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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: section
502 loans, $215,060,000, of which $38,400,000 shall be for
unsubsidized guaranteed loans; section 504 housing repair
loans, $11,481,000; section 538 multi-family housing guar-
anteed loans, $1,520,000; section 515 rental housing,
$56,326,000; multi-family credit sales of acquired property,
$613,000; and section 523 self-help housing land develop-
ment loans, $279,000: Provided, That of the total amount
appropriated in this paragraph, $13,832,000 shall be avail-
able through June 30, 2001, for authorized empowerment
zones and enterprise communities and communities des-
ignated by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic
Area Partnership Zones.
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to
carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs,
$409,233,000, which shall be transferred to and merged
with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries
and Expenses’’.
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 debt forgiveness or
payments for eligible households as authorized by section
502(c)(5)(D) of the Housing Act of 1949, $680,000,000;
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and, in addition, such sums as may be necessary, as author-
ized by section 521(c) of the Act, to liquidate 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 payments 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 organi-
zations 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
agreements entered into or renewed during fiscal year 2001
shall be funded for a 5-year period, although the life of any
such agreement may be extended to fully utilize amounts
obligated.
MUTUAL AND SELF-HELP HOUSING GRANTS
For grants and contracts pursuant to section
523(b)(1)(A) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490c),
$34,000,000, to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C.
2209b): Provided, That of the total amount appropriated,
$1,000,000 shall be available through June 30, 2001, for
authorized empowerment zones and enterprise communities
and communities designated by the Secretary of Agriculture
as Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones.
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RURAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE GRANTS
For grants and contracts for very low-income housing
repair, supervisory and technical assistance, compensation
for construction defects, and rural housing preservation
made by the Rural Housing Service, as authorized by 42
U.S.C. 1474, 1479(c), 1490e, and 1490m, $44,000,000, to
remain available until expended: Provided, That of the total
amount appropriated, $5,000,000 shall be for a housing
demonstration program for agriculture, aquaculture, and
seafood processor workers: Provided further, That of the
total amount appropriated, $1,200,000 shall be available
through June 30, 2001, for authorized empowerment zones
and enterprise communities and communities designated by
the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area Part-
nership Zones.
FARM LABOR PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For the cost of direct loans, grants, and contracts, as
authorized by 42 U.S.C. 1484 and 1486, $28,750,000, to
remain available until expended for direct farm labor hous-
ing loans and domestic farm labor housing grants and con-
tracts.
RURAL BUSINESS-COOPERATIVE SERVICE
RURAL DEVELOPMENT LOAN FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For the cost of direct loans, $19,476,000, as authorized
by the Rural Development Loan Fund (42 U.S.C. 9812(a)),
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of which $2,036,000 shall be for Federally Recognized Na-
tive American Tribes; and of which $4,072,000 shall be for
the Mississippi Delta Region Counties (as defined by Public
Law 100–460): 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 further,
That these funds are available to subsidize gross obligations
for the principal amount of direct loans of $38,256,000:
Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated,
$3,216,000 shall be available through June 30, 2001, for
the cost of direct loans for authorized empowerment zones
and enterprise communities and communities designated by
the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area Part-
nership Zones.
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out
the direct loan programs, $3,640,000 shall be transferred
to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Develop-
ment, Salaries and Expenses’’.
RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LOANS PROGRAM
ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)
For the principal amount of direct loans, as authorized
under section 313 of the Rural Electrification Act, for the
purpose of promoting rural economic development and job
creation projects, $15,000,000.
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For the cost of direct loans, including the cost of modi-
fying loans as defined in section 502 of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974, $3,911,000.
Of the funds derived from interest on the cushion of
credit payments in fiscal year 2001, as authorized by sec-
tion 313 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936,
$3,911,000 shall not be obligated and $3,911,000 are re-
scinded.
RURAL COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS
For rural cooperative development grants authorized
under section 310B(e) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural
Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932), $6,000,000, of which
$1,500,000 shall be available for cooperative agreements for
the appropriate technology transfer for rural areas pro-
gram: Provided, That not to exceed $1,500,000 of the total
amount appropriated shall be made available to coopera-
tives or associations of cooperatives whose primary focus
is to provide assistance to small, minority producers.
RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE
RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
Insured loans pursuant to the authority of section 305
of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935) shall
be made as follows: 5 percent rural electrification loans,
$121,500,000; 5 percent rural telecommunications loans,
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$75,000,000; cost of money rural telecommunications loans,
$300,000,000; 
municipal 
rate 
rural 
electric 
loans,
$295,000,000; and loans made pursuant to section 306 of
that Act, rural electric, $1,700,000,000 and rural tele-
communications, $120,000,000; and $500,000,000 for
Treasury rate direct electric loans.
For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974, including the cost of modifying
loans, of direct and guaranteed loans authorized by the
Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935 and 936),
as follows: cost of direct loans, $19,871,000; and cost of mu-
nicipal rate loans, $20,503,000: Provided, That notwith-
standing section 305(d)(2) of the Rural Electrification Act
of 1936, borrower interest rates may exceed 7 percent per
year.
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to
carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs,
$34,716,000, which shall be transferred to and merged with
the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries and
Expenses’’.
RURAL TELEPHONE BANK PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
The Rural Telephone Bank is hereby authorized to
make such expenditures, within the limits of funds available
to such corporation in accord with law, and to make such
contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year
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limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government
Corporation Control Act, as may be necessary in carrying
out its authorized programs. During fiscal year 2001 and
within the resources and authority available, gross obliga-
tions for the principal amount of direct loans shall be
$175,000,000.
For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974, including the cost of modifying
loans, of direct loans authorized by the Rural Electrifica-
tion Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935), $2,590,000.
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to
carry out the loan programs, $3,000,000, which shall be
transferred to and merged with the appropriation for
‘‘Rural Development, Salaries and Expenses’’.
DISTANCE LEARNING AND TELEMEDICINE PROGRAM
For the cost of direct loans and grants, as authorized
by 7 U.S.C. 950aaa et seq., $27,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, to be available for loans and grants
for telemedicine and distance learning services in rural
areas, of which not more than $3,000,000 may be used to
make grants to rural entities to promote employment of
rural residents through teleworking, including to provide
employment-related services, such as outreach to employers,
training, and job placement, and to pay expenses relating
to providing high-speed communications services, and of
which $2,000,000 may be available for a pilot program to
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finance broadband transmission and local dial-up Internet
service in areas that meet the definition of ‘‘rural area’’
contained in section 203(b) of the Rural Electrification Act
(7 U.S.C. 924(b)): Provided, That the cost of direct loans
shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budg-
et Act of 1974.
TITLE IV
DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD,
NUTRITION AND CONSUMER SERVICES
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the
Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Serv-
ices to administer the laws enacted by the Congress for the
Food and Nutrition Service, $570,000.
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 et seq.), except section
21, and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771
et seq.), except sections 17 and 21; $9,541,539,000, to re-
main available through September 30, 2002, of which
$4,413,960,000 is hereby appropriated and $5,127,579,000
shall be derived by transfer from funds available under sec-
tion 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c): Pro-
vided, That, except as specifically provided under this head-
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ing, none of the funds made available under this heading
shall be used for studies and evaluations: Provided further,
That of the funds made available under this heading, up
to $6,000,000 shall be for school breakfast pilot projects, in-
cluding the evaluation required under section 18(e) of the
National School Lunch Act: Provided further, That of the
funds made available under this heading, $500,000 shall
be for a School Breakfast Program startup grant pilot pro-
gram for the State of Wisconsin: Provided further, That up
to $4,511,000 shall be available for independent verification
of school food service claims.
SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR
WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN (WIC)
For necessary expenses to carry out the special supple-
mental nutrition program as authorized by section 17 of
the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786),
$4,052,000,000, to remain available through September 30,
2002: Provided, That none of the funds made available
under this heading shall be used for studies and evaluations:
Provided further, That of the total amount available, the
Secretary shall obligate $15,000,000 for the farmers’ market
nutrition program within 45 days of the enactment of this
Act, and an additional $5,000,000 for the farmers’ market
nutrition program from any funds not needed to maintain
current caseload levels: Provided further, That notwith-
standing section 17(h)(10)(A) of such Act, up to
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$14,000,000 shall be available for the purposes specified in
section 17(h)(10)(B), no less than $6,000,000 of which shall
be used for the development of electronic benefit transfer sys-
tems: Provided further, 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 pro-
hibiting smoking within the space used to carry out the pro-
gram: Provided further, That none of the funds provided
in this account shall be available for the purchase of infant
formula except in accordance with the cost containment and
competitive bidding requirements specified in section 17 of
such Act: Provided further, That none of the funds provided
shall be available for activities that are not fully reimbursed
by other Federal Government departments or agencies un-
less authorized by section 17 of such Act: Provided further,
That funds made available under this heading shall be
made available for sites participating in the special supple-
mental nutrition program for women, infants, and children
to determine whether a child eligible to participate in the
program has received a blood lead screening test, using a
test that is appropriate for age and risk factors, upon the
enrollment of the child in the program.
FOOD STAMP PROGRAM
For necessary expenses to carry out the Food Stamp
Act (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), $21,221,293,000, of which
$100,000,000 shall be placed in reserve for use only in such
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amounts and at such times as may become necessary to
carry out program operations: Provided, That none of the
funds made available under this heading shall be used for
studies and evaluations: Provided further, That funds pro-
vided herein shall be expended in accordance with section
16 of the Food Stamp Act: Provided further, That this ap-
propriation shall be subject to any work registration or
workfare requirements as may be required by law: Provided
further, That funds made available for Employment and
Training under this heading shall remain available until
expended, as authorized by section 16(h)(1) of the Food
Stamp Act: Provided further, That, of funds made available
under this heading and not already appropriated to the
Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations
(FDPIR) established under section 4(b) of the Food Stamp
Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2013(b)), an additional amount not
to exceed $7,300,000 shall be used to purchase bison for the
FDPIR and to provide a mechanism for the purchases from
Native American producers and cooperative organizations.
COMMODITY ASSISTANCE 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); and the Emergency Food Assistance Act
of 1983, $140,300,000, to remain available through Sep-
tember 30, 2002: Provided, That none of these funds shall
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be available to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corpora-
tion for commodities donated to the program.
FOOD DONATIONS PROGRAMS
For necessary expenses to carry out section 4(a) of the
Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973; special
assistance for the nuclear affected islands as authorized by
section 103(h)(2) of the Compacts of Free Association Act
of 1985, as amended; and section 311 of the Older Ameri-
cans Act of 1965, $141,081,000, to remain available through
September 30, 2002.
FOOD PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION
For necessary administrative expenses of the domestic
food programs funded under this Act, $116,807,000, of
which $5,000,000 shall be available only for simplifying
procedures, reducing overhead costs, tightening regulations,
improving food stamp benefit delivery, and assisting in the
prevention, identification, and prosecution of fraud and
other violations of law and of which not less than
$4,500,000 shall be available to improve integrity in the
Food Stamp and Child Nutrition programs: Provided, That
this appropriation shall be available for employment pursu-
ant 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.
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TITLE V
FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED PROGRAMS
FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of the Foreign Agricultural
Service, including carrying out title VI of the Agricultural
Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1761–1768), market development ac-
tivities abroad, and for enabling the Secretary to coordinate
and integrate activities of the Department in connection
with foreign agricultural work, including not to exceed
$158,000 for representation allowances and for expenses
pursuant to section 8 of the Act approved August 3, 1956
(7 U.S.C. 1766), $113,424,000: Provided, That the Service
may utilize advances of funds, or reimburse this appropria-
tion for expenditures made on behalf of Federal agencies,
public and private organizations and institutions under
agreements executed pursuant to the agricultural food pro-
duction assistance programs (7 U.S.C. 1737) and the for-
eign assistance programs of the United States Agency for
International Development.
None of the funds in the foregoing paragraph shall be
available to promote the sale or export of tobacco or tobacco
products.
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PUBLIC LAW 480 TITLE I PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974, of agreements under the Agricul-
tural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, and
the Food For Progress Act of 1985, including the cost of
modifying 
credit 
arrangements 
under 
said 
Acts,
$114,186,000, to remain available until expended.
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out
the credit program of title I, Public Law 83–480, and the
Food for Progress Act of 1985, to the extent funds appro-
priated for Public Law 83–480 are utilized, $1,850,000, of
which $1,035,000 may be transferred to and merged with
the appropriation for ‘‘Foreign Agricultural Service, Sala-
ries and Expenses’’, and of which $815,000 may be trans-
ferred to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Farm
Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’.
PUBLIC LAW 480 TITLE I OCEAN FREIGHT DIFFERENTIAL
GRANTS
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For expenses during the current fiscal year, not other-
wise recoverable, and unrecovered prior years’ costs, includ-
ing interest thereon, under the Agricultural Trade Develop-
ment and Assistance Act of 1954, $20,322,000, to remain
available until expended, for ocean freight differential costs
for the shipment of agricultural commodities under title I
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of said Act: Provided, That funds made available for the
cost of title I agreements and for title I ocean freight dif-
ferential may be used interchangeably between the two ac-
counts with prior notice to the Committee on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress.
PUBLIC LAW 480 TITLES II AND III GRANTS
For expenses during the current fiscal year, not other-
wise recoverable, and unrecovered prior years’ costs, includ-
ing interest thereon, under the Agricultural Trade Develop-
ment and Assistance Act of 1954, $837,000,000, to remain
available until expended, for commodities supplied in con-
nection with dispositions abroad under title II of said Act.
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION EXPORT LOANS
PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For administrative expenses to carry out the Com-
modity Credit Corporation’s export guarantee program,
GSM 102 and GSM 103, $3,820,000; to cover common over-
head expenses as permitted by section 11 of the Commodity
Credit Corporation Charter Act and in conformity with the
Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, of which $3,231,000
may be transferred to and merged with the appropriation
for ‘‘Foreign Agricultural Service, Salaries and Expenses’’,
and of which $589,000 may be transferred to and merged
with the appropriation for ‘‘Farm Service Agency, Salaries
and Expenses’’.
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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 Adminis-
tration, including hire and purchase of passenger motor ve-
hicles; 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; for rental of special purpose space in the District
of Columbia or elsewhere; and for miscellaneous and emer-
gency expenses of enforcement activities, authorized and ap-
proved by the Secretary and to be accounted for solely on
the 
Secretary’s 
certificate, 
not 
to 
exceed 
$25,000;
$1,210,796,000, of which not to exceed $149,273,000 in pre-
scription drug user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379(h)
may be credited to this appropriation and remain available
until expended: Provided, That fees derived from applica-
tions received during fiscal year 2001 shall be subject to
the fiscal year 2001 limitation: 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:
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Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated:
(1) $292,934,000 shall be for the Center for Food Safety
and Applied Nutrition and related field activities in the
Office of Regulatory Affairs; (2) $315,143,000 shall be for
the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research and related
field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs, of which
no less than $12,534,000 shall be available for grants and
contracts awarded under section 5 of the Orphan Drug Act
(21 U.S.C. 360ee); (3) $141,368,000 shall be for the Center
for Biologics Evaluation and Research and for related field
activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (4)
$59,349,000 shall be for the Center for Veterinary Medicine
and for related field activities in the Office of Regulatory
Affairs; (5) $164,762,000 shall be for the Center for Devices
and Radiological Health and for related field activities in
the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (6) $35,842,000 shall be
for the National Center for Toxicological Research; (7)
$25,855,000 shall be for Rent and Related activities, other
than the amounts paid to the General Services Administra-
tion; (8) $104,954,000 shall be for payments to the General
Services Administration for rent and related costs; and (9)
$70,589,000 shall be for other activities, including the Office
of the Commissioner; the Office of Management and Sys-
tems; the Office of the Senior Associate Commissioner; the
Office of International and Constituent Relations; the Office
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of Policy, Legislation, and Planning; and central services
for these offices: Provided further, That funds may be trans-
ferred from one specified activity to another with the prior
approval of the Committee on Appropriations of both
Houses of Congress: Provided further, That in addition to
amounts otherwise appropriated under this heading to the
Food and Drug Administration, an additional $6,000,000
shall be made available of which $5,000,000 shall be made
available for the Centers for Food Safety and Applied Nu-
trition and related field activities in the Office of Regu-
latory Affairs, and $1,000,000 shall be made available to
the National Center for Toxicological Research.
In addition, mammography user fees authorized by 42
U.S.C. 263(b) may be credited to this account, to remain
available until expended.
In addition, export certification user fees authorized
by 21 U.S.C. 381 may be credited to this account, to remain
available until expended.
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, $31,350,000, to remain available
until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b).
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INDEPENDENT AGENCIES
COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of
the Commodity Exchange Act (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, $67,100,000, including
not to exceed $1,000 for official reception and representa-
tion expenses.
FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
Not to exceed $36,800,000 (from assessments collected
from farm credit institutions and from the Federal Agricul-
tural Mortgage Corporation) shall be obligated during the
current fiscal year for administrative expenses as author-
ized under 12 U.S.C. 2249: Provided, That this limitation
shall not apply to expenses associated with receiverships.
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 fiscal year 2001 under this Act shall
be available for the purchase, in addition to those specifi-
cally provided for, of not to exceed 389 passenger motor ve-
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hicles, of which 385 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 allow-
ances 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-
search and service work authorized by sections 1 and 10
of the Act of June 29, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 427, 427i; commonly
known as the Bankhead-Jones Act), subtitle A of title II
and section 302 of the Act of August 14, 1946 (7 U.S.C.
1621 et seq.), and chapter 63 of title 31, United States Code,
shall be available for contracting in accordance with such
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 Cen-
ter operations shall not exceed $2,000,000: Provided, That
no funds in this Act appropriated to an agency of the De-
partment shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund
without the approval of the agency administrator.
SEC. 705. New obligational authority provided for the
following appropriation items in this Act shall remain
available until expended: Animal and Plant Health Inspec-
tion Service, the contingency fund to meet emergency condi-
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tions, fruit fly program, boll weevil program, up to 10 per-
cent of the screwworm program, and up to $2,000,000 for
costs associated with colocating regional offices; Food Safety
and Inspection Service, field automation and information
management project; Cooperative State Research, Edu-
cation, and Extension Service, funds for competitive re-
search grants (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)) and funds for the Native
American Institutions Endowment Fund; Farm Service
Agency, salaries and expenses funds made available to
county committees; Foreign Agricultural Service, middle-
income country training program, and up to $2,000,000
of the Foreign Agricultural Service appropriation solely for
the purpose of offsetting fluctuations in international cur-
rency exchange rates, subject to documentation by the For-
eign Agricultural Service.
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 appropriations
available to the Department of Agriculture in this Act shall
be available to provide appropriate orientation and lan-
guage training pursuant to section 606C of the Act of Au-
gust 28, 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1766b; commonly known as the Ag-
ricultural Act of 1954).
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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 percent of the total direct cost of the
agreement when the purpose of such cooperative arrange-
ments is to carry out programs of mutual interest between
the two parties. This does not preclude appropriate pay-
ment of indirect costs on grants and contracts with such
institutions when such indirect costs are computed on a
similar basis for all agencies for which appropriations are
provided in this Act.
SEC. 709. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able to restrict the authority of the Commodity Credit Cor-
poration to lease space for its own use or to lease space
on behalf of other agencies of the Department of Agriculture
when such space will be jointly occupied.
SEC. 710. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able to pay indirect costs charged against competitive agri-
cultural research, education, or extension grant awards
issued by the Cooperative State Research, Education, and
Extension Service that exceed 19 percent of total Federal
funds provided under each award: Provided, That notwith-
standing section 1462 of the National Agricultural Re-
search, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7
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U.S.C. 3310), funds provided by this Act for grants award-
ed competitively by the Cooperative State Research, Edu-
cation, and Extension Service shall be available to pay full
allowable indirect costs for each grant awarded under sec-
tion 9 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638).
SEC. 711. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Act, all loan levels provided in this Act shall be considered
estimates, not limitations.
SEC. 712. Appropriations to the Department of Agri-
culture for the cost of direct and guaranteed loans made
available in fiscal year 2001 shall remain available until
expended to cover obligations made in fiscal year 2001 for
the following accounts: the rural development loan fund
program account; the Rural Telephone Bank program ac-
count; the rural electrification and telecommunications
loans program account; the Rural Housing Insurance Fund
Program Account; and the rural economic development
loans program account.
SEC. 713. Notwithstanding chapter 63 of title 31,
United States Code, marketing services of the Agricultural
Marketing Service; Grain Inspection, Packers and Stock-
yards Administration; the Animal and Plant Health In-
spection Service; and the food safety activities of the Food
Safety and Inspection Service may use cooperative agree-
ments to reflect a relationship between the Agricultural
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Marketing Service; the Grain Inspection, Packers and
Stockyards Administration; the Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service; or the Food Safety and Inspection Serv-
ice and a State or Cooperator to carry out agricultural
marketing programs, to carry out programs to protect the
Nation’s animal and plant resources, or to carry out edu-
cational programs or special studies to improve the safety
of the Nation’s food supply.
SEC. 714. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the Secretary of Agriculture may enter into cooperative
agreements (which may provide for the acquisition of goods
or services, including personal services) with a State, polit-
ical subdivision, or agency thereof, a public or private agen-
cy, organization, or any other person, if the Secretary deter-
mines that the objectives of the agreement will (1) serve a
mutual interest of the parties to the agreement in carrying
out the programs administered by the Natural Resources
Conservation Service; and (2) all parties will contribute re-
sources to the accomplishment of these objectives.
SEC. 715. None of the funds in this Act may be used
to retire more than 5 percent of the Class A stock of the
Rural Telephone Bank or to maintain any account or sub-
account within the accounting records of the Rural Tele-
phone Bank the creation of which has not specifically been
authorized by statute: Provided, That notwithstanding any
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other provision of law, none of the funds appropriated or
otherwise made available in this Act may be used to trans-
fer to the Treasury or to the Federal Financing Bank any
unobligated balance of the Rural Telephone Bank telephone
liquidating account which is in excess of current require-
ments and such balance shall receive interest as set forth
for financial accounts in section 505(c) of the Federal Cred-
it Reform Act of 1990.
SEC. 716. Of the funds made available by this Act, not
more than $1,800,000 shall be used to cover necessary ex-
penses of activities related to all advisory committees, pan-
els, commissions, and task forces of the Department of Agri-
culture, except for panels used to comply with negotiated
rule makings and panels used to evaluate competitively
awarded grants: Provided, That interagency funding is au-
thorized to carry out the purposes of the National Drought
Policy Commission.
SEC. 717. None of the funds appropriated by this Act
may be used to carry out section 410 of the Federal Meat
Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 679a) or section 30 of the Poultry
Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 471).
SEC. 718. No employee of the Department of Agri-
culture may be detailed or assigned from an agency or office
funded by this Act to any other agency or office of the De-
partment for more than 30 days unless the individual’s em-
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ploying agency or office is fully reimbursed by the receiving
agency or office for the salary and expenses of the employee
for the period of assignment.
SEC. 719. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available to the Department of Agriculture shall be
used to transmit or otherwise make available to any non-
Department of Agriculture employee questions or responses
to questions that are a result of information requested for
the appropriations hearing process.
SEC. 720. None of the funds made available to the De-
partment of Agriculture by this Act may be used to acquire
new information technology systems or significant up-
grades, as determined by the Office of the Chief Information
Officer, without the approval of the Chief Information Offi-
cer and the concurrence of the Executive Information Tech-
nology Investment Review Board: Provided, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law, none of the funds ap-
propriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be
transferred to the Office of the Chief Information Officer
without the prior approval of the Committee on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress.
SEC. 721. (a) None of the funds provided by this Act,
or provided by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies
funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or
expenditure in fiscal year 2001, or provided from any ac-
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counts in the Treasury of the United States derived by the
collection of fees available to the agencies funded by this
Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure through
a reprogramming of funds which: (1) creates new programs;
(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; (3) increases
funds or personnel by any means for any project or activity
for which funds have been denied or restricted; (4) relocates
an office or employees; (5) reorganizes offices, programs, or
activities; or (6) contracts out or privatizes any functions
or activities presently performed by Federal employees; un-
less the Committee on Appropriations of both Houses of
Congress are notified 15 days in advance of such re-
programming of funds.
(b) None of the funds provided by this Act, or provided
by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by
this Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure
in fiscal year 2001, or provided from any accounts in the
Treasury of the United States derived by the collection of
fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be
available for obligation or expenditure for activities, pro-
grams, or projects through a reprogramming of funds in
excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, that: (1)
augments existing programs, projects, or activities; (2) re-
duces by 10 percent funding for any existing program,
project, or activity, or numbers of personnel by 10 percent
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as approved by Congress; or (3) results from any general
savings from a reduction in personnel which would result
in a change in existing programs, activities, or projects as
approved by Congress; unless the Committee on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress are notified 15 days in
advance of such reprogramming of funds.
SEC. 722. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available by this Act or any other Act may be used
to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out
the transfer or obligation of fiscal year 2001 funds under
section 793 of Public Law 104–127 (7 U.S.C. 2204f).
SEC. 723. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available by this Act shall be used to pay the salaries
and expenses of personnel who carry out an environmental
quality incentives program authorized by chapter 4 of sub-
title D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16
U.S.C. 3839aa et seq.) in excess of $174,000,000.
SEC. 724. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available by this or any other Act shall be used to
pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out the
transfer or obligation of fiscal year 2001 funds under the
provisions of section 401 of Public Law 105–185, the Initia-
tive for Future Agriculture and Food Systems (7 U.S.C.
7621).
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SEC. 725. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available by this Act shall be used to carry out any
commodity purchase program that would prohibit eligi-
bility or participation by farmer-owned cooperatives.
SEC. 726. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available by this Act shall be used to pay the salaries
and expenses of personnel to carry out a conservation farm
option program, as authorized by section 1240M of the Food
Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839bb).
SEC. 727. None of the funds made available to the Food
and Drug Administration by this Act shall be used to close
or relocate, or to plan to close or relocate, the Food and
Drug Administration Division of Drug Analysis in St.
Louis, Missouri.
SEC. 728. None of the funds made available to the Food
and Drug Administration by this Act shall be used to re-
duce the Detroit, Michigan, Food and Drug Administration
District Office below the operating and full-time equivalent
staffing level of July 31, 1999; or to change the Detroit Dis-
trict Office to a station, residence post or similarly modified
office; or to reassign residence posts assigned to the Detroit
District Office: Provided, That this section shall not apply
to Food and Drug Administration field laboratory facilities
or operations currently located in Detroit, Michigan, except
that field laboratory personnel shall be assigned to locations
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in the general vicinity of Detroit, Michigan, pursuant to
cooperative agreements between the Food and Drug Admin-
istration and other laboratory facilities associated with the
State of Michigan.
SEC. 729. Hereafter, none of the funds appropriated
by this Act or any other Act may be used to:
(1) carry out the proviso under 7 U.S.C. 1622(f);
or
(2) carry out 7 U.S.C. 1622(h) unless the Sec-
retary of Agriculture inspects and certifies agricul-
tural processing equipment, and imposes a fee for the
inspection and certification, in a manner that is
similar to the inspection and certification of agricul-
tural products under that section, as determined by
the Secretary: Provided, That this provision shall not
affect the authority of the Secretary to carry out the
Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 601 et seq.),
the Poultry Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 451
et seq.), or the Egg Products Inspection Act (21
U.S.C. 1031 et seq.).
SEC. 730. None of the funds appropriated by this Act
or any other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and ex-
penses of personnel who prepare or submit appropriations
language as part of the President’s Budget submission to
the Congress of the United States for programs under the
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jurisdiction of the Appropriations Subcommittees on Agri-
culture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies that as-
sumes revenues or reflects a reduction from the previous
year due to user fees proposals that have not been enacted
into law prior to the submission of the Budget unless such
Budget submission identifies which additional spending re-
ductions should occur in the event the users fees proposals
are not enacted prior to the date of the convening of a com-
mittee of conference for the fiscal year 2001 appropriations
Act.
SEC. 731. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available by this Act shall be used to establish an Of-
fice of Community Food Security or any similar office
within the United States Department of Agriculture with-
out the prior approval of the Committee on Appropriations
of both Houses of Congress.
SEC. 732. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available by this or any other Act may be used to
carry out provision of section 612 of Public Law 105–185.
SEC. 733. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available by this Act may be used to declare excess
or surplus all or part of the lands and facilities owned by
the Federal Government and administered by the Secretary
of Agriculture at Fort Reno, Oklahoma, or to transfer or
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convey such lands or facilities prior to July 1, 2001, with-
out the specific authorization of Congress.
SEC. 734. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available by this Act or any other Act shall be used
for the implementation of a Support Services Bureau or
similar organization.
SEC. 735. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
for any fiscal year, in the case of a high cost, isolated rural
area of the State of Alaska that is not connected to a road
system—
(1) in the case of assistance provided by the
Rural Housing Service for single family housing
under title V of the Housing Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C.
1471 et seq.), the maximum income level for the as-
sistance shall be 150 percent of the average income
level in metropolitan areas of the State;
(2) in the case of community facility loans and
grants provided under paragraphs (1) and (19), re-
spectively, of section 306(a) of the Consolidated Farm
and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1926(a)) and
assistance provided under programs carried out by
the Rural Utilities Service, the maximum income
level for the loans, grants, and assistance shall be 150
percent of the average income level in nonmetropoli-
tan areas of the State;
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(3) in the case of a business and industry guar-
anteed loan made under section 310B(a)(1) of the
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7
U.S.C. 1932(a)(1)), to the extent permitted under that
Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall—
(A) guarantee the repayment of 90 percent
of the principal and interest due on the loan;
and
(B) charge a loan origination and servicing
fee in an amount not to exceed 1 percent of the
amount of the loan; and
(4) in the case of assistance provided under the
Rural Community Development Initiative for fiscal
year 2000 carried out under the rural community ad-
vancement program established under subtitle E of
the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act
(7 U.S.C. 2009 et seq.), the median household income
level, and the not employed rate, with respect to ap-
plicants for assistance under the Initiative shall be
scored on a community-by-community basis.
SEC. 736. Hereafter, notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, no housing or residence in a foreign country
purchased by an agent or instrumentality of the United
States, for the purpose of housing the agricultural attache´,
shall be sold or disposed of without the approval of the For-
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eign Agricultural Service of the United States Department
of Agriculture, including property purchased using foreign
currencies generated under the Agricultural Trade Develop-
ment and Assistance Act of 1954 (Public Law 480) and
used or occupied by agricultural attache´s of the Foreign Ag-
ricultural Service: Provided, That the Department of State/
Office of Foreign Buildings may sell such properties with
the concurrence of the Foreign Agricultural Service if the
proceeds are used to acquire suitable properties of appro-
priate size for Foreign Agricultural Service agricultural
attache´s: Provided further, That the Foreign Agricultural
Service shall have the right to occupy such residences in
perpetuity with costs limited to appropriate maintenance
expenses.
SEC. 737. Hereafter, funds appropriated to the Depart-
ment of Agriculture may be used to employ individuals to
perform services outside the United States as determined
by the agencies to be necessary or appropriate for carrying
out programs and activities abroad; and such employment
actions, hereafter referred to as Personal Service Agreements
(PSA), are authorized to be negotiated, the terms of the PSA
to be prescribed and work to be performed, where necessary,
without regard to such statutory provisions as related to
the negotiation, making and performance of contracts and
performance of work in the United States: Provided, That
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individuals employed under a PSA to perform such services
outside the United States shall not, by virtue of such em-
ployment, be considered employees of the United States gov-
ernment for purposes of any law administered by the Office
of Personnel Management: Provided further, That such in-
dividuals may be considered employees within the meaning
of the Federal Employee Compensation Act, 5 U.S.C. 8101
et seq.: Provided further, That Government service credit
shall be accrued for the time employed under a PSA should
the individual later be hired into a permanent U.S. Govern-
ment position if their authorities so permit.
SEC. 738. None of the funds made available by this
Act or any other Act may be used to close or relocate a
state Rural Development office unless or until cost effective-
ness and enhancement of program delivery have been deter-
mined.
SEC. 739. Of any shipments of commodities made pur-
suant to Section 416(b) of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7
U.S.C. 1431(b)), the Secretary of Agriculture shall, to the
extent practicable, direct that tonnage equal in value to not
less than $25,000,000 shall be made available to foreign
countries to assist in mitigating the effects of the Human
Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired Immune Deficiency
Syndrome on communities, including the provision of—
(1) agricultural commodities to—
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(A) individuals with Human Immuno-
deficiency Virus or Acquired Immune Deficiency
Syndrome in the communities, and
(B) households in the communities, particu-
larly individuals caring for orphaned children;
and
(2) agricultural commodities monetized to pro-
vide other assistance (including assistance under
microcredit and microenterprise programs) to create
or restore sustainable livelihoods among individuals
in the communities, particularly individuals caring
for orphaned children.
SEC. 740. AMENDMENT TO FEDERAL FOOD, DRUG,
AND COSMETIC ACT. (a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may
be cited as the ‘‘Medicine Equity and Drug Safety Act of
2000’’.
(b) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The cost of prescription drugs for Americans
continues to rise at an alarming rate.
(2) Millions of Americans, including medicare
beneficiaries on fixed incomes, face a daily choice be-
tween purchasing life-sustaining prescription drugs,
or paying for other necessities, such as food and hous-
ing.
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(3) Many life-saving prescription drugs are
available in countries other than the United States at
substantially lower prices, even though such drugs
were developed and are approved for use by patients
in the United States.
(4) Many Americans travel to other countries to
purchase prescription drugs because the medicines
that they need are unaffordable in the United States.
(5) Americans should be able to purchase medi-
cines at prices that are comparable to prices for such
medicines in other countries, but efforts to enable such
purchases should not endanger the gold standard for
safety and effectiveness that has been established and
maintained in the United States.
(c) AMENDMENT.—Chapter VIII of the Federal Food,
Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 381 et seq.) is
amended—
(1) in section 801(d)(1), by inserting ‘‘and sec-
tion 804’’ after ‘‘paragraph (2)’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘SEC. 804. IMPORTATION OF COVERED PRODUCTS.
‘‘(a) REGULATIONS.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding sections
301(d), 301(t), and 801(a), the Secretary, after con-
sultation with the United States Trade Representative
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and the Commissioner of Customs, shall promulgate
regulations permitting importation into the United
States of covered products.
‘‘(2) 
LIMITATION.—Regulations 
promulgated
under paragraph (1) shall—
‘‘(A) require that safeguards are in place
that provide a reasonable assurance to the Sec-
retary that each covered product that is imported
is safe and effective for its intended use;
‘‘(B) require that the pharmacist or whole-
saler importing a covered product complies with
the provisions of subsection (b); and
‘‘(C) contain such additional safeguards as
the Secretary may specify in order to ensure the
protection of the public health of patients in the
United States.
‘‘(3) RECORDS.—Regulations promulgated under
paragraph (1) shall require that records regarding
such importation described in subsection (b) be pro-
vided to and maintained by the Secretary for a pe-
riod of time determined to be necessary by the Sec-
retary.
‘‘(b) IMPORTATION.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall promul-
gate regulations permitting a pharmacist or whole-
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saler to import into the United States a covered prod-
uct.
‘‘(2) REGULATIONS.—Regulations promulgated
under paragraph (1) shall require such pharmacist or
wholesaler to provide information and records to the
Secretary, including—
‘‘(A) the name and amount of the active in-
gredient of the product and description of the
dosage form;
‘‘(B) the date that such product is shipped
and the quantity of such product that is shipped,
points of origin and destination for such prod-
uct, the price paid for such product, and the re-
sale price for such product;
‘‘(C) documentation from the foreign seller
specifying the original source of the product and
the amount of each lot of the product originally
received;
‘‘(D) the manufacturer’s lot or control num-
ber of the product imported;
‘‘(E) the name, address, and telephone num-
ber of the importer, including the professional li-
cense number of the importer, if the importer is
a pharmacist or pharmaceutical wholesaler;
‘‘(F) for a product that is—
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‘‘(i) coming from the first foreign re-
cipient of the product who received such
product from the manufacturer—
‘‘(I) documentation demonstrating
that such product came from such re-
cipient and was received by such re-
cipient from such manufacturer;
‘‘(II) 
documentation 
of 
the
amount of each lot of the product re-
ceived by such recipient to demonstrate
that the amount being imported into
the United States is not more than the
amount that was received by such re-
cipient;
‘‘(III) documentation that each lot
of the initial imported shipment was
statistically sampled and tested for au-
thenticity and degradation by the im-
porter or manufacturer of such prod-
uct;
‘‘(IV) 
documentation 
dem-
onstrating that a statistically valid
sample of all subsequent shipments
from such recipient was tested at an
appropriate United States laboratory
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for authenticity and degradation by
the importer or manufacturer of such
product; and
‘‘(V) certification from the im-
porter or manufacturer of such product
that the product is approved for mar-
keting in the United States and meets
all labeling requirements under this
Act; and
‘‘(ii) not coming from the first foreign
recipient of the product, documentation that
each lot in all shipments offered for impor-
tation into the United States was statis-
tically sampled and tested for authenticity
and degradation by the importer or manu-
facturer of such product, and meets all la-
beling requirements under this Act;
‘‘(G) laboratory records, including complete
data derived from all tests necessary to assure
that the product is in compliance with estab-
lished specifications and standards; and
‘‘(H) any other information that the Sec-
retary determines is necessary to ensure the pro-
tection of the public health of patients in the
United States.
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‘‘(c) TESTING.—Testing referred to in subparagraphs
(F) and (G) of subsection (b)(2) shall be done by the phar-
macist or wholesaler importing such product, or the manu-
facturer of the product. If such tests are conducted by the
pharmacist or wholesaler, information needed to authen-
ticate the product being tested and confirm that the labeling
of such product complies with labeling requirements under
this Act shall be supplied by the manufacturer of such prod-
uct to the pharmacist or wholesaler, and as a condition of
maintaining approval by the Food and Drug Administra-
tion of the product, such information shall be kept in strict
confidence and used only for purposes of testing under this
Act.
‘‘(d) STUDY AND REPORT.—
‘‘(1) STUDY.—The Secretary shall conduct, or
contract with an entity to conduct, a study on the
imports permitted under this section, taking into con-
sideration the information received under subsections
(a) and (b). In conducting such study, the Secretary
or entity shall—
‘‘(A) evaluate importers’ compliance with
regulations, and the number of shipments, if
any, permitted under this section that have been
determined to be counterfeit, misbranded, or
adulterated; and
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‘‘(B) consult with the United States Trade
Representative and United States Patent and
Trademark Office to evaluate the effect of impor-
tations permitted under this Act on trade and
patent rights under Federal law.
‘‘(2) REPORT.—Not later than 5 years after the
effective date of final regulations issued pursuant to
this section, the Secretary shall prepare and submit
to Congress a report containing the study described in
paragraph (1).
‘‘(e) CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section shall be
construed to limit the statutory, regulatory, or enforcement
authority of the Secretary relating to importation of covered
products, other than the importation described in sub-
sections (a) and (b).
‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
‘‘(1) COVERED
PRODUCT.—The term ‘covered
product’ means a prescription drug under section
503(b)(1) that meets the applicable requirements of
section 505, and is approved by the Food and Drug
Administration and manufactured in a facility iden-
tified in the approved application and is not adulter-
ated under section 501 or misbranded under section
502.
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‘‘(2) 
PHARMACIST.—The 
term 
‘pharmacist’
means a person licensed by a State to practice phar-
macy in the United States, including the dispensing
and selling of prescription drugs.
‘‘(3) 
WHOLESALER.—The 
term 
‘wholesaler’
means a person licensed as a wholesaler or distributor
of prescription drugs in the United States.
‘‘(g) CONDITIONS.—This section shall become effective
only if the Secretary of the Department of Health and
Human Services certifies to the Congress that the imple-
mentation of this section will—
‘‘(1) pose no risk to the public’s health and safe-
ty; and
‘‘(2) result in a significant reduction in the cost
of covered products to the American consumer.’’.
SEC. 741. Section 2111(a)(3) of the Organic Foods
Production Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 651(a)(3)) is amended
by adding after ‘‘sulfites,’’ ‘‘except in the production of
wine,’’.
SEC. 742. None of the funds made available by this
Act may be used to require an office of the Farm Service
Agency that is using FINPACK on May 17, 1999, for finan-
cial planning and credit analysis, to discontinue use of
FINPACK for six months from the date of enactment of this
Act.
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SEC. 743. Hereafter, the Secretary of Agriculture shall
consider any borrower whose income does not exceed 115
percent of the median family income of the United States
as meeting the eligibility requirements for a borrower con-
tained in section 502(h)(2) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42
U.S.C. 1472(h)(2)).
SEC. 744. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING PREF-
ERENCE FOR ASSISTANCE FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIO-
LENCE. It is the sense of the Senate that the Secretary of
Agriculture, in selecting public agencies and nonprofit or-
ganizations to provide transitional housing under section
592(c) of subtitle G of title IV of the Stewart B. McKinney
Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11408a(c)), should con-
sider preferences for agencies and organizations that pro-
vide transitional housing for individuals and families who
are homeless as a result of domestic violence.
SEC. 745. NATURAL CHEESE STANDARD.—(a) PROHI-
BITION.—Section 401 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cos-
metic Act (21 U.S.C. 341) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘Whenever’’ and inserting ‘‘(a)
Whenever’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(b) The Commissioner may not use any Federal funds
to amend section 133.3 of title 21, Code of Federal Regula-
tions (or any corresponding similar regulation or ruling),
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to include dry ultra-filtered milk or casein in the definition
of the term ‘milk’ or ‘nonfat milk’, as specified in the stand-
ards of identity for cheese and cheese products published
at part 133 of title 21, Code of Federal Regulations (or any
corresponding similar regulation or ruling).’’.
(b) IMPORTATION STUDY.—Not later than 90 days
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller Gen-
eral of the United States shall—
(1) conduct a study to determine—
(A) the quantity of ultra-filtered milk that
is imported annually into the United States; and
(B) the end use of that imported milk; and
(2) submit to Congress a report that describes the
results of the study.
SEC. 746. None of the funds appropriated by this Act
to the United States Department of Agriculture may be used
to implement or administer the final rule issued in docket
number 97–110, at 65 Federal Register 37608–37669 until
such time as the USDA completes an independent peer re-
view of the rule and the risk assessment underlying the rule.
SEC. 747. DAIRY EXPORT INCENTIVE PROGRAM.—Sec-
tion 153(c) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (15 U.S.C.
713a–14(c)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the
end;
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(2) in paragraph (4), by striking the period at
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(5)(A) any award entered into under the pro-
gram that is canceled or voided after June 30, 1995,
is made available for reassignment under the program
as long as a World Trade Organization violation is
not incurred; and
‘‘(B) any reassignment under subparagraph (A)
is not reported as a new award when reporting the
use of the reassigned tonnage to the World Trade Or-
ganization.’’.
SEC. 748. STATE AGRICULTURAL MEDIATION PRO-
GRAMS. (a) ELIGIBLE PERSON; MEDIATION SERVICES.—
Section 501 of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1987 (7 U.S.C.
5101) is amended—
(1) in subsection (c), by striking paragraphs (1)
and (2) and inserting the following:
‘‘(1) ISSUES COVERED.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—To be certified as a
qualifying State, the mediation program of the
State must provide mediation services to persons
described in paragraph (2) that are involved in
agricultural loans (regardless of whether the
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loans are made or guaranteed by the Secretary
or made by a third party).
‘‘(B) OTHER ISSUES.—The mediation pro-
gram of a qualifying State may provide medi-
ation services to persons described in paragraph
(2) that are involved in 1 or more of the fol-
lowing issues under the jurisdiction of the De-
partment of Agriculture:
‘‘(i) Wetlands determinations.
‘‘(ii) Compliance with farm programs,
including conservation programs.
‘‘(iii) Agricultural credit.
‘‘(iv) Rural water loan programs.
‘‘(v) Grazing on National Forest Sys-
tem land.
‘‘(vi) Pesticides.
‘‘(vii) Such other issues as the Sec-
retary considers appropriate.
‘‘(2) PERSONS ELIGIBLE FOR MEDIATION.—The
persons referred to in paragraph (1) include—
‘‘(A) agricultural producers;
‘‘(B) creditors of producers (as applicable);
and
‘‘(C) persons directly affected by actions of
the Department of Agriculture.’’; and
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(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(d) DEFINITION OF MEDIATION SERVICES.—In this
section, the term ‘mediation services’, with respect to medi-
ation or a request for mediation, may include all activities
related to—
‘‘(1) the intake and scheduling of cases;
‘‘(2) the provision of background and selected in-
formation regarding the mediation process;
‘‘(3) financial advisory and counseling services
(as appropriate) performed by a person other than a
State mediation program mediator; and
‘‘(4) the mediation session.’’.
(b) USE OF MEDIATION GRANTS.—Section 502(c) of
the Agricultural Credit Act of 1987 (7 U.S.C. 5102(c)) is
amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘Each’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(2) OPERATION
AND
ADMINISTRATION
EX-
PENSES.—For purposes of paragraph (1), operation
and administration expenses for which a grant may
be used include—
‘‘(A) salaries;
‘‘(B) reasonable fees and costs of mediators;
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‘‘(C) office rent and expenses, such as utili-
ties and equipment rental;
‘‘(D) office supplies;
‘‘(E) administrative costs, such as workers’
compensation, liability insurance, the employer’s
share of Social Security, and necessary travel;
‘‘(F) education and training;
‘‘(G) security systems necessary to ensure
the confidentiality of mediation sessions and
records of mediation sessions;
‘‘(H) costs associated with publicity and
promotion of the mediation program;
‘‘(I) preparation of the parties for medi-
ation; and
‘‘(J) financial advisory and counseling serv-
ices for parties requesting mediation.’’.
(c) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section
506 of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1987 (7 U.S.C. 5106)
is amended by striking ‘‘2000’’ and inserting ‘‘2005’’.
SEC. 749. GOOD FAITH RELIANCE. The Food Security
Act of 1985 is amended by inserting after section 1230 (16
U.S.C. 3830) the following:
‘‘SEC. 1230A. GOOD FAITH RELIANCE.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection
(d) and notwithstanding any other provision of this chap-
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ter, the Secretary shall provide equitable relief to an owner
or operator that has entered into a contract under this
chapter, and that is subsequently determined to be in viola-
tion of the contract, if the owner or operator in attempting
to comply with the terms of the contract and enrollment
requirements took actions in good faith reliance on the ac-
tion or advice of an authorized representative of the Sec-
retary.
‘‘(b) TYPES OF RELIEF.—The Secretary shall—
‘‘(1) to the extent the Secretary determines that
an owner or operator has been injured by good faith
reliance described in subsection (a), allow the owner
or operator to do any one or more of the following—
‘‘(A) to retain payments received under the
contract;
‘‘(B) to continue to receive payments under
the contract;
‘‘(C) to keep all or part of the land covered
by the contract enrolled in the applicable pro-
gram under this chapter;
‘‘(D) to reenroll all or part of the land cov-
ered by the contract in the applicable program
under this chapter; or
‘‘(E) or any other equitable relief the Sec-
retary deems appropriate; and
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‘‘(2) require the owner or operator to take such
actions as are necessary to remedy any failure to
comply with the contract.
‘‘(c) RELATION TO OTHER LAW.—The authority to
provide relief under this section shall be in addition to any
other authority provided in this or any other Act.
‘‘(d) EXCEPTION.—This section shall not apply to a
pattern of conduct in which an authorized representative
of the Secretary takes actions or provides advice with re-
spect to an owner or operator that the representative and
the owner or operator know are inconsistent with applicable
law (including regulations).
‘‘(e) APPLICABILITY OF RELIEF.—Relief under this
section shall be available for contracts in effect on January
1, 2000 and for all subsequent contracts.’’.
SEC. 750. AVAILABILITY
OF DATA
ON IMPORTED
HERBS. The Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of
the Treasury shall publish and otherwise make available
(including through electronic media) data collected monthly
by each Secretary on herbs imported into the United States.
DIVISION B
The following sums are appropriated, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the
fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for other pur-
poses, namely:
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TITLE I
NATURAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE AND OTHER
EMERGENCY APPROPRIATIONS
CHAPTER 1
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex-
penses’’, $59,400,000, to be available until September 30,
2001: Provided, That this amount shall be used for the boll
weevil eradication program for cost share purposes or for
debt retirement for active eradication zones: Provided, That
the entire amount shall be available only to the extent an
official budget request for $59,400,000, that includes des-
ignation of the entire amount of the request as an emer-
gency requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is
transmitted by the President to the Congress: Provided fur-
ther, That the entire amount is designated by Congress as
an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)
of such Act.
GRAIN INSPECTION, PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS
ADMINISTRATION
For an additional amount for the Grain Inspection,
Packers and Stockyards Administration, $600,000 for com-
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pletion of a biotechnology reference facility: Provided, That
the entire amount shall be available only to the extent an
official budget request for $600,000, that includes designa-
tion of the entire amount of the request as an emergency
requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is trans-
mitted by the President to Congress: Provided further, That
the entire amount is designated by Congress as an emer-
gency requirement in accordance with section 251(b)(2)(A)
of that Act.
FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION FUND
For an additional amount for the Federal Crop Insur-
ance Corporation Fund, up to $13,000,000, to provide pre-
mium discounts to purchasers of crop insurance reinsured
by the Corporation (except for catastrophic risk protection
coverage), as authorized under section 1102(g)(2) of the Ag-
riculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administra-
tion and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (Pub-
lic Law 105–277): Provided, That the entire amount is des-
ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pur-
suant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
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NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE
WATERSHED AND FLOOD PREVENTION OPERATIONS
For an additional amount for ‘‘Watershed and Flood
Prevention Operations’’, to repair damages to the water-
ways and watersheds, including the purchase of floodplain
easements, resulting from natural disasters, $70,000,000, to
remain available until expended: Provided, That funds
shall be used for activities identified by July 18, 2000: Pro-
vided further, That the entire amount shall be available
only to the extent an official budget request for $70,000,000,
that includes designation of the entire amount of the request
as an emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as
amended, is transmitted by the President to the Congress:
Provided further, That the entire amount is designated by
the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.
RURAL COMMUNITY ADVANCEMENT PROGRAM
For an additional amount for the Rural Community
Advancement Program, $50,000,000 to provide grants pur-
suant to the Rural Community Facilities Grant Program
for areas of extreme unemployment or economic depression,
subject to authorization: Provided, That the entire amount
shall be available only to the extent an official budget re-
quest for $50,000,000, that includes designation of the en-
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tire amount of the request as an emergency requirement as
defined by the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the
President to the Congress: Provided further, That the entire
amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as
amended.
For an additional amount for the Rural Community
Advancement Program, $30,000,000 to provide grants pur-
suant to the Rural Utility Service Grant Program for rural
communities with extremely high energy costs, subject to
authorization: Provided, That the entire amount shall be
available only to the extent an official budget request for
$30,000,000, that includes designation of the entire amount
of the request as an emergency requirement as defined by
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act
of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the President to the
Congress: Provided further, That the entire amount is des-
ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pur-
suant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
For an additional amount for the Rural Community
Advancement Program, $50,000,000, for the cost of direct
loans and grants of the rural utilities programs described
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in section 381E(d)(2) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural
Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2009f), as provided in 7 U.S.C.
1926(a) and 7 U.S.C. 1926C for distribution through the
national reserve for applications associated with a risk to
public heath or the environment or a natural emergency:
Provided, That of the amount provided by this paragraph,
$10,000,000 may only be used in counties which have re-
ceived an emergency designation by the President or the
Secretary after January 1, 2000, for applications respond-
ing to water shortages resulting from the designated emer-
gency: Provided further, That the entire amount necessary
to carry out this section shall be available only to the extent
that an official budget request for $50,000,000, that includes
designation of the entire amount of the request as an emer-
gency requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is
transmitted by the President to the Congress: Provided fur-
ther, That the entire amount is designated by the Congress
as an emergency requirement pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.
For an additional amount for the rural community
advancement program under subtitle E of the Consolidated
Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2009 et seq.),
$50,000,000, to remain available until expended, to provide
loans under the community facility direct and guaranteed
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loans program and grants under the community facilities
grant program under paragraphs (1) and (19), respectively,
of section 306(a) of that Act (7 U.S.C. 1926(a)) with respect
to areas in the State of North Carolina subject to a declara-
tion of a major disaster under the Robert T. Stafford Dis-
aster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121
et seq.) as a result of Hurricane Floyd, Hurricane Dennis,
or Hurricane Irene: Provided, That the $50,000,000 shall
be available only to the extent that the President submits
to Congress an official budget request for a specific dollar
amount that includes designation of the entire amount of
the request as an emergency requirement for the purposes
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act
of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 900 et seq.): Provided further, That the
$50,000,000 is designated by Congress as an emergency re-
quirement under section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2
U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(A)).
RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE
RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For additional five percent rural electrification loans
pursuant to the authority of section 305 of the Rural Elec-
trification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935), $111,111,000.
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For the additional cost, as defined in section 502 of
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, including the cost
of modifying loans, of five percent rural electrification loans
authorized by the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7
U.S.C. 935), $1,000,000: Provided, That the entire amount
shall be available only to the extent an official budget re-
quest for $1,000,000, that includes designation of the entire
amount of the request as an emergency requirement as de-
fined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Con-
trol Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the Presi-
dent to the Congress: Provided further, That the entire
amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to section 251 (b)(2)(A) of such Act.
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS CHAPTER
SEC. 1101. Notwithstanding section 11 of the Com-
modity Credit Corporation Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 714i),
an additional $35,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, shall be provided through the Commodity Credit
Corporation in fiscal year 2000 for technical assistance ac-
tivities performed by any agency of the Department of Agri-
culture in carrying out the Conservation Reserve Program
and the Wetlands Reserve Program funded by the Com-
modity Credit Corporation: Provided, That the entire
amount shall be available only to the extent an official
budget request for $35,000,000, that includes designation of
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the entire amount of the request as an emergency require-
ment as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by
the President to the Congress: Provided further, That the
entire amount is designated by the Congress as an emer-
gency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of such
Act.
SEC. 1102. The paragraph under the heading ‘‘Live-
stock Assistance’’ in chapter 1, title I of H.R. 3425 of the
106th Congress, enacted by section 1000(a)(5) of Public
Law 106–113 (113 Stat. 1536) is amended by striking
‘‘during 1999’’ and inserting ‘‘from January 1, 1999,
through February 7, 2000’’: Provided, That the entire
amount necessary to carry out this section shall be available
only to the extent that an official budget request for the en-
tire amount, that includes designation of the entire amount
of the request as an emergency requirement as defined in
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act
of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the President to the
Congress: Provided further, That the entire amount is des-
ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pur-
suant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.
SEC. 1103. Hereafter, for the purposes of the Livestock
Indemnity Program authorized in Public Law 105–18, the
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term ‘‘livestock’’ shall have the same meaning as the term
‘‘livestock’’ under section 104 of Public Law 106–31.
SEC. 1104. The Secretary shall use the funds, facilities
and authorities of the Commodity Credit Corporation to
make and administer supplemental payments to dairy pro-
ducers who received a payment under section 805 of Public
Law 106–78 in an amount equal to thirty-five percent of
the reduction in market value of milk production in 2000,
as determined by the Secretary, based on price estimates
as of the date of enactment of this Act, from the previous
five-year average and on the base production of the producer
used to make a payment under section 805 of Public Law
106–78: Provided, That the Secretary shall make payments
to producers under this section in a manner consistent with
and subject to the same limitations on payments and eligi-
ble production as the payments to dairy producers under
section 805 of Public Law 106–78: Provided further, That
the Secretary shall make a determination as to whether a
dairy producer is considered a new producer for purposes
of section 805 by taking into account the number of months
such producer has operated as a dairy producer in order
to calculate a payment rate for such producer: Provided fur-
ther, That the entire amount necessary to carry out this
section shall be available only to the extent that an official
budget request for the entire amount, that includes designa-
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tion of the entire amount of the request as an emergency
requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is trans-
mitted by the President to the Congress: Provided further,
That the entire amount is designated by the Congress as
an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)
of such Act.
SEC. 1105. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the Secretary of Agriculture may use the funds, facili-
ties and authorities of the Commodity Credit Corporation
to administer and make payments to: (a) compensate grow-
ers whose crops could not be sold due to Mexican fruit fly
quarantines in San Diego and San Bernardino/Riverside
counties in California since their imposition on November
16, 1999, and September 10, 1999, respectively; (b) com-
pensate growers in relation to the Secretary’s ‘‘Declaration
of Extraordinary Emergency’’ on March 2, 2000, regarding
the plum pox virus; (c) compensate growers for losses due
to Pierce’s disease; and (d) compensate growers for losses
incurred due to infestations of grasshoppers and mormon
crickets: Provided, That the entire amount necessary to
carry out this section shall be available only to the extent
that an official budget request for the entire amount, that
includes designation of the entire amount of the request as
an emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced
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Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as
amended, is transmitted by the President to the Congress:
Provided further, That the entire amount is designated by
the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.
SEC. 1106. The Secretary shall use the funds, facilities
and authorities of the Commodity Credit Corporation to
make and administer supplemental payments to dairy pro-
ducers who received a payment under section 805 of Public
Law 106–78 in an amount equal to 35 percent of the reduc-
tion in market value of milk production in 2000, as deter-
mined by the Secretary, based on price estimates as of the
date of enactment of this Act, from the previous 5-year aver-
age and on the base production of the producer used to make
a payment under section 805 of Public Law 106–78: Pro-
vided, That these funds shall be available until September
30, 2001: Provided further, That the Secretary shall make
payments to producers under this section in a manner con-
sistent with and subject to the same limitations on pay-
ments and eligible production as, the payments to dairy
producers under section 805 of Public Law 106–78: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary shall make provisions for
making payments, in addition, to new producers: Provided
further, That for any producers, including new producers,
whose base production was less than twelve months for pur-
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poses of section 805 of Public Law 106–78, the producer’s
base production for the purposes of payments under this
section may be, at the producer’s option, the production of
that producer in the 12 months preceding the enactment
of this section or the producer’s base production under the
program operated under section 805 of Public Law 106–
78 subject to such limitations as apply to other producers:
Provided further, That the entire amount necessary to carry
out this section shall be available only to the extent that
an official budget request for the entire amount, that in-
cludes designation of the entire amount of the request as
an emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as
amended, is transmitted by the President to the Congress:
Provided further, That the entire amount is designated by
the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.
SEC. 1107. The Secretary shall use the funds, facilities
and authorities of the Commodity Credit Corporation in
an amount equal to $450,000,000 to make and administer
payments for livestock losses using the criteria established
to carry out the 1999 Livestock Assistance Program (except
for application of the national percentage reduction factor)
to producers for 2000 losses in a county which has received
an emergency designation by the President or the Secretary
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after January 1, 2000, and shall be available until Sep-
tember 30, 2001: Provided, That the Secretary shall give
consideration to the effect of recurring droughts in estab-
lishing the level of payments to producers under this section:
Provided further, That of the $450,000,000 amount, the Sec-
retary shall use not less than $5,000,000 to provide assist-
ance for emergency haying and feed operations in the State
of Alabama: Provided further, That of the funds made avail-
able by this section, up to $40,000,000 may be used to carry
out the Pasture Recovery Program: Provided further, That
the payments to a producer made available through the Pas-
ture Recovery Program shall be no less than 65 percent of
the average cost of reseeding: Provided further, That the en-
tire amount necessary to carry out this section shall be
available only to the extent that an official budget request
for $450,000,000, that includes designation of the entire
amount of the request as an emergency requirement as de-
fined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Con-
trol Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the Presi-
dent to the Congress: Provided further, That the entire
amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.
SEC. 1108. In using amounts made available under
section 801(a) of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food
and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appro-
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priations Act, 2000 (7 U.S.C. 1421 note; Public Law 106–
78), or under the matter under the heading ‘‘CROP LOSS
ASSISTANCE’’ under the heading ‘‘COMMODITY CREDIT COR-
PORATION FUND’’ of H.R. 3425 of the 106th Congress, as
enacted by section 1001(a)(5) of Public Law 106–113 (113
Stat. 1536, 1501A–289), to provide emergency financial as-
sistance to producers on a farm that have incurred losses
in a 1999 crop due to a disaster, the Secretary of Agri-
culture shall consider nursery stock losses caused by Hurri-
cane Irene on October 16 and 17, 1999, to be losses to the
1999 crop of nursery stock: Provided, That the entire
amount necessary to carry out this section shall be available
only to the extent that an official budget request for the en-
tire amount, that includes designation of the entire amount
of the request as an emergency requirement under the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985
(2 U.S.C. 900 et seq.), is transmitted by the President to
Congress: Provided further, That the entire amount nec-
essary to carry out this section is designated by Congress
as an emergency requirement pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(A) of that Act (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(A)).
SEC. 1109. Notwithstanding section 1237(b)(1) of the
Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3837(b)(1)), the Sec-
retary of Agriculture may permit the enrollment of not to
exceed 1,075,000 acres in the wetlands reserve program:
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Provided, That notwithstanding section 11 of the Com-
modity Credit Corporation Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 714i),
such sums as may be necessary, to remain available until
expended, shall be provided through the Commodity Credit
Corporation in fiscal year 2000 for technical assistance ac-
tivities performed by any agency of the Department of Agri-
culture in carrying out this section: Provided further, That
the entire amount necessary to carry out this section shall
be available only to the extent that an official budget request
for the entire amount, that includes designation of the en-
tire amount of the request as an emergency requirement as
defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the
President to the Congress: Provided further, That the entire
amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.
SEC. 1110. In addition to other compensation paid by
the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary shall compensate
or otherwise seek to make whole, from funds of the Com-
modity Credit Corporation, not to exceed $4,000,000, the
owners of all sheep destroyed from flocks under the Sec-
retary’s declarations of July 14, 2000 for lost income, or
other business interruption losses, due to actions of the Sec-
retary with respect to such sheep: Provided, That the entire
amount necessary to carry out this section shall be available
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only to the extent that an official budget request for the en-
tire amount, that includes designation of the entire amount
of the request as an emergency requirement as defined in
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act
of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the President to the
Congress: Provided further, That the entire amount is des-
ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pur-
suant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.
SEC. 1111. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law (including the Federal Grants and Cooperative Agree-
ments Act) the Secretary of Agriculture shall use not more
than $40,000,000 of Commodity Credit Corporation funds
for a cooperative program with the State of Florida to re-
place commercial trees removed to control citrus canker and
to compensate for lost production: Provided, That the entire
amount necessary to carry out this section shall be available
only to the extent that an official budget request for the en-
tire amount, that includes designation of the entire amount
of the request as an emergency requirement under the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985
(2 U.S.C. et seq.), is transmitted by the President to Con-
gress: Provided further, That the entire amount necessary
to carry out this section is designated by Congress as an
emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of
that Act (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(A)).
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SEC. 1112. For an additional amount for the Sec-
retary of Agriculture to provide financial assistance to the
State of South Carolina in capitalizing the South Carolina
Grain Dealers Guaranty Fund, $2,500,000: Provided, That,
these funds shall only be available if the State of South
Carolina provides an equal amount to the South Carolina
Grain Dealers Guaranty Fund: Provided further, That the
entire amount necessary to carry out this section shall be
available only to the extent that an official budget request
for the entire amount, that includes designation of the en-
tire amount of the request as an emergency requirement as
defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the
President to the Congress: Provided further, That the entire
amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.
SEC. 1113. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth-
erwise made available by this Act may be used to pay the
salaries and expenses of personnel of the Department of Ag-
riculture to carry out section 211 of the Agricultural Risk
Protection Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 3830 note; Public Law
106–224) unless—
(1) the Secretary permits funds made available
under section 211(b) of the Agricultural Risk Protec-
tion Act of 2000 to be used to provide financial or
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technical assistance to farmers and ranchers for the
purposes described in section 211(b) of that Act; and
(2) notwithstanding section 387(c) of the Federal
Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (16
U.S.C. 3836a(c)), the Secretary permits funds made
available under section 211 of the Agricultural Risk
Protection Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 3830 note; Public
Law 106–224) to be used to provide additional fund-
ing for the Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program estab-
lished under that section 387 in such sums as the Sec-
retary considers necessary to carry out that Program.
(b) The entire amount necessary to carry out this sec-
tion shall be available only to the extent that an official
budget request for the entire amount, that includes designa-
tion of the entire amount of the request as an emergency
requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is trans-
mitted by the President to the Congress: Provided, That the
entire amount is designated by the Congress as an emer-
gency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of such
Act.
SEC. 1114. CROP LOSS ASSISTANCE. (a) IN GEN-
ERAL.—The Secretary of Agriculture shall use such sums
as are necessary of funds of the Commodity Credit Corpora-
tion (not to exceed $450,000,000) to make emergency finan-
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cial assistance available to producers on a farm that have
incurred losses in a 2000 crop due to a disaster, as deter-
mined by the Secretary.
(b) ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary shall make as-
sistance available under this section in the same manner
as provided under section 1102 of the Agriculture, Rural
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (7 U.S.C. 1421 note;
Public Law 105–277), including using the same loss thresh-
olds as were used in administering that section.
(c) QUALIFYING LOSSES.—Assistance under this sec-
tion may be made available for losses due to damaging
weather or related condition (including losses due to scab,
sclerotinia, aflotoxin, and other crop diseases) associated
with crops that are, as determined by the Secretary—
(1) quantity losses (including quantity losses as
a result of quality losses);
(2) quality losses; or
(3) severe economic losses.
(d) CROPS COVERED.—Assistance under this section
shall be applicable to losses for all crops, as determined by
the Secretary, due to disasters.
(e) CROP INSURANCE.—In carrying out this section,
the Secretary shall not discriminate against or penalize
producers on a farm that have purchased crop insurance
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under the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et
seq.).
(f) LIVESTOCK INDEMNITY PAYMENTS.—The Secretary
may use such sums as are necessary of funds made available
under this section to make livestock indemnity payments
to producers on a farm that have incurred losses during
calendar year 2000 for livestock losses due to a disaster,
as determined by the Secretary.
(g) HAY LOSSES.—The Secretary may use such sums
as are necessary of funds made available under this section
to make payments to producers on a farm that have in-
curred losses of hay stock during calendar year 2000 due
to a disaster, as determined by the Secretary.
(h) EMERGENCY REQUIREMENT.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The entire amount necessary
to carry out this section shall be available only to the
extent that an official budget request for the entire
amount, that includes designation of the entire
amount of the request as an emergency requirement
under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 900 et seq.), is trans-
mitted by the President to Congress.
(2) DESIGNATION.—The entire amount necessary
to carry out this section is designated by Congress as
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an emergency requirement pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(A) of that Act (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(A)).
SEC. 1115. SPECIALTY CROPS. (a) IN GENERAL.—The
Secretary of Agriculture shall use such sums as are nec-
essary of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to
make emergency financial assistance available to producers
of fruits, vegetables, and other specialty crops, as deter-
mined by the Secretary, that incurred losses during the
1999 crop year due to a disaster, as determined by the Sec-
retary.
(b) QUALIFYING LOSSES.—Assistance under this sec-
tion may be made available for losses due to a disaster asso-
ciated with specialty crops that are, as determined by the
Secretary—
(1) quantity losses;
(2) quality losses; or
(3) severe economic losses.
(c) ELIGIBILITY.—Assistance under this section shall
be applicable to losses for all specialty crops, as determined
by the Secretary, due to disasters.
(d) CROP INSURANCE.—In carrying out this section,
the Secretary shall not discriminate against or penalize
producers on a farm that have purchased crop insurance
under the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et
seq.).
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(e) EMERGENCY REQUIREMENT.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The entire amount necessary
to carry out this section shall be available only to the
extent that an official budget request for the entire
amount, that includes designation of the entire
amount of the request as an emergency requirement
under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 900 et seq.), is trans-
mitted by the President to Congress.
(2) DESIGNATION.—The entire amount necessary
to carry out this section is designated by Congress as
an emergency requirement pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(A) of that Act (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(A)).
SEC. 1116. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the Secretary of Agriculture shall make a payment in
the amount $7,200,000 to the State of Hawaii from the
Commodity Credit Corporation for assistance to an agricul-
tural transportation cooperative in Hawaii, the members
of which are eligible to participate in the Farm Service
Agency administered Commodity Loan Program and have
suffered extraordinary market losses due to unprecedented
low prices.
SEC. 1117. APPLE MARKET LOSS ASSISTANCE AND
QUALITY LOSS PAYMENTS FOR APPLES AND POTATOES.—
(a) APPLE MARKET LOSS ASSISTANCE.—
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(c) NONDUPLICATION
OF PAYMENTS.—A producer
shall be ineligible for payments under this section with re-
spect to a market or quality loss for apples or potatoes to
the extent that the producer is eligible for compensation or
assistance for the loss under any other Federal program,
other than the Federal crop insurance program established
under the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et
seq.).
(d) EMERGENCY REQUIREMENT.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The entire amount necessary
to carry out this section shall be available only to the
extent that an official budget request for the entire
amount, that includes designation of the entire
amount of the request as an emergency requirement
under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 900 et seq.) is trans-
mitted by the President to Congress.
(2) DESIGNATION.—The entire amount necessary
to carry out this section is designated by Congress as
an emergency requirement pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(A) of that Act (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(A)).
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CHAPTER 2
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—CIVIL
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL
FLOOD CONTROL, MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES,
ARKANSAS, ILLINOIS, KENTUCKY, LOUISIANA, MIS-
SISSIPPI, MISSOURI, AND TENNESSEE
For an additional amount for emergency repairs and
dredging due to the effects of drought and other conditions,
$10,000,000, to remain available until expended, which
shall be available only to the extent an official budget re-
quest for a specific dollar amount that includes designation
of the entire amount of the request as an emergency require-
ment as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by
the President to the Congress: Provided, That the entire
amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as
amended.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, GENERAL
For an additional amount for emergency repairs and
dredging due to storm damages, $35,000,000, to remain
available until expended, of which such amounts for eligible
navigation projects which may be derived from the Harbor
Maintenance Trust Fund pursuant to Public Law 99–662,
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shall be derived from that Fund: Provided, That the entire
amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as
amended.
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES
APPALACHIAN REGIONAL COMMISSION
For an additional amount necessary to carry out the
programs authorized by the Appalachian Regional Develop-
ment Act of 1965, as amended, $11,000,000, to remain
available until expended, which shall be available only to
the extent an official budget request for $11,000,000, that
includes designation of the entire amount of the request as
an emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as
amended, is transmitted by the President to the Congress:
Provided, That the entire amount is designated by the Con-
gress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Def-
icit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
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CHAPTER 3
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT
MANAGEMENT OF LANDS AND RESOURCES
For an additional amount for ‘‘Management of Lands
and Resources’’, $17,172,000 to remain available until ex-
pended, of which $15,687,000 shall be used to address res-
toration needs caused by wildland fires and $1,485,000
shall be used for the treatment of grasshopper and Mormon
Cricket infestations on lands managed by the Bureau of
Land Management: Provided, That the entire amount is
designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended:
Provided further, That the entire amount shall be available
only to the extent an official budget request for a specific
dollar amount, that includes designation of the entire
amount of the request as an emergency requirement as de-
fined by such Act, is transmitted by the President to the
Congress.
UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
For an additional amount for ‘‘Resource Manage-
ment’’, $1,500,000, to remain available until expended, for
support of the preparation and implementation of plans,
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programs, or agreements, identified by the State of Idaho,
that address habitat for freshwater aquatic species on non-
federal lands in the State voluntarily enrolled in such
plans, programs, or agreements, of which $200,000 shall be
made available to the Boise, Idaho field office to participate
in the preparation and implementation of the plans, pro-
grams or agreements, of which $300,000 shall be made
available to the State of Idaho for preparation of the plans,
programs, or agreements, including data collection and
other activities associated with such preparation, and of
which $1,000,000 shall be made available to the State of
Idaho to fund habitat enhancement, maintenance, or res-
toration projects consistent with such plans, programs, or
agreements: Provided, That the entire amount made avail-
able is designated by the Congress as an emergency require-
ment under section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
CONSTRUCTION
For an additional amount for ‘‘Construction’’,
$8,500,000, to remain available until expended, to repair
or replace buildings, equipment, roads, bridges, and water
control structures damaged by natural disasters and con-
duct critical habitat restoration directly necessitated by
natural disasters: Provided, That the entire amount is des-
ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pur-
suant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and
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Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Pro-
vided further, That $3,500,000 shall be available only to
the extent that an official budget request that includes des-
ignation of the entire amount as an emergency as defined
in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act
of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the President to the
Congress.
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
CONSTRUCTION
For an additional amount for ‘‘Construction’’,
$5,300,000, to remain available until expended, to repair
or replace visitor facilities, equipment, roads and trails,
and cultural sites and artifacts at national park units dam-
aged by natural disasters: Provided, That the entire amount
is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended:
Provided further, That $1,300,000 shall be available only
to the extent that an official budget request that includes
designation of the entire amount as an emergency as de-
fined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Con-
trol Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the Presi-
dent to the Congress.
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tion 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further,
That the entire amount provided shall be available only to
the extent an official budget request that includes designa-
tion of the entire amount of the request as an emergency
requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is trans-
mitted by the President to the Congress.
CHAPTER 5
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
JOINT ITEMS
CAPITOL POLICE BOARD
SECURITY ENHANCEMENTS
For an additional amount for costs associated with se-
curity enhancements, as appropriated under chapter 5 of
title II of division B of the Omnibus Consolidated and
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public
Law 105–277), $11,874,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, of which—
(1) $10,000,000 shall be for security enhance-
ments in connection with the initial implementation
of the United States Capitol Police master plan: Pro-
vided, That notwithstanding such chapter 5, such
funds shall be available for facilities located within or
outside of the Capitol Grounds, and such security en-
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hancements shall be subject to the approval of the
Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Appropriations of
the Senate; and
(2) $1,874,000 shall be for security enhancements
to the buildings and grounds of the Library of Con-
gress:
Provided, That the entire amount is designated by the Con-
gress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Def-
icit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
CAPITOL POLICE
SALARIES
For an additional amount for costs of overtime,
$2,700,000, to be available to increase, in equal amounts,
the amounts provided to the House of Representatives and
the Senate: Provided, That the entire amount is designated
by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to
section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
GENERAL PROVISION—THIS CHAPTER
SEC. 1501. (a) Section 201 of the Legislative Branch
Appropriations Act, 1993 (40 U.S.C. 216c note) is amended
by striking ‘‘$10,000,000’’ each place it appears and insert-
ing ‘‘$14,500,000’’.
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(b) Section 201 of such Act is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘(a)’’ before ‘‘Pursuant’’, and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(b) The Architect of the Capitol is authorized to so-
licit, receive, accept, and hold amounts under section
307E(a)(2) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act,
1989 (40 U.S.C. 216c(a)(2)) in excess of the $14,500,000
authorized under subsection (a), but such amounts (and
any interest thereon) shall not be expended by the Architect
without approval in appropriation Acts as required under
section 307E(b)(3) of such Act (40 U.S.C. 216c(b)(3)).’’.
CHAPTER 6
GENERAL PROVISION—THIS TITLE
SEC. 1601. In addition to amounts appropriated or
otherwise made available in Public Law 106–58 to the De-
partment of the Treasury, Department-wide Systems and
Capital Investments Programs, $123,000,000, to remain
available until September 30, 2001, for maintaining and
operating the current Customs Service Automated Commer-
cial System: Provided, That the funds shall not be obligated
until the Customs Service has submitted to the Committees
on Appropriations an expenditure plan which has been ap-
proved by the Treasury Investment Review Board, the De-
partment of the Treasury, and the Office of Management
and Budget: Provided further, That none of the funds may
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be obligated to change the functionality of the Automated
Commercial System itself: Provided further, That the entire
amount shall be available only to the extent that an official
budget request for $123,000,000, that includes designation
of the entire amount as an emergency requirement as de-
fined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Con-
trol Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the Presi-
dent to the Congress: Provided further, That the entire
amount made available under this section is designated by
the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
TITLE II
SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS AND OFFSETS
CHAPTER 1
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE
From amounts appropriated under this heading in
Public Law 106–78 not needed for federal food inspection,
up to $6,000,000 may be used to liquidate obligations in-
curred in previous years, to the extent approved by the Di-
rector of the Office of Management and Budget based on
documentation provided by the Secretary of Agriculture.
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GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS CHAPTER
SEC. 2101. Section 381A(1) of the Consolidated Farm
and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2009(1)) is amended
as follows:
‘‘(1) RURAL
AND RURAL AREA.—The terms
‘rural and rural area’ mean, subject to 306(a)(7), a
city or town that has a population of 50,000 inhab-
itants or less, other than an urbanized area imme-
diately adjacent to a city or town that has a popu-
lation in excess of 50,000 inhabitants, except for busi-
ness and industry projects or facilities described in
section 310(B)(a)(1), a city or town with a popu-
lation in excess of 50,000 inhabitants and its imme-
diately adjacent urbanized area shall be eligible for
funding when the primary economic beneficiaries of
such projects or facilities are producers of agriculture
commodities.’’.
SEC. 2102. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the Natural Resources Conservation Service shall pro-
vide financial and technical assistance to the Long Park
Dam in Utah from funds available for the Emergency Wa-
tershed Program, not to exceed $4,500,000.
SEC. 2103. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the Natural Resources Conservation Service shall pro-
vide financial and technical assistance to the Kuhn Bayou
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(Point Remove) Project in Arkansas from funds available
for the Emergency Watershed Program, not to exceed
$3,300,000.
SEC. 2104. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the Natural Resources Conservation Service shall pro-
vide financial and technical assistance to the Snake River
Watershed project in Minnesota from funds available for the
Emergency Watershed Program, not to exceed $4,000,000.
SEC. 2105. None of the funds made available in this
Act or in any other Act may be used to recover part or
all of any payment erroneously made to any oyster fisher-
man in the State of Connecticut for oyster losses under the
program established under section 1102(b) of the Agri-
culture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administra-
tion, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (as
contained in section 101(a) of Division A of the Omnibus
Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations
Act, 1999 (Public Law 105–277)), and the regulations
issued pursuant to such section 1102(b).
SEC. 2106. Section 321(b) of the Consolidated Farm
and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1961(b)) is amended
by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(3) LOANS TO POULTRY FARMERS.—
‘‘(A) INABILITY TO OBTAIN INSURANCE.—
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‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding
any other provision of this subtitle, the Sec-
retary may make a loan to a poultry farm-
er under this subtitle to cover the loss of a
chicken house for which the farmer did not
have hazard insurance at the time of the
loss, if the farmer—
‘‘(I) applied for, but was unable,
to obtain hazard insurance for the
chicken house;
‘‘(II) uses the loan to rebuild the
chicken house in accordance with in-
dustry standards in effect on the date
the farmer submits an application for
the loan (referred to in this paragraph
as ‘current industry standards’);
‘‘(III) obtains, for the term of the
loan, hazard insurance for the full
market value of the chicken house; and
‘‘(IV) meets the other requirements
for the loan under this subtitle.
‘‘(ii) AMOUNT.—Subject to the limita-
tion contained in section 324(a)(2), the
amount of a loan made to a poultry farmer
under clause (i) shall be an amount that
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will allow the farmer to rebuild the chicken
house in accordance with current industry
standards.
‘‘(B) LOANS TO COMPLY WITH CURRENT IN-
DUSTRY STANDARDS.—
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding
any other provision of this subtitle, the Sec-
retary may make a loan to a poultry farm-
er under this subtitle to cover the loss of a
chicken house for which the farmer had haz-
ard insurance at the time of the loss, if—
‘‘(I) the amount of the hazard in-
surance is less than the cost of rebuild-
ing the chicken house in accordance
with current industry standards;
‘‘(II) the farmer uses the loan to
rebuild the chicken house in accordance
with current industry standards;
‘‘(III) the farmer obtains, for the
term of the loan, hazard insurance for
the full market value of the chicken
house; and
‘‘(IV) the farmer meets the other
requirements for the loan under this
subtitle.
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‘‘(ii) AMOUNT.—Subject to the limita-
tion contained in section 324(a)(2), the
amount of a loan made to a poultry farmer
under clause (i) shall be the difference
between—
‘‘(I) the amount of the hazard in-
surance obtained by the farmer; and
‘‘(II) the cost of rebuilding the
chicken house in accordance with cur-
rent industry standards.’’.
SEC. 2107. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the Sea Island Health Clinic located on Johns Island,
South Carolina, shall remain eligible for assistance and
funding from the Rural Development Community facilities
programs administered by the Department of Agriculture
until such time new population data is available from the
2000 Census.
CHAPTER 2
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION (DOMESTIC
ENHANCEMENTS)
METHAMPHETAMINE LAB CLEANUP ASSISTANCE FOR STATE
AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
For an additional amount for drug enforcement ad-
ministration, $5,000,000 for the Drug Enforcement Agency
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to assist in State and local methamphetamine lab cleanup
(including reimbursement for costs incurred by State and
local governments for lab cleanup since March 2000): Pro-
vided, That the entire amount shall be available only to
the extent an official budget request for $5,000,000, that in-
cludes designation of the entire amount of the request as
an emergency requirement as defined by the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is trans-
mitted by the President to the Congress: Provided further,
That the entire amount is designated by the Congress as
an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act
of 1985.
RADIATION EXPOSURE COMPENSATION
PAYMENT TO RADIATION EXPOSURE COMPENSATION TRUST
FUND
For an additional amount for ‘‘Payment to Radiation
Exposure Compensation Trust Fund’’, $7,246,000.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION
OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES
For an additional amount for the account entitled
‘‘Operations, Research, and Facilities’’, $3,000,000.
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
PRESIDENTIAL ADVISORY COMMISSION ON HOLOCAUST
ASSETS IN THE UNITED STATES
For an additional amount for the ‘‘Presidential Advi-
sory Commission on Holocaust Assets in the United
States’’, as authorized by Public Law 105–186, as amended,
$1,400,000, to remain available until March 31, 2001, for
the direct funding of the activities of the Commission: Pro-
vided, That the entire amount is designated by the Congress
as an emergency requirement pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Def-
icit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further,
That the entire amount provided shall be available only to
the extent an official budget request that includes designa-
tion of the entire amount of the request as an emergency
requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is trans-
mitted by the President to the Congress.
CHAPTER 3
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION
TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES
For an additional amount for ‘‘Training and Employ-
ment Services’’, $40,000,000, to be available for obligation
for the period April 1, 2000, through June 30, 2001, to be
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distributed by the Secretary of Labor to States for youth
activities in the local areas containing the 50 cities with
the largest populations, as determined by the latest avail-
able Census data, in accordance with the formula criteria
for allocations to local areas contained in section
128(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Workforce Investment Act: Provided,
That the amounts distributed to the States shall be distrib-
uted within each State to the designated local areas without
regard to section 127(a) and (b)(1) and section 128(a) of
such Act.
CHAPTER 4
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND
RELATED AGENCIES
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS CHAPTER
SEC. 2401. Under the heading ‘‘Discretionary Grants’’
in Public Law 105–66, ‘‘$4,000,000 for the Salt Lake City
regional commuter system project;’’ is amended to read
‘‘$4,000,000 for the transit and other transportation-related
portions of the Salt Lake City regional commuter system
and Gateway Intermodal Terminal;’’.
SEC. 2402. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the Commandant shall transfer $8,000,000 identified
in the conference report accompanying Public Law 106–
69 for ‘‘Unalaska, AK—pier’’ to the City of Unalaska, Alas-
ka for the construction of a municipal pier and other harbor
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improvements: Provided, That the City of Unalaska enter
into an agreement with the United States to accommodate
Coast Guard vessels and support Coast Guard operations
at Unalaska, Alaska.
SEC. 2403. From amounts previously made available
in Public Law 106–69 (Department of Transportation and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000) for ‘‘Research,
Engineering, and Development’’, $600,000 shall be avail-
able only for testing the potential for ultra-wideband signals
to interfere with global positioning system receivers by the
National Telecommunications and Information Adminis-
tration (NTIA): Provided, That the results of said test be
reported to the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations not later than six months from the date of enact-
ment of this act.
SEC. 2404. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, there is appropriated to the Federal Highway Admin-
istration for transfer to the Utah Department of Transpor-
tation, $35,000,000 for Interstate 15 reconstruction; such
sums to remain available until expended: Provided, That
the Utah Department of Transportation shall make avail-
able from state funds $35,000,000 for transportation plan-
ning, and temporary and permanent transportation infra-
structure improvements for the Salt Lake City 2002 Olym-
pic Winter Games: Provided further, That the specific plan-
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ning activities and transportation infrastructure projects
identified for state funding shall be limited to the following
projects included in the Olympic Transportation Concept
Plan approved by the Secretary of Transportation:
(1) Planning
(2) Venue Load and Unload
(3) Transit Bus Project
(4) Bus Maintenance Facilities
(5) Olympic Park & Ride Lots
(6) North-South Light Rail Park & Ride Lot
Expansion.
SEC. 2405. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the Secretary of Transportation may hereafter use Fed-
eral Highway Administration Emergency Relief funds as
authorized under 23 U.S.C. 125, to reconstruct or modify
to a higher elevation roads that are currently impounding
water within a closed basin lake greater than fifty thousand
acres: Provided, That the structures on which the roadways
are to be built shall be constructed to applicable approved
United States Army Corps of Engineers design standards.
SEC. 2406. Amtrak is authorized to obtain services
from the Administrator of General Services, and the Ad-
ministrator is authorized to provide services to Amtrak,
under sections 201(b) and 211(b) of the Federal Property
and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 481(b)
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and 491(b)) for fiscal year 2001 and each fiscal year there-
after until the fiscal year that Amtrak operates without
Federal operating grant funds appropriated for its benefit,
as required by sections 24101(d) and 24104(a) of title 49,
United States Code.
CHAPTER 5
OFFSETS
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER
Of the funds transferred to ‘‘Office of the Chief Infor-
mation Officer’’ for year 2000 conversion of Federal infor-
mation technology systems and related expenses pursuant
to Division B, Title III of Public Law 105–277, $2,435,000
of the unobligated balances are hereby canceled.
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
UNITED STATES PAROLE COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(RESCISSION)
Of the unobligated balances available under this head-
ing, $1,147,000 are rescinded.
LEGAL ACTIVITIES
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, GENERAL LEGAL ACTIVITIES
(RESCISSION)
Of the unobligated balances available under this head-
ing for the Civil Division, $2,000,000 are rescinded.
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ASSET FORFEITURE FUND
(RESCISSION)
Of the unobligated balances available under this head-
ing, $13,500,000 are rescinded.
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(RESCISSION)
Of the unobligated balances available under this head-
ing for the Information Sharing Initiative, $15,000,000 are
rescinded.
IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
ENFORCEMENT AND BORDER AFFAIRS
(RESCISSION)
Of the unobligated balances available under this head-
ing for Washington headquarters operations, including all
unobligated balances available for the Office of the Chief
of the Border Patrol, $5,000,000 are rescinded.
CITIZENSHIP AND BENEFITS, IMMIGRATION SUPPORT AND
PROGRAM DIRECTION
(RESCISSION)
Of the unobligated balances available under this head-
ing for Washington headquarters operations, $5,000,000 are
rescinded.
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VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PROGRAMS
(RESCISSION)
Of the unobligated balances available under this head-
ing for Washington headquarters operations, $5,000,000 are
rescinded.
OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS
JUSTICE ASSISTANCE
(RESCISSION)
Of the amounts made available under this heading for
the Bureau of Justice Assistance, $500,000 are rescinded
from the Management and Administration activity.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT
PUBLIC HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES EMERGENCY FUND
Of the funds appropriated for the Department’s year
2000 computer conversion activities under this heading in
the Department of Health and Human Services Appropria-
tions Act, 2000, as enacted by section 1000(a)(4) of the Con-
solidated Appropriations Act, 2000 (Public Law 106–113),
$40,000,000 is hereby canceled.
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EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
UNANTICIPATED NEEDS
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS AND RELATED
EXPENSES
Under this heading in division B, title III of Public
Law 
105–277, 
strike 
‘‘$2,250,000,000’’ 
and 
insert
‘‘$2,015,000,000’’.
CHAPTER 6
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS TITLE
SEC. 2601. Under the heading ‘‘Federal Communica-
tions Commission, Salaries and Expenses’’ in title V of
H.R. 3421 of the 106th Congress, as enacted by section
1000(a)(1) of Public Law 106–113, delete ‘‘$210,000,000’’
and insert ‘‘$215,800,000’’; in the first and third provisos
delete ‘‘$185,754,000’’ and insert ‘‘$191,554,000’’ in each
such proviso.
SEC. 2602. At the end of the paragraph under the
heading ‘‘Justice prisoner and alien transportation system
fund, United States Marshals Service’’ in title I of H.R.
3421 of the 106th Congress, as enacted by section 1000(a)(1)
of Public Law 106–113, add the following: ‘‘In addition,
$13,500,000, to remain available until expended, shall be
available only for the purchase of two Sabreliner-class air-
craft.’’.
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SEC. 2603. Title IV of the Departments of Commerce,
Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Ap-
propriations Act, 2000 (as contained in Public Law 106–
113) is amended in the paragraph entitled ‘‘Diplomatic
and consular programs’’ by inserting after the fourth pro-
viso: ‘‘Provided further, That of the amount made available
under this heading, $5,000,000, less any costs already paid,
shall be used to reimburse the City of Seattle and other
Washington state jurisdictions for security costs incurred
in hosting the Third World Trade Organization Ministerial
Conference:’’.
SEC. 2604. Of the discretionary funds appropriated to
the Edward Byrne Memorial State and Local Law Enforce-
ment Assistance Program in fiscal year 2000, $1,000,000
shall be transferred to the Violent Offender Incarceration
and Truth In Sentencing Incentive Grants Program to be
used for the construction costs of the Hoonah Spirit Camp,
as authorized under section 20109(a) of subtitle A of title
II of the 1994 Act.
SEC. 2605. Title I of the Departments of Commerce,
Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Ap-
propriations Act, 2000 (as contained in Public Law 106–
113) is amended in the paragraph entitled ‘‘Federal Bureau
of Investigation, Salaries and Expenses’’ by inserting after
the third proviso the following new proviso: ‘‘: Provided fur-
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ther, That in addition to amounts made available under
this heading, $3,000,000 shall be available for the creation
of a new site for the National Domestic Preparedness Office
outside of FBI Headquarters and the implementation of the
‘Blueprint’ with regard to the National Domestic Prepared-
ness Office’’.
SEC. 2606. Of the funds made available in fiscal year
2000 for the Department of Commerce, $1,000,000 shall be
derived from the account entitled ‘‘General Administration’’
and $500,000 from the account entitled ‘‘Office of the In-
spector General’’ and made available for the Commission
on Online Child Protection as established under Title XIII
of Public Law 105–825, and extended by subsequent law.
TITLE III
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS DIVISION
SEC. 3101. 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. 3102. None of the funds made available under
this Act or any other Act shall be used by the Secretary
of the Interior, in this or the succeeding fiscal year, to pro-
mulgate final rules to revise or amend 43 C.F.R. Subpart
3809, except that the Secretary may finalize amendments
to that Subpart that are limited to only the specific regu-
latory gaps identified at pages 7 through 9 of the National
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Research Council report entitled ‘‘Hardrock Mining on Fed-
eral Lands’’ and that are consistent with existing statutory
authorities. Nothing in this section shall be construed to ex-
pand the existing statutory authority of the Secretary.
SEC. 3103. No funds may be expended in fiscal year
2000 by the Federal Communications Commission to con-
duct competitive bidding procedures that involve mutually
exclusive applications where one or more of the applicants
in a station, including an auxiliary radio booster or trans-
lator station or television translator station, licensed under
section 397(6) of the Communications Act, whether broad-
casting on reserved or non-reserved spectrum.
SEC. 3104. STUDY OF OREGON INLET, NORTH CARO-
LINA, NAVIGATION PROJECT. (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later
than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the
Secretary of the Army shall have conducted, and submitted
to Congress, a restudy of the project for navigation, Manteo
(Shallowbag) Bay, North Carolina, authorized by section
101 of the River and Harbor Act of 1970 (84 Stat. 1818),
to evaluate all reasonable alternatives, including non-
structural alternatives, to the authorized inlet stabilization
project at Oregon Inlet.
(b) REQUIRED ELEMENTS.—In carrying out sub-
section (a), the Secretary of the Army shall—
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(1) take into account the views of affected inter-
ests; and
(2)(A) take into account objectives in addition to
navigation, including—
(i) complying with the policies of the State
of North Carolina regarding construction of
structural measures along State shores; and
(ii) avoiding or minimizing adverse im-
pacts to, or benefiting, the Cape Hatteras Na-
tional Seashore and the Pea Island National
Wildlife Refuge; and
(B) develop options that meet those objectives.
TITLE IV—FOOD AND MEDICINE FOR THE
WORLD ACT
SEC. 4001. SHORT TITLE.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Food and Medicine for
the World Act’’.
SEC. 4002. DEFINITIONS.
In this title:
(1) AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY.—The term ‘‘ag-
ricultural commodity’’ has the meaning given the
term in section 102 of the Agricultural Trade Act of
1978 (7 U.S.C. 5602).
(2) AGRICULTURAL PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘agri-
cultural program’’ means—
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(A) any program administered under the
Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance
Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1691 et seq.);
(B) any program administered under sec-
tion 416 of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7
U.S.C. 1431);
(C) any program administered under the
Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5601
et seq.);
(D) the dairy export incentive program ad-
ministered under section 153 of the Food Secu-
rity Act of 1985 (15 U.S.C. 713a–14);
(E) any commercial export sale of agricul-
tural commodities; or
(F) any export financing (including credits
or credit guarantees) provided by the United
States Government for agricultural commodities.
(3) JOINT RESOLUTION.—The term ‘‘joint resolu-
tion’’ means—
(A) in the case of section 4003(a)(1), only
a joint resolution introduced within 10 session
days of Congress after the date on which the re-
port of the President under section 4003(a)(1) is
received by Congress, the matter after the resolv-
ing clause of which is as follows: ‘‘That Congress
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approves the report of the President pursuant to
section 4003(a)(1) of the Food and Medicine for
the 
World 
Act, 
transmitted 
on
lllllll.’’, with the blank completed
with the appropriate date; and
(B) in the case of section 4006(1), only a
joint resolution introduced within 10 session
days of Congress after the date on which the re-
port of the President under section 4006(2) is re-
ceived by Congress, the matter after the resolving
clause of which is as follows: ‘‘That Congress ap-
proves the report of the President pursuant to
section 4006(1) of the Food and Medicine for the
World Act, transmitted on lllllll.’’,
with the blank completed with the appropriate
date.
(4) MEDICAL DEVICE.—The term ‘‘medical de-
vice’’ has the meaning given the term ‘‘device’’ in sec-
tion 201 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
(21 U.S.C. 321).
(5) MEDICINE.—The term ‘‘medicine’’ has the
meaning given the term ‘‘drug’’ in section 201 of the
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C.
321).
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(6) UNILATERAL AGRICULTURAL SANCTION.—The
term ‘‘unilateral agricultural sanction’’ means any
prohibition, restriction, or condition on carrying out
an agricultural program with respect to a foreign
country or foreign entity that is imposed by the
United States for reasons of foreign policy or national
security, except in a case in which the United States
imposes the measure pursuant to a multilateral re-
gime and the other member countries of that regime
have agreed to impose substantially equivalent meas-
ures.
(7) UNILATERAL MEDICAL SANCTION.—The term
‘‘unilateral medical sanction’’ means any prohibition,
restriction, or condition on exports of, or the provi-
sion of assistance consisting of, medicine or a medical
device with respect to a foreign country or foreign en-
tity that is imposed by the United States for reasons
of foreign policy or national security, except in a case
in which the United States imposes the measure pur-
suant to a multilateral regime and the other member
countries of that regime have agreed to impose sub-
stantially equivalent measures.
SEC. 4003. RESTRICTION.
(a) NEW SANCTIONS.—Except as provided in sections
4004 and 4005 and notwithstanding any other provision
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of law, the President may not impose a unilateral agricul-
tural sanction or unilateral medical sanction against a for-
eign country or foreign entity, unless—
(1) not later than 60 days before the sanction is
proposed to be imposed, the President submits a re-
port to Congress that—
(A) describes the activity proposed to be
prohibited, restricted, or conditioned; and
(B) describes the actions by the foreign
country or foreign entity that justify the sanc-
tion; and
(2) there is enacted into law a joint resolution
stating the approval of Congress for the report sub-
mitted under paragraph (1).
(b) EXISTING SANCTIONS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the President shall terminate any unilat-
eral agricultural sanction or unilateral medical sanc-
tion that is in effect as of the date of enactment of
this Act.
(2) EXEMPTIONS.—Paragraph (1) shall not
apply to a unilateral agricultural sanction or unilat-
eral medical sanction imposed—
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(A) with respect to any program adminis-
tered under section 416 of the Agricultural Act
of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1431);
(B) with respect to the Export Credit Guar-
antee Program (GSM–102) or the Intermediate
Export Credit Guarantee Program (GSM–103)
established under section 202 of the Agricultural
Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5622); or
(C) with respect to the dairy export incen-
tive program administered under section 153 of
the Food Security Act of 1985 (15 U.S.C. 713a–
14).
SEC. 4004. EXCEPTIONS.
Section 4003 shall not affect any authority or require-
ment to impose (or continue to impose) a sanction referred
to in section 4003—
(1) against a foreign country or foreign entity—
(A) pursuant to a declaration of war
against the country or entity;
(B) pursuant to specific statutory author-
ization for the use of the Armed Forces of the
United States against the country or entity;
(C) against which the Armed Forces of the
United States are involved in hostilities; or
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(D) where imminent involvement by the
Armed Forces of the United States in hostilities
against the country or entity is clearly indicated
by the circumstances; or
(2) to the extent that the sanction would pro-
hibit, restrict, or condition the provision or use of any
agricultural commodity, medicine, or medical device
that is—
(A) controlled on the United States Muni-
tions List established under section 38 of the
Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2778);
(B) controlled on any control list established
under the Export Administration Act of 1979 or
any successor statute (50 U.S.C. App. 2401 et
seq.); or
(C) used to facilitate the development or
production of a chemical or biological weapon or
weapon of mass destruction.
SEC. 4005. COUNTRIES SUPPORTING INTERNATIONAL TER-
RORISM.
Notwithstanding section 4003 and except as provided
in section 4007, the prohibitions in effect on or after the
date of the enactment of this Act under section 620A of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2371) on pro-
viding, to the government of any country supporting inter-