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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2493

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JULY 1 (legislative day, JUNE 30), 1993

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations

AN ACT

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 Administra6 tion, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year

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

8 namely:
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1 TITLE I—AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS

2 PRODUCTION, PROCESSING, AND MARKETING

3 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

5 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary

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

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

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

9 reception and representation expenses, not otherwise pro10 vided for, as determined by the Secretary: Provided fur11 ther, That the Secretary may transfer salaries and ex12 penses funds in this Act sufficient to finance a total of

13 not to exceed 35 staff years between agencies of the De14 partment of Agriculture to meet workload requirements.

15 OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY SECRETARY

16 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Deputy

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

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

19 That not to exceed $3,000 of this amount shall be avail20 able for official reception and representation expenses, not

21 otherwise provided for, as determined by the Deputy

22 Secretary.

23 OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS

24 For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and

25 Program Analysis, including employment pursuant to the
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1 second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of

2 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), of which not to exceed $5,000 is

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

4 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR

5 ADMINISTRATION

6 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant

7 Secretary for Administration to carry out the programs

8 funded in this Act, $808,000.

9 RENTAL PAYMENTS (USDA)

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

11 For payment of space rental and related costs pursu12 ant to Public Law 92–313 for programs and activities of

13 the Department of Agriculture which are included in this

14 Act, $135,503,000, of which $30,804,000 shall be re15 tained by the Department of Agriculture for the operation,

16 maintenance, and repair of Agriculture buildings and for

17 non-recurring repairs as determined by the Department

18 of Agriculture, and an additional $19,700,000 shall be re19 tained by the Department of Agriculture for renovation

20 and repair of facilities at the Beltsville Agricultural Re21 search Center: Provided, That in the event an agency with22 in the Department of Agriculture should require modifica23 tion of space needs, the Secretary of Agriculture may

24 transfer a share of that agency’s appropriation made

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

26 a share of this appropriation to that agency’s appropria-
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1 tion, but such transfers shall not exceed 5 per centum of

2 the funds made available for space rental and related costs

3 to or from this account.

4 ADVISORY COMMITTEES (USDA)

5 For necessary expenses for activities of advisory com6 mittees of the Department of Agriculture which are in7 cluded in this Act, $940,000: Provided, That no other

8 funds appropriated to the Department of Agriculture in

9 this Act shall be available to the Department of Agri10 culture for support of activities of advisory committees.

11 HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

15 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Com16 pensation, and Liability Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C.

17 9607g, and section 6001 of the Resource Conservation

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

19 $15,802,000, to remain available until expended: Pro20 vided, That appropriations and funds available herein to

21 the Department of Agriculture for hazardous waste man22 agement may be transferred to any agency of the Depart23 ment for its use in meeting all requirements pursuant to

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

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

3 For Personnel, Finance and Management, Oper4 ations, Information Resources Management, Advocacy and

5 Enterprise, Administrative Law Judges and Judicial Offi6 cer, and Emergency Programs, $26,301,000, for Depart7 mental Administration to provide for necessary expenses

8 for management support services to offices of the Depart9 ment of Agriculture and for general administration and

10 emergency preparedness of the Department of Agri11 culture, repairs and alterations, and other miscellaneous

12 supplies and expenses not otherwise provided for and nec13 essary for the practical and efficient work of the Depart14 ment of Agriculture, including employment pursuant to

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

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

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

18 this appropriation shall be reimbursed from applicable ap19 propriations in this Act for travel expenses incident to the

20 holding of hearings as required by 5 U.S.C. 551–558.

21 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR

22 CONGRESSIONAL RELATIONS

23 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant

24 Secretary for Congressional Relations to carry out the pro25 grams funded in this Act, $1,333,000.
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1 OFFICE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS

2 For necessary expenses to carry on services relating

3 to the coordination of programs involving public affairs,

4 and for the dissemination of agricultural information and

5 the coordination of information, work and programs au6 thorized by Congress in the Department, $8,629,000, in7 cluding employment pursuant to the second sentence of

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

9 2225), of which not to exceed $10,000 shall be available

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

11 $2,000,000 may be used for farmers’ bulletins: Provided,

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

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

14 the Yearbook of Agriculture).

15 INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS

16 For necessary expenses for programs involving inter17 governmental affairs and liaison within the executive

18 branch, $478,000.

19 OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL

20 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector

21 General, including employment pursuant to the second

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

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

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

25 necessary for contracting and other arrangements with

26 public agencies and private persons pursuant to section
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1 6(a)(8) of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended,

2 and including a sum not to exceed $50,000 for employ3 ment under 5 U.S.C. 3109; and including a sum not to

4 exceed $95,000 for certain confidential operational ex5 penses including the payment of informants, to be ex6 pended under the direction of the Inspector General pur7 suant to Public Law 95–452 and section 1337 of Public

8 Law 97–98.

9 OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL

10 For necessary expenses of the Office of the General

11 Counsel, $26,149,000.

12 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR ECONOMICS

13 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant

14 Secretary for Economics to carry out the programs funded

15 in this Act, $589,000.

16 ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE

17 For necessary expenses of the Economic Research

18 Service in conducting economic research and service relat19 ing to agricultural production, marketing, and distribu20 tion, as authorized by the Agricultural Marketing Act of

21 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621–1627) and other laws, including eco22 nomics of marketing; analyses relating to farm prices, in23 come and population, and demand for farm products, use

24 of resources in agriculture, adjustments, costs and returns

25 in farming, and farm finance; research relating to the eco-
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1 nomic and marketing aspects of farmer cooperatives; and

2 for analysis of supply and demand for farm products in

3 foreign countries and their effect on prospects for United

4 States exports, progress in economic development and its

5 relation to sales of farm products, assembly and analysis

6 of agricultural trade statistics and analysis of inter7 national financial and monetary programs and policies as

8 they affect the competitive position of United States farm

9 products, $57,702,000; of which $500,000 shall be avail10 able for investigation, determination, and finding as to the

11 effect upon the production of food and upon the agricul12 tural economy of any proposed action affecting such sub13 ject matter pending before the Administrator of the Envi14 ronmental Protection Agency for presentation, in the pub15 lic interest, before said Administrator, other agencies or

16 before the courts: Provided, That this appropriation shall

17 be available to continue to gather statistics and conduct

18 a special study on the price spread between the farmer

19 and the consumer: Provided further, That this appropria20 tion shall be available for employment pursuant to the sec21 ond sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944

22 (7 U.S.C. 2225): Provided further, That this appropriation

23 shall be available for analysis of statistics and related facts

24 on foreign production and full and complete information
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1 on methods used by other countries to move farm com2 modities in world trade on a competitive basis.

3 NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE

4 For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural

5 Statistics Service in conducting statistical reporting and

6 service work, including crop and livestock estimates, sta7 tistical coordination and improvements, and marketing

8 surveys, as authorized by the Agricultural Marketing Act

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

10 $82,069,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall be

11 available for employment pursuant to the second sentence

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

13 2225), and not to exceed $40,000 shall be available for

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

15 WORLD AGRICULTURAL OUTLOOK BOARD

16 For necessary expenses of the World Agricultural

17 Outlook Board to coordinate and review all commodity

18 and aggregate agricultural and food data used to develop

19 outlook and situation material within the Department of

20 Agriculture, as authorized by the Agricultural Marketing

21 Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1622g), $2,582,000: Provided, That

22 this appropriation shall be available for employment pur23 suant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the

24 Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225).
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1 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR SCIENCE

2 AND EDUCATION

3 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of

4 the Assistant Secretary for Science and Education to ad5 minister the laws enacted by the Congress for the Agricul6 tural Research Service, Cooperative State Research Serv7 ice, Extension Service, and National Agricultural Library,

8 $569,000.

9 ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND

10 COMMERCIALIZATION

11 For necessary expenses to carry out the Alternative

12 Agricultural Research and Commercialization Act of 1990

13 (7 U.S.C. 5901–5908), $7,250,000 is appropriated to the

14 Alternative Agricultural Research and Commercialization

15 Revolving Fund.

16 AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

18 For necessary expenses to enable the Agricultural Re19 search Service to perform agricultural research and dem20 onstration relating to production, utilization, marketing,

21 and distribution (not otherwise provided for), home eco22 nomics or nutrition and consumer use, and for acquisition

23 of lands by donation, exchange, or purchase at a nominal

24 cost not to exceed $100, $688,805,000: Provided, That ap25 propriations hereunder shall be available for temporary
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1 employment pursuant to the second sentence of section

2 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and

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

4 under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That appropria5 tions hereunder can be used to provide financial assistance

6 to the organizers of national and international con7 ferences, if such conferences are in support of agency pro8 grams: Provided further, That appropriations hereunder

9 shall be available for the operation and maintenance of

10 aircraft and the purchase of not to exceed one for replace11 ment only: Provided further, That appropriations here12 under shall be available to conduct marketing research:

13 Provided further, That appropriations hereunder shall be

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

15 alteration, and repair of buildings and improvements, but

16 unless otherwise provided the cost of constructing any one

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

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

19 and except for ten buildings to be constructed or improved

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

21 altering any one building during the fiscal year shall not

22 exceed 10 per centum of the current replacement value

23 of the building or $250,000, whichever is greater: Provided

24 further, That the limitations on alterations contained in

25 this Act shall not apply to modernization or replacement
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1 of existing facilities at Beltsville, Maryland: Provided fur2 ther, That the foregoing limitations shall not apply to re3 placement of buildings needed to carry out the Act of April

4 24, 1948 (21 U.S.C. 113a): Provided further, That the

5 foregoing limitations shall not apply to the purchase of

6 land or the construction of facilities as may be necessary

7 for the relocation of the United States Horticultural Crops

8 Research Laboratory at Fresno to Parlier, California, and

9 the relocation of the laboratories at Behoust, France and

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

11 exchange at fair market value of existing land and facili12 ties at Fresno, California and Behoust, France; and the

13 Agricultural Research Service may lease such existing land

14 and facilities from the purchasers until completion of the

15 replacement facilities and the foregoing limitations shall

16 not apply to the purchase of land at Weslaco, Texas: Pro17 vided further, That not to exceed $190,000 of this appro18 priation may be transferred to and merged with the appro19 priation for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for

20 Science and Education for the scientific review of inter21 national issues involving agricultural chemicals and food

22 additives: Provided further, That funds may be received

23 from any State, other political subdivision, organization,

24 or individual for the purpose of establishing or operating
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1 any research facility or research project of the Agricul2 tural Research Service, as authorized by law.

3 Special fund: To provide for additional labor,

4 subprofessional, and junior scientific help to be employed

5 under contracts and cooperative agreements to strengthen

6 the work at Federal research installations in the field,

7 $2,500,000.

8 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

9 For acquisition of land, construction, repair, improve10 ment, extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed equip11 ment or facilities as necessary to carry out the agricultural

12 research programs of the Department of Agriculture,

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

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

15 facilities to house bonsai collections at the National Arbo16 retum may be constructed with funds accepted under the

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

18 limitation on construction contained in the Act of August

19 24, 1912 (40 U.S.C. 68) shall not apply to the construc20 tion of such facilities: Provided further, That funds may

21 be received from any State, other political subdivision, or22 ganization, or individual for the purpose of establishing

23 any research facility of the Agricultural Research Service,

24 as authorized by law.
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1 COOPERATIVE STATE RESEARCH SERVICE

2 For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for

3 cooperative forestry and other research, for facilities, and

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

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

6 1887, as amended, including administration by the United

7 States Department of Agriculture, penalty mail costs of

8 agricultural experiment stations under section 6 of the

9 Hatch Act of 1887, as amended, and payments under sec10 tion 1361(c) of the Act of October 3, 1980 (7 U.S.C.

11 301n.); $18,809,000 for grants for cooperative forestry re12 search under the Act approved October 10, 1962 (16

13 U.S.C. 582a–582–a7), as amended, including administra14 tive expenses, and payments under section 1361(c) of the

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

16 payments to the 1890 land-grant colleges, including

17 Tuskegee University, for research under section 1445 of

18 the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and

19 Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3222), as amend20 ed, including administration by the United States Depart21 ment of Agriculture, and penalty mail costs of the 1890

22 land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee University;

23 $50,070,000 for contracts and grants for agricultural re24 search under the Act of August 4, 1965, as amended (7

25 U.S.C. 450i); $114,000,000 for competitive research
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1 grants under section 2(b) of the Act of August 4, 1965,

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

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

4 disease programs authorized by section 1433 of Public

5 Law 95–113, including administrative expenses;

6 $2,168,000 for supplemental and alternative crops and

7 products as authorized by the National Agricultural Re8 search, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7

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

10 to the Critical Agricultural Materials Act of 1984 (7

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

12 Act of 1977, as amended (7 U.S.C. 3318), to remain avail13 able until expended; $475,000 for rangeland research

14 grants as authorized by subtitle M of the National Agri15 cultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of

16 1977, as amended; $3,500,000 for higher education grad17 uate fellowships grants under section 1417(b)(6) of the

18 National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching

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

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

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

22 the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and

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

24 3152(b)(1)), including administrative expenses;

25 $1,000,000 for a higher education minority scholar pro-
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1 gram under section 1417(b)(5) of the National Agricul2 tural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of

3 1977, as amended (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(5)), including ad4 ministrative expenses; $4,000,000 for grants as author5 ized by section 1475 of the National Agricultural Re6 search, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 and

7 other Acts; $6,825,000 for sustainable agriculture re8 search and education, as authorized by section 1621 of

9 Public Law 101–624 (7 U.S.C. 5811), including adminis10 trative expenses; and $20,827,000 for necessary expenses

11 of Cooperative State Research Service activities, including

12 coordination and program leadership for higher education

13 work of the Department, administration of payments to

14 State agricultural experiment stations, funds for employ15 ment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a)

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

17 $10,550,000 shall be for a program of capacity building

18 grants to colleges eligible to receive funds under the Act

19 of August 30, 1890 (7 U.S.C. 321–326 and 328), includ20 ing Tuskegee University, of which not to exceed $100,000

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

22 $428,586,000.

23 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

24 For acquisition of land, construction, repair, improve25 ment, extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed equip26 ment or facilities and for grants to States and other eligi-
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1 ble recipients for such purposes, as necessary to carry out

2 the agricultural research, extension, and teaching pro3 grams of the Department of Agriculture, where not other4 wise provided, $37,750,000, to remain available until ex5 pended (7 U.S.C. 2209b).

6 EXTENSION SERVICE

7 Payments to States, the District of Columbia, Puerto

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

9 Marianas, and American Samoa: For payments for coop10 erative agricultural extension work under the Smith-Lever

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

12 3(c) of said Act, and under section 208(c) of Public Law

13 93–471, for retirement and employees’ compensation costs

14 for extension agents and for costs of penalty mail for coop15 erative extension agents and State extension directors,

16 $274,582,000; payments for the nutrition and family edu17 cation program for low-income areas under section 3(d)

18 of the Act, $64,961,000; payments for the pest manage19 ment program under section 3(d) of the Act, $8,459,000;

20 payments for the farm safety and rural health programs

21 under section 3(d) of the Act, $2,698,000; payments for

22 the pesticide impact assessment program under section

23 3(d) of the Act, $3,363,000; payments to upgrade 1890

24 land-grant college research and extension facilities as au25 thorized by section 1447 of Public Law 95–113, as
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1 amended (7 U.S.C. 3222b), $7,901,000, to remain avail2 able until expended; payments for the rural development

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

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

5 the Act, $11,234,000; payments for the Agricultural Tele6 communications Program, as authorized by Public Law

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

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

9 $10,000,000; payments for a food safety program under

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

11 out the provisions of the Renewable Resources Extension

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

13 agents under section 3(d) of the Act, $1,750,000; pay14 ments for sustainable agriculture programs under section

15 3(d) of the Act, $2,963,000; and payments for extension

16 work by the colleges receiving the benefits of the second

17 Morrill Act (7 U.S.C. 321–326, 328) and Tuskegee Uni18 versity, $25,414,000; in all, $420,785,000: Provided, That

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

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

21 23, 1972, as amended, shall not be paid to any State, the

22 District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, or the Virgin

23 Islands, Micronesia, Northern Marianas, and American

24 Samoa prior to availability of an equal sum from non-Fed25 eral sources for expenditure during the current fiscal year.
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1 Federal administration and coordination: For admin2 istration of the Smith-Lever Act, as amended, and the Act

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

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

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

6 leadership for the extension work of the Department and

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

8 NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL LIBRARY

9 For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural

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

11 shall be available for employment pursuant to the second

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

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

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

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

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

17 and improvements.

18 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR

19 MARKETING AND INSPECTION SERVICES

20 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of

21 the Assistant Secretary for Marketing and Inspection

22 Services to administer programs under the laws enacted

23 by the Congress for the Animal and Plant Health Inspec24 tion Service, Food Safety and Inspection Service, Federal
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1 Grain Inspection Service, Agricultural Marketing Service,

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

3 ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

6 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, including

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

8 amended (21 U.S.C. 114b–c), necessary to prevent, con9 trol, and eradicate pests and plant and animal diseases;

10 to carry out inspection, quarantine, and regulatory activi11 ties; to discharge the authorities of the Secretary of Agri12 culture under the Act of March 2, 1931 (46 Stat. 1468;

13 7 U.S.C. 426–426b); and to protect the environment, as

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

15 shall be derived from user fees deposited in the Agricul16 tural Quarantine Inspection User Fee Account, and of

17 which $4,938,000 shall be available for the control of out18 breaks of insects, plant diseases, animal diseases and for

19 control of pest animals and birds to the extent necessary

20 to meet emergency conditions: Provided, That if the de21 mand for Agricultural Quarantine Inspection (AQI) user

22 fee financed services is greater than expected and/or other

23 uncontrollable events occur, the Agency may exceed the

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

25 such funds are available in the Agricultural Quarantine
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1 Inspection User Fee Account, and with notification to the

2 Appropriations Committees: Provided further, That no

3 funds shall be used to formulate or administer a brucel4 losis eradication program for the current fiscal year that

5 does not require minimum matching by the States of at

6 least 40 per centum: Provided further, That this appro7 priation shall be available for field employment pursuant

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

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

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

11 Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available

12 for the operation and maintenance of aircraft and the pur13 chase of not to exceed four, of which two shall be for re14 placement only: Provided further, That, in addition, in

15 emergencies which threaten any segment of the agricul16 tural production industry of this country, the Secretary

17 may transfer from other appropriations or funds available

18 to the agencies or corporations of the Department such

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

20 such emergencies for the arrest and eradication of con21 tagious or infectious disease or pests of animals, poultry,

22 or plants, and for expenses in accordance with the Act

23 of February 28, 1947, as amended, and section 102 of

24 the Act of September 21, 1944, as amended, and any un25 expended balances of funds transferred for such emer-
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1 gency purposes in the next preceding fiscal year shall be

2 merged with such transferred amounts.

3 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

4 For plans, construction, repair, improvement, exten5 sion, alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facili6 ties, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 2250, and acquisition of

7 land as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 428a, $10,145,000, to re8 main available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b).

9 FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE

10 For necessary expenses to carry on services author11 ized by the Federal Meat Inspection Act, as amended, and

12 the Poultry Products Inspection Act, as amended,

13 $516,738,000, and in addition, $1,000,000 may be cred14 ited to this account from fees collected for the cost of lab15 oratory accreditation as authorized by section 1017 of

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

17 shall be available for field employment pursuant to section

18 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and

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

20 under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That this appro21 priation shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250)

22 for the alteration and repair of buildings and improve23 ments, but the cost of altering any one building during

24 the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 per centum of the cur25 rent replacement value of the building.
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1 FEDERAL GRAIN INSPECTION SERVICE

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions

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

5 and the standardization activities related to grain under

6 the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, as amended, in7 cluding field employment pursuant to section 706(a) of the

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

9 $20,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109,

10 $11,554,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall be

11 available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alter12 ation and repair of buildings and improvements, but the

13 cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year

14 shall not exceed 10 per centum of the current replacement

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

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

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

18 payments from fee-supported funds to any person or per19 sons who require nonexport, nonterminal interior elevators

20 to maintain records not involving official inspection or offi21 cial weighing in the United States under Public Law 94–

22 582 other than those necessary to fulfill the purposes of

23 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: Provided further, That the second proviso shall not

5 apply in any county affected if the Corporation has imple6 mented a nonstandard classification system in such county

7 for those individual farms that have experienced excessive

8 losses since 1980 under which the premium rates, notwith9 standing the provision of section 508(d) of the Federal

10 Crop Insurance Act, are increased over comparable rates

11 effective for the 1993 crop, or the insured yields are de12 creased from comparable yields for the 1993 crop, or a

13 combination of both, by an amount or amounts sufficient

14 to ensure that an estimated loss ratio will not exceed 1.1

15 for the crop produced on such farms during the 1994 crop

16 year.

17 FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION FUND

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

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

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

21 which $47,072,000 is to reimburse the Federal Crop In22 surance Corporation Fund for agents’ commissions and

23 loss adjustment obligations incurred during prior years,

24 but not previously reimbursed, as authorized by section

25 516(a) of the Act, as amended.
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1 COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION FUND

2 REIMBURSEMENT FOR NET REALIZED LOSSES

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

4 to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for net

5 realized losses sustained, but not previously reimbursed

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

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

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

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

10 OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE FOR HAZARDOUS WASTE

11 MANAGEMENT

12 For fiscal year 1994, the Commodity Credit Corpora13 tion shall not expend more than $4,000,000 for expenses

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

15 Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation,

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

17 section 6001 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery

18 Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 6961: Provided, That ex19 penses shall be for operations and maintenance costs only

20 and that other hazardous waste management costs shall

21 be paid for by the USDA Hazardous Waste Management

22 appropriation in this Act.
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1 TITLE II—CONSERVATION PROGRAMS

2 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR NATURAL

3 RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT

4 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of

5 the Assistant Secretary for Natural Resources and Envi6 ronment to administer the laws enacted by the Congress

7 for the Forest Service and the Soil Conservation Service,

8 $578,000.

9 SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE

10 CONSERVATION OPERATIONS

11 For necessary expenses for carrying out the provi12 sions of the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–590f)

13 including preparation of conservation plans and establish14 ment of measures to conserve soil and water (including

15 farm irrigation and land drainage and such special meas16 ures for soil and water management as may be necessary

17 to prevent floods and the siltation of reservoirs and to con18 trol agricultural related pollutants); operation of conserva19 tion plant materials centers; classification and mapping of

20 soil; dissemination of information; acquisition of lands by

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

22 exceed $100; purchase and erection or alteration or im23 provement of permanent and temporary buildings; and op24 eration and maintenance of aircraft, $588,262,000, to re25 main available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); of which
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1 not less than $5,820,000 is for snow survey and water

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

3 and establishment of the plant materials centers: Provided,

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

5 materials centers, the cost of any permanent building pur6 chased, erected, or as improved, exclusive of the cost of

7 constructing a water supply or sanitary system and con8 necting the same to any such building and with the excep9 tion of buildings acquired in conjunction with land being

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

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

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

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

14 and except that alterations or improvements to other exist15 ing permanent buildings costing $5,000 or more may be

16 made in any fiscal year in an amount not to exceed $2,000

17 per building: Provided further, That when buildings or

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

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

20 2250a: Provided further, That no part of this appropria21 tion may be expended for soil and water conservation oper22 ations under the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–

23 590f) in demonstration projects: Provided further, That

24 this appropriation shall be available for employment pur25 suant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Or-
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1 ganic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225) and not to exceed

2 $25,000 shall be available for employment under 5 U.S.C.

3 3109: Provided further, That qualified local engineers may

4 be temporarily employed at per diem rates to perform

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

6 590e–2).

7 RIVER BASIN SURVEYS AND INVESTIGATIONS

8 For necessary expenses to conduct research, inves9 tigation, and surveys of watersheds of rivers and other wa10 terways, in accordance with section 6 of the Watershed

11 Protection and Flood Prevention Act approved August 4,

12 1954, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1006–1009), $13,482,000:

13 Provided, That this appropriation shall be available for

14 employment pursuant to the second sentence of section

15 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and

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

17 under 5 U.S.C. 3109.

18 WATERSHED PLANNING

19 For necessary expenses for small watershed investiga20 tions and planning, in accordance with the Watershed Pro21 tection and Flood Prevention Act, as amended (16 U.S.C.

22 1001–1008), $9,721,000: Provided, That this appropria23 tion shall be available for employment pursuant to the sec24 ond sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944

25 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $50,000 shall be avail26 able for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109.
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1 WATERSHED AND FLOOD PREVENTION OPERATIONS

2 For necessary expenses to carry out preventive meas3 ures, including but not limited to research, engineering op4 erations, methods of cultivation, the growing of vegetation,

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

6 in accordance with the Watershed Protection and Flood

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

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

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

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

11 Department, $228,915,000 to remain available until ex12 pended (7 U.S.C. 2209b), of which $40,386,000 shall be

13 available for the watersheds authorized under the Flood

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

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

16 That this appropriation shall be available for employment

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

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

19 $22,881,000 shall be available for emergency measures as

20 provided by sections 403–405 of the Agricultural Credit

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

22 $200,000 shall be available for employment under 5

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

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

25 the Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund of the Farmers
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1 Home Administration (7 U.S.C. 1931): Provided further,

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

3 available to carry out the purposes of the Endangered Spe4 cies Act of 1973 (Public Law 93–205), as amended, in5 cluding cooperative efforts as contemplated by that Act

6 to relocate endangered or threatened species to other suit7 able habitats as may be necessary to expedite project con8 struction.

9 RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT

10 For necessary expenses in planning and carrying out

11 projects for resource conservation and development and

12 for sound land use pursuant to the provisions of section

13 32(e) of title III of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant

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

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

16 590a–f), and the provisions of the Agriculture and Food

17 Act of 1981 (16 U.S.C. 3451–3461), $32,945,000, to re18 main available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b): Provided,

19 That $600,000 in loans may be insured, or made to be

20 sold and insured, under the Agricultural Credit Insurance

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

22 1931): Provided further, That this appropriation shall be

23 available for employment pursuant to the second sentence

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

25 2225), and not to exceed $50,000 shall be available for

26 employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109.
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1 GREAT PLAINS CONSERVATION PROGRAM

2 For necessary expenses to carry into effect a program

3 of conservation in the Great Plains area, pursuant to sec4 tion 16(b) of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allot5 ment Act, as added by the Act of August 7, 1956, as

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

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

8 AGRICULTURAL STABILIZATION AND CONSERVATION

9 SERVICE

10 AGRICULTURAL CONSERVATION PROGRAM

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

12 For necessary expenses to carry into effect the pro13 gram authorized in sections 7 to 15, 16(a), 16(f), and 17

14 of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act ap15 proved February 29, 1936, as amended and supplemented

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

17 sections 1001–1004, 1006–1008, and 1010 of the Agricul18 tural Act of 1970, as added by the Agriculture and

19 Consumer Protection Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1501–1504,

20 1506–1508, and 1510), and including not to exceed

21 $15,000 for the preparation and display of exhibits, in22 cluding such displays at State, interstate, and inter23 national fairs within the United States, $194,650,000, to

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

25 agreements, excluding administration but including tech26 nical assistance and related expenses (16 U.S.C. 590o),
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1 except that no participant in the Agricultural Conserva2 tion Program shall receive more than $3,500 per year, ex3 cept where the participants from two or more farms or

4 ranches join to carry out approved practices designed to

5 conserve or improve the agricultural resources of the com6 munity, or where a participant has a long-term agreement,

7 in which case the total payment shall not exceed the an8 nual payment limitation multiplied by the number of years

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

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

11 financial or technical assistance for drainage on wetlands

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

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

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

15 1956: Provided further, That such amounts shall be avail16 able for the purchase of seeds, fertilizers, lime, trees, or

17 any other conservation materials, or any soil-terracing

18 services, and making grants thereof to agricultural pro19 ducers to aid them in carrying out approved farming prac20 tices as authorized by the Soil Conservation and Domestic

21 Allotment Act, as amended, as determined and rec22 ommended by the county committees, approved by the

23 State committees and the Secretary, under programs pro24 vided for herein: Provided further, That such assistance

25 will not be used for carrying out measures and practices
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1 that are primarily production-oriented or that have little

2 or no conservation or pollution abatement benefits: Pro3 vided further, That not to exceed 5 per centum of the allo4 cation for the current year’s program for any county may,

5 on the recommendation of such county committee and ap6 proval of the State committee, be withheld and allotted

7 to the Soil Conservation Service for services of its techni8 cians in formulating and carrying out the Agricultural

9 Conservation Program in the participating counties, and

10 shall not be utilized by the Soil Conservation Service for

11 any purpose other than technical and other assistance in

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

13 such county committee and approval of the State commit14 tee, not to exceed 1 per centum may be made available

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

16 same purpose and under the same conditions: Provided

17 further, That for the current year’s program $2,500,000

18 shall be available for technical assistance in formulating

19 and carrying out rural environmental practices: Provided

20 further, That no part of any funds available to the Depart21 ment, or any bureau, office, corporation, or other agency

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

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

24 expenses of any person who has been convicted of violating

25 the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to prevent pernicious political
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1 activities’’ approved August 2, 1939, as amended, or who

2 has been found in accordance with the provisions of title

3 18 U.S.C. 1913 to have violated or attempted to violate

4 such section which prohibits the use of Federal appropria5 tions for the payment of personal services or other ex6 penses designed to influence in any manner a Member of

7 Congress to favor or oppose any legislation or appropria8 tion by Congress except upon request of any Member or

9 through the proper official channels: Provided further,

10 That not to exceed $15,000,000 of the amount appro11 priated shall be used for water quality payments and prac12 tices in the same manner as permitted under the program

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

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

15 (16 U.S.C. 3838 et seq.).

16 FORESTRY INCENTIVES PROGRAM

17 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,

18 to carry out the program of forestry incentives, as author19 ized in the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978

20 (16 U.S.C. 2101), including technical assistance and relat21 ed expenses, $12,820,000, to remain available until ex22 pended, as authorized by that Act.

23 WATER BANK PROGRAM

24 For necessary expenses to carry into effect the provi25 sions of the Water Bank Act (16 U.S.C. 1301–1311),

26 $18,620,000, to remain available until expended.
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1 EMERGENCY CONSERVATION PROGRAM

2 For necessary expenses to carry into effect the pro3 gram authorized in sections 401, 402, and 404 of title IV

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

5 2205), $10,000,000, to remain available until expended,

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

7 COLORADO RIVER BASIN SALINITY CONTROL PROGRAM

8 For necessary expenses for carrying out a voluntary

9 cooperative salinity control program pursuant to section

10 202(c) of title II of the Colorado River Basin Salinity Con11 trol Act, as amended (43 U.S.C. 1592(c)), to be used to

12 reduce salinity in the Colorado River and to enhance the

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

14 States and the Republic of Mexico, $13,783,000, to re15 main available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b), to be

16 used for investigations and surveys, for technical assist17 ance in developing conservation practices and in the prepa18 ration of salinity control plans, for the establishment of

19 on-farm irrigation management systems, including related

20 lateral improvement measures, for making cost-share pay21 ments to agricultural landowners and operators, Indian

22 tribes, irrigation districts and associations, local govern23 mental and nongovernmental entities, and other land24 owners to aid them in carrying out approved conservation

25 practices as determined and recommended by the county

26 ASC committees, approved by the State ASC committees
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1 and the Secretary, and for associated costs of program

2 planning, information and education, and program mon3 itoring and evaluation: Provided, That the Soil Conserva4 tion Service shall provide technical assistance and the

5 Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service shall

6 provide administrative services for the program, including

7 but not limited to, the negotiation and administration of

8 agreements and the disbursement of payments: Provided

9 further, That such program shall be coordinated with the

10 regular Agricultural Conservation Program and with re11 search programs of other agencies.

12 CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM

13 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

14 For necessary expenses to carry out the conservation

15 reserve program pursuant to the Food Security Act of

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

17 available until expended, to be used for Commodity Credit

18 Corporation expenditures for cost-share assistance for the

19 establishment of conservation practices provided for in ap20 proved conservation reserve program contracts, for annual

21 rental payments provided in such contracts, and for tech22 nical assistance.

23 WETLANDS RESERVE PROGRAM

24 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

25 For necessary expenses to carry out the Wetlands Re26 serve Program pursuant to subchapter C of subtitle D of
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1 title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C.

2 3837), $44,450,000, to remain available until expended:

3 Provided, That the Secretary is authorized to use the serv4 ices, facilities, and authorities of the Commodity Credit

5 Corporation for the purpose of carrying out the Wetlands

6 Reserve Program.

7 TITLE III—FARMERS HOME AND RURAL

8 DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS

9 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR SMALL

10 COMMUNITY AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT

11 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of

12 the Under Secretary for Small Community and Rural De13 velopment to administer programs under the laws enacted

14 by the Congress for the Farmers Home Administration,

15 Rural Electrification Administration, Federal Crop Insur16 ance Corporation, and rural development activities of the

17 Department of Agriculture, $583,000.

18 RURAL DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION

19 Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, ex20 cept Sec. 722, the Secretary may transfer funds from the

21 Farmers Home Administration in this Act to fund the

22 Rural Development Administration, as authorized by law.
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1 RURAL DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION AND FARMERS

2 HOME ADMINISTRATION

3 RURAL HOUSING INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

4 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di5 rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by title V of the

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

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

8 $2,550,000,000 for loans to section 502 borrowers, as de9 termined by the Secretary, of which $750,000,000 shall

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

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

12 514 farm labor housing; $573,900,000 for section 515

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

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

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

16 section 502(g), Deferral Mortgage Demonstration.

17 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including

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

19 the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: low20 income housing section 502 loans, $366,360,000, of which

21 $12,225,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans;

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

23 514 farm labor housing, $8,394,000; section 515 rental

24 housing, $311,972,000; and credit sales of acquired prop25 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 SPECIAL MILK PROGRAM

2 For necessary expenses to carry out the special milk

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

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

5 available through September 30, 1995. Only final reim6 bursement claims for milk submitted to State agencies

7 within sixty days following the month for which the reim8 bursement is claimed shall be eligible for reimbursement

9 from funds appropriated under this Act. States may re10 ceive program funds appropriated under this Act only if

11 the final program operations report for such month is sub12 mitted to the Department within ninety days following

13 that month. Exceptions to these claims or reports submis14 sion requirements may be made at the discretion of the

15 Secretary.

16 SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL FOOD PROGRAM FOR WOMEN,

17 INFANTS, AND CHILDREN (WIC)

18 For necessary expenses to carry out the special sup19 plemental food program as authorized by section 17 of the

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

21 $3,210,000,000, to remain available through September

22 30, 1995, of which up to $4,000,000 may be used to carry

23 out the farmer’s market coupon program: Provided, That

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

25 administrative expenses of WIC clinics except those that
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1 have an announced policy of prohibiting smoking within

2 the space used to carry out the program.

3 COMMODITY SUPPLEMENTAL FOOD PROGRAM

4 For necessary expenses to carry out the commodity

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

6 of the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973

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

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

9 $104,500,000 to remain available through September 30,

10 1995: Provided, That none of these funds shall be avail11 able to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for

12 commodities donated to the program.

13 FOOD STAMP PROGRAM

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

15 For necessary expenses to carry out the Food Stamp

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

17 That funds provided herein shall remain available through

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

19 the Food Stamp Act: Provided further, That

20 $2,500,000,000 of the foregoing amount shall be placed

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

22 as may become necessary to carry out program operations:

23 Provided further, That funds provided herein shall be ex24 pended in accordance with section 16 of the Food Stamp

25 Act: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be

26 subject to any work registration or work fare requirements
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1 as may be required by law: Provided further, That

2 $345,000,000 of the funds provided herein shall be avail3 able after the Secretary has employed the regulatory and

4 administrative methods available to him under the law to

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

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

7 shall be available for Nutrition Assistance for Puerto Rico

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

9 shall be transferred to the Animal and Plant Health In10 spection Service for the Cattle Tick Eradication Project.

11 FOOD DONATIONS PROGRAMS FOR SELECTED GROUPS

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

13 the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 (7

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

15 (7 U.S.C. 2013(b)), and section 311 of the Older Ameri16 cans Act of 1965, as amended (42 U.S.C. 3030a),

17 $218,641,000, to remain available through September 30,

18 1995.

19 For necessary expenses to carry out section 110 of

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

21 THE EMERGENCY FOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

22 For necessary expenses to carry out the Emergency

23 Food Assistance Act of 1983, as amended, $40,000,000:

24 Provided, That, in accordance with section 202 of Public

25 Law 98–92, these funds shall be available only if the Sec26 retary determines the existence of excess commodities.
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1 For purchases of commodities to carry out the Emer2 gency Food Assistance Act of 1983, as amended,

3 $80,000,000.

4 FOOD PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION

5 For necessary administrative expenses of the domes6 tic food programs funded under this Act, $107,767,000;

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

8 procedures, reducing overhead costs, tightening regula9 tions, improving food stamp coupon handling, and assist10 ance in the prevention, identification, and prosecution of

11 fraud and other violations of law: Provided, That this ap12 propriation shall be available for employment pursuant to

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

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

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

16 TITLE V—FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND

17 RELATED PROGRAMS

18 FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

20 For necessary expenses of the Foreign Agricultural

21 Service, including carrying out title VI of the Agricultural

22 Act of 1954, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1761–1768), market

23 development activities abroad, and for enabling the Sec24 retary to coordinate and integrate activities of the Depart25 ment in connection with foreign agricultural work, includ-
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1 ing not to exceed $128,000 for representation allowances

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

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

4 That this appropriation shall be available to obtain statis5 tics and related facts on foreign production and full and

6 complete information on methods used by other countries

7 to move farm commodities in world trade on a competitive

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

9 to the Department of Agriculture shall be available to as10 sist an international organization in meeting the costs, in11 cluding salaries, fringe benefits and other associated costs,

12 related to the employment by the organization of Federal

13 personnel that may transfer to the organization under the

14 provisions of 5 U.S.C. 3581–3584, or of other well-quali15 fied United States citizens, for the performance of activi16 ties that contribute to increased understanding of inter17 national agricultural issues, with transfer of funds for this

18 purpose from one appropriation to another or to a single

19 account authorized, such funds remaining available until

20 expended: Provided further, That the Office may utilize ad21 vances of funds, or reimburse this appropriation for ex22 penditures made on behalf of Federal agencies, public and

23 private organizations and institutions under agreements

24 executed pursuant to the agricultural food production as25 sistance programs (7 U.S.C. 1736) and the foreign assist-
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1 ance programs of the International Development Coopera2 tion Administration (22 U.S.C. 2392).

3 None of the funds in the foregoing paragraph shall

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

5 tobacco products.

6 GENERAL SALES MANAGER

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

8 For necessary expenses of the Office of the General

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

10 transferred from Commodity Credit Corporation funds,

11 $2,792,000 may be transferred from the Commodity Cred12 it Corporation Program Account in this Act, and

13 $1,500,000 may be transferred from the Public Law 480

14 Program Account in this Act. The General Sales Manager

15 shall obtain, assimilate, and analyze all available informa16 tion on developments related to private sales, as well as

17 those funded by the Corporation, including grade and

18 quality as sold and as delivered, including information re19 lating to the effectiveness of greater reliance by the Gen20 eral Sales Manager upon loan guarantees as contrasted

21 to direct loans for financing commercial export sales of

22 agricultural commodities out of private stocks on credit

23 terms, as provided in titles I and II of the Agricultural

24 Trade Act of 1978, Public Law 95–501, and shall submit

25 quarterly reports to the appropriate committees of Con26 gress concerning such developments.
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1 None of the funds in the foregoing paragraph shall

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

3 tobacco products.

4 PUBLIC LAW 480 PROGRAM ACCOUNT

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

6 For expenses during the current fiscal year, not oth7 erwise recoverable, and unrecovered prior years’ costs, in8 cluding interest thereon, under the Agricultural Trade De9 velopment and Assistance Act of 1954, as amended (7

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

11 1731–1736g), as follows: (1) $450,446,000 for Public

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

13 (2) $45,927,000 is hereby appropriated for ocean freight

14 differential costs for the shipment of agricultural commod15 ities pursuant to title I of said Act and the Food for

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

17 hereby appropriated for commodities supplied in connec18 tion with dispositions abroad pursuant to title II of said

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

20 commodities supplied in connection with dispositions

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

22 not to exceed 10 per centum of the funds made available

23 to carry out any title of said Act may be used to carry

24 out any other title of said Act: Provided further, That such
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1 sums shall remain available until expended (7 U.S.C.

2 2209b).

3 For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Con4 gressional Budget Act of 1974, of direct credit agreements

5 as authorized by the Agricultural Trade Development and

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

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

8 modifying credit agreements under said Act,

9 $346,889,000.

10 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out

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

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

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

14 SHORT-TERM EXPORT CREDIT

15 The Commodity Credit Corporation shall make avail16 able not less than $5,000,000,000 in credit guarantees

17 under its export credit guarantee program for short-term

18 credit extended to finance the export sales of United

19 States agricultural commodities and the products thereof,

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

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

22 INTERMEDIATE EXPORT CREDIT

23 The Commodity Credit Corporation shall make avail24 able not less than $500,000,000 in credit guarantees

25 under its export guarantee program for intermediate-term

26 credit extended to finance the export sales of United
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1 States agricultural commodities and the products thereof,

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

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

4 EMERGING DEMOCRACIES EXPORT CREDIT

5 The Commodity Credit Corporation shall make avail6 able not less than $200,000,000 in credit guarantees

7 under its Export Guarantee Program for credit expended

8 to finance the export sales of United States agricultural

9 commodities and the products thereof to emerging democ10 racies, as authorized by section 1542 of Public Law 101–

11 624 (7 U.S.C. 5622 note).

12 COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION EXPORT LOANS

13 PROGRAM ACCOUNT

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

15 For administrative expenses to carry out CCC’s Ex16 port Guarantee Program, GSM 102 and GSM 103,

17 $3,381,000; to cover common overhead expenses as per18 mitted by section 11 of the Commodity Credit Corporation

19 Charter Act and in conformity with the Federal Credit Re20 form Act of 1990, of which not to exceed $2,792,000 may

21 be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for

22 the salaries and expenses of the General Sales Manager,

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

24 to and merged with the appropriation for the salaries and

25 expenses of the Agricultural Stabilization and Conserva26 tion Service.
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1 SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES OVERSEAS (FOREIGN CURRENCY

2 PROGRAM)

3 LIMITATION ON EXPENSES

4 For payments in foreign currencies owed to or owned

5 by the United States for research activities authorized by

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

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

8 1704(c)(7)), not to exceed $1,062,000: Provided, That not

9 to exceed $25,000 of these funds shall be available for pay10 ments in foreign currencies for expenses of employment

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

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

13 U.S.C. 3109.

14 TITLE VI—RELATED AGENCIES AND FOOD

15 AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION

16 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN

17 SERVICES

18 FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION

19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

20 For necessary expenses of the Food and Drug Ad21 ministration, including hire and purchase of passenger

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

23 District of Columbia or elsewhere; and for miscellaneous

24 and emergency expenses of enforcement activities, author25 ized and approved by the Secretary and to be accounted

26 for solely on the Secretary’s certificate, not to exceed
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1 $25,000; $867,339,000, of which not to exceed

2 $54,000,000 in fees pursuant to section 736 of the Fed3 eral Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act may be credited to

4 this appropriation and remain available until expended:

5 Provided, That fees derived from applications received

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

7 1994 limitation: Provided further, That none of these

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

9 program of user fees authorized by 31 U.S.C. 9701: Pro10 vided further, That none of the funds in this Act may be

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

12 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

13 For plans, construction, repair, improvement, exten14 sion, alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facili15 ties of or used by the Food and Drug Administration,

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

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

18 the Food and Drug Administration may accept donated

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

20 Maryland.

21 RENTAL PAYMENTS (FDA)

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

23 For payment of space rental and related costs pursu24 ant to Public Law 92–313 for programs and activities of

25 the Food and Drug Administration which are included in

26 this Act, $48,575,000, of which $15,000,000 shall be re-
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1 tained by the Food and Drug Administration for repairs,

2 improvements, and non-recurring repairs as determined by

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

4 event the Food and Drug Administration should require

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

6 expenses appropriation may be transferred to this appro7 priation, or a share of this appropriation may be trans8 ferred to the salaries and expenses appropriation, but such

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

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

11 account.

12 DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

13 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE

14 PAYMENTS TO THE FARM CREDIT SYSTEM FINANCIAL

15 ASSISTANCE CORPORATION

16 For necessary payments to the Farm Credit System

17 Financial Assistance Corporation by the Secretary of the

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

19 Credit Act of 1971, as amended, for reimbursement of in20 terest expenses incurred by the Financial Assistance Cor21 poration on obligations issued through 1993, as author22 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 $127,734,000.

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 SEC. 727. (a) COMPLIANCE WITH BUY AMERICAN

5 ACT.—None of the funds made available in this Act may

6 be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees that in

7 expending the funds the entity will comply with sections

8 2 through 4 of the Act of March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 10a–

9 10c; popularly known as the ‘‘Buy American Act’’).

10 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS; REQUIREMENT REGARD11 ING NOTICE.—

12 (1) PURCHASE OF AMERICAN-MADE EQUIPMENT

13 AND PRODUCTS.—In the case of any equipment or

14 product that may be authorized to be purchased

15 with financial assistance provided using funds made

16 available in this Act, it is the sense of the Congress

17 that entities receiving the assistance should, in ex18 pending the assistance, purchase only American19 made equipment and products.

20 (2) NOTICE TO RECIPIENTS OF ASSISTANCE.—

21 In providing financial assistance using funds made

22 available in this Act, the head of each Federal agen23 cy shall provide to each recipient of the assistance

24 a notice describing the statement made in paragraph

25 (1) by the Congress.
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1 (c) PROHIBITION OF CONTRACTS WITH PERSONS

2 FALSELY LABELING PRODUCTS AS MADE IN AMERICA.—

3 If it has been finally determined by a court or Federal

4 agency that any person intentionally affixed a label bear5 ing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription, or any inscription

6 with the same meaning, to any product sold in or shipped

7 to the United States that is not made in the United

8 States, the person shall be ineligible to receive any con9 tract or subcontract made with funds made available in

10 this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and ineli11 gibility procedures described in sections 9.400 through

12 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations.

13 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Agriculture, Rural De14 velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related

15 Agencies Appropriations Act, 1994’’.

Passed the House of Representatives June 29, 1993.

Attest: DONNALD K. ANDERSON,

Clerk.

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