103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2493

AMENDMENTS
In the Senate of the United States,

July 27 (legislative day, June 30), 1993.

Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R. 2493) entitled ‘‘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’’, do pass

with the following

AMENDMENTS:

1 Ω1æPage 2, line 7, strike out ø$2,320,000¿ and insert:

2 $2,295,000

3 Ω2æPage 2, line 18, strike out ø$553,000¿ and insert:

4 $546,000

5 Ω3æPage 3, line 3, strike out ø$5,954,000¿ and insert:

6 $5,781,000

7 Ω4æPage 3, line 8, strike out ø$808,000¿ and insert:

8 $798,000

9 Ω5æPage 5, line 6, strike out ø$26,301,000¿ and insert:

10 $25,960,000

11 Ω6æPage 5, line 25, strike out ø$1,333,000¿ and insert:

12 $1,317,000
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1 Ω7æPage 6, line 6, strike out ø$8,629,000¿ and insert:

2 $8,510,000

3 Ω8æPage 6, line 12, strike out ønone of the funds in this

4 Act¿ and insert: hereafter, none of the funds available to

5 the Department of Agriculture

6 Ω9æPage 6, line 18, strike out ø$478,000¿ and insert:

7 $472,000

8 Ω10æPage 6, line 24, strike out ø$65,932,000¿ and in9 sert: $64,872,000

10 Ω11æPage 7, line 11, strike out ø$26,149,000¿ and in11 sert: $25,835,000

12 Ω12æPage 7, line 15, strike out ø$589,000¿ and insert:

13 $582,000

14 Ω13æPage 8, line 9, strike out ø$57,702,000¿ and insert:

15 $51,219,000

16 Ω14æPage 9, line 10, strike out ø$82,069,000¿ and in17 sert: $81,458,000

18 Ω15æPage 9, line 21, strike out ø$2,582,000¿ and insert:

19 $2,550,000

20 Ω16æPage 10, line 8, strike out ø$569,000¿ and insert:

21 $562,000
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1 Ω17æPage 10, line 13, strike out ø$7,250,000¿ and in2 sert: $12,000,000

3 Ω18æPage 10, line 24, strike out ø$688,805,000¿ and

4 insert: $680,165,000

5 Ω19æPage 11, lines 4 and 5, strike out øappropriations

6 hereunder¿ and insert: hereafter, appropriations available

7 to the Department of Agriculture

8 Ω20æPage 13, line 13, strike out ø$29,387,000¿ and in9 sert: $32,788,000

10 Ω21æPage 13, line 14, after ‘‘That’’ insert: hereafter,

11 Ω22æPage 14, line 11, strike out ø$18,809,000¿ and in12 sert: $22,809,000

13 Ω23æPage 14, line 23, strike out ø$50,070,000¿ and in14 sert: $72,917,000

15 Ω24æPage 14, line 25, strike out ø$114,000,000¿ and

16 insert: $102,500,000

17 Ω25æPage 15, line 6, strike out ø$2,168,000¿ and insert:

18 $650,000

19 Ω26æPage 15, line 9, strike out ø$400,000¿ and insert:

20 $600,000
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1 Ω27æPage 16, line 7, strike out ø$6,825,000¿ and insert:

2 $8,000,000

3 Ω28æPage 16, line 10, strike out ø$20,827,000¿ and in4 sert: $20,689,000

5 Ω29æPage 16, line 22, strike out ø$428,586,000¿ and

6 insert: $443,652,000

7 Ω30æPage 17, line 4, strike out ø$37,750,000¿ and in8 sert: $56,874,000

9 Ω31æPage 17, line 16, strike out ø$274,582,000¿ and

10 insert: $270,593,000

11 Ω32æPage 17, line 18, strike out ø$64,961,000¿ and in12 sert: $61,431,000

13 Ω33æPage 17, line 21, strike out ø$2,698,000¿ and in14 sert: $2,988,000

15 Ω34æPage 18, line 3, strike out ø$938,000¿ and insert:

16 $950,000

17 Ω35æPage 18, line 7, strike out ø$1,206,000¿ and insert:

18 $1,221,000

19 Ω36æPage 18, line 9, after ‘‘$10,000,000;’’ insert: pay20 ments for a Nutrition Education Initiative under section

21 3(d) of the Act, $5,000,000;
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1 Ω37æPage 18, line 13, after ‘‘$1,750,000;’’ insert: pay2 ments to establish and operate centers of rural technology

3 development as authorized by section 2347 of Public Law

4 101–624 (7 U.S.C. 1932), $2,000,000;

5 Ω38æPage 18, line 15, after ‘‘$2,963,000;’’ insert: pay6 ments for rural health and safety education as authorized

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

8 note, 2662), $2,000,000;

9 Ω39æPage 18, line 18, strike out ø$25,414,000¿ and in10 sert: $25,472,000

11 Ω40æPage 18, line 18, strike out ø$420,785,000¿ and

12 insert: $422,641,000

13 Ω41æPage 19, line 7, strike out ø$8,390,000¿ and insert:

14 $11,187,000

15 Ω42æPage 19, line 10, strike out ø$17,682,000¿ and in16 sert: $18,155,000

17 Ω43æPage 19, line 17, after ‘‘improvements’’ insert: :

18 Provided further, That $462,000 shall be available for a

19 grant pursuant to section 1472 of the National Agricultural

20 Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7

21 U.S.C. 3818), in addition to other funds available in this

22 appropriation for grants under this section
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1 Ω44æPage 20, line 1, after ‘‘Service,’’ insert: Agricultural

2 Cooperative Service,

3 Ω45æPage 20, line 2, strike out ø$691,000¿ and insert:

4 $682,000

5 Ω46æPage 20, line 14, strike out ø$439,042,000¿ and

6 insert: $443,653,000

7 Ω47æPage 22, line 2, after ‘‘amounts’’ insert: : Provided

8 further, That appropriations hereunder shall be available

9 pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the repair and alter10 ation of leased buildings and improvements, but unless oth11 erwise provided the cost of altering any one building during

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

13 replacement value of the building

14 Ω48æPage 22, line 2, after ‘‘amounts’’ insert: : Provided

15 further, That none of these funds shall be used to pay the

16 salary of any Department veterinarian or Veterinary Medi17 cal Officer who, when conducting inspections at horse

18 shows, exhibitions, sales, or auctions under the Horse Pro19 tection Act, as amended (15 U.S.C. 1821–1831), relies solely

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

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

22 Ω49æPage 23, line 10, strike out ø$11,554,000¿ and in23 sert: $11,509,000
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1 Ω50æPage 23, lines 15 and 16, strike out ønone of the

2 funds provided by this Act¿ and insert: hereafter, none of

3 the funds available to the Federal Grain Inspection Service

4 Ω51æPage 24, after line 10 insert:

5 AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVE SERVICE

6 For necessary expenses to carry out the Cooperative

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

8 for activities relating to the marketing aspects of coopera9 tives, including economic research and analysis and the ap10 plication of economic research findings, as authorized by

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

12 1627), and for activities with institutions or organizations

13 throughout the world concerning the development and oper14 ation of agricultural cooperatives (7 U.S.C. 3291),

15 $5,708,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall be

16 available for employment pursuant to the second sentence

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

18 2225), and not to exceed $15,000 shall be available for em19 ployment under 5 U.S.C. 3109.

20 Ω52æPage 24, line 21, strike out ø$61,614,000¿ and in21 sert: $56,887,000

22 Ω53æPage 25, line 23, strike out ø$10,309,000¿ and in23 sert: $10,670,000

24 Ω54æPage 26, after line 2, insert:
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1 In fiscal years 1994 and 1995, section 32 funds shall

2 be used to promote sunflower and cottonseed oil exports to

3 the full extent authorized by section 1541 of Public Law

4 101–624 (7 U.S.C. 1464 note), and such funds shall be used

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

6 Ω55æPage 26, line 8, strike out ø$1,735,000¿ and insert:

7 $1,300,000

8 Ω56æPage 26, line 16, strike out ø$12,194,000¿ and in9 sert: $12,052,000

10 Ω57æPage 26, line 24, after ‘‘Service,’’ insert: Office of

11 International Cooperation and Development,

12 Ω58æPage 26, line 25, strike out ø$563,000¿ and insert:

13 $556,000

14 Ω59æPage 29, strike out all after line 10 over to and

15 including line 16 on page 30, and insert:

16 For administrative and operating expenses, as author17 ized by the Federal Crop Insurance Act, as amended (7

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

19 $700 shall be available for official reception and representa20 tion expenses, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1506(i): Provided

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

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

23 where a loss ratio, that has already been recalculated pursu-
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1 ant to law to reflect the premium rates issued by the Cor2 poration for the 1993 crop year, is in excess of 1.10 more

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

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

5 Act may be used to pay operating and administrative costs

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

7 on which the Corporation provides reinsurance, except to

8 reimburse said insurers for excess loss adjustment expenses

9 as provided for in the Standard Reinsurance Agreement is10 sued by the Corporation: Provided further, That the second

11 proviso shall not apply in any county affected if the Cor12 poration has implemented a nonstandard classification sys13 tem in such county for those individual farms that have

14 experienced excessive losses since 1980 under which the pre15 mium rates, notwithstanding the provision of section 508(d)

16 of the Federal Crop Insurance Act, are increased over com17 parable rates effective for the 1993 crop, or the insured

18 yields are decreased from comparable yields for the 1993

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

20 sufficient to ensure that an estimated loss ratio will not

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

22 1994 crop year.

23 Ω60æPage 32, line 8, strike out ø$578,000¿ and insert:

24 $571,000
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1 Ω61æPage 32, line 24, strike out ø$588,262,000¿ and

2 insert: $593,835,000

3 Ω62æPage 34, line 22, strike out ø$9,721,000¿ and in4 sert: $10,921,000

5 Ω63æPage 35, line 11, strike out ø$228,915,000¿ and

6 insert: $258,615,000

7 Ω64æPage 35, line 12, strike out ø$40,386,000¿ and in8 sert: $41,186,000

9 Ω65æPage 35, line 19, strike out ø$22,881,000¿ and in10 sert: $34,381,000

11 Ω66æPage 36, line 17, strike out ø$32,945,000¿ and in12 sert: $35,000,000

13 Ω67æPage 40, line 10, strike out ø$15,000,000¿ and in14 sert: $22,000,000

15 Ω68æPage 40, strike out lines 23 to 26

16 Ω69æPage 41, strike out lines 1 to 6

17 Ω70æPage 43, line 2, strike out ø$44,450,000¿ and in18 sert: $70,000,000

19 Ω71æPage 43, line 17, strike out ø$583,000¿ and insert:

20 $576,000
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1 Ω72æPage 43, lines 19 and 20, strike out øexcept Sec.

2 722,¿

3 Ω73æPage 44, line 12, strike out ø$573,900,000¿ and

4 insert: $540,107,000

5 Ω74æPage 44, line 13, strike out ø$166,863,000¿ and

6 insert: $150,000,000

7 Ω75æPage 44, line 20, strike out ø$366,360,000¿ and

8 insert: $366,435,000

9 Ω76æPage 44, line 21, strike out ø$12,225,000¿ and in10 sert: $12,300,000

11 Ω77æPage 44, line 24, strike out ø$311,972,000¿ and

12 insert: $309,967,000

13 Ω78æPage 44, line 25, strike out ø$25,397,000¿ and in14 sert: $22,830,000

15 Ω79æPage 45, line 10, strike out ø$417,523,000¿ and

16 insert: $475,865,000

17 Ω80æPage 45, line 15, strike out ø$5,840,000¿ and in18 sert: $11,210,000

19 Ω81æPage 45, line 21, strike out all after ‘‘Act’’ over to

20 and including ‘‘agreements’’ in line 3 on page 46
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1 Ω82æPage 47, line 3, strike out ø$634,624,000¿ and in2 sert: $678,543,000

3 Ω83æPage 47, line 4, strike out ø$2,750,000,000¿ and

4 insert: $4,046,252,000

5 Ω84æPage 47, line 5, strike out ø$1,800,000,000¿ and

6 insert: $3,000,000,000

7 Ω85æPage 47, line 7, strike out ø$4,909,000¿ and insert:

8 $4,312,000

9 Ω86æPage 47, line 8, strike out ø$2,012,000¿ and insert:

10 $1,415,000

11 Ω87æPage 47, line 10, strike out ø$1,163,000¿ and in12 sert: $1,000,000

13 Ω88æPage 47, line 13, strike out ø$147,566,000¿ and

14 insert: $100,000,000

15 Ω89æPage 47, line 17, strike out ø$34,080,000¿ and in16 sert: $41,507,000

17 Ω90æPage 47, line 18, strike out ø$119,985,000¿ and

18 insert: $129,818,000

19 Ω91æPage 47, line 19, strike out ø$9,360,000¿ and in20 sert: $15,747,000
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1 Ω92æPage 47, line 20, strike out ø$29,425,000¿ and in2 sert: $29,445,000

3 Ω93æPage 47, line 21, strike out ø$506,000¿ and insert:

4 $494,000

5 Ω94æPage 47, line 22, strike out ø$43,000¿ and insert:

6 $31,000

7 Ω95æPage 47, line 24, strike out ø$229,000¿ and insert:

8 $197,000

9 Ω96æPage 48, line 2, strike out ø$22,405,000¿ and in10 sert: $15,400,000

11 Ω97æPage 48, line 12, strike out ø$835,000,000¿ and

12 insert: $903,886,000

13 Ω98æPage 48, line 13, strike out ø$35,000,000¿ and in14 sert: $35,500,000

15 Ω99æPage 48, line 14, strike out ø$325,000,000¿ and

16 insert: $275,000,000

17 Ω100æPage 48, line 16, strike out ø$298,762,000¿ and

18 insert: $200,000,000

19 Ω101æPage 48, line 22, strike out ø$111,040,000¿ and

20 insert: $120,532,000
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1 Ω102æPage 48, line 23, strike out ø$24,125,000¿ and

2 insert: $19,320,000

3 Ω103æPage 48, line 25, strike out ø$2,778,000¿ and in4 sert: $1,860,000

5 Ω104æPage 49, line 5, strike out ø$56,000,000¿ and in6 sert: $84,000,000

7 Ω105æPage 49, line 12, strike out ø$100,000,000¿ and

8 insert: $150,000,000

9 Ω106æPage 49, after line 14 insert:

10 AGRICULTURAL RESOURCE CONSERVATION

11 DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM ACCOUNT

12 For loan guarantees authorized under sections 1465–

13 1469 of Public Law 101–624, for the Agricultural Resource

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

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

16 Act. For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congres17 sional Budget Act of 1974, $3,599,000.

18 Ω107æPage 49, line 18, strike out ø$2,963,000¿ and in19 sert: $4,000,000

20 Ω108æPage 49, line 22, strike out ø$450,000,000¿ and

21 insert: $535,571,000
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1 Ω109æPage 49, line 24, strike out ø$25,000,000¿ and

2 insert: $25,700,000

3 Ω110æPage 50, line 1, after ‘‘306C’’ insert: : Provided

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

5 available for project grants to remedy the dire sanitation

6 conditions in rural Alaska villages in which the median

7 household income does not exceed 110 percent of the state8 wide non-metropolitan household income and that notwith9 standing the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development

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

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

12 contribution of 50 percent of the development cost of the

13 project

14 Ω111æPage 50, line 2, strike out ø$25,000,000¿ and in15 sert: $25,700,000 and the foregoing $15,000,000

16 Ω112æPage 51, line 19, strike out ø$35,000,000¿ and

17 insert: $50,000,000

18 Ω113æPage 54, line 3, strike out ø$4,368,000¿ and in19 sert: $4,500,000

20 Ω114æPage 54, line 18, strike out ø$125,000,000¿ and

21 insert: $75,000,000

22 Ω115æPage 55, line 1, strike out ø$36,265,000¿ and in23 sert: $30,043,000
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1 Ω116æPage 55, line 4, strike out ø$11,184,000¿ and in2 sert: $3,090,000

3 Ω117æPage 55, line 24, strike out ø$40,000¿ and insert:

4 $3,118,000

5 Ω118æPage 56, line 7, after ‘‘pended’’ insert: : Provided,

6 That none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made

7 available by this Act for the programs authorized by chapter

8 1 of subtitle D of title XXIII of the Food, Agriculture, Con9 servation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 950aaa et seq.)

10 may be used by the Administrator of the Rural Electrifica11 tion Administration to carry out the programs unless, prior

12 to allocating funds to carry out the programs, the Adminis13 trator consults with the Secretary of Education and the Sec14 retary of Health and Human Services, acting through the

15 Director of the Office of Rural Health Policy, concerning

16 the review of applications to participate in the programs

17 and the administration of the programs

18 Ω119æPage 56, line 16, strike out ø$3,381,000¿ and in19 sert: $3,423,000

20 Ω120æPage 57, line 23, after ‘‘Service’’ insert: and the

21 Human Nutrition Information Service

22 Ω121æPage 57, line 23, strike out ø$554,000¿ and in23 sert: $547,000
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1 Ω122æPage 58, line 12, after ‘‘That’’ insert: hereafter,

2 Ω123æPage 58, line 21, after ’’That’’ insert: hereafter,

3 Ω124æPage 59, line 8, after ‘‘That’’ insert: hereafter,

4 Ω125æPage 59, lines 13 and 14, strike out øappropriated

5 under this Act.¿ and insert: available to the Department

6 of Agriculture; in addition,

7 Ω126æPage 59, lines 14 and 15, strike out øappropriated

8 under this Act¿ and insert: available to the Department

9 of Agriculture

10 Ω127æPage 59, line 18, strike out ømonth. Exceptions¿

11 and insert: month; and in addition, exceptions

12 Ω128æPage 59, line 23, strike out ø$1,706,000¿ and in13 sert: $2,000,000

14 Ω129æPage 60, line 5, strike out ø1995. Only¿ and in15 sert: 1995: Provided, That hereafter, only

16 Ω130æPage 60, line 9, strike out øappropriated under

17 this Act.¿ and insert: available to the Department of Agri18 culture; in addition,

19 Ω131æPage 60, line 10, strike out øappropriated under

20 this Act¿ and insert: available to the Department of Agri21 culture
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1 Ω132æPage 60, line 13, strike out ømonth. Exceptions¿

2 and insert: month; and in addition, exceptions

3 Ω133æPage 60, line 21, strike out ø$3,210,000,000¿ and

4 insert: $3,213,500,000

5 Ω134æPage 60, line 22, strike out ø$4,000,000¿ and in6 sert: $8,000,000

7 Ω135æPage 60, line 24, strike out ønone of the funds

8 in this Act¿ and insert: hereafter, none of the funds avail9 able to the Department of Agriculture

10 Ω136æPage 61, line 2, after ‘‘program’’ insert: : Provided

11 further, That until revised allocation regulations have been

12 issued, the Secretary may waive regulations governing allo13 cations as necessary to ensure funds are received by States

14 most in need

15 Ω137æPage 61, line 2, after ‘‘program’’ insert: : Provided

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

17 part of a cost containment initiative for WIC are exempt

18 from the interest provisions of the Cash Management Im19 provement Act of 1990, Public Law 101–453

20 Ω138æPage 62, line 18, after ‘‘1995’’ insert: : Provided,

21 That notwithstanding any other provision of law, for meals

22 provided pursuant to the Older Americans Act of 1965, a

23 maximum rate of reimbursement to States will be estab-
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1 lished by the Secretary, subject to reduction if obligations

2 would exceed the amount of available funds, with any unob3 ligated funds to remain available only for obligation in the

4 fiscal year beginning October 1, 1994

5 Ω139æPage 62, line 23, strike out ø$40,000,000¿ and

6 insert: $42,500,000

7 Ω140æPage 63, line 3, strike out ø$80,000,000¿ and in8 sert: $107,500,000

9 Ω141æPage 63, after line 15, insert:

10 HUMAN NUTRITION INFORMATION SERVICE

11 For necessary expenses to enable the Human Nutrition

12 Information Service to perform applied research and dem13 onstrations relating to human nutrition and consumer use

14 and economics of food utilization, and nutrition monitor15 ing, $10,864,000: Provided, That funds made available by

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

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

18 1994, only for the purpose of expenses necessary to conduct

19 the Continuing Survey of Food Intakes by Individuals: Pro20 vided further, That this appropriation shall be available for

21 employment pursuant to the second sentence of section

22 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225).

23 Ω142æPage 64, line 3, strike out ø$117,812,000¿ and

24 insert: $110,284,000
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1 Ω143æPage 64, line 8, strike out all after ‘‘basis’’ over

2 to and including ‘‘2392)’’ in line 2 on page 65

3 Ω144æPage 66, line 11, strike out ø$450,446,000¿ and

4 insert: $490,184,000

5 Ω145æPage 66, line 13, strike out ø$45,927,000¿ and

6 insert: $50,261,000

7 Ω146æPage 67, line 9, strike out ø$346,889,000¿ and

8 insert: $377,490,000

9 Ω147æPage 68, after line 26, insert:

10 OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AND

11 DEVELOPMENT

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

13 For necessary expenses of the Office of International

14 Cooperation and Development to coordinate, plan, and di15 rect activities involving international development, tech16 nical assistance and training, and international scientific

17 and technical cooperation in the Department of Agriculture,

18 including those authorized by the Food and Agriculture Act

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

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

21 reception and representation expenses as authorized by 7

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

23 available to the Department of Agriculture shall be avail24 able to assist an international organization in meeting the
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1 costs, including salaries, fringe benefits and other associated

2 costs, related to the employment by the organization of Fed3 eral personnel that may transfer to the organization under

4 the provisions of 5 U.S.C. 3581–3584, or of other well-quali5 fied United States citizens, for the performance of activities

6 that contribute to increased understanding of international

7 agricultural issues, with transfer of funds for this purpose

8 from one appropriation to another or to a single account

9 authorized, such funds remaining available until expended:

10 Provided further, That the Office may utilize advances of

11 funds, or reimburse this appropriation for expenditures

12 made on behalf of Federal agencies, public and private or13 ganizations and institutions under agreements executed

14 pursuant to the agricultural food production assistance pro15 grams of the International Development Cooperation Ad16 ministration (22 U.S.C. 2392).

17 Ω148æPage 70, line 1, strike out all after ‘‘$25,000;’’

18 down to and including ‘‘9701’’ in line 9

19 Ω149æPage 70, line 9, strike out all after ‘‘9701’’ down

20 to and including ’’Tea’’ in line 11

21 Ω150æPage 70, line 11, after ’’Tea’’ insert: $638,339,000;

22 and in addition, $175,000,000 to be credited to this appro23 priation, from fees established and collected to cover the

24 costs of regulation of products under the jurisdiction of the
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1 Food and Drug Administration, to remain available until

2 expended

3 Ω151æPage 70, after line 11, insert:

4 In addition, not to exceed $54,000,000 in fees pursuant

5 to section 736 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act

6 may be credited to this appropriation and remain available

7 until expended in accordance with section 736(g) of such

8 Act: Provided, That this amount may be adjusted pursuant

9 to section 736(c) of that Act: Provided further, That fees

10 derived from applications received during fiscal year 1994

11 shall be credited to the appropriation current in the year

12 in which the fees are collected and subject to the fiscal year

13 1994 limitation.

14 Ω152æPage 73, line 12, strike out øNo part of the funds

15 contained in this Act¿ and insert: Hereafter, none of the

16 funds available to the Department of Agriculture

17 Ω153æPage 77, line 10, strike out øNone of the funds

18 provided in this Act¿ and insert: Hereafter, none of the

19 funds available to the Department of Agriculture

20 Ω154æPage 78, line 25, after ‘‘count;’’ insert: Rural De21 velopment Loan Fund Program Account;
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1 Ω155æPage 79, line 3, after ‘‘Account’’ insert: : Provided,

2 That hereafter, such appropriations are authorized to re3 main available until expended

4 Ω156æPage 79, after line 6, insert:

5 SEC. 722. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise

6 made available by this Act shall be used to operate a re7 gional office of the Rural Development Administration after

8 April 1, 1994.

9 Ω157æPage 79, strike out lines 7 to 10

10 Ω158æPage 79, line 17, strike out ø$127,734,000¿ and

11 insert: $75,000,000

12 Ω159æPage 79, line 20, strike out ø50,000¿ and insert:

13 100,000

14 Ω160æPage 79, line 21, after ‘‘3837’’ insert: : Provided,

15 That average per acre costs shall not exceed $700

16 Ω161æPage 80, strike out all after line 3 over to and

17 including line 12 on page 81

18 Ω162æPage 81, after line 12, insert:

19 SEC. 728. Notwithstanding the provisions of the con20 stitution of any State or the laws of any State limiting

21 the rate or amount of interest which may be charged, taken,

22 received, or reserved, the rates of interest on loans guaran-
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1 teed by the Farmers Home Administration and the Rural

2 Development Administration shall be the rates established

3 pursuant to the applicable Federal statutes.

4 Ω163æPage 81, after line 12, insert:

5 SEC. 729. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise

6 made available by this Act shall be used to operate the

7 Board of Tea Experts established under section 2 of the Act

8 entitled ‘‘An Act to prevent the importation of impure and

9 unwholesome tea’’, approved March 2, 1897 (21 U.S.C. 42)

10 (commonly known as the ‘‘Tea Importation Act’’). Except

11 as specifically provided in the preceding sentence, the au12 thority of the Commissioner of Food and Drugs shall not

13 be affected by this section.

14 Ω164æPage 81, after line 12, insert:

15 SEC. 730. (a) None of the funds appropriated or other16 wise made available by this Act shall be used by the Sec17 retary of Agriculture to provide a total amount of payments

18 to a person to support the price of honey under section 207

19 of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1446h) and section

20 405A of such Act (7 U.S.C. 1425a) in excess of $50,000 in

21 the 1994 crop year.

22 Ω165æPage 81, after line 12, insert:
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1 SEC. 731. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING JAPANESE

2 TRADE BARRIERS TO UNITED STATES GROWN

3 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 administra26 tion to continue to work toward removing the barrier, in-
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1 cluding initiation of an investigation under section 301 of

2 the Trade Act of 1974.

3 Ω166æPage 81, after line 12, insert:

4 SEC. 732. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise

5 made available by this Act shall be used to support the price

6 of wool or mohair by means of loans, purchases, payments,

7 or other operations.

8 Ω167æPage 81, after line 12, insert:

9 SEC. 733. The Rural Electrification Act is amended

10 by adding the following new section:

11 ‘‘SEC. 306C. REFINANCING OF LOANS.—

12 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—A borrower of a loan made

13 by the Federal Financing Bank and guaranteed

14 under section 306 of this Act may, at the option of

15 the borrower, refinance such loan, loan advance, or

16 any portion thereof.

17 ‘‘(b) PENALTY.—

18 ‘‘(1) DETERMINATION OF PENALTY.—A Pen19 alty shall be assessed against a borrower that re20 finances a loan, loan advance or any portion

21 thereof under this section. Such penalty shall, ex22 cept as provided by paragraph (2), be equal to

23 the lesser of—

24 ‘‘(A) the difference between the out25 standing principal balance of the loan being
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1 refinanced and the present value of such

2 loan discounted at a rate equal to the cur3 rent cost of funds to the Department of the

4 Treasury for obligations of comparable ma5 turity to the loan being refinanced;

6 ‘‘(B) one hundred percent of the

7 amount of interest for one year on the out8 standing principal balance of such loan,

9 loan advance, or any portion thereof being

10 refinanced, multiplied by the ratio which—

11 ‘‘(i) the number of quarterly pay12 ment dates between the refinancing

13 date and the maturity date of the loan

14 advance,

15 bears to—

16 ‘‘(ii) the number of quarterly pay17 ment dates between the first quarterly

18 payment date that occurs 12 years

19 after the end of the year in which the

20 amount being refinanced was advanced

21 and the maturity date of such loan ad22 vance;

23 ‘‘(C) one hundred percent of the

24 amount of interest for one year on the out25 standing principal balance of such loan,
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1 loan advance, or any portion thereof being

2 refinanced, plus, for the interval between the

3 date of the refinancing and the first quar4 terly payment date that occurs 12 years

5 after the end of the year in which the

6 amount being refinanced was advanced, the

7 present value of the difference between each

8 payment scheduled for such interval on such

9 loan amount being refinanced and the pay10 ment amounts that would be required dur11 ing such interval on the amount being refi12 nanced if the interest rate on the loan were

13 equal to the current cost of funds to the De14 partment of the Treasury for obligations of

15 comparable maturity to the loan being refi16 nanced.

17 ‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—The penalty provided by

18 subsection (b)(1)(A) shall be required for a refi19 nancing under this section, except that in the

20 case of a loan advanced under an agreement exe21 cuted before 1984 which permits the prepayment

22 or refinancing of such loan advance based on the

23 payment of one year of interest on the outstand24 ing principal balance of such loan advance, a

25 borrower may, in lieu of the penalty required by
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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.
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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.
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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.’’.

Attest:

Secretary.
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