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ual for the purpose of establishing any research facility
of the Agricultural Research Service, as authorized by
lawΩ7æ: Provided further, That the Secretary may exercise
his authority to close the research locations specified for clo-
sure in the President’s 1995 budget for the Department of
Agriculture.
COOPERATIVE STATE RESEARCH SERVICE
For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for
cooperative forestry and other research, for facilities, and
for other expenses, including $171,304,000 to carry into
effect the provisions of the Hatch Act approved March 2,
1887, as amended, including administration by the United
States Department of Agriculture, penalty mail costs of
agricultural experiment stations under section 6 of the
Hatch Act of 1887, as amended, and payments under sec-
tion 1361(c) of the Act of October 3, 1980 (7 U.S.C.
301n.); $20,809,000 for grants for cooperative forestry re-
search under the Act approved October 10, 1962 (16
U.S.C. 582a–582–a7), as amended, including administra-
tive expenses, and payments under section 1361(c) of the
Act of October 3, 1980 (7 U.S.C. 301n.); $28,157,000 for
payments to the 1890 land-grant colleges, including
Tuskegee University, for research under section 1445 of
the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and
Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3222), as amend-
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ed, including administration by the United States Depart-
ment of Agriculture, and penalty mail costs of the 1890
land-grant 
colleges, 
including 
Tuskegee 
University;
Ω8æ$44,969,000 $52,295,000 for contracts and grants for
agricultural research under the Act of August 4, 1965,
as amended (7 U.S.C. 450i(c)); $103,123,000 for competi-
tive research grants under section 2(b) of the Act of Au-
gust 4, 1965, as amended (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)), including
administrative expenses; $5,551,000 for the support of
animal health and disease programs authorized by section
1433 of Public Law 95–113, including administrative ex-
penses; Ω9æ$1,818,000 $650,000 for supplemental and al-
ternative crops and products as authorized by the National
Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy
Act 
of 
1977, 
as 
amended 
(7 
U.S.C. 
3319d);
Ω10æ$400,000 $500,000 for grants for research pursuant
to the Critical Agricultural Materials Act of 1984 (7
U.S.C. 178) and section 1472 of the Food and Agriculture
Act of 1977, as amended (7 U.S.C. 3318), to remain avail-
able until expended; Ω11æ$475,000 for rangeland research
grants as authorized by subtitle M of the National Agri-
cultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of
1977, as amended; $3,500,000 for higher education grad-
uate fellowships grants under section 1417(b)(6) of the
National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching
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Policy Act of 1977, as amended (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(6)),
including administrative expenses, to remain available
until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); Ω12æ$1,500,000
$4,350,000 for higher education challenge grants under
section 1417(b)(1) of the National Agricultural Research,
Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977, as amended
(7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(1)), including administrative expenses;
$1,000,000 for a higher education minority scholars pro-
gram under section 1417(b)(5) of the National Agricul-
tural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of
1977, as amended (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(5)), including ad-
ministrative expenses, to remain available until expended
(7 U.S.C. 2209b); $4,000,000 for aquaculture grants as
authorized by section 1475 of the National Agricultural
Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7
U.S.C. 3322), and other Acts; Ω13æ$7,400,000 $8,825,000
for sustainable agriculture research and education, as au-
thorized by section 1621 of Public Law 101–624 (7 U.S.C.
5811), 
including 
administrative 
expenses; 
and
Ω14æ$19,954,000 $19,019,000 for necessary expenses of
Cooperative State Research Service activities, including
coordination and program leadership for higher education
work of the Department, administration of payments to
State agricultural experiment stations, funds for employ-
ment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a)
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of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), of which
$9,917,000 shall be for a program of capacity building
grants to colleges eligible to receive funds under the Act
of August 30, 1890 (7 U.S.C. 321–326 and 328), includ-
ing Tuskegee University, to remain available until ex-
pended (7 U.S.C. 2209b), of which not to exceed $100,000
shall be for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109; in all,
Ω15æ$413,960,000 $423,083,000.
None of the funds in the foregoing paragraph shall
be available to carry out research related to the produc-
tion, processing or marketing of tobacco or tobacco prod-
ucts.
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES
For acquisition of land, construction, repair, improve-
ment, extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed equip-
ment or facilities and for grants to States and other eligi-
ble recipients for such purposes, as necessary to carry out
the agricultural research, extension, and teaching pro-
grams of the Department of Agriculture, where not other-
wise provided, Ω16æ$34,148,000 $62,744,000, to remain
available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b).
EXTENSION SERVICE
Payments to States, the District of Columbia, Puerto
Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, Micronesia, Northern
Marianas, and American Samoa: For payments for coop-
erative agricultural extension work under the Smith-Lever
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Act, as amended, to be distributed under sections 3(b) and
3(c) of said Act, and under section 208(c) of Public Law
93–471, for retirement and employees’ compensation costs
for extension agents and for costs of penalty mail for coop-
erative extension agents and State extension directors,
$272,582,000; payments for the nutrition and family edu-
cation program for low-income areas under section 3(d)
of the Act, $61,431,000; payments for the pest manage-
ment 
program 
under 
section 
3(d) 
of 
the 
Act,
Ω17æ$10,147,000
$10,947,000Ω18æ, of which up to
$125,000 may be transferred to the Cooperative State Re-
search Service; payments for the farm safety and rural
health programs under section 3(d) of the Act,
$2,988,000; payments for the pesticide impact assessment
program under section 3(d) of the Act, $3,363,000; pay-
ments to upgrade 1890 land-grant college research and
extension facilities as authorized by section 1447 of Public
Law 95–113, as amended (7 U.S.C. 3222b), $7,901,000,
to remain available until expended; payments for the rural
development centers under section 3(d) of the Act,
$950,000; payments for a groundwater quality program
under section 3(d) of the Act, $11,234,000; payments for
the Agricultural Telecommunications Program, as author-
ized by Public Law 101–624 (7 U.S.C. 5926), $1,221,000;
payments for youth-at-risk programs under section 3(d)
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of the Act, $10,000,000; payments for a Nutrition Edu-
cation Initiative under section 3(d) of the Act, $4,265,000;
payments for a food safety program under section 3(d)
of the Act, $2,475,000; payments for carrying out the pro-
visions of the Renewable Resources Extension Act of
1978, $3,341,000; payments for Indian reservation agents
under section 3(d) of the Act, $1,750,000; payments for
sustainable agriculture programs under section 3(d) of the
Act, Ω19æ$2,963,000 $3,963,000; Ω20æpayments for rural
health and safety education as authorized by section 2390
of Public Law 101–624 (7 U.S.C. 2661 note, 2662),
$2,750,000; payments for extension work by the colleges
receiving the benefits of the second Morrill Act (7 U.S.C.
321–326, 328) and Tuskegee University, $25,472,000;
and for Federal administration and coordination including
administration of the Smith-Lever Act, as amended, and
the Act of September 29, 1977 (7 U.S.C. 341–349), as
amended, and section 1361(c) of the Act of October 3,
1980 (7 U.S.C. 301n.), and to coordinate and provide pro-
gram leadership for the extension work of the Department
and 
the 
several 
States 
and 
insular 
possessions,
Ω21æ$7,117,000 $12,611,000; in all, Ω22æ$429,200,000
$439,244,000: Provided, That funds hereby appropriated
pursuant to section 3(c) of the Act of June 26, 1953, and
section 506 of the Act of June 23, 1972, as amended, shall
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not be paid to any State, the District of Columbia, Puerto
Rico, Guam, or the Virgin Islands, Micronesia, Northern
Marianas, and American Samoa prior to availability of an
equal sum from non-Federal sources for expenditure dur-
ing the current fiscal year.
NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL LIBRARY
For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural
Library, Ω23æ$17,845,000 $18,307,000: Provided, That
this appropriation shall be available for employment pur-
suant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Or-
ganic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed
$35,000 shall be available for employment under 5 U.S.C.
3109: Provided further, That not to exceed $900,000 shall
be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for the alteration
and repair of buildings and improvementsΩ24æ: Provided
further, That $462,000 shall be available for a grant pursu-
ant to section 1472 of the National Agricultural Research,
Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C.
3818), in addition to other funds available in this appro-
priation for grants under this section.
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR
MARKETING AND INSPECTION SERVICES
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of
the Assistant Secretary for Marketing and Inspection
Services to administer programs under the laws enacted
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by the Congress for the Animal and Plant Health Inspec-
tion Service, Food Safety and Inspection Service, Federal
Grain Inspection Service, Agricultural Marketing Service,
and Packers and Stockyards Administration, $605,000.
ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, including
those pursuant to the Act of February 28, 1947, as
amended (21 U.S.C. 114b–c), necessary to prevent, con-
trol, and eradicate pests and plant and animal diseases;
to carry out inspection, quarantine, and regulatory activi-
ties; to discharge the authorities of the Secretary of Agri-
culture under the Act of March 2, 1931 (46 Stat. 1468;
7 U.S.C. 426–426b); and to protect the environment, as
authorized by law, Ω25æ$438,651,000 $438,901,000, of
which $96,660,000 shall be derived from user fees depos-
ited in the Agricultural Quarantine Inspection User Fee
Account, and of which $4,938,000 shall be available for
the control of outbreaks of insects, plant diseases, animal
diseases and for control of pest animals and birds to the
extent necessary to meet emergency conditions: Provided,
That, if the demand for Agricultural Quarantine Inspec-
tion (AQI) user fee financed services is greater than ex-
pected and/or other uncontrollable events occur, the Agen-
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cy may exceed the AQI User Fee limitation by up to 20
per centum, provided such funds are available in the Agri-
cultural Quarantine Inspection User Fee Account, and
with notification to the Appropriations Committees: Pro-
vided further, That no funds shall be used to formulate
or administer a brucellosis eradication program for the
current fiscal year that does not require minimum match-
ing by the States of at least 40 per centum: Provided fur-
ther, That this appropriation shall be available for field
employment pursuant to the second sentence of section
706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and
not to exceed $40,000 shall be available for employment
under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That this appro-
priation shall be available for the operation and mainte-
nance of aircraft and the purchase of not to exceed four,
of which two shall be for replacement only: Provided fur-
ther, That, in addition, in emergencies which threaten any
segment of the agricultural production industry of this
country, the Secretary may transfer from other appropria-
tions or funds available to the agencies or corporations
of the Department such sums as he may deem necessary,
to be available only in such emergencies for the arrest and
eradication of contagious or infectious disease or pests of
animals, poultry, or plants, and for expenses in accordance
with the Act of February 28, 1947, as amended, and sec-
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tion 102 of the Act of September 21, 1944, as amended,
and any unexpended balances of funds transferred for
such emergency purposes in the next preceding fiscal year
shall be merged with such transferred amounts: Provided
further, That appropriations hereunder shall be available
pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the repair and alter-
ation of leased buildings and improvements, but unless
otherwise provided the cost of altering any one building
during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 per centum of
the current replacement value of the building.
Ω26æIn fiscal year 1995 the Agency is authorized to
collect fees for the total direct and indirect costs of tech-
nical assistance, goods, or services provided to States,
other political subdivisions, domestic and international or-
ganizations, foreign governments, or individuals, and such
fees shall be credited to this account, to remain available
until expended, without further appropriation, for provid-
ing such assistance, goods, or services.
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES
For plans, construction, repair, preventive mainte-
nance, environmental support, improvement, extension, al-
teration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities, as
authorized by 7 U.S.C. 2250, and acquisition of land as
authorized by 7 U.S.C. 428a, $6,973,000, to remain avail-
able until expended.
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FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE
For necessary expenses to carry on services author-
ized by the Federal Meat Inspection Act, as amended, and
the Poultry Products Inspection Act, as amended,
Ω27æ$430,929,000
533,929,000, 
and 
in 
addition,
$1,000,000 may be credited to this account from fees col-
lected for the cost of laboratory accreditation as author-
ized by section 1017 of Public Law 102–237: Provided,
That this appropriation shall be available for field employ-
ment pursuant to section 706(a) of the Organic Act of
1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $75,000 shall
be available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Pro-
vided further, That this appropriation shall be available
pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and
repair of buildings and improvements, but the cost of al-
tering any one building during the fiscal year shall not
exceed 10 per centum of the current replacement value
of the building.
FEDERAL GRAIN INSPECTION SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions
of the United States Grain Standards Act, as amended,
and the standardization activities related to grain under
the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, as amended, in-
cluding field employment pursuant to section 706(a) of the
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Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed
$20,000 
for 
employment 
under 
U.S.C. 
3109,
$11,325,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall be
available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alter-
ation and repair of buildings and improvements, but the
cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year
shall not exceed 10 per centum of the current replacement
value of the building.
INSPECTION AND WEIGHING SERVICES
LIMITATION ON INSPECTION AND WEIGHING SERVICE
EXPENSES
Not to exceed $42,784,000 (from fees collected) shall
be obligated during the current fiscal year for Inspection
and Weighing Services: Provided, That if grain export ac-
tivities require additional supervision and oversight, or
other uncontrollable factors occur, this limitation may be
exceeded by up to 10 per centum with notification to the
Appropriations Committees.
AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE
MARKETING SERVICES
For necessary expenses to carry on services related
to consumer protection, agricultural marketing and dis-
tribution, transportation, agricultural cooperatives, and
regulatory programs, as authorized by law, and for admin-
istration and coordination of payments to States; includ-
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ing field employment pursuant to section 706(a) of the
Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed
$90,000 
for 
employment 
under 
U.S.C. 
3109,
Ω28æ$55,728,000 $57,454,000; including funds for the
Wholesale Market Development Program for the design
and development of wholesale and farmer market facilities
for the major metropolitan areas of the country: Provided,
That this appropriation shall be available pursuant to law
(7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and repair of buildings
and improvements, but the cost of altering any one build-
ing during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 per centum
of the current replacement value of the building.
Fees may be collected for the cost of standardization
activities, as established by regulation pursuant to law (31
U.S.C. 9701).
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
Not to exceed $57,054,000 (from fees collected) shall
be obligated during the current fiscal year for administra-
tive expenses: Provided, That if crop size is understated
and/or other uncontrollable events occur, the agency may
exceed this limitation by up to 10 per centum with notifi-
cation to the Appropriations Committees.
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FUNDS FOR STRENGTHENING MARKETS, INCOME, AND
SUPPLY (SECTION 32)
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
Funds available under section 32 of the Act of Au-
gust 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c) shall be used only for com-
modity program expenses as authorized therein, and other
related operating expenses, except for: (1) transfers to the
Department of Commerce as authorized by the Fish and
Wildlife Act of August 8, 1956; (2) transfers otherwise
provided in this Act; and (3) not more than $10,309,000
for formulation and administration of Marketing Agree-
ments and Orders pursuant to the Agricultural Marketing
Agreement Act of 1937, as amended, and the Agricultural
Act of 1961.
Ω29æIn fiscal year 1996, section 32 funds shall be used
to promote sunflower and cottonseed oil exports to the full
extent authorized by section 1541 of Public Law 101–624
(7 U.S.C. 1464 note), and such funds shall be used to facili-
tate additional sales of such oils in world markets.
PAYMENTS TO STATES AND POSSESSIONS
For payments to departments of agriculture, bureaus
and departments of markets, and similar agencies for
marketing activities under section 204(b) of the Agricul-
tural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1623(b)),
$1,200,000.
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Ω30æPERISHABLE AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES ACT
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, during
fiscal year 1995, the Secretary of Agriculture shall require
persons filing complaints under section 6(a) of the Perish-
able Agricultural Commodities Act, 1930 (7 U.S.C.
499f(a)), to include a filing fee of $60 per petition. In
the event of further action on such a complaint during
fiscal year 1995, the person or persons making the com-
plaint shall submit a handling fee of $300, which shall
be reimbursed by the commission merchant, dealer, or
broker involved whenever the Secretary issues a reparation
order under section 7 of such Act on the complaint. Such
fees shall be deposited in the Perishable Agricultural Com-
modities Act Fund.
PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS ADMINISTRATION
For necessary expenses for administration of the
Packers and Stockyards Act, as authorized by law, and
for certifying procedures used to protect purchasers of
farm products, including field employment pursuant to
section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C.
2225), and not to exceed $5,000 for employment under
5 U.S.C. 3109, $11,989,000.
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FARM INCOME STABILIZATION
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS AND COMMODITY PROGRAMS
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of
the Under Secretary for International Affairs and Com-
modity Programs to administer the laws enacted by Con-
gress for the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation
Service, Foreign Agricultural Service, and the Commodity
Credit Corporation, $549,000.
AGRICULTURAL STABILIZATION AND CONSERVATION
SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary administrative expenses of the Agricul-
tural Stabilization and Conservation Service, including ex-
penses to formulate and carry out programs authorized
by title III of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938,
as amended (7 U.S.C. 1301–1393); the Agricultural Act
of 1949, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1421 et seq.); sections 7
to 15, 16(a), 16(f), and 17 of the Soil Conservation and
Domestic Allotment Act, as amended (16 U.S.C. 590g–
590o, 590p(a), 590p(f), and 590q); sections 1001 to 1004,
1006 to 1008, and 1010 of the Agricultural Act of 1970,
as amended (16 U.S.C. 1501 to 1504, 1506 to 1508, and
1510); the Water Bank Act, as amended (16 U.S.C.
1301–1311); the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of
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1978 (16 U.S.C. 2101); sections 202(c) and 205 of title
II of the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act of
1974, as amended (43 U.S.C. 1592(c), 1595); sections
401, 402, and 404 to 406 of the Agricultural Credit Act
of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2201 to 2205); the United States
Warehouse Act, as amended (7 U.S.C. 241–273); title XII
of the Food Security Act of 1985, as amended (16 U.S.C.
3811 et seq.); and laws pertaining to the Commodity Cred-
it Corporation, $717,958,000; of which $716,333,000 is
hereby appropriated, and $1,036,000 is transferred from
the Public Law 480 Program Account in this Act and
$589,000 is transferred from the Commodity Credit Cor-
poration Program Account in this Act: Provided, That
other funds made available to the Agricultural Stabiliza-
tion and Conservation Service for authorized activities
may be advanced to and merged with this account: Pro-
vided further, That these funds shall be available for em-
ployment pursuant to the second sentence of section
706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and
not to exceed $100,000 shall be available for employment
under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That no part of
the funds made available under this Act shall be used: (1)
to influence the vote in any referendum; (2) to influence
agricultural legislation, except as permitted in 18 U.S.C.
1913; or (3) for salaries or other expenses of members
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of county and community committees established pursuant
to section 8(b) of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Al-
lotment Act, as amended, for engaging in any activities
other than advisory and supervisory duties and delegated
program functions prescribed in administrative regula-
tions.
CORPORATIONS
The following corporations and agencies are hereby
authorized to make expenditures, within the limits of
funds and borrowing authority available to each such cor-
poration or agency and in accord with law, and to make
contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year
limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government
Corporation Control Act, as amended, as may be necessary
in carrying out the programs set forth in the budget for
the current fiscal year for such corporation or agency, ex-
cept as hereinafter provided.
FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION
ADMINISTRATIVE AND OPERATING EXPENSES
For administrative and operating expenses, as au-
thorized by the Federal Crop Insurance Act, as amended
(7 U.S.C. 1516), Ω31æ$62,796,000 $72,796,000Ω32æ: Pro-
vided, That $12,000,000 be made available for the Animal
and Plant Health Inspection Service: Provided further,
That not to exceed $700 shall be available for official re-
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ception and representation expenses, as authorized by 7
U.S.C. 1506(i): Provided further, That none of the funds
in this Act may be used to offer a Federal crop insurance
policy in counties on crops where a loss ratio, that has
already been recalculated pursuant to law to reflect the
premium rates issued by the Corporation for the 1994
crop year, is in excess of 1.10 more than 70 percent of
the years that a policy has been offered since 1980: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds in this Act may be
used to pay operating and administrative costs that exceed
31 per centum of premium to insurers of policies on which
the Corporation provides reinsurance, except to reimburse
said insurers for excess loss adjustment expenses as pro-
vided for in the Standard Reinsurance Agreement issued
by the Corporation: Provided further, That the second pro-
viso shall not apply in any county affected if the Corpora-
tion has implemented a nonstandard classification system
in such county for those individual farms that have experi-
enced excessive losses since 1980 under which the pre-
mium rates, notwithstanding the provision of section
508(d) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act, are increased
over comparable rates effective for the 1994 crop, or the
insured yields are decreased from comparable yields for
the 1994 crop, or a combination of both, by an amount
or amounts sufficient to ensure that an estimated loss
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ratio will not exceed 1.1 for the crop produced on such
farms during the 1995 crop year.
FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION FUND
For payments as authorized by section 508(b) of the
Federal Crop Insurance Act, as amended, $219,107,000,
to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b).
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION FUND
REIMBURSEMENT FOR NET REALIZED LOSSES
For fiscal year 1995, such sums as may be necessary
to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for net
realized losses sustained, but not previously reimbursed
(estimated to be $15,500,000,000 in the President’s fiscal
year 1995 Budget Request (H. Doc. 103–179)), but not
to exceed $15,500,000,000, pursuant to section 2 of the
Act of August 17, 1961, as amended (15 U.S.C. 713a–
11).
OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE FOR HAZARDOUS WASTE
MANAGEMENT
For fiscal year 1995, the Commodity Credit Corpora-
tion shall not expend more than $5,000,000 for expenses
to comply with the requirement of section 107(g) of the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation,
and Liability Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 9607(g), and
section 6001 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery
Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 6961: Provided, That ex-
penses shall be for operations and maintenance costs only
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and that other hazardous waste management costs shall
be paid for by the USDA Hazardous Waste Management
appropriation in this Act.
Ω33æDISASTER ASSISTANCE
Such sums as may be necessary from the Commodity
Credit Corporation shall be available, through July 15,
1995, to producers under the same terms and conditions
authorized in chapter 3, subtitle B, title XXII of Public
Law 101–624 for 1994 crops, including aquaculture and
excluding ornamental fish, affected by natural disasters:
Provided, That such amount is designated by Congress as
an 
emergency 
requirement 
pursuant 
to 
section
251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, and that such
funds shall be available only to the extent an official budget
request for a specific dollar amount, that includes designa-
tion of the entire amount of the request as an emergency
requirement pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmit-
ted by the President to the Congress: Provided further, That
these funds shall be made available upon enactment of this
Act: Provided further, That such funds shall also be avail-
able for payments to producers for 1995 through 1998 or-
chard crop losses, if the losses are due to freezing conditions
incurred between January 1, 1994, and March 31, 1994,
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and Federal Crop Insurance is not available for affected
orchard crop producers: Provided further, That the use of
funds for this purpose is designated by Congress as an emer-
gency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act
of 1985, as amended, and that such use shall be available
only to the extent the President designates such use an emer-
gency requirement pursuant to such Act: Provided further,
That such funds made available from the Commodity Credit
Corporation shall be available to fund the costs of replant-
ing, reseeding, or repairing damage to commercial trees (re-
gardless of the age of the damaged trees), including orchard
and nursery inventory, as a result of 1994 weather-related
damages: Provided further, That the use of funds for these
purposes is designated by Congress as an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985,
as amended, and that such use shall be available only to
the extent the President designates such use an emergency
requirement pursuant to such Act: Provided further, That
the terms and conditions of section 521, paragraphs (a)(3)
and (4), paragraph (b)(3), subparagraph (c)(2)(C), and
subsections (d) and (e), as amended in section 201 of S.
2095 (as reported by the Committee on Agriculture, Nutri-
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tion, and Forestry on June 22, 1994) shall apply to all
claims for assistance made under this paragraph.
TITLE II—CONSERVATION PROGRAMS
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR
NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of
the Assistant Secretary for Natural Resources and Envi-
ronment to administer the laws enacted by the Congress
for the Forest Service and the Soil Conservation Service,
$677,000.
SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE
CONSERVATION OPERATIONS
For necessary expenses for carrying out the provi-
sions of the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–590f)
including preparation of conservation plans and establish-
ment of measures to conserve soil and water (including
farm irrigation and land drainage and such special meas-
ures for soil and water management as may be necessary
to prevent floods and the siltation of reservoirs and to con-
trol agricultural related pollutants); operation of conserva-
tion plant materials centers; classification and mapping of
soil; dissemination of information; acquisition of lands by
donation, exchange, or purchase at a nominal cost not to
exceed $100; purchase and erection or alteration or im-
provement of permanent and temporary buildings; and op-
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eration and maintenance of aircraft, Ω34æ$576,562,000
$591,049,000, to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C.
2209b); of which not less than $5,756,000 is for snow sur-
vey and water forecasting and not less than $8,070,000
is for operation and establishment of the plant materials
centers: Provided, That except for Ω35æ$2,399,000
$3,899,000 for improvements of the plant materials cen-
ters, the cost of any permanent building purchased, erect-
ed, or as improved, exclusive of the cost of constructing
a water supply or sanitary system and connecting the
same to any such building and with the exception of build-
ings acquired in conjunction with land being purchased for
other purposes, shall not exceed $10,000, except for one
building to be constructed at a cost not to exceed
$100,000 and eight buildings to be constructed or im-
proved at a cost not to exceed $50,000 per building and
except that alterations or improvements to other existing
permanent buildings costing $5,000 or more may be made
in any fiscal year in an amount not to exceed $2,000 per
building: Provided further, That when buildings or other
structures are erected on non-Federal land that the right
to use such land is obtained as provided in 7 U.S.C.
2250a: Provided further, That no part of this appropria-
tion may be expended for soil and water conservation oper-
ations under the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–
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590f) in demonstration projects: Provided further, That
this appropriation shall be available for employment pur-
suant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Or-
ganic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225) and not to exceed
$25,000 shall be available for employment under 5 U.S.C.
3109: Provided further, That qualified local engineers may
be temporarily employed at per diem rates to perform the
technical planning work of the Service.
RIVER BASIN SURVEYS AND INVESTIGATIONS
For necessary expenses to conduct research, inves-
tigation, and surveys of watersheds of rivers and other wa-
terways, in accordance with section 6 of the Watershed
Protection and Flood Prevention Act approved August 4,
1954, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1006–1009), $12,970,000:
Provided, That this appropriation shall be available for
employment pursuant to the second sentence of section
706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and
not to exceed $60,000 shall be available for employment
under 5 U.S.C. 3109.
WATERSHED PLANNING
For necessary expenses for small watershed investiga-
tions and planning, in accordance with the Watershed Pro-
tection and Flood Prevention Act, as amended (16 U.S.C.
1001–1008), $10,546,000: Provided, That this appropria-
tion shall be available for employment pursuant to the sec-
ond sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944
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(7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $50,000 shall be avail-
able for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109.
WATERSHED AND FLOOD PREVENTION OPERATIONS
For necessary expenses to carry out preventive meas-
ures, including but not limited to research, engineering op-
erations, methods of cultivation, the growing of vegetation,
rehabilitation of existing works and changes in use of land,
in accordance with the Watershed Protection and Flood
Prevention Act approved August 4, 1954, as amended (16
U.S.C. 1001–1005, 1007–1009), the provisions of the Act
of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–f), and in accordance
with the provisions of laws relating to the activities of the
Department, Ω36æ$65,000,000 $75,000,000, to remain
available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b) Ω37æ(of which
$10,000,000 shall be available for the watersheds author-
ized under the Flood Control Act approved June 22, 1936
(33 U.S.C. 701, 16 U.S.C. 1006a), as amended and sup-
plemented): Provided, That, not to exceed 5 per centum
of the foregoing amounts shall be available for allocation
to any one State: Provided further, That this appropriation
shall be available for employment pursuant to the second
sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7
U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $200,000 shall be avail-
able for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided fur-
ther, That not to exceed $1,000,000 of this appropriation
is available to carry out the purposes of the Endangered
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Species Act of 1973 (Public Law 93–205), as amended,
including cooperative efforts as contemplated by that Act
to relocate endangered or threatened species to other suit-
able habitats as may be necessary to expedite project con-
struction.
RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT
For necessary expenses in planning and carrying out
projects for resource conservation and development and
for sound land use pursuant to the provisions of section
32(e) of title III of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant
Act, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1010–1011; 76 Stat. 607), the
provisions of the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–
f), and the provisions of the Agriculture and Food Act
of 1981 (16 U.S.C. 3451–3461), $32,845,000, to remain
available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209): Provided, That
this appropriation shall be available for employment pur-
suant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Or-
ganic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed
$50,000 shall be available for employment under 5 U.S.C.
3109.
GREAT PLAINS CONSERVATION PROGRAM
For necessary expenses to carry into effect a program
of conservation in the Great Plains area, pursuant to sec-
tion 16(b) of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allot-
ment Act, as added by the Act of August 7, 1956, as
amended 
(16 
U.S.C. 
590p(b)), 
Ω38æ$11,672,000
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$18,672,000, to remain available until expended (16 U.S.C.
590p(b)(7)).
AGRICULTURAL STABILIZATION AND CONSERVATION
SERVICE
AGRICULTURAL CONSERVATION PROGRAM
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses to carry into effect the pro-
gram authorized in sections 7 to 15, 16(a), 16(f), and 17
of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act ap-
proved February 29, 1936, as amended and supplemented
(16 U.S.C. 590g–590o, 590p(a), 590p(f), and 590q), and
sections 1001–1004, 1006–1008, and 1010 of the Agricul-
tural Act of 1970, as added by the Agriculture and
Consumer Protection Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1501–1504,
1506–1508, and 1510), and including not to exceed
$15,000 for the preparation and display of exhibits, in-
cluding such displays at State, interstate, and inter-
national fairs within the United States, $100,000,000, to
remain available until expended (16 U.S.C. 590o), for
agreements, excluding administration but including tech-
nical assistance and related expenses (16 U.S.C. 590o),
except that no participant in the Agricultural Conserva-
tion Program shall receive more than $3,500 per year, ex-
cept where the participants from two or more farms or
ranches join to carry out approved practices designed to
conserve or improve the agricultural resources of the com-
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munity, or where a participant has a long-term agreement,
in which case the total payment shall not exceed the an-
nual payment limitation multiplied by the number of years
of the agreement: Provided, That no portion of the funds
for the current year’s program may be utilized to provide
financial or technical assistance for drainage on wetlands
now designated as Wetlands Types 3 (III) through 20
(XX) in United States Department of the Interior, Fish
and Wildlife Circular 39, Wetlands of the United States,
1956: Provided further, That such amounts shall be avail-
able for the purchase of seeds, fertilizers, lime, trees, or
any other conservation materials, or any soil-terracing
services, and making grants thereof to agricultural pro-
ducers to aid them in carrying out approved farming prac-
tices as authorized by the Soil Conservation and Domestic
Allotment Act, as amended, as determined and rec-
ommended by the county committees, approved by the
State committees and the Secretary, under programs pro-
vided for herein: Provided further, That such assistance
will not be used for carrying out measures and practices
that are primarily production-oriented or that have little
or no conservation or pollution abatement benefits: Pro-
vided further, That not to exceed 5 per centum of the allo-
cation for the current year’s program for any county may,
on the recommendation of such county committee and ap-
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proval of the State committee, be withheld and allotted
to the Soil Conservation Service for services of its techni-
cians in formulating and carrying out the Agricultural
Conservation Program in the participating counties, and
shall not be utilized by the Soil Conservation Service for
any purpose other than technical and other assistance in
such counties, and in addition, on the recommendation of
such county committee and approval of the State commit-
tee, not to exceed 1 per centum may be made available
to any other Federal, State, or local public agency for the
same purpose and under the same conditions: Provided
further, That for the current year’s program $2,500,000
shall be available for technical assistance in formulating
and carrying out rural environmental practices: Provided
further, That not to exceed $15,000,000 of the amount
appropriated shall be used for water quality payments and
practices in the same manner as permitted under the pro-
gram for water quality authorized in chapter 2 of subtitle
D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985, as amend-
ed (16 U.S.C. 3838 et seq.).
Ω39æFORESTRY INCENTIVES PROGRAM
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,
to carry out the program of forestry incentives, as author-
ized in the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978
(16 U.S.C. 2101), including technical assistance and relat-
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ed expenses, $6,625,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, as authorized by that Act.
Ω40æCOLORADO RIVER BASIN SALINITY CONTROL
PROGRAM
For necessary expenses for carrying out a voluntary
cooperative salinity control program pursuant to section
202(c) of title II of the Colorado River Basin Salinity Con-
trol Act, as amended (43 U.S.C. 1592(c)), to be used to
reduce salinity in the Colorado River and to enhance the
supply and quality of water available for use in the United
States and the Republic of Mexico, $5,000,000 to remain
available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b), to be used for
investigations and surveys, for technical assistance in de-
veloping conservation practices and in the preparation of
salinity control plans, for the establishment of on-farm ir-
rigation management systems, including related lateral
improvement measures, for making cost-share payments
to agricultural landowners and operators, Indian tribes,
irrigation districts and associations, local governmental
and nongovernmental entities, and other landowners to aid
them in carrying out approved conservation practices as
determined and recommended by the county ASC commit-
tees, approved by the State ASC committees and the Sec-
retary, and for associated costs of program planning, in-
formation and education, and program monitoring and
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evaluation: Provided, That the Soil Conservation Service
shall provide technical assistance and the Agricultural
Stabilization and Conservation Service shall provide ad-
ministrative services for the program, including but not
limited to, the negotiation and administration of agree-
ments and the disbursement of payments: Provided fur-
ther, That such program shall be coordinated with the reg-
ular Agricultural Conservation Program and with research
programs of other agencies.
CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses to carry out the conservation
reserve program pursuant to the Food Security Act of
1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831–3845), $1,743,274,000, to remain
available until expended, to be used for Commodity Credit
Corporation expenditures for cost-share assistance for the
establishment of conservation practices provided for in ap-
proved conservation reserve program contracts, and for
annual rental payments provided in such contracts, and
for technical assistance.
WETLANDS RESERVE PROGRAM
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses to carry out the Wetlands Re-
serve Program pursuant to subchapter C of subtitle D of
title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C.
3837), $93,200,000, to remain available until expended:
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Provided, That the Secretary is authorized to use the serv-
ices, facilities, and authorities of the Commodity Credit
Corporation for the purpose of carrying out the Wetlands
Reserve Program.
TITLE III—FARMERS HOME AND RURAL
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR SMALL
COMMUNITY AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of
the Under Secretary for Small Community and Rural De-
velopment to administer programs under the laws enacted
by the Congress for the Farmers Home Administration,
Rural Electrification Administration, Federal Crop Insur-
ance Corporation, and rural development activities of the
Department of Agriculture, $568,000.
RURAL DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION
The Secretary may transfer funds from the Farmers
Home Administration in this Act to fund the Rural Devel-
opment Administration, as authorized by law.
RURAL DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION AND FARMERS
HOME ADMINISTRATION
RURAL HOUSING INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For gross obligations for the principal amount of di-
rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by title V of the
Housing Act of 1949, as amended, to be available from
funds in the Rural Housing Insurance Fund, as follows:
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Ω41æ$2,323,339,000 $2,400,000,000 for loans to section
502 borrowers, as determined by the Secretary, of which
$1,000,000,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed
loans; $35,000,000 for section 504 housing repair loans;
$15,915,000 for section 514 farm labor housing;
$220,000,000 for section 515 rental housing; and
$632,000 for site loans: Provided, That up to $48,650,000
of these funds shall be made available for section 502(g),
Deferral Mortgage Demonstration.
For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including
the cost of modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: low-
income 
section 
502 
loans, 
Ω42æ$268,105,000
$282,640,000 
of 
which 
$17,200,000 
shall 
be 
for
unsubsidized guaranteed loans; section 504 housing repair
loans, $11,690,000; section 514 farm labor housing,
$7,911,000; 
and 
section 
515 
rental 
housing,
$115,500,000.
Ω43æIn addition, for the cost (as defined in section
502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974) of guaran-
teed loans under a demonstration program of loan guaran-
tees
for
multifamily
rental
housing
in
rural
areas,
$1,000,000, to be derived from the amount made available
under this heading for the cost of low-income section 502
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loans and to become available for obligation only upon the
enactment of authorizing legislation.
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to
carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs,
$389,818,000.
RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
For rental assistance agreements entered into or re-
newed pursuant to the authority under section 521(a)(2)
or agreements entered into in lieu of forgiveness or pay-
ments for eligible households as authorized by section
502(c)(5)(D) of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended,
$523,008,000; and in addition such sums as may be nec-
essary, as authorized by section 521(c) of the Act, to liq-
uidate debt incurred prior to fiscal year 1992 to carry out
the Rental Assistance Program under section 521(a)(2)
of the Act: Provided, That of this amount not more than
$5,900,000 shall be available for debt forgiveness or pay-
ments for eligible households as authorized by section
502(c)(5)(D) of the Act, and not to exceed $10,000 per
project for advances to nonprofit organizations or public
agencies to cover direct costs (other than purchase price)
incurred in purchasing projects pursuant to section
502(c)(5)(C) of the Act: Provided further, That agree-
ments entered into or renewed during fiscal year 1995
shall be funded for a five-year period, although the life
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of any such agreement may be extended to fully utilize
amounts obligated.
SELF-HELP HOUSING LAND DEVELOPMENT FUND
PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For gross obligations for the principal amount of di-
rect loans, as authorized by section 523(b)(1)(B) of the
Housing Act of 1949, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1490c),
$603,000.
For the cost of direct loans, including the cost of
modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974, $11,000.
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to
carry out the direct loan program, $14,000.
AGRICULTURAL CREDIT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM
ACCOUNT
For gross obligations for the principal amount of di-
rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by 7 U.S.C.
1928–1929, to be available from funds in the Agricultural
Credit Insurance Fund, as follows: farm ownership loans,
$618,755,000, of which $540,674,000 shall be for guaran-
teed loans; operating loans, $2,465,000,000, of which
$1,735,000,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed
loans and $230,000,000 shall be for subsidized guaranteed
loans; Ω44æ$4,312,000 for water development, use, and
conservation loans, of which $1,415,000 shall be for guar-
anteed loans; Indian tribe land acquisition loans as au-
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thorized by 25 U.S.C. 488, $1,000,000; and for emergency
insured loans, $100,000,000 to meet the needs resulting
from natural disasters.
For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including
the cost of modifying loans as defined in section 502 of
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: farm
ownership loans, $31,853,000, of which $20,870,000 shall
be for guaranteed loans; operating loans, $95,340,000, of
which $9,360,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed
loans and $29,425,000 shall be for subsidized guaranteed
loans; Ω45æ$411,000 for water development, use, and con-
servation loans, of which $31,000 shall be for guaranteed
loans; Indian tribe land acquisition loans as authorized by
25 U.S.C. 488, $123,000; and for emergency insured
loans, Ω46æ$26,060,000 $26,290,000 to meet the needs re-
sulting from natural disasters Ω47æ: Provided, That, not-
withstanding any other provision of law, from the date of
enactment of this Act until September 30, 1994, the Sec-
retary of Agriculture—
(1) may transfer funds so as to make available—
(A) the amounts that would otherwise be
available for gross obligations for the principal
amount of farm ownership, operating, or emer-
gency loans; and
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(B) the amounts that would otherwise be
available for the cost of farm ownership, operat-
ing, or emergency loans (including the cost of
modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C.
661a));
for any of such gross obligations or such costs; and
(2) may not expend any funds, or disburse any
new loans, after September 30, 1994, made available
by a transfer described in paragraph (1) for fiscal
year 1994.
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to
carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs,
$243,766,000.
RURAL DEVELOPMENT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM
ACCOUNT
For gross obligations for the principal amount of di-
rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1928
and 86 Stat. 661–664, as amended, to be available from
funds in the Rural Development Insurance Fund, as fol-
lows: water and sewer facility loans, Ω48æ$834,193,000
$976,853,000; community facility loans, $300,000,000, of
which $75,000,000 shall be for guaranteed loans; and
guaranteed industrial development loans, $500,000,000:
Provided, That none of the funds made available in this
Act may be used to make transfers between the above limi-
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tations: Provided further, That of the amounts appro-
priated above, Ω49æ$17,000,000 $20,000,000 of direct
water and sewer facility, $7,800,000 of direct community
facility, and $11,000,000 of guaranteed industrial devel-
opment loan funds shall be available through July 30,
1995, for empowerment zones and enterprise commu-
nities, as authorized by title XIII of the Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation Act of 1993.
For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including
the cost of modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: direct
water and sewer facility loans, Ω50æ$115,786,000
$136,466,000; 
direct 
community 
facility 
loans,
Ω51æ$21,723,000 $21,375,000; guaranteed community fa-
cility loans, $3,728,000; and guaranteed industrial devel-
opment loans, $4,750,000: Provided, That of the amounts
appropriated 
in 
this 
paragraph, 
Ω52æ$2,360,000
$2,794,000 for direct water and sewer facility loans,
Ω53æ$753,000 $741,000 for direct community facility, and
Ω54æ$103,000 $105,000 for guaranteed industrial devel-
opment loans shall be available through July 30, 1995,
for empowerment zones and enterprise communities, as
authorized by title XIII of the Omnibus Budget Reconcili-
ation Act of 1993.
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In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to
carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs,
$57,294,000.
RURAL DEVELOPMENT LOAN FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For the cost of direct loans, $46,000,000, as author-
ized by the Rural Development Loan Fund (42 U.S.C.
9812(a)): Provided, That such costs, including the cost of
modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided fur-
ther, That these funds are available to subsidize gross obli-
gations for the principal amount of direct loans of
$88,038,000: Provided further, That through July 30,
1995, of these amounts, $5,519,000 shall be available for
the cost of direct loans, for empowerment zones and enter-
prise communities, as authorized by title XIII of the Om-
nibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993, to subsidize
gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans,
$10,565,000.
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to
carry out the direct loan programs, $1,476,000.
Ω55æAGRICULTURAL RESOURCE CONSERVATION
DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For gross obligations for the principal amount of guar-
anteed loans, as authorized under sections 1465–1469 of
Public Law 101–624 for the Agricultural Resource Con-
servation Demonstration Program, $5,599,000.
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For the cost of guaranteed loans, including the cost of
modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974, $3,086,000.
STATE MEDIATION GRANTS
For grants pursuant to section 502(b) of the Agricul-
tural Credit Act of 1987, as amended (7 U.S.C. 5101–
5106), Ω56æ$2,000,000 $3,000,000.
RURAL WATER AND WASTE DISPOSAL GRANTS
For grants pursuant to section 306(a)(2) of the Con-
solidated Farm and Rural Development Act, as amended
(7 U.S.C. 1926), $500,000,000, to remain available until
expended, pursuant to section 306(d) of the above Act of
which $19,047,000 shall be available, through July 30,
1995, for empowerment zones and enterprise commu-
nities, as authorized by title XIII of the Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation Act of 1993, and of which $25,000,000
shall be available for water and waste disposal systems to
benefit the Colonias along the United States/Mexico bor-
der, including grants pursuant to section 306C: Provided,
That, with the exception of the foregoing $19,047,000,
and the foregoing $25,000,000, these funds shall not be
used for any purpose not specified in section 306(a) of
the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act.
VERY LOW-INCOME HOUSING REPAIR GRANTS
For grants to the very low-income elderly for essen-
tial repairs to dwellings pursuant to section 504 of the
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Housing Act of 1949, as amended, $24,900,000, to re-
main available until expended.
RURAL HOUSING FOR DOMESTIC FARM LABOR
For financial assistance to eligible nonprofit organi-
zations for housing for domestic farm labor, pursuant to
section 516 of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended (42
U.S.C. 1486), $10,900,000, to remain available until ex-
pended.
MUTUAL AND SELF-HELP HOUSING
For grants and contracts pursuant to section
523(b)(1)(A) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C.
1490c), $12,650,000, to remain available until expended
(7 U.S.C. 2209b).
Ω57æSUPERVISORY AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS
For grants pursuant to sections 509(g)(6) and 525
of the Housing Act of 1949, $2,400,000, to remain avail-
able until expended.
RURAL COMMUNITY FIRE PROTECTION GRANTS
For grants pursuant to section 7 of the Cooperative
Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 (Public Law 95–313),
$3,400,000 to fund up to 50 per centum of the cost of
organizing, training, and equipping rural volunteer fire de-
partments.
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COMPENSATION FOR CONSTRUCTION DEFECTS
For compensation for construction defects as author-
ized by section 509(c) of the Housing Act of 1949, as
amended, $495,000, to remain available until expended.
RURAL HOUSING PRESERVATION GRANTS
For grants for rural housing preservation as author-
ized by section 552 of the Housing and Urban-Rural Re-
covery Act of 1983 (Public Law 98–181), $22,000,000.
RURAL BUSINESS ENTERPRISE GRANTS
For grants authorized under section 310B(c) and
310B(j) (7 U.S.C. 1932) of the Consolidated Farm and
Rural Development Act to any qualified public or private
nonprofit 
organization, 
$47,500,000, 
Ω58æof 
which
$1,000,000 shall be available to carry out the Northern
Great Plains Rural Development Act (if enacted); and
Ω59æof which $2,000,000 shall be to assist in developing
cooperative efforts to provide information and technical
assistance to under-represented groups in traditionally ag-
ricultural or other natural resource dependent commu-
nities for encouraging business development; and of which
$9,500,000 shall be available through July 30, 1995, for
assistance to empowerment zones and enterprise commu-
nities, as authorized by title XIII of the Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation Act of 1993: Provided, That $500,000 shall
be available for grants to qualified nonprofit organizations
to provide technical assistance and training for rural com-
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munities needing improved passenger transportation sys-
tems or facilities in order to promote economic develop-
ment.
SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT GRANTS
For grants for pollution abatement and control
projects authorized under section 310B(b) (7 U.S.C.
1932) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development
Act, $2,995,000: Provided, That such assistance shall in-
clude regional technical assistance for improvement of
solid waste management.
OUTREACH FOR SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED FARMERS
For grants and contracts pursuant to section 2501
of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of
1990 (7 U.S.C. 2279), $2,995,000, to remain available
until expended.
RURAL TECHNOLOGY AND COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT
GRANTS
For grants pursuant to section 310(f) of the Consoli-
dated Farm and Rural Development Act, as amended (7
U.S.C. 1926(a)(11)), Ω60æ$1,500,000 $2,000,000.
Ω61æLOCAL TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND PLANNING
GRANTS
For grants pursuant to section 306(a)(11)(A) of the
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, as
amended (7 U.S.C. 1926(a)(11)), $2,500,000.
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SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of the Farmers Home Admin-
istration, not otherwise provided for, in administering the
programs authorized by the Consolidated Farm and Rural
Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1921–2000), as amended; title
V of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended (42 U.S.C.
1471–1490o); the Rural Rehabilitation Corporation Trust
Liquidation Act, approved May 3, 1950 (40 U.S.C. 440–
444), for administering the loan program authorized by
title III–A of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964
(Public Law 88–452 approved August 20, 1964), as
amended; the Cooperative Marketing Act of July 2, 1926
(7 U.S.C. 451–457); and for activities relating to the mar-
keting aspects of cooperatives, including economic re-
search and analysis and the application of economic re-
search findings, as authorized by the Agricultural Market-
ing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621–1627), and for activities
with institutions or organizations throughout the world
concerning the development and operation of agricultural
cooperatives (7 U.S.C. 3291), and such other programs
which the Farmers Home Administration has the respon-
sibility for administering, $700,585,000; of which
$37,811,000 is hereby appropriated, $374,255,000 shall
be derived by transfer from the Rural Housing Insurance
Fund Program Account in this Act and merged with this
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account, $229,735,000 shall be derived by transfer from
the Agriculture Credit Insurance Fund Program Account
in this Act and merged with this account, $57,294,000
shall be derived by transfer from the Rural Development
Insurance Fund Program Account in this Act and merged
with this account, $1,476,000 shall be derived by transfer
from the Rural Development Loan Fund Program Ac-
count in this Act and merged with this account, and
$14,000 shall be derived by transfer from the Self-Help
Housing Land Development Fund Program Account in
this Act and merged with this account: Provided, That not
to exceed $515,000 of this appropriation may be used for
employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That
not to exceed Ω62æ$4,159,000 $4,368,000 of this appro-
priation shall be available for contracting with the Na-
tional Rural Water Association or other equally qualified
national organization for a circuit rider program to pro-
vide technical assistance for rural water systems: Provided
further, That not to exceed $2,000,000 shall be available
through cooperative agreements to assist in developing ef-
forts to provide information and technical assistance to
traditionally under-represented communities to encourage
business community development.
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RURAL ELECTRIFICATION ADMINISTRATION
To carry into effect the provisions of the Rural Elec-
trification Act of 1936, as amended (7 U.S.C. 901–
950(b)), as follows:
RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELEPHONE LOANS
PROGRAM ACCOUNT
Insured loans pursuant to the authority of section
305 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, as amended
(7 U.S.C. 935), shall be made as follows: 5 percent rural
electrification loans, $100,000,000; 5 percent rural tele-
phone loans, $75,000,000; cost of money rural telephone
loans, Ω63æ$198,000,000 $297,000,000; municipal rate
rural electric loans, $575,250,000; and loans made pursu-
ant to section 306 of that Act, $420,000,000, to remain
available until expended.
For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974, including the cost of modi-
fying loans, of direct and guaranteed loans authorized by
the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, as amended (7
U.S.C. 
935), 
as 
follows: 
cost 
of 
direct 
loans,
Ω64æ$19,120,000 $14,807,000; cost of municipal rate
loans, $46,020,000; cost of money rural telephone loans,
Ω65æ$40,000 $60,000; cost of loans guaranteed pursuant
to section 306, $450,000.
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In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to
carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs,
$29,982,000.
RURAL TELEPHONE BANK PROGRAM ACCOUNT
The Rural Telephone Bank is hereby authorized to
make such expenditures, within the limits of funds avail-
able to such corporation in accord with law, and to make
such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal
year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Govern-
ment Corporation Control Act, as amended, as may be
necessary in carrying out its authorized programs for the
current fiscal year. During fiscal year 1995 and within
the resources and authority available, gross obligations for
the 
principal 
amount 
of 
direct 
loans 
shall 
be
$175,000,000.
For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974, including the cost of modi-
fying loans, of direct loans authorized by the Rural Elec-
trification Act of 1936, as amended (7 U.S.C. 935),
Ω66æ$2,728,000 $770,000.
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to
carry out the loan programs, $8,794,000.
DISTANCE LEARNING AND MEDICAL LINK PROGRAMS
For necessary expenses to carry into effect the pro-
grams authorized in sections 2331–2335 of Public Law
101–624, $7,500,000, to remain available until expended.
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REA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LOANS PROGRAM
ACCOUNT
For gross obligations for the principal amount of di-
rect loans, as authorized under section 313 of the Rural
Electrification Act, for the purpose of promoting rural eco-
nomic 
development 
and 
job 
creation 
projects,
$12,865,000.
For the cost of direct loans, including the cost of
modifying loans as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974, $3,077,000.
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For administrative expenses to carry out the provi-
sions of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, as amended
(7 U.S.C. 901–950(b)), and to administer the loan and
loan guarantee programs for Community Antenna Tele-
vision facilities as authorized by the Consolidated Farm
and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1921–1995), and
for which commitments were made prior to fiscal year
1994, including not to exceed $7,000 for financial and
credit reports, funds for employment pursuant to the sec-
ond sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944
(7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $103,000 for employ-
ment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $38,776,000; of which
$29,982,000 shall be derived by transfer from the Rural
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Electrification and Telephone Loans Program Account in
this Act and $8,794,000 shall be derived by transfer from
the Rural Telephone Bank Program Account in this Act:
Provided, That none of the funds in this Act may be used
to authorize the transfer of additional funds to this ac-
count from the Rural Telephone Bank.
TITLE IV—DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR FOOD AND
CONSUMER SERVICES
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of
the Assistant Secretary for Food and Consumer Services
to administer the laws enacted by the Congress for the
Food and Nutrition Service, $540,000.
FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE
CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses to carry out the National
School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751–1769b), and the appli-
cable provisions other than sections 3 and 17 of the Child
Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773–1785, and 1788–
1789); $7,451,351,000, to remain available through Sep-
tember 30, 1996, of which $2,202,274,000 is hereby ap-
propriated and $5,249,077,000 shall be derived by trans-
fer from funds available under section 32 of the Act of
August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c)Ω67æ:–Provided, That
funds appropriated for the purpose of section 7 of the
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Child Nutrition Act of 1966 shall be allocated among the
States but the distribution of such funds to an individual
State is contingent upon that State’s agreement to partici-
pate in studies and surveys of programs authorized under
the National School Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition
Act of 1966, when such studies and surveys have been
directed by the Congress and requested by the Secretary
of Agriculture: Provided further, That if the Secretary of
Agriculture determines that a State’s administration of
any program under the National School Lunch Act or the
Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (other than section 17), or
the regulations issued pursuant to these Acts, is seriously
deficient, and the State fails to correct the deficiency with-
in a specified period of time, the Secretary may withhold
from the State some or all of the funds allocated to the
State under section 7 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966
and under section 13(k)(1) of the National School Lunch
Act; upon a subsequent determination by the Secretary
that the programs are operated in an acceptable manner
some or all of the funds withheld may be allocated: Pro-
vided further, That only final reimbursement claims for
service of meals, supplements, and milk submitted to State
agencies by eligible schools, summer camps, institutions,
and service institutions within sixty days following the
month for which the reimbursement is claimed shall be
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eligible for reimbursement from funds appropriated under
this Act. States may receive program funds appropriated
under this Act for meals, supplements, and milk served
during any month only if the final program operations re-
port for such month is submitted to the Department with-
in ninety days following that month. Exceptions to these
claims or reports submission requirements may be made
at the discretion of the Secretary: Provided Ω68æfurther,
That up to $3,849,000 shall be available for independent
verification of school food service claims: Provided further,
That Ω69æ$1,706,000 $1,853,000 shall be available to pro-
vide financial and other assistance to operate the Food
Service Management InstituteΩ70æ: Provided further, That
$859,000 shall be available to provide grants to States for
non-recurring costs in providing for the special dietary
needs of children with disabilities.
SPECIAL MILK PROGRAM
For necessary expenses to carry out the special milk
program, as authorized by section 3 of the Child Nutrition
Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1772), $18,089,000, to remain
available through September 30, 1996. Ω71æOnly final re-
imbursement claims for milk submitted to State agencies
within sixty days following the month for which the reim-
bursement is claimed shall be eligible for reimbursement
from funds appropriated under this Act. States may re-
ceive program funds appropriated under this Act only if
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the final program operations report for such month is sub-
mitted to the Department within ninety days following
that month. Exceptions to these claims or reports submis-
sion requirements may be made at the discretion of the
Secretary.
SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL FOOD PROGRAM FOR WOMEN,
INFANTS, AND CHILDREN (WIC)
For necessary expenses to carry out the special sup-
plemental food program as authorized by section 17 of the
Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786),
$3,470,000,000, to remain available through September
30, 1996, of which up to Ω72æ$5,500,000 $8,000,000 may
be used to carry out the Ω73æfarmer’s farmers’ market
coupon program: Provided, That none of the funds in this
Act shall be available to pay administrative expenses of
WIC clinics except those that have an announced policy
of prohibiting smoking within the space used to carry out
the programΩ74æ:–Provided further, That no State will
incur an interest liability to the Federal Government on
WIC rebate funds provided that all interest earned by the
State on these funds is used for program purposes.
COMMODITY SUPPLEMENTAL FOOD PROGRAM
For necessary expenses to carry out the commodity
supplemental food program as authorized by section 4(a)
of the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973
(7 U.S.C. 612c (note)), including not less than $8,000,000
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for the projects in Detroit, New Orleans, and Des Moines,
$94,500,000, to remain available through September 30,
1996: Provided, That none of these funds shall be avail-
able to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for
commodities donated to the program.
FOOD STAMP PROGRAM
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses to carry out the Food Stamp
Act 
(7 
U.S.C. 
2011–2029), 
Ω75æ$28,817,457,000
$28,830,710,000: Provided, That funds provided herein
shall remain available through September 30, 1995, in ac-
cordance with section 18(a) of the Food Stamp Act: Pro-
vided further, That $2,500,000,000 of the foregoing
amount shall be placed in reserve for use only in such
amounts and at such times as may become necessary to
carry out program operations: Provided further, That
funds provided herein shall be expended in accordance
with section 16 of the Food Stamp Act: Provided further,
That this appropriation shall be subject to any work reg-
istration or work fare requirements as may be required
by law: Provided further, That $1,143,000,000 of the fore-
going amount shall be available for Nutrition Assistance
for Puerto Rico as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 2028, of which
$12,472,000 shall be transferred to the Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service for the Cattle Tick Eradication
ProjectΩ76æ:–Provided further, That no funds provided
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herein shall be available to provide food assistance in cash
in any county not covered by a demonstration project that
received final approval from the Secretary on or before
July 1, 1994.
FOOD DONATIONS PROGRAMS FOR SELECTED GROUPS
For necessary expenses to carry out section 4(a) of
the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 (7
U.S.C. 612c (note)), section 4(b) of the Food Stamp Act
(7 U.S.C. 2013(b)), Ω77æsection 601 of Public Law 96–
597 (48 U.S.C. 1469d) and section 311 of the Older Ameri-
cans Act of 1965, as amended (42 U.S.C. 3030a),
Ω78æ$183,154,000
$188,404,000, to remain available
through September 30, 1996.
For necessary expenses to carry out section 110 of
the Hunger Prevention Act of 1988, $40,000,000.
THE EMERGENCY FOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
For necessary expenses to carry out the Emergency
Food Assistance Act of 1983, as amended, $40,000,000:
Provided, That, in accordance with section 202 of Public
Law 98–92, these funds shall be available only if the Sec-
retary determines the existence of excess commodities.
Ω79æFor purchases of commodities to carry out the
Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983, as amended,
$40,000,000.
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FOOD PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION
For necessary administrative expenses of the domes-
tic food programs funded under this Act, $106,465,000;
of which $5,000,000 shall be available only for simplifying
procedures, reducing overhead costs, tightening regula-
tions, improving food stamp coupon handling, and assist-
ance in the prevention, identification, and prosecution of
fraud and other violations of law: Provided, That this ap-
propriation shall be available for employment pursuant to
the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act
of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $150,000 shall
be available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109.
TITLE V—FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND
RELATED PROGRAMS
FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of the Foreign Agricultural
Service, including carrying out title VI of the Agricultural
Act of 1954, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1761–1768), market
development activities abroad, and for enabling the Sec-
retary to coordinate and integrate activities of the Depart-
ment in connection with foreign agricultural work, includ-
ing not to exceed $128,000 for representation allowances
and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of the Act approved
August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), $118,011,000, of which
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$4,914,000 may be transferred from Commodity Credit
Corporation funds, $2,792,000 may be transferred from
the Commodity Credit Corporation Program Account in
this Act, and $1,425,000 may be transferred from the
Public Law 480 Program Account in this Act: Provided,
That in addition, funds available to the Department of Ag-
riculture shall be available to assist an international orga-
nization in meeting the costs, including salaries, fringe
benefits and other associated costs, related to the employ-
ment by the organization of Federal personnel that may
transfer to the organization under the provisions of 5
U.S.C. 3581–3584, or of other well-qualified United
States citizens, for the performance of activities that con-
tribute to increased understanding of international agri-
cultural issues, with transfer of funds for this purpose
from one appropriation to another or to a single account
authorized, such funds remaining available until expended:
Provided further, That the Service may utilize advances
of funds, or reimburse this appropriation for expenditures
made on behalf of Federal agencies, public and private or-
ganizations and institutions under agreements executed
pursuant to the agricultural food production assistance
programs (7 U.S.C. 1736) and the foreign assistance pro-
grams of the International Development Cooperation Ad-
ministration (22 U.S.C. 2392).
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None of the funds in the foregoing paragraph shall
be available to promote the sale or export of tobacco or
tobacco products.
SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES OVERSEAS (FOREIGN CURRENCY
PROGRAM)
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
For payments in foreign currencies owed to or owned
by the United States for research activities authorized by
section 104(c)(7) of the Agricultural Trade Development
and Assistance Act of 1954, as amended (7 U.S.C.
1704(c)(7)), not to exceed $1,062,000: Provided, That not
to exceed $25,000 of these funds shall be available for pay-
ments in foreign currencies for expenses of employment
pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the
Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), as amended by 5
U.S.C. 3109.
PUBLIC LAW 480 PROGRAM ACCOUNTS
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For expenses during the current fiscal year, not oth-
erwise recoverable, and unrecovered prior years’ costs, in-
cluding interest thereon, under the Agricultural Trade De-
velopment and Assistance Act of 1954, as amended (7
U.S.C. 1691, 1701–1715, 1721–1726, 1727–1727f,
1731–1736g), as follows: (1) $291,342,000 for Public
Law 480 title I credit, including Food for Progress pro-
grams; (2) $29,000,000 is hereby appropriated for ocean
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freight differential costs for the shipment of agricultural
commodities pursuant to title I of said Act and the Food
for Progress Act of 1985, as amended; (3) $821,100,000
is hereby appropriated for commodities supplied in connec-
tion with dispositions abroad pursuant to title II of said
Act; and (4) $157,442,000 is hereby appropriated for
commodities supplied in connection with dispositions
abroad pursuant to title III of said Act: Provided, That
not to exceed 15 per centum of the funds made available
to carry out any title of said Act may be used to carry
out any other title of said Act: Provided further, That such
sums shall remain available until expended (7 U.S.C.
2209b).
For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974, of direct credit agreements
as authorized by the Agricultural Trade Development and
Assistance Act of 1954, as amended, and the Food for
Progress Act of 1985, as amended, including the cost of
modifying 
credit 
agreements 
under 
said 
Act,
$236,162,000.
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out
the Public Law 480 title I credit program, and the Food
for Progress Act of 1985, as amended, to the extent funds
appropriated for Public Law 480 are utilized, $2,461,000.
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SHORT-TERM EXPORT CREDIT
The Commodity Credit Corporation shall make avail-
able not less than $5,000,000,000 in credit guarantees
under its export credit guarantee program for short-term
credit extended to finance the export sales of United
States agricultural commodities and the products thereof,
as authorized by section 211(b)(1) of the Agricultural
Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5641).
INTERMEDIATE EXPORT CREDIT
The Commodity Credit Corporation shall make avail-
able not less than $500,000,000 in credit guarantees
under its export guarantee program for intermediate-term
credit extended to finance the export sales of United
States agricultural commodities and the products thereof,
as authorized by section 211(b)(2) of the Agricultural
Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5641).
EMERGING DEMOCRACIES EXPORT CREDIT
The Commodity Credit Corporation shall make avail-
able not less than $200,000,000 in credit guarantees
under its Export Guarantee Program for credit expended
to finance the export sales of United States agricultural
commodities and the products thereof to emerging democ-
racies, as authorized by section 1542 of Public Law 101–
624 (7 U.S.C. 5622 note).
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COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION EXPORT LOANS
PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For administrative expenses to carry out CCC’s Ex-
port Guarantee Program, GSM 102 and GSM 103,
$3,381,000; to cover common overhead expenses as per-
mitted by section 11 of the Commodity Credit Corporation
Charter Act and in conformity with the Federal Credit Re-
form Act of 1990, of which not to exceed $2,792,000 may
be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for
the salaries and expenses of the Foreign Agricultural
Service, and of which not to exceed $589,000 may be
transferred to and merged with the appropriation for the
salaries and expenses of the Agricultural Stabilization and
Conservation Service.
TITLE VI—RELATED AGENCIES AND FOOD
AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES
FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Food and Drug Ad-
ministration, including hire and purchase of passenger
motor vehicles; for rental of special purpose space in the
District of Columbia or elsewhere; and for miscellaneous
and emergency expenses of enforcement activities, author-
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ized and approved by the Secretary and to be accounted
for solely on the Secretary’s certificate, not to exceed
$25,000; Ω80æ$914,394,000 $754,587,000, of which not to
exceed $79,423,000 in fees pursuant to section 736 of the
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act may be credited
to this appropriation and remain available until expended:
Provided, That fees derived from applications received
during fiscal year 1995 shall be subject to the fiscal year
1995 limitationΩ81æ:–Provided further, That none of these
funds shall be used to develop, establish, or operate any
program of user fees authorized by 31 U.S.C. 9701.
Ω82æNone of the funds in this Act may be used to
enforce rules or regulations for a selenium supplement
level in animal feeds below 0.3 parts per million.
In addition, of the foregoing amount such sums as
may be necessary may be used for the inspection of mam-
mography facilities, notwithstanding section 354(r) of the
Public Health Service Act. Fees collected under said Act
shall be credited to the foregoing account and shall remain
available until expended.
Ω83æNotwithstanding any other provision of law, no
employee of the United States Department of Agriculture
shall be preemptorily removed without a hearing from his
or her position because of remarks made during personal
time regarding Departmental policies or proposed policies.
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Ω84æNone of the funds in this Act may be used to en-
force the permitted levels and conditions of use for the nutri-
ent selenium, as revised in the Federal Register for Septem-
ber 13, 1993. The permitted levels and conditions of use
for the nutrient selenium are deemed to be the levels and
conditions set forth in section 573.920 of title 21, Code of
Federal Regulations, prior to September 13, 1993, unless
and until the Commissioner determines that the use of sele-
nium at those levels results in a direct and significant ad-
verse effect on the quality of the environment.
Ω85æIn addition to amounts provided, proceeds from
the sale of any animals that are surplus to FDA’s needs
shall be retained by the Food and Drug Administration
and credited to the salaries and expenses appropriation
for 1995.
Ω86æNone of the funds appropriated under this Act
may be used by the Food and Drug Administration for the
purchase or rental of cellular telephones for use by the Food
and Drug Administration, and for the service and airtime
fees related to the use of any cellular telephone used by the
Food and Drug Administration (except that expenses may
be incurred for the service and airtime fees for the use of
one cellular telephone). Any funds under this Act that were
to be used by the Food and Drug Administration for the
purchase or rental of cellular telephones for use by the Food
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and Drug Administration, and for the service and airtime
fees relating to the use of any cellular telephone used by
the Food and Drug Administration (except expenses with
respect to the service and airtime fees for the use of one
cellular telephone) shall instead be used for the medical de-
vice approval activities of the Center for Devices and Radio-
logical Health.
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES
For plans, construction, repair, improvement, exten-
sion, alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facili-
ties of or used by the Food and Drug Administration,
where 
not 
otherwise 
provided, 
Ω87æ$18,150,000
$8,350,000, to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C.
2209b): Provided, That the Food and Drug Administra-
tion may accept donated land in Montgomery and/or
Prince George’s Counties, Maryland.
RENTAL PAYMENTS (FDA)
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For payment of space rental and related costs pursu-
ant to Public Law 92–313 for programs and activities of
the Food and Drug Administration which are included in
this Act, $46,294,000: Provided, That in the event the
Food and Drug Administration should require modifica-
tion of space needs, a share of the salaries and expenses
appropriation may be transferred to this appropriation, or
a share of this appropriation may be transferred to the
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salaries and expenses appropriation, but such transfers
shall not exceed 5 per centum of the funds made available
for rental payments (FDA) to or from this account.
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE
PAYMENTS TO THE FARM CREDIT SYSTEM FINANCIAL
ASSISTANCE CORPORATION
For necessary payments to the Farm Credit System
Financial Assistance Corporation by the Secretary of the
Treasury, as authorized by section 6.28(c) of the Farm
Credit Act of 1971, as amended, for reimbursement of in-
terest expenses incurred by the Financial Assistance Cor-
poration on obligations issued through 1994, as author-
ized, $57,026,000.
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES
COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions
of the Commodity Exchange Act, as amended (7 U.S.C.
1 et seq.), including the purchase and hire of passenger
motor vehicles; the rental of space (to include multiple
year leases) in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; and
not to exceed $25,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C.
3109; Ω88æ$47,480,000 $50,809,000, including not to ex-
ceed $1,000 for official reception and representation
expensesΩ89æ:–Provided, That the Commission is author-
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ized to charge fees to cover the cost of Commission-spon-
sored educational events and symposia, and notwithstand-
ing 31 U.S.C. 3302, said fees shall be credited to this ac-
count, to be available without further appropriation.
FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
Not to exceed $40,420,000 (from assessments col-
lected from farm credit institutions and from the Federal
Agricultural Mortgage Corporation) shall be obligated
during the current fiscal year for administrative expenses
as authorized under 12 U.S.C. 2249.
TITLE VII—GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 701. Within the unit limit of cost fixed by law,
appropriations and authorizations made for the Depart-
ment of Agriculture for the fiscal year 1995 under this
Act shall be available for the purchase, in addition to those
specifically provided for, of not to exceed 706 passenger
motor vehicles, of which 705 shall be for replacement only,
and for the hire of such vehicles.
SEC. 702. Funds in this Act available to the Depart-
ment of Agriculture shall be available for uniforms or al-
lowances therefor as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–
5902).
SEC. 703. Not less than $1,500,000 of the appropria-
tions of the Department of Agriculture in this Act for re-
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search and service work authorized by the Acts of August
14, 1946, and July 28, 1954, and (7 U.S.C. 427, 1621–
1629), and by chapter 63 of title 31, United States Code,
shall be available for contracting in accordance with said
Acts and chapter.
SEC. 704. The cumulative total of transfers to the
Working Capital Fund for the purpose of accumulating
growth capital for data services and National Finance
Center operations shall not exceed $2,000,000: Provided,
That no funds in this Act appropriated to an agency of
the Department shall be transferred to the Working Cap-
ital Fund without the approval of the agency adminis-
trator.
SEC. 705. New obligational authority provided for the
following appropriation items in this Act shall remain
available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b): Animal and
Plant Health Inspection Service, the contingency fund to
meet emergency conditions, and Integrated Systems Ac-
quisition Project; Agricultural Stabilization and Conserva-
tion Service, salaries and expenses funds made available
to county committees; Foreign Agricultural Service, Mid-
dle-Income Country Training Program; higher education
graduate fellowships grants under section 1417(b)(6) of
the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and
Teaching Policy Act of 1977, as amended (7 U.S.C.
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3152(b)(6)); and capacity building grants to colleges eligi-
ble to receive funds under the Act of August 30, 1890,
including Tuskegee University.
New obligational authority for the Boll Weevil Pro-
gram; up to 10 per centum of the Screwworm Program
of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service; funds
appropriated for Rental Payments; and higher education
minority scholars programs under section 1417(b)(5) of
the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and
Teaching Policy Act of 1977, as amended (7 U.S.C.
3152(b)(5)) shall remain available until expended.
SEC. 706. No part of any appropriation contained in
this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the
current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.
SEC. 707. Not to exceed $50,000 of the appropria-
tions available to the Department of Agriculture in this
Act shall be available to provide appropriate orientation
and language training pursuant to Public Law 94–449.
SEC. 708. No funds appropriated by this Act may be
used to pay negotiated indirect cost rates on cooperative
agreements or similar arrangements between the United
States Department of Agriculture and nonprofit institu-
tions in excess of 10 per centum of the total direct cost
of the agreement when the purpose of such cooperative
arrangements is to carry out programs of mutual interest
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between the two parties. This does not preclude appro-
priate payment of indirect costs on grants and contracts
with such institutions when such indirect costs are com-
puted on a similar basis for all agencies for which appro-
priations are provided in this Act.
SEC. 709. Notwithstanding any other provision of
this Act, commodities acquired by the Department in con-
nection with Commodity Credit Corporation and section
32 price support operations may be used, as authorized
by law (15 U.S.C. 714c and 7 U.S.C. 612c), to provide
commodities to individuals in cases of hardship as deter-
mined by the Secretary of Agriculture.
SEC. 710. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able to reimburse the General Services Administration for
payment of space rental and related costs in excess of the
amounts specified in this Act; nor shall this or any other
provision of law require a reduction in the level of rental
space or services below that of fiscal year 1994 or prohibit
an expansion of rental space or services with the use of
funds otherwise appropriated in this Act. Further, no
agency of the Department of Agriculture, from funds oth-
erwise available, shall reimburse the General Services Ad-
ministration for payment of space rental and related costs
provided to such agency at a percentage rate which is
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greater than is available in the case of funds appropriated
in this Act.
SEC. 711. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able to restrict the authority of the Commodity Credit
Corporation to lease space for its own use or to lease space
on behalf of other agencies of the Department of Agri-
culture when such space will be jointly occupied.
SEC. 712. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able to pay indirect costs on research grants awarded com-
petitively by the Cooperative State Research Service that
exceed 14 per centum of total Federal funds provided
under each award.
SEC. 713. Notwithstanding any other provisions of
this Act, all loan levels provided in this Act shall be consid-
ered estimates, not limitations.
SEC. 714. Appropriations to the Department of Agri-
culture for the cost of direct and guaranteed loans made
available in fiscal year 1995 shall remain available until
expended to cover obligations made in fiscal year 1995 for
the following accounts: Rural Development Insurance
Fund Program Account; Rural Development Loan Fund
Program Account; the Rural Telephone Bank Program
Account; the Rural Electrification and Telephone Loans
Program Account; and the REA Economic Development
Loans Program Account.
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SEC. 715. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act shall be used to pay the
salaries of personnel who carry out a Market Promotion
Program pursuant to section 203 (7 U.S.C. 5623) of the
Agricultural Trade Act of 1978, with respect to tobacco
or if the aggregate amount of funds and/or commodities
under such program exceeds Ω90æ$90,000,000 zero dol-
lars.
SEC. 716. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act shall be used to enroll
in excess of 100,000 acres in the fiscal year 1995 Wet-
lands Reserve Program, as authorized by 16 U.S.C.
3837Ω91æ, unless additional acres in excess of the 100,000
acre limitation can be enrolled without exceeding
$93,200,000: Provided, That the unused portion of the fiscal
year 1994 appropriation shall be used in addition to the
$93,200,000.
SEC. 717. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act shall be used to enroll
additional acres in the Conservation Reserve Program au-
thorized by 16 U.S.C. 3831–3845.
SEC. 718. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal
year 1995 pay raises for programs funded by this Act shall
be absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act.
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Ω92æSEC. 719. (a) COMPLIANCE WITH BUY AMER-
ICAN ACT.—None of the funds made available in this Act
may be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees that
in expending the funds the entity will comply with sections
2 through 4 of the Act of March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 10a–
10c; popularly known as the ‘‘Buy American Act’’).
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS; REQUIREMENT REGARD-
ING NOTICE.—
(1) PURCHASE OF AMERICAN-MADE EQUIPMENT
AND PRODUCTS.—In the case of any equipment or
product that may be authorized to be purchased
with financial assistance provided using funds made
available in this Act, it is the sense of the Congress
that entities receiving the assistance should, in ex-
pending the assistance, purchase only American-
made equipment and products.
(2) NOTICE TO RECIPIENTS OF ASSISTANCE.—
In providing financial assistance using funds made
available in this Act, the head of each Federal agen-
cy shall provide to each recipient of the assistance
a notice describing the statement made in paragraph
(1) by the Congress.
(c) PROHIBITION
OF CONTRACTS WITH PERSONS
FALSELY LABELING PRODUCTS AS MADE IN AMERICA.—
If it has been finally determined by a court or Federal
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agency that any person intentionally affixed a label bear-
ing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription, or any inscription
with the same meaning, to any product sold in or shipped
to the United States that is not made in the United
States, the person shall be ineligible to receive any con-
tract or subcontract made with funds made available in
this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and ineli-
gibility procedures described in sections 9.400 through
9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations.
Ω93æSEC. 720. Notwithstanding the Federal Grant
and Cooperative Agreement Act, marketing services of the
Agricultural Marketing Service may use cooperative agree-
ments to reflect a relationship between Agricultural Mar-
keting Service and a State or Cooperator to carry out agri-
cultural marketing programs.
SEC. 721. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act shall be used to pay the
salaries of personnel who carry out an export enhancement
program (estimated to be $1,000,000,000 in the Presi-
dent’s fiscal year 1995 Budget Request (H. Doc. 103–
179)) if the aggregate amount of funds and/or commod-
ities under such program exceeds $850,000,000.
Ω94æSEC. 722. None of the funds appropriated or
otherwise made available by this Act shall be used to pay
the salaries of personnel who carry out a sunflower and
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cottonseed oil export program authorized by section 1541
of Public Law 101–624 if the aggregate amount of funds
and/or
commodities
under
such
program
exceeds
$27,000,000.
Ω95æSEC. 723. (a) None of the funds appropriated
or otherwise made available by this Act shall be used by
the Secretary of Agriculture to provide a total amount of
payments to a person to support the price of honey under
section 207 of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C.
1446h) and section 405A of such Act (7 U.S.C. 1425a)
in excess of $0 in the 1994 crop year.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act,
none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made avail-
able by this Act shall be used by the Secretary of Agri-
culture to provide for a total amount of payments and/
or total amount of loan forfeitures to a person to support
the price of honey under section 207 of the Agricultural
Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1446h) and section 405A of such
Act (7 U.S.C. 1425a) in excess of zero dollars in the 1994
crop year.
SEC. 723. PROHIBITION
ON USE
OF FUNDS
FOR
HONEY PAYMENTS
OR LOAN FORFEITURES.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of this Act, none of the funds
appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act shall
be used by the Secretary of Agriculture to provide for a total
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amount of payments and/or total amount of loan forfeitures
of the Agriculture Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1446h) and section
405A of such Act (7 U.S.C. 1425a) in excess of zero dollars
in the 1994 and 1995 crop years.
Ω96æSEC. 724. None of the funds in this Act may
be used by the Secretary of Agriculture to warrant to the
Secretary of the Treasury a payment out of the Treasury
of the United States for purposes specified in the tenth
and eleventh paragraphs under the heading ‘‘Emergency
Appropriations’’ of the Act of March 4, 1907 (7 U.S.C.
321, et seq.): Provided, That $2,850,000 is hereby appro-
priated for higher education challenge grants under sec-
tion 1417(b)(1) of the National Agricultural Research,
Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977, as amended
(7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(1)), including administrative expenses.
SEC. 724. No funds shall be available in fiscal year
1995 and thereafter for payments under the Act of August
30, 1890 and the tenth and eleventh paragraphs under the
heading ‘‘Emergency Appropriations’’ of the Act of March
4, 1907 (7 U.S.C. 321 et seq.).
Ω97æSEC. 725. None of the funds made available in
this Act for the Food Stamp Program may be used in vio-
lation of 7 U.S.C. sec. 2015(f) or of any applicable Federal
law or regulation of the United States.
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SEC. 726. None of the funds made available in this
Act for the Conservation Reserve Program may be used
in violation of 7 CFR 1498.4(a) or of any applicable Fed-
eral law or regulation of the United States.
SEC. 727. None of the funds made available in this
Act for the Wetlands Reserve Program may be used in
violation of 7 CFR 1498.4(a) or of any applicable Federal
law or regulation of the United States.
SEC. 728. None of the funds made available in this
Act for the Agricultural Water Quality Protection Pro-
gram may be used in violation of 7 CFR 1498.4(a) or of
any applicable Federal law or regulation of the United
States.
SEC. 729. None of the funds made available in this
Act for Integrated Farm Management Program Option
may be used in violation of 7 CFR 1498.4(a) or of any
applicable Federal law or regulation of the United States.
SEC. 730. None of the funds made available in this
Act for Farm Labor Housing Grants (section 516) may
be used in violation of 7 CFR 1944.9(c) or of any applica-
ble Federal law or regulation of the United States.
SEC. 731. None of the funds made available in this
Act for Rural Housing Loans (section 502) may be used
in violation of 7 CFR 1944.9(c) or of any applicable Fed-
eral law or regulation of the United States.
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SEC. 732. None of the funds made available in this
Act for Rural Rental Housing Loans (section 515) may
be used in violation of 7 CFR 1944.9(c) or of any applica-
ble Federal law or regulation of the United States.
SEC. 733. None of the funds made available in this
Act for Rural Rental Assistance Payments (section 521)
may be used in violation of 7 CFR 1944.9(c) or of any
applicable Federal law or regulation of the United States.
SEC. 734. None of the funds made available in this
Act for Rural Housing Self-Help Technical Assistance
Grants may be used in violation of 7 CFR 1944.9(c) or
of any applicable Federal law or regulation of the United
States.
SEC. 735. None of the funds made available in this
Act for Rural Housing Site Loans (sections 523 and 524)
may be used in violation of 7 CFR 1944.9(c) or of any
applicable Federal law or regulation of the United States.
SEC. 736. None of the funds made available in this
Act for Farm Labor Housing Loans and Grants may be
used in violation of 7 CFR 1944.9(c) or of any applicable
Federal law or regulation of the United States.
SEC. 737. None of the funds made available in this
Act for Rural Rental Housing Loans may be used in viola-
tion of 7 CFR 1944.9(c) or of any applicable Federal law
or regulation of the United States.
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SEC. 738. None of the funds made available in this
Act for Farm Ownership Loans may be used in violation
of 7 CFR 1943.12(a)(1) or of any applicable Federal law
or regulation of the United States.
SEC. 739. None of the funds made available in this
Act for Emergency Loans may be used in violation of 7
CFR 1945.162(b)(1) or of any applicable Federal law or
regulation of the United States.
SEC. 740. None of the funds made available in this
Act for Farm Operating Loans may be used in violation
of 7 CFR 1941.12(a)(1) or of any applicable Federal law
or regulation of the United States.
Ω98æSEC. 741. Notwithstanding section 715 of this
Act, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available by this Act shall be used to pay the salaries of
personnel who carry out a Market Promotion Program pur-
suant to section 203 (7 U.S.C. 5623) of the Agricultural
Trade Act of 1978, with respect to tobacco or if the aggre-
gate amount of funds and/or commodities under such pro-
gram exceeds $90,000,000: Provided, That the appropriated
levels provided in this Act for the following accounts shall
be reduced by 1.5 percent:
Office of the Secretary.
Office of Budget and Program Analysis.
Chief Financial Officer.
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Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administra-
tion.
Advisory Committees (USDA).
Departmental Administration.
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Congres-
sional Relations.
Office of Communications.
Office of the Inspector General.
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Economics.
Economic Research Service.
National Agricultural Statistics Service.
World Agricultural Outlook Board.
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Science and
Education.
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Marketing
and Inspection Services.
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service,
Salaries and Expenses.
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation
Service, Salaries and Expenses.
Soil Conservation Service, Conservation Oper-
ations.
Rural Housing Insurance Fund Program Ac-
count, Administrative Expenses.
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Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund Program
Account, Administrative Expenses.
Rural Development Insurance Fund Program
Account, Administrative Expenses.
Rural Development Loan Fund Program Ac-
count, Administrative Expenses.
Farmers Home Administration, Salaries and
Expenses.
Rural Electrification and Telephone Loans Pro-
gram Account, Administrative Expenses.
Rural Telephone Bank Program Account, Ad-
ministrative Expenses.
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Food and
Consumer Services.
Food and Drug Administration, Salaries and
Expenses.
Ω99æSEC. 742. ENDING
THE USE
OF TAXPAYER
FUNDS TO ENCOURAGE EMPLOYEES TO ACCEPT HOMO-
SEXUALITY AS A LEGITIMATE OR NORMAL LIFESTYLE.—
None of the funds made available under this Act may be
used to fund, promote, or carry out any seminar or pro-
gram for employees of the United States Department of Ag-
riculture, or to fund any position in the Department of Ag-
riculture, the purpose of which is to compel, instruct, en-
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courage, urge or persuade Departmental employees or offi-
cials to—
(1) recruit, on the basis of sexual orientation, ho-
mosexuals for employment with the Department; or
(2) embrace, accept, condone, or celebrate homo-
sexuality as a legitimate or normal lifestyle.
Ω100æSEC. 743. (a) None of the funds made available in
this Act may be used to provide any Federal benefit or as-
sistance to any individual or entity in the United States
unless the Federal entity or official to which the funds are
made available takes reasonable actions to determine wheth-
er the individual is in a lawful immigration status in the
United States.
(b) In no case may a Federal entity, official or their
agent discriminate against any individual with respect to
filing, inquiry, or adjudication of an application for fund-
ing made available in this Act on the basis of race, color,
creed, handicap, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national
origin, citizenship status or form of lawful immigration
status.
(c) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘Federal ben-
efit or assistance’’ does not include search and rescue; emer-
gency medical care; emergency mass care; emergency shel-
ter; clearance of roads and construction of temporary
bridges necessary to the performance of emergency tasks and