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of the Department: Provided, That this appropriation shall 
be reimbursed from applicable appropriations in this Act 
for travel expenses incident to the holding of hearings as 
required by 5 U.S.C. 551–558. 
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR 
CONGRESSIONAL RELATIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
the Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations to 
carry out the programs funded by this Act, including pro-
grams involving intergovernmental affairs and liaison 
within the executive branch, $3,936,000: Provided, That 
these funds may be transferred to agencies of the Depart-
ment of Agriculture funded by this Act to maintain per-
sonnel at the agency level: Provided further, That no funds 
made available by this appropriation may be obligated 
after 30 days from the date of enactment of this Act, un-
less the Secretary has notified the Committees on Appro-
priations of both Houses of Congress on the allocation of 
these funds by USDA agency: Provided further, That no 
other funds appropriated to the Department by this Act 
shall be available to the Department for support of activi-
ties of congressional relations. 
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OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS 
For necessary expenses to carry out services relating 
to the coordination of programs involving public affairs, 
for the dissemination of agricultural information, and the 
coordination of information, work, and programs author-
ized by Congress in the Department, $9,720,000. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector 
General, including employment pursuant to the Inspector 
General Act of 1978, $85,998,000, including such sums 
as may be necessary for contracting and other arrange-
ments with public agencies and private persons pursuant 
to section 6(a)(9) of the Inspector General Act of 1978, 
and including not to exceed $125,000 for certain confiden-
tial operational expenses, including the payment of inform-
ants, to be expended under the direction of the Inspector 
General pursuant to Public Law 95–452 and section 1337 
of Public Law 97–98. 
OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the General 
Counsel, $40,964,000. 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RESEARCH, 
EDUCATION AND ECONOMICS 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
the Under Secretary for Research, Education and Eco-
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nomics to administer the laws enacted by the Congress 
for the Economic Research Service, the National Agricul-
tural Statistics Service, the Agricultural Research Service, 
and the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Ex-
tension Service, $626,000. 
ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE 
For necessary expenses of the Economic Research 
Service in conducting economic research and analysis, 
$79,282,000. 
NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE 
For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural 
Statistics Service in conducting statistical reporting and 
service work, $166,099,000, of which up to $52,725,000 
shall be available until expended for the Census of Agri-
culture. 
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to enable the Agricultural Re-
search Service to perform agricultural research and dem-
onstration relating to production, utilization, marketing, 
and distribution (not otherwise provided for); home eco-
nomics or nutrition and consumer use including the acqui-
sition, preservation, and dissemination of agricultural in-
formation; and for acquisition of lands by donation, ex-
change, or purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed $100, 
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and for land exchanges where the lands exchanged shall 
be of equal value or shall be equalized by a payment of 
money to the grantor which shall not exceed 25 percent 
of the total value of the land or interests transferred out 
of Federal ownership, $1,076,340,000: Provided, That ap-
propriations hereunder shall be available for the operation 
and maintenance of aircraft and the purchase of not to 
exceed one for replacement only: Provided further, That 
appropriations hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7 
U.S.C. 2250 for the construction, alteration, and repair 
of buildings and improvements, but unless otherwise pro-
vided, the cost of constructing any one building shall not 
exceed $375,000, except for headhouses or greenhouses 
which shall each be limited to $1,200,000, and except for 
10 buildings to be constructed or improved at a cost not 
to exceed $750,000 each, and the cost of altering any one 
building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent 
of the current replacement value of the building or 
$375,000, whichever is greater: Provided further, That the 
limitations on alterations contained in this Act shall not 
apply to modernization or replacement of existing facilities 
at Beltsville, Maryland: Provided further, That appropria-
tions hereunder shall be available for granting easements 
at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center: Provided 
further, That the foregoing limitations shall not apply to 
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replacement of buildings needed to carry out the Act of 
April 24, 1948 (21 U.S.C. 113a): Provided further, That 
funds may be received from any State, other political sub-
division, organization, or individual for the purpose of es-
tablishing or operating any research facility or research 
project of the Agricultural Research Service, as authorized 
by law: Provided further, That none of the funds appro-
priated under this heading shall be available to carry out 
research related to the production, processing, or mar-
keting of tobacco or tobacco products. 
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
For acquisition of land, construction, repair, improve-
ment, extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed equip-
ment or facilities as necessary to carry out the agricultural 
research programs of the Department of Agriculture, 
where not otherwise provided, $64,000,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
COOPERATIVE STATE RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND 
EXTENSION SERVICE 
RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES 
For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for 
cooperative forestry and other research, for facilities, and 
for other expenses, $671,419,000, as follows: to carry out 
the provisions of the Hatch Act of 1887 (7 U.S.C. 361a– 
i), $195,817,000; for grants for cooperative forestry re-
search (16 U.S.C. 582a through a–7), $23,318,000; for 
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payments to eligible institutions (7 U.S.C. 3222), 
$42,000,000, of which $944,737 shall be made available 
only for the purpose of ensuring that each institution shall 
receive no less than $1,000,000; for special grants for ag-
ricultural research (7 U.S.C. 450i(c)), $94,242,000; for 
competitive grants for agricultural research on improved 
pest control (7 U.S.C. 450i(c)), $15,973,000; for competi-
tive research grants (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)), $190,229,000; for 
the support of animal health and disease programs (7 
U.S.C. 3195), $5,006,000; for the 1994 research grants 
program for 1994 institutions pursuant to section 536 of 
Public Law 103–382 (7 U.S.C. 301 note), $1,544,000, to 
remain available until expended; for higher education 
graduate fellowship grants (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(6)), 
$3,701,000, to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C. 
2209b); for a veterinary medicine loan repayment program 
pursuant to section 1415A of the National Agricultural 
Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 
U.S.C. 3101 et seq.), $1,000,000; for higher education 
challenge grants (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(1)), $5,423,000; for 
a higher education multicultural scholars program (7 
U.S.C. 3152(b)(5)), $988,000, to remain available until 
expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); for an education grants pro-
gram for Hispanic-serving Institutions (7 U.S.C. 3241), 
$6,237,000; for competitive grants for the purpose of car-
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rying out all provisions of 7 U.S.C. 3242 (section 759 of 
Public Law 106–78) to individual eligible institutions or 
consortia of eligible institutions in Alaska and in Hawaii, 
with funds awarded equally to each of the States of Alaska 
and Hawaii, $3,218,000; for a secondary agriculture edu-
cation program and 2-year post-secondary education (7 
U.S.C. 3152(j)), $990,000; for aquaculture grants (7 
U.S.C. 3322), $3,956,000; for sustainable agriculture re-
search and education (7 U.S.C. 5811), $14,000,000; for 
a program of capacity building grants (7 U.S.C. 
3152(b)(4)) to institutions eligible to receive funds under 
7 U.S.C. 3221 and 3222, $15,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); for payments to the 
1994 Institutions pursuant to section 534(a)(1) of Public 
Law 103–382, $3,342,000; for resident instruction grants 
for insular areas under section 1491 of the National Agri-
cultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 
1977 (7 U.S.C. 3363), $1,000,000; and for necessary ex-
penses 
of 
Research 
and 
Education 
Activities, 
$44,435,000, of which $2,723,000 for the Research, Edu-
cation, 
and 
Economics 
Information 
System 
and 
$2,151,000 for the Electronic Grants Information System, 
are to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
none of the funds appropriated under this heading shall 
be available to carry out research related to the produc-
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tion, processing, or marketing of tobacco or tobacco prod-
ucts: Provided further, That this paragraph shall not apply 
to research on the medical, biotechnological, food, and in-
dustrial uses of tobacco. 
NATIVE AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS ENDOWMENT FUND 
For the Native American Institutions Endowment 
Fund authorized by Public Law 103–382 (7 U.S.C. 301 
note), $11,880,000, to remain available until expended. 
EXTENSION ACTIVITIES 
For payments to States, the District of Columbia, 
Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, Micronesia, 
Northern Marianas, and American Samoa, $463,886,000, 
as follows: payments for cooperative extension work under 
the Smith-Lever Act, to be distributed under sections 3(b) 
and 3(c) of said Act, and under section 208(c) of Public 
Law 93–471, for retirement and employees’ compensation 
costs for extension agents, $281,429,000; payments for 
extension work at the 1994 Institutions under the Smith- 
Lever Act (7 U.S.C. 343(b)(3)), $3,321,000; payments for 
the nutrition and family education program for low-income 
areas under section 3(d) of the Act, $68,500,000; pay-
ments for the pest management program under section 
3(d) of the Act, $9,860,000; payments for the farm safety 
program under section 3(d) of the Act, $5,000,000; pay-
ments for New Technologies for Ag Extension under Sec-
tion 3(d) of the Act, $1,485,000; payments to upgrade re-
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search, extension, and teaching facilities at institutions eli-
gible to receive funds under 7 U.S.C. 3221 and 3222, 
$18,000,000, to remain available until expended; pay-
ments for youth-at-risk programs under section 3(d) of the 
Smith-Lever Act, $8,396,000; for youth farm safety edu-
cation and certification extension grants, to be awarded 
competitively under section 3(d) of the Act, $494,000; 
payments for carrying out the provisions of the Renewable 
Resources Extension Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 1671 et 
seq.), $4,052,000; payments for the federally-recognized 
Tribes Extension Program under section 3(d) of the 
Smith-Lever Act, $3,000,000; payments for sustainable 
agriculture programs under section 3(d) of the Act, 
$4,200,000; payments for cooperative extension work by 
eligible institutions (7 U.S.C. 3221), $37,000,000, of 
which $1,113,333 shall be made available only for the pur-
pose of ensuring that each institution shall receive no less 
than $1,000,000; for grants to youth organizations pursu-
ant to section 7630 of title 7, United States Code, 
$1,980,000; and for necessary expenses of Extension Ac-
tivities, $17,169,000. 
INTEGRATED ACTIVITIES 
For the integrated research, education, and extension 
grants programs, including necessary administrative ex-
penses, $57,244,000, as follows: for competitive grants 
programs authorized under section 406 of the Agricultural 
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Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 
(7 U.S.C. 7626), $42,286,000, including $12,738,000 for 
the water quality program, $14,699,000 for the food safe-
ty program, $4,125,000 for the regional pest management 
centers program, $4,419,000 for the Food Quality Protec-
tion Act risk mitigation program for major food crop sys-
tems, $1,375,000 for the crops affected by Food Quality 
Protection Act implementation, $3,075,000 for the methyl 
bromide transition program, and $1,855,000 for the or-
ganic transition program; for a competitive international 
science and education grants program authorized under 
section 1459A of the National Agricultural Research, Ex-
tension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 
3292b), to remain available until expended, $3,000,000; 
for grants programs authorized under section 2(c)(1)(B) 
of Public Law 89–106, as amended, $737,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2009, for the critical issues 
program; $1,321,000 for the regional rural development 
centers program; and $9,900,000 for the Food and Agri-
culture Defense Initiative authorized under section 1484 
of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and 
Teaching Act of 1977, to remain available until September 
30, 2009. 
OUTREACH FOR SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED FARMERS 
For grants and contracts pursuant to section 2501 
of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 
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