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FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION FUND
For payments as authorized by section 516 of the Federal
Crop Insurance Act, as amended, such sums as may be necessary,
to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b).
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION FUND
REIMBURSEMENT FOR NET REALIZED LOSSES
For fiscal year 1996, such sums as may be necessary to
reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for net realized losses
sustained, but not previously reimbursed (estimated to be
$10,400,000,000 in the President’s fiscal year 1996 Budget Request
(H. Doc. 104–4)), but not to exceed $10,400,000,000, 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 1996, the Commodity Credit Corporation shall
not expend more than $5,000,000 for expenses to comply with
the requirement of section 107(g) of the Comprehensive Environ-
mental 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
expenses shall be for operations and maintenance costs only and
that other hazardous waste management costs shall be paid for
by the USDA Hazardous Waste Management appropriation in this
Act.
TITLE II
CONSERVATION PROGRAMS
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR
NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the Under
Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment to administer
the laws enacted by the Congress for the Forest Service and the
Natural Resources Conservation Service, $677,000.
NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE
CONSERVATION OPERATIONS
For necessary expenses for carrying out the provisions of the
Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–590f) including preparation
of conservation plans and establishment of measures to conserve
soil and water (including farm irrigation and land drainage and
such special measures for soil and water management as may
be necessary to prevent floods and the siltation of reservoirs and
to control agricultural related pollutants); operation of conservation
plant materials centers; classification and mapping of soil; dissemi-
nation of information; acquisition of lands, water, and interests
therein for use in the plant materials program by donation,
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exchange, or purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed $100 pursuant
to the Act of August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 428a); purchase and erection
or alteration or improvement of permanent and temporary build-
ings; and operation and maintenance of aircraft, $629,986,000, to
remain available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b), of which not
less than $5,852,000 is for snow survey and water forecasting
and not less than $8,875,000 is for operation and establishment
of the plant materials centers: Provided, That appropriations here-
under shall be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for construction
and improvement of buildings and public improvements at plant
materials centers, except that the cost of alterations and improve-
ments to other buildings and other public improvements shall not
exceed $250,000: 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 this appropriation shall be available for technical
assistance and related expenses to carry out programs authorized
by section 202(c) of title II of the Colorado River Basin Salinity
Control Act of 1974, as amended (43 U.S.C. 1592(c)): Provided
further, That no part of this appropriation may be expended for
soil and water conservation operations under the Act of April 27,
1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–590f) in demonstration projects: 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 $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
(16 U.S.C. 590e–2).
WATERSHED AND FLOOD PREVENTION OPERATIONS
For necessary expenses to carry out preventive measures,
including but not limited to research, engineering operations, meth-
ods of cultivation, the growing of vegetation, rehabilitation of exist-
ing 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 provi-
sions 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, $100,000,000, to remain available until
expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b) (of which $15,000,000 shall be available
for the watersheds authorized under the Flood Control Act approved
June 22, 1936 (33 U.S.C. 701, 16 U.S.C. 1006a), as amended and
supplemented): 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
$200,000 shall be available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109:
Provided further, That not to exceed $1,000,000 of this appropriation
is available to carry out the purposes of the Endangered Species
Act of 1973 (Public Law 93–205), as amended, including cooperative
efforts as contemplated by that Act to relocate endangered or threat-
ened species to other suitable habitats as may be necessary to
expedite project construction.
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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), and 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), $29,000,000, to remain
available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209): Provided, That this appro-
priation 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 $50,000 shall be available for employment
under 5 U.S.C. 3109.
FORESTRY INCENTIVES PROGRAM
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, to carry
out the program of forestry incentives, as authorized in the Coopera-
tive Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2101), including
technical assistance and related expenses, $6,325,000, to remain
available until expended, as authorized by that Act.
COLORADO 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 Control 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, $2,681,000, to
remain available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b), to be used for
the establishment of on-farm irrigation management systems,
including lateral improvement measures, for making cost-share pay-
ments to agricultural landowners and operators, Indian tribes,
irrigation districts and associations, local governmental and non-
governmental entities, and other landowners to aid them in carrying
out approved conservation practices as determined and rec-
ommended by the Secretary, and for associated costs of program
planning, information and education, and program monitoring and
evaluation.
WATERSHED SURVEYS AND PLANNING
For necessary expenses to conduct research, investigation, and
surveys of watersheds of rivers and other waterways, and for small
watershed investigations and planning, in accordance with the
Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act approved August
4, 1954, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1001–1009), $14,000,000: 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 $110,000 shall be available
for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109.
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WETLANDS RESERVE PROGRAM
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses to carry out the wetlands reserve pro-
gram pursuant to subchapter C of subtitle D of title XII of the
Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3837), $77,000,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That the Secretary is authorized
to use the services, facilities, and authorities of the Commodity
Credit Corporation for the purpose of carrying out the wetlands
reserve program.
CONSOLIDATED FARM SERVICE AGENCY
AGRICULTURAL CONSERVATION PROGRAM
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses to carry into effect the program author-
ized in sections 7 to 15, 16(a), 16(f), and 17 of the Soil Conservation
and Domestic Allotment Act approved February 29, 1936, as amend-
ed 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, including such displays at State, interstate, and inter-
national fairs within the United States, $75,000,000, to remain
available until expended (16 U.S.C. 590o), for agreements, excluding
administration but including technical assistance and related
expenses (16 U.S.C. 590o), except that no participant in the agricul-
tural conservation program shall receive more than $3,500 per
year, except 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 community, or where
a participant has a long-term agreement, in which case the total
payment shall not exceed the annual 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 available for the purchase of seeds, fertilizers,
lime, trees, or any other conservation materials, or any soil-terrac-
ing services, and making grants thereof to agricultural producers
to aid them in carrying out approved farming practices as author-
ized by the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act, as
amended, as determined and recommended by the county commit-
tees, approved by the State committees and the Secretary, under
programs provided for herein: Provided further, That such assist-
ance 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: Provided further, That
not to exceed 5 percent of the allocation for the current year’s
program for any county may, on the recommendation of such county
committee and approval of the State committee, be withheld and
allotted to the Natural Resources Conservation Service for services