IB

103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2493

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JULY 27, 1993

Ordered to be printed with the amendments of the Senate numbered

AN ACT

Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development,

Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies

programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1994,

and for other purposes.

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

3 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any

4 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for Ag5 riculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administra6 tion, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year

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

8 namely:
2

HR 2493 PP

1 TITLE I—AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS

2 PRODUCTION, PROCESSING, AND MARKETING

3 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

5 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary

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

7 under 5 U.S.C. 3109, Ω1æ$2,320,000 $2,295,000: Pro8 vided, That not to exceed $8,000 of this amount shall be

9 available for official reception and representation ex10 penses, not otherwise provided for, as determined by the

11 Secretary: Provided further, That the Secretary may trans12 fer salaries and expenses funds in this Act sufficient to

13 finance a total of not to exceed 35 staff years between

14 agencies of the Department of Agriculture to meet work15 load requirements.

16 OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY SECRETARY

17 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Deputy

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

19 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, Ω2æ$553,000

20 $546,000: Provided, That not to exceed $3,000 of this

21 amount shall be available for official reception and rep22 resentation expenses, not otherwise provided for, as deter23 mined by the Deputy Secretary.
3

HR 2493 PP

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, Ω3æ$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, Ω4æ$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-
4

HR 2493 PP

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-
5

HR 2493 PP

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, Ω5æ$26,301,000

9 $25,960,000, for Departmental Administration to provide

10 for necessary expenses for management support services

11 to offices of the Department of Agriculture and for general

12 administration and emergency preparedness of the De13 partment of Agriculture, repairs and alterations, and

14 other miscellaneous supplies and expenses not otherwise

15 provided for and necessary for the practical and efficient

16 work of the Department of Agriculture, including employ17 ment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a)

18 of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), of which not

19 to exceed $10,000 is for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109:

20 Provided, That this appropriation shall be reimbursed

21 from applicable appropriations in this Act for travel ex22 penses incident to the holding of hearings as required by

23 5 U.S.C. 551–558.
6

HR 2493 PP

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, Ω6æ$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, Ω7æ$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 Ω8ænone 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, Ω9æ$478,000 $472,000.
7

HR 2493 PP

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, Ω10æ$65,932,000 $64,872,000, including such

7 sums as may be necessary for contracting and other ar8 rangements with public agencies and private persons pur9 suant to section 6(a)(8) of the Inspector General Act of

10 1978, as amended, and including a sum not to exceed

11 $50,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109; and includ12 ing a sum not to exceed $95,000 for certain confidential

13 operational expenses including the payment of informants,

14 to be expended under the direction of the Inspector Gen15 eral pursuant to Public Law 95–452 and section 1337 of

16 Public Law 97–98.

17 OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL

18 For necessary expenses of the Office of the General

19 Counsel, Ω11æ$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, Ω12æ$589,000 $582,000.
8

HR 2493 PP

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, Ω13æ$57,702,000 $51,219,000; of which

20 $500,000 shall be available for investigation, determina21 tion, and finding as to the effect upon the production of

22 food and upon the agricultural economy of any proposed

23 action affecting such subject matter pending before the

24 Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency for

25 presentation, in the public interest, before said Adminis-
9

HR 2493 PP

1 trator, other agencies or before the courts: Provided, That

2 this appropriation shall be available to continue to gather

3 statistics and conduct a special study on the price spread

4 between 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 Ω14æ$82,069,000 $81,458,000: Provided, That this appro21 priation shall be available for employment pursuant to the

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

23 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $40,000 shall

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

HR 2493 PP

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), Ω15æ$2,582,000

8 $2,550,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall be

9 available for employment pursuant to the second sentence

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

11 2225).

12 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR SCIENCE

13 AND EDUCATION

14 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of

15 the Assistant Secretary for Science and Education to ad16 minister the laws enacted by the Congress for the Agricul17 tural Research Service, Cooperative State Research Serv18 ice, Extension Service, and National Agricultural Library,

19 Ω16æ$569,000 $562,000.

20 ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND

21 COMMERCIALIZATION

22 For necessary expenses to carry out the Alternative

23 Agricultural Research and Commercialization Act of 1990

24 (7 U.S.C. 5901–5908), Ω17æ$7,250,000 $12,000,000 is
11

HR 2493 PP

1 appropriated to the Alternative Agricultural Research and

2 Commercialization Revolving Fund.

3 AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

5 For necessary expenses to enable the Agricultural Re6 search Service to perform agricultural research and dem7 onstration relating to production, utilization, marketing,

8 and distribution (not otherwise provided for), home eco9 nomics or nutrition and consumer use, and for acquisition

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

11 cost not to exceed $100, Ω18æ$688,805,000 $680,165,000:

12 Provided, That appropriations hereunder shall be available

13 for temporary employment pursuant to the second sen14 tence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7

15 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $115,000 shall be avail16 able for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided fur17 ther, That Ω19æappropriations hereunder hereafter, appro18 priations available to the Department of Agriculture can

19 be used to provide financial assistance to the organizers

20 of national and international conferences, if such con21 ferences are in support of agency programs: Provided fur22 ther, That appropriations hereunder shall be available for

23 the operation and maintenance of aircraft and the pur24 chase of not to exceed one for replacement only: Provided

25 further, That appropriations hereunder shall be available
12

HR 2493 PP

1 to conduct marketing research: Provided further, That ap2 propriations hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7

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

4 of buildings and improvements, but unless otherwise pro5 vided the cost of constructing any one building shall not

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

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

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

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

10 building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 per cen11 tum of the current replacement value of the building or

12 $250,000, whichever is greater: Provided further, That the

13 limitations on alterations contained in this Act shall not

14 apply to modernization or replacement of existing facilities

15 at Beltsville, Maryland: Provided further, That the fore16 going limitations shall not apply to replacement of build17 ings needed to carry out the Act of April 24, 1948 (21

18 U.S.C. 113a): Provided further, That the foregoing limita19 tions shall not apply to the purchase of land or the con20 struction of facilities as may be necessary for the reloca21 tion of the United States Horticultural Crops Research

22 Laboratory at Fresno to Parlier, California, and the relo23 cation of the laboratories at Behoust, France and Rome,

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

25 at fair market value of existing land and facilities at Fres-
13

HR 2493 PP

1 no, California and Behoust, France; and the Agricultural

2 Research Service may lease such existing land and facili3 ties from the purchasers until completion of the replace4 ment facilities and the foregoing limitations shall not

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

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

7 may be transferred to and merged with the appropriation

8 for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Science and

9 Education for the scientific review of international issues

10 involving agricultural chemicals and food additives: Pro11 vided further, That funds may be received from any State,

12 other political subdivision, organization, or individual for

13 the purpose of establishing or operating any research facil14 ity or research project of the Agricultural Research Serv15 ice, as authorized by law.

16 Special fund: To provide for additional labor,

17 subprofessional, and junior scientific help to be employed

18 under contracts and cooperative agreements to strengthen

19 the work at Federal research installations in the field,

20 $2,500,000.

21 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

22 For acquisition of land, construction, repair, improve23 ment, extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed equip24 ment or facilities as necessary to carry out the agricultural

25 research programs of the Department of Agriculture,
14

HR 2493 PP

1 where not otherwise provided, Ω20æ$29,387,000

2 $32,788,000, to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C.

3 2209b): Provided, That Ω21æhereafter, facilities to house

4 bonsai collections at the National Arboretum may be con5 structed with funds accepted under the provisions of Pub6 lic Law 94–129 (20 U.S.C. 195) and the limitation on

7 construction contained in the Act of August 24, 1912 (40

8 U.S.C. 68) shall not apply to the construction of such fa9 cilities: Provided further, That funds may be received from

10 any State, other political subdivision, organization, or indi11 vidual for the purpose of establishing any research facility

12 of the Agricultural Research Service, as authorized by law.

13 COOPERATIVE STATE RESEARCH SERVICE

14 For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for

15 cooperative forestry and other research, for facilities, and

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

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

18 1887, as amended, including administration by the United

19 States Department of Agriculture, penalty mail costs of

20 agricultural experiment stations under section 6 of the

21 Hatch Act of 1887, as amended, and payments under sec22 tion 1361(c) of the Act of October 3, 1980 (7 U.S.C.

23 301n.); Ω22æ$18,809,000 $22,809,000 for grants for coop24 erative forestry research under the Act approved October

25 10, 1962 (16 U.S.C. 582a–582–a7), as amended, includ-
15

HR 2493 PP

1 ing administrative expenses, and payments under section

2 1361(c) of the Act of October 3, 1980 (7 U.S.C. 301n.);

3 $28,157,000 for payments to the 1890 land-grant colleges,

4 including Tuskegee University, for research under section

5 1445 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension,

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

7 amended, including administration by the United States

8 Department of Agriculture, and penalty mail costs of the

9 1890 land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee University;

10 Ω23æ$50,070,000 $72,917,000 for contracts and grants

11 for agricultural research under the Act of August 4, 1965,

12 as amended (7 U.S.C. 450i); Ω24æ$114,000,000

13 $102,500,000 for competitive research grants under section

14 2(b) of the Act of August 4, 1965, as amended (7 U.S.C.

15 450i(b)), including administrative expenses; $5,551,000

16 for the support of animal health and disease programs au17 thorized by section 1433 of Public Law 95–113, including

18 administrative expenses; Ω25æ$2,168,000 $650,000 for

19 supplemental and alternative crops and products as au20 thorized by the National Agricultural Research, Exten21 sion, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3319d);

22 Ω26æ$400,000 $600,000 for grants for research pursuant

23 to the Critical Agricultural Materials Act of 1984 (7

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

25 Act of 1977, as amended (7 U.S.C. 3318), to remain avail-
16

HR 2493 PP

1 able until expended; $475,000 for rangeland research

2 grants as authorized by subtitle M of the National Agri3 cultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of

4 1977, as amended; $3,500,000 for higher education grad5 uate fellowships grants under section 1417(b)(6) of the

6 National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching

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

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

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

10 the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and

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

12 3152(b)(1)), including administrative expenses;

13 $1,000,000 for a higher education minority scholar pro14 gram under section 1417(b)(5) of the National Agricul15 tural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of

16 1977, as amended (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(5)), including ad17 ministrative expenses; $4,000,000 for grants as author18 ized by section 1475 of the National Agricultural Re19 search, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 and

20 other Acts; Ω27æ$6,825,000 $8,000,000 for sustainable

21 agriculture research and education, as authorized by sec22 tion 1621 of Public Law 101–624 (7 U.S.C. 5811), includ23 ing administrative expenses; and Ω28æ$20,827,000

24 $20,689,000 for necessary expenses of Cooperative State

25 Research Service activities, including coordination and
17

HR 2493 PP

1 program leadership for higher education work of the De2 partment, administration of payments to State agricul3 tural experiment stations, funds for employment pursuant

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

5 Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), of which $10,550,000 shall

6 be for a program of capacity building grants to colleges

7 eligible to receive funds under the Act of August 30, 1890

8 (7 U.S.C. 321–326 and 328), including Tuskegee Univer9 sity, of which not to exceed $100,000 shall be for employ10 ment under 5 U.S.C. 3109; in all, Ω29æ$428,586,000

11 $443,652,000.

12 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

13 For acquisition of land, construction, repair, improve14 ment, extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed equip15 ment or facilities and for grants to States and other eligi16 ble recipients for such purposes, as necessary to carry out

17 the agricultural research, extension, and teaching pro18 grams of the Department of Agriculture, where not other19 wise provided, Ω30æ$37,750,000 $56,874,000, to remain

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

21 EXTENSION SERVICE

22 Payments to States, the District of Columbia, Puerto

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

24 Marianas, and American Samoa: For payments for coop25 erative agricultural extension work under the Smith-Lever

26 Act, as amended, to be distributed under sections 3(b) and
18

HR 2493 PP

1 3(c) of said Act, and under section 208(c) of Public Law

2 93–471, for retirement and employees’ compensation costs

3 for extension agents and for costs of penalty mail for coop4 erative extension agents and State extension directors,

5 Ω31æ$274,582,000 $270,593,000; payments for the nutri6 tion and family education program for low-income areas

7 under section 3(d) of the Act, Ω32æ$64,961,000

8 $61,431,000; payments for the pest management program

9 under section 3(d) of the Act, $8,459,000; payments for

10 the farm safety and rural health programs under section

11 3(d) of the Act, Ω33æ$2,698,000 $2,988,000; payments for

12 the pesticide impact assessment program under section

13 3(d) of the Act, $3,363,000; payments to upgrade 1890

14 land-grant college research and extension facilities as au15 thorized by section 1447 of Public Law 95–113, as

16 amended (7 U.S.C. 3222b), $7,901,000, to remain avail17 able until expended; payments for the rural development

18 centers under section 3(d) of the Act, Ω34æ$938,000

19 $950,000; payments for a groundwater quality program

20 under section 3(d) of the Act, $11,234,000; payments for

21 the Agricultural Telecommunications Program, as author22 ized by Public Law 101–624 (7 U.S.C. 5926),

23 Ω35æ$1,206,000 $1,221,000; payments for youth-at-risk

24 programs under section 3(d) of the Act, $10,000,000;

25 Ω36æpayments for a Nutrition Education Initiative under
19

HR 2493 PP

1 section 3(d) of the Act, $5,000,000; payments for a food

2 safety program under section 3(d) of the Act, $1,975,000;

3 payments for carrying out the provisions of the Renewable

4 Resources Extension Act of 1978, $3,341,000; payments

5 for Indian reservation agents under section 3(d) of the

6 Act, $1,750,000; Ω37æpayments to establish and operate

7 centers of rural technology development as authorized by

8 section 2347 of Public Law 101–624 (7 U.S.C. 1932),

9 $2,000,000; payments for sustainable agriculture programs

10 under section 3(d) of the Act, $2,963,000; Ω38æpayments

11 for rural health and safety education as authorized by sec12 tion 2390 of Public Law 101–624 (7 U.S.C. 2661 note,

13 2662), $2,000,000; and payments for extension work by the

14 colleges receiving the benefits of the second Morrill Act

15 (7 U.S.C. 321–326, 328) and Tuskegee University,

16 Ω39æ$25,414,000 $25,472,000; in all, Ω40æ$420,785,000

17 $422,641,000: Provided, That funds hereby appropriated

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

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

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

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

22 Marianas, and American Samoa prior to availability of an

23 equal sum from non-Federal sources for expenditure dur24 ing the current fiscal year.
20

HR 2493 PP

1 Federal administration and coordination: For admin2 istration of the Smith-Lever Act, as amended, and the Act

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

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

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

6 leadership for the extension work of the Department and

7 the several States and insular possessions,

8 Ω41æ$8,390,000 $11,187,000.

9 NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL LIBRARY

10 For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural

11 Library, Ω42æ$17,682,000 $18,155,000: Provided, That

12 this appropriation shall be available for employment pur13 suant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Or14 ganic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed

15 $35,000 shall be available for employment under 5 U.S.C.

16 3109: Provided further, That not to exceed $900,000 shall

17 be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for the alteration

18 and repair of buildings and improvementsΩ43æ: Provided

19 further, That $462,000 shall be available for a grant pursu20 ant to section 1472 of the National Agricultural Research,

21 Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C.

22 3818), in addition to other funds available in this appro23 priation for grants under this section.
21

HR 2493 PP

1 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR

2 MARKETING AND INSPECTION SERVICES

3 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of

4 the Assistant Secretary for Marketing and Inspection

5 Services to administer programs under the laws enacted

6 by the Congress for the Animal and Plant Health Inspec7 tion Service, Food Safety and Inspection Service, Federal

8 Grain Inspection Service, Ω44æAgricultural Cooperative

9 Service, Agricultural Marketing Service, and Packers and

10 Stockyards Administration, Ω45æ$691,000 $682,000.

11 ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

14 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, including

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

16 amended (21 U.S.C. 114b–c), necessary to prevent, con17 trol, and eradicate pests and plant and animal diseases;

18 to carry out inspection, quarantine, and regulatory activi19 ties; to discharge the authorities of the Secretary of Agri20 culture under the Act of March 2, 1931 (46 Stat. 1468;

21 7 U.S.C. 426–426b); and to protect the environment, as

22 authorized by law, Ω46æ$439,042,000 $443,653,000, of

23 which $91,460,000 shall be derived from user fees depos24 ited in the Agricultural Quarantine Inspection User Fee

25 Account, and of which $4,938,000 shall be available for
22

HR 2493 PP

1 the control of outbreaks of insects, plant diseases, animal

2 diseases and for control of pest animals and birds to the

3 extent necessary to meet emergency conditions: Provided,

4 That if the demand for Agricultural Quarantine Inspec5 tion (AQI) user fee financed services is greater than ex6 pected and/or other uncontrollable events occur, the Agen7 cy may exceed the AQI User Fee limitation by up to 10

8 per centum, provided such funds are available in the Agri9 cultural Quarantine Inspection User Fee Account, and

10 with notification to the Appropriations Committees: Pro11 vided further, That no funds shall be used to formulate

12 or administer a brucellosis eradication program for the

13 current fiscal year that does not require minimum match14 ing by the States of at least 40 per centum: Provided fur15 ther, That this appropriation shall be available for field

16 employment pursuant to the second sentence of section

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

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

19 under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That this appro20 priation shall be available for the operation and mainte21 nance of aircraft and the purchase of not to exceed four,

22 of which two shall be for replacement only: Provided fur23 ther, That, in addition, in emergencies which threaten any

24 segment of the agricultural production industry of this

25 country, the Secretary may transfer from other appropria-
23

HR 2493 PP

1 tions or funds available to the agencies or corporations

2 of the Department such sums as he may deem necessary,

3 to be available only in such emergencies for the arrest and

4 eradication of contagious or infectious disease or pests of

5 animals, poultry, or plants, and for expenses in accordance

6 with the Act of February 28, 1947, as amended, and sec7 tion 102 of the Act of September 21, 1944, as amended,

8 and any unexpended balances of funds transferred for

9 such emergency purposes in the next preceding fiscal year

10 shall be merged with such transferred amountsΩ47æ: Pro11 vided further, That appropriations hereunder shall be avail12 able pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the repair and

13 alteration of leased buildings and improvements, but unless

14 otherwise provided the cost of altering any one building

15 during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 per centum of

16 the current replacement value of the buildingΩ48æ: Pro17 vided further, That none of these funds shall be used to pay

18 the salary of any Department veterinarian or Veterinary

19 Medical Officer who, when conducting inspections at horse

20 shows, exhibitions, sales, or auctions under the Horse Pro21 tection Act, as amended (15 U.S.C. 1821–1831), relies solely

22 on the use of digital palpation as the only diagnostic test

23 to determine whether or not a horse is sore under such Act.

24 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

25 For plans, construction, repair, improvement, exten26 sion, alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facili-
24

HR 2493 PP

1 ties, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 2250, and acquisition of

2 land as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 428a, $10,145,000, to re3 main available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b).

4 FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE

5 For necessary expenses to carry on services author6 ized by the Federal Meat Inspection Act, as amended, and

7 the Poultry Products Inspection Act, as amended,

8 $516,738,000, and in addition, $1,000,000 may be cred9 ited to this account from fees collected for the cost of lab10 oratory accreditation as authorized by section 1017 of

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

12 shall be available for field employment pursuant to section

13 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and

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

15 under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That this appro16 priation shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250)

17 for the alteration and repair of buildings and improve18 ments, but the cost of altering any one building during

19 the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 per centum of the cur20 rent replacement value of the building.

21 FEDERAL GRAIN INSPECTION SERVICE

22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

23 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions

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

25 and the standardization activities related to grain under
25

HR 2493 PP

1 the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, as amended, in2 cluding field employment pursuant to section 706(a) of the

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

4 $20,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109,

5 Ω49æ$11,554,000 $11,509,000: Provided, That this appro6 priation shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250)

7 for the alteration and repair of buildings and improve8 ments, but the cost of altering any one building during

9 the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 per centum of the cur10 rent replacement value of the building: Provided further,

11 That Ω50ænone of the funds provided by this Act hereafter,

12 none of the funds available to the Federal Grain Inspection

13 Service may be used to pay the salaries of any person or

14 persons who require, or who authorize payments from fee15 supported funds to any person or persons who require

16 nonexport, nonterminal interior elevators to maintain

17 records not involving official inspection or official weighing

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

19 those necessary to fulfill the purposes of such Act.

20 INSPECTION AND WEIGHING SERVICES

21 LIMITATION ON INSPECTION AND WEIGHING SERVICES

22 EXPENSES

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

24 be obligated during the current fiscal year for Inspection

25 and Weighing Services: Provided, That if grain export ac26 tivities require additional supervision and oversight, or
26

HR 2493 PP

1 other uncontrollable factors occur, this limitation may be

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

3 Appropriations Committees.

4 Ω51æAGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVE SERVICE

5 For necessary expenses to carry out the Cooperative

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

7 for activities relating to the marketing aspects of coopera8 tives, including economic research and analysis and the ap9 plication of economic research findings, as authorized by

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

11 1627), and for activities with institutions or organizations

12 throughout the world concerning the development and oper13 ation of agricultural cooperatives (7 U.S.C. 3291),

14 $5,708,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall be

15 available for employment pursuant to the second sentence

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

17 2225), and not to exceed $15,000 shall be available for em18 ployment under 5 U.S.C. 3109.

19 AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE

20 MARKETING SERVICES

21 For necessary expenses to carry on services related

22 to consumer protection, agricultural marketing and dis23 tribution, transportation, agricultural cooperatives, and

24 regulatory programs, as authorized by law, and for admin25 istration and coordination of payments to States; includ-
27

HR 2493 PP

1 ing field employment pursuant to section 706(a) of the

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

3 $90,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109,

4 Ω52æ$61,614,000 $56,887,000; including $2,346,000 for

5 the Wholesale Market Development Program for the de6 sign and development of wholesale and farmer market fa7 cilities for the major metropolitan areas of the country:

8 Provided, That this appropriation shall be available pursu9 ant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and repair

10 of buildings and improvements, but the cost of altering

11 any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed

12 10 per centum of the current replacement value of the

13 building.

14 Fees may be collected for the cost of standardization

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

16 U.S.C. 9701).

17 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

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

19 be obligated during the current fiscal year for administra20 tive expenses: Provided, That if crop size is understated

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

22 exceed this limitation by up to 10 per centum with notifi23 cation to the Appropriations Committees.
28

HR 2493 PP

1 FUNDS FOR STRENGTHENING MARKETS, INCOME, AND

2 SUPPLY (SECTION 32)

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

4 Funds available under section 32 of the Act of Au5 gust 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c) shall be used only for com6 modity program expenses as authorized therein, and other

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

8 Department of Commerce as authorized by the Fish and

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

10 provided in this Act; and (3) not more than

11 Ω53æ$10,309,000 $10,670,000 for formulation and admin12 istration of Marketing Agreements and Orders pursuant

13 to the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, as

14 amended, and the Agricultural Act of 1961.

15 Ω54æIn fiscal years 1994 and 1995, section 32 funds

16 shall be used to promote sunflower and cottonseed oil ex17 ports to the full extent authorized by section 1541 of Public

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

19 be used to facilitate additional sales of such oils in world

20 markets.

21 PAYMENTS TO STATES AND POSSESSIONS

22 For payments to departments of agriculture, bureaus

23 and departments of markets, and similar agencies for

24 marketing activities under section 204(b) of the Agricul25 tural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1623(b)),

26 Ω55æ$1,735,000 $1,300,000.
29

HR 2493 PP

1 PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS ADMINISTRATION

2 For necessary expenses for administration of the

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

4 for certifying procedures used to protect purchasers of

5 farm products, including field employment pursuant to

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

7 2225), and not to exceed $5,000 for employment under

8 5 U.S.C. 3109, Ω56æ$12,194,000 $12,052,000.

9 FARM INCOME STABILIZATION

10 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR

11 INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS AND COMMODITY PROGRAMS

12 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of

13 the Under Secretary for International Affairs and Com14 modity Programs to administer the laws enacted by Con15 gress for the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation

16 Service, Ω57æOffice of International Cooperation and De17 velopment, Foreign Agricultural Service, and the Commod18 ity Credit Corporation, Ω58æ$563,000 $556,000.

19 AGRICULTURAL STABILIZATION AND CONSERVATION

20 SERVICE

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

23 For necessary administrative expenses of the Agricul24 tural Stabilization and Conservation Service, including ex25 penses to formulate and carry out programs authorized

26 by title III of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938,
30

HR 2493 PP

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

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

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

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

5 590o, 590p(a), 590p(f), and 590q); sections 1001 to 1004,

6 1006 to 1008, and 1010 of the Agricultural Act of 1970,

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

8 1510); the Water Bank Act, as amended (16 U.S.C.

9 1301–1311); the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of

10 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2101); sections 202(c) and 205 of title

11 II of the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act of

12 1974, as amended (43 U.S.C. 1592(c), 1595); sections

13 401, 402, and 404 to 406 of the Agricultural Credit Act

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

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

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

17 3811 et seq.); and laws pertaining to the Commodity Cred18 it Corporation, $732,467,000; of which $730,842,000 is

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

20 the Public Law 480 Program Account in this Act and

21 $589,000 is transferred from the Commodity Credit Cor22 poration Program Account in this Act: Provided, That

23 other funds made available to the Agricultural Stabiliza24 tion and Conservation Service for authorized activities

25 may be advanced to and merged with this account: Pro-
31

HR 2493 PP

1 vided further, That these funds shall be available for em2 ployment pursuant to the second sentence of section

3 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and

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

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

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

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

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

9 1913; or (3) for salaries or other expenses of members

10 of county and community committees established pursuant

11 to section 8(b) of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Al12 lotment Act, as amended, for engaging in any activities

13 other than advisory and supervisory duties and delegated

14 program functions prescribed in administrative regula15 tions.

16 CORPORATIONS

17 The following corporations and agencies are hereby

18 authorized to make expenditures, within the limits of

19 funds and borrowing authority available to each such cor20 poration or agency and in accord with law, and to make

21 contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year

22 limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government

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

24 in carrying out the programs set forth in the budget for
32

HR 2493 PP

1 the current fiscal year for such corporation or agency, ex2 cept as hereinafter provided:

3 FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION

4 ADMINISTRATIVE AND OPERATING EXPENSES

5 Ω59æFor administrative and operating expenses, as

6 authorized by the Federal Crop Insurance Act, as amend7 ed (7 U.S.C. 1516), $290,116,000: Provided, That not to

8 exceed $700 shall be available for official reception and

9 representation expenses, as authorized by 7 U.S.C.

10 1506(i): Provided further, That none of the funds in this

11 Act may be used to offer a Federal crop insurance policy

12 in counties on crops where a loss ratio, that has already

13 been recalculated pursuant to law to reflect the premium

14 rates issued by the Corporation for the 1993 crop year,

15 is in excess of 1.10 more than 70 percent of the years

16 that a policy has been offered since 1980: Provided further,

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

18 operating and administrative costs that exceed 31 per cen19 tum of premium to insurers of policies on which the Cor20 poration provides reinsurance, except to reimburse said in21 surers for excess loss adjustment expenses as provided for

22 in the Standard Reinsurance Agreement issued by the

23 Corporation: Provided further, That the second proviso

24 shall not apply in any county affected if the Corporation

25 has implemented a nonstandard classification system in
33

HR 2493 PP

1 such county for those individual farms that have experi2 enced excessive losses since 1980 under which the pre3 mium rates, notwithstanding the provision of section

4 508(d) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act, are increased

5 over comparable rates effective for the 1993 crop, or the

6 insured yields are decreased from comparable yields for

7 the 1993 crop, or a combination of both, by an amount

8 or amounts sufficient to ensure that an estimated loss

9 ratio will not exceed 1.1 for the crop produced on such

10 farms during the 1994 crop year.

11 For administrative and operating expenses, as author12 ized by the Federal Crop Insurance Act, as amended (7

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

14 $700 shall be available for official reception and representa15 tion expenses, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1506(i): Provided

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

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

18 where a loss ratio, that has already been recalculated pursu19 ant to law to reflect the premium rates issued by the Cor20 poration for the 1993 crop year, is in excess of 1.10 more

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

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

23 Act may be used to pay operating and administrative costs

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

25 on which the Corporation provides reinsurance, except to
34

HR 2493 PP

1 reimburse said insurers for excess loss adjustment expenses

2 as provided for in the Standard Reinsurance Agreement is3 sued by the Corporation: Provided further, That the second

4 proviso shall not apply in any county affected if the Cor5 poration has implemented a nonstandard classification sys6 tem in such county for those individual farms that have

7 experienced excessive losses since 1980 under which the pre8 mium rates, notwithstanding the provision of section 508(d)

9 of the Federal Crop Insurance Act, are increased over com10 parable rates effective for the 1993 crop, or the insured

11 yields are decreased from comparable yields for the 1993

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

13 sufficient to ensure that an estimated loss ratio will not

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

15 1994 crop year.

16 FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION FUND

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

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

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

20 which $47,072,000 is to reimburse the Federal Crop In21 surance Corporation Fund for agents’ commissions and

22 loss adjustment obligations incurred during prior years,

23 but not previously reimbursed, as authorized by section

24 516(a) of the Act, as amended.
35

HR 2493 PP

1 COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION FUND

2 REIMBURSEMENT FOR NET REALIZED LOSSES

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

4 to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for net

5 realized losses sustained, but not previously reimbursed

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

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

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

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

10 OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE FOR HAZARDOUS WASTE

11 MANAGEMENT

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

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

15 Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation,

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

17 section 6001 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery

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

20 and that other hazardous waste management costs shall

21 be paid for by the USDA Hazardous Waste Management

22 appropriation in this Act.
36

HR 2493 PP

1 TITLE II—CONSERVATION PROGRAMS

2 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR NATURAL

3 RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT

4 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of

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

7 for the Forest Service and the Soil Conservation Service,

8 Ω60æ$578,000 $571,000.

9 SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE

10 CONSERVATION OPERATIONS

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

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

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

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

20 soil; dissemination of information; acquisition of lands by

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

22 exceed $100; purchase and erection or alteration or im23 provement of permanent and temporary buildings; and op24 eration and maintenance of aircraft, Ω61æ$588,262,000

25 $593,835,000, to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C.
37

HR 2493 PP

1 2209b); of which not less than $5,820,000 is for snow sur2 vey and water forecasting and not less than $8,214,000

3 is for operation and establishment of the plant materials

4 centers: Provided, That except for $2,399,000 for im5 provements of the plant materials centers, the cost of any

6 permanent building purchased, erected, or as improved,

7 exclusive of the cost of constructing a water supply or san8 itary system and connecting the same to any such building

9 and with the exception of buildings acquired in conjunc10 tion with land being purchased for other purposes, shall

11 not exceed $10,000, except for one building to be con12 structed at a cost not to exceed $100,000 and eight build13 ings to be constructed or improved at a cost not to exceed

14 $50,000 per building and except that alterations or im15 provements to other existing permanent buildings costing

16 $5,000 or more may be made in any fiscal year in an

17 amount not to exceed $2,000 per building: Provided fur18 ther, That when buildings or other structures are erected

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

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

21 That no part of this appropriation may be expended for

22 soil and water conservation operations under the Act of

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

24 projects: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be

25 available for employment pursuant to the second sentence
38

HR 2493 PP

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

2 2225) and not to exceed $25,000 shall be available for

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

4 qualified local engineers may be temporarily employed at

5 per diem rates to perform the technical planning work

6 of the Service (16 U.S.C. 590e–2).

7 RIVER BASIN SURVEYS AND INVESTIGATIONS

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

11 Protection and Flood Prevention Act approved August 4,

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

13 Provided, That this appropriation shall be available for

14 employment pursuant to the second sentence of section

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

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

17 under 5 U.S.C. 3109.

18 WATERSHED PLANNING

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

22 1001–1008), Ω62æ$9,721,000 $10,921,000: Provided,

23 That this appropriation shall be available for employment

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

25 Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed
39

HR 2493 PP

1 $50,000 shall be available for employment under 5 U.S.C.

2 3109.

3 WATERSHED AND FLOOD PREVENTION OPERATIONS

4 For necessary expenses to carry out preventive meas5 ures, including but not limited to research, engineering op6 erations, methods of cultivation, the growing of vegetation,

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

8 in accordance with the Watershed Protection and Flood

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

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

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

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

13 Department, Ω63æ$228,915,000 $258,615,000 to remain

14 available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b), of which

15 Ω64æ$40,386,000 $41,186,000 shall be available for the

16 watersheds authorized under the Flood Control Act ap17 proved June 22, 1936 (33 U.S.C. 701, 16 U.S.C. 1006a),

18 as amended and supplemented: Provided, That this appro19 priation shall be available for employment pursuant to the

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

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

22 Ω65æ$22,881,000 $34,381,000 shall be available for emer23 gency measures as provided by sections 403–405 of the

24 Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2203–2205),

25 and not to exceed $200,000 shall be available for employ26 ment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That
40

HR 2493 PP

1 $4,000,000 in loans may be insured, or made to be sold

2 and insured, under the Agricultural Credit Insurance

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

4 1931): Provided further, That not to exceed $1,000,000

5 of this appropriation is available to carry out the purposes

6 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (Public Law 93–

7 205), as amended, including cooperative efforts as con8 templated by that Act to relocate endangered or threat9 ened species to other suitable habitats as may be necessary

10 to expedite project construction.

11 RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT

12 For necessary expenses in planning and carrying out

13 projects for resource conservation and development and

14 for sound land use pursuant to the provisions of section

15 32(e) of title III of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant

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

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

18 590a–f), and the provisions of the Agriculture and Food

19 Act of 1981 (16 U.S.C. 3451–3461), Ω66æ$32,945,000

20 $35,000,000, to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C.

21 2209b): Provided, That $600,000 in loans may be insured,

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

23 Credit Insurance Fund of the Farmers Home Administra24 tion (7 U.S.C. 1931): Provided further, That this appro25 priation shall be available for employment pursuant to the

26 second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of
41

HR 2493 PP

1 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $50,000 shall

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

3 GREAT PLAINS CONSERVATION PROGRAM

4 For necessary expenses to carry into effect a program

5 of conservation in the Great Plains area, pursuant to sec6 tion 16(b) of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allot7 ment Act, as added by the Act of August 7, 1956, as

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

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

10 AGRICULTURAL STABILIZATION AND CONSERVATION

11 SERVICE

12 AGRICULTURAL CONSERVATION PROGRAM

13 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

14 For necessary expenses to carry into effect the pro15 gram authorized in sections 7 to 15, 16(a), 16(f), and 17

16 of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act ap17 proved February 29, 1936, as amended and supplemented

18 (16 U.S.C. 590g–590o, 590p(a), 590p(f), and 590q), and

19 sections 1001–1004, 1006–1008, and 1010 of the Agricul20 tural Act of 1970, as added by the Agriculture and

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

22 1506–1508, and 1510), and including not to exceed

23 $15,000 for the preparation and display of exhibits, in24 cluding such displays at State, interstate, and inter25 national fairs within the United States, $194,650,000, to

26 remain available until expended (16 U.S.C. 590o), for
42

HR 2493 PP

1 agreements, excluding administration but including tech2 nical assistance and related expenses (16 U.S.C. 590o),

3 except that no participant in the Agricultural Conserva4 tion Program shall receive more than $3,500 per year, ex5 cept where the participants from two or more farms or

6 ranches join to carry out approved practices designed to

7 conserve or improve the agricultural resources of the com8 munity, or where a participant has a long-term agreement,

9 in which case the total payment shall not exceed the an10 nual payment limitation multiplied by the number of years

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

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

13 financial or technical assistance for drainage on wetlands

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

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

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

17 1956: Provided further, That such amounts shall be avail18 able for the purchase of seeds, fertilizers, lime, trees, or

19 any other conservation materials, or any soil-terracing

20 services, and making grants thereof to agricultural pro21 ducers to aid them in carrying out approved farming prac22 tices as authorized by the Soil Conservation and Domestic

23 Allotment Act, as amended, as determined and rec24 ommended by the county committees, approved by the

25 State committees and the Secretary, under programs pro-
43

HR 2493 PP

1 vided for herein: Provided further, That such assistance

2 will not be used for carrying out measures and practices

3 that are primarily production-oriented or that have little

4 or no conservation or pollution abatement benefits: Pro5 vided further, That not to exceed 5 per centum of the allo6 cation for the current year’s program for any county may,

7 on the recommendation of such county committee and ap8 proval of the State committee, be withheld and allotted

9 to the Soil Conservation Service for services of its techni10 cians in formulating and carrying out the Agricultural

11 Conservation Program in the participating counties, and

12 shall not be utilized by the Soil Conservation Service for

13 any purpose other than technical and other assistance in

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

15 such county committee and approval of the State commit16 tee, not to exceed 1 per centum may be made available

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

18 same purpose and under the same conditions: Provided

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

20 shall be available for technical assistance in formulating

21 and carrying out rural environmental practices: Provided

22 further, That no part of any funds available to the Depart23 ment, or any bureau, office, corporation, or other agency

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

25 the current fiscal year for the payment of salary or travel
44

HR 2493 PP

1 expenses of any person who has been convicted of violating

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

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

4 has been found in accordance with the provisions of title

5 18 U.S.C. 1913 to have violated or attempted to violate

6 such section which prohibits the use of Federal appropria7 tions for the payment of personal services or other ex8 penses designed to influence in any manner a Member of

9 Congress to favor or oppose any legislation or appropria10 tion by Congress except upon request of any Member or

11 through the proper official channels: Provided further,

12 That not to exceed Ω67æ$15,000,000 $22,000,000 of the

13 amount appropriated shall be used for water quality pay14 ments and practices in the same manner as permitted

15 under the program for water quality authorized in chapter

16 2 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act of

17 1985, as amended (16 U.S.C. 3838 et seq.).

18 FORESTRY INCENTIVES PROGRAM

19 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,

20 to carry out the program of forestry incentives, as author21 ized in the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978

22 (16 U.S.C. 2101), including technical assistance and relat23 ed expenses, $12,820,000, to remain available until ex24 pended, as authorized by that Act.
45

HR 2493 PP

1 Ω68æWATER BANK PROGRAM

2 For necessary expenses to carry into effect the provi3 sions of the Water Bank Act (16 U.S.C. 1301–1311),

4 $18,620,000, to remain available until expended.

5 Ω69æEMERGENCY CONSERVATION PROGRAM

6 For necessary expenses to carry into effect the pro7 gram authorized in sections 401, 402, and 404 of title IV

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

9 2205), $10,000,000, to remain available until expended,

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

11 COLORADO RIVER BASIN SALINITY CONTROL PROGRAM

12 For necessary expenses for carrying out a voluntary

13 cooperative salinity control program pursuant to section

14 202(c) of title II of the Colorado River Basin Salinity Con15 trol Act, as amended (43 U.S.C. 1592(c)), to be used to

16 reduce salinity in the Colorado River and to enhance the

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

18 States and the Republic of Mexico, $13,783,000, to re19 main available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b), to be

20 used for investigations and surveys, for technical assist21 ance in developing conservation practices and in the prepa22 ration of salinity control plans, for the establishment of

23 on-farm irrigation management systems, including related

24 lateral improvement measures, for making cost-share pay25 ments to agricultural landowners and operators, Indian

26 tribes, irrigation districts and associations, local govern-
46

HR 2493 PP

1 mental and nongovernmental entities, and other land2 owners to aid them in carrying out approved conservation

3 practices as determined and recommended by the county

4 ASC committees, approved by the State ASC committees

5 and the Secretary, and for associated costs of program

6 planning, information and education, and program mon7 itoring and evaluation: Provided, That the Soil Conserva8 tion Service shall provide technical assistance and the

9 Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service shall

10 provide administrative services for the program, including

11 but not limited to, the negotiation and administration of

12 agreements and the disbursement of payments: Provided

13 further, That such program shall be coordinated with the

14 regular Agricultural Conservation Program and with re15 search programs of other agencies.

16 CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

18 For necessary expenses to carry out the conservation

19 reserve program pursuant to the Food Security Act of

20 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831–3845), $1,743,274,000, to remain

21 available until expended, to be used for Commodity Credit

22 Corporation expenditures for cost-share assistance for the

23 establishment of conservation practices provided for in ap24 proved conservation reserve program contracts, for annual
47

HR 2493 PP

1 rental payments provided in such contracts, and for tech2 nical assistance.

3 WETLANDS RESERVE PROGRAM

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

5 For necessary expenses to carry out the Wetlands Re6 serve Program pursuant to subchapter C of subtitle D of

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

8 3837), Ω70æ$44,450,000 $70,000,000, to remain available

9 until expended: Provided, That the Secretary is authorized

10 to use the services, facilities, and authorities of the Com11 modity Credit Corporation for the purpose of carrying out

12 the Wetlands Reserve Program.

13 TITLE III—FARMERS HOME AND RURAL

14 DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS

15 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR SMALL

16 COMMUNITY AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT

17 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of

18 the Under Secretary for Small Community and Rural De19 velopment to administer programs under the laws enacted

20 by the Congress for the Farmers Home Administration,

21 Rural Electrification Administration, Federal Crop Insur22 ance Corporation, and rural development activities of the

23 Department of Agriculture, Ω71æ$583,000 $576,000.

24 RURAL DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION

25 Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act,

26 Ω72æexcept Sec. 722, the Secretary may transfer funds
48

HR 2493 PP

1 from the Farmers Home Administration in this Act to

2 fund the Rural Development Administration, as author3 ized by law.

4 RURAL DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION AND FARMERS

5 HOME ADMINISTRATION

6 RURAL HOUSING INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

7 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di8 rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by title V of the

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

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

11 $2,550,000,000 for loans to section 502 borrowers, as de12 termined by the Secretary, of which $750,000,000 shall

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

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

15 514 farm labor housing; Ω73æ$573,900,000 $540,107,000

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

17 and Ω74æ$166,863,000 $150,000,000 for credit sales of

18 acquired property: Provided, That up to $50,664,000 of

19 these funds shall be made available for section 502(g), De20 ferral Mortgage Demonstration.

21 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including

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

23 the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: low24 income housing section 502 loans, Ω75æ$366,360,000

25 $366,435,000, of which Ω76æ$12,225,000 $12,300,000
49

HR 2493 PP

1 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans; section 504

2 housing repair loans, $13,671,000; section 514 farm labor

3 housing, $8,394,000; section 515 rental housing,

4 Ω77æ$311,972,000 $309,967,000; and credit sales of ac5 quired property, Ω78æ$25,397,000 $22,830,000.

6 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to

7 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs,

8 $396,161,000.

9 RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

10 For rental assistance agreements entered into or re11 newed pursuant to the authority under section 521(a)(2)

12 or agreements entered into in lieu of forgiveness or pay13 ments for eligible households as authorized by section

14 502(c)(5)(D) of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended,

15 Ω79æ$417,523,000 $475,865,000; and in addition such

16 sums as may be necessary, as authorized by section 521(c)

17 of the Act, to liquidate debt incurred prior to fiscal year

18 1992 to carry out the Rental Assistance Program under

19 section 521(a)(2) of the Act: Provided, That of this

20 amount not more than Ω80æ$5,840,000 $11,210,000 shall

21 be available for debt forgiveness or payments for eligible

22 households as authorized by section 502(c)(5)(D) of the

23 Act, and not to exceed $10,000 per project for advances

24 to nonprofit organizations or public agencies to cover di25 rect costs (other than purchase price) incurred in purchas-
50

HR 2493 PP

1 ing projects pursuant to section 502(c)(5)(C) of the

2 ActΩ81æ:–Provided further, That of this amount not less

3 than $109,258,000 is available for newly constructed units

4 financed by section 515 of the Housing Act of 1949, as

5 amended, and not more than $5,214,000 is for newly con6 structed units financed under sections 514 and 516 of the

7 Housing Act of 1949:–Provided further, That

8 $297,211,000 is available for expiring agreements and for

9 servicing of existing units without agreements: Provided

10 further, That agreements entered into or renewed during

11 fiscal year 1994 shall be funded for a five-year period, al12 though the life of any such agreement may be extended

13 to fully utilize amounts obligated.

14 RURAL HOUSING VOUCHER PROGRAM

15 For necessary expenses to operate a rural housing

16 voucher program as authorized by section 542 of title V

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

18 to be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture.

19 SELF-HELP HOUSING LAND DEVELOPMENT FUND

20 PROGRAM ACCOUNT

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

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

23 $622,000.

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

25 modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of the Congres26 sional Budget Act of 1974, $23,000.
51

HR 2493 PP

1 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to

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

3 AGRICULTURAL CREDIT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM

4 ACCOUNT

5 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di6 rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by 7 U.S.C.

7 1928–1929, to be available from funds in the Agricultural

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

9 Ω82æ$634,624,000 $678,543,000, of which $556,543,000

10 shall be for guaranteed loans; operating loans,

11 Ω83æ$2,750,000,000 $4,046,252,000, of which

12 Ω84æ$1,800,000,000 $3,000,000,000 shall be for

13 unsubsidized guaranteed loans and $250,000,000 shall be

14 for subsidized guaranteed loans; Ω85æ$4,909,000

15 $4,312,000 for water development, use, and conservation

16 loans, of which Ω86æ$2,012,000 $1,415,000 shall be for

17 guaranteed loans; Indian tribe land acquisition loans as

18 authorized by 25 U.S.C. 488, Ω87æ$1,163,000 $1,000,000;

19 for emergency insured loans, $100,000,000 to meet the

20 needs resulting from natural disasters; and for credit sales

21 of acquired property, Ω88æ$147,566,000 $100,000,000.

22 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including

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

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

25 ownership loans, Ω89æ$34,080,000 $41,507,000, of which
52

HR 2493 PP

1 $20,870,000 shall be for guaranteed loans; operating

2 loans, Ω90æ$119,985,000 $129,818,000, of which

3 Ω91æ$9,360,000 $15,747,000 shall be for unsubsidized

4 guaranteed loans and Ω92æ$29,425,000 $29,445,000 shall

5 be for subsidized guaranteed loans; Ω93æ$506,000

6 $494,000 for water development, use, and conservation

7 loans, of which Ω94æ$43,000 $31,000 shall be for guaran8 teed loans; Indian tribe land acquisition loans as author9 ized by 25 U.S.C. 488, Ω95æ$229,000 $197,000; for emer10 gency insured loans, $26,060,000 to meet the needs re11 sulting from natural disasters; and for credit sales of ac12 quired property, Ω96æ$22,405,000 $15,400,000.

13 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to

14 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs,

15 $275,392,000.

16 RURAL DEVELOPMENT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM

17 ACCOUNT

18 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di19 rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1928

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

21 funds in the Rural Development Insurance Fund, as fol22 lows: water and sewer facility loans, Ω97æ$835,000,000

23 $903,886,000, of which Ω98æ$35,000,000 $35,500,000

24 shall be for guaranteed loans; community facility loans,

25 Ω99æ$325,000,000 $275,000,000, of which $75,000,000
53

HR 2493 PP

1 shall be for guaranteed loans; and guaranteed industrial

2 development loans, Ω100æ$298,762,000 $200,000,000:

3 Provided, That none of the funds made available in this

4 Act may be used to make transfers between the above limi5 tations.

6 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including

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

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

9 water and sewer facility loans, Ω101æ$111,040,000

10 $120,532,000; direct community facility loans,

11 Ω102æ$24,125,000 $19,320,000; guaranteed community

12 facility loans, $3,803,000; and guaranteed industrial de13 velopment loans, Ω103æ$2,778,000 $1,860,000.

14 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to

15 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs,

16 $58,194,000.

17 RURAL DEVELOPMENT LOAN FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

18 For the cost of direct loans Ω104æ$56,000,000

19 $84,000,000, as authorized by the Rural Development

20 Loan Fund (42 U.S.C. 9812(a)): Provided, That such

21 costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be

22 as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act

23 of 1974: Provided further, That these funds are available

24 to subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount of

25 direct loans of not to exceed Ω105æ$100,000,000

26 $150,000,000.
54

HR 2493 PP

1 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to

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

3 Ω106æAGRICULTURAL RESOURCE CONSERVATION

4 DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM ACCOUNT

5 For loan guarantees authorized under sections 1465–

6 1469 of Public Law 101–624, for the Agricultural Resource

7 Conservation Demonstration Program, $6,799,000 to any

8 State defined as eligible under section 1465(c)(3)(A) of that

9 Act. For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congres10 sional Budget Act of 1974, $3,599,000.

11 STATE MEDIATION GRANTS

12 For grants pursuant to section 502(b) of the Agricul13 tural Credit Act of 1987, as amended (7 U.S.C. 5101–

14 5106), Ω107æ$2,963,000 $4,000,000.

15 RURAL WATER AND WASTE DISPOSAL GRANTS

16 For grants pursuant to section 306(a)(2) of the Con17 solidated Farm and Rural Development Act, as amended

18 (7 U.S.C. 1926), Ω108æ$450,000,000 $535,571,000, to re19 main available until expended, pursuant to section 306(d)

20 of the above Act: Provided, That of this amount,

21 Ω109æ$25,000,000 $25,700,000 shall be available for

22 water and waste disposal systems to benefit the Colonias

23 along the U.S./Mexico border, including grants pursuant

24 to section 306CΩ110æ: Provided further, That of this

25 amount, up to $15,000,000 shall be available for project
55

HR 2493 PP

1 grants to remedy the dire sanitation conditions in rural

2 Alaska villages in which the median household income does

3 not exceed 110 percent of the statewide non-metropolitan

4 household income and that notwithstanding the Consoli5 dated Farm and Rural Development Act, Public Law 87–

6 128, such grants shall be for 50 percent of the development

7 cost of the project upon a state or local contribution of 50

8 percent of the development cost of the project: Provided fur9 ther, That, with the exception of the foregoing

10 Ω111æ$25,000,000 $25,700,000 and the foregoing

11 $15,000,000, these funds shall not be used for any purpose

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

13 and Rural Development Act.

14 VERY LOW-INCOME HOUSING REPAIR GRANTS

15 For grants to the very low-income elderly for essen16 tial repairs to dwellings pursuant to section 504 of the

17 Housing Act of 1949, as amended, $25,000,000, to re18 main available until expended.

19 RURAL HOUSING FOR DOMESTIC FARM LABOR

20 For financial assistance to eligible nonprofit organi21 zations for housing for domestic farm labor, pursuant to

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

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

24 expended.
56

HR 2493 PP

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
57

HR 2493 PP

1 Rural Development Act to any qualified public or private

2 nonprofit organization, Ω112æ$35,000,000 $50,000,000:

3 Provided, That $500,000 shall be available for grants to

4 qualified nonprofit organizations to provide technical as5 sistance and training for rural communities needing im6 proved passenger transportation systems or facilities in

7 order to promote 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.
58

HR 2493 PP

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
59

HR 2493 PP

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 Ω113æ$4,368,000 $4,500,000 of this appropriation shall be

12 available for contracting with the National Rural Water

13 Association or other equally qualified national organiza14 tion for a circuit rider program to provide technical assist15 ance for 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, Ω114æ$125,000,000 $75,000,000; cost of
60

HR 2493 PP

1 money rural telephone loans, $198,000,000; municipal

2 rate rural electric loans, $600,000,000; and loans made

3 pursuant to section 306 of that Act, $933,000,000; to re4 main available 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,

10 Ω115æ$36,265,000 $30,043,000; cost of municipal rate

11 loans, $46,020,000; cost of money rural telephone loans,

12 $40,000; cost of loans guaranteed pursuant to section

13 306, Ω116æ$11,184,000 $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
61

HR 2493 PP

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 Ω117æ$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

15 expendedΩ118æ: Provided, That none of the funds appro16 priated or otherwise made available by this Act for the pro17 grams authorized by chapter 1 of subtitle D of title XXIII

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

19 1990 (7 U.S.C. 950aaa et seq.) may be used by the Adminis20 trator of the Rural Electrification Administration to carry

21 out the programs unless, prior to allocating funds to carry

22 out the programs, the Administrator consults with the Sec23 retary of Education and the Secretary of Health and

24 Human Services, acting through the Director of the Office

25 of Rural Health Policy, concerning the review of applica-
62

HR 2493 PP

1 tions to participate in the programs and the administration

2 of the programs.

3 RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LOANS PROGRAM

4 ACCOUNT

5 For loans authorized under section 313 of the Rural

6 Electrification Act, for the purpose of promoting rural eco7 nomic development and job creation projects,

8 $13,025,000.

9 For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Con10 gressional Budget Act of 1974, of direct loans,

11 Ω119æ$3,381,000 $3,423,000.

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

14 For administrative expenses to carry out the provi15 sions of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, as amended

16 (7 U.S.C. 901–950(b)), and to administer the loan and

17 loan guarantee programs for Community Antenna Tele18 vision facilities as authorized by the Consolidated Farm

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

20 for which commitments were made prior to fiscal year

21 1994, including not to exceed $7,000 for financial and

22 credit reports, funds for employment pursuant to the sec23 ond sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944

24 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $103,000 for employ25 ment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $38,776,000; of which

26 $29,982,000 shall be derived by transfer from the Rural
63

HR 2493 PP

1 Electrification and Telephone Loans Program Account in

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

3 the Rural Telephone Bank Program Account in this Act:

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

5 to authorize the transfer of additional funds to this ac6 count from the Rural Telephone Bank: Provided further,

7 That none of the salaries and expenses provided to the

8 Rural Electrification Administration, and none of the re9 sponsibilities assigned by law to the Administrator of the

10 Rural Electrification Administration may be reassigned or

11 transferred to any other agency or office.

12 TITLE IV—DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS

13 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR FOOD AND

14 CONSUMER SERVICES

15 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of

16 the Assistant Secretary for Food and Consumer Services

17 to administer the laws enacted by the Congress for the

18 Food and Nutrition Service Ω120æand the Human Nutri19 tion Information Service, Ω121æ$554,000 $547,000.

20 FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE

21 CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

23 For necessary expenses to carry out the National

24 School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751–1769b), and the appli25 cable provisions other than sections 3 and 17 of the Child

26 Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773–1785, and 1788–
64

HR 2493 PP

1 1789); $7,497,131,000, to remain available through Sep2 tember 30, 1995, of which $2,727,022,000 is hereby ap3 propriated and $4,770,109,000 shall be derived by trans4 fer from funds available under section 32 of the Act of

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

6 Ω122æhereafter, funds appropriated for the purpose of sec7 tion 7 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 shall be allocated

8 among the States but the distribution of such funds to

9 an individual State is contingent upon that State’s agree10 ment to participate in studies and surveys of programs

11 authorized under the National School Lunch Act and the

12 Child Nutrition Act of 1966, when such studies and sur13 veys have been directed by the Congress and requested

14 by the Secretary of Agriculture: Provided further, That

15 Ω123æhereafter, if the Secretary of Agriculture determines

16 that a State’s administration of any program under the

17 National School Lunch Act or the Child Nutrition Act of

18 1966 (other than section 17), or the regulations issued

19 pursuant to these Acts, is seriously deficient, and the

20 State fails to correct the deficiency within a specified pe21 riod of time, the Secretary may withhold from the State

22 some or all of the funds allocated to the State under sec23 tion 7 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 and under sec24 tion 13(k)(1) of the National School Lunch Act; upon a

25 subsequent determination by the Secretary that the pro-
65

HR 2493 PP

1 grams are operated in an acceptable manner some or all

2 of the funds withheld may be allocated: Provided further,

3 That Ω124æhereafter, only final reimbursement claims for

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

5 agencies by eligible schools, summer camps, institutions,

6 and service institutions within sixty days following the

7 month for which the reimbursement is claimed shall be

8 eligible for reimbursement from funds Ω125æappropriated

9 under this Act. available to the Department of Agriculture;

10 in addition, States may receive program funds

11 Ω126æappropriated under this Act available to the Depart12 ment of Agriculture for meals, supplements, and milk

13 served during any month only if the final program oper14 ations report for such month is submitted to the Depart15 ment within ninety days following that Ω127æmonth. Ex16 ceptions month; and in addition, exceptions to these claims

17 or reports submission requirements may be made at the

18 discretion of the Secretary: Provided further, That up to

19 $3,849,000 shall be available for independent verification

20 of school food service claims: Provided further, That

21 Ω128æ$1,706,000 $2,000,000 shall be available to provide

22 financial and other assistance to operate the Food Service

23 Management Institute.

24 SPECIAL MILK PROGRAM

25 For necessary expenses to carry out the special milk

26 program, as authorized by section 3 of the Child Nutrition
66

HR 2493 PP

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

2 available through September 30, Ω129æ1995. Only 1995:

3 Provided, That hereafter, only final reimbursement claims

4 for milk submitted to State agencies within sixty days fol5 lowing the month for which the reimbursement is claimed

6 shall be eligible for reimbursement from funds

7 Ω130æappropriated under this Act. available to the De8 partment of Agriculture; in addition, States may receive

9 program funds Ω131æappropriated under this Act avail10 able to the Department of Agriculture only if the final pro11 gram operations report for such month is submitted to the

12 Department within ninety days following that

13 Ω132æmonth. Exceptions month; and in addition, excep14 tions to these claims or reports submission requirements

15 may be made at the discretion of the Secretary.

16 SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL FOOD PROGRAM FOR WOMEN,

17 INFANTS, AND CHILDREN (WIC)

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

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

21 Ω133æ$3,210,000,000 $3,213,500,000, to remain available

22 through September 30, 1995, of which up to

23 Ω134æ$4,000,000 $8,000,000 may be used to carry out the

24 farmer’s market coupon program: Provided, That

25 Ω135ænone of the funds in this Act hereafter, none of the

26 funds available to the Department of Agriculture shall be
67

HR 2493 PP

1 available to pay administrative expenses of WIC clinics ex2 cept those that have an announced policy of prohibiting

3 smoking within the space used to carry out the

4 programΩ136æ: Provided further, That until revised alloca5 tion regulations have been issued, the Secretary may waive

6 regulations governing allocations as necessary to ensure

7 funds are received by States most in needΩ137æ: Provided

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

9 part of a cost containment initiative for WIC are exempt

10 from the interest provisions of the Cash Management Im11 provement Act of 1990, Public Law 101–453.

12 COMMODITY SUPPLEMENTAL FOOD PROGRAM

13 For necessary expenses to carry out the commodity

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

15 of the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973

16 (7 U.S.C. 612c (note)), including not less than $8,000,000

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

18 $104,500,000 to remain available through September 30,

19 1995: Provided, That none of these funds shall be avail20 able to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for

21 commodities donated to the program.

22 FOOD STAMP PROGRAM

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

24 For necessary expenses to carry out the Food Stamp

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

26 That funds provided herein shall remain available through
68

HR 2493 PP

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

2 the Food Stamp Act: Provided further, That

3 $2,500,000,000 of the foregoing amount shall be placed

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

5 as may become necessary to carry out program operations:

6 Provided further, That funds provided herein shall be ex7 pended in accordance with section 16 of the Food Stamp

8 Act: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be

9 subject to any work registration or work fare requirements

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

11 $345,000,000 of the funds provided herein shall be avail12 able after the Secretary has employed the regulatory and

13 administrative methods available to him under the law to

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

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

16 shall be available for Nutrition Assistance for Puerto Rico

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

18 shall be transferred to the Animal and Plant Health In19 spection Service for the Cattle Tick Eradication Project.

20 FOOD DONATIONS PROGRAMS FOR SELECTED GROUPS

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

22 the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 (7

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

24 (7 U.S.C. 2013(b)), and section 311 of the Older Ameri25 cans Act of 1965, as amended (42 U.S.C. 3030a),

26 $218,641,000, to remain available through September 30,
69

HR 2493 PP

1 1995Ω138æ: Provided, That notwithstanding any other

2 provision of law, for meals provided pursuant to the Older

3 Americans Act of 1965, a maximum rate of reimbursement

4 to States will be established by the Secretary, subject to re5 duction if obligations would exceed the amount of available

6 funds, with any unobligated funds to remain available only

7 for obligation in the fiscal year beginning October 1, 1994.

8 For necessary expenses to carry out section 110 of

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

10 THE EMERGENCY FOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

11 For necessary expenses to carry out the Emergency

12 Food Assistance Act of 1983, as amended,

13 Ω139æ$40,000,000 $42,500,000: Provided, That, in ac14 cordance with section 202 of Public Law 98–92, these

15 funds shall be available only if the Secretary determines

16 the existence of excess commodities.

17 For purchases of commodities to carry out the Emer18 gency Food Assistance Act of 1983, as amended,

19 Ω140æ$80,000,000 $107,500,000.

20 FOOD PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION

21 For necessary administrative expenses of the domes22 tic food programs funded under this Act, $107,767,000;

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

24 procedures, reducing overhead costs, tightening regula25 tions, improving food stamp coupon handling, and assist26 ance in the prevention, identification, and prosecution of
70

HR 2493 PP

1 fraud and other violations of law: Provided, That this ap2 propriation shall be available for employment pursuant to

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

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

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

6 Ω141æHUMAN NUTRITION INFORMATION SERVICE

7 For necessary expenses to enable the Human Nutrition

8 Information Service to perform applied research and dem9 onstrations relating to human nutrition and consumer use

10 and economics of food utilization, and nutrition monitor11 ing, $10,864,000: Provided, That funds made available by

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

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

14 1994, only for the purpose of expenses necessary to conduct

15 the Continuing Survey of Food Intakes by Individuals: Pro16 vided further, That this appropriation shall be available for

17 employment pursuant to the second sentence of section

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

19 TITLE V—FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND

20 RELATED PROGRAMS

21 FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

23 For necessary expenses of the Foreign Agricultural

24 Service, including carrying out title VI of the Agricultural

25 Act of 1954, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1761–1768), market
71

HR 2493 PP

1 development activities abroad, and for enabling the Sec2 retary to coordinate and integrate activities of the Depart3 ment in connection with foreign agricultural work, includ4 ing not to exceed $128,000 for representation allowances

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

6 August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), Ω142æ$117,812,000

7 $110,284,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall be

8 available to obtain statistics and related facts on foreign

9 production and full and complete information on methods

10 used by other countries to move farm commodities in

11 world trade on a competitive basisΩ143æ:–Provided fur12 ther, That in addition, funds available to the Department

13 of Agriculture shall be available to assist an international

14 organization in meeting the costs, including salaries,

15 fringe benefits and other associated costs, related to the

16 employment by the organization of Federal personnel that

17 may transfer to the organization under the provisions of

18 5 U.S.C. 3581–3584, or of other well-qualified United

19 States citizens, for the performance of activities that con20 tribute to increased understanding of international agri21 cultural issues, with transfer of funds for this purpose

22 from one appropriation to another or to a single account

23 authorized, such funds remaining available until ex24 pended:–Provided further, That the Office may utilize ad25 vances of funds, or reimburse this appropriation for ex-
72

HR 2493 PP

1 penditures made on behalf of Federal agencies, public and

2 private organizations and institutions under agreements

3 executed pursuant to the agricultural food production as4 sistance programs (7 U.S.C. 1736) and the foreign assist5 ance programs of the International Development Coopera6 tion Administration (22 U.S.C. 2392).

7 None of the funds in the foregoing paragraph shall

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

9 tobacco products.

10 GENERAL SALES MANAGER

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

12 For necessary expenses of the Office of the General

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

14 transferred from Commodity Credit Corporation funds,

15 $2,792,000 may be transferred from the Commodity Cred16 it Corporation Program Account in this Act, and

17 $1,500,000 may be transferred from the Public Law 480

18 Program Account in this Act. The General Sales Manager

19 shall obtain, assimilate, and analyze all available informa20 tion on developments related to private sales, as well as

21 those funded by the Corporation, including grade and

22 quality as sold and as delivered, including information re23 lating to the effectiveness of greater reliance by the Gen24 eral Sales Manager upon loan guarantees as contrasted

25 to direct loans for financing commercial export sales of

26 agricultural commodities out of private stocks on credit
73

HR 2493 PP

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

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

3 quarterly reports to the appropriate committees of Con4 gress concerning such developments.

5 None of the funds in the foregoing paragraph shall

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

7 tobacco products.

8 PUBLIC LAW 480 PROGRAM ACCOUNT

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

10 For expenses during the current fiscal year, not oth11 erwise recoverable, and unrecovered prior years’ costs, in12 cluding interest thereon, under the Agricultural Trade De13 velopment and Assistance Act of 1954, as amended (7

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

15 1731–1736g), as follows: (1) Ω144æ$450,446,000

16 $490,184,000 for Public Law 480 title I credit, including

17 Food for Progress credit; (2) Ω145æ$45,927,000

18 $50,261,000 is hereby appropriated for ocean freight dif19 ferential costs for the shipment of agricultural commod20 ities pursuant to title I of said Act and the Food for

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

22 hereby appropriated for commodities supplied in connec23 tion with dispositions abroad pursuant to title II of said

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

25 commodities supplied in connection with dispositions
74

HR 2493 PP

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

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

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

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

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

6 2209b).

7 For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Con8 gressional Budget Act of 1974, of direct credit agreements

9 as authorized by the Agricultural Trade Development and

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

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

12 modifying credit agreements under said Act,

13 Ω146æ$346,889,000 $377,490,000.

14 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out

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

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

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

18 SHORT-TERM EXPORT CREDIT

19 The Commodity Credit Corporation shall make avail20 able not less than $5,000,000,000 in credit guarantees

21 under its export credit guarantee program for short-term

22 credit extended to finance the export sales of United

23 States agricultural commodities and the products thereof,

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

25 Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5641).
75

HR 2493 PP

1 INTERMEDIATE EXPORT CREDIT

2 The Commodity Credit Corporation shall make avail3 able not less than $500,000,000 in credit guarantees

4 under its export guarantee program for intermediate-term

5 credit extended to finance the export sales of United

6 States agricultural commodities and the products thereof,

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

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

9 EMERGING DEMOCRACIES EXPORT CREDIT

10 The Commodity Credit Corporation shall make avail11 able not less than $200,000,000 in credit guarantees

12 under its Export Guarantee Program for credit expended

13 to finance the export sales of United States agricultural

14 commodities and the products thereof to emerging democ15 racies, as authorized by section 1542 of Public Law 101–

16 624 (7 U.S.C. 5622 note).

17 COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION EXPORT LOANS

18 PROGRAM ACCOUNT

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

20 For administrative expenses to carry out CCC’s Ex21 port Guarantee Program, GSM 102 and GSM 103,

22 $3,381,000; to cover common overhead expenses as per23 mitted by section 11 of the Commodity Credit Corporation

24 Charter Act and in conformity with the Federal Credit Re25 form Act of 1990, of which not to exceed $2,792,000 may

26 be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for
76

HR 2493 PP

1 the salaries and expenses of the General Sales Manager,

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

3 to and merged with the appropriation for the salaries and

4 expenses of the Agricultural Stabilization and Conserva5 tion Service.

6 Ω147æOFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AND

7 DEVELOPMENT

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

9 For necessary expenses of the Office of International

10 Cooperation and Development to coordinate, plan, and di11 rect activities involving international development, tech12 nical assistance and training, and international scientific

13 and technical cooperation in the Department of Agriculture,

14 including those authorized by the Food and Agriculture Act

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

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

17 reception and representation expenses as authorized by 7

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

19 available to the Department of Agriculture shall be avail20 able to assist an international organization in meeting the

21 costs, including salaries, fringe benefits and other associated

22 costs, related to the employment by the organization of Fed23 eral personnel that may transfer to the organization under

24 the provisions of 5 U.S.C. 3581–3584, or of other well-quali25 fied United States citizens, for the performance of activities
77

HR 2493 PP

1 that contribute to increased understanding of international

2 agricultural issues, with transfer of funds for this purpose

3 from one appropriation to another or to a single account

4 authorized, such funds remaining available until expended:

5 Provided further, That the Office may utilize advances of

6 funds, or reimburse this appropriation for expenditures

7 made on behalf of Federal agencies, public and private or8 ganizations and institutions under agreements executed

9 pursuant to the agricultural food production assistance pro10 grams of the International Development Cooperation Ad11 ministration (22 U.S.C. 2392).

12 SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES OVERSEAS (FOREIGN CURRENCY

13 PROGRAM)

14 LIMITATION ON EXPENSES

15 For payments in foreign currencies owed to or owned

16 by the United States for research activities authorized by

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

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

19 1704(c)(7)), not to exceed $1,062,000: Provided, That not

20 to exceed $25,000 of these funds shall be available for pay21 ments in foreign currencies for expenses of employment

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

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

24 U.S.C. 3109.
78

HR 2493 PP

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; Ω148æ$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.

23 9701Ω149æ:–Provided further, That none of the funds in

24 this Act may be used to pay for expenses of the Board

25 of Experts on Tea Ω150æ$638,339,000; and in addition,
79

HR 2493 PP

1 $175,000,000 to be credited to this appropriation, from fees

2 established and collected to cover the costs of regulation of

3 products under the jurisdiction of the Food and Drug Ad4 ministration, to remain available until expended.

5 Ω151æIn addition, not to exceed $54,000,000 in fees

6 pursuant to section 736 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cos7 metic Act may be credited to this appropriation and re8 main available until expended in accordance with section

9 736(g) of such Act: Provided, That this amount may be ad10 justed pursuant to section 736(c) of that Act: Provided fur11 ther, That fees derived from applications received during

12 fiscal year 1994 shall be credited to the appropriation cur13 rent in the year in which the fees are collected and subject

14 to the fiscal year 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.
80

HR 2493 PP

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-
81

HR 2493 PP

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
82

HR 2493 PP

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. Ω152æNo part of the funds contained in

16 this Act Hereafter, none of the funds available to the De17 partment of Agriculture may be used to make production

18 or other payments to a person, persons, or corporations

19 upon a final finding by court of competent jurisdiction

20 that such party is guilty of growing, cultivating, harvest21 ing, processing or storing marijuana, or other such prohib22 ited drug-producing plants on any part of lands owned or

23 controlled by such persons or corporations.

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

25 Working Capital Fund for the purpose of accumulating
83

HR 2493 PP

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
84

HR 2493 PP

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-
85

HR 2493 PP

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-
86

HR 2493 PP

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. Ω153æNone of the funds provided in this

13 Act Hereafter, none of the funds available to the Depart14 ment of Agriculture may be expended to release informa15 tion acquired from any handler under the Agricultural

16 Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, as amended: Provided,

17 That this provision shall not prohibit the release of infor18 mation to other Federal agencies for enforcement pur19 poses: Provided further, That this provision shall not pro20 hibit the release of aggregate statistical data used in for21 mulating regulations pursuant to the Agricultural Market22 ing Agreement Act of 1937, as amended: Provided further,

23 That this provision shall not prohibit the release of infor24 mation submitted by milk handlers.
87

HR 2493 PP

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-
88

HR 2493 PP

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; Ω154æRural Development Loan Fund Program Ac5 count; the Rural Telephone Bank Program Account; the

6 Rural Electrification and Telephone Loans Program Ac7 count; and the Rural Economic Development Loans Pro8 gram AccountΩ155æ: Provided, That hereafter, such appro9 priations are authorized to remain available until ex10 pended.

11 SEC. 721. Notwithstanding any other provisions of

12 this Act, all loan levels provided in this Act shall be consid13 ered estimates, not limitations.

14 Ω156æSEC. 722. None of the funds appropriated or

15 otherwise made available by this Act shall be used to operate

16 a regional office of the Rural Development Administration

17 after April 1, 1994.

18 Ω157æSEC. 722. Notwithstanding any other provision

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

20 to operate the seven regional offices of the Rural Develop21 ment Administration after April 1, 1994.

22 SEC. 723. None of the funds appropriated or other23 wise made available by this Act shall be used to pay the

24 salaries of personnel who carry out a Market Promotion

25 Program pursuant to section 203 (7 U.S.C. 5623) of the
89

HR 2493 PP

1 Agricultural Trade Act of 1978, with respect to tobacco

2 or if the aggregate amount of funds and/or commodities

3 under such program exceeds Ω158æ$127,734,000

4 $75,000,000.

5 SEC. 724. None of the funds appropriated or other6 wise made available by this Act shall be used to enroll

7 in excess of Ω159æ50,000 100,000 acres in the fiscal year

8 1994 Wetlands Reserve Program, as authorized by 16

9 U.S.C. 3837Ω160æ: Provided, That average per acre costs

10 shall not exceed $700.

11 SEC. 725. None of the funds appropriated or other12 wise made available by this Act shall be used to enroll

13 additional acres in the Conservation Reserve Program au14 thorized by 16 U.S.C. 3831–3845.

15 SEC. 726. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal

16 year 1994 pay raises for programs funded by this Act shall

17 be absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act.

18 Ω161æSEC. 727. (a) COMPLIANCE WITH BUY AMER19 ICAN ACT.—None of the funds made available in this Act

20 may be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees that

21 in expending the funds the entity will comply with sections

22 2 through 4 of the Act of March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 10a–

23 10c; popularly known as the ‘‘Buy American Act’’).

24 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS; REQUIREMENT REGARD25 ING NOTICE.—
90

HR 2493 PP

1 (1) PURCHASE OF AMERICAN-MADE EQUIPMENT

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

3 product that may be authorized to be purchased

4 with financial assistance provided using funds made

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

6 that entities receiving the assistance should, in ex7 pending the assistance, purchase only American8 made equipment and products.

9 (2) NOTICE TO RECIPIENTS OF ASSISTANCE.—

10 In providing financial assistance using funds made

11 available in this Act, the head of each Federal agen12 cy shall provide to each recipient of the assistance

13 a notice describing the statement made in paragraph

14 (1) by the Congress.

15 (c) PROHIBITION OF CONTRACTS WITH PERSONS

16 FALSELY LABELING PRODUCTS AS MADE IN AMERICA.—

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

18 agency that any person intentionally affixed a label bear19 ing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription, or any inscription

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

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

22 States, the person shall be ineligible to receive any con23 tract or subcontract made with funds made available in

24 this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and ineli-
91

HR 2493 PP

1 gibility procedures described in sections 9.400 through

2 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations.

3 Ω162æSEC. 728. Notwithstanding the provisions of the

4 constitution of any State or the laws of any State limiting

5 the rate or amount of interest which may be charged, taken,

6 received, or reserved, the rates of interest on loans guaran7 teed by the Farmers Home Administration and the Rural

8 Development Administration shall be the rates established

9 pursuant to the applicable Federal statutes.

10 Ω163æSEC. 729. None of the funds appropriated or

11 otherwise made available by this Act shall be used to operate

12 the Board of Tea Experts established under section 2 of the

13 Act entitled ‘‘An Act to prevent the importation of impure

14 and unwholesome tea’’, approved March 2, 1897 (21 U.S.C.

15 42) (commonly known as the ‘‘Tea Importation Act’’). Ex16 cept as specifically provided in the preceding sentence, the

17 authority of the Commissioner of Food and Drugs shall not

18 be affected by this section.

19 Ω164æSEC. 730. (a) None of the funds appropriated

20 or otherwise made available by this Act shall be used by

21 the Secretary of Agriculture to provide a total amount of

22 payments to a person to support the price of honey under

23 section 207 of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1446h)

24 and section 405A of such Act (7 U.S.C. 1425a) in excess

25 of $50,000 in the 1994 crop year.
92

HR 2493 PP

1 Ω165æSEC. 731. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING

2 JAPANESE TRADE BARRIERS TO UNITED STATES

3 GROWN APPLES.

4 (a) FINDINGS.—The Senate makes the following find5 ings:

6 (1) The United States apple industry has worked

7 for 22 years to export apples to Japan, answering

8 every technical question, and fulfilling every test and

9 trapping program required by the Japanese Govern10 ment.

11 (2) During negotiations with United States

12 growers, the Japanese Government has repeatedly

13 added new technical requirements or delayed discus14 sions to resolve technical disputes.

15 (3) United States apple growers currently export

16 to 24 countries, none of which have phytosanitary

17 standards as stringent as Japan’s standards.

18 (4) The administration has provided exemplary

19 support on this issue, expressing its dissatisfaction

20 with the Japanese phytosanitary requirements at

21 every possible occasion.

22 (b) POLICY.—It is the policy of the United States Sen23 ate that the current Japanese phytosanitary requirements

24 on United States apples constitute an unnecessary trade

25 barrier and the United States Senate urges the administra-
93

HR 2493 PP

1 tion to continue to work toward removing the barrier, in2 cluding initiation of an investigation under section 301 of

3 the Trade Act of 1974.

4 Ω166æSEC. 732. None of the funds appropriated or

5 otherwise made available by this Act shall be used to sup6 port the price of wool or mohair by means of loans, pur7 chases, payments, or other operations.

8 Ω167æSEC. 733. The Rural Electrification Act is

9 amended by adding the following new section:

10 ‘‘SEC. 306C. REFINANCING OF LOANS.—

11 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—A borrower of a loan made

12 by the Federal Financing Bank and guaranteed

13 under section 306 of this Act may, at the option of

14 the borrower, refinance such loan, loan advance, or

15 any portion thereof.

16 ‘‘(b) PENALTY.—

17 ‘‘(1) DETERMINATION OF PENALTY.—A Pen18 alty shall be assessed against a borrower that re19 finances a loan, loan advance or any portion

20 thereof under this section. Such penalty shall, ex21 cept as provided by paragraph (2), be equal to

22 the lesser of—

23 ‘‘(A) the difference between the out24 standing principal balance of the loan being

25 refinanced and the present value of such
94

HR 2493 PP

1 loan discounted at a rate equal to the cur2 rent cost of funds to the Department of the

3 Treasury for obligations of comparable ma4 turity to the loan being refinanced;

5 ‘‘(B) one hundred percent of the

6 amount of interest for one year on the out7 standing principal balance of such loan,

8 loan advance, or any portion thereof being

9 refinanced, multiplied by the ratio which—

10 ‘‘(i) the number of quarterly pay11 ment dates between the refinancing

12 date and the maturity date of the loan

13 advance,

14 bears to—

15 ‘‘(ii) the number of quarterly pay16 ment dates between the first quarterly

17 payment date that occurs 12 years

18 after the end of the year in which the

19 amount being refinanced was advanced

20 and the maturity date of such loan ad21 vance;

22 ‘‘(C) one hundred percent of the

23 amount of interest for one year on the out24 standing principal balance of such loan,

25 loan advance, or any portion thereof being
95

HR 2493 PP

1 refinanced, plus, for the interval between the

2 date of the refinancing and the first quar3 terly payment date that occurs 12 years

4 after the end of the year in which the

5 amount being refinanced was advanced, the

6 present value of the difference between each

7 payment scheduled for such interval on such

8 loan amount being refinanced and the pay9 ment amounts that would be required dur10 ing such interval on the amount being refi11 nanced if the interest rate on the loan were

12 equal to the current cost of funds to the De13 partment of the Treasury for obligations of

14 comparable maturity to the loan being refi15 nanced.

16 ‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—The penalty provided by

17 subsection (b)(1)(A) shall be required for a refi18 nancing under this section, except that in the

19 case of a loan advanced under an agreement exe20 cuted before 1984 which permits the prepayment

21 or refinancing of such loan advance based on the

22 payment of one year of interest on the outstand23 ing principal balance of such loan advance, a

24 borrower may, in lieu of the penalty required by
96

HR 2493 PP

1 subsection (b)(1)(A), pay a penalty as provided

2 by—

3 ‘‘(A) subsection (b)(1)(B) if such loan

4 advance has reached the twelve year matu5 rity required under such loan agreement for

6 such prepayment or refinancing;

7 ‘‘(B) subsection (b)(1)(C) if such loan

8 advance has not reached the twelve year

9 maturity required under such loan agree10 ment for such prepayment or refinancing.

11 ‘‘(3) FINANCING OF PENALTY.—A borrower

12 may at its option meet the penalty requirements

13 of paragraph (1) by either making a payment in

14 the amount of such required penalty at the time

15 of such refinancing or by increasing the out16 standing principal balance of the loan advance

17 that is being refinanced under this section by the

18 amount of such penalty. If a borrower meets the

19 penalty requirements of paragraph (1) by in20 creasing the outstanding principal balance of the

21 loan advance that is being refinanced, the bor22 rower shall make a payment at the time of such

23 refinancing equal to 2.5 percent of the amount of

24 such penalty that is added to the outstanding

25 principal balance of such loan.
97

HR 2493 PP

1 ‘‘(c) LOAN TERMS AND CONDITIONS AFTER RE2 FINANCING.—

3 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Upon the payment of a

4 penalty as provided by subsection (b), the loan,

5 loan advance, or any portion thereof shall be re6 financed at the interest rate described in para7 graph (2) for the term or terms selected by the

8 borrower pursuant to paragraph (3).

9 ‘‘(2) INTEREST RATE.—The interest rate on

10 a loan refinanced under this section shall be de11 termined to be equal to the current cost of funds

12 to the Department of the Treasury for obligations

13 of comparable maturity to the term selected by

14 the borrower pursuant to paragraph (3), but the

15 interest rate on such a refinanced loan shall not

16 exceed 7 percent.

17 ‘‘(3) LOAN TERM.—Subject to paragraph

18 (4), the borrower of a loan that is refinanced

19 under this section shall select the term for which

20 an interest rate shall be determined pursuant to

21 paragraph (2), and at the end of the term (and

22 any succeeding term selected by the borrower

23 under this paragraph), may renew the loan for

24 another term selected by the borrower.
98

HR 2493 PP

1 ‘‘(4) MAXIMUM TERM.—The borrower may

2 not select a term pursuant to paragraph (3) that

3 ends after the maturity date set for such loan be4 fore its refinancing under this section.

5 ‘‘(5) EXISTING LOAN.—The refinancing of a

6 loan pursuant to this section and the inclusion

7 of a penalty in the outstanding principal bal8 ance of such refinanced loan, pursuant to para9 graph (3), shall not, notwithstanding any other

10 provision of law, be considered the making of a

11 new loan, new loan guarantee or other new cred12 it activity, nor shall such refinancing be subject

13 to appropriations or limited by the amount pro14 vided during a fiscal year for new loans, loan

15 guarantees or other credit activity, nor may the

16 request of a borrower for such refinancing under

17 this section be denied.’’.
99

HR 2493 PP

1 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Agriculture, Rural De2 velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related

3 Agencies Appropriations Act, 1994’’.

Passed the House of Representatives June 29, 1993.

Attest: DONNALD K. ANDERSON,

Clerk.

Passed the Senate July 27 (legislative day, June

30), 1993.

Attest: WALTER J. STEWART,

Secretary.

HR 2493 PP——2

HR 2493 PP——3

HR 2493 PP——4

HR 2493 PP——5

HR 2493 PP——6

HR 2493 PP——7

HR 2493 PP——8

HR 2493 PP——9