity supplemental food 
program as authorized by section 4(a) of the Agriculture and Consumer 
Protection Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c note); and the Emergency Food 
Assistance Act of 1983, $140,300,000, to remain available through 
September 30, 2002: Provided, That none of these funds shall be 
available to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for commodities 
donated to the program.

                        food donations programs

    For necessary expenses to carry out section 4(a) of the Agriculture 
and Consumer Protection Act of 1973; special assistance for the nuclear 
affected islands as authorized by section 103(h)(2) of the Compacts of 
Free Association Act of 1985, as amended; and section 311 of the Older 
Americans Act of 1965, $141,081,000, to remain available through 
September 30, 2002.

                      food program administration

    For necessary administrative expenses of the domestic food programs 
funded under this Act, $116,807,000, of which $5,000,000 shall be 
available only for simplifying procedures, reducing overhead costs, 
tightening regulations, improving food stamp benefit delivery, and 
assisting in the prevention, identification, and prosecution of fraud 
and other violations of law and of which not less than $4,500,000 shall 
be available to improve integrity in the Food Stamp and Child Nutrition 
programs: Provided, That this appropriation shall be available for 
employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the 
Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $150,000 shall 
be available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109.

                                TITLE V

                FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED PROGRAMS

                      Foreign Agricultural Service

                         salaries and expenses

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For necessary expenses of the Foreign Agricultural Service, 
including carrying out title VI of the Agricultural Act of 1954 (7 
U.S.C. 1761-1768), market development activities abroad, and for 
enabling the Secretary to coordinate and integrate activities of the 
Department in connection with foreign agricultural work, including not 
to exceed $158,000 for representation allowances and for expenses 
pursuant to section 8 of the Act approved August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 
1766), $113,424,000: Provided, That the Service may utilize advances of 
funds, or reimburse this appropriation for expenditures made on behalf 
of Federal agencies, public and private organizations and institutions 
under agreements executed pursuant to the agricultural food production 
assistance programs (7 U.S.C. 1737) and the foreign assistance programs 
of the United States Agency for International Development.
    None of the funds in the foregoing paragraph shall be available to 
promote the sale or export of tobacco or tobacco products.

                 public law 480 title i program account

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974, of agreements under the Agricultural Trade Development and 
Assistance Act of 1954, and the Food For Progress Act of 1985, 
including the cost of modifying credit arrangements under said Acts, 
$114,186,000, to remain available until expended.
    In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the credit 
program of title I, Public Law 83-480, and the Food for Progress Act of 
1985, to the extent funds appropriated for Public Law 83-480 are 
utilized, $1,850,000, of which $1,035,000 may be transferred to and 
merged with the appropriation for ``Foreign Agricultural Service, 
Salaries and Expenses'', and of which $815,000 may be transferred to 
and merged with the appropriation for ``Farm Service Agency, Salaries 
and Expenses''.

        public law 480 title i ocean freight differential grants

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For expenses during the current fiscal year, not otherwise 
recoverable, and unrecovered prior years' costs, including interest 
thereon, under the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 
1954, $20,322,000, to remain available until expended, for ocean 
freight differential costs for the shipment of agricultural commodities 
under title I of said Act: Provided, That funds made available for the 
cost of title I agreements and for title I ocean freight differential 
may be used interchangeably between the two accounts with prior notice 
to the Committee on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.

                public law 480 titles ii and iii grants

    For expenses during the current fiscal year, not otherwise 
recoverable, and unrecovered prior years' costs, including interest 
thereon, under the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 
1954, $837,000,000, to remain available until expended, for commodities 
supplied in connection with dispositions abroad under title II of said 
Act.

       commodity credit corporation export loans program account

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For administrative expenses to carry out the Commodity Credit 
Corporation's export guarantee program, GSM 102 and GSM 103, 
$3,820,000; to cover common overhead expenses as permitted by section 
11 of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act and in conformity 
with the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, of which $3,231,000 may be 
transferred to and merged with the appropriation for ``Foreign 
Agricultural Service, Salaries and Expenses'', and of which $589,000 
may be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for ``Farm 
Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses''.

                                TITLE VI

           RELATED AGENCIES AND FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION

                DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

                      Food and Drug Administration

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Food and Drug Administration, 
including hire and purchase of passenger motor vehicles; for payment of 
space rental and related costs pursuant to Public Law 92-313 for 
programs and activities of the Food and Drug Administration which are 
included in this Act; for rental of special purpose space in the 
District of Columbia or elsewhere; and for miscellaneous and emergency 
expenses of enforcement activities, authorized and approved by the 
Secretary and to be accounted for solely on the Secretary's 
certificate, not to exceed $25,000; $1,216,796,000, of which not to 
exceed $149,273,000 in prescription drug user fees authorized by 21 
U.S.C. 379(h) may be credited to this appropriation and remain 
available until expended: Provided, That fees derived from applications 
received during fiscal year 2001 shall be subject to the fiscal year 
2001 limitation: Provided further, That none of these funds shall be 
used to develop, establish, or operate any program of user fees 
authorized by 31 U.S.C. 9701: Provided further, That of the total 
amount appropriated: (1) $292,934,000 shall be for the Center for Food 
Safety and Applied Nutrition and related field activities in the Office 
of Regulatory Affairs; (2) $313,143,000 shall be for the Center for 
Drug Evaluation and Research and related field activities in the Office 
of Regulatory Affairs, of which no less than $12,534,000 shall be 
available for grants and contracts awarded under section 5 of the 
Orphan Drug Act (21 U.S.C. 360ee); (3) $141,368,000 shall be for the 
Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research and for related field 
activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (4) $59,349,000 shall 
be for the Center for Veterinary Medicine and for related field 
activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (5) $164,762,000 shall 
be for the Center for Devices and Radiological Health and for related 
field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (6) $35,842,000 
shall be for the National Center for Toxicological Research; (7) 
$25,855,000 shall be for Rent and Related activities, other than the 
amounts paid to the General Services Administration; (8) $104,954,000 
shall be for payments to the General Services Administration for rent 
and related costs; and (9) $78,589,000 shall be for other activities, 
including the Office of the Commissioner; the Office of Management and 
Systems; the Office of the Senior Associate Commissioner; the Office of 
International and Constituent Relations; the Office of Policy, 
Legislation, and Planning; and central services for these offices: 
Provided further, That funds may be transferred from one specified 
activity to another with the prior approval of the Committee on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.
    In addition, mammography user fees authorized by 42 U.S.C. 263(b) 
may be credited to this account, to remain available until expended.
    In addition, export certification user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 
381 may be credited to this account, to remain available until 
expended.

                        buildings and facilities

    For plans, construction, repair, improvement, extension, 
alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities of or used by 
the Food and Drug Administration, where not otherwise provided, 
$31,350,000, to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b).

                          INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

                  Commodity Futures Trading Commission

    For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Commodity 
Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), including the purchase and hire of 
passenger motor vehicles; the rental of space (to include multiple year 
leases) in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; and not to exceed 
$25,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $67,100,000, including not 
to exceed $1,000 for official reception and representation expenses.

                       Farm Credit Administration

                 limitation on administrative expenses

    Not to exceed $36,800,000 (from assessments collected from farm 
credit institutions and from the Federal Agricultural Mortgage 
Corporation) shall be obligated during the current fiscal year for 
administrative expenses as authorized under 12 U.S.C. 2249: Provided, 
That this limitation shall not apply to expenses associated with 
receiverships.

                     TITLE VII--GENERAL PROVISIONS

    Sec. 701. Within the unit limit of cost fixed by law, 
appropriations and authorizations made for the Department of 
Agriculture for fiscal year 2001 under this Act shall be available for 
the purchase, in addition to those specifically provided for, of not to 
exceed 389 passenger motor vehicles, of which 385 shall be for 
replacement only, and for the hire of such vehicles.
    Sec. 702. Funds in this Act available to the Department of 
Agriculture shall be available for uniforms or allowances therefor as 
authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901-5902).
    Sec. 703. Not less than $1,500,000 of the appropriations of the 
Department of Agriculture in this Act for research and service work 
authorized by sections 1 and 10 of the Act of June 29, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 
427, 427i; commonly known as the Bankhead-Jones Act), subtitle A of 
title II and section 302 of the Act of August 14, 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621 
et seq.), and chapter 63 of title 31, United States Code, shall be 
available for contracting in accordance with such Acts and chapter.
    Sec. 704. The cumulative total of transfers to the Working Capital 
Fund for the purpose of accumulating growth capital for data services 
and National Finance Center operations shall not exceed $2,000,000: 
Provided, That no funds in this Act appropriated to an agency of the 
Department shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund without the 
approval of the agency administrator.
    Sec. 705. New obligational authority provided for the following 
appropriation items in this Act shall remain available until expended: 
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, the contingency fund to 
meet emergency conditions, fruit fly program, boll weevil program, up 
to 10 percent of the screwworm program, and up to $2,000,000 for costs 
associated with colocating regional offices; Food Safety and Inspection 
Service, field automation and information management project; 
Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, funds for 
competitive research grants (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)) and funds for the Native 
American Institutions Endowment Fund; Farm Service Agency, salaries and 
expenses funds made available to county committees; Foreign 
Agricultural Service, middle-income country training program, and up to 
$2,000,000 of the Foreign Agricultural Service appropriation solely for 
the purpose of offsetting fluctuations in international currency 
exchange rates, subject to documentation by the Foreign Agricultural 
Service.
    Sec. 706. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless 
expressly so provided herein.
    Sec. 707. Not to exceed $50,000 of the appropriations available to 
the Department of Agriculture in this Act shall be available to provide 
appropriate orientation and language training pursuant to section 606C 
of the Act of August 28, 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1766b; commonly known as the 
Agricultural Act of 1954).
    Sec. 708. No funds appropriated by this Act may be used to pay 
negotiated indirect cost rates on cooperative agreements or similar 
arrangements between the United States Department of Agriculture and 
nonprofit institutions in excess of 10 percent of the total direct cost 
of the agreement when the purpose of such cooperative arrangements is 
to carry out programs of mutual interest between the two parties. This 
does not preclude appropriate payment of indirect costs on grants and 
contracts with such institutions when such indirect costs are computed 
on a similar basis for all agencies for which appropriations are 
provided in this Act.
    Sec. 709. None of the funds in this Act shall be available to 
restrict the authority of the Commodity Credit Corporation to lease 
space for its own use or to lease space on behalf of other agencies of 
the Department of Agriculture when such space will be jointly occupied.
    Sec. 710. None of the funds in this Act shall be available to pay 
indirect costs charged against competitive agricultural research, 
education, or extension grant awards issued by the Cooperative State 
Research, Education, and Extension Service that exceed 19 percent of 
total Federal funds provided under each award: Provided, That 
notwithstanding section 1462 of the National Agricultural Research, 
Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3310), funds 
provided by this Act for grants awarded competitively by the 
Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service shall be 
available to pay full allowable indirect costs for each grant awarded 
under section 9 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638).
    Sec. 711. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, all loan 
levels provided in this Act shall be considered estimates, not 
limitations.
    Sec. 712. Appropriations to the Department of Agriculture for the 
cost of direct and guaranteed loans made available in fiscal year 2001 
shall remain available until expended to cover obligations made in 
fiscal year 2001 for the following accounts: the rural development loan 
fund program account; the Rural Telephone Bank program account; the 
rural electrification and telecommunications loans program account; the 
Rural Housing Insurance Fund Program Account; and the rural economic 
development loans program account.
    Sec. 713. Notwithstanding chapter 63 of title 31, United States 
Code, marketing services of the Agricultural Marketing Service; Grain 
Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration; the Animal and Plant 
Health Inspection Service; and the food safety activities of the Food 
Safety and Inspection Service may use cooperative agreements to reflect 
a relationship between the Agricultural Marketing Service; the Grain 
Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration; the Animal and Plant 
Health Inspection Service; or the Food Safety and Inspection Service 
and a State or Cooperator to carry out agricultural marketing programs, 
to carry out programs to protect the Nation's animal and plant 
resources, or to carry out educational programs or special studies to 
improve the safety of the Nation's food supply.
    Sec. 714. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary 
of Agriculture may enter into cooperative agreements (which may provide 
for the acquisition of goods or services, including personal services) 
with a State, political subdivision, or agency thereof, a public or 
private agency, organization, or any other person, if the Secretary 
determines that the objectives of the agreement will (1) serve a mutual 
interest of the parties to the agreement in carrying out the programs 
administered by the Natural Resources Conservation Service; and (2) all 
parties will contribute resources to the accomplishment of these 
objectives.
    Sec. 715. None of the funds in this Act may be used to retire more 
than 5 percent of the Class A stock of the Rural Telephone Bank or to 
maintain any account or subaccount within the accounting records of the 
Rural Telephone Bank the creation of which has not specifically been 
authorized by statute: Provided, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available in this Act may be used to transfer to the Treasury or to the 
Federal Financing Bank any unobligated balance of the Rural Telephone 
Bank telephone liquidating account which is in excess of current 
requirements and such balance shall receive interest as set forth for 
financial accounts in section 505(c) of the Federal Credit Reform Act 
of 1990.
    Sec. 716. Of the funds made available by this Act, not more than 
$1,800,000 shall be used to cover necessary expenses of activities 
related to all advisory committees, panels, commissions, and task 
forces of the Department of Agriculture, except for panels used to 
comply with negotiated rule makings and panels used to evaluate 
competitively awarded grants: Provided, That interagency funding is 
authorized to carry out the purposes of the National Drought Policy 
Commission.
    Sec. 717. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used to 
carry out section 410 of the Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 
679a) or section 30 of the Poultry Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 
471).
    Sec. 718. No employee of the Department of Agriculture may be 
detailed or assigned from an agency or office funded by this Act to any 
other agency or office of the Department for more than 30 days unless 
the individual's employing agency or office is fully reimbursed by the 
receiving agency or office for the salary and expenses of the employee 
for the period of assignment.
    Sec. 719. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available to the Department of Agriculture shall be used to transmit or 
otherwise make available to any non-Department of Agriculture employee 
questions or responses to questions that are a result of information 
requested for the appropriations hearing process.
    Sec. 720. None of the funds made available to the Department of 
Agriculture by this Act may be used to acquire new information 
technology systems or significant upgrades, as determined by the Office 
of the Chief Information Officer, without the approval of the Chief 
Information Officer and the concurrence of the Executive Information 
Technology Investment Review Board: Provided, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act may be transferred to the Office of the 
Chief Information Officer without the prior approval of the Committee 
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.
    Sec. 721. (a) None of the funds provided by this Act, or provided 
by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this Act that 
remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2001, or 
provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived 
by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, 
shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a 
reprogramming of funds which: (1) creates new programs; (2) eliminates 
a program, project, or activity; (3) increases funds or personnel by 
any means for any project or activity for which funds have been denied 
or restricted; (4) relocates an office or employees; (5) reorganizes 
offices, programs, or activities; or (6) contracts out or privatizes 
any functions or activities presently performed by Federal employees; 
unless the Committee on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress are 
notified 15 days in advance of such reprogramming of funds.
    (b) None of the funds provided by this Act, or provided by previous 
Appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this Act that remain 
available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2001, or 
provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived 
by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, 
shall be available for obligation or expenditure for activities, 
programs, or projects through a reprogramming of funds in excess of 
$500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, that: (1) augments existing 
programs, projects, or activities; (2) reduces by 10 percent funding 
for any existing program, project, or activity, or numbers of personnel 
by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or (3) results from any general 
savings from a reduction in personnel which would result in a change in 
existing programs, activities, or projects as approved by Congress; 
unless the Committee on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress are 
notified 15 days in advance of such reprogramming of funds.
    Sec. 722. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act or any other Act may be used to pay the salaries 
and expenses of personnel to carry out the transfer or obligation of 
fiscal year 2001 funds under section 793 of Public Law 104-127 (7 
U.S.C. 2204f).
    Sec. 723. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act shall be used to pay the salaries and expenses of 
personnel who carry out an environmental quality incentives program 
authorized by chapter 4 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security 
Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa et seq.) in excess of $174,000,000.
    Sec. 724. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this or any other Act shall be used to pay the salaries 
and expenses of personnel to carry out the transfer or obligation of 
fiscal year 2001 funds under the provisions of section 401 of Public 
Law 105-185, the Initiative for Future Agriculture and Food Systems (7 
U.S.C. 7621).
    Sec. 725. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act shall be used to carry out any commodity purchase 
program that would prohibit eligibility or participation by farmer-
owned cooperatives.
    Sec. 726. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act shall be used to pay the salaries and expenses of 
personnel to carry out a conservation farm option program, as 
authorized by section 1240M of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 
3839bb).
    Sec. 727. None of the funds made available to the Food and Drug 
Administration by this Act shall be used to close or relocate, or to 
plan to close or relocate, the Food and Drug Administration Division of 
Drug Analysis in St. Louis, Missouri.
    Sec. 728. None of the funds made available to the Food and Drug 
Administration by this Act shall be used to reduce the Detroit, 
Michigan, Food and Drug Administration District Office below the 
operating and full-time equivalent staffing level of July 31, 1999; or 
to change the Detroit District Office to a station, residence post or 
similarly modified office; or to reassign residence posts assigned to 
the Detroit District Office: Provided, That this section shall not 
apply to Food and Drug Administration field laboratory facilities or 
operations currently located in Detroit, Michigan, except that field 
laboratory personnel shall be assigned to locations in the general 
vicinity of Detroit, Michigan, pursuant to cooperative agreements 
between the Food and Drug Administration and other laboratory 
facilities associated with the State of Michigan.
    Sec. 729. Hereafter, none of the funds appropriated by this Act or 
any other Act may be used to:
            (1) carry out the proviso under 7 U.S.C. 1622(f); or
            (2) carry out 7 U.S.C. 1622(h) unless the Secretary of 
        Agriculture inspects and certifies agricultural processing 
        equipment, and imposes a fee for the inspection and 
        certification, in a manner that is similar to the inspection 
        and certification of agricultural products under that section, 
        as determined by the Secretary: Provided, That this provision 
        shall not affect the authority of the Secretary to carry out 
        the Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 601 et seq.), the 
        Poultry Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 451 et seq.), or the 
        Egg Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 1031 et seq.).
    Sec. 730. None of the funds appropriated by this Act or any other 
Act shall be used to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel who 
prepare or submit appropriations language as part of the President's 
Budget submission to the Congress of the United States for programs 
under the jurisdiction of the Appropriations Subcommittees on 
Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies that assumes 
revenues or reflects a reduction from the previous year due to user 
fees proposals that have not been enacted into law prior to the 
submission of the Budget unless such Budget submission identifies which 
additional spending reductions should occur in the event the users fees 
proposals are not enacted prior to the date of the convening of a 
committee of conference for the fiscal year 2001 appropriations Act.
    Sec. 731. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act shall be used to establish an Office of Community 
Food Security or any similar office within the United States Department 
of Agriculture without the prior approval of the Committee on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.
    Sec. 732. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this or any other Act may be used to carry out provision 
of section 612 of Public Law 105-185.
    Sec. 733. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act may be used to declare excess or surplus all or 
part of the lands and facilities owned by the Federal Government and 
administered by the Secretary of Agriculture at Fort Reno, Oklahoma, or 
to transfer or convey such lands or facilities, without the specific 
authorization of Congress.
    Sec. 734. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act or any other Act shall be used for the 
implementation of a Support Services Bureau or similar organization.
    Sec. 735. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for any 
fiscal year, in the case of a high cost, isolated rural area of the 
State of Alaska that is not connected to a road system--
            (1) in the case of assistance provided by the Rural Housing 
        Service for single family housing under title V of the Housing 
        Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1471 et seq.), the maximum income level 
        for the assistance shall be 150 percent of the average income 
        level in metropolitan areas of the State;
            (2) in the case of community facility loans and grants 
        provided under paragraphs (1) and (19), respectively, of 
        section 306(a) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development 
        Act (7 U.S.C. 1926(a)) and assistance provided under programs 
        carried out by the Rural Utilities Service, the maximum income 
        level for the loans, grants, and assistance shall be 150 
        percent of the average income level in nonmetropolitan areas of 
        the State;
            (3) in the case of a business and industry guaranteed loan 
        made under section 310B(a)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and 
        Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932(a)(1)), to the extent 
        permitted under that Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall--
                    (A) guarantee the repayment of 90 percent of the 
                principal and interest due on the loan; and
                    (B) charge a loan origination and servicing fee in 
                an amount not to exceed 1 percent of the amount of the 
                loan; and
            (4) in the case of assistance provided under the Rural 
        Community Development Initiative for fiscal year 2000 carried 
        out under the rural community advancement program established 
        under subtitle E of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development 
        Act (7 U.S.C. 2009 et seq.), the median household income level, 
        and the not employed rate, with respect to applicants for 
        assistance under the Initiative shall be scored on a community-
        by-community basis.
    Sec. 736. Hereafter, notwithstanding any other provision of law, no 
housing or residence in a foreign country purchased by an agent or 
instrumentality of the United States, for the purpose of housing the 
agricultural attache, shall be sold or disposed of without the approval 
of the Foreign Agricultural Service of the United States Department of 
Agriculture, including property purchased using foreign currencies 
generated under the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act 
of 1954 (Public Law 480) and used or occupied by agricultural attaches 
of the Foreign Agricultural Service: Provided, That the Department of 
State/Office of Foreign Buildings may sell such properties with the 
concurrence of the Foreign Agricultural Service if the proceeds are 
used to acquire suitable properties of appropriate size for Foreign 
Agricultural Service agricultural attaches: Provided further, That the 
Foreign Agricultural Service shall have the right to occupy such 
residences in perpetuity with costs limited to appropriate maintenance 
expenses.
    Sec. 737. Hereafter, funds appropriated to the Department of 
Agriculture may be used to employ individuals to perform services 
outside the United States as determined by the agencies to be necessary 
or appropriate for carrying out programs and activities abroad; and 
such employment actions, hereafter referred to as Personal Service 
Agreements (PSA), are authorized to be negotiated, the terms of the PSA 
to be prescribed and work to be performed, where necessary, without 
regard to such statutory provisions as related to the negotiation, 
making and performance of contracts and performance of work in the 
United States: Provided, That individuals employed under a PSA to 
perform such services outside the United States shall not, by virtue of 
such employment, be considered employees of the United States 
government for purposes of any law administered by the Office of 
Personnel Management: Provided further, That such individuals may be 
considered employees within the meaning of the Federal Employee 
Compensation Act, 5 U.S.C. 8101 et seq.: Provided further, That 
Government service credit shall be accrued for the time employed under 
a PSA should the individual later be hired into a permanent U.S. 
Government position if their authorities so permit.
    Sec. 738. None of the funds made available by this Act or any other 
Act may be used to close or relocate a state Rural Development office 
unless or until cost effectiveness and enhancement of program delivery 
have been determined.
    Sec. 739. Of any shipments of commodities made pursuant to Section 
416(b) of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1431(b)), the 
Secretary of Agriculture shall, to the extent practicable, direct that 
tonnage equal in value to not less than $25,000,000 shall be made 
available to foreign countries to assist in mitigating the effects of 
the Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired Immune Deficiency 
Syndrome on communities, including the provision of--
            (1) agricultural commodities to--
                    (A) individuals with Human Immunodeficiency Virus 
                or Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome in the 
                communities, and
                    (B) households in the communities, particularly 
                individuals caring for orphaned children; and
            (2) agricultural commodities monetized to provide other 
        assistance (including assistance under microcredit and 
        microenterprise programs) to create or restore sustainable 
        livelihoods among individuals in the communities, particularly 
        individuals caring for orphaned children.

                               DIVISION B

    The following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2000, and for other purposes, namely:

                                TITLE I

     NATURAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE AND OTHER EMERGENCY APPROPRIATIONS

                               CHAPTER 1

                       DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

                          Farm Service Agency

                         salaries and expenses

    For an additional amount for ``Salaries and Expenses'', 
$39,000,000: Provided, That the entire amount shall be available only 
to the extent an official budget request for $39,000,000, that includes 
designation of the entire amount of the request as an emergency 
requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the President to the 
Congress: Provided further, That the entire amount is designated by the 
Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) 
of such Act.

                Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Fund

    For an additional amount for the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation 
Fund, up to $13,000,000, to provide premium discounts to purchasers of 
crop insurance reinsured by the Corporation (except for catastrophic 
risk protection coverage), as authorized under section 1102(g)(2) of 
the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105-277): 
Provided, That the entire amount is designated by the Congress as an 
emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.

                  Rural Community Advancement Program

    For an additional amount for the Rural Community Advancement 
Program, $50,000,000 to provide grants pursuant to the Rural Community 
Facilities Grant Program for areas of extreme unemployment or economic 
depression, subject to authorization: Provided, That the entire amount 
shall be available only to the extent an official budget request for 
$50,000,000, that includes designation of the entire amount of the 
request as an emergency requirement as defined by the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted 
by the President to the Congress: Provided further, That the entire 
amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
    For an additional amount for the Rural Community Advancement 
Program, $30,000,000 to provide grants pursuant to the Rural Utility 
Service Grant Program for rural communities with extremely high energy 
costs, subject to authorization: Provided, That the entire amount shall 
be available only to the extent an official budget request for 
$30,000,000, that includes designation of the entire amount of the 
request as an emergency requirement as defined by the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted 
by the President to the Congress: Provided further, That the entire 
amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
    For an additional amount for the Rural Community Advancement 
Program, $50,000,000, for the cost of direct loans and grants of the 
rural utilities programs described in section 381E(d)(2) of the 
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2009f), as 
provided in 7 U.S.C. 1926(a) and 7 U.S.C. 1926C for distribution 
through the national reserve for applications associated with a risk to 
public heath or the environment or a natural emergency: Provided, That 
of the amount provided by this paragraph, $10,000,000 may only be used 
in counties which have received an emergency designation by the 
President or the Secretary after January 1, 2000, for applications 
responding to water shortages resulting from the designated emergency: 
Provided further, That the entire amount necessary to carry out this 
section shall be available only to the extent that an official budget 
request for $50,000,000, that includes designation of the entire amount 
of the request as an emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is 
transmitted by the President to the Congress: Provided further, That 
the entire amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency 
requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.

                         Rural Housing Service

              rural housing insurance fund program account

    For additional gross obligations for the principal amount of direct 
loans as authorized by title V of the Housing Act of 1949 for section 
515 rental housing to be available from funds in the rural housing 
insurance fund to meet needs resulting from Hurricanes Dennis, Floyd, 
or Irene, $40,000,000.
    For the additional cost of direct loans for section 515 rental 
housing, including the cost of modifying loans, as defined in section 
502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, to remain available until 
expended, $15,872,000: Provided, That the entire amount is designated 
by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985, as amended.

                       rental assistance program

    For an additional amount for rental assistance agreements entered 
into or renewed pursuant to section 521(a)(2) of the Housing Act of 
1949 for emergency needs resulting from Hurricanes Dennis, Floyd, or 
Irene, $13,600,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
the entire amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency 
requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.

                        Rural Utilities Service

   rural electrification and telecommunications loans program account

    For additional five percent rural electrification loans pursuant to 
the authority of section 305 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 
(7 U.S.C. 935), $113,250,000.
    For the additional cost, as defined in section 502 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, including the cost of modifying 
loans, of five percent rural electrification loans authorized by the 
Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935), $1,000,000: Provided, 
That the entire amount shall be available only to the extent an 
official budget request for $1,000,000, that includes designation of 
the entire amount of the request as an emergency requirement as defined 
in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as 
amended, is transmitted by the President to the Congress: Provided 
further, That the entire amount is designated by the Congress as an 
emergency requirement pursuant to section 251 (b)(2)(A) of such Act.

                    GENERAL PROVISIONS--THIS CHAPTER

    Sec. 1101. Notwithstanding section 11 of the Commodity Credit 
Corporation Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 714i), an additional $35,000,000, to 
remain available until expended, shall be provided through the 
Commodity Credit Corporation in fiscal year 2000 for technical 
assistance activities performed by any agency of the Department of 
Agriculture in carrying out the Conservation Reserve Program and the 
Wetlands Reserve Program funded by the Commodity Credit Corporation: 
Provided, That the entire amount shall be available only to the extent 
an official budget request for $35,000,000, that includes designation 
of the entire amount of the request as an emergency requirement as 
defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985, as amended, is transmitted by the President to the Congress: 
Provided further, That the entire amount is designated by the Congress 
as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of such 
Act.
    Sec. 1102. The paragraph under the heading ``Livestock Assistance'' 
in chapter 1, title I of H.R. 3425 of the 106th Congress, enacted by 
section 1000(a)(5) of Public Law 106-113 (113 Stat. 1536) is amended by 
striking ``during 1999'' and inserting ``from January 1, 1999, through 
February 7, 2000'': Provided, That the entire amount necessary to carry 
out this section shall be available only to the extent that an official 
budget request for the entire amount, that includes designation of the 
entire amount of the request as an emergency requirement as defined in 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as 
amended, is transmitted by the President to the Congress: Provided 
further, That the entire amount is designated by the Congress as an 
emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.
    Sec. 1103. The issuance of regulations by the Secretary of 
Agriculture to implement section 104 of H.R. 3425 of the 106th 
Congress, as enacted by section 1000(a)(5) of Public Law 106-113 (113 
Stat. 1536) shall be made without regard to--
            (1) the notice and comment provisions of section 553 of 
        title 5 United States Code;
            (2) the Statement of Policy of the Secretary of Agriculture 
        effective July 24, 1971 (36 Fed. Reg. 13804) relating to 
        notices of proposed rulemaking; and
            (3) chapter 35 of title 44 United States Code.
    Sec. 1104. With respect to any 1999 crop year loan made by the 
Commodity Credit Corporation to a cooperative marketing association 
established under the laws of North Carolina, and to any person or 
entity in North Carolina obtaining a 1999 crop upland cotton marketing 
assistance loan, the Corporation shall reduce the amount of such 
outstanding loan indebtedness in an amount up to 75 percent of the 
amount of the loan applicable to any collateral (in the case of 
cooperative marketing associations of upland cotton producers and 
upland cotton producers, not to exceed $5,000,000 for benefits to such 
associations and such producers for up to 75 percent of the loss 
incurred by such associations and such producers with respect to upland 
cotton that had been placed under loan) that was produced in a county 
in which either the Secretary of Agriculture or the President of the 
United States declared a major disaster or emergency due to the 
occurrence of Hurricanes Dennis, Floyd or Irene if the Corporation 
determines that such collateral suffered any quality loss as a result 
of said hurricane: Provided, That if a person or entity obtains a 
benefit under this section with respect to a quantity of a commodity, 
no marketing loan gain or loan deficiency payment shall be made 
available under the Federal Agricultural Improvement and Reform Act of 
1996 with respect to such quantity: Provided further, That no more than 
$81,000,000 of the funds of the Corporation shall be available to carry 
out this section: Provided further, That the entire amount shall be 
available only to the extent an official budget request for 
$81,000,000, that includes designation of the entire amount of the 
request as an emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted 
by the President to the Congress: Provided further, That the entire 
amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.
    Sec. 1105. Hereafter, for the purposes of the Livestock Indemnity 
Program authorized in Public Law 105-18, the term ``livestock'' shall 
have the same meaning as the term ``livestock'' under section 104 of 
Public Law 106-31.
    Sec. 1106. The Secretary shall use the funds, facilities and 
authorities of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make and administer 
supplemental payments to dairy producers who received a payment under 
section 805 of Public Law 106-78 in an amount equal to thirty-five 
percent of the reduction in market value of milk production in 2000, as 
determined by the Secretary, based on price estimates as of the date of 
enactment of this Act, from the previous five-year average: Provided, 
That the Secretary shall make payments to producers under this section 
in a manner consistent with the payments to dairy producers under 
section 805 of Public Law 106-78: Provided further, That the Secretary 
shall make a determination as to whether a dairy producer is considered 
a new producer for purposes of section 805 by taking into account the 
number of months such producer has operated as a dairy producer in 
order to calculate a payment rate for such producer: Provided further, 
That the entire amount necessary to carry out this section shall be 
available only to the extent that an official budget request for the 
entire amount, that includes designation of the entire amount of the 
request as an emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted 
by the President to the Congress: Provided further, That the entire 
amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.
    Sec. 1107. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary of Agriculture may use the funds, facilities and authorities 
of the Commodity Credit Corporation to administer and make payments to: 
(a) compensate growers whose crops could not be sold due to Mexican 
fruit fly quarantines in San Diego and San Bernadino/Riverside counties 
in California since their imposition on August 14, 1998, and September 
22, 1999, respectively; (b) compensate growers in relation to the 
Secretary's ``Declaration of Extraordinary Emergency'' on March 2, 
2000, regarding the plum pox virus; (c) compensate growers for losses 
due to Pierce's disease; (d) compensate growers for losses incurred due 
to infestations of grasshoppers and mormon crickets; and (e) compensate 
commercial producers for losses due to citrus canker: Provided, That 
the entire amount necessary to carry out this section shall be 
available only to the extent that an official budget request for the 
entire amount, that includes designation of the entire amount of the 
request as an emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted 
by the President to the Congress: Provided further, That the entire 
amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.
    Sec. 1108. (a) Section 141 of the Agricultural Market Transition 
Act (7 U.S.C. 7251) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)(4), by striking ``and 2000'' and 
        inserting ``through 2001''; and
            (2) in subsection (h), by striking ``2000'' each place it 
        appears and inserting ``2001''.
    (b) Section 142(e) of the Agricultural Market Transition Act (7 
U.S.C. 7252(e)) is amended by striking ``2001'' and inserting ``2002''.
    (c) The entire amount necessary to carry out this section shall be 
available only to the extent that an official budget request for the 
entire amount, that includes designation of the entire amount of the 
request as an emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted 
by the President to the Congress: Provided, That the entire amount is 
designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to 
section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.
    Sec. 1109. The Secretary shall use the funds, facilities and 
authorities of the Commodity Credit Corporation in an amount equal to 
$450,000,000 to make and administer payments for livestock losses using 
the criteria established to carry out the 1999 Livestock Assistance 
Program (except for application of the national percentage reduction 
factor) to producers for 2000 losses in a county which has received an 
emergency designation by the President or the Secretary after January 
1, 2000, and shall be available until September 30, 2001: Provided, 
That the Secretary shall give consideration to the effect of recurring 
droughts in establishing the level of payments to producers under this 
section: Provided further, That the entire amount necessary to carry 
out this section shall be available only to the extent that an official 
budget request for $450,000,000, that includes designation of the 
entire amount of the request as an emergency requirement as defined in 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as 
amended, is transmitted by the President to the Congress: Provided 
further, That the entire amount is designated by the Congress as an 
emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.
    Sec. 1110. In lieu of imposing, where applicable, the assessment 
for producers provided for in subsection (d)(8) of 7 U.S.C. 7271 
(Section 155 of the Agricultural Market Transition Act), the Secretary 
shall, as necessary to offset remaining loan losses for the 1999 crop 
of peanuts, borrow such amounts as would have been collected under 7 
U.S.C. 7271(d)(8) from the Commodity Credit Corporation. Such borrowing 
shall be against all excess assessments to be collected under 
subsection 7 U.S.C. 7271(g) for crop year 2000 and subsequent years. 
For purposes of the preceding sentence, an assessment shall be 
considered to be an ``excess'' assessment to the extent that it is not 
used or will not be used, under the provisions of 7 U.S.C. 7271(d), to 
offset losses on peanuts for the crop year in which the assessment is 
collected. The Commodity Credit Corporation shall retain its own 
account sums collected under 7 U.S.C. 7271(g) as needed to recover the 
borrowing provided for in this section to the extent that such 
collections are not used under 7 U.S.C. 7271(d) to cover losses on 
peanuts: Provided, That the entire amount necessary to carry out this 
section shall be available only to the extent an official budget 
request for the entire amount, that includes designation of the entire 
amount of the request as an emergency requirement as defined in the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, 
is transmitted by the President to the Congress: Provided further, That 
the entire amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency 
requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.

                               CHAPTER 2

                      DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE--CIVIL

                         DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY

                       Corps of Engineers--Civil

                         general investigations

    For an additional amount for ``General investigations'' to complete 
preconstruction engineering and design of an emergency outlet from 
Devils Lake, North Dakota, to the Sheyenne River, $4,500,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That the work shall include an 
Environmental Impact Statement and the international coordination 
required to comply with the Boundary Waters Treaty of 1909: Provided 
further, That the entire amount is designated by the Congress as an 
emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.

 flood control, mississippi river and tributaries, arkansas, illinois, 
       kentucky, louisiana, mississippi, missouri, and tennessee

    For an additional amount for emergency repairs and dredging due to 
the effects of drought and other conditions, $10,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, which shall be available only to the extent 
an official budget request for a specific dollar amount that includes 
designation of the entire amount of the request as an emergency 
requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the President to the 
Congress: Provided, That the entire amount is designated by the 
Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) 
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as 
amended.

                   operation and maintenance, general

    For an additional amount for emergency repairs and dredging due to 
storm damages, $35,000,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which such amounts for eligible navigation projects which may be 
derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund pursuant to Public Law 
99-662, shall be derived from that Fund: Provided, That the entire 
amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.

                          INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

                    Appalachian Regional Commission

    For an additional amount necessary to carry out the programs 
authorized by the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965, as 
amended, $11,000,000, to remain available until expended, which shall 
be available only to the extent an official budget request for 
$11,000,000, that includes designation of the entire amount of the 
request as an emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted 
by the President to the Congress: Provided, That the entire amount is 
designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to 
section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985, as amended.

                               CHAPTER 3

                       DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

                       Bureau of Land Management

                   management of lands and resources

    For an additional amount for ``Management of Lands and Resources'', 
$17,172,000 to remain available until expended, of which $15,687,000 
shall be used to address restoration needs caused by wildland fires and 
$1,485,000 shall be used for the treatment of grasshopper and Mormon 
Cricket infestations on lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management: 
Provided, That the entire amount is designated by the Congress as an 
emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided 
further, That the entire amount shall be available only to the extent 
an official budget request for a specific dollar amount, that includes 
designation of the entire amount of the request as an emergency 
requirement as defined by such Act, is transmitted by the President to 
the Congress.

                        wildland fire management

    For an additional amount for ``Wildland Fire Management'', 
$100,000,000, to remain available until expended, for emergency 
rehabilitation and wildfire suppression activities: Provided, That the 
entire amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further, That this 
amount shall be available only to the extent that an official budget 
request for a specific dollar amount, that includes designation of the 
entire amount of the request as an emergency requirement as defined by 
such Act, is transmitted by the President to the Congress.

                United States Fish and Wildlife Service

                          resource management

    For an additional amount for ``Resource Management'', $1,500,000, 
to remain available until expended, for support of the preparation and 
implementation of plans, programs, or agreements, identified by the 
State of Idaho, that address habitat for freshwater aquatic species on 
nonfederal lands in the State voluntarily enrolled in such plans, 
programs, or agreements, of which $200,000 shall be made available to 
the Boise, Idaho field office to participate in the preparation and 
implementation of the plans, programs or agreements, of which $300,000 
shall be made available to the State of Idaho for preparation of the 
plans, programs, or agreements, including data collection and other 
activities associated with such preparation, and of which $1,000,000 
shall be made available to the State of Idaho to fund habitat 
enhancement, maintenance, or restoration projects consistent with such 
plans, programs, or agreements.
    In addition, for an additional amount for ``Resource Management'', 
$5,000,000, to remain available until expended, which amount shall be 
made available to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation to carry 
out a competitively awarded grant program for State, local, or other 
organizations in the State of Maine to fund on-the-ground projects to 
further Atlantic salmon conservation or restoration efforts in 
coordination with the State of Maine and the Maine Atlantic Salmon 
Conservation Plan, including projects to (1) assist in land acquisition 
and conservation easements to benefit Atlantic salmon; (2) develop 
irrigation and water use management measures to minimize any adverse 
effects on salmon habitat; and (3) develop and phase in enhanced 
aquaculture cages to minimize escape of Atlantic salmon: Provided, 
That, of the amounts appropriated under this paragraph, $2,000,000 
shall be made available to the Atlantic Salmon Commission for salmon 
restoration and conservation activities, including installing and 
upgrading weirs and fish collection facilities, conducting risk 
assessments, fish marking, and salmon genetics studies and testing, and 
developing and phasing in enhanced aquaculture cages to minimize escape 
of Atlantic salmon, and $500,000 shall be made available to the 
National Academy of Sciences to conduct a study of Atlantic salmon: 
Provided further, That the amounts appropriated under this paragraph 
shall not be subject to section 10(b)(1) of the National Fish and 
Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act (16 U.S.C. 3709(b)(1)): Provided 
further, That the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation shall give 
special consideration to proposals that include matching contributions 
(whether in currency, services, or property) made by private persons or 
organizations or by State or local government agencies, if such 
matching contributions are available: Provided further, That funds made 
available under this paragraph shall be provided to the National Fish 
and Wildlife Foundation not later than 15 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act: Provided further, That the entire amount made 
available under this heading is designated by the Congress as an 
emergency requirement under section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.

                              construction

    For an additional amount for ``Construction'', $8,500,000, to 
remain available until expended, to repair or replace buildings, 
equipment, roads, bridges, and water control structures damaged by 
natural disasters and conduct critical habitat restoration directly 
necessitated by natural disasters: Provided, That the entire amount is 
designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to 
section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further, That $3,500,000 
shall be available only to the extent that an official budget request 
that includes designation of the entire amount as an emergency as 
defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985, as amended, is transmitted by the President to the Congress.

                         National Park Service

                              construction

    For an additional amount for ``Construction'', $5,300,000, to 
remain available until expended, to repair or replace visitor 
facilities, equipment, roads and trails, and cultural sites and 
artifacts at national park units damaged by natural disasters: 
Provided, That the entire amount is designated by the Congress as an 
emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided 
further, That $1,300,000 shall be available only to the extent that an 
official budget request that includes designation of the entire amount 
as an emergency as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the President to the 
Congress.

                    United States Geological Survey

                 surveys, investigations, and research

    For an additional amount for ``Surveys, Investigations, and 
Research'', $1,800,000, to remain available until expended, to repair 
or replace stream monitoring equipment and associated facilities 
damaged by natural disasters: Provided, That the entire amount is 
designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to 
section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985, as amended.

          Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement

                       regulation and technology

    For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Surface 
Mining Control and Reclamation Act, Public Law 95-87, as amended, 
$9,821,000, to remain available until expended, of which $6,222,000, 
not subject to section 705(a) of the Act, shall be available for 
regulatory program enhancements for the surface mining regulatory 
program of the State of West Virginia: Provided, That the balance of 
the funds shall be made available to the State to augment staffing and 
provide relative support expenses for the State's regulatory program: 
Provided further, That the entire amount is designated by the Congress 
as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: 
Provided further, That the entire amount shall be available only to the 
extent an official budget request for $9,821,000, that includes 
designation of the entire amount of the request as an emergency 
requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the President to the 
Congress.

                        Bureau of Indian Affairs

                      operation of indian programs

    For an additional amount for ``Operation of Indian Programs'', 
$1,200,000, to remain available until expended, for repair of the 
portions of the Yakama Nation's Signal Peak Road that have the most 
severe damage: Provided, That the entire amount is designated by the 
Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) 
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as 
amended: Provided further, That the entire amount shall be available 
only to the extent that an official budget request that includes 
designation of the entire amount of the request as an emergency 
requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the President to the 
Congress.

                       DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

                             Forest Service

                         national forest system

    For an additional amount for ``National Forest System'' for 
emergency expenses resulting from damages from wind storms, $5,759,000, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That the entire amount is 
designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to 
section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further, That the entire 
amount shall be available only to the extent an official budget request 
for a specific dollar amount, that includes designation of the entire 
amount of the request as an emergency requirement as defined by such 
Act, is transmitted by the President to the Congress.

                        wildland fire management

    For an additional amount for ``Wildland Fire Management'' for 
emergency expenses resulting from damages from wind storms, $1,620,000, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That the entire amount is 
designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to 
section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further, That the entire 
amount shall be available only to the extent an official budget request 
for a specific dollar amount, that includes designation of the entire 
amount of the request as an emergency requirement as defined by such 
Act, is transmitted by the President to the Congress.

                     reconstruction and maintenance

    For an additional amount for ``Reconstruction and Maintenance'' for 
emergency expenses resulting from damages from wind storms, $1,870,000, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That the entire amount is 
designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to 
section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further, That the entire 
amount shall be available only to the extent an official budget request 
for a specific dollar amount, that includes designation of the entire 
amount of the request as an emergency requirement as defined by such 
Act, is transmitted by the President to the Congress.

                               CHAPTER 4

                DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

                  Health Care Financing Administration

                           program management

    For an additional amount for ``Program Management'', $15,000,000 to 
be available through September 30, 2001: Provided, That the entire 
amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further, That the 
entire amount provided shall be available only to the extent an 
official budget request that includes designation of the entire amount 
of the request as an emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is 
transmitted by the President to the Congress.

                Administration for Children and Families

                   low income home energy assistance

    For an additional amount for ``Low Income Home Energy Assistance'' 
for emergency assistance under section 2602(e) of the Omnibus Budget 
Reconciliation Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 8621(e)), $600,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That the entire amount is hereby 
designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to 
section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further, That this amount 
shall be available only to the extent an official budget request for a 
specific dollar amount that includes designations of the entire amount 
of the request as an emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act, as amended, is transmitted by 
the President to the Congress.

                               CHAPTER 5

                           LEGISLATIVE BRANCH

                              JOINT ITEMS

                          Capitol Police Board

                         security enhancements

    For an additional amount for costs associated with security 
enhancements, as appropriated under chapter 5 of title II of division B 
of the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations 
Act, 1999 (Public Law 105-277), $11,874,000, to remain available until 
expended, of which--
            (1) $10,000,000 shall be for security enhancements in 
        connection with the initial implementation of the United States 
        Capitol Police master plan: Provided, That notwithstanding such 
        chapter 5, such funds shall be available for facilities located 
        within or outside of the Capitol Grounds, and such security 
        enhancements shall be subject to the approval of the Committee 
        on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
        Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and
            (2) $1,874,000 shall be for security enhancements to the 
        buildings and grounds of the Library of Congress:
Provided, That the entire amount is designated by the Congress as an 
emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.

                             Capitol Police

                                salaries

    For an additional amount for costs of overtime, $2,700,000, to be 
available to increase, in equal amounts, the amounts provided to the 
House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided, That the entire 
amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.

                        ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

                              fire safety

    For an additional amount for expenses for fire safety, $17,480,000, 
to remain available until expended, of which $7,039,000 shall be for 
``Capitol Buildings and Grounds--Capitol Buildings--Salaries and 
Expenses''; $2,314,000 shall be for ``Senate Office Buildings''; 
$4,213,000 shall be for ``House Office Buildings''; $3,000 shall be for 
``Capitol Power Plant''; $26,000 shall be for ``Botanic Garden--
Salaries and Expenses''; and $3,885,000 shall be for ``Architect of the 
Capitol--Library Buildings and Grounds--Structural and Mechanical 
Care'': Provided, That the entire amount is designated by the Congress 
as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.

                    GENERAL PROVISIONS--THIS CHAPTER

    Sec. 1501. (a) Section 201 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations 
Act, 1993 (40 U.S.C. 216c note) is amended by striking ``$10,000,000'' 
each place it appears and inserting ``$14,500,000''.
    (b) Section 201 of such Act is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(a)'' before ``Pursuant'', and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(b) The Architect of the Capitol is authorized to solicit, 
receive, accept, and hold amounts under section 307E(a)(2) of the 
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1989 (40 U.S.C. 216c(a)(2)) in 
excess of the $14,500,000 authorized under subsection (a), but such 
amounts (and any interest thereon) shall not be expended by the 
Architect without approval in appropriation Acts as required under 
section 307E(b)(3) of such Act (40 U.S.C. 216c(b)(3)).''.
    Sec. 1502. Trade Deficit Review Commission. (a) Issues to be 
Addressed.--Section 127(d)(2) of division A of the Omnibus Consolidated 
and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105-
277; 19 U.S.C. 2213 note) is amended by adding at the end the following 
new subparagraph:
                    ``(I) The impact of the merchandise trade and 
                current account balances on the national security of 
                the United States, including in particular an 
                assessment of the significance to national security of 
                persistent and substantial bilateral trade deficits and 
                the need of a fully integrated national security, 
                trade, and industrial base trade-impact adjustment 
                policy.''.
    (b) Deadline for Submission of Final Report.--Section 127(e)(1) of 
division A of the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental 
Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105-277; 19 U.S.C. 2213 note) is 
amended by striking ``12 months'' and inserting ``15 months''.

                               CHAPTER 6

           DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND RELATED AGENCIES

                            RELATED AGENCIES

                  National Transportation Safety Board

                         salaries and expenses

    For an additional amount for ``Salaries and expenses,'' 
$24,739,000, for emergency expenses associated with the investigation 
of the Egypt Air 990 and Alaska Air 261 accidents, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That such funds shall be available for 
wreckage location and recovery, facilities, technical support, testing, 
and wreckage mock-up: Provided further, That the entire amount is 
designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to 
section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985, as amended.

                               CHAPTER 7

                       DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

                          Departmental Offices

                         salaries and expenses

    For an additional amount, $24,900,000 for the Secretary of the 
Treasury to establish and operate an in-service firearms training 
facility for the U.S. Customs Service and other agencies, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That the Secretary is authorized to 
designate a lead agency to oversee the development, implementation and 
operation of the facility and to conduct training: Provided further, 
That the Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service shall without 
compensation and at the earliest practicable date, initiate a 
permanent, no-cost transfer of property owned by the U.S. Fish and 
Wildlife Service, identified as the Sleepy Hollow Partnership & Marcus 
Enterprises tract, (44,-R), 327.46 acres, Harpers Ferry Magisterial 
District, Jefferson County, West Virginia, together with a forty-five 
foot right-of-way over the lands of Valley Blox, Inc. as described in 
the deed from Joel T. Broyhill Enterprises, Inc. to Sleepy Hollow 
Partnership, et al., in a Deed dated March 29, 1989 and recorded in the 
Jefferson County Clerk's Office in Deed Book 627, Page 494, to the 
United States Department of the Treasury: Provided further, That the 
total amount made available under this section is designated by the 
Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) 
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as 
amended: Provided further, That the entire amount shall be available 
only to the extent that an official budget request that includes 
designation of the entire amount as an emergency requirement as defined 
in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as 
amended, is transmitted by the President to the Congress.

                Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms

    For an additional amount for ``Salaries and Expenses'' for 
enforcement of existing gun laws, $93,751,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That the entire amount in this section is 
designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to 
section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further, That the entire 
amount shall be available only to the extent that an official budget 
request for a specific dollar amount, that includes designation of the 
entire amount of the request as an emergency requirement as defined by 
such Act, is transmitted by the President to the Congress.

                          INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

                    General Services Administration

                         policy and operations

    For an additional amount, $3,300,000 to remain available until 
expended for the Salt Lake 2002 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games 
doping control program.

                               CHAPTER 8

              DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

                   Community Planning and Development

                  home investment partnerships program

    For an additional amount for the HOME investment partnerships 
program, as authorized under title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez National 
Affordable Housing Act (Public Law 101-625), as amended, $25,000,000: 
Provided, That these funds shall be provided to states with designated 
disaster areas caused by Hurricane Floyd for the purpose of providing 
temporary assistance in obtaining rental assistance and for the 
construction of affordable replacement rental housing for very low-
income families displaced by flooding caused by Hurricane Floyd: 
Provided further, That the entire amount is designated by the Congress 
as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: 
Provided further, That the entire amount shall be available only to the 
extent that an official budget request for a specific dollar amount, 
that includes designation of the entire amount of the request as an 
emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the 
President to the Congress.

                          INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

                  Federal Emergency Management Agency

                            disaster relief

    Of the unobligated balances made available under the second 
paragraph under the heading ``Federal Emergency Management Agency, 
Disaster Relief'' in Public Law 106-74, in addition to other amounts 
made available, up to $50,000,000 may be used by the Director of the 
Federal Emergency Management Agency for the buyout of repetitive loss 
properties which are principal residences that have been made 
uninhabitable by floods in areas which were declared federal disasters 
in fiscal year 1999 and 2000: Provided, That such properties are 
located in a 100-year floodplain: Provided further, That no homeowner 
may receive any assistance for buyouts in excess of the pre-flood fair 
market value of the residence (reduced by any proceeds from insurance 
or any other source paid or owed as a result of the flood damage to the 
residence): Provided further, That each state shall ensure that there 
is a contribution from non-Federal sources of not less than 25 percent 
in matching funds (other than administrative costs) for any funds 
allocated to the State for buyout assistance: Provided further, That 
all buyouts under this section shall be subject to the terms and 
conditions specified under 42 U.S.C. 5170c(b)(2)(B): Provided further, 
That none of the funds made available for buyouts under this paragraph 
may be used in any calculation of a State's section 404 allocation: 
Provided further, That the Director shall report quarterly to the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations on the use of all funds 
allocated under this paragraph and certify that the use of all funds 
are consistent with all applicable laws and requirements: Provided 
further, That no funds shall be allocated for buyouts under this 
paragraph except in accordance with regulations promulgated by the 
Director: Provided further, That the entire amount shall be available 
only to the extent an official budget request, that includes 
designation of the entire amount of the request as an emergency 
requirement as defined by the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the President to the 
Congress: Provided further, That the entire amount is designated by the 
Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) 
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as 
amended.

                               CHAPTER 9

                     GENERAL PROVISION--THIS TITLE

    Sec. 1901. For an additional amount for ``Health Resources and 
Services Administration, Health Resources and Services'', $3,500,000, 
for the Saint John's Lutheran Hospital in Libby, Montana, for 
construction and renovation of health care and other facilities and an 
additional amount for the ``Economic Development Administration'', 
$8,000,000, only for a grant to the City of Libby, Montana: Provided, 
That the entire amounts in this section are designated by the Congress 
as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: 
Provided further, That the entire amounts provided within this section 
shall be available only to the extent an official budget request that 
includes designation of the entire amounts of the request as an 
emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the 
President to the Congress.
    Sec. 1902. For an additional amount for ``Operations, Research, and 
Facilities'', for emergency expenses for fisheries disaster relief 
pursuant to section 312(a) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation 
and Management Act, as amended, for the Pribilof Island and East 
Aleutian area of the Bering Sea, $10,000,000 to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That in implementing this section, notwithstanding 
section 312(a)(3), the Secretary shall immediately make available as a 
direct payment $2,000,000 to the States of Alaska, Washington, and 
Oregon for distribution of emergency aid to individuals with family 
incomes below 185 percent of the federal poverty level who have 
suffered a direct negative impact from the fisheries resource disaster 
and $3,000,000 for Bering Sea ecosystem research including $1,000,000 
for the State of Alaska to develop a cooperative research plan to 
restore the crab fishery: Provided further, That the Secretary of 
Commerce declares a fisheries failure pursuant to section 312(a) of the 
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, as amended: 
Provided further, That the entire amount is designated by the Congress 
as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: 
Provided further, That the entire amount shall be available only to the 
extent an official budget request that includes designation of the 
entire amount of the request as an emergency requirement as defined in 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as 
amended, is transmitted by the President to the Congress.
    Sec. 1903. For an additional amount for the District of Columbia 
Metropolitan Police Department, $4,485,000 for the reimbursement of 
certain costs incurred by the District of Columbia as host of the 
International Monetary Fund and World Bank Organization Spring 
Conference in April 2000: Provided, That the entire amount shall be 
available only to the extent an official budget request for $4,485,000, 
that includes designation of the entire amount of the request as an 
emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the 
President to the Congress: Provided further, That the entire amount is 
designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to 
section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.

                                TITLE II

                SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS AND OFFSETS

                               CHAPTER 1

                       DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

                   Food Safety and Inspection Service

    From amounts appropriated under this heading in Public Law 106-78 
not needed for federal food inspection, up to $6,000,000 may be used to 
liquidate obligations incurred in previous years, to the extent 
approved by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget based 
on documentation provided by the Secretary of Agriculture.

                    GENERAL PROVISIONS--THIS CHAPTER

    Sec. 2101. Section 381A(1) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2009(1)) is amended as follows:
            ``(1) Rural and Rural Area.--The terms `rural and rural 
        area' mean, subject to 306(a)(7), a city or town that has a 
        population of 50,000 inhabitants or less, other than an 
        urbanized area immediately adjacent to a city or town that has 
        a population in excess of 50,000 inhabitants, except for 
        business and industry projects or facilities described in 
        section 310(B)(a)(1), a city or town with a population in 
        excess of 50,000 inhabitants and its immediately adjacent 
        urbanized area shall be eligible for funding when the primary 
        economic beneficiaries of such projects or facilities are 
        producers of agriculture commodities.''.
    Sec. 2102. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Natural 
Resources Conservation Service shall provide financial and technical 
assistance to the Long Park Dam in Utah from funds available for the 
Emergency Watershed Program, not to exceed $4,500,000.
    Sec. 2103. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Natural 
Resources Conservation Service shall provide financial and technical 
assistance to the Kuhn Bayou (Point Remove) Project in Arkansas from 
funds available for the Emergency Watershed Program, not to exceed 
$3,300,000.
    Sec. 2104. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Natural 
Resources Conservation Service shall provide financial and technical 
assistance to the Snake River Watershed project in Minnesota from funds 
available for the Emergency Watershed Program, not to exceed 
$4,000,000.

                               CHAPTER 2

                         DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

                    Radiation Exposure Compensation

         payment to radiation exposure compensation trust fund

    For an additional amount for ``Payment to Radiation Exposure 
Compensation Trust Fund'', $7,246,000.

                         DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

                  Economic Development Administration

                economic development assistance programs

    For an additional amount for ``Economic Development Assistance 
Programs'', $8,000,000 for public works grants for communities affected 
by hurricanes and other natural disasters.

                         salaries and expenses

    For an additional amount for ``Salaries and Expenses'', $300,000 to 
administer public works grants for communities affected by hurricanes 
and other natural disasters.

            National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

                  operations, research, and facilities

    For an additional amount for the account entitled ``Operations, 
Research, and Facilities'', $5,500,000.

                          DEPARTMENT OF STATE

  Presidential Advisory Commission on Holocaust Assets in the United 
                                 States

    For an additional amount for the ``Presidential Advisory Commission 
on Holocaust Assets in the United States'', as authorized by Public Law 
105-186, as amended, $1,400,000, to remain available until March 31, 
2001, for the direct funding of the activities of the Commission: 
Provided, That the entire amount is designated by the Congress as an 
emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided 
further, That the entire amount provided shall be available only to the 
extent an official budget request that includes designation of the 
entire amount of the request as an emergency requirement as defined in 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as 
amended, is transmitted by the President to the Congress.

                               CHAPTER 3

                            ENERGY PROGRAMS

      Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund

    For an additional amount for ``Uranium enrichment decontamination 
and decommissioning fund'', $58,000,000, to be derived from the Fund, 
to remain available until expended.

                               CHAPTER 4

                          DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

                 Employment and Training Administration

                    training and employment services

    For an additional amount for ``Training and Employment Services'', 
$40,000,000, to be available for obligation for the period April 1, 
2000, through June 30, 2001, to be distributed by the Secretary of 
Labor to States for youth activities in the local areas containing the 
50 cities with the largest populations, as determined by the latest 
available Census data, in accordance with the formula criteria for 
allocations to local areas contained in section 128(b)(2)(A)(i) of the 
Workforce Investment Act: Provided, That the amounts distributed to the 
States shall be distributed within each State to the designated local 
areas without regard to section 127(a) and (b)(1) and section 128(a) of 
such Act.

                 Mine Safety and Health Administration

                         salaries and expenses

    The matter under this heading in the Departments of Labor, Health 
and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations 
Act, 2000 (as enacted into law by section 1000(a)(4) of Public Law 106-
113) is amended by striking ``including not to exceed $750,000 may be 
collected by the National Mine Health and Safety Academy'' and 
inserting ``and, in addition, not to exceed $750,000 may be collected 
by the National Mine Health and Safety Academy''.

                DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

                Administration for Children and Families

       payments to states for foster care and adoption assistance

    For an additional amount for ``Payments to States for Foster Care 
and Adoption Assistance'' for payments for fiscal year 2000, 
$35,000,000.

                        Administration on Aging

                        aging services programs

    The matter under this heading in the Departments of Labor, Health 
and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations 
Act, 2000 (as enacted into law by section 1000(a)(4) of Public Law 106-
113) is amended by inserting after ``$934,285,000'' the following: ``, 
of which $2,200,000 shall be for the Anchorage, Alaska Senior Center, 
and shall remain available until expended''.

      General Provisions--Department of Health and Human Services

    Sec. 2401. Section 206 of the Departments of Labor, Health and 
Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2000 (as enacted into law by section 1000(a)(4) of Public Law 106-113) 
is amended by inserting before the period at the end the following: ``: 
Provided further, That this section shall not apply to funds 
appropriated under the heading `Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention--Disease Control, Research, and Training', funds made 
available to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention under the 
heading `Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund', or any 
other funds made available in this Act to the Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention''.
    Sec. 2402. Section 216 of the Departments of Labor, Health and 
Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2000 (as enacted into law by section 1000(a)(4) of Public Law 106-113) 
is repealed.

                        DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

                            higher education

    Funds appropriated under this heading in Public Law 105-78 to carry 
out title X-E of the Higher Education Act shall be available for 
obligation by the states through September 30, 2000, and funds 
appropriated in Public Law 105-277 to carry out title VIII-D of the 
Higher Education Amendments of 1998 shall be available for obligation 
by the states through September 30, 2001.

            education research, statistics, and improvement

    The matter under this heading in the Departments of Labor, Health 
and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations 
Act, 2000 (as enacted into law by section 1000(a)(4) of Public Law 106-
113) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``North Babylon Community Youth Services 
        for an educational program'' and inserting ``Town of Babylon 
        Youth Bureau for an educational program'';
            (2) by striking ``to promote participation among youth in 
        the United States democratic process'' and inserting ``to 
        expand access to and improve advanced education'';
            (3) by striking ``Oakland Unified School District in 
        California for an African American Literacy and Culture 
        Project'' and inserting ``California State University, Hayward, 
        for an African-American Literacy and Culture Project carried 
        out in partnership with the Oakland Unified School District in 
        California''; and
            (4) by striking ``$900,000 shall be awarded to the Boston 
        Music Education Collaborative comprehensive interdisciplinary 
        music program and teacher resource center in Boston, 
        Massachusetts'' and inserting ``$462,000 shall be awarded to 
        the Boston Symphony Orchestra for the teacher resource center 
        and $370,000 shall be awarded to the Boston Music Education 
        Collaborative for an interdisciplinary music program, in 
        Boston, Massachusetts''.

                            RELATED AGENCIES

                       Railroad Retirement Board

                      limitation on administration

    For an additional amount for ``Limitation on Administration'', 
$500,000, to be available through September 30, 2001.

                     Social Security Administration

                 limitation on administrative expenses

    For an additional amount for ``Limitation on Administrative 
Expenses'', $50,000,000, to be available through September 30, 2001.

                    GENERAL PROVISIONS--THIS CHAPTER

    Sec. 2403. Section 403(a)(5) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
603(a)(5)), as amended by section 806(b) of the Departments of Labor, 
Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2000 (as enacted into law by section 1000(a)(4) of 
Public Law 106-113) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (F), by striking ``$1,500,000'' and 
        inserting ``$15,000,000'';
            (2) in subparagraph (G), by striking ``$900,000'' and 
        inserting ``$9,000,000''; and
            (3) in subparagraph (H), by striking ``$300,000'' and 
        inserting ``$3,000,000''.
    Sec. 2404. (a) Workforce Investment Act of 1998.--The Workforce 
Investment Act of 1998 (20 U.S.C. 2841) is amended--
            (1) in section 503--
                    (A) by striking ``under Public Law 88-210 (as 
                amended; 20 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.)'' each place it 
                appears and inserting in lieu thereof, ``under Public 
                Law 105-332 (20 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.)''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, for 
fiscal year 2000, the Secretary shall not consider the expected levels 
of performance under Public Law 105-332 (20 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.) and 
shall not award a grant under subsection (a) based on the levels of 
performance for that Act.''.
    (b) Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act of 
1998.--Section 111 (a)(1)(C) of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and 
Technical Education Act of 1998 (20 U.S.C. 2321) is amended by striking 
``fiscal years 2000'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``fiscal years 
2001''.

                               CHAPTER 5

           DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND RELATED AGENCIES

                    Federal Aviation Administration

                               operations

                    (airport and airways trust fund)

                          (transfer of funds)

    For an additional amount for ``Operations'', $77,000,000, of which 
$50,400,000 shall be derived by transfer from the unobligated balances 
of ``Facilities and Equipment'', and $26,600,000 shall be derived from 
funds transferred to the Department of Transportation for year 2000 
conversion of Federal information technology systems and related 
expenses pursuant to Public Law 105-277, to be available until 
September 30, 2001.

                    GENERAL PROVISIONS--THIS CHAPTER

    Sec. 2501. Under the heading ``Discretionary Grants'' in Public Law 
105-66, ``$4,000,000 for the Salt Lake City regional commuter system 
project;'' is amended to read ``$4,000,000 for the transit and other 
transportation-related portions of the Salt Lake City regional commuter 
system and Gateway Intermodal Terminal;''.
    Sec. 2502. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Commandant shall transfer $8,000,000 identified in the conference 
report accompanying Public Law 106-69 for ``Unalaska, AK--pier'' to the 
City of Unalaska, Alaska for the construction of a municipal pier and 
other harbor improvements: Provided, That the City of Unalaska enter 
into an agreement with the United States to accommodate Coast Guard 
vessels and support Coast Guard operations at Unalaska, Alaska.
    Sec. 2503. From amounts previously made available in Public Law 
106-69 (Department of Transportation and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2000) for ``Research, Engineering, and 
Development'', $600,000 shall be available only for testing the 
potential for ultra-wideband signals to interfere with global 
positioning system receivers by the National Telecommunications and 
Information Administration (NTIA): Provided, That the results of said 
test be reported to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 
not later than six months from the date of enactment of this act.
    Sec. 2504. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, there is 
appropriated to the Federal Highway Administration for transfer to the 
Utah Department of Transportation, $35,000,000 for Interstate 15 
reconstruction; such sums to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That the Utah Department of Transportation shall make available from 
state funds $35,000,000 for transportation planning, and temporary and 
permanent transportation infrastructure improvements for the Salt Lake 
City 2002 Olympic Winter Games: Provided further, That the specific 
planning activities and transportation infrastructure projects 
identified for state funding shall be limited to the following projects 
included in the Olympic Transportation Concept Plan approved by the 
Secretary of Transportation:
            (1) Planning
            (2) Venue Load and Unload
            (3) Transit Bus Project
            (4) Bus Maintenance Facilities
            (5) Olympic Park & Ride Lots
            (6) North-South Light Rail Park & Ride Lot Expansion.
    Sec. 2505. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary of Transportation may hereafter use Federal Highway 
Administration Emergency Relief funds as authorized under 23 U.S.C. 
125, to reconstruct or modify to a higher elevation roads that are 
currently impounding water within a closed basin lake greater than 
fifty thousand acres: Provided, That the structures on which the 
roadways are to be built shall be constructed to applicable approved 
United States Army Corps of Engineers design standards.

                               CHAPTER 6

              DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

                       Homeless Assistance Grants

    Amounts made available under this heading in title II of Public Law 
106-74 shall first be made available to renew all expiring rental 
contracts under the supportive housing program (as authorized under 
subtitle C of title IV of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance 
Act, as amended), and the shelter plus care program (as authorized 
under subtitle F of title IV of such Act): Provided, That a request for 
such funding be submitted in accordance with the eligibility 
requirements established by the Secretary pursuant to a notice of 
funding availability for fiscal year 2000: Provided further, That the 
Secretary may make funds available as necessary to renew all grants for 
rental assistance under subtitle C of title IV of the Stewart B. 
McKinney Homeless Assistance Act, as amended, for permanent housing for 
homeless persons with disabilities or subtitle F of such Act where a 
request for funding was submitted in accordance with the eligibility 
requirements established by the Secretary pursuant to the notice of 
funding availability for fiscal year 1999 covering such programs but 
not approved; and the grant request was made by an entity that received 
such a grant pursuant to the notice of funding availability for a 
previous fiscal year and the funding under such previous grant expiries 
during calendar year 2000: Provided further, That each grant awarded 
under this heading shall be certified by the Secretary as needed to 
meet the needs of the homeless in the community in which the grant was 
made and that the financial accounts of each grantee are determined to 
meet all applicable accounting requirements.

                            Housing Programs

              fha-general and special risk program account

    For an additional amount for ``FHA General and special risk program 
account'' for the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by sections 
238 and 519 of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z-3 and 1735c), 
including the cost of loan modifications (as that term is defined in 
section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended), 
$49,000,000, to remain available until expended.

                     Management and Administration

                    office of the inspector general

                    (including rescission of funds)

    Of the amounts made available under this heading in Public Law 106-
74, the $20,000,000 provided for the Office of the Inspector General is 
rescinded. For an additional amount for the ``Office of the Inspector 
General'', $20,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2001: 
Provided, That these funds shall be made available under the same terms 
and conditions as authorized for the funds under this heading in Public 
Law 106-74.

             National Aeronautics and Space Administration

                           human space flight

    For an additional amount for ``Human Space Flight'' to provide for 
urgent upgrades to the space shuttle fleet, $25,800,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2001.

                            mission support

    For an additional amount for ``Mission Support'' to provide for 
needed augmentation of personnel, $20,200,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2001.

                      National Science Foundation

                     education and human resources

    For an additional amount for ``Education and human resources'', 
$1,000,000.

                    GENERAL PROVISIONS--THIS CHAPTER

    Sec. 2601. Title V, Subtitle C, section 538 of Public Law 106-74, 
is amended by striking ``during any period that the assisted family 
continues residing in the same project in which the family was residing 
on the date of the eligibility event for the project, if'' and 
inserting in lieu thereof the following: ``the assisted family may 
elect to remain in the same project in which the family was residing on 
the date of the eligibility event for the project, and if, during any 
period the family makes such an election and continues to reside,''.
    Sec. 2602. None of the funds appropriated under this or any other 
Act may be used by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to 
hire any staff for the replacement of any position that is designated 
or was formerly designated as an external community builder position 
within the Department of Housing and Urban Development: Provided, That 
none of the funds appropriated under this or any other Act shall be 
used to hire any staff above a GS-12 grade level until the Secretary 
has submitted an employment staffing plan to the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations that reflects the staffing and capacity 
needs of the Department: Provided further, That the Secretary may hire 
staff above a GS-12 level on a finding of special need and that the 
finding of special need has been certified as such by the Office of 
Personnel Management.
    Sec. 2603. None of the funds appropriated under this or any other 
Act may be used by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to 
prohibit or debar any entity (and the individuals comprising that 
entity) that is responsible for convening and managing a continuum of 
care process (convenor) in a community for purposes of the Stewart B. 
McKinney Homeless Assistance Act from participating in that capacity 
unless the Secretary has published in the Federal Register a 
description of all circumstances that would be grounds for prohibiting 
or debarring a convenor from administering a continuum of care process 
and the procedures for a prohibition or debarment: Provided, That these 
procedures shall include a requirement that a convenor shall be 
provided with timely notice of a proposed prohibition or debarment, an 
identification of the circumstances that could result in the 
prohibition or debarment, an opportunity to respond to or remedy these 
circumstances, and the right for judicial review of any decision of the 
Secretary that results in a prohibition or debarment.
    Sec. 2604. Section 175 of Public Law 106-113 is amended by striking 
out ``as a grant for Special Olympics in Anchorage Alaska to develop 
the Ben Boeke Arena and Hilltop Ski Area,'' and insert in lieu thereof 
the following ``to the Organizing Committee for the 2001 Special 
Olympics World Winter games to be used in support of related activities 
in Alaska,''.
    Sec. 2605. Of the amount made available under the fourth 
undesignated paragraph under the ``Community Planning and Development--
Community Development Block Grants'' in title II of the Departments of 
Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000 (Public Law 106-74; 113 Stat. 1062) 
for neighborhood initiatives for specified grants, the $500,000 to be 
made available (pursuant to the related provisions of the joint 
explanatory statement in the conference report to accompany such Act 
(House Report No. 106-379, 106th Congress, 1st session)) to the City of 
Yankton, South Dakota, for the restoration of the downtown area and the 
development of the Fox Run Industrial Park shall, notwithstanding such 
provisions, be made available to such city for activities to facilitate 
economic development, including infrastructure improvements.
    Sec. 2606. (a) Technical Revision to Public Law 106-74.--Title II 
of Public Law 106-74 is amended--
            (1) under the heading ``Urban Empowerment Zones'', by 
        striking ``$3,666,000'' and inserting ``$3,666,666''; and
            (2) under the heading ``Community Development Block 
        Grants'' under the fourth undesignated paragraph, by striking 
        ``$23,000,000'' and inserting ``$22,750,000''.
    (b) Technical Revision to Public Law 106-113.--Section 242(a) of 
Appendix E of Public Law 106-113 is amended--
            (1) by striking ``seventh'' and inserting ``sixth''; and
            (2) by striking ``$250,175,000'' and inserting 
        ``$250,900,000''.
    (c) Effective Dates.--The amendments made by--
            (1) subsection (a) shall be construed to have taken effect 
        on October 20, 1999; and
            (2) subsection (b) shall be construed to have taken effect 
        on November 29, 1999.
    Sec. 2607. Section 235 Rescission. Section 208(3) of the 
Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and 
Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000 is amended--
            (1) by striking ``235(r)'' and inserting ``235'';
            (2) by inserting after ``104 Stat. 2305)'' the following: 
        ``for payments under section 235(r) of the National Housing 
        Act''; and
            (3) by striking ``for such purposes''.
    Sec. 2608. Public Housing Advisory Committee. Section 2(b)(2) of 
the United States Housing Act of 1937 is amended--
            (a) by striking ``or'' at the end of subparagraph (A);
            (b) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (B) 
        and inserting in lieu thereof ``; or''; and
            (c) by adding the following new subparagraph (C):
                    ``(C) that is a state housing finance agency that 
                is responsible for administering public housing or 
                section 8 in a state, except that the state housing 
                finance agency shall establish an advisory committee of 
                persons who are residents of such public housing or who 
                are assisted under such section 8. This advisory 
                committee shall meet not less than quarterly and shall 
                advise the state housing finance agency on issues that 
                directly impact the public housing or section 8 that is 
                administered by the state housing finance agency.''.

                               CHAPTER 7

                                OFFSETS

                       DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

                Office of the Chief Information Officer

    Of the funds transferred to ``Office of the Chief Information 
Officer'' for year 2000 conversion of Federal information technology 
systems and related expenses pursuant to Division B, Title III of 
Public Law 105-277, $2,435,000 of the unobligated balances are hereby 
canceled.

                         DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

                         General Administration

                         salaries and expenses

                              (rescission)

    Of the amounts made available under this heading for General 
Administration, $2,000,000 are rescinded.

                    United States Parole Commission

                         salaries and expenses

                              (rescission)

    Of the unobligated balances available under this heading, 
$1,147,000 are rescinded.

                            Legal Activities

            salaries and expenses, general legal activities

                              (rescission)

    Of the unobligated balances available under this heading for the 
Civil Division, $2,000,000 are rescinded.

                         asset forfeiture fund

                              (rescission)

    Of the unobligated balances available under this heading, 
$13,500,000 are rescinded.

                    Federal Bureau of Investigation

                         salaries and expenses

                              (rescission)

    Of the unobligated balances available under this heading for the 
Information Sharing Initiative, $15,000,000 are rescinded.

                 Immigration and Naturalization Service

                         salaries and expenses

                     enforcement and border affairs

                              (rescission)

    Of the unobligated balances available under this heading for 
Washington headquarters operations, including all unobligated balances 
available for the Office of the Chief of the Border Patrol, $5,000,000 
are rescinded.

  citizenship and benefits, immigration support and program direction

                              (rescission)

    Of the unobligated balances available under this heading for 
Washington headquarters operations, $5,000,000 are rescinded.

                    violent crime reduction programs

                              (rescission)

    Of the unobligated balances available under this heading for 
Washington headquarters operations, $5,000,000 are rescinded.

                       Office of Justice Programs

                           justice assistance

                              (rescission)

    Of the amounts made available under this heading for the Bureau of 
Justice Assistance, $500,000 are rescinded from the Management and 
Administration activity.

               state and local law enforcement assistance

                              (rescission)

    Of the unobligated balances available under this heading for the 
State Criminal Alien Assistance Program, $82,399,000 are rescinded.

                         DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

                         Science and Technology

             National Institute of Standards and Technology

                     industrial technology services

                              (rescission)

    Of the unobligated balances available under this heading for the 
Advanced Technology Program, $4,500,000 are rescinded.

                            RELATED AGENCIES

                     Small Business Administration

                         salaries and expenses

                              (rescission)

    Of the unobligated balances available under this heading, 
$5,000,000 are rescinded from the New Markets Venture Capital Program.

                     business loans program account

                              (rescission)

    Of the unobligated balances available under this heading for the 
New Markets Venture Capital Program, $1,500,000 are rescinded.

                DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

                        Departmental Management

            public health and social services emergency fund

    Of the funds transferred to ``Public Health and Social Services 
Emergency Fund'' for year 2000 conversion of Federal information 
technology systems and related expenses pursuant to Division B, Title 
III of Public Law 105-277, $26,452,000 of the unobligated balances is 
hereby canceled. In addition, of the funds appropriated for the 
Department's year 2000 computer conversion activities under this 
heading in the Department of Health and Human Services Appropriations 
Act, 2000, as enacted by section 1000(a)(4) of the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2000 (Public Law 106-113), $98,048,000 is hereby 
canceled.

                   EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

                     Federal Drug Control Programs

                        special forfeiture fund

                              (rescission)

    Of the amounts made available under this heading in Public Law 106-
58 for the national media campaign, $3,300,000 are hereby rescinded.

                          Unanticipated Needs

          information technology systems and related expenses

    Under this heading in division B, title III of Public Law 105-277, 
strike ``$2,250,000,000'' and insert ``$2,015,000,000''.

              DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

                       Public and Indian Housing

                        housing certificate fund

                              (rescission)

    Of the amounts recaptured under this heading from funds 
appropriated during fiscal year 2000 and prior years, $128,000,000 is 
hereby rescinded.

                    GENERAL PROVISION--THIS CHAPTER

                              (rescission)

    Sec. 2701. (a) Of the unobligated balances available on October 1, 
2000 from appropriations made in fiscal year 2000 and prior years, in 
the nondefense, general purpose category to the departments and 
agencies of the Federal Government for Information Technology programs 
and activities, $325,000,000 are rescinded.
    (b) Within 30 days after the date of the effective date of this 
section, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall 
submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate a listing of the amounts by account of 
the reductions made pursuant to the provisions of subsection (a) of 
this section.
    (c) Subsection (a) shall be effective on October 1, 2000.

                               CHAPTER 8

                     GENERAL PROVISIONS--THIS TITLE

    Sec. 2801. For purposes of Section 201 of the Drug Price 
Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act, commonly known as the 
Hatch-Waxman Act (35 U.S.C. 156), a patent which claims an elemental 
biologic used in manufacturing a product shall be eligible for an 
extension of its term on the same terms and conditions as other patents 
eligible under such Section, except that: (1) under 35 U.S.C. 
156(a)(4), the product manufactured using such elemental biologic, 
rather than such elemental biologic, shall have been subject to a 
regulatory review period before its commercial marketing or use; and 
(2) an application for extension of term may be submitted within the 
sixty-day period beginning on the date of enactment of this section or 
within the sixty-day period beginning on the date the patent becomes 
eligible for extension under this section. For purposes of this 
section, the term ``elemental biologic'' means a genetically engineered 
cell, or method of making thereof, used in manufacturing five or more 
new drugs, antibiotic drugs, or human biological products, each subject 
to a regulatory review period before commercial marketing or use and 
each receiving permission under the provision of law under which the 
applicable regulatory review period occurred for commercial marketing 
or use. To be eligible to apply for a term extension under this 
section, the owner of record of a patent claiming an elemental biologic 
must: (1) be a non-profit organization as defined by section 201 of 
title 35; (2) not itself commercially sell the product, and have made 
reasonable efforts to promote utilization of the patented invention in 
commercial markets by licensing, on a non-exclusive, royalty free or 
reasonable royalty basis, rights to make, use, offer to sell, or sell 
the invention; and (3) share any royalties with the inventor, and after 
payment of expenses (including payments to inventors) incidental to 
administration of inventions, invest the balance of any royalties or 
income earned from the invention in scientific research or education. 
This section shall apply to any patent not yet expired at the time of 
enactment of this section and to any patent issued thereafter. A timely 
applicant shall be entitled to a decision by the Commissioner of 
Patents and Trademarks granting or denying the application prior to 
such expiration of the patent, or if the Commissioner cannot render 
such decision prior to such expiration, an extension under section 
156(e)(2), Title 35 United States Code, prior to expiration of the 
patent.
    Sec. 2802. At the end of the first paragraph under the heading 
``National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Operations, 
Research, and Facilities'' in title II of H.R. 3421 of the 106th 
Congress as enacted by section 1000(a)(1) of Public Law 106-113, add 
the following: ``: Provided further, That the vessel RAINIER shall use 
Ketchikan, Alaska as its home port''.
    Sec. 2803. Notwithstanding any other provision of law Section 109 
of the Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act 1995, Public Law 103-317 (28 U.S.C. 509 note) is 
repealed.
    Sec. 2804. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, not later 
than 15 days after the date of enactment of this Act the Department of 
Justice shall transfer back to any Department or Agency all funds 
provided to the Department of Justice as reimbursement for the costs of 
tobacco litigation: Provided, That the Department of Justice shall 
report to the Committees on Appropriations on the amounts reimbursed, 
by Department and Agency, and the date when the reimbursements are 
completed.
    Sec. 2805. Under the heading ``Federal Communications Commission, 
Salaries and Expenses'' in title V of H.R. 3421 of the 106th Congress, 
as enacted by section 1000(a)(1) of Public Law 106-113, delete 
``$210,000,000'' and insert ``$215,800,000''; in the first and third 
provisos delete ``$185,754,000'' and insert ``$191,554,000'' in each 
such proviso.
    Sec. 2806. Under the heading ``Telecommunications carrier 
compliance fund'' in title I of H.R. 3421 of the 106th Congress, as 
enacted by section 1000(a)(1) of Public Law 106-113, strike 
``$15,000,000'' and insert ``$115,000,000''.
    Sec. 2807. At the end of the paragraph under the heading ``Justice 
prisoner and alien transportation system fund, United States Marshals 
Service'' in title I of H.R. 3421 of the 106th Congress, as enacted by 
section 1000(a)(1) of Public Law 106-113, add the following: ``In 
addition, $13,500,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 
available only for the purchase of two Sabreliner-class aircraft.''.
    Sec. 2808. Title IV of the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and 
State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000 (as 
contained in Public Law 106-113) is amended in the paragraph entitled 
``Diplomatic and consular programs'' by inserting after the fourth 
proviso: ``Provided further, That of the amount made available under 
this heading, $5,000,000, less any costs already paid, shall be used to 
reimburse the City of Seattle and other Washington state jurisdictions 
for security costs incurred in hosting the Third World Trade 
Organization Ministerial Conference:''.
    Sec. 2809. Of the discretionary funds appropriated to the Edward 
Byrne Memorial State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Program in 
fiscal year 2000, $1,000,000 shall be transferred to the Violent 
Offender Incarceration and Truth In Sentencing Incentive Grants Program 
to be used for the construction costs of the Hoonah Spirit Camp, as 
authorized under section 20109(a) of subtitle A of title II of the 1994 
Act.
    Sec. 2810. Title I of the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and 
State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000 (as 
contained in Public Law 106-113) is amended in the paragraph entitled 
``Federal Bureau of Investigation, Salaries and Expenses'' by inserting 
after the third proviso the following new proviso: ``: Provided 
further, That in addition to amounts made available under this heading, 
$3,000,000 shall be available for the creation of a new site for the 
National Domestic Preparedness Office outside of FBI Headquarters and 
the implementation of the `Blueprint' with regard to the National 
Domestic Preparedness Office''.
    Sec. 2811. Of the funds made available in fiscal year 2000 for the 
Department of Commerce, $1,000,000 shall be derived from the account 
entitled ``General Administration'' and $500,000 from the account 
entitled ``Office of the Inspector General'' and made available for the 
Commission on Online Child Protection as established under Title XIII 
of Public Law 105-825, and extended by subsequent law.

                               TITLE III

                   GENERAL PROVISIONS--THIS DIVISION

    Sec. 3101. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless 
expressly so provided herein.
    Sec. 3102. Notwithstanding the provisions of 10 U.S.C. 125(a), 
3013, 3014, 3015, and 3016, none of the funds made available in this or 
any other Act may be used to restructure, reorganize, abolish, 
transfer, consolidate, or otherwise alter or modify, the organizational 
or management oversight structure; existing delegations; or functions 
or activities, applicable to the Army Corps of Engineers.
    Sec. 3103. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds 
provided in this or any other Act may be used to further reallocate 
Central Arizona Project water or to prepare an Environmental 
Assessment, Environmental Impact Statement, or Record of Decision 
providing for a reallocation of Central Arizona Project water until 
further act of Congress authorizing and directing the Secretary of the 
Interior to make allocations and enter into contracts for delivery of 
Central Arizona Project water.
    Sec. 3104. Funds appropriated in this or any other Act and 
hereafter may not be used to pay on behalf of the United States or a 
contractor or subcontractor of the United States for posting a bond or 
fulfilling any other financial responsibility requirement relating to 
closure or post-closure care and monitoring of the Waste Isolation 
Pilot Plant. The State of New Mexico or any other entity may not 
enforce against the United States or a contractor or subcontractor of 
the United States, in this or any subsequent fiscal year, a requirement 
to post bond or any other financial responsibility requirement relating 
to closure or post-closure care and monitoring of the Waste Isolation 
Pilot Plant. Any financial responsibility requirement in a permit or 
license for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant on the date of enactment of 
this section may not be enforced against the United States or its 
contractors or subcontractors at the Plant.
    Sec. 3105. None of the funds made available under this Act or any 
other Act shall be used by the Secretary of the Interior, in this or 
the succeeding fiscal year, to promulgate final rules to revise or 
amend 43 C.F.R. Subpart 3809, except that the Secretary may finalize 
amendments to that Subpart that are limited to only the specific 
regulatory gaps identified at pages 7 through 9 of the National 
Research Council report entitled ``Hardrock Mining on Federal Lands'' 
and that are consistent with existing statutory authorities. Nothing in 
this section shall be construed to expand the existing statutory 
authority of the Secretary.
    Sec. 3106. No funds may be expended in fiscal year 2000 by the 
Federal Communications Commission to conduct competitive bidding 
procedures that involve mutually exclusive applications where one or 
more of the applicants in a station, including an auxiliary radio 
booster or translator station or television translator station, 
licensed under section 397(6) of the Communications Act, whether 
broadcasting on reserved or non-reserved spectrum.
    Sec. 3107. Using previously appropriated and available funds, the 
Secretary shall develop and implement a process which pays interim 
compensation by June 15, 2000, to all persons and entities eligible for 
compensation under section 123 of title I, section 101(e) of Public Law 
105-277, as amended.
    Sec. 3108. Oregon Inlet, North Carolina, Flood Control 
Improvements. (a) In General.--
            (1) Joint designation.--Not later than 60 days after the 
        date of enactment of this Act--
                    (A) the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary 
                of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, 
                shall jointly designate tracts of land for the jetty 
                and sand transfer system for the Oregon Inlet on the 
                Coast of North Carolina, approximately 85 miles south 
                of Cape Henry and 45 miles north of Cape Hatteras (as 
                described on page 12 of the Report of the House of 
                Representatives numbered 91-1665), authorized under the 
                River and Harbor Act of 1970 and the Flood Control Act 
                of 1970 (Public Law 91-611; 84 Stat. 1818); and
                    (B) the Secretary of the Interior shall transfer 
                administrative jurisdiction over the tracts of land 
                referred to in subparagraph (A) to the Secretary of the 
                Army.
            (2) Failure to jointly designate.--If the Secretary of the 
        Interior and the Secretary of the Army fail to jointly 
        designate the tracts of land referred to in paragraph (1)(A) by 
        the date that is 60 days after the date of enactment of this 
        Act, the Secretary of the Army shall designate the tracts of 
        land pursuant to a description prepared by the Secretary of the 
        Army, in consultation with the Chief of Engineers, and shall 
        provide notice to the Secretary of the Interior of the 
        designation. Upon receipt of the notice, the Secretary of the 
        Interior shall transfer administrative jurisdiction over the 
        tracts of land to the Secretary of the Army.
    (b) Size.--
            (1) Limits.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
        quantity of acreage in the tracts of land referred to in 
        subsection (a) shall not exceed--
                    (A) with respect to the tract in the Cape Hatteras 
                National Seashore Recreational Area, 93 acres; and
                    (B) with respect to the tract in the Pea Island 
                National Wildlife Refuge, 33 acres.
            (2) Exception.--If the Secretary of the Army and the 
        Secretary of the Interior jointly designate the tracts of land 
        pursuant to subsection (a)(1)(A), the area of each tract may 
        exceed the acreage specified for the tract in paragraph (1).
    (c) Modification of Size in Event of Failure to Jointly 
Designate.--Notwithstanding subsection (b)(1), if, after designating 
the tracts of land pursuant to subsection (a)(2), the Secretary of the 
Army determines that any tract is inadequate for the construction, 
operation, and maintenance of a jetty and sand transfer system for the 
Oregon Inlet, the Secretary of the Army may designate, not earlier than 
60 days after providing notice of a designation to the Secretary of the 
Interior under subsection (a)(2), an additional tract of land adjacent 
to the inadequate tract.
    Sec. 3109. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Indian 
Health Service is authorized to improve municipal, private or tribal 
lands with respect to the new construction of the clinic for the 
community of King Cove, Alaska authorized under section 353 of Public 
Law 105-277 (112 Stat. 2681-303).
    Sec. 3110. Section 306 of H.R. 3425 of the 106th Congress, as 
enacted into law by section 1000(a)(5) of Public Law 106-113, is hereby 
repealed.

             TITLE IV--FOOD AND MEDICINE FOR THE WORLD ACT

SEC. 4001. SHORT TITLE.

    This title may be cited as the ``Food and Medicine for the World 
Act''.

SEC. 4002. DEFINITIONS.

    In this title:
            (1) Agricultural commodity.--The term ``agricultural 
        commodity'' has the meaning given the term in section 102 of 
        the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5602).
            (2) Agricultural program.--The term ``agricultural 
        program'' means--
                    (A) any program administered under the Agricultural 
                Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 
                1691 et seq.);
                    (B) any program administered under section 416 of 
                the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1431);
                    (C) any program administered under the Agricultural 
                Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5601 et seq.);
                    (D) the dairy export incentive program administered 
                under section 153 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (15 
                U.S.C. 713a-14);
                    (E) any commercial export sale of agricultural 
                commodities; or
                    (F) any export financing (including credits or 
                credit guarantees) provided by the United States 
                Government for agricultural commodities.
            (3) Joint resolution.--The term ``joint resolution'' 
        means--
                    (A) in the case of section 4003(a)(1), only a joint 
                resolution introduced within 10 session days of 
                Congress after the date on which the report of the 
                President under section 4003(a)(1) is received by 
                Congress, the matter after the resolving clause of 
                which is as follows: ``That Congress approves the 
                report of the President pursuant to section 4003(a)(1) 
                of the Food and Medicine for the World Act, transmitted 
                on ______________.'', with the blank completed with the 
                appropriate date; and
                    (B) in the case of section 4006(1), only a joint 
                resolution introduced within 10 session days of 
                Congress after the date on which the report of the 
                President under section 4006(2) is received by 
                Congress, the matter after the resolving clause of 
                which is as follows: ``That Congress approves the 
                report of the President pursuant to section 4006(1) of 
                the Food and Medicine for the World Act, transmitted on 
                ______________.'', with the blank completed with the 
                appropriate date.
            (4) Medical device.--The term ``medical device'' has the 
        meaning given the term ``device'' in section 201 of the Federal 
        Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321).
            (5) Medicine.--The term ``medicine'' has the meaning given 
        the term ``drug'' in section 201 of the Federal Food, Drug, and 
        Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321).
            (6) Unilateral agricultural sanction.--The term 
        ``unilateral agricultural sanction'' means any prohibition, 
        restriction, or condition on carrying out an agricultural 
        program with respect to a foreign country or foreign entity 
        that is imposed by the United States for reasons of foreign 
        policy or national security, except in a case in which the 
        United States imposes the measure pursuant to a multilateral 
        regime and the other member countries of that regime have 
        agreed to impose substantially equivalent measures.
            (7) Unilateral medical sanction.--The term ``unilateral 
        medical sanction'' means any prohibition, restriction, or 
        condition on exports of, or the provision of assistance 
        consisting of, medicine or a medical device with respect to a 
        foreign country or foreign entity that is imposed by the United 
        States for reasons of foreign policy or national security, 
        except in a case in which the United States imposes the measure 
        pursuant to a multilateral regime and the other member 
        countries of that regime have agreed to impose substantially 
        equivalent measures.

SEC. 4003. RESTRICTION.

    (a) New Sanctions.--Except as provided in sections 4004 and 4005 
and notwithstanding any other provision of law, the President may not 
impose a unilateral agricultural sanction or unilateral medical 
sanction against a foreign country or foreign entity, unless--
            (1) not later than 60 days before the sanction is proposed 
        to be imposed, the President submits a report to Congress 
        that--
                    (A) describes the activity proposed to be 
                prohibited, restricted, or conditioned; and
                    (B) describes the actions by the foreign country or 
                foreign entity that justify the sanction; and
            (2) there is enacted into law a joint resolution stating 
        the approval of Congress for the report submitted under 
        paragraph (1).
    (b) Existing Sanctions.--
            (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
        President shall terminate any unilateral agricultural sanction 
        or unilateral medical sanction that is in effect as of the date 
        of enactment of this Act.
            (2) Exemptions.--Paragraph (1) shall not apply to a 
        unilateral agricultural sanction or unilateral medical sanction 
        imposed--
                    (A) with respect to any program administered under 
                section 416 of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 
                1431);
                    (B) with respect to the Export Credit Guarantee 
                Program (GSM-102) or the Intermediate Export Credit 
                Guarantee Program (GSM-103) established under section 
                202 of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 
                5622); or
                    (C) with respect to the dairy export incentive 
                program administered under section 153 of the Food 
                Security Act of 1985 (15 U.S.C. 713a-14).

SEC. 4004. EXCEPTIONS.

    Section 4003 shall not affect any authority or requirement to 
impose (or continue to impose) a sanction referred to in section 4003--
            (1) against a foreign country or foreign entity--
                    (A) pursuant to a declaration of war against the 
                country or entity;
                    (B) pursuant to specific statutory authorization 
                for the use of the Armed Forces of the United States 
                against the country or entity;
                    (C) against which the Armed Forces of the United 
                States are involved in hostilities; or
                    (D) where imminent involvement by the Armed Forces 
                of the United States in hostilities against the country 
                or entity is clearly indicated by the circumstances; or
            (2) to the extent that the sanction would prohibit, 
        restrict, or condition the provision or use of any agricultural 
        commodity, medicine, or medical device that is--
                    (A) controlled on the United States Munitions List 
                established under section 38 of the Arms Export Control 
                Act (22 U.S.C. 2778);
                    (B) controlled on any control list established 
                under the Export Administration Act of 1979 or any 
                successor statute (50 U.S.C. App. 2401 et seq.); or
                    (C) used to facilitate the development or 
                production of a chemical or biological weapon or weapon 
                of mass destruction.

SEC. 4005. COUNTRIES SUPPORTING INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM.

    Notwithstanding section 4003 and except as provided in section 
4007, the prohibitions in effect on or after the date of the enactment 
of this Act under section 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
(22 U.S.C. 2371) on providing, to the government of any country 
supporting international terrorism, United States Government 
assistance, including United States foreign assistance, United States 
export assistance, or any United States credits or credit guarantees, 
shall remain in effect for such period as the Secretary of State 
determines under such section 620A that the government of the country 
has repeatedly provided support for acts of international terrorism.

SEC. 4006. TERMINATION OF SANCTIONS.

    Any unilateral agricultural sanction or unilateral medical sanction 
that is imposed pursuant to the procedures described in section 4003(a) 
shall terminate not later than 2 years after the date on which the 
sanction became effective unless--
            (1) not later than 60 days before the date of termination 
        of the sanction, the President submits to Congress a report 
        containing--
                    (A) the recommendation of the President for the 
                continuation of the sanction for an additional period 
                of not to exceed 2 years; and
                    (B) the request of the President for approval by 
                Congress of the recommendation; and
            (2) there is enacted into law a joint resolution stating 
        the approval of Congress for the report submitted under 
        paragraph (1).

SEC. 4007. STATE SPONSORS OF INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, 
the export of agricultural commodities, medicine, or medical devices to 
the government of a country that has been determined by the Secretary 
of State to have repeatedly provided support for acts of international 
terrorism under section 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 
U.S.C. 2371) shall only be made--
            (1) pursuant to one-year licenses issued by the United 
        States Government for contracts entered into during the one-
        year period and completed with the 12-month period beginning on 
        the date of the signing of the contract, except that, in the 
        case of the export of items used for food and for food 
        production, such one-year licenses shall otherwise be no more 
        restrictive than general licenses; and
            (2) without benefit of Federal financing, direct export 
        subsidies, Federal credit guarantees, or other Federal 
        promotion assistance programs.
    (b) Quarterly Reports.--The applicable department or agency of the 
Federal Government shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees on a quarterly basis a report on any activities undertaken 
under subsection (a)(1) during the preceding calendar quarter.
    (c) Biennial Reports.--Not later than two years after the date of 
enactment of this Act, and every two years thereafter, the applicable 
department or agency of the Federal Government shall submit a report to 
the appropriate congressional committees on the operation of the 
licensing system under this section for the preceding two-year period, 
including--
            (1) the number and types of licenses applied for;
            (2) the number and types of licenses approved;
            (3) the average amount of time elapsed from the date of 
        filing of a license application until the date of its approval;
            (4) the extent to which the licensing procedures were 
        effectively implemented; and
            (5) a description of comments received from interested 
        parties about the extent to which the licensing procedures were 
        effective, after the applicable department or agency holds a 
        public 30-day comment period.

SEC. 4008. CONGRESSIONAL EXPEDITED PROCEDURES.

    Consideration of a joint resolution relating to a report described 
in section 4003(a)(1) or 4006(1) shall be subject to expedited 
procedures as determined by the House of Representatives and as 
determined by the Senate.

SEC. 4009. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    (a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (b), this title 
takes effect on the date of enactment of this Act.
    (b) Existing Sanctions.--In the case of any unilateral agricultural 
sanction or unilateral medical sanction that is in effect as of the 
date of enactment of this Act, this title takes effect 180 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act.
    This Division may be cited as the ``Fiscal Year 2000 Emergency 
Supplemental Appropriations Act for Natural Disasters Assistance''.
    This Act may be cited as the ``Agriculture, Rural Development, Food 
and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2001''.
                                                       Calendar No. 540

106th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                S. 2536

                          [Report No. 106-288]

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                                 A BILL

Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
   Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year 
           ending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes.

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                              May 10, 2000

                 Read twice and placed on the calendar
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