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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2493
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 27, 1993
Ordered to be printed with the amendments of the Senate numbered
AN ACT
Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development,
Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1994,
and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for Ag-
riculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administra-
tion, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 1994, and for other purposes,
namely:
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TITLE I—AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS
PRODUCTION, PROCESSING, AND MARKETING
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary
of Agriculture, and not to exceed $50,000 for employment
under 5 U.S.C. 3109, Ω1æ$2,320,000 $2,295,000: Pro-
vided, That not to exceed $8,000 of this amount shall be
available for official reception and representation ex-
penses, not otherwise provided for, as determined by the
Secretary: Provided further, That the Secretary may trans-
fer salaries and expenses funds in this Act sufficient to
finance a total of not to exceed 35 staff years between
agencies of the Department of Agriculture to meet work-
load requirements.
OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY SECRETARY
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Deputy
Secretary of Agriculture, including not to exceed $25,000
for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, Ω2æ$553,000
$546,000: Provided, That not to exceed $3,000 of this
amount shall be available for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses, not otherwise provided for, as deter-
mined by the Deputy Secretary.
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OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS
For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and
Program Analysis, including employment pursuant to the
second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of
1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), of which not to exceed $5,000 is
for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, Ω3æ$5,954,000
$5,781,000.
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR
ADMINISTRATION
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Administration to carry out the programs
funded in this Act, Ω4æ$808,000 $798,000.
RENTAL PAYMENTS (USDA)
(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 Department of Agriculture which are included in this
Act, $135,503,000, of which $30,804,000 shall be re-
tained by the Department of Agriculture for the operation,
maintenance, and repair of Agriculture buildings and for
non-recurring repairs as determined by the Department
of Agriculture, and an additional $19,700,000 shall be re-
tained by the Department of Agriculture for renovation
and repair of facilities at the Beltsville Agricultural Re-
search Center: Provided, That in the event an agency with-
in the Department of Agriculture should require modifica-
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tion of space needs, the Secretary of Agriculture may
transfer a share of that agency’s appropriation made
available by this Act to this appropriation, or may transfer
a share of this appropriation to that agency’s appropria-
tion, but such transfers shall not exceed 5 per centum of
the funds made available for space rental and related costs
to or from this account.
ADVISORY COMMITTEES (USDA)
For necessary expenses for activities of advisory com-
mittees of the Department of Agriculture which are in-
cluded in this Act, $940,000: Provided, That no other
funds appropriated to the Department of Agriculture in
this Act shall be available to the Department of Agri-
culture for support of activities of advisory committees.
HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of the Department of Agri-
culture, to comply with the requirement of section 107g
of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Com-
pensation, and Liability Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C.
9607g, and section 6001 of the Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 6961,
$15,802,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That appropriations and funds available herein to
the Department of Agriculture for hazardous waste man-
agement may be transferred to any agency of the Depart-
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ment for its use in meeting all requirements pursuant to
the above Acts on Federal and non-Federal lands.
DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For Personnel, Finance and Management, Oper-
ations, Information Resources Management, Advocacy and
Enterprise, Administrative Law Judges and Judicial Offi-
cer, 
and 
Emergency 
Programs, 
Ω5æ$26,301,000
$25,960,000, for Departmental Administration to provide
for necessary expenses for management support services
to offices of the Department of Agriculture and for general
administration and emergency preparedness of the De-
partment of Agriculture, repairs and alterations, and
other miscellaneous supplies and expenses not otherwise
provided for and necessary for the practical and efficient
work of the Department of Agriculture, including employ-
ment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a)
of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), of which not
to exceed $10,000 is for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109:
Provided, That this appropriation shall be reimbursed
from applicable appropriations in this Act for travel ex-
penses incident to the holding of hearings as required by
5 U.S.C. 551–558.
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OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR
CONGRESSIONAL RELATIONS
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Congressional Relations to carry out the pro-
grams funded in this Act, Ω6æ$1,333,000 $1,317,000.
OFFICE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS
For necessary expenses to carry on services relating
to the coordination of programs involving public affairs,
and for the dissemination of agricultural information and
the coordination of information, work and programs au-
thorized by Congress in the Department, Ω7æ$8,629,000
$8,510,000, including employment pursuant to the second
sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7
U.S.C. 2225), of which not to exceed $10,000 shall be
available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, and not
to exceed $2,000,000 may be used for farmers’ bulletins:
Provided, That Ω8ænone of the funds in this Act hereafter,
none of the funds available to the Department of Agriculture
may be used to produce part 2 of the annual report of
the Secretary (known as the Yearbook of Agriculture).
INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
For necessary expenses for programs involving inter-
governmental affairs and liaison within the executive
branch, Ω9æ$478,000 $472,000.
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OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector
General, including employment pursuant to the second
sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7
U.S.C. 2225), and the Inspector General Act of 1978, as
amended, Ω10æ$65,932,000 $64,872,000, including such
sums as may be necessary for contracting and other ar-
rangements with public agencies and private persons pur-
suant to section 6(a)(8) of the Inspector General Act of
1978, as amended, and including a sum not to exceed
$50,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109; and includ-
ing a sum not to exceed $95,000 for certain confidential
operational expenses including the payment of informants,
to be expended under the direction of the Inspector Gen-
eral pursuant to Public Law 95–452 and section 1337 of
Public Law 97–98.
OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL
For necessary expenses of the Office of the General
Counsel, Ω11æ$26,149,000 $25,835,000.
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR ECONOMICS
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Economics to carry out the programs funded
in this Act, Ω12æ$589,000 $582,000.
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ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE
For necessary expenses of the Economic Research
Service in conducting economic research and service relat-
ing to agricultural production, marketing, and distribu-
tion, as authorized by the Agricultural Marketing Act of
1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621–1627) and other laws, including eco-
nomics of marketing; analyses relating to farm prices, in-
come and population, and demand for farm products, use
of resources in agriculture, adjustments, costs and returns
in farming, and farm finance; research relating to the eco-
nomic and marketing aspects of farmer cooperatives; and
for analysis of supply and demand for farm products in
foreign countries and their effect on prospects for United
States exports, progress in economic development and its
relation to sales of farm products, assembly and analysis
of agricultural trade statistics and analysis of inter-
national financial and monetary programs and policies as
they affect the competitive position of United States farm
products, 
Ω13æ$57,702,000
$51,219,000; 
of 
which
$500,000 shall be available for investigation, determina-
tion, and finding as to the effect upon the production of
food and upon the agricultural economy of any proposed
action affecting such subject matter pending before the
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency for
presentation, in the public interest, before said Adminis-
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WORLD AGRICULTURAL OUTLOOK BOARD
For necessary expenses of the World Agricultural
Outlook Board to coordinate and review all commodity
and aggregate agricultural and food data used to develop
outlook and situation material within the Department of
Agriculture, as authorized by the Agricultural Marketing
Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1622g), Ω15æ$2,582,000
$2,550,000: 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).
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR SCIENCE
AND EDUCATION
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of
the Assistant Secretary for Science and Education to ad-
minister the laws enacted by the Congress for the Agricul-
tural Research Service, Cooperative State Research Serv-
ice, Extension Service, and National Agricultural Library,
Ω16æ$569,000 $562,000.
ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND
COMMERCIALIZATION
For necessary expenses to carry out the Alternative
Agricultural Research and Commercialization Act of 1990
(7 U.S.C. 5901–5908), Ω17æ$7,250,000 $12,000,000 is
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appropriated to the Alternative Agricultural Research and
Commercialization Revolving Fund.
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses to enable the Agricultural Re-
search Service to perform agricultural research and dem-
onstration relating to production, utilization, marketing,
and distribution (not otherwise provided for), home eco-
nomics or nutrition and consumer use, and for acquisition
of lands by donation, exchange, or purchase at a nominal
cost not to exceed $100, Ω18æ$688,805,000 $680,165,000:
Provided, That appropriations hereunder shall be available
for temporary employment pursuant to the second sen-
tence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7
U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $115,000 shall be avail-
able for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided fur-
ther, That Ω19æappropriations hereunder hereafter, appro-
priations available to the Department of Agriculture can
be used to provide financial assistance to the organizers
of national and international conferences, if such con-
ferences are in support of agency programs: Provided fur-
ther, That appropriations hereunder shall be available for
the operation and maintenance of aircraft and the pur-
chase of not to exceed one for replacement only: Provided
further, That appropriations hereunder shall be available
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to conduct marketing research: Provided further, That ap-
propriations hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7
U.S.C. 2250 for the construction, alteration, and repair
of buildings and improvements, but unless otherwise pro-
vided the cost of constructing any one building shall not
exceed $250,000, except for headhouses or greenhouses
which shall each be limited to $1,000,000, and except for
ten buildings to be constructed or improved at a cost not
to exceed $500,000 each, and the cost of altering any one
building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 per cen-
tum of the current replacement value of the building or
$250,000, whichever is greater: Provided further, That the
limitations on alterations contained in this Act shall not
apply to modernization or replacement of existing facilities
at Beltsville, Maryland: Provided further, That the fore-
going limitations shall not apply to replacement of build-
ings needed to carry out the Act of April 24, 1948 (21
U.S.C. 113a): Provided further, That the foregoing limita-
tions shall not apply to the purchase of land or the con-
struction of facilities as may be necessary for the reloca-
tion of the United States Horticultural Crops Research
Laboratory at Fresno to Parlier, California, and the relo-
cation of the laboratories at Behoust, France and Rome,
Italy to Montpelier, France, including the sale or exchange
at fair market value of existing land and facilities at Fres-
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no, California and Behoust, France; and the Agricultural
Research Service may lease such existing land and facili-
ties from the purchasers until completion of the replace-
ment facilities and the foregoing limitations shall not
apply to the purchase of land at Weslaco, Texas: Provided
further, That not to exceed $190,000 of this appropriation
may be transferred to and merged with the appropriation
for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Science and
Education for the scientific review of international issues
involving agricultural chemicals and food additives: Pro-
vided further, That funds may be received from any State,
other political subdivision, organization, or individual for
the purpose of establishing or operating any research facil-
ity or research project of the Agricultural Research Serv-
ice, as authorized by law.
Special fund: To provide for additional labor,
subprofessional, and junior scientific help to be employed
under contracts and cooperative agreements to strengthen
the work at Federal research installations in the field,
$2,500,000.
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES
For acquisition of land, construction, repair, improve-
ment, extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed equip-
ment or facilities as necessary to carry out the agricultural
research programs of the Department of Agriculture,
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where 
not 
otherwise 
provided, 
Ω20æ$29,387,000
$32,788,000, to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C.
2209b): Provided, That Ω21æhereafter, facilities to house
bonsai collections at the National Arboretum may be con-
structed with funds accepted under the provisions of Pub-
lic Law 94–129 (20 U.S.C. 195) and the limitation on
construction contained in the Act of August 24, 1912 (40
U.S.C. 68) shall not apply to the construction of such fa-
cilities: Provided further, That funds may be received from
any State, other political subdivision, organization, or indi-
vidual for the purpose of establishing any research facility
of the Agricultural Research Service, as authorized by law.
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.); Ω22æ$18,809,000 $22,809,000 for grants for coop-
erative forestry research under the Act approved October
10, 1962 (16 U.S.C. 582a–582–a7), as amended, includ-
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ing administrative 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
amended, including administration by the United States
Department of Agriculture, and penalty mail costs of the
1890 land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee University;
Ω23æ$50,070,000 $72,917,000 for contracts and grants
for agricultural research under the Act of August 4, 1965,
as 
amended 
(7 
U.S.C. 
450i); 
Ω24æ$114,000,000
$102,500,000 for competitive research grants under section
2(b) of the Act of August 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 au-
thorized by section 1433 of Public Law 95–113, including
administrative expenses; Ω25æ$2,168,000 $650,000 for
supplemental and alternative crops and products as au-
thorized by the National Agricultural Research, Exten-
sion, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3319d);
Ω26æ$400,000 $600,000 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-
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able until expended; $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
Policy Act of 1977, as amended (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(6)),
including administrative expenses; $1,500,000 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 scholar 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; $4,000,000 for grants as author-
ized by section 1475 of the National Agricultural Re-
search, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 and
other Acts; Ω27æ$6,825,000 $8,000,000 for sustainable
agriculture research and education, as authorized by sec-
tion 1621 of Public Law 101–624 (7 U.S.C. 5811), includ-
ing administrative expenses; and Ω28æ$20,827,000
$20,689,000 for necessary expenses of Cooperative State
Research Service activities, including coordination and