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Institute, West Virginia: Provided, That the Secretary may
waive the matching funds’ requirement under section 1449
of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and
Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3222d) for fiscal
year 2002 for West Virginia State College if the Secretary
determines the State of West Virginia will be unlikely to
satisfy the matching requirement.
SEC. 746. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the Secretary, acting through the Natural Resources Con-
servation Service, shall provide financial and technical as-
sistance relating to the Tanana River bordering the Big
Delta State Historical Park.
SEC. 747. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available by this Act to the Food and Drug
Administration shall be used to allow admission of fish or
fish products labeled wholly or in part as ‘‘catfish’’ unless
the products are taxonomically from the family Ictaluridae.
SEC. 748. The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized
to accept any unused funds transferred to the Alaska Rail-
road Corporation for avalanche control and retransfer up
to $499,000 of such funds as a direct lump sum payment
to the City of Valdez to construct an avalanche control wall
to protect a public school.
SEC. 749. Of funds previously appropriated to the Bu-
reau of Land Management under the heading ‘‘Wildland
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Fire Management’’, up to $5,000,000 is transferred to the
Department of Agriculture, Farm Service Agency, for reim-
bursement for crop damage resulting from the Bureau’s use
of herbicides in the State of Idaho: Provided, That nothing
in this section shall be construed to constitute an admission
of liability in any subsequent litigation with respect to the
Bureau’s use of such herbicides.
SEC. 750. PILOT PROGRAM
FOR ENROLLMENT
OF
WETLAND AND BUFFER ACREAGE IN CONSERVATION RE-
SERVE. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1231(h)(4)(B) of the
Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831(h)(4)(B)) is
amended by inserting ‘‘(which may include emerging vege-
tation in water)’’ after ‘‘vegetative cover’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 1232(a)(4) of
the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3832(a)(4)) is
amended by inserting ‘‘(which may include emerging vege-
tation in water)’’ after ‘‘vegetative cover’’.
SEC. 751. SPECIALTY CROPS. (a) GRADING OF PRICE-
SUPPORT TOBACCO.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than March 31,
2002, the Secretary of Agriculture (referred to in this
section as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall conduct a ref-
erendum among producers of each kind of tobacco
that is eligible for price support under the Agricul-
tural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1421 et seq.) to determine
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whether the producers favor the mandatory grading of
the tobacco by the Secretary.
(2) MANDATORY GRADING.—If the Secretary de-
termines that mandatory grading of each kind of to-
bacco described in paragraph (1) is favored by a ma-
jority of the producers voting in the referendum, effec-
tive for the 2002 and subsequent marketing years, the
Secretary shall ensure that all kinds of the tobacco are
graded at the time of sale.
(3) JUDICIAL REVIEW.—A determination by the
Secretary under this subsection shall not be subject to
judicial review.
(b) QUOTA REDUCTION FOR CONSERVATION RESERVE
ACREAGE.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1236 of the Food Se-
curity Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3836) is amended—
(A) by striking subsection (a);
(B) by redesignating subsections (b), (c),
and (d) as subsections (a), (b), and (c), respec-
tively;
(C) in subsection (b) (as so redesignated),
by striking ‘‘subsection (b)’’ and inserting ‘‘sub-
section (a)’’; and
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(D) in subsection (c) (as so redesignated),
by striking ‘‘subsection (c)’’ and inserting ‘‘sub-
section (b)’’.
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section
1232(a)(5) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16
U.S.C. 3832(a)(5)) is amended by striking ‘‘section
1236(d)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 1236(c)’’.
(3) APPLICATION.—The amendments made by
this subsection shall apply beginning with the 2002
crop.
(c) HORSE BREEDER LOANS.—
(1) DEFINITION OF HORSE BREEDER.—In this
subsection, the term ‘‘horse breeder’’ means a person
that, as of the date of enactment of this Act, derives
more than 70 percent of the income of the person from
the business of breeding, boarding, raising, training,
or selling horses, during the shorter of—
(A) the 5-year period ending on January 1,
2001; or
(B) the period the person has been engaged
in such business.
(2) LOAN AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary shall
make loans to eligible horse breeders to assist the horse
breeders for losses suffered as a result of mare repro-
ductive loss syndrome.
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(3) ELIGIBILITY.—A horse breeder shall be eligi-
ble for a loan under this subsection if the Secretary
determines that, as a result of mare reproductive loss
syndrome—
(A) during the period beginning January 1
and ending October 1 of any of calendar years
2000, 2001, or 2002—
(i) 30 percent or more of the mares
owned by the horse breeder failed to con-
ceive, miscarried, aborted, or otherwise
failed to produce a live healthy foal; or
(ii) 30 percent or more of the mares
boarded on a farm owned, operated, or
leased by the horse breeder failed to con-
ceive, miscarried, aborted, or otherwise
failed to produce a live healthy foal;
(B) the horse breeder is unable to meet the
financial obligations, or pay the ordinary and
necessary expenses, of the horse breeder incurred
in connection with breeding, boarding, raising,
training, or selling horses; and
(C) the horse breeder is not able to obtain
sufficient credit elsewhere, in accordance with
subtitle C of the Consolidated Farm and Rural
Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1961 et seq.).
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(4) AMOUNT.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subparagraph
(B), the amount of a loan made to a horse breed-
er under this subsection shall be determined by
the Secretary on the basis of the amount of losses
suffered by the horse breeder, and the financial
needs of the horse breeder, as a result of mare re-
productive loss syndrome.
(B) MAXIMUM AMOUNT.—The amount of a
loan made to a horse breeder under this sub-
section shall not exceed the maximum amount of
an emergency loan under section 324(a) of the
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act
(7 U.S.C. 1964(a)).
(5) TERM.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subparagraph
(B), the term for repayment of a loan made to
a horse breeder under this subsection shall be de-
termined by the Secretary based on the ability of
the horse breeder to repay the loan.
(B) MAXIMUM TERM.—The term of a loan
made to a horse breeder under this subsection
shall not exceed 20 years.
(6) INTEREST
RATE.—The interest rate for a
loan made to a horse breeder under this subsection
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shall be the interest rate for emergency loans pre-
scribed under section 324(b)(1) of the Consolidated
Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C.
1964(b)(1)).
(7) SECURITY.—A loan to a horse breeder under
this subsection shall be made on the security required
for emergency loans under section 324(d) of the Con-
solidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C.
1964(d)).
(8) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to obtain a
loan under this subsection, a horse breeder shall sub-
mit an application for the loan to the Secretary not
later than September 30, 2002.
(9) FUNDING.—The Secretary shall carry out
this subsection using funds made available to make
emergency loans under subtitle C of the Consolidated
Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1961 et
seq.).
(10) TERMINATION.—The authority provided by
this subsection to make a loan terminates effective
September 30, 2003.
SEC. 752. During fiscal year 2002, subsection (a)(2)
of section 508 of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C.
1508) shall be applied as though the term ‘‘and potatoes’’
read as follows: ‘‘, potatoes, and sweet potatoes’’.
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SEC. 753. Within 30 days of the date of enactment of
this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall submit a re-
programming request to the House and Senate Appropria-
tions Committees to address the $21,700,000 in tornado
damages incurred at the Henry A. Wallace Beltsville Agri-
cultural Research Center.
SEC. 754. CITRUS CANKER ERADICATION. (a) IN GEN-
ERAL.—Section 810 of the Agriculture, Rural Development,
Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Ap-
propriations Act, 2001 (114 Stat. 1549A–52) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘The’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Subject to subsection (e), the’’; and
(2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘2001’’ and in-
serting ‘‘2002’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments in subsection
(a) shall take effect as if enacted on September 30, 2001.
SEC. 755. From the amount appropriated to the Ani-
mal and Plant Health Inspection Service, $300,000 shall
be provided to monitor and prevent Mare Reproductive Loss
Syndrome in cooperation with the University of Kentucky.
SEC. 756. Section 306(a)(20) of the Consolidated Farm
and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1926(a)(20)) is
amended by adding at the end the following new subpara-
graph:
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‘‘(D) RURAL
BROADBAND.—The Secretary
may make grants to regulatory commissions in
States with communities without dial-up inter-
net access to establish a competitively neutral
grant program to telecommunications carriers
that establish facilities and services which, in the
commission’s determination, will result in the
long-term availability to rural communities in
such 
States 
of 
affordable 
broadband 
tele-
communications services which can be used for
the provision of high speed internet access.’’.
SEC. 757. In accordance with the Farmland Protection
Program, a total of $720,000 shall be made available to
purchase conservation easements or other interests in land,
not to exceed 235 acres, in Adair, Green, and Taylor Coun-
ties, Kentucky: Provided, That $490,000 of this amount
shall be from funds made available to the Conservation Re-
serve Enhancement Program for the State of Kentucky.
SEC. 758. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the City of Caldwell, Idaho, shall be eligible for grants and
loans administered by the Rural Housing Service of the
United States Department of Agriculture for a period not
to exceed one year from the date of enactment of this Act.
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SEC. 759. Section 8c(1) of the Agricultural Marketing
Agreement Act of 1937 is amended by adding the following
provision at the end of the penultimate sentence:
‘‘The Secretary is authorized to implement a producer
allotment program and a handler withholding pro-
gram under the cranberry marketing order in the
same crop year through informal rulemaking based
on a recommendation and supporting economic anal-
ysis submitted by the Cranberry Marketing Com-
mittee. Such recommendation and analysis shall be
submitted by the Committee no later than March 1 of
each year.’’.
SEC. 760. Section 11(f) of the Richard B. Russell Na-
tional School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1759a(f)) is amended
by—
(1) in paragraph (1)(E), by striking ‘‘2001’’ and
inserting ‘‘2003’’; and
(2) in paragraph (2)—
(A) by striking subparagraph (A) and in-
serting the following:
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall
submit to the Committee on Education and the
Workforce of the House of Representatives and
the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry of the Senate—
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‘‘(i) not later than January 1, 2003,
an interim report on the activities of the
State agencies receiving grants under this
subsection; and
‘‘(ii) not later than January 1, 2004,
a final report on the activities of the State
agencies receiving grants under this sub-
section.’’; and
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘re-
port’’ and inserting ‘‘reports’’.
SEC. 761. From the amount appropriated to the Ani-
mal and Plant Health Inspection Service, $300,000 shall
be provided for activities regarding West Nile Virus, in co-
operation with the University of Illinois.
SEC. 762. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the City of Mt. Vernon, Washington, shall be eligible for
grants and loans administered by the Rural Housing Serv-
ice of the United States Department of Agriculture for a
period not to exceed one year from the date of enactment
of this Act.