Union Calendar No. 85

103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2493

[Report No. 103–153]

A BILL

Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Deposes. ending September 30, 1994, and for other pur- Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and

JUNE 23, 1993

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on

the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
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Union Calendar No. 85

103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2493

[Report No. 103–153]

Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug

Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending

September 30, 1994, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JUNE 23, 1993

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

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

State of the Union and ordered to be printed

A BILL

Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development,

Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies

programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1994,

and for other purposes.

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

3 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any

4 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for Ag5 riculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administra-
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1 tion, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year

2 ending September 30, 1994, and for other purposes,

3 namely:

4 TITLE I—AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS

5 PRODUCTION, PROCESSING, AND MARKETING

6 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

8 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary

9 of Agriculture, and not to exceed $50,000 for employment

10 under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $2,320,000: Provided, That not to

11 exceed $8,000 of this amount shall be available for official

12 reception and representation expenses, not otherwise pro13 vided for, as determined by the Secretary: Provided fur14 ther, That the Secretary may transfer salaries and ex15 penses funds in this Act sufficient to finance a total of

16 not to exceed 35 staff years between agencies of the De17 partment of Agriculture to meet workload requirements.

18 OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY SECRETARY

19 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Deputy

20 Secretary of Agriculture, including not to exceed $25,000

21 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $553,000: Provided,

22 That not to exceed $3,000 of this amount shall be avail23 able for official reception and representation expenses, not

24 otherwise provided for, as determined by the Deputy

25 Secretary.
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1 OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS

2 For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and

3 Program Analysis, including employment pursuant to the

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

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

6 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $5,954,000.

7 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR

8 ADMINISTRATION

9 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant

10 Secretary for Administration to carry out the programs

11 funded in this Act, $808,000.

12 RENTAL PAYMENTS (USDA)

13 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

14 For payment of space rental and related costs pursu15 ant to Public Law 92–313 for programs and activities of

16 the Department of Agriculture which are included in this

17 Act, $135,503,000, of which $30,804,000 shall be re18 tained by the Department of Agriculture for the operation,

19 maintenance, and repair of Agriculture buildings and for

20 non-recurring repairs as determined by the Department

21 of Agriculture, and an additional $19,700,000 shall be re22 tained by the Department of Agriculture for renovation

23 and repair of facilities at the Beltsville Agricultural Re24 search Center: Provided, That in the event an agency with25 in the Department of Agriculture should require modifica26 tion of space needs, the Secretary of Agriculture may
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1 transfer a share of that agency’s appropriation made

2 available by this Act to this appropriation, or may transfer

3 a share of this appropriation to that agency’s appropria4 tion, but such transfers shall not exceed 5 per centum of

5 the funds made available for space rental and related costs

6 to or from this account.

7 ADVISORY COMMITTEES (USDA)

8 For necessary expenses for activities of advisory com9 mittees of the Department of Agriculture which are in10 cluded in this Act, $940,000: Provided, That no other

11 funds appropriated to the Department of Agriculture in

12 this Act shall be available to the Department of Agri13 culture for support of activities of advisory committees.

14 HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

18 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Com19 pensation, and Liability Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C.

20 9607g, and section 6001 of the Resource Conservation

21 and Recovery Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 6961,

22 $15,802,000, to remain available until expended: Pro23 vided, That appropriations and funds available herein to

24 the Department of Agriculture for hazardous waste man25 agement may be transferred to any agency of the Depart-
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1 ment for its use in meeting all requirements pursuant to

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

3 DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

5 For Personnel, Finance and Management, Oper6 ations, Information Resources Management, Advocacy and

7 Enterprise, Administrative Law Judges and Judicial Offi8 cer, and Emergency Programs, $26,301,000, for Depart9 mental Administration to provide for necessary expenses

10 for management support services to offices of the Depart11 ment of Agriculture and for general administration and

12 emergency preparedness of the Department of Agri13 culture, repairs and alterations, and other miscellaneous

14 supplies and expenses not otherwise provided for and nec15 essary for the practical and efficient work of the Depart16 ment of Agriculture, including employment pursuant to

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

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

19 is for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided, That

20 this appropriation shall be reimbursed from applicable ap21 propriations in this Act for travel expenses incident to the

22 holding of hearings as required by 5 U.S.C. 551–558.
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1 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR

2 CONGRESSIONAL RELATIONS

3 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant

4 Secretary for Congressional Relations to carry out the pro5 grams funded in this Act, $1,333,000.

6 OFFICE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS

7 For necessary expenses to carry on services relating

8 to the coordination of programs involving public affairs,

9 and for the dissemination of agricultural information and

10 the coordination of information, work and programs au11 thorized by Congress in the Department, $8,629,000, in12 cluding employment pursuant to the second sentence of

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

14 2225), of which not to exceed $10,000 shall be available

15 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, and not to exceed

16 $2,000,000 may be used for farmers’ bulletins: Provided,

17 That none of the funds in this Act may be used to produce

18 part 2 of the annual report of the Secretary (known as

19 the Yearbook of Agriculture).

20 INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS

21 For necessary expenses for programs involving inter22 governmental affairs and liaison within the executive

23 branch, $478,000.

24 OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL

25 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector

26 General, including employment pursuant to the second
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1 sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7

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

3 amended, $65,932,000, including such sums as may be

4 necessary for contracting and other arrangements with

5 public agencies and private persons pursuant to section

6 6(a)(8) of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended,

7 and including a sum not to exceed $50,000 for employ8 ment under 5 U.S.C. 3109; and including a sum not to

9 exceed $95,000 for certain confidential operational ex10 penses including the payment of informants, to be ex11 pended under the direction of the Inspector General pur12 suant to Public Law 95–452 and section 1337 of Public

13 Law 97–98.

14 OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL

15 For necessary expenses of the Office of the General

16 Counsel, $26,149,000.

17 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR ECONOMICS

18 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant

19 Secretary for Economics to carry out the programs funded

20 in this Act, $589,000.

21 ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE

22 For necessary expenses of the Economic Research

23 Service in conducting economic research and service relat24 ing to agricultural production, marketing, and distribu25 tion, as authorized by the Agricultural Marketing Act of
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1 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621–1627) and other laws, including eco2 nomics of marketing; analyses relating to farm prices, in3 come and population, and demand for farm products, use

4 of resources in agriculture, adjustments, costs and returns

5 in farming, and farm finance; research relating to the eco6 nomic and marketing aspects of farmer cooperatives; and

7 for analysis of supply and demand for farm products in

8 foreign countries and their effect on prospects for United

9 States exports, progress in economic development and its

10 relation to sales of farm products, assembly and analysis

11 of agricultural trade statistics and analysis of inter12 national financial and monetary programs and policies as

13 they affect the competitive position of United States farm

14 products, $57,702,000; of which $500,000 shall be avail15 able for investigation, determination, and finding as to the

16 effect upon the production of food and upon the agricul17 tural economy of any proposed action affecting such sub18 ject matter pending before the Administrator of the Envi19 ronmental Protection Agency for presentation, in the pub20 lic interest, before said Administrator, other agencies or

21 before the courts: Provided, That this appropriation shall

22 be available to continue to gather statistics and conduct

23 a special study on the price spread between the farmer

24 and the consumer: Provided further, That this appropria25 tion shall be available for employment pursuant to the sec-
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1 ond sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944

2 (7 U.S.C. 2225): Provided further, That this appropriation

3 shall be available for analysis of statistics and related facts

4 on foreign production and full and complete information

5 on methods used by other countries to move farm com6 modities in world trade on a competitive basis.

7 NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE

8 For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural

9 Statistics Service in conducting statistical reporting and

10 service work, including crop and livestock estimates, sta11 tistical coordination and improvements, and marketing

12 surveys, as authorized by the Agricultural Marketing Act

13 of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621–1627) and other laws,

14 $82,069,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall be

15 available for employment pursuant to the second sentence

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

17 2225), and not to exceed $40,000 shall be available for

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

19 WORLD AGRICULTURAL OUTLOOK BOARD

20 For necessary expenses of the World Agricultural

21 Outlook Board to coordinate and review all commodity

22 and aggregate agricultural and food data used to develop

23 outlook and situation material within the Department of

24 Agriculture, as authorized by the Agricultural Marketing

25 Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1622g), $2,582,000: Provided, That
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1 this appropriation shall be available for employment pur2 suant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the

3 Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225).

4 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR SCIENCE

5 AND EDUCATION

6 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of

7 the Assistant Secretary for Science and Education to ad8 minister the laws enacted by the Congress for the Agricul9 tural Research Service, Cooperative State Research Serv10 ice, Extension Service, and National Agricultural Library,

11 $569,000.

12 ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND

13 COMMERCIALIZATION

14 For necessary expenses to carry out the Alternative

15 Agricultural Research and Commercialization Act of 1990

16 (7 U.S.C. 5901–5908), $7,250,000 is appropriated to the

17 Alternative Agricultural Research and Commercialization

18 Revolving Fund.

19 AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

21 For necessary expenses to enable the Agricultural Re22 search Service to perform agricultural research and dem23 onstration relating to production, utilization, marketing,

24 and distribution (not otherwise provided for), home eco25 nomics or nutrition and consumer use, and for acquisition
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1 of lands by donation, exchange, or purchase at a nominal

2 cost not to exceed $100, $688,805,000: Provided, That ap3 propriations hereunder shall be available for temporary

4 employment pursuant to the second sentence of section

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

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

7 under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That appropria8 tions hereunder can be used to provide financial assistance

9 to the organizers of national and international con10 ferences, if such conferences are in support of agency pro11 grams: Provided further, That appropriations hereunder

12 shall be available for the operation and maintenance of

13 aircraft and the purchase of not to exceed one for replace14 ment only: Provided further, That appropriations here15 under shall be available to conduct marketing research:

16 Provided further, That appropriations hereunder shall be

17 available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for the construction,

18 alteration, and repair of buildings and improvements, but

19 unless otherwise provided the cost of constructing any one

20 building shall not exceed $250,000, except for headhouses

21 or greenhouses which shall each be limited to $1,000,000,

22 and except for ten buildings to be constructed or improved

23 at a cost not to exceed $500,000 each, and the cost of

24 altering any one building during the fiscal year shall not

25 exceed 10 per centum of the current replacement value
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1 of the building or $250,000, whichever is greater: Provided

2 further, That the limitations on alterations contained in

3 this Act shall not apply to modernization or replacement

4 of existing facilities at Beltsville, Maryland: Provided fur5 ther, That the foregoing limitations shall not apply to re6 placement of buildings needed to carry out the Act of April

7 24, 1948 (21 U.S.C. 113a): Provided further, That the

8 foregoing limitations shall not apply to the purchase of

9 land or the construction of facilities as may be necessary

10 for the relocation of the United States Horticultural Crops

11 Research Laboratory at Fresno to Parlier, California, and

12 the relocation of the laboratories at Behoust, France and

13 Rome, Italy to Montpelier, France, including the sale or

14 exchange at fair market value of existing land and facili15 ties at Fresno, California and Behoust, France; and the

16 Agricultural Research Service may lease such existing land

17 and facilities from the purchasers until completion of the

18 replacement facilities and the foregoing limitations shall

19 not apply to the purchase of land at Weslaco, Texas: Pro20 vided further, That not to exceed $190,000 of this appro21 priation may be transferred to and merged with the appro22 priation for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for

23 Science and Education for the scientific review of inter24 national issues involving agricultural chemicals and food

25 additives: Provided further, That funds may be received
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1 from any State, other political subdivision, organization,

2 or individual for the purpose of establishing or operating

3 any research facility or research project of the Agricul4 tural Research Service, as authorized by law.

5 Special fund: To provide for additional labor,

6 subprofessional, and junior scientific help to be employed

7 under contracts and cooperative agreements to strengthen

8 the work at Federal research installations in the field,

9 $2,500,000.

10 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

11 For acquisition of land, construction, repair, improve12 ment, extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed equip13 ment or facilities as necessary to carry out the agricultural

14 research programs of the Department of Agriculture,

15 where not otherwise provided, $29,387,000, to remain

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

17 facilities to house bonsai collections at the National Arbo18 retum may be constructed with funds accepted under the

19 provisions of Public Law 94–129 (20 U.S.C. 195) and the

20 limitation on construction contained in the Act of August

21 24, 1912 (40 U.S.C. 68) shall not apply to the construc22 tion of such facilities: Provided further, That funds may

23 be received from any State, other political subdivision, or24 ganization, or individual for the purpose of establishing
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1 any research facility of the Agricultural Research Service,

2 as authorized by law.

3 COOPERATIVE STATE RESEARCH SERVICE

4 For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for

5 cooperative forestry and other research, for facilities, and

6 for other expenses, including $171,304,000 to carry into

7 effect the provisions of the Hatch Act approved March 2,

8 1887, as amended, including administration by the United

9 States Department of Agriculture, penalty mail costs of

10 agricultural experiment stations under section 6 of the

11 Hatch Act of 1887, as amended, and payments under sec12 tion 1361(c) of the Act of October 3, 1980 (7 U.S.C.

13 301n.); $18,809,000 for grants for cooperative forestry re14 search under the Act approved October 10, 1962 (16

15 U.S.C. 582a–582–a7), as amended, including administra16 tive expenses, and payments under section 1361(c) of the

17 Act of October 3, 1980 (7 U.S.C. 301n.); $28,157,000 for

18 payments to the 1890 land-grant colleges, including

19 Tuskegee University, for research under section 1445 of

20 the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and

21 Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3222), as amend22 ed, including administration by the United States Depart23 ment of Agriculture, and penalty mail costs of the 1890

24 land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee University;

25 $50,070,000 for contracts and grants for agricultural re-
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1 search under the Act of August 4, 1965, as amended (7

2 U.S.C. 450i); $114,000,000 for competitive research

3 grants under section 2(b) of the Act of August 4, 1965,

4 as amended (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)), including administrative

5 expenses; $5,551,000 for the support of animal health and

6 disease programs authorized by section 1433 of Public

7 Law 95–113, including administrative expenses;

8 $2,168,000 for supplemental and alternative crops and

9 products as authorized by the National Agricultural Re10 search, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7

11 U.S.C. 3319d); $400,000 for grants for research pursuant

12 to the Critical Agricultural Materials Act of 1984 (7

13 U.S.C. 178) and section 1472 of the Food and Agriculture

14 Act of 1977, as amended (7 U.S.C. 3318), to remain avail15 able until expended; $475,000 for rangeland research

16 grants as authorized by subtitle M of the National Agri17 cultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of

18 1977, as amended; $3,500,000 for higher education grad19 uate fellowships grants under section 1417(b)(6) of the

20 National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching

21 Policy Act of 1977, as amended (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(6)),

22 including administrative expenses; $1,500,000 for higher

23 education challenge grants under section 1417(b)(1) of

24 the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and

25 Teaching Policy Act of 1977, as amended (7 U.S.C.
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1 3152(b)(1)), including administrative expenses;

2 $1,000,000 for a higher education minority scholar pro3 gram under section 1417(b)(5) of the National Agricul4 tural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of

5 1977, as amended (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(5)), including ad6 ministrative expenses; $4,000,000 for grants as author7 ized by section 1475 of the National Agricultural Re8 search, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 and

9 other Acts; $6,825,000 for sustainable agriculture re10 search and education, as authorized by section 1621 of

11 Public Law 101–624 (7 U.S.C. 5811), including adminis12 trative expenses; and $20,827,000 for necessary expenses

13 of Cooperative State Research Service activities, including

14 coordination and program leadership for higher education

15 work of the Department, administration of payments to

16 State agricultural experiment stations, funds for employ17 ment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a)

18 of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), of which

19 $10,550,000 shall be for a program of capacity building

20 grants to colleges eligible to receive funds under the Act

21 of August 30, 1890 (7 U.S.C. 321–326 and 328), includ22 ing Tuskegee University, of which not to exceed $100,000

23 shall be for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109; in all,

24 $428,586 ,000.
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1 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

2 For acquisition of land, construction, repair, improve3 ment, extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed equip4 ment or facilities and for grants to States and other eligi5 ble recipients for such purposes, as necessary to carry out

6 the agricultural research, extension, and teaching pro7 grams of the Department of Agriculture, where not other8 wise provided, $37,750,000, to remain available until ex9 pended (7 U.S.C. 2209b).

10 EXTENSION SERVICE

11 Payments to States, the District of Columbia, Puerto

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

13 Marianas, and American Samoa: For payments for coop14 erative agricultural extension work under the Smith-Lever

15 Act, as amended, to be distributed under sections 3(b) and

16 3(c) of said Act, and under section 208(c) of Public Law

17 93–471, for retirement and employees’ compensation costs

18 for extension agents and for costs of penalty mail for coop19 erative extension agents and State extension directors,

20 $274,582,000; payments for the nutrition and family edu21 cation program for low-income areas under section 3(d)

22 of the Act, $64,961,000; payments for the pest manage23 ment program under section 3(d) of the Act, $8,459,000;

24 payments for the farm safety and rural health programs

25 under section 3(d) of the Act, $2,698,000; payments for
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1 the pesticide impact assessment program under section

2 3(d) of the Act, $3,363,000; payments to upgrade 1890

3 land-grant college research and extension facilities as au4 thorized by section 1447 of Public Law 95–113, as

5 amended (7 U.S.C. 3222b), $7,901,000, to remain avail6 able until expended; payments for the rural development

7 centers under section 3(d) of the Act, $938,000; payments

8 for a groundwater quality program under section 3(d) of

9 the Act, $11,234,000; payments for the Agricultural Tele10 communications Program, as authorized by Public Law

11 101–624 (7 U.S.C. 5926), $1,206,000; payments for

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

13 $10,000,000; payments for a food safety program under

14 section 3(d) of the Act, $1,975,000; payments for carrying

15 out the provisions of the Renewable Resources Extension

16 Act of 1978, $3,341,000; payments for Indian reservation

17 agents under section 3(d) of the Act, $1,750,000; pay18 ments for sustainable agriculture programs under section

19 3(d) of the Act, $2,963,000; and payments for extension

20 work by the colleges receiving the benefits of the second

21 Morrill Act (7 U.S.C. 321–326, 328) and Tuskegee Uni22 versity, $25,414,000; in all, $420,785,000: Provided, That

23 funds hereby appropriated pursuant to section 3(c) of the

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

25 23, 1972, as amended, shall not be paid to any State, the
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1 District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, or the Virgin

2 Islands, Micronesia, Northern Marianas, and American

3 Samoa prior to availability of an equal sum from non-Fed4 eral sources for expenditure during the current fiscal year.

5 Federal administration and coordination: For admin6 istration of the Smith-Lever Act, as amended, and the Act

7 of September 29, 1977 (7 U.S.C. 341–349), as amended,

8 and section 1361(c) of the Act of October 3, 1980 (7

9 U.S.C. 301n.), and to coordinate and provide program

10 leadership for the extension work of the Department and

11 the several States and insular possessions, $8,390,000.

12 NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL LIBRARY

13 For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural

14 Library, $17,682,000: Provided, That this appropriation

15 shall be available for employment pursuant to the second

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

17 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $35,000 shall be available

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

19 That not to exceed $900,000 shall be available pursuant

20 to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for the alteration and repair of buildings

21 and improvements.

22 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR

23 MARKETING AND INSPECTION SERVICES

24 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of

25 the Assistant Secretary for Marketing and Inspection
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1 Services to administer programs under the laws enacted

2 by the Congress for the Animal and Plant Health Inspec3 tion Service, Food Safety and Inspection Service, Federal

4 Grain Inspection Service, Agricultural Marketing Service,

5 and Packers and Stockyards Administration, $691,000.

6 ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

9 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, including

10 those pursuant to the Act of February 28, 1947, as

11 amended (21 U.S.C. 114b–c), necessary to prevent, con12 trol, and eradicate pests and plant and animal diseases;

13 to carry out inspection, quarantine, and regulatory activi14 ties; to discharge the authorities of the Secretary of Agri15 culture under the Act of March 2, 1931 (46 Stat. 1468;

16 7 U.S.C. 426–426b); and to protect the environment, as

17 authorized by law, $439,042,000, of which $91,460,000

18 shall be derived from user fees deposited in the Agricul19 tural Quarantine Inspection User Fee Account, and of

20 which $4,938,000 shall be available for the control of out21 breaks of insects, plant diseases, animal diseases and for

22 control of pest animals and birds to the extent necessary

23 to meet emergency conditions: Provided, That if the de24 mand for Agricultural Quarantine Inspection (AQI) user

25 fee financed services is greater than expected and/or other
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1 uncontrollable events occur, the Agency may exceed the

2 AQI User Fee limitation by up to 10 per centum, provided

3 such funds are available in the Agricultural Quarantine

4 Inspection User Fee Account, and with notification to the

5 Appropriations Committees: Provided further, That no

6 funds shall be used to formulate or administer a brucel7 losis eradication program for the current fiscal year that

8 does not require minimum matching by the States of at

9 least 40 per centum: Provided further, That this appro10 priation shall be available for field employment pursuant

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

12 Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $40,000

13 shall be available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109:

14 Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available

15 for the operation and maintenance of aircraft and the pur16 chase of not to exceed four, of which two shall be for re17 placement only: Provided further, That, in addition, in

18 emergencies which threaten any segment of the agricul19 tural production industry of this country, the Secretary

20 may transfer from other appropriations or funds available

21 to the agencies or corporations of the Department such

22 sums as he may deem necessary, to be available only in

23 such emergencies for the arrest and eradication of con24 tagious or infectious disease or pests of animals, poultry,

25 or plants, and for expenses in accordance with the Act
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1 of February 28, 1947, as amended, and section 102 of

2 the Act of September 21, 1944, as amended, and any un3 expended balances of funds transferred for such emer4 gency purposes in the next preceding fiscal year shall be

5 merged with such transferred amounts.

6 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

7 For plans, construction, repair, improvement, exten8 sion, alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facili9 ties, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 2250, and acquisition of

10 land as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 428a, $10,145,000, to re11 main available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b).

12 FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE

13 For necessary expenses to carry on services author14 ized by the Federal Meat Inspection Act, as amended, and

15 the Poultry Products Inspection Act, as amended,

16 $516,738,000, and in addition, $1,000,000 may be cred17 ited to this account from fees collected for the cost of lab18 oratory accreditation as authorized by section 1017 of

19 Public Law 102–237: Provided, That this appropriation

20 shall be available for field employment pursuant to section

21 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and

22 not to exceed $75,000 shall be available for employment

23 under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That this appro24 priation shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250)

25 for the alteration and repair of buildings and improve26 ments, but the cost of altering any one building during
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1 the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 per centum of the cur2 rent replacement value of the building.

3 FEDERAL GRAIN INSPECTION SERVICE

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions

6 of the United States Grain Standards Act, as amended,

7 and the standardization activities related to grain under

8 the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, as amended, in9 cluding field employment pursuant to section 706(a) of the

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

11 $20,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109,

12 $11,554,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall be

13 available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alter14 ation and repair of buildings and improvements, but the

15 cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year

16 shall not exceed 10 per centum of the current replacement

17 value of the building: Provided further, That none of the

18 funds provided by this Act may be used to pay the salaries

19 of any person or persons who require, or who authorize

20 payments from fee-supported funds to any person or per21 sons who require nonexport, nonterminal interior elevators

22 to maintain records not involving official inspection or offi23 cial weighing in the United States under Public Law 94–

24 582 other than those necessary to fulfill the purposes of

25 such Act.
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1 INSPECTION AND WEIGHING SERVICES

2 LIMITATION ON INSPECTION AND WEIGHING SERVICES

3 EXPENSES

4 Not to exceed $42,784,000 (from fees collected) shall

5 be obligated during the current fiscal year for Inspection

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

8 other uncontrollable factors occur, this limitation may be

9 exceeded by up to 10 per centum with notification to the

10 Appropriations Committees.

11 AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE

12 MARKETING SERVICES

13 For necessary expenses to carry on services related

14 to consumer protection, agricultural marketing and dis15 tribution, transportation, agricultural cooperatives, and

16 regulatory programs, as authorized by law, and for admin17 istration and coordination of payments to States; includ18 ing field employment pursuant to section 706(a) of the

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

20 $90,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109,

21 $61,614,000; including $2,346,000 for the Wholesale

22 Market Development Program for the design and develop23 ment of wholesale and farmer market facilities for the

24 major metropolitan areas of the country: Provided, That

25 this appropriation shall be available pursuant to law (7

26 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and repair of buildings
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1 and improvements, but the cost of altering any one build2 ing during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 per centum

3 of the current replacement value of the building.

4 Fees may be collected for the cost of standardization

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

6 U.S.C. 9701).

7 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

8 Not to exceed $55,953,000 (from fees collected) shall

9 be obligated during the current fiscal year for administra10 tive expenses: Provided, That if crop size is understated

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

12 exceed this limitation by up to 10 per centum with notifi13 cation to the Appropriations Committees.

14 FUNDS FOR STRENGTHENING MARKETS, INCOME, AND

15 SUPPLY (SECTION 32)

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

17 Funds available under section 32 of the Act of Au18 gust 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c) shall be used only for com19 modity program expenses as authorized therein, and other

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

21 Department of Commerce as authorized by the Fish and

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

23 provided in this Act; and (3) not more than $10,309,000

24 for formulation and administration of Marketing Agree25 ments and Orders pursuant to the Agricultural Marketing
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1 Agreement Act of 1937, as amended, and the Agricultural

2 Act of 1961.

3 PAYMENTS TO STATES AND POSSESSIONS

4 For payments to departments of agriculture, bureaus

5 and departments of markets, and similar agencies for

6 marketing activities under section 204(b) of the Agricul7 tural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1623(b)),

8 $1,735,000.

9 PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS ADMINISTRATION

10 For necessary expenses for administration of the

11 Packers and Stockyards Act, as authorized by law, and

12 for certifying procedures used to protect purchasers of

13 farm products, including field employment pursuant to

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

15 2225), and not to exceed $5,000 for employment under

16 5 U.S.C. 3109, $12,194,000.

17 FARM INCOME STABILIZATION

18 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR

19 INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS AND COMMODITY PROGRAMS

20 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of

21 the Under Secretary for International Affairs and Com22 modity Programs to administer the laws enacted by Con23 gress for the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation

24 Service, Foreign Agricultural Service, and the Commodity

25 Credit Corporation, $563,000.
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1 AGRICULTURAL STABILIZATION AND CONSERVATION

2 SERVICE

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

5 For necessary administrative expenses of the Agricul6 tural Stabilization and Conservation Service, including ex7 penses to formulate and carry out programs authorized

8 by title III of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938,

9 as amended (7 U.S.C. 1301–1393); the Agricultural Act

10 of 1949, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1421 et seq.); sections 7

11 to 15, 16(a), 16(f), and 17 of the Soil Conservation and

12 Domestic Allotment Act, as amended (16 U.S.C. 590g–

13 590o, 590p(a), 590p(f), and 590q); sections 1001 to 1004,

14 1006 to 1008, and 1010 of the Agricultural Act of 1970,

15 as amended (16 U.S.C. 1501 to 1504, 1506 to 1508, and

16 1510); the Water Bank Act, as amended (16 U.S.C.

17 1301–1311); the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of

18 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2101); sections 202(c) and 205 of title

19 II of the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act of

20 1974, as amended (43 U.S.C. 1592(c), 1595); sections

21 401, 402, and 404 to 406 of the Agricultural Credit Act

22 of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2201 to 2205); the United States

23 Warehouse Act, as amended (7 U.S.C. 241–273); title XII

24 of the Food Security Act of 1985, as amended (16 U.S.C.

25 3811 et seq.); and laws pertaining to the Commodity Cred26 it Corporation, $732,467,000; of which $730,842,000 is
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1 hereby appropriated, and $1,036,000 is transferred from

2 the Public Law 480 Program Account in this Act and

3 $589,000 is transferred from the Commodity Credit Cor4 poration Program Account in this Act: Provided, That

5 other funds made available to the Agricultural Stabiliza6 tion and Conservation Service for authorized activities

7 may be advanced to and merged with this account: Pro8 vided further, That these funds shall be available for em9 ployment pursuant to the second sentence of section

10 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and

11 not to exceed $100,000 shall be available for employment

12 under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That no part of

13 the funds made available under this Act shall be used (1)

14 to influence the vote in any referendum; (2) to influence

15 agricultural legislation, except as permitted in 18 U.S.C.

16 1913; or (3) for salaries or other expenses of members

17 of county and community committees established pursuant

18 to section 8(b) of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Al19 lotment Act, as amended, for engaging in any activities

20 other than advisory and supervisory duties and delegated

21 program functions prescribed in administrative regula22 tions.

23 CORPORATIONS

24 The following corporations and agencies are hereby

25 authorized to make expenditures, within the limits of
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1 funds and borrowing authority available to each such cor2 poration or agency and in accord with law, and to make

3 contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year

4 limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government

5 Corporation Control Act, as amended, as may be necessary

6 in carrying out the programs set forth in the budget for

7 the current fiscal year for such corporation or agency, ex8 cept as hereinafter provided:

9 FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION

10 ADMINISTRATIVE AND OPERATING EXPENSES

11 For administrative and operating expenses, as au12 thorized by the Federal Crop Insurance Act, as amended

13 (7 U.S.C. 1516), $290,116,000: Provided, That not to ex14 ceed $700 shall be available for official reception and rep15 resentation expenses, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1506(i):

16 Provided further, That none of the funds in this Act may

17 be used to offer a Federal crop insurance policy in coun18 ties on crops where a loss ratio, that has already been

19 recalculated pursuant to law to reflect the premium rates

20 issued by the Corporation for the 1993 crop year, is in

21 excess of 1.10 more than 70 percent of the years that a

22 policy has been offered since 1980: Provided further, That

23 none of the funds in this Act may be used to pay operating

24 and administrative costs that exceed 31 per centum of pre25 mium to insurers of policies on which the Corporation pro-
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1 vides reinsurance, except to reimburse said insurers for

2 excess loss adjustment expenses as provided for in the

3 Standard Reinsurance Agreement issued by the Corpora4 tion.

5 FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION FUND

6 For payments as authorized by section 508(b) of the

7 Federal Crop Insurance Act, as amended, $235,794,000,

8 to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); of

9 which $47,072,000 is to reimburse the Federal Crop In10 surance Corporation Fund for agents’ commissions and

11 loss adjustment obligations incurred during prior years,

12 but not previously reimbursed, as authorized by section

13 516(a) of the Act, as amended.

14 COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION FUND

15 REIMBURSEMENT FOR NET REALIZED LOSSES

16 For fiscal year 1994, such sums as may be necessary

17 to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for net

18 realized losses sustained, but not previously reimbursed

19 (estimated to be $20,896,614,000 in the President’s fiscal

20 year 1994 Budget Request (H. Doc. 103–3)), but not to

21 exceed $18,000,000,000, pursuant to section 2 of the Act

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

23 OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE FOR HAZARDOUS WASTE

24 MANAGEMENT

25 For fiscal year 1994, the Commodity Credit Corpora26 tion shall not expend more than $4,000,000 for expenses
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1 to comply with the requirement of section 107(g) of the

2 Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation,

3 and Liability Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 9607(g), and

4 section 6001 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery

5 Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 6961: Provided, That ex6 penses shall be for operations and maintenance costs only

7 and that other hazardous waste management costs shall

8 be paid for by the USDA Hazardous Waste Management

9 appropriation in this Act.

10 TITLE II—CONSERVATION PROGRAMS

11 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR NATURAL

12 RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT

13 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of

14 the Assistant Secretary for Natural Resources and Envi15 ronment to administer the laws enacted by the Congress

16 for the Forest Service and the Soil Conservation Service,

17 $578,000.

18 SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE

19 CONSERVATION OPERATIONS

20 For necessary expenses for carrying out the provi21 sions of the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–590f)

22 including preparation of conservation plans and establish23 ment of measures to conserve soil and water (including

24 farm irrigation and land drainage and such special meas25 ures for soil and water management as may be necessary
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1 to prevent floods and the siltation of reservoirs and to con2 trol agricultural related pollutants); operation of conserva3 tion plant materials centers; classification and mapping of

4 soil; dissemination of information; acquisition of lands by

5 donation, exchange, or purchase at a nominal cost not to

6 exceed $100; purchase and erection or alteration or im7 provement of permanent and temporary buildings; and op8 eration and maintenance of aircraft, $588,262,000, to re9 main available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); of which

10 not less than $5,820,000 is for snow survey and water

11 forecasting and not less than $8,214,000 is for operation

12 and establishment of the plant materials centers: Provided,

13 That except for $2,399,000 for improvements of the plant

14 materials centers, the cost of any permanent building pur15 chased, erected, or as improved, exclusive of the cost of

16 constructing a water supply or sanitary system and con17 necting the same to any such building and with the excep18 tion of buildings acquired in conjunction with land being

19 purchased for other purposes, shall not exceed $10,000,

20 except for one building to be constructed at a cost not

21 to exceed $100,000 and eight buildings to be constructed

22 or improved at a cost not to exceed $50,000 per building

23 and except that alterations or improvements to other exist24 ing permanent buildings costing $5,000 or more may be

25 made in any fiscal year in an amount not to exceed $2,000
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1 per building: Provided further, That when buildings or

2 other structures are erected on non-Federal land that the

3 right to use such land is obtained as provided in 7 U.S.C.

4 2250a: Provided further, That no part of this appropria5 tion may be expended for soil and water conservation oper6 ations under the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–

7 590f) in demonstration projects: Provided further, That

8 this appropriation shall be available for employment pur9 suant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Or10 ganic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225) and not to exceed

11 $25,000 shall be available for employment under 5 U.S.C.

12 3109: Provided further, That qualified local engineers may

13 be temporarily employed at per diem rates to perform

14 the technical planning work of the Service (16 U.S.C.

15 590e–2).

16 RIVER BASIN SURVEYS AND INVESTIGATIONS

17 For necessary expenses to conduct research, inves18 tigation, and surveys of watersheds of rivers and other wa19 terways, in accordance with section 6 of the Watershed

20 Protection and Flood Prevention Act approved August 4,

21 1954, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1006–1009), $13,482,000:

22 Provided, That this appropriation shall be available for

23 employment pursuant to the second sentence of section

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

25 not to exceed $60,000 shall be available for employment

26 under 5 U.S.C. 3109.
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1 WATERSHED PLANNING

2 For necessary expenses for small watershed investiga3 tions and planning, in accordance with the Watershed Pro4 tection and Flood Prevention Act, as amended (16 U.S.C.

5 1001–1008), $9,721,000: Provided, That this appropria6 tion shall be available for employment pursuant to the sec7 ond sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944

8 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $50,000 shall be avail9 able for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109.

10 WATERSHED AND FLOOD PREVENTION OPERATIONS

11 For necessary expenses to carry out preventive meas12 ures, including but not limited to research, engineering op13 erations, methods of cultivation, the growing of vegetation,

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

15 in accordance with the Watershed Protection and Flood

16 Prevention Act approved August 4, 1954, as amended (16

17 U.S.C. 1001–1005, 1007–1009), the provisions of the Act

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

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

20 Department, $228,915,000 to remain available until ex21 pended (7 U.S.C. 2209b), of which $40,386,000 shall be

22 available for the watersheds authorized under the Flood

23 Control Act approved June 22, 1936 (33 U.S.C. 701, 16

24 U.S.C. 1006a), as amended and supplemented: Provided,

25 That this appropriation shall be available for employment

26 pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the
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1 Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed

2 $22,881,000 shall be available for emergency measures as

3 provided by sections 403–405 of the Agricultural Credit

4 Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2203–2205), and not to exceed

5 $200,000 shall be available for employment under 5

6 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That $4,000,000 in loans

7 may be insured, or made to be sold and insured, under

8 the Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund of the Farmers

9 Home Administration (7 U.S.C. 1931): Provided further,

10 That not to exceed $1,000,000 of this appropriation is

11 available to carry out the purposes of the Endangered Spe12 cies Act of 1973 (Public Law 93–205), as amended, in13 cluding cooperative efforts as contemplated by that Act

14 to relocate endangered or threatened species to other suit15 able habitats as may be necessary to expedite project con16 struction.

17 RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT

18 For necessary expenses in planning and carrying out

19 projects for resource conservation and development and

20 for sound land use pursuant to the provisions of section

21 32(e) of title III of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant

22 Act, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1010–1011; 76 Stat. 607),

23 the provisions of the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C.

24 590a–f), and the provisions of the Agriculture and Food

25 Act of 1981 (16 U.S.C. 3451–3461), $32,945,000, to re26 main available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b): Provided,
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1 That $600,000 in loans may be insured, or made to be

2 sold and insured, under the Agricultural Credit Insurance

3 Fund of the Farmers Home Administration (7 U.S.C.

4 1931): Provided further, That this appropriation shall be

5 available for employment pursuant to the second sentence

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

7 2225), and not to exceed $50,000 shall be available for

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

9 GREAT PLAINS CONSERVATION PROGRAM

10 For necessary expenses to carry into effect a program

11 of conservation in the Great Plains area, pursuant to sec12 tion 16(b) of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allot13 ment Act, as added by the Act of August 7, 1956, as

14 amended (16 U.S.C. 590p(b)), $25,658,000, to remain

15 available until expended (16 U.S.C. 590p(b)(7)).

16 AGRICULTURAL STABILIZATION AND CONSERVATION

17 SERVICE

18 AGRICULTURAL CONSERVATION PROGRAM

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

20 For necessary expenses to carry into effect the pro21 gram authorized in sections 7 to 15, 16(a), 16(f), and 17

22 of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act ap23 proved February 29, 1936, as amended and supplemented

24 (16 U.S.C. 590g–590o, 590p(a), 590p(f), and 590q), and

25 sections 1001–1004, 1006–1008, and 1010 of the Agricul26 tural Act of 1970, as added by the Agriculture and
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1 Consumer Protection Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1501–1504,

2 1506–1508, and 1510), and including not to exceed

3 $15,000 for the preparation and display of exhibits, in4 cluding such displays at State, interstate, and inter5 national fairs within the United States, $194,650,000, to

6 remain available until expended (16 U.S.C. 590o), for

7 agreements, excluding administration but including tech8 nical assistance and related expenses (16 U.S.C. 590o),

9 except that no participant in the Agricultural Conserva10 tion Program shall receive more than $3,500 per year, ex11 cept where the participants from two or more farms or

12 ranches join to carry out approved practices designed to

13 conserve or improve the agricultural resources of the com14 munity, or where a participant has a long-term agreement,

15 in which case the total payment shall not exceed the an16 nual payment limitation multiplied by the number of years

17 of the agreement: Provided, That no portion of the funds

18 for the current year’s program may be utilized to provide

19 financial or technical assistance for drainage on wetlands

20 now designated as Wetlands Types 3 (III) through 20

21 (XX) in United States Department of the Interior, Fish

22 and Wildlife Circular 39, Wetlands of the United States,

23 1956: Provided further, That such amounts shall be avail24 able for the purchase of seeds, fertilizers, lime, trees, or

25 any other conservation materials, or any soil-terracing
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1 services, and making grants thereof to agricultural pro2 ducers to aid them in carrying out approved farming prac3 tices as authorized by the Soil Conservation and Domestic

4 Allotment Act, as amended, as determined and rec5 ommended by the county committees, approved by the

6 State committees and the Secretary, under programs pro7 vided for herein: Provided further, That such assistance

8 will not be used for carrying out measures and practices

9 that are primarily production-oriented or that have little

10 or no conservation or pollution abatement benefits: Pro11 vided further, That not to exceed 5 per centum of the allo12 cation for the current year’s program for any county may,

13 on the recommendation of such county committee and ap14 proval of the State committee, be withheld and allotted

15 to the Soil Conservation Service for services of its techni16 cians in formulating and carrying out the Agricultural

17 Conservation Program in the participating counties, and

18 shall not be utilized by the Soil Conservation Service for

19 any purpose other than technical and other assistance in

20 such counties, and in addition, on the recommendation of

21 such county committee and approval of the State commit22 tee, not to exceed 1 per centum may be made available

23 to any other Federal, State, or local public agency for the

24 same purpose and under the same conditions: Provided

25 further, That for the current year’s program $2,500,000
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1 shall be available for technical assistance in formulating

2 and carrying out rural environmental practices: Provided

3 further, That no part of any funds available to the Depart4 ment, or any bureau, office, corporation, or other agency

5 constituting a part of such Department, shall be used in

6 the current fiscal year for the payment of salary or travel

7 expenses of any person who has been convicted of violating

8 the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to prevent pernicious political

9 activities’’ approved August 2, 1939, as amended, or who

10 has been found in accordance with the provisions of title

11 18 U.S.C. 1913 to have violated or attempted to violate

12 such section which prohibits the use of Federal appropria13 tions for the payment of personal services or other ex14 penses designed to influence in any manner a Member of

15 Congress to favor or oppose any legislation or appropria16 tion by Congress except upon request of any Member or

17 through the proper official channels: Provided further,

18 That not to exceed $15,000,000 of the amount appro19 priated shall be used for water quality payments and prac20 tices in the same manner as permitted under the program

21 for water quality authorized in chapter 2 of subtitle D of

22 title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985, as amended

23 (16 U.S.C. 3838 et seq.).

24 FORESTRY INCENTIVES PROGRAM

25 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,

26 to carry out the program of forestry incentives, as author-
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1 ized in the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978

2 (16 U.S.C. 2101), including technical assistance and relat3 ed expenses, $12,820,000, to remain available until ex4 pended, as authorized by that Act.

5 WATER BANK PROGRAM

6 For necessary expenses to carry into effect the provi7 sions of the Water Bank Act (16 U.S.C. 1301–1311),

8 $18,620,000, to remain available until expended.

9 EMERGENCY CONSERVATION PROGRAM

10 For necessary expenses to carry into effect the pro11 gram authorized in sections 401, 402, and 404 of title IV

12 of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2201–

13 2205), $10,000,000, to remain available until expended,

14 as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 2204.

15 COLORADO RIVER BASIN SALINITY CONTROL PROGRAM

16 For necessary expenses for carrying out a voluntary

17 cooperative salinity control program pursuant to section

18 202(c) of title II of the Colorado River Basin Salinity Con19 trol Act, as amended (43 U.S.C. 1592(c)), to be used to

20 reduce salinity in the Colorado River and to enhance the

21 supply and quality of water available for use in the United

22 States and the Republic of Mexico, $13,783,000, to re23 main available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b), to be

24 used for investigations and surveys, for technical assist25 ance in developing conservation practices and in the prepa26 ration of salinity control plans, for the establishment of
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1 on-farm irrigation management systems, including related

2 lateral improvement measures, for making cost-share pay3 ments to agricultural landowners and operators, Indian

4 tribes, irrigation districts and associations, local govern5 mental and nongovernmental entities, and other land6 owners to aid them in carrying out approved conservation

7 practices as determined and recommended by the county

8 ASC committees, approved by the State ASC committees

9 and the Secretary, and for associated costs of program

10 planning, information and education, and program mon11 itoring and evaluation: Provided, That the Soil Conserva12 tion Service shall provide technical assistance and the Ag13 ricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service shall pro14 vide administrative services for the program, including but

15 not limited to, the negotiation and administration of

16 agreements and the disbursement of payments: Provided

17 further, That such program shall be coordinated with the

18 regular Agricultural Conservation Program and with re19 search programs of other agencies.

20 CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

22 For necessary expenses to carry out the conservation

23 reserve program pursuant to the Food Security Act of

24 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831–3845), $1,743,274,000, to remain

25 available until expended, to be used for Commodity Credit
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1 Corporation expenditures for cost-share assistance for the

2 establishment of conservation practices provided for in ap3 proved conservation reserve program contracts, for annual

4 rental payments provided in such contracts, and for tech5 nical assistance.

6 WETLANDS RESERVE PROGRAM

7 INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

8 For necessary expenses to carry out the Wetlands Re9 serve Program pursuant to subchapter C of subtitle D of

10 title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C.

11 3837), $44,450,000, to remain available until expended:

12 Provided, That the Secretary is authorized to use the serv13 ices, facilities, and authorities of the Commodity Credit

14 Corporation for the purpose of carrying out the Wetlands

15 Reserve Program.

16 TITLE III—FARMERS HOME AND RURAL

17 DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS

18 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR SMALL

19 COMMUNITY AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT

20 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of

21 the Under Secretary for Small Community and Rural De22 velopment to administer programs under the laws enacted

23 by the Congress for the Farmers Home Administration,

24 Rural Electrification Administration, Federal Crop Insur25 ance Corporation, and rural development activities of the

26 Department of Agriculture, $583,000.
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1 FARMERS HOME ADMINISTRATION

2 RURAL HOUSING INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

3 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di4 rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by title V of the

5 Housing Act of 1949, as amended, to be available from

6 funds in the Rural Housing Insurance Fund, as follows:

7 $2,550,000,000 for loans to section 502 borrowers, as de8 termined by the Secretary, of which $750,000,000 shall

9 be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans; $35,000,000 for

10 section 504 housing repair loans; $16,300,000 for section

11 514 farm labor housing; $573,900,000 for section 515

12 rental housing; $600,000 for site loans; and $166,863,000

13 for credit sales of acquired property: Provided, That up

14 to $50,664,000 of these funds shall be made available for

15 section 502(g), Deferral Mortgage Demonstration.

16 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including

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

18 the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: low19 income housing section 502 loans, $366,360,000, of which

20 $12,225,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans;

21 section 504 housing repair loans, $13,671,000; section

22 514 farm labor housing, $8,394,000; section 515 rental

23 housing, $311,972,000; and credit sales of acquired prop24 erty, $25,397,000.
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1 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to

2 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs,

3 $396,161,000.

4 RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

5 For rental assistance agreements entered into or re6 newed pursuant to the authority under section 521(a)(2)

7 or agreements entered into in lieu of forgiveness or pay8 ments for eligible households as authorized by section

9 502(c)(5)(D) of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended,

10 $417,523,000; and in addition such sums as may be nec11 essary, as authorized by section 521(c) of the Act, to liq12 uidate debt incurred prior to fiscal year 1992 to carry out

13 the Rental Assistance Program under section 521(a)(2)

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

15 $5,840,000 shall be available for debt forgiveness or pay16 ments for eligible households as authorized by section

17 502(c)(5)(D) of the Act, and not to exceed $10,000 per

18 project for advances to nonprofit organizations or public

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

20 incurred in purchasing projects pursuant to section

21 502(c)(5)(C) of the Act: Provided further, That of this

22 amount not less than $109,258,000 is available for newly

23 constructed units financed by section 515 of the Housing

24 Act of 1949, as amended, and not more than $5,214,000

25 is for newly constructed units financed under sections 514
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1 and 516 of the Housing Act of 1949: Provided further,

2 That $297,211,000 is available for expiring agreements

3 and for servicing of existing units without agreements:

4 Provided further, That agreements entered into or renewed

5 during fiscal year 1994 shall be funded for a five-year pe6 riod, although the life of any such agreement may be ex7 tended to fully utilize amounts obligated.

8 RURAL HOUSING VOUCHER PROGRAM

9 For necessary expenses to operate a rural housing

10 voucher program as authorized by section 542 of title V

11 of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended, $25,000,000,

12 to be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture.

13 SELF-HELP HOUSING LAND DEVELOPMENT FUND

14 PROGRAM ACCOUNT

15 For direct loans pursuant to section 523(b)(1)(B) of

16 the Housing Act of 1949, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1490c),

17 $622,000.

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

19 modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of the Congres20 sional Budget Act of 1974, $23,000.

21 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to

22 carry out the direct loan program, $14,000.

23 AGRICULTURAL CREDIT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM

24 ACCOUNT

25 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di26 rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by 7 U.S.C.
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1 1928–1929, to be available from funds in the Agricultural

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

3 $634,624,000, of which $556,543,000 shall be for guaran4 teed loans; operating loans, $2,750,000,000, of which

5 $1,800,000,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed

6 loans and $250,000,000 shall be for subsidized guaranteed

7 loans; $4,909,000 for water development, use, and con8 servation loans, of which $2,012,000 shall be for guaran9 teed loans; Indian tribe land acquisition loans as author10 ized by 25 U.S.C. 488, $1,163,000; for emergency insured

11 loans, $100,000,000 to meet the needs resulting from nat12 ural disasters; and for credit sales of acquired property,

13 $147,566,000.

14 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including

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

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

17 ownership loans, $34,080,000, of which $20,870,000 shall

18 be for guaranteed loans; operating loans, $119,985,000,

19 of which $9,360,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed

20 loans and $29,425,000 shall be for subsidized guaranteed

21 loans; $506,000 for water development, use, and conserva22 tion loans, of which $43,000 shall be for guaranteed loans;

23 Indian tribe land acquisition loans as authorized by 25

24 U.S.C. 488, $229,000; for emergency insured loans,

25 $26,060,000 to meet the needs resulting from natural dis-
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1 asters; and for credit sales of acquired property,

2 $22,405,000.

3 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to

4 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs,

5 $275,392,000.

6 RURAL DEVELOPMENT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM

7 ACCOUNT

8 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di9 rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1928

10 and 86 Stat. 661–664, as amended, to be available from

11 funds in the Rural Development Insurance Fund, as fol12 lows: water and sewer facility loans, $835,000,000, of

13 which $35,000,000 shall be for guaranteed loans; commu14 nity facility loans, $325,000,000, of which $75,000,000

15 shall be for guaranteed loans; and guaranteed industrial

16 development loans, $298,762,000: Provided, That none of

17 the funds made available in this Act may be used to make

18 transfers between the above limitations.

19 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including

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

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

22 water and sewer facility loans, $111,040,000; direct com23 munity facility loans, $24,125,000; guaranteed community

24 facility loans, $3,803,000; and guaranteed industrial de25 velopment loans, $2,778,000.
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1 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to

2 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs,

3 $58,194,000.

4 RURAL DEVELOPMENT LOAN FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

5 For the cost of direct loans $56,000,000, as author6 ized by the Rural Development Loan Fund (42 U.S.C.

7 9812(a)): Provided, That such costs, including the cost of

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

9 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided fur10 ther, That these funds are available to subsidize gross obli11 gations for the principal amount of direct loans of not to

12 exceed $100,000,000.

13 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to

14 carry out the direct loan programs, $1,481,000.

15 STATE MEDIATION GRANTS

16 For grants pursuant to section 502(b) of the Agricul17 tural Credit Act of 1987, as amended (7 U.S.C. 5101–

18 5106), $2,963,000.

19 RURAL WATER AND WASTE DISPOSAL GRANTS

20 For grants pursuant to section 306(a)(2) of the Con21 solidated Farm and Rural Development Act, as amended

22 (7 U.S.C. 1926), $450,000,000, to remain available until

23 expended, pursuant to section 306(d) of the above Act:

24 Provided, That of this amount, $25,000,000 shall be avail25 able for water and waste disposal systems to benefit the

26 Colonias along the U.S./Mexico border, including grants
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1 pursuant to section 306C: Provided further, That, with the

2 exception of the foregoing $25,000,000, these funds shall

3 not be used for any purpose not specified in section 306(a)

4 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act.

5 VERY LOW-INCOME HOUSING REPAIR GRANTS

6 For grants to the very low-income elderly for essen7 tial repairs to dwellings pursuant to section 504 of the

8 Housing Act of 1949, as amended, $25,000,000, to re9 main available until expended.

10 RURAL HOUSING FOR DOMESTIC FARM LABOR

11 For financial assistance to eligible nonprofit organi12 zations for housing for domestic farm labor, pursuant to

13 section 516 of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended (42

14 U.S.C. 1486), $11,000,000, to remain available until

15 expended.

16 MUTUAL AND SELF-HELP HOUSING

17 For grants and contracts pursuant to section

18 523(b)(1)(A) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C.

19 1490c), $12,750,000, to remain available until expended

20 (7 U.S.C. 2209b).

21 SUPERVISORY AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS

22 For grants pursuant to sections 509(g)(6) and 525

23 of the Housing Act of 1949, $2,500,000, to remain avail24 able until expended.
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1 RURAL COMMUNITY FIRE PROTECTION GRANTS

2 For grants pursuant to section 7 of the Cooperative

3 Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 (Public Law 95–313),

4 $3,500,000 to fund up to 50 per centum of the cost of

5 organizing, training, and equipping rural volunteer fire

6 departments.

7 COMPENSATION FOR CONSTRUCTION DEFECTS

8 For compensation for construction defects as author9 ized by section 509(c) of the Housing Act of 1949, as

10 amended, $500,000, to remain available until expended.

11 RURAL HOUSING PRESERVATION GRANTS

12 For grants for rural housing preservation as author13 ized by section 552 of the Housing and Urban-Rural Re14 covery Act of 1983 (Public Law 98–181), $23,000,000.

15 RURAL DEVELOPMENT GRANTS

16 For grants authorized under section 310B(c) and

17 310B(j) (7 U.S.C. 1932) of the Consolidated Farm and

18 Rural Development Act to any qualified public or private

19 nonprofit organization, $35,000,000: Provided, That

20 $500,000 shall be available for grants to qualified non21 profit organizations to provide technical assistance and

22 training for rural communities needing improved pas23 senger transportation systems or facilities in order to pro24 mote economic development.
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1 SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT GRANTS

2 For grants for pollution abatement and control

3 projects authorized under section 310B(b) (7 U.S.C.

4 1932) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development

5 Act, $3,000,000: Provided, That such assistance shall in6 clude regional technical assistance for improvement of

7 solid waste management.

8 EMERGENCY COMMUNITY WATER ASSISTANCE GRANTS

9 For emergency community water assistance grants as

10 authorized under section 306B (7 U.S.C. 1926b) of the

11 Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act,

12 $10,000,000.

13 OUTREACH FOR SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED FARMERS

14 For grants and contracts pursuant to section 2501

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

16 1990 (7 U.S.C. 2279), $3,000,000, to remain available

17 until expended.

18 OFFICE OF THE ADMINISTRATOR

19 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of

20 the Administrator of the Farmers Home Administration,

21 $600,000: Provided, That no other funds in this Act shall

22 be available for this Office.

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

25 For necessary expenses of the Farmers Home Admin26 istration, not otherwise provided for, in administering the
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1 programs authorized by the Consolidated Farm and Rural

2 Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1921–2000), as amended; title

3 V of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended (42 U.S.C.

4 1471–1490o); the Rural Rehabilitation Corporation Trust

5 Liquidation Act, approved May 3, 1950 (40 U.S.C. 440–

6 444), for administering the loan program authorized by

7 title III–A of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964

8 (Public Law 88–452 approved August 20, 1964), as

9 amended, and such other programs which the Farmers

10 Home Administration has the responsibility for admin11 istering, $729,749,000; of which $35,552,000 is hereby

12 appropriated, $374,255,000 shall be derived by transfer

13 from the Rural Housing Insurance Fund Program Ac14 count in this Act and merged with this account,

15 $261,158,000 shall be derived by transfer from the Agri16 cultural Credit Insurance Fund Program Account in this

17 Act and merged with this account, $57,294,000 shall be

18 derived by transfer from the Rural Development Insurance

19 Fund Program Account in this Act and merged with this

20 account, $1,476,000 shall be derived by transfer from the

21 Rural Development Loan Fund Program Account in this

22 Act and merged with this account, and $14,000 shall be

23 derived by transfer from the Self-Help Housing Land De24 velopment Fund Program Account in this Act and merged

25 with this account: Provided, That not to exceed $500,000
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1 of this appropriation may be used for employment under

2 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That not to exceed

3 $4,368,000 of this appropriation shall be available for con4 tracting with the National Rural Water Association or

5 other equally qualified national organization for a circuit

6 rider program to provide technical assistance for rural

7 water systems.

8 RURAL ELECTRIFICATION ADMINISTRATION

9 To carry into effect the provisions of the Rural Elec10 trification Act of 1936, as amended (7 U.S.C. 901–

11 950(b)), as follows:

12 RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELEPHONE LOANS

13 PROGRAM ACCOUNT

14 Insured loans pursuant to the authority of section

15 305 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, as amended

16 (7 U.S.C. 935), shall be made as follows: 5 percent rural

17 electrification loans, $125,000,000; 5 percent rural tele18 phone loans, $125,000,000; cost of money rural telephone

19 loans, $198,000,000; municipal rate rural electric loans,

20 $600,000,000; and loans made pursuant to section 306

21 of that Act, $933,000,000; to remain available until ex22 pended.

23 For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Con24 gressional Budget Act of 1974, including the cost of modi25 fying loans, of direct and guaranteed loans authorized by

26 the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, as amended (7
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1 U.S.C. 935), as follows: cost of direct loans, $36,265,000;

2 cost of municipal rate loans, $46,020,000; cost of money

3 rural telephone loans, $40,000; cost of loans guaranteed

4 pursuant to section 306, $11,184,000.

5 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to

6 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs,

7 $29,982,000.

8 RURAL TELEPHONE BANK PROGRAM ACCOUNT

9 The Rural Telephone Bank is hereby authorized to

10 make such expenditures, within the limits of funds avail11 able to such corporation in accord with law, and to make

12 such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal

13 year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Govern14 ment Corporation Control Act, as amended, as may be

15 necessary in carrying out its authorized programs for the

16 current fiscal year. During fiscal year 1994 and within

17 the resources and authority available, gross obligations for

18 the principal amount of direct loans shall be

19 $199,847,000.

20 For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Con21 gressional Budget Act of 1974, including the cost of modi22 fying loans, of direct loans authorized by the Rural Elec23 trification Act of 1936, as amended (7 U.S.C. 935),

24 $40,000.
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1 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to

2 carry out the loan programs, $8,794,000.

3 DISTANCE LEARNING AND MEDICAL LINK PROGRAMS

4 For necessary expenses to carry into effect the pro5 grams authorized in sections 2331–2335 of Public Law

6 101–624, $10,000,000, to remain available until ex7 pended.

8 RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LOANS PROGRAM

9 ACCOUNT

10 For loans authorized under section 313 of the Rural

11 Electrification Act, for the purpose of promoting rural eco12 nomic development and job creation projects,

13 $13,025,000.

14 For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Con15 gressional Budget Act of 1974, of direct loans,

16 $3,381,000.

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

18 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

19 For administrative expenses to carry out the provi20 sions of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, as amended

21 (7 U.S.C. 901–950(b)), and to administer the loan and

22 loan guarantee programs for Community Antenna Tele23 vision facilities as authorized by the Consolidated Farm

24 and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1921–1995), and

25 for which commitments were made prior to fiscal year

26 1994, including not to exceed $7,000 for financial and
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1 credit reports, funds for employment pursuant to the sec2 ond sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944

3 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $103,000 for employ4 ment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $38,776,000; of which

5 $29,982,000 shall be derived by transfer from the Rural

6 Electrification and Telephone Loans Program Account in

7 this Act and $8,794,000 shall be derived by transfer from

8 the Rural Telephone Bank Program Account in this Act:

9 Provided, That none of the funds in this Act may be used

10 to authorize the transfer of additional funds to this ac11 count from the Rural Telephone Bank: Provided further,

12 That none of the salaries and expenses provided to the

13 Rural Electrification Administration, and none of the re14 sponsibilities assigned by law to the Administrator of the

15 Rural Electrification Administration may be reassigned or

16 transferred to any other agency or office.

17 TITLE IV—DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS

18 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR FOOD AND

19 CONSUMER SERVICES

20 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of

21 the Assistant Secretary for Food and Consumer Services

22 to administer the laws enacted by the Congress for the

23 Food and Nutrition Service, $554,000.
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1 FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE

2 CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

4 For necessary expenses to carry out the National

5 School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751–1769b), and the appli6 cable provisions other than sections 3 and 17 of the Child

7 Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773–1785, and 1788–

8 1789); $7,497,131,000, to remain available through Sep9 tember 30, 1995, of which $2,727,022,000 is hereby ap10 propriated and $4,770,109,000 shall be derived by trans11 fer from funds available under section 32 of the Act of

12 August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c): Provided, That funds

13 appropriated for the purpose of section 7 of the Child Nu14 trition Act of 1966 shall be allocated among the States

15 but the distribution of such funds to an individual State

16 is contingent upon that State’s agreement to participate

17 in studies and surveys of programs authorized under the

18 National School Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition Act

19 of 1966, when such studies and surveys have been directed

20 by the Congress and requested by the Secretary of Agri21 culture: Provided further, That if the Secretary of Agri22 culture determines that a State’s administration of any

23 program under the National School Lunch Act or the

24 Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (other than section 17), or

25 the regulations issued pursuant to these Acts, is seriously

26 deficient, and the State fails to correct the deficiency with-
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1 in a specified period of time, the Secretary may withhold

2 from the State some or all of the funds allocated to the

3 State under section 7 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966

4 and under section 13(k)(1) of the National School Lunch

5 Act; upon a subsequent determination by the Secretary

6 that the programs are operated in an acceptable manner

7 some or all of the funds withheld may be allocated: Pro8 vided further, That only final reimbursement claims for

9 service of meals, supplements, and milk submitted to State

10 agencies by eligible schools, summer camps, institutions,

11 and service institutions within sixty days following the

12 month for which the reimbursement is claimed shall be

13 eligible for reimbursement from funds appropriated under

14 this Act. States may receive program funds appropriated

15 under this Act for meals, supplements, and milk served

16 during any month only if the final program operations re17 port for such month is submitted to the Department with18 in ninety days following that month. Exceptions to these

19 claims or reports submission requirements may be made

20 at the discretion of the Secretary: Provided further, That

21 up to $3,849,000 shall be available for independent ver22 ification of school food service claims: Provided further,

23 That $1,706,000 shall be available to provide financial

24 and other assistance to operate the Food Service Manage25 ment Institute.
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1 None of the funds in this Act may be used to require

2 schools participating in the school lunch program to offer

3 students fluid whole milk as otherwise required by 42

4 U.S.C. 1758(a)(2).

5 SPECIAL MILK PROGRAM

6 For necessary expenses to carry out the special milk

7 program, as authorized by section 3 of the Child Nutrition

8 Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1772), $20,277,000, to remain

9 available through September 30, 1995. Only final reim10 bursement claims for milk submitted to State agencies

11 within sixty days following the month for which the reim12 bursement is claimed shall be eligible for reimbursement

13 from funds appropriated under this Act. States may re14 ceive program funds appropriated under this Act only if

15 the final program operations report for such month is sub16 mitted to the Department within ninety days following

17 that month. Exceptions to these claims or reports submis18 sion requirements may be made at the discretion of the

19 Secretary.

20 SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL FOOD PROGRAM FOR WOMEN,

21 INFANTS, AND CHILDREN (WIC)

22 For necessary expenses to carry out the special sup23 plemental food program as authorized by section 17 of the

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

25 $3,210,000,000, to remain available through September

26 30, 1995, of which up to $4,000,000 may be used to carry
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1 out the farmer’s market coupon program: Provided, That

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

3 administrative expenses of WIC clinics except those that

4 have an announced policy of prohibiting smoking within

5 the space used to carry out the program.

6 COMMODITY SUPPLEMENTAL FOOD PROGRAM

7 For necessary expenses to carry out the commodity

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

9 of the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973

10 (7 U.S.C. 612c (note)), including not less than $8,000,000

11 for the projects in Detroit, New Orleans, and Des Moines,

12 $104,500,000 to remain available through September 30,

13 1995: Provided, That none of these funds shall be avail14 able to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for

15 commodities donated to the program.

16 FOOD STAMP PROGRAM

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

18 For necessary expenses to carry out the Food Stamp

19 Act (7 U.S.C. 2011–2029), $28,136,655,000: Provided,

20 That funds provided herein shall remain available through

21 September 30, 1994, in accordance with section 18(a) of

22 the Food Stamp Act: Provided further, That

23 $2,500,000,000 of the foregoing amount shall be placed

24 in reserve for use only in such amounts and at such times

25 as may become necessary to carry out program operations:

26 Provided further, That funds provided herein shall be ex-
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1 pended in accordance with section 16 of the Food Stamp

2 Act: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be

3 subject to any work registration or work fare requirements

4 as may be required by law: Provided further, That

5 $345,000,000 of the funds provided herein shall be avail6 able after the Secretary has employed the regulatory and

7 administrative methods available to him under the law to

8 curtail fraud, waste, and abuse in the program: Provided

9 further, That $1,091,000,000 of the foregoing amount

10 shall be available for Nutrition Assistance for Puerto Rico

11 as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 2028, of which $12,472,000

12 shall be transferred to the Animal and Plant Health In13 spection Service for the Cattle Tick Eradication Project.

14 FOOD DONATIONS PROGRAMS FOR SELECTED GROUPS

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

16 the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 (7

17 U.S.C. 612c (note)), section 4(b) of the Food Stamp Act

18 (7 U.S.C. 2013(b)), and section 311 of the Older Ameri19 cans Act of 1965, as amended (42 U.S.C. 3030a),

20 $218,641,000, to remain available through September 30,

21 1995.

22 For necessary expenses to carry out section 110 of

23 the Hunger Prevention Act of 1988, $40,000,000.

24 THE EMERGENCY FOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

25 For necessary expenses to carry out the Emergency

26 Food Assistance Act of 1983, as amended, $40,000,000:
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1 Provided, That, in accordance with section 202 of Public

2 Law 98–92, these funds shall be available only if the Sec3 retary determines the existence of excess commodities.

4 For purchases of commodities to carry out the Emer5 gency Food Assistance Act of 1983, as amended,

6 $80,000,000.

7 FOOD PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION

8 For necessary administrative expenses of the domes9 tic food programs funded under this Act, $107,767,000;

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

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

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

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

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

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

19 TITLE V—FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND

20 RELATED PROGRAMS

21 FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

23 For necessary expenses of the Foreign Agricultural

24 Service, including carrying out title VI of the Agricultural

25 Act of 1954, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1761–1768), market
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1 development activities abroad, and for enabling the Sec2 retary to coordinate and integrate activities of the Depart3 ment in connection with foreign agricultural work, includ4 ing not to exceed $128,000 for representation allowances

5 and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of the Act approved

6 August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), $117,812,000: Provided,

7 That this appropriation shall be available to obtain statis8 tics and related facts on foreign production and full and

9 complete information on methods used by other countries

10 to move farm commodities in world trade on a competitive

11 basis: Provided further, That in addition, funds available

12 to the Department of Agriculture shall be available to as13 sist an international organization in meeting the costs, in14 cluding salaries, fringe benefits and other associated costs,

15 related to the employment by the organization of Federal

16 personnel that may transfer to the organization under the

17 provisions of 5 U.S.C. 3581–3584, or of other well-quali18 fied United States citizens, for the performance of activi19 ties that contribute to increased understanding of inter20 national agricultural issues, with transfer of funds for this

21 purpose from one appropriation to another or to a single

22 account authorized, such funds remaining available until

23 expended: Provided further, That the Office may utilize ad24 vances of funds, or reimburse this appropriation for ex25 penditures made on behalf of Federal agencies, public and
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1 private organizations and institutions under agreements

2 executed pursuant to the agricultural food production as3 sistance programs (7 U.S.C. 1736) and the foreign assist4 ance programs of the International Development Coopera5 tion Administration (22 U.S.C. 2392).

6 None of the funds in the foregoing paragraph shall

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

8 tobacco products.

9 GENERAL SALES MANAGER

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

11 For necessary expenses of the Office of the General

12 Sales Manager, $9,158,000, of which $4,866,000 may be

13 transferred from Commodity Credit Corporation funds,

14 $2,792,000 may be transferred from the Commodity Cred15 it Corporation Program Account in this Act, and

16 $1,500,000 may be transferred from the Public Law 480

17 Program Account in this Act. The General Sales Manager

18 shall obtain, assimilate, and analyze all available informa19 tion on developments related to private sales, as well as

20 those funded by the Corporation, including grade and

21 quality as sold and as delivered, including information re22 lating to the effectiveness of greater reliance by the Gen23 eral Sales Manager upon loan guarantees as contrasted

24 to direct loans for financing commercial export sales of

25 agricultural commodities out of private stocks on credit

26 terms, as provided in titles I and II of the Agricultural
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1 Trade Act of 1978, Public Law 95–501, and shall submit

2 quarterly reports to the appropriate committees of Con3 gress concerning such developments.

4 None of the funds in the foregoing paragraph shall

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

6 tobacco products.

7 PUBLIC LAW 480 PROGRAM ACCOUNT

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

9 For expenses during the current fiscal year, not oth10 erwise recoverable, and unrecovered prior years’ costs, in11 cluding interest thereon, under the Agricultural Trade De12 velopment and Assistance Act of 1954, as amended (7

13 U.S.C. 1691, 1701–1715, 1721–1726, 1727–1727f,

14 1731–1736g), as follows: (1) $450,446,000 for Public

15 Law 480 title I credit, including Food for Progress credit;

16 (2) $45,927,000 is hereby appropriated for ocean freight

17 differential costs for the shipment of agricultural commod18 ities pursuant to title I of said Act and the Food for

19 Progress Act of 1985, as amended; (3) $821,570,000 is

20 hereby appropriated for commodities supplied in connec21 tion with dispositions abroad pursuant to title II of said

22 Act; and (4) $280,083,000 is hereby appropriated for

23 commodities supplied in connection with dispositions

24 abroad pursuant to title III of said Act: Provided, That

25 not to exceed 10 per centum of the funds made available
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1 to carry out any title of said Act may be used to carry

2 out any other title of said Act: Provided further, That such

3 sums shall remain available until expended (7 U.S.C.

4 2209b).

5 For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Con6 gressional Budget Act of 1974, of direct credit agreements

7 as authorized by the Agricultural Trade Development and

8 Assistance Act of 1954, as amended, and the Food for

9 Progress Act of 1985, as amended, including the cost of

10 modifying credit agreements under said Act,

11 $346,889,000.

12 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out

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

14 for Progress Act of 1985, as amended, to the extent funds

15 appropriated for Public Law 480 are utilized, $2,536,000.

16 SHORT-TERM EXPORT CREDIT

17 The Commodity Credit Corporation shall make avail18 able not less than $5,000,000,000 in credit guarantees

19 under its export credit guarantee program for short-term

20 credit extended to finance the export sales of United

21 States agricultural commodities and the products thereof,

22 as authorized by section 211(b)(1) of the Agricultural

23 Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5641).

24 INTERMEDIATE EXPORT CREDIT

25 The Commodity Credit Corporation shall make avail26 able not less than $500,000,000 in credit guarantees
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1 under its export guarantee program for intermediate-term

2 credit extended to finance the export sales of United

3 States agricultural commodities and the products thereof,

4 as authorized by section 211(b)(2) of the Agricultural

5 Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5641).

6 EMERGING DEMOCRACIES EXPORT CREDIT

7 The Commodity Credit Corporation shall make avail8 able not less than $200,000,000 in credit guarantees

9 under its Export Guarantee Program for credit expended

10 to finance the export sales of United States agricultural

11 commodities and the products thereof to emerging democ12 racies, as authorized by section 1542 of Public Law 101–

13 624 (7 U.S.C. 5622 note).

14 COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION EXPORT LOANS

15 PROGRAM ACCOUNT

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

17 For administrative expenses to carry out CCC’s Ex18 port Guarantee Program, GSM 102 and GSM 103,

19 $3,381,000; to cover common overhead expenses as per20 mitted by section 11 of the Commodity Credit Corporation

21 Charter Act and in conformity with the Federal Credit Re22 form Act of 1990, of which not to exceed $2,792,000 may

23 be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for

24 the salaries and expenses of the General Sales Manager,

25 and of which not to exceed $589,000 may be transferred

26 to and merged with the appropriation for the salaries and
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1 expenses of the Agricultural Stabilization and Conserva2 tion Service.

3 SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES OVERSEAS (FOREIGN CURRENCY

4 PROGRAM)

5 LIMITATION ON EXPENSES

6 For payments in foreign currencies owed to or owned

7 by the United States for research activities authorized by

8 section 104(c)(7) of the Agricultural Trade Development

9 and Assistance Act of 1954, as amended (7 U.S.C.

10 1704(c)(7)), not to exceed $1,062,000: Provided, That not

11 to exceed $25,000 of these funds shall be available for pay12 ments in foreign currencies for expenses of employment

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

14 Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), as amended by 5

15 U.S.C. 3109.

16 TITLE VI—RELATED AGENCIES AND FOOD

17 AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION

18 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN

19 SERVICES

20 FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

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

24 motor vehicles; for rental of special purpose space in the

25 District of Columbia or elsewhere; and for miscellaneous

26 and emergency expenses of enforcement activities, author-
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1 ized and approved by the Secretary and to be accounted

2 for solely on the Secretary’s certificate, not to exceed

3 $25,000; $867,339,000, of which not to exceed

4 $54,000,000 in fees pursuant to section 736 of the Fed5 eral Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act may be credited to

6 this appropriation and remain available until expended:

7 Provided, That fees derived from applications received

8 during fiscal year 1994 shall be subject to the fiscal year

9 1994 limitation: Provided further, That none of these

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

11 program of user fees authorized by 31 U.S.C. 9701: Pro12 vided further, That none of the funds in this Act may be

13 used to pay for expenses of the Board of Experts on Tea.

14 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

15 For plans, construction, repair, improvement, exten16 sion, alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facili17 ties of or used by the Food and Drug Administration,

18 where not otherwise provided, $8,350,000, to remain

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

20 the Food and Drug Administration may accept donated

21 land in Montgomery and/or Prince George’s Counties,

22 Maryland.

23 RENTAL PAYMENTS (FDA)

24 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

25 For payment of space rental and related costs pursu26 ant to Public Law 92–313 for programs and activities of
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1 the Food and Drug Administration which are included in

2 this Act, $48,575,000, of which $15,000,000 shall be re3 tained by the Food and Drug Administration for repairs,

4 improvements, and non-recurring repairs as determined by

5 the Food and Drug Administration: Provided, That in the

6 event the Food and Drug Administration should require

7 modification of space needs, a share of the salaries and

8 expenses appropriation may be transferred to this appro9 priation, or a share of this appropriation may be trans10 ferred to the salaries and expenses appropriation, but such

11 transfers shall not exceed 5 per centum of the funds made

12 available for rental payments (FDA) to or from this

13 account.

14 DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

15 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE

16 PAYMENTS TO THE FARM CREDIT SYSTEM FINANCIAL

17 ASSISTANCE CORPORATION

18 For necessary payments to the Farm Credit System

19 Financial Assistance Corporation by the Secretary of the

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

21 Credit Act of 1971, as amended, for reimbursement of in22 terest expenses incurred by the Financial Assistance Cor23 poration on obligations issued through 1993, as author24 ized, $62,696,000.
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1 INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

2 COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION

3 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions

4 of the Commodity Exchange Act, as amended (7 U.S.C.

5 1 et seq.), including the purchase and hire of passenger

6 motor vehicles; the rental of space (to include multiple

7 year leases) in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; and

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

9 3109; $47,485,000, including not to exceed $700 for offi10 cial reception and representation expenses.

11 FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION

12 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

13 Not to exceed $40,426,000 (from assessments col14 lected from farm credit institutions and from the Federal

15 Agricultural Mortgage Corporation) shall be obligated

16 during the current fiscal year for administrative expenses

17 as authorized under 12 U.S.C. 2249.

18 TITLE VII—GENERAL PROVISIONS

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

20 appropriations and authorizations made for the Depart21 ment of Agriculture for the fiscal year 1994 under this

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

23 specifically provided for, of not to exceed 657 passenger

24 motor vehicles, of which 653 shall be for replacement only,

25 and for the hire of such vehicles.
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1 SEC. 702. Funds in this Act available to the Depart2 ment of Agriculture shall be available for uniforms or al3 lowances therefor as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–

4 5902).

5 SEC. 703. Not less than $1,500,000 of the appropria6 tions of the Department of Agriculture in this Act for re7 search and service work authorized by the Acts of August

8 14, 1946, and July 28, 1954, and (7 U.S.C. 427, 1621–

9 1629), and by chapter 63 of title 31, United States Code,

10 shall be available for contracting in accordance with said

11 Acts and chapter.

12 SEC. 704. No part of the funds contained in this Act

13 may be used to make production or other payments to a

14 person, persons, or corporations upon a final finding by

15 court of competent jurisdiction that such party is guilty

16 of growing, cultivating, harvesting, processing or storing

17 marijuana, or other such prohibited drug-producing plants

18 on any part of lands owned or controlled by such persons

19 or corporations.

20 SEC. 705. The cumulative total of transfers to the

21 Working Capital Fund for the purpose of accumulating

22 growth capital for data services and National Finance

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

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

25 the Department shall be transferred to the Working Cap-
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1 ital Fund without the approval of the agency adminis2 trator.

3 SEC. 706. New obligational authority provided for the

4 following appropriation items in this Act shall remain

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

6 Plant Health Inspection Service, the contingency fund to

7 meet emergency conditions, and Integrated Systems Ac8 quisition Project; Agricultural Stabilization and Conserva9 tion Service, salaries and expenses funds made available

10 to county committees; Foreign Agricultural Service, Mid11 dle-Income Country Training Program; higher education

12 graduate fellowships grants under section 1417(b)(6) of

13 the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and

14 Teaching Policy Act of 1977, as amended (7 U.S.C.

15 3152(b)(6)); and capacity building grants to colleges eligi16 ble to receive funds under the Act of August 30, 1890,

17 including Tuskegee University.

18 New obligational authority for the Boll Weevil Pro19 gram; up to 10 per centum of the Screwworm Program

20 of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service; funds

21 appropriated for Rental Payments; and higher education

22 minority scholars programs under section 1417(b)(5) of

23 the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and

24 Teaching Policy Act of 1977, as amended (7 U.S.C.

25 3152(b)(5)) shall remain available until expended.
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1 SEC. 707. No part of any appropriation contained in

2 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the

3 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.

4 SEC. 708. Not to exceed $50,000 of the appropria5 tions available to the Department of Agriculture in this

6 Act shall be available to provide appropriate orientation

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

8 SEC. 709. No funds appropriated by this Act may be

9 used to pay negotiated indirect cost rates on cooperative

10 agreements or similar arrangements between the United

11 States Department of Agriculture and nonprofit institu12 tions in excess of 10 per centum of the total direct cost

13 of the agreement when the purpose of such cooperative

14 arrangements is to carry out programs of mutual interest

15 between the two parties. This does not preclude appro16 priate payment of indirect costs on grants and contracts

17 with such institutions when such indirect costs are com18 puted on a similar basis for all agencies for which appro19 priations are provided in this Act.

20 SEC. 710. Notwithstanding any other provision of

21 this Act, commodities acquired by the Department in con22 nection with Commodity Credit Corporation and section

23 32 price support operations may be used, as authorized

24 by law (15 U.S.C. 714c and 7 U.S.C. 612c), to provide
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1 commodities to individuals in cases of hardship as deter2 mined by the Secretary of Agriculture.

3 SEC. 711. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail4 able to reimburse the General Services Administration for

5 payment of space rental and related costs in excess of the

6 amounts specified in this Act; nor shall this or any other

7 provision of law require a reduction in the level of rental

8 space or services below that of fiscal year 1993 or prohibit

9 an expansion of rental space or services with the use of

10 funds otherwise appropriated in this Act. Further, no

11 agency of the Department of Agriculture, from funds oth12 erwise available, shall reimburse the General Services Ad13 ministration for payment of space rental and related costs

14 provided to such agency at a percentage rate which is

15 greater than is available in the case of funds appropriated

16 in this Act.

17 SEC. 712. None of the funds provided in this Act may

18 be used to reduce programs by establishing an end-of-year

19 employment ceiling on full-time equivalent staff years

20 below the level set herein for the following agencies: Food

21 and Drug Administration, 9,824; Farmers Home Adminis22 tration, 12,225; Agricultural Stabilization and Conserva23 tion Service, 2,550; Rural Electrification Administration,

24 550; and Soil Conservation Service, 14,177.
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1 SEC. 713. Funds appropriated by this Act shall be

2 applied only to the objects for which appropriations were

3 made except as otherwise provided by law, as required by

4 31 U.S.C. 1301.

5 SEC. 714. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail6 able to restrict the authority of the Commodity Credit

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

8 on behalf of other agencies of the Department of Agri9 culture when such space will be jointly occupied.

10 SEC. 715. None of the funds provided in this Act may

11 be expended to release information acquired from any han12 dler under the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of

13 1937, as amended: Provided, That this provision shall not

14 prohibit the release of information to other Federal agen15 cies for enforcement purposes: Provided further, That this

16 provision shall not prohibit the release of aggregate statis17 tical data used in formulating regulations pursuant to the

18 Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, as amend19 ed: Provided further, That this provision shall not prohibit

20 the release of information submitted by milk handlers.

21 SEC. 716. Unless otherwise provided in this Act, none

22 of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available in

23 this Act may be used by the Farmers Home Administra24 tion to employ or otherwise contract with private debt col-
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1 lection agencies to collect delinquent payments from

2 Farmers Home Administration borrowers.

3 SEC. 717. None of the funds in this Act, or otherwise

4 made available by this Act, shall be used to sell loans made

5 by the Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund. Further,

6 Rural Development Insurance Fund loans offered for sale

7 in fiscal year 1994 shall be first offered to the borrowers

8 for prepayment.

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

10 to establish any new office, organization, or center for

11 which funds have not been provided in advance in Appro12 priations Acts, except the Department may carry out plan13 ning activities.

14 SEC. 719. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail15 able to pay indirect costs on research grants awarded com16 petitively by the Cooperative State Research Service that

17 exceed 14 per centum of total Federal funds provided

18 under each award.

19 SEC. 720. Appropriations to the Department of Agri20 culture for the cost of direct and guaranteed loans made

21 available in fiscal years 1992, 1993, and 1994 shall re22 main available until expended to cover obligations made

23 in fiscal years 1992, 1993, and 1994 for the following ac24 counts: Rural Development Insurance Fund Program Ac25 count; the Rural Telephone Bank Program Account; the
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1 Rural Electrification and Telephone Loans Program Ac2 count; and the Rural Economic Development Loans Pro3 gram Account.

4 SEC. 721. Notwithstanding any other provisions of

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

7 SEC. 722. Notwithstanding any other provision of

8 this Act, none of the funds in this Act may be used to

9 operate the seven regional offices of the Rural Develop10 ment Administration after April 1, 1994.

11 SEC. 723. None of the funds appropriated or other12 wise made available by this Act shall be used to pay the

13 salaries of personnel who carry out a Market Promotion

14 Program pursuant to section 203 (7 U.S.C. 5623) of the

15 Agricultural Trade Act of 1978, with respect to tobacco

16 or if the aggregate amount of funds and/or commodities

17 under such program exceeds $147,734,000.

18 SEC. 724. None of the funds appropriated or other19 wise made available by this Act shall be used to enroll

20 in excess of 50,000 acres in the fiscal year 1994 Wetlands

21 Reserve Program, as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 3837.

22 SEC. 725. None of the funds appropriated or other23 wise made available by this Act shall be used to enroll

24 additional acres in the Conservation Reserve Program au25 thorized by 16 U.S.C. 3831–3845.
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1 SEC. 726. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal

2 year 1994 pay raises for programs funded by this Act shall

3 be absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Agriculture, Rural De5 velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related

6 Agencies Appropriations Act, 1994’’.

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