datamatters24/research-document-archive huggingface dataset:
for each day after March 31 that such report has not been 
submitted to Congress: Provided further, That funds may 
be used to enter into a grant agreement with a nonprofit 
standard-setting organization to assist in the development 
of aviation safety standards: Provided further, That none 
of the funds in this Act shall be available for new appli-
cants for the second career training program: Provided 
further, That none of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able for the Federal Aviation Administration to finalize 
or implement any regulation that would promulgate new 
aviation user fees not specifically authorized by law after 
the date of the enactment of this Act: Provided further, 
That there may be credited to this appropriation as offset-
ting collections funds received from States, counties, mu-
nicipalities, foreign authorities, other public authorities, 
and private sources, for expenses incurred in the provision 
of agency services, including receipts for the maintenance 
and operation of air navigation facilities, and for issuance, 
renewal or modification of certificates, including airman, 
aircraft, and repair station certificates, or for tests related 
thereto, or for processing major repair or alteration forms: 
Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under 
this heading, not less than $10,350,000 shall be for the 
contract tower cost-sharing program: Provided further, 
That none of the funds in this Act for aeronautical chart-
103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4217
AMENDMENT
TO
SENATE AMENDMENT
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Historical Park Advisory Commission Re-establishment Act
of 1995’’.
SEC. 212. AMENDMENT TO BOSTON NATIONAL HISTORIC
PARK ACT.
Section 3(b) of the Boston National Historical Park
Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 410z–1(b)) is amended by inserting
‘‘(1)’’ before the first sentence thereof and by adding the fol-
lowing at the end thereof:
‘‘(2) The Secretary of the Interior is authorized
to enter into a cooperative agreement with the Boston
Public Library to provide for the distribution of in-
formational and interpretive materials relating to the
park and to the Freedom Trail.’’.
SEC. 213. CUMBERLAND GAP NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK.
(a) REMOVAL OF RESTRICTIONS.—The first section of
the Act of June 11, 1940, entitled ‘‘An Act to provide for
the establishment of the Cumberland Gap National Histori-
cal Park in Tennessee, Kentucky, and Virginia: (54 Stat.
262, 16 U.S.C. 261 et seq.) is amended by striking out ev-
erything after the words ‘‘Cumberland Gap National His-
torical Park’’ and inserting a period.
(b) USE OF APPROPRIATED FUNDS.—Section 3 of such
Act (16 U.S.C. 263) is amended by inserting ‘‘or with funds
that may be from time to time appropriated for the pur-
pose’’, after ‘‘funds’’.
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(I) by striking ‘‘October 1, 2008’’ 
and inserting ‘‘October 1, 2013’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘September 30, 
2010’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 
2015’’; and 
(ii) in subparagraph (B)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘October 1, 2010’’ 
and inserting ‘‘October 1, 2015’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘September 30, 
2010’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 
2015’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (8)(C)(ii)— 
(i) in subclause (I), by striking ‘‘or’’ 
at the end; 
(ii) in subclause (II), by striking the 
period at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subclause: 
‘‘(III) on the basis that the Ad-
ministrator rejected the application 
under subsection (f)(4)(B).’’. 
(2) PESTICIDE REGISTRATION FUND.—Section 
33(c)(3)(B) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, 
and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 136w–8(c)(3)(B)) is 
amended— 
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subparagraph shall not apply to appropriations to
cover agricultural crop disaster assistance.’’.
(2) EMERGENCY
LEGISLATION.—Section 252(e)
of such Act (2 U.S.C. 902(e)) is amended by adding
at the end the following new sentence: ‘‘This sub-
section shall not apply to direct spending provisions
to cover agricultural crop disaster assistance.’’.
(e) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—
(1) The first sentence of section 506(d) (7 U.S.C.
1506(d)) is amended by striking ‘‘508(f)’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘508(i)’’.
(2) The last sentence of section 507(c) (7 U.S.C.
1507(c)) is amended by striking ‘‘508(b)’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘508(g)’’.
(3) Section 518 (7 U.S.C. 1518) is amended by
striking ‘‘(k)’’ and inserting ‘‘(m)’’.
SEC. 1304. DISASTER ASSISTANCE.
(a) CROP LOSS ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary of Agri-
culture may provide assistance to producers for crop losses
in 1994 due to natural disasters under the terms and condi-
tions of—
(1) chapter 3 of subtitle B of title XXII of the
Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of
1990 (7 U.S.C. 1421 note); and
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(2) subsections (a)(4), (b)(3), (d), and (e) of sec-
tion 521 of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (as
amended by this title).
(b) OTHER EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE.—To provide as-
sistance for losses in 1994 due to natural disasters, the Sec-
retary of Agriculture may provide assistance under—
(1) the emergency conservation program estab-
lished under title IV of the Agricultural Credit Act of
1978 (16 U.S.C. 2201 et seq.);
(2) the emergency watershed protection program
of the Soil Conservation Service; and
(3) the emergency community water assistance
grant program established under section 306A of the
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7
U.S.C. 1926a).
(c) FUNDING.—
(1) CROP LOSS ASSISTANCE.—Out of available
funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, the Com-
modity Credit Corporation is authorized to provide to
the Secretary of Agriculture, through July 15, 1995,
such sums as are necessary to carry out subsection
(a).
(2) OTHER EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE.—There are
authorized to be appropriated such sums as are nec-
essary to carry out subsection (b).
by the qualified State housing agency to carry out an af-
fordable housing incentive loan program that meets the
requirements of subsection (d).
(c) SCOPE AND AMOUNT.—Under the demonstration
program, the Secretary—
(1) may provide assistance to not more than 5
qualified State housing agencies;
(2) may not provide more than $5,000,000 to
any single qualified State housing agency in any sin-
gle fiscal year; and
(3) may not provide assistance to more than 1
qualified State housing agency for any single State.
(d) AFFORDABLE HOUSING INCENTIVE LOAN PRO-
GRAMS.—The Secretary may provide assistance under the
demonstration program to a qualified State housing agen-
cy only if the agency is carrying out, or provides assur-
ances to the Secretary (as the Secretary considers nec-
essary) that the agency will carry out, an affordable hous-
ing incentive loan program that meets the following re-
quirements:
(1) PURPOSE.—Under the loan program, the
qualified State housing agency shall provide first,
second, or other subordinate mortgage loans to spon-
sors, and provide guarantees for such loans made to
sponsors, only for the new construction or acquisi-
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Sec. 2404. International Trade Service.
SUBTITLE E—RURAL ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
Sec. 2501. Under Secretary for Rural Economic and Community Development.
Sec. 2502. Rural Utilities Service.
Sec. 2503. Rural Housing and Community Development Service.
Sec. 2504. Rural Business and Cooperative Development Service.
SUBTITLE F—FOOD, NUTRITION, AND CONSUMER SERVICES
Sec. 2601. Under Secretary of Agriculture for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer
Services.
Sec. 2602. Food and Consumer Service.
Sec. 2603. Nutrition Research and Education Service.
SUBTITLE G—NATIONAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT
Sec. 2701. Natural Resources Conservation Service.
Sec. 2702. Reorganization of Forest Service.
SUBTITLE H—MARKETING AND INSPECTION SERVICES
Sec. 2801. Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration.
SUBTITLE I—RESEARCH, ECONOMICS, AND EDUCATION
Sec. 2901. Federal Research and Information Service.
Sec. 2902. Cooperative State Research and Education Service.
Sec. 2903. Agricultural Economics and Statistics Service.
Sec. 2904. Program Policy and Coordination Staff.
SUBTITLE J—FOOD SAFETY
Sec. 2951. Food Safety Service.
SUBTITLE K—MISCELLANEOUS
Sec. 2981. Assistant Secretaries of Agriculture.
Sec. 2982. Removal of obsolete provisions.
Sec. 2983. Additional conforming amendments.
Sec. 2984. Termination of authority.
Sec. 2985. Elimination of duplicative inspection requirements.
TITLE I—FEDERAL CROP
INSURANCE REFORM
Subtitle A—Catastrophic Risk and
Additional Coverage Insurance
SEC. 1100. SHORT TITLE; REFERENCES.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This title may be cited as the
‘‘Federal Crop Insurance Reform Act of 1994’’.
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‘‘(B) Using the additional budget authority pro-
vided under paragraph (6) and the balances of budg-
et authority that become available during fiscal year
1996, the Secretary shall, to the extent approved in
appropriation Acts, reserve authority to enter into
obligations aggregating—
‘‘(i) for public housing grants under sub-
section (a)(2), not more than $413,000,000, of
which amount not more than $263,000,000
shall be available for Indian housing;
‘‘(ii) for assistance under section 8, not
more 
than 
$2,811,500,000 
of 
which
$527,175,000 shall be available for 15-year
contracts for the Community Investment Dem-
onstration program under section 6 of the
HUD 
Demonstration 
Act 
of 
1993,
$527,175,000 shall be for homeless assistance
and $175,725,000 shall be for assistance for
the disabled;
‘‘(iii) for modernization grants under sec-
tion 14(k), not more than $2,375,000,000 in-
cluding $15,000,000 for training and technical
assistance;
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Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate
of a greater amount:
Repairs and Alterations:
California:
Los Angeles, U.S. Courthouse, $24,910,000
Menlo Park, USGS Building 3, $7,631,000
Sacramento, Federal Building, $16,574,000
San Pedro, Custom House, $5,429,000
Colorado:
Denver, Federal Building and Custom House,
$8,896,000
District of Columbia:
Ariel Rios-Facades, $3,946,000
Customs/ICC/Connecting Wing Complex (phase
1), $9,662,000
National Courts, $4,588,000
Illinois:
Chicago, Federal Center, $52,982,000
Maryland:
Baltimore, George H. Fallon Federal Building
(phase 3), $17,179,000
Woodlawn, SSA East High-Low Rise Buildings,
$19,212,000
New Jersey:
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TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, 
$108,277,000, of which not to exceed $2,635,000 shall be 
available for the immediate Office of the Secretary; not 
to exceed $992,000 shall be available for the Immediate 
Office of the Deputy Secretary; not to exceed $19,615,000 
shall be available for the Office of the General Counsel; 
not to exceed $11,248,000 shall be available for the Office 
of the Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy; not 
to exceed $12,825,000 shall be available for the Office of 
the Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs; not to 
exceed $2,601,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for Governmental Affairs; not to ex-
ceed $27,095,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for Administration; not to exceed 
$2,034,000 shall be available for the Office of Public Af-
fairs; not to exceed $1,701,000 shall be available for the 
Office of the Executive Secretariat; $1,539,000 shall be 
available for the Office of Small and Disadvantaged Busi-
ness Utilization; not to exceed $10,875,000 for the Office 
of Intelligence, Security, and Emergency Response; and 
not to exceed $15,117,000 shall be available for the Office 
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II 
Calendar No. 440 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5972 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JUNE 29, 2012 
Received; read twice and placed on the calendar 
AN ACT 
Making appropriations for the Departments of Transpor-
tation, and Housing and Urban Development, and re-
lated agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2013, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 
Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban 
Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year end-
ing September 30, 2013, and for other purposes, namely: 
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in 1 State under which the Secretary provides all school
districts in such State commodity letters of credit in lieu
of all entitlement commodities for the school lunch pro-
grams of such school districts.
‘‘(B) The Secretary may establish and carry out the
statewide CLOC demonstration program under this para-
graph only in a State in which, on the date of the applica-
tion by such State to the Secretary to establish such pro-
gram, 80 percent or more of the school districts participat-
ing in the school lunch program under this Act have elect-
ed to participate in the statewide CLOC demonstration
program.
‘‘(C) In carrying out the statewide CLOC demonstra-
tion program, the Secretary shall provide that—
‘‘(i) all commodity letters of credit be issued to
all school districts in the State in lieu of entitlement
commodities for the school lunch program beginning
on the first July 1st which occurs after the date of
the enactment of this paragraph;
‘‘(ii) child care agencies and nutrition programs
for the elderly in the State shall be allowed to par-
ticipate in the program; and
‘‘(iii) the State agencies responsible for com-
modity distribution to child and elderly nutrition
programs shall administer the program.’’.
(A) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘pro-
gram system; and’’ and inserting ‘‘program sys-
tem;’’;
(B) by striking the period at the end of
subparagraph (E) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(C) by adding at the end the following new
subparagraph:
‘‘(F) establishing and carrying out the loan
guarantee program under section 327(f).’’.
(2) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of con-
tents of such Act is amended by inserting after the
item relating to section 326 the following new item:
‘‘Sec. 327. Workforce skills and development loan program.’’.
SEC. 2. INFORMATION RELATING TO SKILLS UPGRADING
ACTIVITIES FOR CAPACITY BUILDING AND IN-
FORMATION AND DISSEMINATION NETWORK.
Section 453(b)(2) of the Job Training Partnership
Act (29 U.S.C. 1733(b)(2)) is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (C)(ii)(V), by striking the
period at the end of such subparagraph and insert-
ing ‘‘; and’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph:
‘‘(D)(i) collect and disseminate informa-
tion—
shape components originating under this note.’’; 
and 
(iv) in the matter following subdivi-
sion (B)(3), by striking the last sentence 
and inserting the following: ‘‘Any elas-
tomeric yarn (except latex) contained in an 
originating fabric or knit to shape compo-
nent referred to in subdivision (B)(3) must 
be formed in the territory of one or more 
of the parties to the Agreement.’’. 
(C) Subdivision (C) is amended— 
(i) in subdivision (C)(2), by inserting 
‘‘or knit to shape components’’ after ‘‘one 
or more fabrics’’; 
(ii) by amending subdivision (C)(3) to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(3) any combination of the fabrics re-
ferred to in subdivision (C)(1), the fabrics or 
knit to shape components referred to in subdivi-
sion (C)(2) or one or more fabrics or knit to 
shape components originating under this note.’’; 
and 
(iii) in the matter following subdivi-
sion (C)(3), by striking the second sen-
tence and inserting the following: ‘‘Any 
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and inserting ‘‘one additional Under Secretary of
Agriculture (as designated by the Secretary of Agri-
culture)’’.
SEC. 3. GENERAL POWERS OF CORPORATION.
(a) CLAIMS SETTLEMENT.—Section 506 of the Fed-
eral Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1506) is amended—
(1) by redesignating subsections (j), (k), (l),
(m), and (n) as subsections (k), (l), (m), (n), and
(o), respectively; and
(2) by inserting after subsection (i) the follow-
ing new subsection:
‘‘(j) CLAIMS SETTLEMENT.—The Corporation shall
have the authority to make final and conclusive settlement
and adjustment of any claims made by or against the Cor-
poration or the accounts of its fiscal officers.’’.
(b) REGULATIONS; PREEMPTION.—Subsection (e) of
such section is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘governing’’ and inserting ‘‘to
carry out this title and to govern’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new sen-
tence: ‘‘State and local laws or rules shall not apply
to rules and regulations adopted by the Corporation
to the extent that such rules and regulations so pro-
vide or to the extent that State and local laws or
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rules are inconsistent with such rules and regula-
tions.’’.
(c) DEFINITION OF SUBSTANTIAL BENEFICIAL IN-
TEREST.—Subsection (m) of such section (as redesignated
by subsection (a)(1)) is amended in paragraph (4) by
striking ‘‘5 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘10 percent’’.
(d) PENALTY
FOR
FALSE
INFORMATION.—Sub-
section (n) of such section (as redesignated by subsection
(a)(1)) is amended in paragraph (1) by striking subpara-
graph (B) and inserting the following new subparagraph:
‘‘(B) disqualify the person—
‘‘(i) from purchasing catastrophic risk
protection under section 508(b) or partici-
pating in the noninsured assistance pro-
gram under section 519 for a period not to
exceed 2 years; and
‘‘(ii) from receiving any other benefit
under this title for a period not to exceed
10 years.’’.
(e) ACTUARIAL SOUNDNESS.—Subsection (o) of such
section (as redesignated by subsection (a)(1)) is amend-
ed—
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘beginning
farmers from obtaining adequate Federal crop insur-
ance, as determined by the Corporation’’ and insert-
tion and substantial rehabilitation of rental housing
projects consisting of 4 or more affordable, safe, and
sanitary dwelling units.
(2) DIVERSITY OF SIZE OF POPULATION.—The
loan program shall ensure that, in each fiscal year
in which loans and loan guarantees are available
under the program, loans and guarantees shall be
made available for providing housing in areas of
varying sizes of population, including rural areas,
small towns, small cities, and major metropolitan
areas, in accordance with the need in the State for
such housing in each such type of area.
(3) HOUSING
PURPOSES.—The loan program
shall ensure that, in each fiscal year in which loans
and loan guarantees are available under the pro-
gram, loans and guarantees are made available for
providing housing for farmworkers, for families, and
for elderly families, in accordance with the need in
the State for each type of housing.
(4) LOW-INCOME USE.—The loan program shall
require the sponsor of the housing for which a loan
or guarantee is made under the program to enter
into a contract with the qualified State housing
agency that provides that, for the term of the loan
or 12 years, whichever is longer—
‘‘(E) In the case of additional coverage 
equal to or greater than 65 percent, but less 
than 70 percent, of the recorded or appraised 
average yield indemnified at not greater than 
100 percent of the expected market price, or a 
comparable coverage for a policy or plan of in-
surance that is not based on individual yield, 
the amount shall be equal to the sum of— 
‘‘(i) 42 percent of the amount of the 
premium 
established 
under 
subsection 
(d)(2)(B)(i) for the coverage level selected; 
and 
‘‘(ii) the amount determined under 
subsection (d)(2)(B)(ii) for the coverage 
level selected to cover operating and ad-
ministrative expenses. 
‘‘(F) In the case of additional coverage 
equal to or greater than 70 percent, but less 
than 75 percent, of the recorded or appraised 
average yield indemnified at not greater than 
100 percent of the expected market price, or a 
comparable coverage for a policy or plan of in-
surance that is not based on individual yield, 
the amount shall be equal to the sum of— 
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the Board that are determined by the Board to be
appropriate for such year.
(2) WHEN ESTIMATED CCC PURCHASES EXCEED
5,000,000,000 POUNDS.—For any year in which the
Secretary of Agriculture estimates, by November 20
of the preceding year under section 204(f) of the
Agricultural Act of 1949, that Commodity Credit
Corporation purchases of milk and the products of
milk (less sales under section 407 of the Agricultural
Act of 1949 for unrestricted use) will exceed
5,000,000,000 pounds (milk equivalent, total milk
solids basis), the Plan shall provide for—
(A) the establishment under section 3 of a
blend price for milk entering the Pool that will
cover Pool blend price payments on exports of
dairy products during such year that are equiv-
alent in milk (total milk solids basis) to the por-
tion of the estimated Commodity Credit Cor-
poration purchases (less sales under section 407
of the Agricultural Act of 1949 for unrestricted
use) in excess of 5,000,000,000 pounds but not
in excess of 7,000,000,000 pounds; and
(B) other appropriate measures by the
Board to stabilize milk and dairy product
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‘‘(b) CATASTROPHIC RISK PROTECTION.—
‘‘(1) The Corporation shall offer a catastrophic
risk protection plan to indemnify producers for crop
loss due to loss of yield and prevented planting when
the producer is unable because of drought, flood or
other natural disaster, as determined by the Sec-
retary, to plant other crops for harvest on that acre-
age for that crop year.
‘‘(2) Catastrophic risk protection shall offer the
producer 50 percent loss in yield coverage, on an
area or individual yield basis, indemnified at 60 per-
cent of the expected market price or a comparable
coverage, as determined by the Corporation.
‘‘(3) Producers shall have the option of basing
their catastrophic coverage on either an individual
yield and loss basis or on an area yield and loss
basis when both options are offered by the Corpora-
tion.
‘‘(4) For catastrophic risk protection, producers
shall pay an administrative fee. The administrative
fees shall be $50 per crop per county, not to exceed
$100 per producer per county. The administrative
fee shall be paid at the service point—the United
States Department of Agriculture office or the ap-
proved private insurance provider—at the time of