Calendar No. 146

103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H.R. 2493

[Report No. 103–102]

AN ACT

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

JULY 1 (legislative day, JUNE 30), 1993

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on

Appropriations

JULY 20 (legislative day, JUNE 30), 1993

Reported with amendments
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Calendar No. 146

103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2493

[Report No. 103–102]

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JULY 1 (legislative day, JUNE 30), 1993

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations

JULY 20 (legislative day, JUNE 30), 1993

Reported by Mr. BUMPERS, with amendments

[Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic]

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

2 namely:

3 TITLE I—AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS

4 PRODUCTION, PROCESSING, AND MARKETING

5 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

7 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary

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

9 under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $2,320,000 $2,295,000: Provided,

10 That not to exceed $8,000 of this amount shall be avail11 able for official reception and representation expenses, not

12 otherwise provided for, as determined by the Secretary:

13 Provided further, That the Secretary may transfer salaries

14 and expenses funds in this Act sufficient to finance a total

15 of not to exceed 35 staff years between agencies of the

16 Department of Agriculture to meet workload require17 ments.

18 OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY SECRETARY

19 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Deputy

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

21 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $553,000 $546,000:

22 Provided, That not to exceed $3,000 of this amount shall

23 be available for official reception and representation ex24 penses, not otherwise provided for, as determined by the

25 Deputy Secretary.
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1 OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS

2 For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and

3 Program Analysis, including employment pursuant to the

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

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

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

7 $5,781,000.

8 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR

9 ADMINISTRATION

10 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant

11 Secretary for Administration to carry out the programs

12 funded in this Act, $808,000 $798,000.

13 RENTAL PAYMENTS (USDA)

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

15 For payment of space rental and related costs pursu16 ant to Public Law 92–313 for programs and activities of

17 the Department of Agriculture which are included in this

18 Act, $135,503,000, of which $30,804,000 shall be re19 tained by the Department of Agriculture for the operation,

20 maintenance, and repair of Agriculture buildings and for

21 non-recurring repairs as determined by the Department

22 of Agriculture, and an additional $19,700,000 shall be re23 tained by the Department of Agriculture for renovation

24 and repair of facilities at the Beltsville Agricultural Re25 search Center: Provided, That in the event an agency with26 in the Department of Agriculture should require modifica-
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1 tion of space needs, the Secretary of Agriculture may

2 transfer a share of that agency’s appropriation made

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

4 a share of this appropriation to that agency’s appropria5 tion, but such transfers shall not exceed 5 per centum of

6 the funds made available for space rental and related costs

7 to or from this account.

8 ADVISORY COMMITTEES (USDA)

9 For necessary expenses for activities of advisory com10 mittees of the Department of Agriculture which are in11 cluded in this Act, $940,000: Provided, That no other

12 funds appropriated to the Department of Agriculture in

13 this Act shall be available to the Department of Agri14 culture for support of activities of advisory committees.

15 HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

17 For necessary expenses of the Department of Agri18 culture, to comply with the requirement of section 107g

19 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Com20 pensation, and Liability Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C.

21 9607g, and section 6001 of the Resource Conservation

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

23 $15,802,000, to remain available until expended: Pro24 vided, That appropriations and funds available herein to

25 the Department of Agriculture for hazardous waste man26 agement may be transferred to any agency of the Depart-
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1 ment for its use in meeting all requirements pursuant to

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

3 DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

7 Enterprise, Administrative Law Judges and Judicial Offi8 cer, and Emergency Programs, $26,301,000 $25,960,000,

9 for Departmental Administration to provide for necessary

10 expenses for management support services to offices of the

11 Department of Agriculture and for general administration

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

2 CONGRESSIONAL RELATIONS

3 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant

4 Secretary for Congressional Relations to carry out the pro5 grams funded in this Act, $1,333,000 $1,317,000.

6 OFFICE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS

7 For necessary expenses to carry on services relating

8 to the coordination of programs involving public affairs,

9 and for the dissemination of agricultural information and

10 the coordination of information, work and programs au11 thorized by Congress in the Department, $8,629,000

12 $8,510,000, including employment pursuant to the second

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

14 U.S.C. 2225), of which not to exceed $10,000 shall be

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

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

17 Provided, That none of the funds in this Act hereafter,

18 none of the funds available to the Department of Agriculture

19 may be used to produce part 2 of the annual report of

20 the Secretary (known as the Yearbook of Agriculture).

21 INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS

22 For necessary expenses for programs involving inter23 governmental affairs and liaison within the executive

24 branch, $478,000 $472,000.
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1 OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL

2 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector

3 General, including employment pursuant to the second

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

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

6 amended, $65,932,000 $65,127,000, including such sums

7 as may be necessary for contracting and other arrange8 ments with public agencies and private persons pursuant

9 to section 6(a)(8) of the Inspector General Act of 1978,

10 as amended, and including a sum not to exceed $50,000

11 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109; and including a sum

12 not to exceed $95,000 for certain confidential operational

13 expenses including the payment of informants, to be ex14 pended under the direction of the Inspector General pur15 suant to Public Law 95–452 and section 1337 of Public

16 Law 97–98.

17 OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL

18 For necessary expenses of the Office of the General

19 Counsel, $26,149,000 $25,835,000.

20 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR ECONOMICS

21 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant

22 Secretary for Economics to carry out the programs funded

23 in this Act, $589,000 $582,000.
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1 ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE

2 For necessary expenses of the Economic Research

3 Service in conducting economic research and service relat4 ing to agricultural production, marketing, and distribu5 tion, as authorized by the Agricultural Marketing Act of

6 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621–1627) and other laws, including eco7 nomics of marketing; analyses relating to farm prices, in8 come and population, and demand for farm products, use

9 of resources in agriculture, adjustments, costs and returns

10 in farming, and farm finance; research relating to the eco11 nomic and marketing aspects of farmer cooperatives; and

12 for analysis of supply and demand for farm products in

13 foreign countries and their effect on prospects for United

14 States exports, progress in economic development and its

15 relation to sales of farm products, assembly and analysis

16 of agricultural trade statistics and analysis of inter17 national financial and monetary programs and policies as

18 they affect the competitive position of United States farm

19 products, $57,702,000 $51,219,000; of which $500,000

20 shall be available for investigation, determination, and

21 finding as to the effect upon the production of food and

22 upon the agricultural economy of any proposed action af23 fecting such subject matter pending before the Adminis24 trator of the Environmental Protection Agency for presen25 tation, in the public interest, before said Administrator,
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1 other agencies or before the courts: Provided, That this

2 appropriation shall be available to continue to gather sta3 tistics and conduct a special study on the price spread be4 tween the farmer and the consumer: Provided further,

5 That this appropriation shall be available for employment

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

7 Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225): Provided further,

8 That this appropriation shall be available for analysis of

9 statistics and related facts on foreign production and full

10 and complete information on methods used by other coun11 tries to move farm commodities in world trade on a com12 petitive basis.

13 NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE

14 For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural

15 Statistics Service in conducting statistical reporting and

16 service work, including crop and livestock estimates, sta17 tistical coordination and improvements, and marketing

18 surveys, as authorized by the Agricultural Marketing Act

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

20 $82,069,000 $81,458,000: Provided, That this appropria21 tion shall be available for employment pursuant to the sec22 ond sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944

23 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $40,000 shall be avail24 able for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109.
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1 WORLD AGRICULTURAL OUTLOOK BOARD

2 For necessary expenses of the World Agricultural

3 Outlook Board to coordinate and review all commodity

4 and aggregate agricultural and food data used to develop

5 outlook and situation material within the Department of

6 Agriculture, as authorized by the Agricultural Marketing

7 Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1622g), $2,582,000 $2,550,000:

8 Provided, That this appropriation shall be available for

9 employment pursuant to the second sentence of section

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

11 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR SCIENCE

12 AND EDUCATION

13 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of

14 the Assistant Secretary for Science and Education to ad15 minister the laws enacted by the Congress for the Agricul16 tural Research Service, Cooperative State Research Serv17 ice, Extension Service, and National Agricultural Library,

18 $569,000 $562,000.

19 ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND

20 COMMERCIALIZATION

21 For necessary expenses to carry out the Alternative

22 Agricultural Research and Commercialization Act of 1990

23 (7 U.S.C. 5901–5908), $7,250,000 $12,000,000 is appro24 priated to the Alternative Agricultural Research and Com25 mercialization Revolving Fund.
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1 AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

3 For necessary expenses to enable the Agricultural Re4 search Service to perform agricultural research and dem5 onstration relating to production, utilization, marketing,

6 and distribution (not otherwise provided for), home eco7 nomics or nutrition and consumer use, and for acquisition

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

9 cost not to exceed $100, $688,805,000 $680,165,000: Pro10 vided, That appropriations hereunder shall be available for

11 temporary 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 $115,000 shall be available for

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

15 appropriations hereunder hereafter, appropriations avail16 able to the Department of Agriculture can be used to pro17 vide financial assistance to the organizers of national and

18 international conferences, if such conferences are in sup19 port of agency programs: Provided further, That appro20 priations hereunder shall be available for the operation

21 and maintenance of aircraft and the purchase of not to

22 exceed one for replacement only: Provided further, That

23 appropriations hereunder shall be available to conduct

24 marketing research: Provided further, That appropriations

25 hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250
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1 for the construction, alteration, and repair of buildings

2 and improvements, but unless otherwise provided the cost

3 of constructing any one building shall not exceed

4 $250,000, except for headhouses or greenhouses which

5 shall each be limited to $1,000,000, and except for ten

6 buildings to be constructed or improved at a cost not to

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

8 building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 per cen9 tum of the current replacement value of the building or

10 $250,000, whichever is greater: Provided further, That the

11 limitations on alterations contained in this Act shall not

12 apply to modernization or replacement of existing facilities

13 at Beltsville, Maryland: Provided further, That the fore14 going limitations shall not apply to replacement of build15 ings needed to carry out the Act of April 24, 1948 (21

16 U.S.C. 113a): Provided further, That the foregoing limita17 tions shall not apply to the purchase of land or the con18 struction of facilities as may be necessary for the reloca19 tion of the United States Horticultural Crops Research

20 Laboratory at Fresno to Parlier, California, and the relo21 cation of the laboratories at Behoust, France and Rome,

22 Italy to Montpelier, France, including the sale or exchange

23 at fair market value of existing land and facilities at Fres24 no, California and Behoust, France; and the Agricultural

25 Research Service may lease such existing land and facili-
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1 ties from the purchasers until completion of the replace2 ment facilities and the foregoing limitations shall not

3 apply to the purchase of land at Weslaco, Texas: Provided

4 further, That not to exceed $190,000 of this appropriation

5 may be transferred to and merged with the appropriation

6 for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Science and

7 Education for the scientific review of international issues

8 involving agricultural chemicals and food additives: Pro9 vided further, That funds may be received from any State,

10 other political subdivision, organization, or individual for

11 the purpose of establishing or operating any research facil12 ity or research project of the Agricultural Research Serv13 ice, as authorized by law.

14 Special fund: To provide for additional labor,

15 subprofessional, and junior scientific help to be employed

16 under contracts and cooperative agreements to strengthen

17 the work at Federal research installations in the field,

18 $2,500,000.

19 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

20 For acquisition of land, construction, repair, improve21 ment, extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed equip22 ment or facilities as necessary to carry out the agricultural

23 research programs of the Department of Agriculture,

24 where not otherwise provided, $29,387,000 $29,888,000,

25 to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b): Pro-
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1 vided, That hereafter, facilities to house bonsai collections

2 at the National Arboretum may be constructed with funds

3 accepted under the provisions of Public Law 94–129 (20

4 U.S.C. 195) and the limitation on construction contained

5 in the Act of August 24, 1912 (40 U.S.C. 68) shall not

6 apply to the construction of such facilities: Provided fur7 ther, That funds may be received from any State, other

8 political subdivision, organization, or individual for the

9 purpose of establishing any research facility of the Agri10 cultural Research Service, as authorized by law.

11 COOPERATIVE STATE RESEARCH SERVICE

12 For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for

13 cooperative forestry and other research, for facilities, and

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

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

16 1887, as amended, including administration by the United

17 States Department of Agriculture, penalty mail costs of

18 agricultural experiment stations under section 6 of the

19 Hatch Act of 1887, as amended, and payments under sec20 tion 1361(c) of the Act of October 3, 1980 (7 U.S.C.

21 301n.); $18,809,000 $22,809,000 for grants for coopera22 tive forestry research under the Act approved October 10,

23 1962 (16 U.S.C. 582a–582–a7), as amended, including

24 administrative expenses, and payments under section

25 1361(c) of the Act of October 3, 1980 (7 U.S.C. 301n.);
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1 $28,157,000 for payments to the 1890 land-grant colleges,

2 including Tuskegee University, for research under section

3 1445 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension,

4 and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3222), as

5 amended, including administration by the United States

6 Department of Agriculture, and penalty mail costs of the

7 1890 land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee University;

8 $50,070,000 $71,117,000 for contracts and grants for ag9 ricultural research under the Act of August 4, 1965, as

10 amended (7 U.S.C. 450i); $114,000,000 $102,500,000 for

11 competitive research grants under section 2(b) of the Act

12 of August 4, 1965, as amended (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)), includ13 ing administrative expenses; $5,551,000 for the support

14 of animal health and disease programs authorized by sec15 tion 1433 of Public Law 95–113, including administrative

16 expenses; $2,168,000 $650,000 for supplemental and al17 ternative crops and products as authorized by the National

18 Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy

19 Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3319d); $400,000 $600,000 for

20 grants for research pursuant to the Critical Agricultural

21 Materials Act of 1984 (7 U.S.C. 178) and section 1472

22 of the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977, as amended (7

23 U.S.C. 3318), to remain available until expended;

24 $475,000 for rangeland research grants as authorized by

25 subtitle M of the National Agricultural Research, Exten-
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1 sion, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977, as amended;

2 $3,500,000 for higher education graduate fellowships

3 grants under section 1417(b)(6) of the National Agricul4 tural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of

5 1977, as amended (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(6)), including ad6 ministrative expenses; $1,500,000 for higher education

7 challenge grants under section 1417(b)(1) of the National

8 Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy

9 Act of 1977, as amended (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(1)), including

10 administrative expenses; $1,000,000 for a higher edu11 cation minority scholar program under section 1417(b)(5)

12 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and

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

14 3152(b)(5)), including administrative expenses;

15 $4,000,000 for grants as authorized by section 1475 of

16 the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and

17 Teaching Policy Act of 1977 and other Acts; $6,825,000

18 $8,000,000 for sustainable agriculture research and edu19 cation, as authorized by section 1621 of Public Law 101–

20 624 (7 U.S.C. 5811), including administrative expenses;

21 and $20,827,000 $20,689,000 for necessary expenses of

22 Cooperative State Research Service activities, including

23 coordination and program leadership for higher education

24 work of the Department, administration of payments to

25 State agricultural experiment stations, funds for employ-
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1 ment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a)

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

3 $10,550,000 shall be for a program of capacity building

4 grants to colleges eligible to receive funds under the Act

5 of August 30, 1890 (7 U.S.C. 321–326 and 328), includ6 ing Tuskegee University, of which not to exceed $100,000

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

8 $428,586,000 $441,852,000.

9 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

10 For acquisition of land, construction, repair, improve11 ment, extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed equip12 ment or facilities and for grants to States and other eligi13 ble recipients for such purposes, as necessary to carry out

14 the agricultural research, extension, and teaching pro15 grams of the Department of Agriculture, where not other16 wise provided, $37,750,000 $56,874,000, to remain avail17 able until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b).

18 EXTENSION SERVICE

19 Payments to States, the District of Columbia, Puerto

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

21 Marianas, and American Samoa: For payments for coop22 erative agricultural extension work under the Smith-Lever

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

24 3(c) of said Act, and under section 208(c) of Public Law

25 93–471, for retirement and employees’ compensation costs

26 for extension agents and for costs of penalty mail for coop-
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1 erative extension agents and State extension directors,

2 $274,582,000 $270,593,000; payments for the nutrition

3 and family education program for low-income areas under

4 section 3(d) of the Act, $64,961,000 $61,431,000; pay5 ments for the pest management program under section

6 3(d) of the Act, $8,459,000; payments for the farm safety

7 and rural health programs under section 3(d) of the Act,

8 $2,698,000 $2,988,000; payments for the pesticide impact

9 assessment program under section 3(d) of the Act,

10 $3,363,000; payments to upgrade 1890 land-grant college

11 research and extension facilities as authorized by section

12 1447 of Public Law 95–113, as amended (7 U.S.C.

13 3222b), $7,901,000, to remain available until expended;

14 payments for the rural development centers under section

15 3(d) of the Act, $938,000 $950,000; payments for a

16 groundwater quality program under section 3(d) of the

17 Act, $11,234,000; payments for the Agricultural Tele18 communications Program, as authorized by Public Law

19 101–624 (7 U.S.C. 5926), $1,206,000 $1,221,000; pay20 ments for youth-at-risk programs under section 3(d) of the

21 Act, $10,000,000; payments for a Nutrition Education

22 Initiative under section 3(d) of the Act, $5,000,000; pay23 ments for a food safety program under section 3(d) of the

24 Act, $1,975,000; payments for carrying out the provisions

25 of the Renewable Resources Extension Act of 1978,
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1 $3,341,000; payments for Indian reservation agents under

2 section 3(d) of the Act, $1,750,000; payments to establish

3 and operate centers of rural technology development as au4 thorized by section 2347 of Public Law 101–624 (7 U.S.C.

5 1932), $2,000,000; payments for sustainable agriculture

6 programs under section 3(d) of the Act, $2,963,000; pay7 ments for rural health and safety education as authorized

8 by section 2390 of Public Law 101–624 (7 U.S.C. 2661

9 note, 2662), $2,000,000; and payments for extension work

10 by the colleges receiving the benefits of the second Morrill

11 Act (7 U.S.C. 321–326, 328) and Tuskegee University,

12 $25,414,000 $25,472,000; in all, $420,785,000

13 $422,641,000: Provided, That funds hereby appropriated

14 pursuant to section 3(c) of the Act of June 26, 1953, and

15 section 506 of the Act of June 23, 1972, as amended, shall

16 not be paid to any State, the District of Columbia, Puerto

17 Rico, Guam, or the Virgin Islands, Micronesia, Northern

18 Marianas, and American Samoa prior to availability of an

19 equal sum from non-Federal sources for expenditure dur20 ing the current fiscal year.

21 Federal administration and coordination: For admin22 istration of the Smith-Lever Act, as amended, and the Act

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

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

25 U.S.C. 301n.), and to coordinate and provide program
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1 leadership for the extension work of the Department and

2 the several States and insular possessions, $8,390,000

3 $11,000,000.

4 NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL LIBRARY

5 For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural

6 Library, $17,682,000 $18,155,000: Provided, That this ap7 propriation shall be available for employment pursuant to

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

9 of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $35,000 shall

10 be available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Pro11 vided further, That not to exceed $900,000 shall be avail12 able pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for the alteration and re13 pair of buildings and improvements: Provided further, That

14 $462,000 shall be available for a grant pursuant to section

15 1472 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and

16 Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3818), in addition

17 to other funds available in this appropriation for grants

18 under this section.

19 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR

20 MARKETING AND INSPECTION SERVICES

21 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of

22 the Assistant Secretary for Marketing and Inspection

23 Services to administer programs under the laws enacted

24 by the Congress for the Animal and Plant Health Inspec25 tion Service, Food Safety and Inspection Service, Federal
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1 Grain Inspection Service, Agricultural Cooperative Service,

2 Agricultural Marketing Service, and Packers and Stock3 yards Administration, $691,000 $682,000.

4 ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

7 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, including

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

9 amended (21 U.S.C. 114b–c), necessary to prevent, con10 trol, and eradicate pests and plant and animal diseases;

11 to carry out inspection, quarantine, and regulatory activi12 ties; to discharge the authorities of the Secretary of Agri13 culture under the Act of March 2, 1931 (46 Stat. 1468;

14 7 U.S.C. 426–426b); and to protect the environment, as

15 authorized by law, $439,042,000 $443,653,000, of which

16 $91,460,000 shall be derived from user fees deposited in

17 the Agricultural Quarantine Inspection User Fee Account,

18 and of which $4,938,000 shall be available for the control

19 of outbreaks of insects, plant diseases, animal diseases and

20 for control of pest animals and birds to the extent nec21 essary to meet emergency conditions: Provided, That if the

22 demand for Agricultural Quarantine Inspection (AQI)

23 user fee financed services is greater than expected and/

24 or other uncontrollable events occur, the Agency may ex25 ceed the AQI User Fee limitation by up to 10 per centum,
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1 provided such funds are available in the Agricultural

2 Quarantine Inspection User Fee Account, and with notifi3 cation to the Appropriations Committees: Provided further,

4 That no funds shall be used to formulate or administer

5 a brucellosis eradication program for the current fiscal

6 year that does not require minimum matching by the

7 States of at least 40 per centum: Provided further, That

8 this appropriation shall be available for field employment

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

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

11 $40,000 shall be available for employment under 5 U.S.C.

12 3109: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be

13 available for the operation and maintenance of aircraft

14 and the purchase of not to exceed four, of which two shall

15 be for replacement only: Provided further, That, in addi16 tion, in emergencies which threaten any segment of the

17 agricultural production industry of this country, the Sec18 retary may transfer from other appropriations or funds

19 available to the agencies or corporations of the Depart20 ment such sums as he may deem necessary, to be available

21 only in such emergencies for the arrest and eradication

22 of contagious or infectious disease or pests of animals,

23 poultry, or plants, and for expenses in accordance with

24 the Act of February 28, 1947, as amended, and section

25 102 of the Act of September 21, 1944, as amended, and
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1 any unexpended balances of funds transferred for such

2 emergency purposes in the next preceding fiscal year shall

3 be merged with such transferred amounts: Provided fur4 ther, That appropriations hereunder shall be available pur5 suant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the repair and alteration

6 of leased buildings and improvements, but unless otherwise

7 provided the cost of altering any one building during the

8 fiscal year shall not exceed 10 per centum of the current

9 replacement value of the building: Provided further, That

10 none of these funds shall be used to pay the salary of any

11 Department veterinarian or Veterinary Medical Officer

12 who, when conducting inspections at horse shows, exhibi13 tions, sales, or auctions under the Horse Protection Act, as

14 amended (15 U.S.C. 1821–1831), relies solely on the use of

15 digital palpation as the only diagnostic test to determine

16 whether or not a horse is sore under such Act.

17 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

18 For plans, construction, repair, improvement, exten19 sion, alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facili20 ties, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 2250, and acquisition of

21 land as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 428a, $10,145,000, to re22 main available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b).

23 FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE

24 For necessary expenses to carry on services author25 ized by the Federal Meat Inspection Act, as amended, and

26 the Poultry Products Inspection Act, as amended,
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1 $516,738,000, and in addition, $1,000,000 may be cred2 ited to this account from fees collected for the cost of lab3 oratory accreditation as authorized by section 1017 of

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

5 shall be available for field employment pursuant to section

6 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and

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

8 under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That this appro9 priation shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250)

10 for the alteration and repair of buildings and improve11 ments, but the cost of altering any one building during

12 the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 per centum of the cur13 rent replacement value of the building.

14 FEDERAL GRAIN INSPECTION SERVICE

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions

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

18 and the standardization activities related to grain under

19 the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, as amended, in20 cluding field employment pursuant to section 706(a) of the

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

22 $20,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109,

23 $11,554,000 $11,509,000: Provided, That this appropria24 tion shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250)

25 for the alteration and repair of buildings and improve-
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1 ments, but the cost of altering any one building during

2 the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 per centum of the cur3 rent replacement value of the building: Provided further,

4 That none of the funds provided by this Act hereafter, none

5 of the funds available to the Federal Grain Inspection Serv6 ice may be used to pay the salaries of any person or per7 sons who require, or who authorize payments from fee8 supported funds to any person or persons who require

9 nonexport, nonterminal interior elevators to maintain

10 records not involving official inspection or official weighing

11 in the United States under Public Law 94–582 other than

12 those necessary to fulfill the purposes of such Act.

13 INSPECTION AND WEIGHING SERVICES

14 LIMITATION ON INSPECTION AND WEIGHING SERVICES

15 EXPENSES

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

17 be obligated during the current fiscal year for Inspection

18 and Weighing Services: Provided, That if grain export ac19 tivities require additional supervision and oversight, or

20 other uncontrollable factors occur, this limitation may be

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

22 Appropriations Committees.

23 AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVE SERVICE

24 For necessary expenses to carry out the Cooperative

25 Marketing Act of July 2, 1926 (7 U.S.C. 451–457), and

26 for activities relating to the marketing aspects of coopera-
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1 tives, including economic research and analysis and the ap2 plication of economic research findings, as authorized by

3 the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621–

4 1627), and for activities with institutions or organizations

5 throughout the world concerning the development and oper6 ation of agricultural cooperatives (7 U.S.C. 3291),

7 $5,708,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall be

8 available for employment pursuant to the second sentence

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

10 2225), and not to exceed $15,000 shall be available for em11 ployment under 5 U.S.C. 3109.

12 AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE

13 MARKETING SERVICES

14 For necessary expenses to carry on services related

15 to consumer protection, agricultural marketing and dis16 tribution, transportation, agricultural cooperatives, and

17 regulatory programs, as authorized by law, and for admin18 istration and coordination of payments to States; includ19 ing field employment pursuant to section 706(a) of the

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

21 $90,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109,

22 $61,614,000 $56,887,000; including $2,346,000 for the

23 Wholesale Market Development Program for the design

24 and development of wholesale and farmer market facilities

25 for the major metropolitan areas of the country: Provided,
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1 That this appropriation shall be available pursuant to law

2 (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and repair of buildings

3 and improvements, but the cost of altering any one build4 ing during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 per centum

5 of the current replacement value of the building.

6 Fees may be collected for the cost of standardization

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

8 U.S.C. 9701).

9 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

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

11 be obligated during the current fiscal year for administra12 tive expenses: Provided, That if crop size is understated

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

14 exceed this limitation by up to 10 per centum with notifi15 cation to the Appropriations Committees.

16 FUNDS FOR STRENGTHENING MARKETS, INCOME, AND

17 SUPPLY (SECTION 32)

18 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

19 Funds available under section 32 of the Act of Au20 gust 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c) shall be used only for com21 modity program expenses as authorized therein, and other

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

23 Department of Commerce as authorized by the Fish and

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

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

26 $10,670,000 for formulation and administration of Market-
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1 ing Agreements and Orders pursuant to the Agricultural

2 Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, as amended, and the

3 Agricultural Act of 1961.

4 In fiscal years 1994 and 1995, section 32 funds shall

5 be used to promote sunflower and cottonseed oil exports to

6 the full extent authorized by section 1541 of Public Law

7 101–624 (7 U.S.C. 1464 note), and such funds shall be used

8 to facilitate additional sales of such oils in world markets.

9 PAYMENTS TO STATES AND POSSESSIONS

10 For payments to departments of agriculture, bureaus

11 and departments of markets, and similar agencies for

12 marketing activities under section 204(b) of the Agricul13 tural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1623(b)),

14 $1,735,000 $1,300,000.

15 PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS ADMINISTRATION

16 For necessary expenses for administration of the

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

18 for certifying procedures used to protect purchasers of

19 farm products, including field employment pursuant to

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

21 2225), and not to exceed $5,000 for employment under

22 5 U.S.C. 3109, $12,194,000 $12,052,000.
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1 FARM INCOME STABILIZATION

2 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR

3 INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS AND COMMODITY PROGRAMS

4 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of

5 the Under Secretary for International Affairs and Com6 modity Programs to administer the laws enacted by Con7 gress for the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation

8 Service, Office of International Cooperation and Develop9 ment, Foreign Agricultural Service, and the Commodity

10 Credit Corporation, $563,000 $556,000.

11 AGRICULTURAL STABILIZATION AND CONSERVATION

12 SERVICE

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

15 For necessary administrative expenses of the Agricul16 tural Stabilization and Conservation Service, including ex17 penses to formulate and carry out programs authorized

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

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

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

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

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

23 590o, 590p(a), 590p(f), and 590q); sections 1001 to 1004,

24 1006 to 1008, and 1010 of the Agricultural Act of 1970,

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

26 1510); the Water Bank Act, as amended (16 U.S.C.
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1 1301–1311); the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of

2 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2101); sections 202(c) and 205 of title

3 II of the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act of

4 1974, as amended (43 U.S.C. 1592(c), 1595); sections

5 401, 402, and 404 to 406 of the Agricultural Credit Act

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

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

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

9 3811 et seq.); and laws pertaining to the Commodity Cred10 it Corporation, $732,467,000; of which $730,842,000 is

11 hereby appropriated, and $1,036,000 is transferred from

12 the Public Law 480 Program Account in this Act and

13 $589,000 is transferred from the Commodity Credit Cor14 poration Program Account in this Act: Provided, That

15 other funds made available to the Agricultural Stabiliza16 tion and Conservation Service for authorized activities

17 may be advanced to and merged with this account: Pro18 vided further, That these funds shall be available for em19 ployment pursuant to the second sentence of section

20 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and

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

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

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

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

25 agricultural legislation, except as permitted in 18 U.S.C.
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1 1913; or (3) for salaries or other expenses of members

2 of county and community committees established pursuant

3 to section 8(b) of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Al4 lotment Act, as amended, for engaging in any activities

5 other than advisory and supervisory duties and delegated

6 program functions prescribed in administrative regula7 tions.

8 CORPORATIONS

9 The following corporations and agencies are hereby

10 authorized to make expenditures, within the limits of

11 funds and borrowing authority available to each such cor12 poration or agency and in accord with law, and to make

13 contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year

14 limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government

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

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

17 the current fiscal year for such corporation or agency, ex18 cept as hereinafter provided:

19 FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION

20 ADMINISTRATIVE AND OPERATING EXPENSES

21 For administrative and operating expenses, as au22 thorized by the Federal Crop Insurance Act, as amended

23 (7 U.S.C. 1516), $290,116,000: Provided, That not to ex24 ceed $700 shall be available for official reception and rep25 resentation expenses, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1506(i):
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1 Provided further, That none of the funds in this Act may

2 be used to offer a Federal crop insurance policy in coun3 ties on crops where a loss ratio, that has already been

4 recalculated pursuant to law to reflect the premium rates

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

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

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

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

9 and administrative costs that exceed 31 per centum of pre10 mium to insurers of policies on which the Corporation pro11 vides reinsurance, except to reimburse said insurers for

12 excess loss adjustment expenses as provided for in the

13 Standard Reinsurance Agreement issued by the Corpora14 tion: Provided further, That the second proviso shall not

15 apply in any county affected if the Corporation has imple16 mented a nonstandard classification system in such county

17 for those individual farms that have experienced excessive

18 losses since 1980 under which the premium rates, notwith19 standing the provision of section 508(d) of the Federal

20 Crop Insurance Act, are increased over comparable rates

21 effective for the 1993 crop, or the insured yields are de22 creased from comparable yields for the 1993 crop, or a

23 combination of both, by an amount or amounts sufficient

24 to ensure that an estimated loss ratio will not exceed 1.1
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1 for the crop produced on such farms during the 1994 crop

2 year.

3 For administrative and operating expenses, as author4 ized by the Federal Crop Insurance Act, as amended (7

5 U.S.C. 1516), $290,116,000: Provided, That not to exceed

6 $700 shall be available for official reception and representa7 tion expenses, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1506(i): Provided

8 further, That none of the funds in this Act may be used

9 to offer a Federal crop insurance policy in counties on crops

10 where a loss ratio, that has already been recalculated pursu11 ant to law to reflect the premium rates issued by the Cor12 poration for the 1993 crop year, is in excess of 1.10 more

13 than 70 percent of the years that a policy has been offered

14 since 1980: Provided further, That none of the funds in this

15 Act may be used to pay operating and administrative costs

16 that exceed 31 per centum of premium to insurers of policies

17 on which the Corporation provides reinsurance, except to

18 reimburse said insurers for excess loss adjustment expenses

19 as provided for in the Standard Reinsurance Agreement is20 sued by the Corporation: Provided further, That the second

21 proviso shall not apply in any county affected if the Cor22 poration has implemented a nonstandard classification sys23 tem in such county for those individual farms that have

24 experienced excessive losses since 1980 under which the pre25 mium rates, notwithstanding the provision of section 508(d)
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1 of the Federal Crop Insurance Act, are increased over com2 parable rates effective for the 1993 crop, or the insured

3 yields are decreased from comparable yields for the 1993

4 crop, or a combination of both, by an amount or amounts

5 sufficient to ensure that an estimated loss ratio will not

6 exceed 1.1 for the crop produced on such farms during the

7 1994 crop year.

8 FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION FUND

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

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

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

12 which $47,072,000 is to reimburse the Federal Crop In13 surance Corporation Fund for agents’ commissions and

14 loss adjustment obligations incurred during prior years,

15 but not previously reimbursed, as authorized by section

16 516(a) of the Act, as amended.

17 COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION FUND

18 REIMBURSEMENT FOR NET REALIZED LOSSES

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

20 to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for net

21 realized losses sustained, but not previously reimbursed

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

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

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

25 of August 17, 1961, as amended (15 U.S.C. 713a–11).
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1 OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE FOR HAZARDOUS WASTE

2 MANAGEMENT

3 For fiscal year 1994, the Commodity Credit Corpora4 tion shall not expend more than $4,000,000 for expenses

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

6 Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation,

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

8 section 6001 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery

9 Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 6961: Provided, That ex10 penses shall be for operations and maintenance costs only

11 and that other hazardous waste management costs shall

12 be paid for by the USDA Hazardous Waste Management

13 appropriation in this Act.

14 TITLE II—CONSERVATION PROGRAMS

15 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR NATURAL

16 RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT

17 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of

18 the Assistant Secretary for Natural Resources and Envi19 ronment to administer the laws enacted by the Congress

20 for the Forest Service and the Soil Conservation Service,

21 $578,000 $571,000.

22 SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE

23 CONSERVATION OPERATIONS

24 For necessary expenses for carrying out the provi25 sions of the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–590f)
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1 including preparation of conservation plans and establish2 ment of measures to conserve soil and water (including

3 farm irrigation and land drainage and such special meas4 ures for soil and water management as may be necessary

5 to prevent floods and the siltation of reservoirs and to con6 trol agricultural related pollutants); operation of conserva7 tion plant materials centers; classification and mapping of

8 soil; dissemination of information; acquisition of lands by

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

10 exceed $100; purchase and erection or alteration or im11 provement of permanent and temporary buildings; and op12 eration and maintenance of aircraft, $588,262,000

13 $593,835,000, to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C.

14 2209b); of which not less than $5,820,000 is for snow sur15 vey and water forecasting and not less than $8,214,000

16 is for operation and establishment of the plant materials

17 centers: Provided, That except for $2,399,000 for im18 provements of the plant materials centers, the cost of any

19 permanent building purchased, erected, or as improved,

20 exclusive of the cost of constructing a water supply or san21 itary system and connecting the same to any such building

22 and with the exception of buildings acquired in conjunc23 tion with land being purchased for other purposes, shall

24 not exceed $10,000, except for one building to be con25 structed at a cost not to exceed $100,000 and eight build-
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1 ings to be constructed or improved at a cost not to exceed

2 $50,000 per building and except that alterations or im3 provements to other existing permanent buildings costing

4 $5,000 or more may be made in any fiscal year in an

5 amount not to exceed $2,000 per building: Provided fur6 ther, That when buildings or other structures are erected

7 on non-Federal land that the right to use such land is

8 obtained as provided in 7 U.S.C. 2250a: Provided further,

9 That no part of this appropriation may be expended for

10 soil and water conservation operations under the Act of

11 April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–590f) in demonstration

12 projects: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be

13 available for employment pursuant to the second sentence

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

15 2225) and not to exceed $25,000 shall be available for

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

17 qualified local engineers may be temporarily employed at

18 per diem rates to perform the technical planning work

19 of the Service (16 U.S.C. 590e–2).

20 RIVER BASIN SURVEYS AND INVESTIGATIONS

21 For necessary expenses to conduct research, inves22 tigation, and surveys of watersheds of rivers and other wa23 terways, in accordance with section 6 of the Watershed

24 Protection and Flood Prevention Act approved August 4,

25 1954, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1006–1009), $13,482,000:

26 Provided, That this appropriation shall be available for
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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 $60,000 shall be available for employment

4 under 5 U.S.C. 3109.

5 WATERSHED PLANNING

6 For necessary expenses for small watershed investiga7 tions and planning, in accordance with the Watershed Pro8 tection and Flood Prevention Act, as amended (16 U.S.C.

9 1001–1008), $9,721,000 $10,921,000: Provided, That this

10 appropriation shall be available for employment pursuant

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

12 Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $50,000

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

14 WATERSHED AND FLOOD PREVENTION OPERATIONS

15 For necessary expenses to carry out preventive meas16 ures, including but not limited to research, engineering op17 erations, methods of cultivation, the growing of vegetation,

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

19 in accordance with the Watershed Protection and Flood

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

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

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

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

24 Department, $228,915,000 $258,615,000 to remain avail25 able until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b), of which

26 $40,386,000 $41,186,000 shall be available for the water-
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1 sheds authorized under the Flood Control Act approved

2 June 22, 1936 (33 U.S.C. 701, 16 U.S.C. 1006a), as

3 amended and supplemented: Provided, That this appro4 priation shall be available for employment pursuant to the

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

6 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $22,881,000

7 $34,381,000 shall be available for emergency measures as

8 provided by sections 403–405 of the Agricultural Credit

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

10 $200,000 shall be available for employment under 5

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

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

13 the Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund of the Farmers

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

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

16 available to carry out the purposes of the Endangered Spe17 cies Act of 1973 (Public Law 93–205), as amended, in18 cluding cooperative efforts as contemplated by that Act

19 to relocate endangered or threatened species to other suit20 able habitats as may be necessary to expedite project con21 struction.

22 RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT

23 For necessary expenses in planning and carrying out

24 projects for resource conservation and development and

25 for sound land use pursuant to the provisions of section

26 32(e) of title III of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant
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1 Act, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1010–1011; 76 Stat. 607),

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

3 590a–f), and the provisions of the Agriculture and Food

4 Act of 1981 (16 U.S.C. 3451–3461), $32,945,000

5 $35,000,000, to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C.

6 2209b): Provided, That $600,000 in loans may be insured,

7 or made to be sold and insured, under the Agricultural

8 Credit Insurance Fund of the Farmers Home Administra9 tion (7 U.S.C. 1931): Provided further, That this appro10 priation shall be available for employment pursuant to the

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

12 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $50,000 shall

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

14 GREAT PLAINS CONSERVATION PROGRAM

15 For necessary expenses to carry into effect a program

16 of conservation in the Great Plains area, pursuant to sec17 tion 16(b) of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allot18 ment Act, as added by the Act of August 7, 1956, as

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

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

21 AGRICULTURAL STABILIZATION AND CONSERVATION

22 SERVICE

23 AGRICULTURAL CONSERVATION PROGRAM

24 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

25 For necessary expenses to carry into effect the pro26 gram authorized in sections 7 to 15, 16(a), 16(f), and 17
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1 of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act ap2 proved February 29, 1936, as amended and supplemented

3 (16 U.S.C. 590g–590o, 590p(a), 590p(f), and 590q), and

4 sections 1001–1004, 1006–1008, and 1010 of the Agricul5 tural Act of 1970, as added by the Agriculture and

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

7 1506–1508, and 1510), and including not to exceed

8 $15,000 for the preparation and display of exhibits, in9 cluding such displays at State, interstate, and inter10 national fairs within the United States, $194,650,000, to

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

12 agreements, excluding administration but including tech13 nical assistance and related expenses (16 U.S.C. 590o),

14 except that no participant in the Agricultural Conserva15 tion Program shall receive more than $3,500 per year, ex16 cept where the participants from two or more farms or

17 ranches join to carry out approved practices designed to

18 conserve or improve the agricultural resources of the com19 munity, or where a participant has a long-term agreement,

20 in which case the total payment shall not exceed the an21 nual payment limitation multiplied by the number of years

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

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

24 financial or technical assistance for drainage on wetlands

25 now designated as Wetlands Types 3 (III) through 20
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1 (XX) in United States Department of the Interior, Fish

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

3 1956: Provided further, That such amounts shall be avail4 able for the purchase of seeds, fertilizers, lime, trees, or

5 any other conservation materials, or any soil-terracing

6 services, and making grants thereof to agricultural pro7 ducers to aid them in carrying out approved farming prac8 tices as authorized by the Soil Conservation and Domestic

9 Allotment Act, as amended, as determined and rec10 ommended by the county committees, approved by the

11 State committees and the Secretary, under programs pro12 vided for herein: Provided further, That such assistance

13 will not be used for carrying out measures and practices

14 that are primarily production-oriented or that have little

15 or no conservation or pollution abatement benefits: Pro16 vided further, That not to exceed 5 per centum of the allo17 cation for the current year’s program for any county may,

18 on the recommendation of such county committee and ap19 proval of the State committee, be withheld and allotted

20 to the Soil Conservation Service for services of its techni21 cians in formulating and carrying out the Agricultural

22 Conservation Program in the participating counties, and

23 shall not be utilized by the Soil Conservation Service for

24 any purpose other than technical and other assistance in

25 such counties, and in addition, on the recommendation of
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1 such county committee and approval of the State commit2 tee, not to exceed 1 per centum may be made available

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

4 same purpose and under the same conditions: Provided

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

6 shall be available for technical assistance in formulating

7 and carrying out rural environmental practices: Provided

8 further, That no part of any funds available to the Depart9 ment, or any bureau, office, corporation, or other agency

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

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

12 expenses of any person who has been convicted of violating

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

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

15 has been found in accordance with the provisions of title

16 18 U.S.C. 1913 to have violated or attempted to violate

17 such section which prohibits the use of Federal appropria18 tions for the payment of personal services or other ex19 penses designed to influence in any manner a Member of

20 Congress to favor or oppose any legislation or appropria21 tion by Congress except upon request of any Member or

22 through the proper official channels: Provided further,

23 That not to exceed $15,000,000 $22,000,000 of the

24 amount appropriated shall be used for water quality pay25 ments and practices in the same manner as permitted
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1 under the program for water quality authorized in chapter

2 2 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act of

3 1985, as amended (16 U.S.C. 3838 et seq.).

4 FORESTRY INCENTIVES PROGRAM

5 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,

6 to carry out the program of forestry incentives, as author7 ized in the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978

8 (16 U.S.C. 2101), including technical assistance and relat9 ed expenses, $12,820,000, to remain available until ex10 pended, as authorized by that Act.

11 WATER BANK PROGRAM

12 For necessary expenses to carry into effect the provi13 sions of the Water Bank Act (16 U.S.C. 1301–1311),

14 $18,620,000, to remain available until expended.

15 EMERGENCY CONSERVATION PROGRAM

16 For necessary expenses to carry into effect the pro17 gram authorized in sections 401, 402, and 404 of title IV

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

19 2205), $10,000,000, to remain available until expended,

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

21 COLORADO RIVER BASIN SALINITY CONTROL PROGRAM

22 For necessary expenses for carrying out a voluntary

23 cooperative salinity control program pursuant to section

24 202(c) of title II of the Colorado River Basin Salinity Con25 trol Act, as amended (43 U.S.C. 1592(c)), to be used to

26 reduce salinity in the Colorado River and to enhance the
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1 supply and quality of water available for use in the United

2 States and the Republic of Mexico, $13,783,000, to re3 main available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b), to be

4 used for investigations and surveys, for technical assist5 ance in developing conservation practices and in the prepa6 ration of salinity control plans, for the establishment of

7 on-farm irrigation management systems, including related

8 lateral improvement measures, for making cost-share pay9 ments to agricultural landowners and operators, Indian

10 tribes, irrigation districts and associations, local govern11 mental and nongovernmental entities, and other land12 owners to aid them in carrying out approved conservation

13 practices as determined and recommended by the county

14 ASC committees, approved by the State ASC committees

15 and the Secretary, and for associated costs of program

16 planning, information and education, and program mon17 itoring and evaluation: Provided, That the Soil Conserva18 tion Service shall provide technical assistance and the

19 Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service shall

20 provide administrative services for the program, including

21 but not limited to, the negotiation and administration of

22 agreements and the disbursement of payments: Provided

23 further, That such program shall be coordinated with the

24 regular Agricultural Conservation Program and with re25 search programs of other agencies.
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1 CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

3 For necessary expenses to carry out the conservation

4 reserve program pursuant to the Food Security Act of

5 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831–3845), $1,743,274,000, to remain

6 available until expended, to be used for Commodity Credit

7 Corporation expenditures for cost-share assistance for the

8 establishment of conservation practices provided for in ap9 proved conservation reserve program contracts, for annual

10 rental payments provided in such contracts, and for tech11 nical assistance.

12 WETLANDS RESERVE PROGRAM

13 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

14 For necessary expenses to carry out the Wetlands Re15 serve Program pursuant to subchapter C of subtitle D of

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

17 3837), $44,450,000 $22,250,000, to remain available until

18 expended: Provided, That the Secretary is authorized to

19 use the services, facilities, and authorities of the Commod20 ity Credit Corporation for the purpose of carrying out the

21 Wetlands Reserve Program.
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1 TITLE III—FARMERS HOME AND RURAL

2 DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS

3 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR SMALL

4 COMMUNITY AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT

5 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of

6 the Under Secretary for Small Community and Rural De7 velopment to administer programs under the laws enacted

8 by the Congress for the Farmers Home Administration,

9 Rural Electrification Administration, Federal Crop Insur10 ance Corporation, and rural development activities of the

11 Department of Agriculture, $583,000 $576,000.

12 RURAL DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION

13 Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, ex14 cept Sec. 722, the Secretary may transfer funds from the

15 Farmers Home Administration in this Act to fund the

16 Rural Development Administration, as authorized by law.

17 RURAL DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION AND FARMERS

18 HOME ADMINISTRATION

19 RURAL HOUSING INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

20 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di21 rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by title V of the

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

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

24 $2,550,000,000 for loans to section 502 borrowers, as de25 termined by the Secretary, of which $750,000,000 shall
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1 be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans; $35,000,000 for

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

3 514 farm labor housing; $573,900,000 $540,107,000 for

4 section 515 rental housing; $600,000 for site loans; and

5 $166,863,000 $150,000,000 for credit sales of acquired

6 property: Provided, That up to $50,664,000 of these funds

7 shall be made available for section 502(g), Deferral Mort8 gage Demonstration.

9 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including

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

11 the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: low12 income housing section 502 loans, $366,360,000

13 $366,435,000, of which $12,225,000 $12,300,000 shall be

14 for unsubsidized guaranteed loans; section 504 housing re15 pair loans, $13,671,000; section 514 farm labor housing,

16 $8,394,000; section 515 rental housing, $311,972,000

17 $309,967,000; and credit sales of acquired property,

18 $25,397,000 $22,830,000.

19 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to

20 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs,

21 $396,161,000.

22 RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

23 For rental assistance agreements entered into or re24 newed pursuant to the authority under section 521(a)(2)

25 or agreements entered into in lieu of forgiveness or pay-
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1 ments for eligible households as authorized by section

2 502(c)(5)(D) of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended,

3 $417,523,000 $475,865,000; and in addition such sums as

4 may be necessary, as authorized by section 521(c) of the

5 Act, to liquidate debt incurred prior to fiscal year 1992

6 to carry out the Rental Assistance Program under section

7 521(a)(2) of the Act: Provided, That of this amount not

8 more than $5,840,000 $11,210,000 shall be available for

9 debt forgiveness or payments for eligible households as au10 thorized by section 502(c)(5)(D) of the Act, and not to

11 exceed $10,000 per project for advances to nonprofit orga12 nizations or public agencies to cover direct costs (other

13 than purchase price) incurred in purchasing projects pur14 suant to section 502(c)(5)(C) of the Act: Provided fur15 ther,–That of this amount not less than $109,258,000 is

16 available for newly constructed units financed by section

17 515 of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended, and not

18 more than $5,214,000 is for newly constructed units fi19 nanced under sections 514 and 516 of the Housing Act

20 of 1949:–Provided further, That $297,211,000 is available

21 for expiring agreements and for servicing of existing units

22 without agreements: Provided further, That agreements

23 entered into or renewed during fiscal year 1994 shall be

24 funded for a five-year period, although the life of any such
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1 agreement may be extended to fully utilize amounts obli2 gated.

3 RURAL HOUSING VOUCHER PROGRAM

4 For necessary expenses to operate a rural housing

5 voucher program as authorized by section 542 of title V

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

7 to be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture.

8 SELF-HELP HOUSING LAND DEVELOPMENT FUND

9 PROGRAM ACCOUNT

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

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

12 $622,000.

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

14 modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of the Congres15 sional Budget Act of 1974, $23,000.

16 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to

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

18 AGRICULTURAL CREDIT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM

19 ACCOUNT

20 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di21 rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by 7 U.S.C.

22 1928–1929, to be available from funds in the Agricultural

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

24 $634,624,000 $678,543,000, of which $556,543,000 shall

25 be for guaranteed loans; operating loans, $2,750,000,000

26 $4,046,252,000, of which $1,800,000,000 $3,000,000,000
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1 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans and

2 $250,000,000 shall be for subsidized guaranteed loans;

3 $4,909,000 $4,312,000 for water development, use, and

4 conservation loans, of which $2,012,000 $1,415,000 shall

5 be for guaranteed loans; Indian tribe land acquisition

6 loans as authorized by 25 U.S.C. 488, $1,163,000

7 $1,000,000; for emergency insured loans, $100,000,000 to

8 meet the needs resulting from natural disasters; and for

9 credit sales of acquired property, $147,566,000

10 $100,000,000.

11 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including

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

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

14 ownership loans, $34,080,000 $41,507,000, of which

15 $20,870,000 shall be for guaranteed loans; operating

16 loans, $119,985,000 $129,818,000, of which $9,360,000

17 $15,747,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans

18 and $29,425,000 $29,445,000 shall be for subsidized guar19 anteed loans; $506,000 $494,000 for water development,

20 use, and conservation loans, of which $43,000 $31,000

21 shall be for guaranteed loans; Indian tribe land acquisition

22 loans as authorized by 25 U.S.C. 488, $229,000 $197,000;

23 for emergency insured loans, $26,060,000 to meet the

24 needs resulting from natural disasters; and for credit sales

25 of acquired property, $22,405,000 $15,400,000.
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1 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to

2 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs,

3 $275,392,000.

4 RURAL DEVELOPMENT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM

5 ACCOUNT

6 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di7 rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1928

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

9 funds in the Rural Development Insurance Fund, as fol10 lows: water and sewer facility loans, $835,000,000

11 $903,886,000, of which $35,000,000 $35,500,000 shall be

12 for guaranteed loans; community facility loans,

13 $325,000,000 $275,000,000, of which $75,000,000 shall

14 be for guaranteed loans; and guaranteed industrial devel15 opment loans, $298,762,000 $200,000,000: Provided, That

16 none of the funds made available in this Act may be used

17 to make transfers between the above limitations.

18 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including

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

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

21 water and sewer facility loans, $111,040,000

22 $120,532,000; direct community facility loans,

23 $24,125,000 $19,320,000; guaranteed community facility

24 loans, $3,803,000; and guaranteed industrial development

25 loans, $2,778,000 $1,860,000.
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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 $84,000,000,

6 as authorized by the Rural Development Loan Fund (42

7 U.S.C. 9812(a)): Provided, That such costs, including the

8 cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section

9 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided

10 further, That these funds are available to subsidize gross

11 obligations for the principal amount of direct loans of not

12 to exceed $100,000,000 $150,000,000.

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 $4,000,000.

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 $535,571,000, to remain

23 available until expended, pursuant to section 306(d) of the

24 above Act: Provided, That of this amount, $25,000,000

25 $25,700,000 shall be available for water and waste disposal

26 systems to benefit the Colonias along the U.S./Mexico bor-
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1 der, including grants pursuant to section 306C: Provided

2 further, That of this amount, up to $15,000,000 shall be

3 available for project grants to remedy the dire sanitation

4 conditions in rural Alaska villages in which the median

5 household income does not exceed 110 percent of the state6 wide non-metropolitan household income and that notwith7 standing the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development

8 Act, Public Law 87–128, such grants shall be for 50 percent

9 of the development cost of the project upon a state or local

10 contribution of 50 percent of the development cost of the

11 project: Provided further, That, with the exception of the

12 foregoing $25,000,000 $25,700,000 and the foregoing

13 $15,000,000, these funds shall not be used for any purpose

14 not specified in section 306(a) of the Consolidated Farm

15 and Rural Development Act.

16 VERY LOW-INCOME HOUSING REPAIR GRANTS

17 For grants to the very low-income elderly for essen18 tial repairs to dwellings pursuant to section 504 of the

19 Housing Act of 1949, as amended, $25,000,000, to re20 main available until expended.

21 RURAL HOUSING FOR DOMESTIC FARM LABOR

22 For financial assistance to eligible nonprofit organi23 zations for housing for domestic farm labor, pursuant to

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

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

26 expended.
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1 MUTUAL AND SELF-HELP HOUSING

2 For grants and contracts pursuant to section

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

4 1490c), $12,750,000, to remain available until expended

5 (7 U.S.C. 2209b).

6 SUPERVISORY AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS

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

8 of the Housing Act of 1949, $2,500,000, to remain avail9 able until expended.

10 RURAL COMMUNITY FIRE PROTECTION GRANTS

11 For grants pursuant to section 7 of the Cooperative

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

13 $3,500,000 to fund up to 50 per centum of the cost of

14 organizing, training, and equipping rural volunteer fire

15 departments.

16 COMPENSATION FOR CONSTRUCTION DEFECTS

17 For compensation for construction defects as author18 ized by section 509(c) of the Housing Act of 1949, as

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

20 RURAL HOUSING PRESERVATION GRANTS

21 For grants for rural housing preservation as author22 ized by section 552 of the Housing and Urban-Rural Re23 covery Act of 1983 (Public Law 98–181), $23,000,000.

24 RURAL DEVELOPMENT GRANTS

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

26 310B(j) (7 U.S.C. 1932) of the Consolidated Farm and
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1 Rural Development Act to any qualified public or private

2 nonprofit organization, $35,000,000 $50,000,000: Pro3 vided, That $500,000 shall be available for grants to quali4 fied nonprofit organizations to provide technical assistance

5 and training for rural communities needing improved pas6 senger transportation systems or facilities in order to pro7 mote economic development.

8 SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT GRANTS

9 For grants for pollution abatement and control

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

11 1932) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development

12 Act, $3,000,000: Provided, That such assistance shall in13 clude regional technical assistance for improvement of

14 solid waste management.

15 EMERGENCY COMMUNITY WATER ASSISTANCE GRANTS

16 For emergency community water assistance grants as

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

18 Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act,

19 $10,000,000.

20 OUTREACH FOR SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED FARMERS

21 For grants and contracts pursuant to section 2501

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

23 1990 (7 U.S.C. 2279), $3,000,000, to remain available

24 until expended.
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1 OFFICE OF THE ADMINISTRATOR

2 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of

3 the Administrator of the Farmers Home Administration,

4 $600,000: Provided, That no other funds in this Act shall

5 be available for this Office.

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

8 For necessary expenses of the Farmers Home Admin9 istration, not otherwise provided for, in administering the

10 programs authorized by the Consolidated Farm and Rural

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

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

13 1471–1490o); the Rural Rehabilitation Corporation Trust

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

15 444), for administering the loan program authorized by

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

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

18 amended, and such other programs which the Farmers

19 Home Administration has the responsibility for admin20 istering, $729,749,000; of which $35,552,000 is hereby

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

22 from the Rural Housing Insurance Fund Program Ac23 count in this Act and merged with this account,

24 $261,158,000 shall be derived by transfer from the Agri25 cultural Credit Insurance Fund Program Account in this

26 Act and merged with this account, $57,294,000 shall be
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1 derived by transfer from the Rural Development Insurance

2 Fund Program Account in this Act and merged with this

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

4 Rural Development Loan Fund Program Account in this

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

6 derived by transfer from the Self-Help Housing Land De7 velopment Fund Program Account in this Act and merged

8 with this account: Provided, That not to exceed $500,000

9 of this appropriation may be used for employment under

10 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That not to exceed

11 $4,368,000 $4,500,000 of this appropriation shall be avail12 able for contracting with the National Rural Water Asso13 ciation or other equally qualified national organization for

14 a circuit rider program to provide technical assistance for

15 rural water systems.

16 RURAL ELECTRIFICATION ADMINISTRATION

17 To carry into effect the provisions of the Rural Elec18 trification Act of 1936, as amended (7 U.S.C. 901–

19 950(b)), as follows:

20 RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELEPHONE LOANS

21 PROGRAM ACCOUNT

22 Insured loans pursuant to the authority of section

23 305 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, as amended

24 (7 U.S.C. 935), shall be made as follows: 5 percent rural

25 electrification loans, $125,000,000; 5 percent rural tele26 phone loans, $125,000,000 $75,000,000; cost of money
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1 rural telephone loans, $198,000,000; municipal rate rural

2 electric loans, $600,000,000; and loans made pursuant to

3 section 306 of that Act, $933,000,000; to remain available

4 until expended.

5 For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Con6 gressional Budget Act of 1974, including the cost of modi7 fying loans, of direct and guaranteed loans authorized by

8 the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, as amended (7

9 U.S.C. 935), as follows: cost of direct loans, $36,265,000

10 $30,043,000; cost of municipal rate loans, $46,020,000;

11 cost of money rural telephone loans, $40,000; cost of loans

12 guaranteed pursuant to section 306, $11,184,000

13 $3,090,000.

14 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to

15 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs,

16 $29,982,000.

17 RURAL TELEPHONE BANK PROGRAM ACCOUNT

18 The Rural Telephone Bank is hereby authorized to

19 make such expenditures, within the limits of funds avail20 able to such corporation in accord with law, and to make

21 such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal

22 year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Govern23 ment Corporation Control Act, as amended, as may be

24 necessary in carrying out its authorized programs for the

25 current fiscal year. During fiscal year 1994 and within
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1 the resources and authority available, gross obligations for

2 the principal amount of direct loans shall be

3 $199,847,000.

4 For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Con5 gressional Budget Act of 1974, including the cost of modi6 fying loans, of direct loans authorized by the Rural Elec7 trification Act of 1936, as amended (7 U.S.C. 935),

8 $40,000 $3,118,000.

9 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to

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

11 DISTANCE LEARNING AND MEDICAL LINK PROGRAMS

12 For necessary expenses to carry into effect the pro13 grams authorized in sections 2331–2335 of Public Law

14 101–624, $10,000,000, to remain available until ex15 pended.

16 RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LOANS PROGRAM

17 ACCOUNT

18 For loans authorized under section 313 of the Rural

19 Electrification Act, for the purpose of promoting rural eco20 nomic development and job creation projects,

21 $13,025,000.

22 For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Con23 gressional Budget Act of 1974, of direct loans, $3,381,000

24 $3,423,000.
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1 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

3 For administrative expenses to carry out the provi4 sions of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, as amended

5 (7 U.S.C. 901–950(b)), and to administer the loan and

6 loan guarantee programs for Community Antenna Tele7 vision facilities as authorized by the Consolidated Farm

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

9 for which commitments were made prior to fiscal year

10 1994, including not to exceed $7,000 for financial and

11 credit reports, funds for employment pursuant to the sec12 ond sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944

13 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $103,000 for employ14 ment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $38,776,000; of which

15 $29,982,000 shall be derived by transfer from the Rural

16 Electrification and Telephone Loans Program Account in

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

18 the Rural Telephone Bank Program Account in this Act:

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

20 to authorize the transfer of additional funds to this ac21 count from the Rural Telephone Bank: Provided further,

22 That none of the salaries and expenses provided to the

23 Rural Electrification Administration, and none of the re24 sponsibilities assigned by law to the Administrator of the

25 Rural Electrification Administration may be reassigned or

26 transferred to any other agency or office.
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1 TITLE IV—DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS

2 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR FOOD AND

3 CONSUMER SERVICES

4 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of

5 the Assistant Secretary for Food and Consumer Services

6 to administer the laws enacted by the Congress for the

7 Food and Nutrition Service and the Human Nutrition In8 formation Service, $554,000 $547,000.

9 FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE

10 CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

12 For necessary expenses to carry out the National

13 School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751–1769b), and the appli14 cable provisions other than sections 3 and 17 of the Child

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

16 1789); $7,497,131,000, to remain available through Sep17 tember 30, 1995, of which $2,727,022,000 is hereby ap18 propriated and $4,770,109,000 shall be derived by trans19 fer from funds available under section 32 of the Act of

20 August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c): Provided, That here21 after, funds appropriated for the purpose of section 7 of

22 the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 shall be allocated among

23 the States but the distribution of such funds to an individ24 ual State is contingent upon that State’s agreement to

25 participate in studies and surveys of programs authorized

26 under the National School Lunch Act and the Child Nutri-
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1 tion Act of 1966, when such studies and surveys have been

2 directed by the Congress and requested by the Secretary

3 of Agriculture: Provided further, That hereafter, if the Sec4 retary of Agriculture determines that a State’s adminis5 tration of any program under the National School Lunch

6 Act or the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (other than section

7 17), or the regulations issued pursuant to these Acts, is

8 seriously deficient, and the State fails to correct the defi9 ciency within a specified period of time, the Secretary may

10 withhold from the State some or all of the funds allocated

11 to the State under section 7 of the Child Nutrition Act

12 of 1966 and under section 13(k)(1) of the National School

13 Lunch Act; upon a subsequent determination by the Sec14 retary that the programs are operated in an acceptable

15 manner some or all of the funds withheld may be allocated:

16 Provided further, That hereafter, only final reimbursement

17 claims for service of meals, supplements, and milk submit18 ted to State agencies by eligible schools, summer camps,

19 institutions, and service institutions within sixty days fol20 lowing the month for which the reimbursement is claimed

21 shall be eligible for reimbursement from funds appro22 priated under this Act. available to the Department of Ag23 riculture; in addition, States may receive program funds

24 appropriated under this Act available to the Department

25 of Agriculture for meals, supplements, and milk served
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1 during any month only if the final program operations re2 port for such month is submitted to the Department with3 in ninety days following that month. Exceptions month;

4 and in addition, exceptions to these claims or reports sub5 mission requirements may be made at the discretion of

6 the Secretary: Provided further, That up to $3,849,000

7 shall be available for independent verification of school

8 food service claims: Provided further, That $1,706,000

9 $2,000,000 shall be available to provide financial and other

10 assistance to operate the Food Service Management Insti11 tute.

12 SPECIAL MILK PROGRAM

13 For necessary expenses to carry out the special milk

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

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

16 available through September 30, 1995. Only 1995: Pro17 vided, That hereafter, only final reimbursement claims for

18 milk submitted to State agencies within sixty days follow19 ing the month for which the reimbursement is claimed

20 shall be eligible for reimbursement from funds appro21 priated under this Act. available to the Department of Ag22 riculture; in addition, States may receive program funds

23 appropriated under this Act available to the Department

24 of Agriculture only if the final program operations report

25 for such month is submitted to the Department within

26 ninety days following that month. Exceptions month; and
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1 in addition, exceptions to these claims or reports submis2 sion requirements may be made at the discretion of the

3 Secretary.

4 SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL FOOD PROGRAM FOR WOMEN,

5 INFANTS, AND CHILDREN (WIC)

6 For necessary expenses to carry out the special sup7 plemental food program as authorized by section 17 of the

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

9 $3,210,000,000 $3,213,500,000, to remain available

10 through September 30, 1995, of which up to $4,000,000

11 $8,000,000 may be used to carry out the farmer’s market

12 coupon program: Provided, That none of the funds in this

13 Act hereafter, none of the funds available to the Department

14 of Agriculture shall be available to pay administrative ex15 penses of WIC clinics except those that have an announced

16 policy of prohibiting smoking within the space used to

17 carry out the program: Provided further, That until revised

18 allocation regulations have been issued, the Secretary may

19 waive regulations governing allocations as necessary to en20 sure funds are received by States most in need: Provided

21 further, That hereafter, rebate funds received by States as

22 part of a cost containment initiative for WIC are exempt

23 from the interest provisions of the Cash Management Im24 provement Act of 1990, Public Law 101–453.
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1 COMMODITY SUPPLEMENTAL FOOD PROGRAM

2 For necessary expenses to carry out the commodity

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

4 of the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973

5 (7 U.S.C. 612c (note)), including not less than $8,000,000

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

7 $104,500,000 to remain available through September 30,

8 1995: Provided, That none of these funds shall be avail9 able to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for

10 commodities donated to the program.

11 FOOD STAMP PROGRAM

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

13 For necessary expenses to carry out the Food Stamp

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

15 That funds provided herein shall remain available through

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

17 the Food Stamp Act: Provided further, That

18 $2,500,000,000 of the foregoing amount shall be placed

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

20 as may become necessary to carry out program operations:

21 Provided further, That funds provided herein shall be ex22 pended in accordance with section 16 of the Food Stamp

23 Act: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be

24 subject to any work registration or work fare requirements

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

26 $345,000,000 of the funds provided herein shall be avail-
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1 able after the Secretary has employed the regulatory and

2 administrative methods available to him under the law to

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

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

5 shall be available for Nutrition Assistance for Puerto Rico

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

7 shall be transferred to the Animal and Plant Health In8 spection Service for the Cattle Tick Eradication Project.

9 FOOD DONATIONS PROGRAMS FOR SELECTED GROUPS

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

11 the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 (7

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

13 (7 U.S.C. 2013(b)), and section 311 of the Older Ameri14 cans Act of 1965, as amended (42 U.S.C. 3030a),

15 $218,641,000, to remain available through September 30,

16 1995: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision

17 of law, for meals provided pursuant to the Older Americans

18 Act of 1965, a maximum rate of reimbursement to States

19 will be established by the Secretary, subject to reduction if

20 obligations would exceed the amount of available funds,

21 with any unobligated funds to remain available only for

22 obligation in the fiscal year beginning October 1, 1994.

23 For necessary expenses to carry out section 110 of

24 the Hunger Prevention Act of 1988, $40,000,000.
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1 THE EMERGENCY FOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

2 For necessary expenses to carry out the Emergency

3 Food Assistance Act of 1983, as amended, $40,000,000

4 $42,500,000: Provided, That, in accordance with section

5 202 of Public Law 98–92, these funds shall be available

6 only if the Secretary determines the existence of excess

7 commodities.

8 For purchases of commodities to carry out the Emer9 gency Food Assistance Act of 1983, as amended,

10 $80,000,000 $107,500,000.

11 FOOD PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION

12 For necessary administrative expenses of the domes13 tic food programs funded under this Act, $107,767,000;

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

15 procedures, reducing overhead costs, tightening regula16 tions, improving food stamp coupon handling, and assist17 ance in the prevention, identification, and prosecution of

18 fraud and other violations of law: Provided, That this ap19 propriation shall be available for employment pursuant to

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

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

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

23 HUMAN NUTRITION INFORMATION SERVICE

24 For necessary expenses to enable the Human Nutrition

25 Information Service to perform applied research and dem-
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1 onstrations relating to human nutrition and consumer use

2 and economics of food utilization, and nutrition monitor3 ing, $10,864,000: Provided, That funds made available by

4 Public Law 102–341 under this head shall remain available

5 for obligation from October 1, 1993, through September 30,

6 1994, only for the purpose of expenses necessary to conduct

7 the Continuing Survey of Food Intakes by Individuals: Pro8 vided further, That this appropriation shall be available for

9 employment pursuant to the second sentence of section

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

11 TITLE V—FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND

12 RELATED PROGRAMS

13 FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

15 For necessary expenses of the Foreign Agricultural

16 Service, including carrying out title VI of the Agricultural

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

18 development activities abroad, and for enabling the Sec19 retary to coordinate and integrate activities of the Depart20 ment in connection with foreign agricultural work, includ21 ing not to exceed $128,000 for representation allowances

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

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

24 $110,284,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall be

25 available to obtain statistics and related facts on foreign
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1 production and full and complete information on methods

2 used by other countries to move farm commodities in

3 world trade on a competitive basis:–Provided further, That

4 in addition, funds available to the Department of Agri5 culture shall be available to assist an international organi6 zation in meeting the costs, including salaries, fringe bene7 fits and other associated costs, related to the employment

8 by the organization of Federal personnel that may transfer

9 to the organization under the provisions of 5 U.S.C. 3581–

10 3584, or of other well-qualified United States citizens, for

11 the performance of activities that contribute to increased

12 understanding of international agricultural issues, with

13 transfer of funds for this purpose from one appropriation

14 to another or to a single account authorized, such funds

15 remaining available until expended:–Provided further,

16 That the Office may utilize advances of funds, or reim17 burse this appropriation for expenditures made on behalf

18 of Federal agencies, public and private organizations and

19 institutions under agreements executed pursuant to the

20 agricultural food production assistance programs (7

21 U.S.C. 1736) and the foreign assistance programs of the

22 International Development Cooperation Administration

23 (22 U.S.C. 2392).
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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 GENERAL SALES MANAGER

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

6 For necessary expenses of the Office of the General

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

8 transferred from Commodity Credit Corporation funds,

9 $2,792,000 may be transferred from the Commodity Cred10 it Corporation Program Account in this Act, and

11 $1,500,000 may be transferred from the Public Law 480

12 Program Account in this Act. The General Sales Manager

13 shall obtain, assimilate, and analyze all available informa14 tion on developments related to private sales, as well as

15 those funded by the Corporation, including grade and

16 quality as sold and as delivered, including information re17 lating to the effectiveness of greater reliance by the Gen18 eral Sales Manager upon loan guarantees as contrasted

19 to direct loans for financing commercial export sales of

20 agricultural commodities out of private stocks on credit

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

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

23 quarterly reports to the appropriate committees of Con24 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 $503,635,000

12 for Public Law 480 title I credit, including Food for

13 Progress credit; (2) $45,927,000 $51,641,000 is hereby ap14 propriated for ocean freight differential costs for the ship15 ment of agricultural commodities pursuant to title I of

16 said Act and the Food for Progress Act of 1985, as

17 amended; (3) $821,570,000 is hereby appropriated for

18 commodities supplied in connection with dispositions

19 abroad pursuant to title II of said Act; and (4)

20 $280,083,000 is hereby appropriated for commodities sup21 plied in connection with dispositions abroad pursuant to

22 title III of said Act: Provided, That not to exceed 10 per

23 centum of the funds made available to carry out any title

24 of said Act may be used to carry out any other title of
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1 said Act: Provided further, That such sums shall remain

2 available until expended (7 U.S.C. 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 $387,849,000.

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 OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AND

2 DEVELOPMENT

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

4 For necessary expenses of the Office of International

5 Cooperation and Development to coordinate, plan, and di6 rect activities involving international development, tech7 nical assistance and training, and international scientific

8 and technical cooperation in the Department of Agriculture,

9 including those authorized by the Food and Agriculture Act

10 of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3291), $7,697,000: Provided, That not

11 to exceed $3,000 of this amount shall be available for official

12 reception and representation expenses as authorized by 7

13 U.S.C. 1766: Provided further, That in addition, funds

14 available to the Department of Agriculture shall be avail15 able to assist an international organization in meeting the

16 costs, including salaries, fringe benefits and other associated

17 costs, related to the employment by the organization of Fed18 eral personnel that may transfer to the organization under

19 the provisions of 5 U.S.C. 3581–3584, or of other well-quali20 fied United States citizens, for the performance of activities

21 that contribute to increased understanding of international

22 agricultural issues, with transfer of funds for this purpose

23 from one appropriation to another or to a single account

24 authorized, such funds remaining available until expended:

25 Provided further, That the Office may utilize advances of
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1 funds, or reimburse this appropriation for expenditures

2 made on behalf of Federal agencies, public and private or3 ganizations and institutions under agreements executed

4 pursuant to the agricultural food production assistance pro5 grams of the International Development Cooperation Ad6 ministration (22 U.S.C. 2392).

7 SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES OVERSEAS (FOREIGN CURRENCY

8 PROGRAM)

9 LIMITATION ON EXPENSES

10 For payments in foreign currencies owed to or owned

11 by the United States for research activities authorized by

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

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

14 1704(c)(7)), not to exceed $1,062,000: Provided, That not

15 to exceed $25,000 of these funds shall be available for pay16 ments in foreign currencies for expenses of employment

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

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

19 U.S.C. 3109.
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1 TITLE VI—RELATED AGENCIES AND FOOD

2 AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION

3 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN

4 SERVICES

5 FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7 For necessary expenses of the Food and Drug Ad8 ministration, including hire and purchase of passenger

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

10 District of Columbia or elsewhere; and for miscellaneous

11 and emergency expenses of enforcement activities, author12 ized and approved by the Secretary and to be accounted

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

14 $25,000; $867,339,000, of which not to exceed

15 $54,000,000 in fees pursuant to section 736 of the Fed16 eral Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act may be credited to

17 this appropriation and remain available until expended:

18 Provided, That fees derived from applications received

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

20 1994 limitation: Provided further, That none of these

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

22 program of user fees authorized by 31 U.S.C. 9701: Pro23 vided further, That none of the funds in this Act may be

24 used to pay for expenses of the Board of Experts on Tea

25 $638,339,000; and in addition, $175,000,000 to be credited
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1 to this appropriation, from fees established and collected to

2 cover the costs of regulation of products under the jurisdic3 tion of the Food and Drug Administration, to remain avail4 able until expended.

5 In addition, not to exceed $54,000,000 in fees pursuant

6 to section 736 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act

7 may be credited to this appropriation and remain available

8 until expended in accordance with section 736(g) of such

9 Act: Provided, That this amount may be adjusted pursuant

10 to section 736(c) of that Act: Provided further, That fees

11 derived from applications received during fiscal year 1994

12 shall be credited to the appropriation current in the year

13 in which the fees are collected and subject to the fiscal year

14 1994 limitation.

15 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

16 For plans, construction, repair, improvement, exten17 sion, alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facili18 ties of or used by the Food and Drug Administration,

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

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

21 the Food and Drug Administration may accept donated

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

23 Maryland.
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1 RENTAL PAYMENTS (FDA)

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

3 For payment of space rental and related costs pursu4 ant to Public Law 92–313 for programs and activities of

5 the Food and Drug Administration which are included in

6 this Act, $48,575,000, of which $15,000,000 shall be re7 tained by the Food and Drug Administration for repairs,

8 improvements, and non-recurring repairs as determined by

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

10 event the Food and Drug Administration should require

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

12 expenses appropriation may be transferred to this appro13 priation, or a share of this appropriation may be trans14 ferred to the salaries and expenses appropriation, but such

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

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

17 account.

18 DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

19 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE

20 PAYMENTS TO THE FARM CREDIT SYSTEM FINANCIAL

21 ASSISTANCE CORPORATION

22 For necessary payments to the Farm Credit System

23 Financial Assistance Corporation by the Secretary of the

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

25 Credit Act of 1971, as amended, for reimbursement of in-
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1 terest expenses incurred by the Financial Assistance Cor2 poration on obligations issued through 1993, as author3 ized, $62,696,000.

4 INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

5 COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION

6 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions

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

8 1 et seq.), including the purchase and hire of passenger

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

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

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

12 3109; $47,485,000, including not to exceed $700 for offi13 cial reception and representation expenses.

14 FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION

15 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

16 Not to exceed $40,426,000 (from assessments col17 lected from farm credit institutions and from the Federal

18 Agricultural Mortgage Corporation) shall be obligated

19 during the current fiscal year for administrative expenses

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

21 TITLE VII—GENERAL PROVISIONS

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

23 appropriations and authorizations made for the Depart24 ment of Agriculture for the fiscal year 1994 under this

25 Act shall be available for the purchase, in addition to those
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1 specifically provided for, of not to exceed 657 passenger

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

3 and for the hire of such vehicles.

4 SEC. 702. Funds in this Act available to the Depart5 ment of Agriculture shall be available for uniforms or al6 lowances therefor as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–

7 5902).

8 SEC. 703. Not less than $1,500,000 of the appropria9 tions of the Department of Agriculture in this Act for re10 search and service work authorized by the Acts of August

11 14, 1946, and July 28, 1954, and (7 U.S.C. 427, 1621–

12 1629), and by chapter 63 of title 31, United States Code,

13 shall be available for contracting in accordance with said

14 Acts and chapter.

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

16 Hereafter, none of the funds available to the Department

17 of Agriculture may be used to make production or other

18 payments to a person, persons, or corporations upon a

19 final finding by court of competent jurisdiction that such

20 party is guilty of growing, cultivating, harvesting, process21 ing or storing marijuana, or other such prohibited drug22 producing plants on any part of lands owned or controlled

23 by such persons or corporations.

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

25 Working Capital Fund for the purpose of accumulating
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1 growth capital for data services and National Finance

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

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

4 the Department shall be transferred to the Working Cap5 ital Fund without the approval of the agency adminis6 trator.

7 SEC. 706. New obligational authority provided for the

8 following appropriation items in this Act shall remain

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

10 Plant Health Inspection Service, the contingency fund to

11 meet emergency conditions, and Integrated Systems Ac12 quisition Project; Agricultural Stabilization and Conserva13 tion Service, salaries and expenses funds made available

14 to county committees; Foreign Agricultural Service, Mid15 dle-Income Country Training Program; higher education

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

17 the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and

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

19 3152(b)(6)); and capacity building grants to colleges eligi20 ble to receive funds under the Act of August 30, 1890,

21 including Tuskegee University.

22 New obligational authority for the Boll Weevil Pro23 gram; up to 10 per centum of the Screwworm Program

24 of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service; funds

25 appropriated for Rental Payments; and higher education
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1 minority scholars programs under section 1417(b)(5) of

2 the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and

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

4 3152(b)(5)) shall remain available until expended.

5 SEC. 707. No part of any appropriation contained in

6 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the

7 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.

8 SEC. 708. Not to exceed $50,000 of the appropria9 tions available to the Department of Agriculture in this

10 Act shall be available to provide appropriate orientation

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

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

13 used to pay negotiated indirect cost rates on cooperative

14 agreements or similar arrangements between the United

15 States Department of Agriculture and nonprofit institu16 tions in excess of 10 per centum of the total direct cost

17 of the agreement when the purpose of such cooperative

18 arrangements is to carry out programs of mutual interest

19 between the two parties. This does not preclude appro20 priate payment of indirect costs on grants and contracts

21 with such institutions when such indirect costs are com22 puted on a similar basis for all agencies for which appro23 priations are provided in this Act.

24 SEC. 710. Notwithstanding any other provision of

25 this Act, commodities acquired by the Department in con-
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1 nection with Commodity Credit Corporation and section

2 32 price support operations may be used, as authorized

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

4 commodities to individuals in cases of hardship as deter5 mined by the Secretary of Agriculture.

6 SEC. 711. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail7 able to reimburse the General Services Administration for

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

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

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

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

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

13 funds otherwise appropriated in this Act. Further, no

14 agency of the Department of Agriculture, from funds oth15 erwise available, shall reimburse the General Services Ad16 ministration for payment of space rental and related costs

17 provided to such agency at a percentage rate which is

18 greater than is available in the case of funds appropriated

19 in this Act.

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

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

22 employment ceiling on full-time equivalent staff years

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

24 and Drug Administration, 9,824; Farmers Home Adminis25 tration, 12,225; Agricultural Stabilization and Conserva-
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1 tion Service, 2,550; Rural Electrification Administration,

2 550; and Soil Conservation Service, 14,177.

3 SEC. 713. Funds appropriated by this Act shall be

4 applied only to the objects for which appropriations were

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

6 31 U.S.C. 1301.

7 SEC. 714. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail8 able to restrict the authority of the Commodity Credit

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

10 on behalf of other agencies of the Department of Agri11 culture when such space will be jointly occupied.

12 SEC. 715. None of the funds provided in this Act

13 Hereafter, none of the funds available to the Department

14 of Agriculture may be expended to release information ac15 quired from any handler under the Agricultural Marketing

16 Agreement Act of 1937, as amended: Provided, That this

17 provision shall not prohibit the release of information to

18 other Federal agencies for enforcement purposes: Provided

19 further, That this provision shall not prohibit the release

20 of aggregate statistical data used in formulating regula21 tions pursuant to the Agricultural Marketing Agreement

22 Act of 1937, as amended: Provided further, That this pro23 vision shall not prohibit the release of information submit24 ted by milk handlers.
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1 SEC. 716. Unless otherwise provided in this Act, none

2 of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available in

3 this Act may be used by the Farmers Home Administra4 tion to employ or otherwise contract with private debt col5 lection agencies to collect delinquent payments from

6 Farmers Home Administration borrowers.

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

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

9 by the Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund. Further,

10 Rural Development Insurance Fund loans offered for sale

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

12 for prepayment.

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

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

15 which funds have not been provided in advance in Appro16 priations Acts, except the Department may carry out plan17 ning activities.

18 SEC. 719. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail19 able to pay indirect costs on research grants awarded com20 petitively by the Cooperative State Research Service that

21 exceed 14 per centum of total Federal funds provided

22 under each award.

23 SEC. 720. Appropriations to the Department of Agri24 culture for the cost of direct and guaranteed loans made

25 available in fiscal years 1992, 1993, and 1994 shall re-
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1 main available until expended to cover obligations made

2 in fiscal years 1992, 1993, and 1994 for the following ac3 counts: Rural Development Insurance Fund Program Ac4 count; Rural Development Loan Fund Program Account;

5 the Rural Telephone Bank Program Account; the Rural

6 Electrification and Telephone Loans Program Account;

7 and the Rural Economic Development Loans Program Ac8 count: Provided, That hereafter, such appropriations are

9 authorized to remain available until expended.

10 SEC. 721. Notwithstanding any other provisions of

11 this Act, all loan levels provided in this Act shall be consid12 ered estimates, not limitations.

13 SEC. 722. Notwithstanding any other provision of

14 this Act, none of the funds in this Act may be used to

15 operate the seven regional offices of the Rural Develop16 ment Administration after April 1, 1994.

17 SEC. 723. None of the funds appropriated or other18 wise made available by this Act shall be used to pay the

19 salaries of personnel who carry out a Market Promotion

20 Program pursuant to section 203 (7 U.S.C. 5623) of the

21 Agricultural Trade Act of 1978, with respect to tobacco

22 or if the aggregate amount of funds and/or commodities

23 under such program exceeds $127,734,000 $75,000,000.

24 SEC. 724. None of the funds appropriated or other25 wise made available by this Act shall be used to enroll
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1 in excess of 50,000 25,000 acres in the fiscal year 1994

2 Wetlands Reserve Program, as authorized by 16 U.S.C.

3 3837.

4 SEC. 725. None of the funds appropriated or other5 wise made available by this Act shall be used to enroll

6 additional acres in the Conservation Reserve Program au7 thorized by 16 U.S.C. 3831–3845.

8 SEC. 726. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal

9 year 1994 pay raises for programs funded by this Act shall

10 be absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act.

11 SEC. 727. (a) COMPLIANCE WITH BUY AMERICAN

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

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

14 expending the funds the entity will comply with sections

15 2 through 4 of the Act of March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 10a–

16 10c; popularly known as the ‘‘Buy American Act’’).

17 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS; REQUIREMENT REGARD18 ING NOTICE.—

19 (1) PURCHASE OF AMERICAN-MADE EQUIPMENT

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

21 product that may be authorized to be purchased

22 with financial assistance provided using funds made

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

24 that entities receiving the assistance should, in ex-
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1 pending the assistance, purchase only American2 made equipment and products.

3 (2) NOTICE TO RECIPIENTS OF ASSISTANCE.—

4 In providing financial assistance using funds made

5 available in this Act, the head of each Federal agen6 cy shall provide to each recipient of the assistance

7 a notice describing the statement made in paragraph

8 (1) by the Congress.

9 (c) PROHIBITION OF CONTRACTS WITH PERSONS

10 FALSELY LABELING PRODUCTS AS MADE IN AMERICA.—

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

12 agency that any person intentionally affixed a label bear13 ing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription, or any inscription

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

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

16 States, the person shall be ineligible to receive any con17 tract or subcontract made with funds made available in

18 this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and ineli19 gibility procedures described in sections 9.400 through

20 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations.

21 SEC. 728. Notwithstanding the provisions of the con22 stitution of any State or the laws of any State limiting

23 the rate or amount of interest which may be charged, taken,

24 received, or reserved, the rates of interest on loans guaran25 teed by the Farmers Home Administration and the Rural
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1 Development Administration shall be the rates established

2 pursuant to the applicable Federal statutes.

3 SEC. 729. Hereafter, the Food and Nutrition Service

4 and the Human Nutrition Information Service may use in5 crementally funded nonseverable service contracts that are

6 to be performed in two or more fiscal years to perform eval7 uations, studies and surveys related to food consumption,

8 nutrition, or improving the administration and effective9 ness of domestic food assistance programs.

10 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Agriculture, Rural De11 velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related

12 Agencies Appropriations Act, 1994’’.

Passed the House of Representatives June 29, 1993.

Attest: DONNALD K. ANDERSON,

Clerk.

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